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IIEAUST’S SUNDAY AMERICAN, ATLANTA. 0A„ SUNDAY. AUGUST 10, 1010.
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Latest News of North Georgia
Rome
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Gainesville Society hoik
Who are enjoying a summer camp at Lake Warner, Chattahoochee
Park, near that city. Members of the camping party are Misses Ruth
Smith. Helen Estes, Fay Simmons, Leila Robinson, Susie Ham, Helen Pope, Zilla Robinson, Annie Lou Padgett, Sadie Robinson,
Isabelle Charters,- Elizabeth Kimbrough and Carol Dean, of Gainesville; Miss Mary Lucy Turner, of Atlanta; William Slack,
Henry Smith, Lawrence Atkins, Edgar Dunlap, Walker Smith. Ed Kimbrough, Leonard McConnell, Claud Burnett, Sidney Smith,
Price Charters, James Rudolph. Henry Estes, Charles Estes, Lester Hosch, James Merritt and P’letcher Johnson, of Gainesville;
Roy Strickland, of Athens, and Will Logan, of Atlanta.
Search Is Made for Harry Smith,
Accused of Having Family
in Cincinnati, Ohio.
DURHAM, N. C., Aug. 9.—One of
the greatest sensations that ever was
known in this city is now drawing
to a close, as Harry A. Smith, is
charged wife abandonment, is now
confronted with a charge of bigamy.
Several days ago Smith was arrest
ed in Rome, Ga., charged with aban
doning his wife, formerly Miss Rosa
lind Wright, who is a member of a
prominent family of this city. He was
brought back to the city to be tried,
and when the time for the case to i
be completed came a peaceful settle- !
ment was made by the parties con
cerned. Smith promised to take care
of his wife and left this city with her
for Richmond, Va.
Hardly had the couple left Dur
ham before a message was received
here from Cincinnati stating that
Smith, up until a few weeks past, had
been an employee of a firm there.
After being discharged he left Cin
cinnati, supposedly in search of an
other position.
A short while afterward he reach
ed this city and became acquainted
with Miss Rosalind Wright. A quiet
marriage followed and the couple
went on an extended honeymoon, the 1
bride’s money being used.
The message from Cincinnati states
that Smith has a wife living there
and a 9-month-old boy named Ban-
ard. Another message unsigned was
received by the Chief of Police of
Durham, stating that Smith had
made a recent visit to Atlanta, and
that while there he became engaged
to a young woman. No names were
were given in the message. 1
A search is now being made for
Smith, who is supposed to be in
Richmond, Va., with his Durham wife.
The girl’s friends here are making
every effort to locate the couple.
Man and Horse in
Mail Work 12 Years
George W. Gould Continues on Route
With Same Animal in Gaines
ville District.
Griffin Organizes
New Board of Trade
Campaign of Publicity Will Be Inau
gurated to Place Town’s Ad
vantages Before Nation.
GAINESVILLE, Aug. 9.—A record of
service for Uncle Sam’s mail delivery
of twelve years continuously for both
man and horse is that of George W.
Gould, who carries the mail on Route
No. 1 from the Gainesville office. They
are still at it. The horse is 24 years
old.
The route was the first rural free de
livery route established in the Ninth
Congressional District of Georgia, and
with the exception of the first six
months Mr. Gould has carried the mail
over it.
Daughters to Unveil
Shaft to Col, Sanders
Grandchildren of Confederate Chief
tain to Take Part in the
Ceremonies.
GAINESVILLE, Aug. 9.—Arrange
ments are being made by the United
Daughters of the Confederacy, Long-
street Chapter, for the unveiling of the
monument to Colonel C. C. Sanders on
the postoffice lot. The memorial was
erected several months ago with funds
raised by the children of the Confeder
acy Colonel Sanders was one of the
most beloved men in this entire section.
The life-size statue, in sitting position,
was made in Italy and has just arrived.
The monument is one of the most beau
tiful in the State, with marble columns
and fountains. Six little grandchildren
of Colonel Sanders will likely lift the
veil.
GRIFFIN, Aug. 9.—The chief fea
ture of business operations of Grif
fin this week has been establishing
i of the City and County Boards ol
j Trade and the selection of headquar
ters.
Secretary W. B. Royster and his as
sistant, E. Lewis King, are in charge
I of,the office work of the board, anc
' have rented a large room in the nevr
Griffin Hotel. The office is being fit
ted up in a modern style, and will
not only contain the official head
quarters of the board, but also will
; carry a permanent exhibit of the re-
! sources and products of Spalding
| County farms and manufacturing es-
i tablishments.
A campaign of publicity will be en-
1 tered upon at once, placing before
; the world the advantages of Griffin
i and endeavoring to bring here new
| manufacturing enterprises.
Bailiff Loses Race
To One-Legged Man
Accused Goes to Change His Clothes
and Disappears Over Back
Fence.
New Revenue Deputy
Raids Two Big Stills
Pours Out Many Gallons of ‘Moon
shine’ Beer Within Mile
of Church.
DALTON, Aug 9—John F. Camp, a
deputy under Internal Reevnue Collec
tor Blalock, celebrated his appointment
by going to Catoosa County and de
stroying two illicit distilleries.
The biggest was round 5 miles north |
of Ringgold, on Rough Creek. It was a .
75-gallon copper still, with thirteen fer-
menters. With the still and ferment
ers, Camp found and poured out 1,500
gallons of beer.
The other was found within a mile
of Rock Church. It was of 40-gallon ca
pacity.
According to the information received
by Mr. Camp, the first still belonged to
Mitchell Rhodes and the second to S. I’.
West. He will have warrants issued for
the arrest of these twro.
Georgia Sun Best
For ‘Movie’ Making
Expert Says Rome Section Offers
Advantages Over New York Stu
dios and California Skies.
Land Suit Ends as
Case Is Withdrawn
A. J. Maddox Refuses to Go Further
In Litigation Involving
100 Acres.
DALTON, Aug. 9.—Permitting a one-
legged man to outrun him and make his
escape has brought upon Bailiff Slocum
the raillery of his friends nere.
The bailiff. aimed with a warrant for
the arrest of Oscar Ashworth, charged
with a misdemeanor, went to Ash
worth’s home and p'aced him under ar
rest. Ashworth, who has only one leg,
requested permission to go into another
room and change his clothes, w r hich the
bailiff granted. But instead of stopping,
he went on through the room and over
a high fence in the rear of his yard,
making good his escape.
DALTON CLUBWOMEN AID
IN PUBLIC FLAG RAISING
GRIFFIN, Aug. 9.—A land suit
which' consumed the greater part ot
the time of the Spalding County Su
perior Court this week came to an
abrupt close when the plaintiff,. A. J.
Maddox, announced that he would
withdraw the ease.
The suit involved the ownership of
100 acres of land in Orr’s District
and, on account of the prominence of
the families, has been of interest in
this section of Georgia for a long
time, during which a bitter tight has
been made.
ROME MAS0NS~FEASf ON
BARBECUE AT ARMUCBEE
ROME, Aug. 9.—More than 100
Rome Masons went to Armuchee to
day to attend a rally and barbecue
given there by the Armuchee broth
ers. Colonel J. Lindsey Johnson.
Past Grand Master Max Meyerhardt,
John W. Bale and others made ad
dresses.
TWO COUNTIES TO SHARE
IN COST OF NEW BRIDGE
DALTON, Aug. 9.—Impressive and
interesting exercises were held at Five
Springs school yesterday afternoon,
( when the Dalton Council. Junior Order
j of United American Mechanics, pre-
' sen ted to the school a large Ameri
can flag and a Bible, the flag being
raised to the top of the pole near the
schoolhouse following the exercises. In
addition to the members of the local
council, several prominent clubwomen
of Dalton participated in the exer
cises
SNAKE’S BITE ALMOST
FATAL TO LITTLE GIRL
ROME, Aug. 9.—For a while Cathe
rine Boatfield, 8-vear-old daughter of
E. Boatfield. was dangerously clone
to death as a result of a rattlesnake
bite. The child was picking apples
when the reptile sprang on her and
sank its fangs deep in her right foot.
A physician arrived shortly afterward
and saved the girl’s life.
ROME, Aug. 9.—According to Charles
M. Seay, this part of the State is ideal
for taking moving pictures. Recently
Mr. Seay was in Home with a company
of photo players and film-makers.
He declares that the Georgia sun
light brings out with remarkable clear
ness and exactness every detail of the
motion pictures. Heretofore most of the
moving picture studios have been lo
cated in California and in New York.
Mr. Seay, who is a native of Rome, is
now confident that Georgia is the best
place for the work in which he is en
gaged.
Camp Meeting of
Old Type Planned
Tadmore District, Where Custom
Survives, To Be Scene of
Great Revival.
Griffin Rector Is
Ptomaine Victim
Rev. Clayton Earle Wheat Danger
ously III From Food Eaten in
Atlanta Restaurant.
GRIFFIN, GA., Aug. 9.—Sorrow
prevails here this afternoon over the
sudden illness of the Rev. Clayton
Earle Wheat, rector of St. George
Episcopal Church, who is to-day se
riously ill with ptomaine poisoning
contracted from food eaten in an At
lanta restaurant yesterday afternoon.
The Rev. Mr. Wheat in greatly be
loved in Griffin and his illness is all
the more distressing because of his
recent decision to leave here for a
parish in Hingham, Mass. Hundreds
of citizen?.} of Griffin in a written re
quest petitioned him to recall his de
cision and remain here.
It was in preparation for his de
parture that he went to Atlanta yes
terday with his mother, Mrs. Cor-
nette Wileat, to arrange some im
portant business affairs and while
there ate the food that resulted in
his poisoning. At this time both of
them are under the immediate care of
physicians and nurses and grave fears
are felt for them.
Athens Is Quiet on
Test Farm Removal
People Would Like to Have Experi
ment Station, but Are Not Worry
ing About It.
ATHENS. Aug. 9.—Athens is quiet on
the proposal to move the Georgia Ex
periment Station from Griffin to the
Si; ; > College of Agriculture President
.'•<*. drew M. Soule, of the Agricultural
College, is in Niagara Falls for his sum
mer vacation, Professor DeLoach, the
new head of the Experiment Station, has
gone to Griffin to take up his new
work, while Chancellor Barrow an
nounred several months ago that he
j would oppose, or at least make no move,
to have the station moved to Athens.
Of course Athens w’ould like to see the
I Experiment Station moved here in con
nection with the State College of Ag-
| riculture and most people believe it
would be of better service to the State,
but no effort will be made to bring the
station here.
Slight Wind Makes Huge Bowlder
in Oglethorpe County Swing
Gently as Baby’s Crib.
GAINESVILLE, Aug. 9.—On? of the
natural curiosities of Georgia is to be
found in Oglethorpe County half a
mile from the courthouse in Lexing
ton. Hundreds have visited Lexing
ton for the solo purpose of seeing the
"shaking rock.”
In the immediate vicinity of the
rock there are many huge grani.e
bowlders. From points near by .1
number of pieces of granite have be^n
obtained for monuments and build
ings. The base to a large shaft erect
ed at Chattanooga was hauled from
the quarry here by a special trai l.
Close to "shaking rock” the grounds
are beautiful for picnics and dinn r
Parties, and many from Lexington,
Athens and other? places take advan
tage of the grounds fdr occasions »f
•his nature.
“Shaking rock ’ weighs about twen
ty tons. It is poised on a triangular
base upon another large rock. With
several persons seated upon its sum
mit, the mammoth piece of stone can
be moved by a slight push. A pres •
sure of this sort ets it moving back
and forth a distance of two or three
inches.
For 50 years it has been thus stand
ing, and until a few years ago, when
the point at th» base had become
worn, the rock would move backward
and forward twk * this distance. A
wind a little stronger than the ordi
nary summer zephyr blowing upon the
rock from a certain angle would set
it to rocking.
LIGHTNING PLAYS PRANKS
ON TWO GAINESVILLE MEN
GAINESVILLE, Aug. 9.—Standing in
a slaughter house during the progress of
an electrical storm, peculiar experiences
came to T. S. Jackson and Henry
Stephens, two Gainesville men. After
the storm was over Stephens discovered
that the heel to one of his shoes was
clipped off as smoothly as with a sharp
knife. Jackson found that his watch-
chain had been melted.
Georgia Fruit Men
Plan Big Meeting
Horticultural Society Convention at
Clayton Sure to Draw
Monster Crowd.
ATHENS, Aug. 9.—Plans are be
ing made for the best meeting ever
held of the oldest horticultural so-
city in the South, the Georgia Hor
ticultural Society, which will hold its
annual meeting at Clayton, in. the
heart of the commercial apple or
chards of North Georgia, August 19
and 20.
C. C. Newman, of the horticultural
department of Clemson College, State
Commissioner James D. Price, H. U.
Hart, president of the Tennessee Hor
ticultural Society: E. J. Watson,
commissioner of South Carolina; E.
F. Cole, horticulturist for the
Southern Railway, will be on the
program.
The president of the State orga
nization is R. C. Berkmans, of Au
gusta, whose father was president
many years ago. one of the first presi
dents the old organization had.
There are district vice presidents, but
B. W. Hunt, banker and orchardist
of Eatonton, is the general vice presi
dent. I). T. H. Me Hatton, professor
of horticulture of the Georgia State
College of Agriculture, is secretary,
and J. B. Wright, of Cairo, is the
treasurer.
The selection of the convention
place of Clayton with Tallulah Falls
nearby and other mountain resort at
tractions means a big attendance.
Commission Form in
Rome Dead This Year
Failure of Representatives to Intro
duce Resolution in Time Prevents
Legislative Sanction.
ROME, Aug. 9.—Commission form
of government for Rome is dead for
this year anyway. This comes in
face of the tact that an election was
held last February, too, when more
than 80ft votes were cast for the meas
ure and not 10ft against it.
Representatives Barry Wright. John
C. Foster and W. J. Nunnally failed
to get the measure introduced in time
for action at this session of the Leg
islature.
Mr. Wright has drawn up a reso
lution and will introduce it probabiy
Monday, but he has little hope that it
will pass.
PELMJM
Eighth District Physicians Will
Hold an Interesting Session
at Elberton.
ELBERTON, Aug. 9.—Pellagra will
be a special theme of a series of pa
pers to be read by some of the lead
ing physicians of this section when
tne Eighth District Medical Associa
tion holds its annual meeting in El
berton August 20.
Over several years past the obser
vations and notes of these experts
have run, and the papers are, there
fore, ’of greater interest than any
other—with the men who made the
observations giving their personal ex
perience?' with cases in which the pa
tients are well known to many of the
members of the association.
Elberton is planning for the enter
tainment of the visitors and promises
splendid social features. There will
be practically the entire Clarke Coun
ty Medical-Society in attendance.
The officers of the association of the
district are: Dr. VV. T. Davis, of Cov
ington. president; Dr. <’, (\ King, of
White Plains, vice president; Dr. Ed
ward M. Coleman, of Athens, secre
tary and treasurer; and Dr. I. H.
(loss* of Athens, district counselor
of the State Medical Association.
TONSILITIS EPIDEMIC
NOW PREVAILS IN ROME
ROME, Aug. 9.—There are nearly
100 cases of tonsilitis in Rome. In
stead of taking vacations, many peo
ple are and have been at home wres
tling with the disease. Doctors con
tribute its unusual prevalence to the
changeable weather.
WRIGHTSVILLE
BEACH $6 i
Round trip Saturday, August
23. Special train, sleepers and
coaches. Leave. 6 p. m. Make
reservations early. SEABOARD.
Floyd Disappointed;.
Wants Own Senator
Bill to Give Six Large Counties In
dividual Representation Came
to Naught.
DALTON, Aug. 9.—The Board of
Whitefleld County Commissioners has
voted to replace the wooden bridge
over Conasauga River, at the Tibbs
farm, with an iron bridge, this county
and Murray to share equally the cost
of the new' bridge.
NEW MUSICAL DIRECTOR
ENGAGED FOR SHORTER
ASBURY HODGSON DIES;
INTERMENT AT ATHENS
ATHENS. Aug. 9.—Asbury Hodgson,
a wealthy member of the Hodgson fam
ily of Athens and a prominent fertilizer
manufacturer, died at his summer home
at Dillard last night. The body will
be brought here for interment to-mor
row. He is survived by a wife and
several children.
CAMPERS TAKE BAND TO
GAINESVILLE MOUNTAINS
GAINESVILLE. Aug. 9.-—Headed by
the C. W. Barber band, a party of 35
men and boys. c!ad in kbalc-i and stout
shoes, passed through the city en route
farther up in the mountains to spend
two weeks camping and fishing This is
only one party of several w'hich are now-
spending a whl’e in the mountains of
Northeast Georgia.
GAINESVILLE, Aug. 9.—Sunday next
will be a great day at old Lebanon
camp ground, in Tadmore' District, low
er part of Hall County. In years gone by
religious camp meetings were held and
participated in much more than they
are now-.
Lebanon camp meetings is one of the
few surviving. Dozens of Gainesville
residents are contemplating a trip to
the place Sunday. There are a half
dozen Methodist preachers at Lebanon
to furnish the pulpit oratory and a
thousand or fifteen hundred people will
gather to spend portions of the ten
days through which the meeting will
extend.
TWO NEGROES HElFfOR
WAYLAYING MAIL CARRIER
ROME. Aug. 9.—It is regretted here
that naught came of the bill to make
each of the six large counties a sep
arate senatorial district. Floyd
County will have to remain in tlv*
Forty-second District with Bartow
and Chattooga for another term.
As the rotary system is used in the
election of Senators, Floyd will not
get another Senator until 1917, as W.
H. Ennis, of this county, was Sena
tor last year.
Griffin Is Fighting
To Hold to Station
Delegations Are Sent to Capital to
Protest Against Removal to
South Georgia.
GRIFFIN* Aug. 9.—The citizens of
Griffin and this* section nave not beer
unaware of the efforts to take from
them the State Experiment Station
as evidence of their alertness during
the present disturbance over the ef
fort to move it to South Georgia.
Griffin sent from day to day a«
many as twenty men to Atlanta to
appear before the legislative com
mittees and present th«> claim of Grif
fin in the matter. The citizens of
this county years ago generously gave
to the State the land to establish the
station and it would manifestly bf
unjust and unfair now to take the
station from Griffin.
It may be taken for granted that
Griffin and Spalding County citizens
are ready for a good stiff fight over
the matter before ever consent will
be gained for the station to be moved.
Southern Suit & Skirl Co.—Atlanta, New Yorlt—Southern Suit & Skirt Co.
BOY SCOUTS PATROL AT
MINERAL SPRINGS CAMP:
GAINESVILLE. Aug. 9.—Charged
with assault with intent to rob, three
negroes, Ed Goss and John and Frank
Roper, w-ere carried to jail in default of
a $200 bond each from Justice Christo
pher’s court. They attacked Will Leekie,
who carried the mail from the depot to
the postoffice here, and demanded his
money. They cut his shirt in several
places. Leekie broke away and they se
cured nothing from him. He was not
injured. The negroes say they formerly
lived in Forsyth County.
i 71 CONVERTS BAPTIZED:
BAPTIST REVIVAL ENDS
DALTON, Aug 9. —The revival In
progress in North Dalton for the last
three w-eeks, under the direction of Rev.
E. B. P'arrar, of Alabama, has closed,
31 being baptized at the closing ser
vice. These, combined with those bap
tized during the meeting, brought the
new membership of the Second Baptist
Church up to 71 as a result of the meet
ing. /
ROME, Aug. 9—Dr. A. W. Van-
Hoose has returned from an Eastern
trip. While absent he engaged Hein
rich Pfitzner, of Philadelphia, *Pa.
as musical director of Snorter Col
lege. Dr. VanHoose reports that the
indications are the enrollment at the
college this year will be the largest
in its history.
FIFTY FARMERS IN AUTOS
SEE COLLEGE AND ROADS
ATHENS, Aug 9.—Fifty farmers from
Franklin County invaded Athens in thfir
own automobiles this week for an In
spection of the State College of Agri
culture and for a ride on the coutny’s
roads.
DALTON. Aug. 9. -The patrol of Boy j
Scouts recently added to the Dalton
troop and containing boys 12 years of'
age. has spent this week on a camping .
trip to Mineral Springs. The youngsters j
are doing the work around camp like ,
experienced campers. Seven scouts !
make up the party, being Newt Tram- J
mell. Winfrey Browder, Frank Sims,
.Tr.. DeWitt Jones, Manly McWilliams,
Ernest Farmer and Ramsey Black.
GRIST MILL ENGINE SETS
GIN AFIRE; LOSS IS $5,000
DALTON. Aug. 9.—Catching fire |
from the engine of the grist mill the
cotton gin owned by Gus Yeager, in
the southern part of the county, was
totally destroyed last night, the loss
being between $2,500 and $5,000. The
loss is only partially covered by in
surance.
86 YEARS OLD ON 63D
WEDDING ANNIVERSARY
ROME, Aug. 9.—Mr. and .Mrs. E
C. Hough, a venerable couple of
Rome, recently celebrated the sixty-
third anniversary of their marriage.
The occasion also marked the eighty-
sixth birthdays of both Mr. and^Mrs.
Hough.
FORMER STUDENT LOST 3
MONTHS; MYSTERY DEEPENS
ATHENS, Aug. 9.—The people of
Athens are very much interested in the
disappearance of R. R. Martin, whose
home is In Carrollton. Martin grad
uated in the 1911 class at the Univer
sity and was well known. He has not
been, heard of since May. His case i3
very similar to the disappearance of an
other Georgia graduate, Harold Tel
ford, who was lost in the Alps several
years ago.
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If not, you should yr ^
try a short S
conrse
helps Nature
overcome such 01s
as Flatulency, Indiges-
I tion, Constipation, Bilious
ness. Cramps and Malarial
I Fever. Get a bottle to-day
IMPROVED ROOFLESS PLATE
Made of gold or aluminum, no
gums, no roof. Truly Nature's du
plicate, made only by us. Perfect
fit or no pay.
GOLD CROWNS f
WHITE CROWNS
BRIDGE WORK (
20-YEAR GUARANTEE
$3
m illOIIOT *1 CJL We will continue to make our Whalebone Ever-
AllhllM I nlll stick Suction Plate for $3.00. The lightest and
ttUJUUr ,um strongest plate known.
E ASTERN PAINLESS DENTISTS s!n-2 PE»MTKEE*ST T *»eV w’aBun
' ■■ .. R. R. FARE ALLOVJEO 25 MILES
earin:
They Sold lip to $16.50===Qn Sale Monday Morning
THE MOST REMARKABLE REDUCTION
OK THE SEASON—these elegant Suits of fine
Ratine and Linen, beautifully made in all the
latest styles—delightfully appropriate for vaca
tion and early Fall wear—every one in stock,
and they sold up to $16.50, will go on sale to-mor
row, while they last, at one price
CHOICE
$4.95
All Fine Lingerie Dresses
That Sold at $25 to $35 Go Monday at
CHOICE
A final clearance of the most elaborate and
beautiful creations brought out this season.
Of course the number is limited, but the se
lection and range of sizes is fairly good. Not
a dress in the lot worth less than $25, and up
to $35, for quick clearance, to-morrow ....
More Extraordinary Reductions
$ 9.85 to $12 Lingerie Dresses, choice . $4 95
$12.50 to $15 Fancy Voile Dresses, choice $5.85
$10.00 to $12 Fancy Voile Dresses, choice $4.95
$ 7.50 to $9.85 Fancy Voile Dresses,choice $3.50
$10 to $12.50 Ladies’ Motor Coats, choice $5.45
$6 Lovely Ratine Novelty Coats, choice . $1.95
VDEM0DELING has already begun on our second and third floors. When com-
1A pletcd we will occupy the entire three floors, waking the Southern Suit & Skirt
Co. the largest exclusive Women’s apparel store in the South. There will be
no interruption to business during remodeling.
Southern Suit&SkirtCo.
“Atlanta s Exclusive V/omen's Apparel Store”—43-45 Whitehall Street