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mmmm i aeawBuy How and Why to Eat Watermelon SCENE IN COURTROOM AS CONLEY WAS UNDER FIRE OFTHE DEFENS Cool, but do not chill Mr. Melon. Cut it lengthwise, not in round slices. Save the seeds, make “water melon tea." Use your teeth—not knives or fork?*. Watermelon is refreshing and good for the stomach and kidneys. P. S.—These tips are furnished by the "rhampeen" melon-eaters of Congress. Continued from Page One. verse the decision before court con vened Wednesday morning should the Solicitor be able to show him sufTi- c it tit law on the subject to warrant a change. Georgia Congressman Right Up in Race for “Champeen” Title in Capitol Cafes. Struck by a Southern Hallway train w’hen their automobile went dead on the tracks of a crossing a mile north of McDonough, (la., late Tuesday Rosser began to quiz the negro close ly as to how long It took him to ac complish each part of the remainder of the afternoon's events. It was plain that the negro’s esti mates did not coincide with what the lawyer thought they should be. Defense's Views Evidently Differ. “How long did It take you from the time that you came forward and looked at the clock until you hjui taken the body down to the cellar and was back again on the second floor, and Frank went to wash his hands?” asked Rosser. Conley thought It was only four or five minutes. It evidently was the opinion of the defense that it should have been nearer twenty minutes, as it included rolling the body of the girl into the cloth from the cotton box. carrying it to the elevator, th» wait while Conley says Frank went into the office after the key, the trip down the elevator, the carrying of the body to the rear of the basement, the disposal of the cloth and the re turn to the second floor. Rosser asked how long It took Frank to wash his hands. Conley re piled that it was only a minute or two. Rosser then inquired how long Frank had Conley in the closet while the two women were In his office Conley said It w-as eight or ten min utes. This incident, if it is as Conley represented It, w r ould have brought the time up to 1:12 or 1:15. Rosser then asked how long it took Conlej; to write the four notes, two of which were found by the girl’* dead body. Wrote Notes in a Hurry. "You couldn't have written those four notes inside of ten minutes to save your soul, could you. Jim?" Ros ser inquired. “Yas. sah; I think I wrote ’em in about a minute and a half," replied the negro. "You’re some rapid writef,” retorted Rosser after he had called attention to the laborious scrawl. Rosser then questioned Conley as to the time of each part of his conver sation with Frank while he was in the office th^t afternoon. He asked him about Frank giving him the cig arettes with the money in the box, about Frank giving him the $200 roll of bills and the attendant’conversa tion, about the conversation in respect to Conley’s watch and to Frank’s wealthy folks in Brooklyn. While he did not make the actual computation of time, he impressed strongly on the minds oMhe Jury that it would have been impossible for all this to have occurred in connection .with the undisputed fact that Frank Arrived home at or before 1:30 that afternoon. Defense to Test Story. It is understood that persons inter ested in the defense have rehearsed a number of times every event that the negro says took place in the disposal of the body as Conley narrates it, and that they will be prepared to testif> that It could not have been completed by the time that Frank had arrived at his home. This was by far the most important testimony in the examination of the negro. Ropser also quizzed him sharp ly regard to the cloth in which he wrapped the body : his evident theory being that, as a matter of fact, no cloth was used at all and that Con ley, the only one connected with the crime, simply dragged the body to the rear of the basement. No cloth was found by the police or detectives although Conley testified that lie threw it in the same place he threw the hat and shoe The sensation of the day came when Reuben Arnold moved to have stridd en from the record all of the testi mony regarding Frank's alleged con duct previous to the day of the crime. The motion was met with strenuous opposition on the part of the prosecu tion but received a favorable ruling from Judge Roan who said that ne would hold himself In readiness to re- WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 — State se crets on statesmen’s appetites, and particularly watermelons during the present height of the watermelon sea son, were divulged to-day. The dl- vulger is R. J. Martyn, "boss” of the Capitol Cafes. Twenty big, fat watermelons are consumed by Congressmen every day, according to “Chef” Martyn. Repre sentative Henry D. Clayton, of Ala bama, chairman of the House Judi ciary Committee, is the acknowledged “champeen" watermelon eater. He gets outside of from one to three big slices daily. Other watermelon “fanatics” who appear to be crowding Clayton for the title are Representative Mann, of Illinois; Sereno Payne, of New York; Sims, bf Tennessee; Dietrick, of Mas sachusetts; Austin, of Tennessee; Stedman. of North Carolina, and How ard, of Georgia. Approached on his watermelon prowess, Clayton gave the following panegyric: “Watermelon beats ice cream or lemonade all hollow as a cool refresh ment. It Is. the most luscious, re freshing fruit possible to be secured in summer. “Some people eat salt on watermel on. That is a mistake. Salt mili tates against its palatability and di gestibility. I take mine straight. “Watermelon Is a splendid diuretic, it cleanses the w r hole digestive system. “Watermelon seed tea is an old Southern remedy for kidney trouble. “I don't care for thick-rind striped melons. I don’t like the hybrids be tween the Georgie ‘rattlesnake’ melon and the ‘scaly bark.’ Some of these are a cross between a guinea melon and a horse gourd. “The best melon grown is in Ala bama, with a thin rind, a whitish melon. Lead me to them any time.” Jim Conley as he appeared on the witness stand during cross- v examination. Reuben Arnold assisting in the grilling of the negro. " -j ...viv-♦'■jeA- If#,,* Funeral Designs and Flowers FOR ALL OCCASIONS. Atlanta Floral Company 456 EAST FAIR STREET.” Luther Z Rosser afternoon, Mrs. Emma Heard, wife of J. P. Heard, of Vienna, Ga., and her ten-year-old son, LiO Lindon Heard, were killed. Mr. Heard leaped from the car when he saw r it would be impossible to es cape the crash, and escaped with a few’ bruises. Mrs. Heard and her son w’ere caught in the cow’catcher of the locomotive and dragged 50 feet. The bodies of Mrs. Heard and her son w’ere taken to Vienna. The fu neral will be held there Wednesday afternoon. They were well know’n in Atlanta, and many friends of the family here will attend the funeral. Mrs. Heard was Miss Emma Lash- ley, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Lashley, and was a leader in the so cial life of her community. She is survived by her husband, who is a son of the late Senator Heard and president of the Heard Banking Company, and her parents. Mr. Heard Tells of Accident. Statements made Wednesday morn ing by Mr. Heard and J. L. Mable, engineer of the train, indicate that the accident was unavoidable and was the result of the failure of the emer gency brake of the automobile. “My wife, my son Lindon and my self left our home in Vienna, in my two-passenger roadster," said Mr. Heard, "to attend the motorcycle races in Atlanta. We passed through McDonough about 2 o’clock. Ten minutes later w'e passed over the brow of a long steep hill that leads down to the railroad tracks. A train can not be seen until the crossing Is almost reached. We w’ere only a few yards from the track w'hen Mrs. Heard saw’ the train coming and shouted. “We were going about 25 miles an hour. I at once shut off my engine and applied th e brake, but it failed to w’ork. -Seeing that a collision was un avoidable. I leaped from the car and shouted for Mrs. Heard and my son to do likewise. They were probably too frightened to do so. The next thing I remember w r as hearing their screams as the train struck them.” Engineer Gives His Version. Engineer Mable declared'that when he saw’ the automobile he applied air- orakes, but the crossing was too near for the air to take effect before the automobile was struck. “I was running about 25 miles an hour and the crossing was about a hundred yards ahead of me when I saw the automobile. The car w^as running as fast as my train, and had plenty of time to cross the tracks in front of me. “When the machine got to within about ten yards of the track, it slowed down and rolled up until the front wheels of the car were on th e tracks. Then it stopped. I at once applied the airbrakes, but too late to have characteristic attitude as he fired volleys of questions at Conley. Ruling on Georgia Cases NeceS' sitates Change in All South eastern Schedules. TAKE Readjustment of all rates in the territory s*outh of the Potomac River and east of the Mississippi will be necessary to conform to the Inter state Commerce Commission’s ruling giving lower freights to LaGrange, Vienna and Carrollton, according to Watkins & Latimer, attorneys in the case. The old basing point system, except as applied to ports and to large cities, is doomed under this decisions, they say, although the Commission passed only on the three cases at hand. Under' the old system certain small towns, usually at the head of rela tively unimportant rivers, have been made basing points. Rates to other towns of the same size, equidistant or nearer the Ohio River crossings or the large cities in Southeastern ter ritory, have been given the through rate to thes*e points, plus the local from the favored town. The Commission holds that there is no real reason for giving such places as Cedartown, Ga., through rates, and denying them to such towns as Vien na. Carrollton and LaGrange. The immediate result, it is* be lieved, will be wider scattering of the small jobbing houses, and more bu9'ness for the large jobbing houses in the. principal cities. The saving In freights is estimated at $40,000,000 or $50,000,000 yearly. The Commission had the ca?*e under advisement from November 11,' 1911, until August 4. 1913. One-half hour before each meal. Then you can eat three nourishing meals every day without the fear of aggravating the stom ach. Nuxcara is a positive cure for indigestion, dys pepsia and other forms of stomach diseases. We have scores of testimonials from prominent Atlanta citi zens. We will he pleased to send free booklet on re quest. $1.00 a CoitSe Lamar. Rankin F ru® Co. DISTRIBUTORS. TO-DAY’S MARKET OPENING NEW YORK COTTON Cotton quotations: Famous English Publicist So De' dares in Article Scoring the New American Dances. | First | Prev. Call. I Close 11~ 59111.54-55 11.07-10 11.01|10.99-11 10.94110.92-94 10.97110.94-95 19.89 10.86-87 10.93 10.89-90 10.97 10.95-96 11.02 10.98-11 Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. LONDON. Aug. 6.—American so ciety women are accused of setting too fast a pace by Filson Young, a famous English publicist, in an ar ticle in The Saturday Review. Sup plementing his article by an inter view’ Mr. Young to-day «ikl: “If a baboon could be trained to play ragtime he would soon be the rage and would be invited out to dine by the idle rich. Where the shep herd goes society women follow’ iike sheep. In the case of questionable danced American women have been to blame. “‘Tango’ In Latin means I touch* and it is well named. “American women in London and Paris are the leaders in revels wnich should cause a blush of shame to red den the cheek? of every modest wo man. One by one the English leaders have surrendered to th« daring irrev erence of the American women.’ White Men Place Handcuffs on Postal Clerks and Rob Mail Car Near Birmingham. Senate Committee Frames Rec ommendations After Inspecting Milledgeville Institution. NEW ORLEANS COTTON Cotton quotations: 'First! Prev. (Open|High|Low Call ! Close . V 11.40-44 J .... H.10-12 11.08111.09 11.08 11.09 11.05-06 : i j 10.99-11 11.0C -.1.06 11.05,11.05 11 .01-02 11.06! 11.06J11.05 11.05 11.01-02 10.98-11 11.16,11.16,11.16,11.16 11.11-12 ! ! | H.15-16 Following a visit to the State Prison Farm at Milledgeville Saturday the Senate Penitentiary Committee of which Senator Tarver, of the Forty- third, is chairman, will make several recommendations for improvement to the Senate. One of these will be a recommen dation for the construction of an an nex to the present dormitory for ne groes. Another provides for a water works system in the women’s build ing. There is a possibility also that the question of the present location of the prison farm will be considered with a view to removal, although this movement is not indorsed by a ma jority of the committee. A further recommendation whi?h probably will be made relates to the soparation of the boys’ reformatory from the prison farm. Senator Tarver declared Tuesday that in his opinion this feature pf the prison farm was bad, as the younger boys, although separated from the convicts, are sufficiently close to be influenced by the depress ing influences of convict life. Nine members of the Senate com mittee and one member from the House made the trip to Milledg j - ville. BIRMINGHAM. ALA.. Aug. 6— Of ficers of Birmingham and vicinity are to-day searching for two un identified white men, who last night held up Louisville and Nashville pas senger train No. 4 and robbed the mail car of all registered mail pack et?. The amount of the loss has not been estimated by postal ofllcials There is no definite clew to the ban dits. When the train reached Birming ham last night two of the mall clersK. George Hoover and T. G. York, were found handcuffed. The irons had to be filed from their wrists. Chief Clerk Harry Everett's thumbs were securely tied together with neavy twine. The robbers boarded the mail ca** at Calera. on the dark side, after the train had begun to move The clerk** state that they were immediately cov ered with plMtoIr and ordered to turn their faces to the wall. Everett looked around once and war fired upon the shot striking the cor ner of the car near his he^d. The robbers jumped from the train at Fourteenth street in Birmingham Aug Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. .Ian. Feb. Meh. May Special Atlanta Agents. 106 N. Pryor, 11 N. Broad, Manufactured by Nuxcara Co., * Atlanta, Ga. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET. Futures opened barely steady. % Opening Prev Range 2 P. M. Cldse Aug 6.5 -6.1614 6.16V4 6 1614 Aug.-Sept . . .6.05 -6.08 6.08V* 6.07V4 Sept.-Oct. . . .6.78 -5 9914 6.00 6.00 Oct.-Nov. . . .5.93^-5.96 5.9614 5.9514 Nov.-Dee. . . .5.89 -5.90 5.91 5.90V* Dec.-Jan . . .5.89 -590V* 5.90V* 5.90V* Jan.-Feb. . . .5.90 -5.92 5.92 5.91V4 Feb.-Mch. . . .5 91 5.93V4 6.93 Mch. -Apr. . . . 5.92*4-5.94V4 5.95 5.9414 Apr.-May . . r,s .... 5.95V* a.v-June . . .6.95 -5.97 5.9714 6.97 June-July 5.97 ooaa craters are more nu tritive than any other flour food. Uneeda Biscuit are the perfect soda crackers. Though the CGst is but five cents, tfneeda Biscuit are too good, too nourishing, too After Shaving Portugal's President Not Dead,Says Lisbon VIR-FLOAT Talcum re- * moves the shiny red nest, and gives that nmboth natural, wholesome effect that men covet. TALCUM CU7V CO. L .neraaml Uanulm'turrrs l *v. B Mush Terminal Building % Brooklyn, N. Y, Special Cable to The Georgian. PARIS, Aug. 6.—The reported death of President Ariaga, of Portugal, pub lished in the morning newspapers here, is denied in a dispatch received from Lisbon at noon. Senhor Ariaga is ill of a kidney ail ment. NEW YORK STOCK MARKET. crisp, to be bought merely as an economy. Buy them because of their fresh ness—because of their crispness— because of their goodness—because of their nourishment. Always 5 cents. Always fresh, crisp and clean. The Beat Faod-Erinfo Lunds at Fountains K. of C. Plan Change In Insurance Rates Merchants on Tour Of Factories While Committees Work To Women BOSTON, Aug. 6.—The election of officers and the reports of the su- preme officers featured the two busi ness sessions of the delegates to the Knights of Columbus' thirty-first an nual convention to-day. The sessions were held at Hotel Somerset. Important also among the probable actions of the delegates at to-day’s sessions is the changing of the insur ance laws so the assessments may rest moi$ easily on the older mem bers. ORIGINAL GENUINE Much detail work is yet to be ac complished in the organization of the Southern Merchants convention. Wednesday will be devoted to work by the various committees, and an Inspection of Atlanta’s factories and stores by delegates and visitors. A great deal of important work re lating to crops, credit, stock questions and co-operation will come before the convention starting Thursday morn- Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription S It acts directly on the S 5 organs affected and tones “ S t'j.s entire cyvtem. 3 Ask Your Druggist g AvoM hnUmtlomm— Tstko Mo Substitute kited grain, in powder form. More healthful than tea or coffee. , alid» and growing children. Agrees with the weakest digestion, .upbuilding die whole body. Keep it on your sideboard at home, wag mother, and the aged. 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