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7 THE ATLANTA UEOKHJAA AM) MEWS. NEGRO.SHOT 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 j at their home eight miles from Cairo j 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. Dater 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- f lly 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 Vie 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 half interest in the gar den on l he 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 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 weapon of any kind, was unable to give chase. He immediately gave th€ alarm and aid was sent for. r The negro spent the balance of the night at a negro cabin, the home of his mother-in-law, and left there about dlaylight 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.—County 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 it would make Cook County $10,000 richer ev ery year. Advertising men approached Clerk Sweitzer with the scheme, offering to pay him 25 cents for every cook book presented to newly married couples, and the advertising men would fur nish the books. ' New Plan To Spend V. Astor's Money Special Cable to The Georgian. LONDON, Aug. 4.—A London paper makes the following novel sugges tion : “Why does not Vincent Astor strike a new note in philanthropy? All phil anthropies think they have earned praise when they have helped the di serving. They have merely done their bare duty. “Real charity begins only 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 or. ! . serving.' ‘Only Rich WillKnow 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. Johnstoh, U. C. V. In the r.nnual 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 which a 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 the dedi catory services of a drinking foun tain donated to the church by J. O. Connally. The services were in 4 *.«.» . .1 . . . ,.»ll Louisville, and the pastor, who chris tened the fountain by bieaking over it a bottle of water from the River Jordan. I ¥; T Expect Repairs Will Be Com pleted Wednesday and Reser voir Raised to Position. Kiss Causes Wreck Which Injures Forty CHICAGO, Aug. 4.—Forty persons are nursing bruises to-day—some o# them are seriously hurt—but all are silent on the 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. MaTtin whirled the steering wheel to keep from falling 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 criti 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 time 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 e 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 th e 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. ' Negro Thief, Roped, Gets Scare of Life COLUMBUS, Awg. 4.—Thinking he whs going to be lynched when C. B. Grimes, a merchant of Columbus, tied a rope around his neck to prevent him from getting away, George 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. Full-Blooded Indian Gets Treasury Post WASHINGTON, Aug. 4—For the first time in its history the Treasury Department will have a full-bloodei Indian for a department chief. The name of Gabe E. Turner, a Choctaw Indian from Oklahoma, was sent to | the Senate to be Register of the ’Treasury. i;oth Senators Gore anJ I Owen of Oklahoma are agreed upon him and no opposition will develop. Turner’s nomination took the plaeo i of that of Adam E. Patterson, a ne gro. IS FORMED Bl Three Lines in Lost and Found Column Bring Shirtwaist, Chum and Happiness. 3 Sunday Schools in Hot Attendance Race The First Christian, the Second Baptist and the FMrst Methodist Sun day School? 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. The total attendance was 6,714 as compared with 4.670 lnrt year. Among the leaders Sunday were the St. Paul’s Methodist with 558; Cen tral Presbyterian, 566; F’irst Chris tian, 573. and Second Baptist 495. This is the story of a shirt waist, a want ad and a friendship. It goes to show one thing brings on another and you can’t tell what will happen next. Mrs. Jones lives on Brown street Just around the corner on White street lives Mrs. Robinson. No. they’re real names, but the story is true, just the sume. Mrs. Robinson und 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 her.’’ Mrs. Robinson came to town and purchased a shirt waist at a bargain sale. It was a beauty, all lace and stuff with hole? 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 ft before she reached home, and was discon solate. It looked like the party wouldn't have Mrs. Robirscn as a guest after all. The dcor bell rang It was one t.f 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 suggejrt 'd. Mrs. Rcbinson’s face light ed up. “I certainly have ” she replied. “You can advertise for my shirt wai?t," 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-aeroplane race Wednesday. The trophy is three feet high and of splendid workman ship. • King George and Queen Mary, as 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 Wittenburg 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. Mother’s Advice To Her Daughter Find Rich Man Dying In Home of Woman CHICAGO, Aug. 4.—An autopsy was ordeiod held to-day by Co rotor HofTman to determine how J. Wiley Dumm, millionaire president of th * National Fruit Company, of Kansas City, came to his death. Dumm was found unconscious on the floor of Mrs. C. Brown’s apart ments here and died without making a statement. His skull was fractured and one of his ribs broken. Hi? widow insisted that he died of pneu monia. ij A Real Live Doll to Fondle le Woman’s Greatest Happiness. Georgian carrier reached Brown street at 4:30 o’clock. At 5:10 o’clock the door bell rang again. Mrs. Rob inson answered \\> And there was “that attractive little woman from around the corner." “I have vour shirt waist,” she said. “I’m Mrs. Jones, and I pickeo it up by mistake with my bundles on the coun ter where you lef; it.” And next day Mrs. Jone* and Mrs. Robinson went to the party together and they have become close chums. So a want ad brought ba«’k 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. On« of the moat Important matter* about which worn or concern (hemsoHea la their future etatua aa a (randmothar And ahe la wtodom Itoelf who known of or toame «f that famouo remedy. Mother’* Frtand Th* to on external application for the abdominal mu scire and breaato. It certainly hoa a wonderful influence, all asm all fear, banlnhee all pain, is a most frateful ancoura*ement to the younf. expectant mother, and permits her to so through the period harpy in mind, free In body and thus destined to anticipate woman's greatest happi- s intended she should. Of Mother’s new as nature , The action M Mother's Friend makes the muscles free, pliant end reaponsire to expan alon Thus all strain and tension upon the nerves and ligaments Is arolded, and. In place of a period of discomfort and consequent dread, it Is a season of calm rtpoae and joyful ex peetntlon There la no nauaea. 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 be had of any druggist at $1 00 a bottle, and is sure to prove of tneatimahle value, not only upon the mother, but upon the health and future of the child Write to Brmdfleld Uegu lator Co.. 182 Lamar Bldg., AiUnta. Ga.. for their book to expectant motnera. BigReduction IN Dental Work GOOD WORK means more practice and lower prices. We have reduced our prices on all Dental work, but the quality of our work remains the same. S3. 11 Gold Crowns Bridge 00 00 Work W- Set ot Teeth Best That Money Can Buy We Use the Best Meth ods of Painless Dentistry Atlanta Dental Parlors Cor. Peachtree & Decatur St*. ■atrano* 19 1-2 Peachtree St. Chamberlin=Johnson=DuBose Co. Atlanta-New York-=Paris Chamberlin=Johnson=DuBose Co. 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 stock 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 satisty 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. Chamberlin- Johnson-DuBose Company 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.