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"TW. ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
sum SUBS AS
HE HEIRS HE IS
Deserted by Friends, He Waits
Through the Night, Com
forted by Wife.
ALBANY. Aug. 13,-The
Court of Impeachment will
meet at the Capitol Septem
ber 18 at noop.
ALBANY. N. Y., Auk 13.--Gov-
ernor William Sulzer was impearhed
by the New York Assembly to-day by
a vot<* of 79 to 45 The specific charge
in the indictment of "high crimes and
misdemeanors” was that he used
moneys contributed to his campaign
for speculation in Wall street. The
vote was taken at 5:15 o’clock after
a night of acrimonious debate.
Wall street has claimed many vic
tims, both high and low, but few
cases have afforded a more pathetic
spectacle than that of Governor Sul
zer, standing alone after having
fought his way up the political lad
der through fifteen years or more
of grueling battle.
To controvert evidence produced by
the Frawley legislative committee,
which showed that Governor Sulzer
had used money contributed to his
campaign for stock speculation. Mrs.
Sulzer. w r as prepared to go upon the
stand to testify that she indorsed her
husband’s name to checks without his
knowledge and used them for stock
purchases. Even this noble wifely
sacrifice, declared the Governor’s op
ponents. would not save him from po
litical annihilation when the impeach
ment proceedings are actually begun
by the managers appointed by the as
sembly.
Friends Make Hard Fight.
Governor Sulzers friends, includ
ing Republicans, Democrats and one
lone Progressive, made a spirited
fight, but the antagonists were strong
in numbers and logic and were able
to prevail.
While the all-night battle raged
Governor Sulzer remained alone in
the the executive mansion, “the peo
ple’s house,” as he called it, refusing
to see any one or to be seen. Com
forted only by his wife he remained
In lonely vigil until after dawn, when
a messenger informed him that he
had been impeached. Tears streamed
down the Governor’s face when he
heard the news.
Governor Sulzer will be tried by the.
Senate and a majority of the Judges
of the State Court of Appeals, the
evidence being presented against him
by managers appointed by the Assem
bly.
Directly after the vote had been
taken In the Assembly, Speaker
Smith appointed Assemblymen Van-
Woert. Cole and Bradley to Inform
the Senate officially of the impeach
ment
Speaker Smith announced also that
no time would be lost in preparing the
articles of impeachment for presen
tation to the court, but Mr. Sulzer
has twenty days in which to prepare
his defense. *
Shunned in Hour of Trial.
The articles of impeachment will
he drawn up by Assembleymen Levy
of New York, Deitz or Brooklyn, Kel
ly of Dutchess County, Daley of
Onondaga County and Bryant of
Genesee County. Mr. Bryant is a Re
publican: the others are Democrats.
After this committee had been ap
pointed there was a conference in the
office of Senator Frawley, chairman
of the committee which Investigated
the Governor. Efforts to get word
from Mr. Sulzer. however, were un
availing. In the darkened executive
chambers Mr. Sulzer restlessly paced
up and down One wild report was
circulated that he would go In person
before the Assembly and plead his
own case before a vote was taken:
another rumor had it that he would
make overtures to his political ene
mies. All were wrong.
The Governor waited developments
anxiously and Impatiently. He made
a forlorn figure. Just a short time
ago his favor was courted by all. but
when the tide of politics began to go
against him he wa» deserted. Omy
his wife gave him comfort. Even
friends of his own political party
shunned him.
History of an unprecedented nature
was made, for never before has a Gov
ernor of this State been impeached.
There was practically nothing do
ing during the hours before noon, as
nearly all the legislators were In bed.
Opponents of the Governor were busy,
however, and Mr. Sulzer was severely
criticised for his reported acquies
cence to his wife's declaration that
she was unwittingly responsible for
the Wall Street speculation charges
“He should not try to hide behind
I petticoats to save his political face ” j
said they. |
Friends of the impeached Governor
are deeply distressed to-day over the
! action of the assembly. They still
maintain that politics of a Tammany
taint is rampant In the legislative
halls They go so far as to predict
I that Acting Governor Glynn, who is
! now the rightful occupant of the ex-
1 ecutiva chamber, will be given full op
portunity to decapitate appointments
made by the Governor, in that It is
expected that no Impeachment pro
ceedings will be started until late in
October, which is the limit of time
provided for in the Constitution when
the impeachment trial through the
court of impeachment must be insti
tuted.
These friends of the Governor find
solace in the fact that in addition to
th*» 76 votes necessary to impeach,
Tammany could muster but three ad
ditional votes They point out that
fourteen Republicans voted to sustain
the Governor and feel that it was
rock-ribbed political tactics which
forced those who voted favorably on
j t he impeachment resolution to do so
j It is not believed that the Impeach-
I ed Governor will be forced to vacate
i the Executive mansion although he
! may feel in honor bound to do so
I Acting Governor Glynn has a home
I of his ow n In one of the most ex
j elusive thoroughfares in the city and
I a summer home at Cedar HU!
I That the knotty tangle which the
Democrats now find themselves in
was due to the uncompromising atti
tude of Governor Sulzer was claimed
by organization Democrats. They
declare that Governor Sulzer frowned
on all attempts made by the leaders
“to get together” and that they had
to ‘ get him,” that it was known that
Sulzer had a checkered past, in spite
of h1s continued declarations that he
“was walking the street called
straight.” All sorts of ”1 told you ko’s
were forthcoming from Democratic
legislators and Whispers of more un
complimentary pages of the Gover
nor’s life found utterance.
A prominent Democratic member
said that the Frawley committee had
in reserve a mass of evidence which,
if used, would create more scandal of
which the Governor would be the vic
tim. This material may be brought
out during the future sessions of the
Frawley committee
Briefly, the articles of Impeachment
which were presented to the Senate
to-day charge that Governor Sulzer
is guilty of the following allegations.
That he filed a false statement of
campaign contributions with the Sec
retary of State, such statement hav
ing caused “great scandal” and re
proach for the Governor of the State
of New- York, and that the said state
ment did not contain all the contribu
tions received by hint, and that he was
guilty of a misdemeanor In failing to
file a true report.
Charge Effort to Blook Quiz.
That while Governor, William Sul
zer Induced Louis It. Sarecky, Fred
erick L Colwell and Melville B. Ful
ler, by fraudulent methods, to with
hold certain testimony from the
Frawley committee, and that such
acts were the commission of a felony.
That the Governor “practiced deceit
and fraud and used threats and men
aces” Intended to prevent the commit
tee and other witnesses subpenaed
from producing hooks and papers de
sired by the committee, such act hav
ing been s misdemeanor.
That in preventing or dissuading
Frederick L. Colwell from attending
the hearing of the Frawley commit
tee the Governor was also guilty of
a misdemeanor in having violated
section 2441 of the penal law. J
That prior to his election the Gov
ernor appropriated campaign contri
butions to his own use using the
same, or a large portion thereof, to
speculate in stocks, and that he there
by stole such checks and was guilty
of larceny.
That he promised and threatened to
use his office to affect the vote of
certain public officers, including As
semblymen S. G. Prime, of Essex, and
Thaddeus C. Sweet, of Oswego.
That the Governor corruptly used
his authority as Governor to affect
the price of securities in the New
York Stock Exchange, In some of
which he was speculating and in oth
er ways sought to Influence legisla-
iton.
In conclusion the articles read:
“The assembly demands that the
Governor answer concerning all these
matters before the court which 1b to
hear the charges, and offers to pre-
stmt proof of said matters at such
time as the honorable court for the
trial of impeachment may order and
appoint."
William Sulzer less than a year ago
enjoyed the confidence of the peop e
of New York State to such an extent
that he was elected Governor by a
vote of 19.000 In excess of that ~<ven
Wilson and the national ticket, and
a few months later s-wid In an inter
view “The p° ’ understand me, I
understand the people, and we trust
each other.”
Throughout his long career In the
State Assembly, in the National
House of Representatives, and during
nls recent campaign for election as
Governor and his six-n.cnth tenure
of that office Governor Sulzer always
posed as a poor man and a friend of
the poor man
IZ3
Indorses Hearst’s Sunday Ameri
can Trail-Blazing Trip Through
D v ixie to San Francisco.
BILL IS PASSED
AFTER HARD BATTLE
There’s a world of satisfac
tion in buying Uneeda Biscuit
because you know you will
get what you want—soda
crackers that are oven-fresh,
crisp, clean, appetizing and
nourishing.
Uneeda Biscuit are always uniform
in quality—they are always alike
in crispness, in flavor—they are
soda crackers you can depend
upon. And all because Uneeda
Biscuit are uncommon soda crack
ers packed in an uncommon way.
Five cents everywhere in the
moisture-proof package.
NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY
A resolution offered by Senator Mc
Neill, of the Twenty-second. Indors
ing the, campaign inaugurated by
Hearst’s Sunday American In co-op
eration with other leading Southern
newspapers to blaze an all-Southern j
highway from Atlanta to San Fran
cisco, was passed unanimously by
the Senate Wednesday morning
In offering the resolution Senator
McNeill declared that the proposed
campaign undoubtedly meant mu 'h
not only for Georgia, but for the whole
South, as It will afford a direct N road
from the East to the South and thence
to the Pacific Coast, where the great
Panama-Pacific Exposition will be
held In 1915.
“I offer this resolution for the in
dorsement of the Senate,” said the
Senator, “because the campaign Is
an effort to increase interest in good
roads and highways In additions to
affording a route from New York to
the Pacific Coast through the South.
The campaign Is featured by the fa't
that it will not coat the State of
Georgia one cent.”
Senate Resolution in Full.
The resolution adopted by the Sen
ate follow^:
Resolved, That whereas the
campaign inaugurated by Hearst’s
Sunday American in co-operation
with other leading Southern
newspapers for an all-Southern
transcontinental highway from
Atlanta to San Francisco will
mean much for the promotion of
good roads in Georgia as well as
better facilities for the inter
change of farm products between
different States, this Senate does
hereby indorse thi» movement,
thereby encouraging the senti
ment and interest for better roads
and highways.
The Senate Indorsement of the cam
paign followed fast on the heels of the
indorsement of Governor John M. Sla
ton, who declared Tuesday that no
better sign of the progress of the
people could be had than just such
movements ns this one
Other prominent citizens, including
Bhelbv Smith, County Commissioner,
also have placed their hearty stamp
of approval on the project.
In fact. Interest in the proposed
tour has exceeded the fondest e peo-
tatlons of the good roads and high
way boosters, who are leaving no
stone unturned to make the trans
continental path-finding tour a suc
cess in every particular.
Pathfinder Arranges Details.
Perhaps the busiest of the boosters
Is “Pathfinder” Ferguson, who will
conduct the big campaign. Mr Fer
guson arrived in Atlanta last Satur
day, and since that time he has gone
into every detail of the first lap of
the Journey from Atlanta to Birming
ham. Scarcely a single detail of the
"official” start, which will be made
next Monday, has been overlooked
The pathfinders have their road maps
in readiness and the Atlanta boosters
who will have the parade in hand
have announced "ready.”
The parade will be one of the larg
est ever witnessed In Atlanta. Among
those who will participate will be the
Chief of Police, the Fire Chief, vari
ous city officials and other prominent
citizens. Mr. Ferguson will go direct
to Anniston. Ala., from Atlanta and
thence to Birmingham, the first "offi
cial” stopping place. The proposed
route extends through Birmingham,
Montgomery, New Orleans, Dallas.
Houston, San Diego, Los Angeles iO
San Francisco.
200 Seek to Enjoin
Road Law in Dawson
GAINESVILLE, Aug. 13 —Judge J
B. Jones, of the Northwestern Cir
cuit, is soon to render a decision in
an unusual case Which has been
heard by him in chambers here. It
is a suit to enjoin the operation of
the alternative road law in Dawson
County recommended by the last
Grand Jury of that county.
The petition, containing the names
of 200 citizens and taxpayers of Dtw
son, alleges that the road matter was
"railroaded’ through Just at the eve
f adjournment and, in point of fact,
a majority of the Jury did not vote
for the law.
One-Hour Want Ad
Brings About Sale
This two-line want ad appeared In
Tuesday's Georgian, in the midst of
i long list of articles for sale:
t lR SAI.K Return ticket to Jackson
ville, Fla. Phone Ivy 6606-J.
Early to-day the Want Ad Man s
telephone rang. The lady who had
Inserted the ad was on the wire.
“Please discontinue my ad," she
said. “The ticket was sold within an
hour after The Georgian reached the
street. Thank you.”
That want ad had cost Just 20 cents.
Wasn’t it worth It?
WORKS FOR $2 A MONTH.
TALBOTTON.—Although the act
providing for County Commissioners
for Talbot County specifies that no
commissioner shall draw more than
$24 per year. Commissioner Roderick
Leonard is giving practically his en
tire time to the roads of the county.
Crowd Flees as Flames Near the
Ammunition Room Over Taft
Hall—Damage Heavy.
Rapidly making toward the room
where many thousand rounds of am
munition were stored, fire did several
thousand dollars’ worth of damage in
the. storeroom of the armory over Taft
Hall In the Auditorium early Wednes
day afternoon.
The main auditorium was not touch
ed, however. The blaze did not *.»t
within 100 yards of the huge organ.
The fire was discovered by Sergeant
Wardwell, of the Artillery Corps, who
happened to be in the basement at
the time. Smoke came down the ©le
vator shaft and he rushed up*-’airs
Into the office of H. J. Weaver, the
keeper of the building. They hurried
to the upper floor and discovered f
smoke coming out of the storeroom
in which the tents of Companies C
and D are kept. An alarm was turn
ed in and several companies re
sponded.
Firemen Find Doors Locked.
It required several minutes for the
firemen to gain entrance into the room
on account of the door being locked.
The armory is on the top floor and It
was necessary to use an aerial truck
and enter through the window'. The
firemen were driven hack for Home
time by the heavy smoke from the
burning tents and were compelled to
play several streams on them f »r more
than half an hour.
The tents which were burned were
used in the recent encampment at St
Simons Island, and it is qu' f i proba
ble that the fire had smoldered for I
several days. The loss to the National I
Gtt&rd will amount to several thou
sand dollars
It required hut a few moments for
the room to till with water to a depth
of more than two feet, the fire being
unusually bard to quench on account
of the waterproof tents, and having !
started in the center of a huge pile of !
canvas.
Plastering Loosened.
The water seeped through the floor
and the ceiling over Taft Hall, loos
ening the plaster there, while a neavy
stream flowed down the stairways in
to the great lobby. When the fire
was extinguished the firemen under
took the task of baling out the store
room, using large galvanized tuba tor
the work.
News of the Auditorium being on
fire drew a large crowd, but when |
the rumor that many rounds of am
munition were stored in the apartment
ext to the tent room spread the crowd
melted rapidly.
The fire will not Interfere with a
prize fight scheduled at the Audito
rium Wednesday night.
If Representatives Sheppard of
Sumter County and Stovall of Elbert
County stand by their guns during
the two remaining sessions of the
legislature, a determined fight to In
duce the House to reconsider Its ac
tion in passing the Senate tax revi
sion bill, providing for a State Tax
Commissioner and county boards -if
assessors, will be inaugurated Wed
nesday or Thursday.
Both Mr. Stovall and Mr. Sheppard
made strenuous efforts to get the
floor immediately after the passage
of the bill with a motion to reconsid^
er, but were ruled out of order at
their first attempt by Speaker Bur-
well. Then Ed Wohlwender. of Mus
cogee. stepped into the breach with
one of his filibusters, and their op
portunity was gone. They have served
notice on the House, however, that
they will make a motion to reconsid
er at the earliest possible opportunity
Friends of the measure, however,
who passed it after one of the most
spectacular fights in the history of
Georgia, declare that they have no
fear that the efforts of Mr.- Sheppard
and Mr. Stovall will succeed. Backed
by the approbation of Governor Sla
ton, who issued a statement Tuesday
night that the House deserved the
thanks of the State, they have no
fear that their work will be destroyed
during the short remaining time of
the session.
Several Foes Drop Fight.
Several members w’ho voted against
the tax bill declared Wednesday
morning that in view of their friend
ship for the administration they will
not support a motion to reconsider,
even though it come from Sheppard
and Stovall, recognized leaders of the
anti-tax reformers in the House
It took singing, much argument, a
wild ride to the Capitol in an auto
mobile, a deciding vote by the Speak
er and one of Ed Wohlwender's noted
filibusters to pass the bill, but after
three hours’ hard work, in which
every foot of the march to success
was a battle, It was finally done.
Bob Blackburn, of Fulton, led the
singing that put courage into the
hearts of the tax reformers; Hender
son of Jones made the wild ride to
the Capitol and cast the tying vote at
the last moment, and then Speaker
Burwell stepped Into the breach and
saved the bill by casting the vote that
broke the tie and made the bill a law.
Sheppard, of Sumter, denounced the
measure, declaring that it is uncon
stitutional, and Stovall, of Elbert, de
livered an equally
strong speech
against the bill. MeCrory. of Schley
County, and Conner, of Spalding, aiso
denounced it. Among those who
spoke in favor of it were Wimberly,
of Bibb; Jones of Coweta; Swift,
of Muscogee; Fullbright, of Burke,
and Greene, of Houseton.
At 5 o’clock Holtzclaw, of Hous
ton, called the previous question, and
at 5:15 the roll call began on the
measure. The closeness of the vote
was apparent before half a dozen
names were called. The vote see
sawed during the entire roll call. At
no time was either side more than
three votes ahead. When the verifi
cation of the roll call began at 6:10
o’clock the antis had 86 votes and
the reformers 83. Then one of the
members arose and changed his vote
from yea to nay, changing the figure.-;
to 85 to 84.
Then Gower, of Crisp, bethought
himself that Henderson, of Jones, a
sterling friend of the measure, was
not in the House. He began hunting
for him. In five minutes he had lo
cated Henderson at the Majestic Ho-
| tel, where he was waiting for a mes
sage from his wife, who is very ill.
Henderson was told the status of the
vote and Jumped Into a taxicab and
started on a wild ride to the Capitol.
He arrived as the clerk was calling
the.S’s in his verification. Mr. Hen
derson gained the floor and voted yea.
tying up the vote. When the Speak
er announced that the vote was a tie,
there was a moment of breathless
quiet.
Then Speaker Burwell voted yea
and pandemonium broke loose. Mem
bers shouted and 5«ng. Jumped upon
their seat*, shook hands and relieved
the tense feeling that had prevailed.
None was happier than Pat Burney,
one of the older members of the
House. He jumped up on his desk
and let out a whoop that could be
heard five blocks. The din continued
for five minutes before the Speaker
could restore order.
Then Sheppard' of Sumter, and
Stovall, of Elbert, began a systemati?
effort to bring about a reconsideration
of the bill. Their efforts were de
feated when Blackburn, of Fulton,
moved that the House adjourn to 9:30
o’clock Wednesday morning, which it
a debatable question. Wohlwender
arose to the occasion—and the bill
was saved.
In a statement issued last night
Governor Slaton declared that the
Legislature deserves the thanks of the
people of Georgia.
“It has shown efficiency and busi
ness capacity in a form that com
mands the confidence of the entire
business world and can offer without
embarrassment the bonds of Georgia
to the strictest financier.”
Soldier Held for
Attempted Attack
PENSACOLA, Aug. 13—Jack Gord,
a soldier from Fort Barrancas, is be
ing held in irons at the navy yard
charged with attempting to attack a
prominent young woman at Warring
ton. No warrant has been issued for
him. although the United States Dis
trict Attorney is now investigating
the matter. It is claimed the soldier
went to the room of the young wo
man in his stocking feet and wearing
no coat or shirt. When the young
woman screamed, the soldier ran and
Deputy Game Warden Chapman
knocked him down with a brick. The
clothing of Gord was found down
stairs.
The soldier denies all charges,
claiming that his clothes had been
stolen and that he went into the
room upstairs in order not to expose
himself improperly clad.
Victims of Promoter
Found in Many States
GADSDEN. Aug. 13.—Cashier Boh-
lin, of the Fort Payne bank, testified
to-day that E. C, Drew, the oil well
promoter on trial here for using the
mall to defraud, had deposited $19,000
in the bank between January 1 1912,
and the present date. It was also
shown he had deposited $6,000 in a
bank at Collinsville.
The money w’as secured from In
vestors. the largest amount from any
one person being $1,000, w’hich Mrs.
Belcher, residing in Maine, had sent
Drew’s alleged victims are found in
many States.
PI BOYS HELD
i 1 <
Series of Burglaries Laid to
Them—Two Who Fled Caught
in Savannah.
Board of Examiners
For Trained Nurses
TALLAHASSEE, Aug 13.—Under
the provisions of a 1913 legislative act
providing for the State registration
of nurses. Governor Park Trammell
ha* appointed the following trained
nurses as members of the State Board
of Examiners:
Miss Anna Davids, of Miami; Miss
N. B. Prew'itt, of Tampa; Miss Irene
M. Foote, of Jacksonville; Miss Maud
Yothers, of Orlando; and Miss Anna
L. Rutherford, of St. Augustine
Boy Shoots Matches Hides Her Husband’s
From Air Gun; Fire Clothes to Hold Him
Mountaineer Frozen
Dangling Over Cliff
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
VIENNA. Auk- 13.—Mountain
guides near Lelsang to-day discov
ered the frozen body of a mountain
eer hanging over the cliff in the Bre.
genz Mountaina.
The man. who was a guide, had
fallen from a precipice and his cloth
ing had caught in a Jutting tree root.
ETTFAULA, Aug. 13.—-Mrs H. C.
Reynolds was seriously burned about
the hands and face to-day in trying to
extinguish a burning mosquito net
and save her home from destruction.
Mrs. Reynolds’ son, Henry Rey
nolds. was shooting matches from an
airgun when one of them struck the
iron bed, ignited and set fire to the
net. which started a big flame.
Florida Cattle for
Miller's 101 Ranch
GAINESVILLE, FLA., Aug. 13.—
Since last March 17,000 cattle have
been purchased in Florida by Milier
Bros, of 101 Ranch, Bliss, Okla.
The last are now being shipped.
Only 300 head were lost en route. The
average price paid was $13.50 a head.
Death Answers an
Invitation to Speak
GADSDEN. Aug 13.—When the
Etowah County Veterans’ reunion
opened here to-day it developed that
the late Senator Joseph F. Johnston
had been invited to make an address.
Senator Johnston died before mak
ing response to the Invitation.
HAWTHORNE, N. Y., Aug. 13 —
After hiding her husband's clothes,
Mrs. Elizabeth Vandam, of this place,
made a complaint of non-support
against him.
After his arrest she gave back his
garments that he might be taken to
Jail.
REV. C. E. WHEAT WILL RECOVER
GRIFFIN. GA„ Aug. 13.—The Rev.
C. E. Wheat, rector of St. George s
Episcopal Church, who was stricken
with ptomaine poisoning last Sat
urday, continues in a very critical
condition, but his physicians state
that the crisis has passed and that, he
will recover.
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the pureet flavoring materials.
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Carmack Trial Nears
Finish at Opelika
OPELIKA, Aug. 13.—It is probable
that the trial of Homer Carmack,
which began Tuesday afternoon, will
be concluded by noon Thursday. Car
mack is charged with murdering J.
J. Folke, an aged Phoenix City mer
chant. on Sunday night June 22.
The State is represented by Solici
tor C. A. L. Samford, of the Law and
Equity Court of Lee County, assisted
by his brother. T. D. Samford, while
the defense is being represented by C.
A. Hayes, of Phenix City, and Judge
A. E. Barnett, of Opelika. Judge Lum
Duke is the trial Judge.
Numerous burglaries committed in
Atlanta within the last several weeks
were laid to a hand of youths in po
lice court Wednesday morning.
Recorder Pro Tern Preston bound
over to the State courts five lads ar*
rested at different times in a system
atic hunt by Detectives McGill and
Gillespie. They are Fred Amasson,
of 20 Glass Street; Harry Sharpton,
of 102 Gibson Street; Roy Nash, of
12 Pittman Place; Lee Ellenberg, of
209 1-2 Marietta Street, and Dick
Coppedge. a clerk.
Coppedge was held in one case of
larceny from the house, it being
charged that he watched for the
gang on one occasion. His bond was
fixed at $500. The bond of the other
boys was fixed at $2,000 each.
Sharpton and Nash fled to Savan
nah recently. They were found there
by detectives and brought to Atlanta.
The places said to have been brok
en into by the boys are Dr. C. S
Kern’s drug store. Edgewood Ave
nue; P. H. Hanson’s grocery, 101
Wells Street; the store of the Sewell
Commission Company, 113 Whitehall
Street; a shoe shop at 171 Marietta
Street; the Gem Hotel, 175 Marietta
Street, and a residence at 82 West
Cain Street.
Feud of Gamblers
Cause of Killing
BIRMINGHAM, Aug. 13.—That the
killing of W. Louie (Pat) Roney by
Ed Ellis on one of the principal
streets of Birmingham on the night
of July 31 was a chapter of a feud
among gamblers was brought out in
the preliminary hearing, which has
been concluded, Ellis being released
on $2 t>J0 bond.
Louie Smith, * a partner of Ellis,
was killed In Montgomery by Roney.
Smith had killed Brooks Fuller, an
other gambler, some months before.
Girl Tells of Trip to
Reno as Diggs' Wife
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 13—Mar
sha Warrington, the 19-year-old 9ac-
remento girl whose flight to Reno
with Maury I. Diggs resulted in his
present trial on a charge of violating
the Mann white slave law. resumed
her story on the witness stand to
day.
Miss Warrington said that after
eating luncheon in a cafe on their ar
rival in Reno, she, with Diggs, Drew
Caminetti, jointly indicted with
Diggs, and Lola Norris, went to a
hotel, and under assumed names, reg
istered as man and wife. The fol
lowing day, she said, they moved to
a bungalow that Diggs and Caminetti
had rented for a month. They lived
there as man and wife, she testified.
Visiting Merchants
Have Big Barbecue
Fall styles, new fabrics, freight
rates and price terms were forgotten
Wednesday afternoon by sellers and
buyers alik? when nearly every whole
sale merchant in Atlanta and many
hundreds of delegates to the South
ern Merchants’ convention dropped
business and enjoyed a barbecue at
Ponce DeLeon Park.
J. R. Little was put at the head of
the barbecue committee and Lee
Barnes was engaged to supervise the
outdoor cookery.
Gives 500 Pieces of
Skin to Daughter
PROVIDENCE, R. I.. Aug. 13.—Mrs.
Howard Gladding has given 500 tiny
pieces of skin from her arms to pre
vent scars on the face of her daugh
ter, four, who fell down stairs with
a lighted lamp.
Funeral Designs and Flowers
FOR ALL OCCASIONS.
Atlanta Floral Company
455 EAST FAIR STREET.
VAUDEVILLE PROVES
DECIDED SUCCESS AT
THE BONITA THEATER
After months of tabloid musi
cal comedy, the Bonita Theater
put on a high-class vaudeville bill
Monday, which proved a success
from the first show. There are
four numbers on the bill, the An
derson Sisters and Bud Fagg
being headliners.
If you appreciate light, amus
ing vaudeville, go to the Bonita
and you will find just what you
want.
DIAMONDS OF HIGHEST QUALITY
AT AUCTION
With our reputation for selling the best and most trust
worthy jewelry a sale like this means much to those who
know us.
These diamonds are going at ridiculously low prices.
Don’t fail to attend.
Sales 11 A. M. and 3:30 P. M.
Souvenirs for the ladies.
EUGENE V. HAYNES CO.
BRIGGS & REID, Auctioneers
5c
Davison-Paxon-Stokes Co.
Here Is Good News for
Thursday in
The Downstairs Section
A Clearance Sale of
Cotton Wash Goods at^^~ Yard
Including such desirable materials as—
Shirting Prints, Printed Voiles, Cotton Foulards, 40-inch
Batistes and Indigo-Blue, Gray and Black-and-White Prints.
Good Lower Priced Undermuslins
and Dresses for Women
Any woman who has not had her share of the good things
in the ready-to-wear part of the Downstairs Section can come
in to-morrow and count herself fortunate in finding such gar
ments as these at such prices.
Street and House Dresses
at $1.69
Well-made, stylish Dresses, of many materials, Ottoman
cloth, pique, percale, linene and ginghams, in pinks, blues, tan
and black-and-white or all-white.
$2 House Dresses
at 89c
There is still good choosing among these dresses, which are
truly wonderful at the price now asked for them. Prettily
made, and becoming dresses of lawns, batistes and ginghams, in
striped and figured effects; a variety of desirable colors.
Corset Covers in four groups at 15c, 19c, 25c and
35c each.
Combinations of nainsook, lace or embroidery
trimmed, at 69c.