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TTTE ATLANTA O EOT? OTA NT AND NEWS. Fulton County Lawyers Ask Gov ernor to Give Place to an Atlanta Man. Persistent rumor that. Judge L. S. Roan, of the Stone Mountain circuit, is slated feir the judgeship in the newly created Superior Court of Ful ton County has created a stir among members of the Atlanta bar who have protested to the Governor, it Is understood, that an Atlanta attorney should receive the honor. Thus far the Governor has given no indication of the probable ap pointee, but the general opinion pre vails that Judge Roan will t*c* the man. While Atlanta lawyers are loud in their praise of Judge Roan and his recognized abilities, they insist that the new Fulton County judgeship f-hould he awarded to a Fulton Coun ty man. The petition which has been drawn by the members of the Atlanta bar in substance sets forth thi con tention and protests the appointment of any other than a Fulton County man as a reflection on the Atlanta bar. In anticipation of the appointment of Judge Roan candidates for posi tions which will he affected by the transfer are also showing marked ac tivity. Charles S. Reid, of Palmetto Solicitor General of the Stone Moun tain circuit, it is said, will succeed Judge Roan on the bench. Aspirants for the Solicitor Generalship are carrying on a quiet campaign for tin* office now held by Reid Among the members of the Atlanta bar who are contending that an At lanta attorney should !><• appointed to tiie new bench are Shepard Bryan, Albert Howell, Jr.. General Clifford L. Anderson and Hollis N. Randolph. Insane Father Fights For His Little Child GAINESVILLE. Aug. 13. -Beoom- i v ig unmanageable, J. C. Johnson, of ' o.ir Buford, has been brought to the Hull County jail to await trial on a lunacy charge. He Is 28 years old and lias a wife and baby. He took his baby from his wife and started to leave home when his mother inter fered, he struc k her in the face- and then knocked his father down. He was overpowered bv friends, who brought him here. On a f.Truer occision Johnson \v< nt to Atlanta and aimlessly rambled over the city, leaving home without a cent of money. Pays Annual Visit To Tomb of Grant COLUMBUS. Aug. 13 Friends in Columbus have received message** from Dr. E. B. M. Browne, now of New York, but formerly pastor of Temple B’Nai Israel in this city, that j he lias just paid his annual visit to , the tomb of General F. S. Grant, it j being the twenty-seventh anniver- j sary of the burial of the former Pres ident. Dr. Browne Is the sole survivor of the pallbearers who officiated at the funeral of General Grant. His daugh ter, Mrs. Dave Goldberg, now resides j here. ' Turks Threaten New War on Bulgarians CONSTANTINOPLE, Aug. 13.— The Turkish Porte to-day threatened ! to declare war against Bulgaria un less Bulgarian soldiers ceased their slaughter of defenseless Turkish peasants. According to reports sent in from i Turkibh military officers in Adrian- ( opl, many Mussulman men and wo- j men are being killed daily In Thrace ] WORKS FOR $2 A MONTH. TALBOTTON. -Although the act j providing for County Commissioners for Talbot County specifies that no commissioner shall draw more than $24 per year, Commissioner Roderick Leonard is giving pnu to ally Ins en tire time o- the r.-.uis of the county. State Urged to Pay For Warship Silver By House Committee ent "f Georgia's donation o - r service presented to the ip Georgia, which has been i six years, was recommended • by i vote of $ to 5, by the Committee on Appropriations, s the overwhelming sentiment immittee that the* debt wav an le on* and should be paid at Charles VV\ Crankahaw, the jeweler who has waited pa- f**r his money, appeared In ** for* the committee and read history of the gift. It was at t of the late Jos* oh M. T* r- ■n Governor of Georgia, that was made. The Governor thn ent* ervi on Day at. the Jamestown Exposition. The outstandim amount voted paid the Appropriations Committee was ,300. The total cost of the service IS $7,51Georgia cities contrib- ed. Diaz Ignored Because Of Diplomatic Error KAN FRANCISCO, Aug 18.—A cablegram t<> a local Japanese news paper from Tokio to-day said: • Ah the Government of Mexico has ignored the diplomatic usage of the international intercourse etiquette by | sending an envoy to Japan without I consulting and m iking arrangements with the Japanese- Government for th«* mission of General Felix Diaz, Japan advised the Government of Mexico that there* is necessity of careful consultations beforehand." McAdoo Belongs to Buttermilk Brigade WASHINGTON. Aug. 18. The Wil- •on ulminist r, I ion just can not agree on the subject, of drink. Further dis ruption came to light to-day with the discovery that William G. Mc Adoo, Secretary of the Treasury, is a buttermilk "fiend.” William J. Bryan, Secretary of I State, insists on grape Juice. Presi dent Wilson drinks orange Juice. Tuberculosis Spread By Paris Street Dogs I 'cial Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. PARIS, Aug. 13. The French Acad emy of Medicine is discussing the spreading of tuberculosis by dogs. it is estimated that from 12,000 to 18,000 tubercular dogs are* running loo?••*» in the* Paris streets out of a total dog population of 200,000. It is found that dogs give tubercu losis* to cats. TO CNICE m Several Organizations and Indi viduals Start in to Win Geor gian’s Want Ad Contest. “How many organizations are going in for that $1,000 in gold?" asked the chairman of a church committee of tii* Want Ad Man. The committee had been appointed to take* up the entry of the church in the Want Ad Gunte.st inaugurate**! by Hearst's Sun- clay American and Atlanta Georgian, and \va making plans to go out and win. "Why, quite: a number and more coming,” e xplained the Want Ad Man. "But the more the better for every body. " You see* the more entered the more the vote- is ’It up, Just as when four e*r five candidates run for Mayor. It gives everybody a better chance to win. Ariel remember, there's $500 worth of furniture of your own se lect ion for second prize.” 'I’ll** Want Ad Contest has Inter ested hundreds of Atlantans and the ofti* • of the: Want Ad Man. fourth floor of the Foote * Davies Building, is ejtie 1 of the* busiest places in the city this week. Contestants are* call ing to have* details explained to them, to receive order blanks and other equipine nt, to have a chat with the Want Ad Man and gain tips on how to succeed. The unnuUMccment of the complete list of prizes aroused new' interest. The two grand prizes, a five-passen ger automobile and a double tour to California tend return with all ex penses paid, have made everybody buckle down to work. And beside* these, there are five prizes in each of four classes, men’s, women’s, boys’ and girls’, so that everybody has a chance t<> win something worth while. And host *>f all, there Isn’t any guess work or gamble. It is sitnpl.v a busi nesslike* proposition In which energy brings a certain return. There is still time to enter the con test. The Want Ad Man will tell you all about it If you’ll see him this vve ek. SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTION. COLUMBUS -The Lee County, Alabama. Sunday school convention will meet August 22 and 23 at Waver- ly. Leon C. Palmer, field secretary of the Sunday school work in Ala bama. will make the principal ad dress. Noted Organist of England Plays Here Atlanta music-lovers will have the opportunity next Sunday of hearing Eugene*Wyatt, one of the most fa mous English organists, in a free con cert at the Auditorium under the aus pices of the Atlanta Music Festival Association. During the next few weeks a num ber of the most prominent organists in the country will be heard in con cert at th<» Auditorium in the* contest for the place of city organist left va cant-by Dr. Percy Starne s’ resigna tion. Mr. Wyatt, however, will not par ticipate in the contest, his appearance here be ing a special attraction ar ranged by the association. Set on Blyth, a noted English organist, and Clarence Reynolds, organist at the Ocean Grove Auditorium, are two w ho w'lll try for the place. Tango Puts Ban on Tight Corset Style PITTSBURG, PA., Aug. 13.—The slit skirt, the tango and turkey trot are approved and the tight-fitting cor set taboo with Miss Ruth S. Denis the danseus**. "You remember, a few years ago, If a girl could squeeze herself into a 17-inch corset she thought she would be just the right figure. No one could tango in that kind of corset now, and we particularly owe the healthier cor set to the popularity of this dance.” FIGHT TO RECOVER IKILLS HIMSELF II VICTIM OF PARALYSIS. SAVANNAH —George W. Price, of Wilkesbarre, Pa., who suffered u stroke of paralysis several days ago, is in a serious condition at the Sa vannah Hospital. Wife of Secretary Is Champion Whistler WASHINGTON, Aug. *3. — Mrs Josephus Daniels, the talented wife* a’ the Secretary of the Navy, is to-day considered the champion whistler of the Cabinet circle. Mrs. Daniels learned this unusual accomplishment from her sons. When she drives down to coax the Secretary from bis desk these Mexi can days she summons him by giving u sweet. high whistle in a code both understand. Soldiers Shoot Wild; Blacks Fear Bullets AUGUSTA, GA.. Aug. 13.—The new rifle range of the local military com panies will have to be abandoned un less better precautions are taken co protect human lives. £n injuncticyi is threatened by W. H. Rennison and other property owners in the vicinity because the soldiers are said to be shooting recklessly. Negroes in the neighborhood have stopped work on the farms for fear of oeing killed. Case Will Be Taken to Richmond Superior Court—Divorce Pro ceedings Do Not Interfere. AUGUSTA, Auk 13.—Attome; C. F Dunbar announce* that he will bring action before Judge Henry C. Hammond, *»f the* Richmond Superior Court, for the recovery of the Zachry children. By a derision of the Supreme Court yesterday Judge Hammond must hear the evidence In the case. The entire matter is, therefore, reopened, and Dunbar believes that he will recover the children on his next attempt. Ordinary Walton heard the case at first, and he decided that Zachry should have the custody of the chil dren. Subsequently divorce proceed ings were brought by Dunbar for Mrs. Zachry, and he asked Judge Ham mond to hear the case and decide whether the father or the mother should have the custody of the chil dren. Judge Hammond declfned on the ground that ordinary Walton had al ready decided the matter. Dunbar reminded him that at the time the matter was heard before Walton di vorce proceedings had not been insti tuted. Hammond said it made no differ ence and thut he had no right to hear it. The- Supreme Court has ruled that he had and has the right. President Urges Action on Opium WASHINGTON, Aug. 13.—Presi dent Wilson to-day sent to the Sen ate* a special message urging legisla tion concerning the opium traffic in conformity with the report made by Hamilton Wright on the opium con ference held at The Hague. The House passed a bill which meets President Wilson’s views, as outlined in this report. 4 Shot Fatally in I. W. W.Riot in Utah SALT LAKE CITY, Aug. 13—None of the four person? wounded by re volver bullets in last night’s rioting between citizens and Industria Workers of the World will die. ac cording to doctors to-day. The trouble was brought on by the waving of an American flag in the face of an 1. W. W. orator. A, S. Brown, 52, of Jacksonville, Drinks Carbolic Acid on Down town Corner—Leaves Note. Declaring in a note found by the side of his body that he was going insane and had suffered for years a3 "nobody but Noah of the Scriptures" has suffered. A. S. Brown. 52 years old, of Jacksonville, Fla., committed suicide at Hunter and Whitehall streets Tuesday night about 11 o’clock by drinking carbolic acid. The man was dying when Police man E. F. Davis found him lying In the middle of the sidewalk. He w r as taken to Grady Hospital, but died before the hospital whs reached. The body was taken to Bloomfield’s morgue and will be held until his rel atives, who ar^* supposed to live at No. 112 Jackin avenue. Jacksonville, Fla., are heard from. On a scrap of paper found beside Brown’s body was a note stating that he was afraid he was going crazy, and rather than "live a living death” had decided to commit wulclde. He asked that his body be given to a medical college for an examlnatoin of his brain. In this note he gave his name and address. On the other side of the paper was a note in which he declared that, if the public knew of his trouble, it would wonder how he had stood it n. long as he had. Brown was a man of unusual height, well cut features and hair tinged with gray. He was roughly dressed.. Amusement Park for Millionaires’ Row NEW YORK, Aug. 13.—William G. Rockefeller and other wealthy New Yorkers, who make up the exclusive millionaire’s colony at Greenwich, Conn., are sorely troubled over the purchase, by Lebrati Brothers, of a twenty-acre tract of land next to the country estates of the millionaires, which will be used as a site for an amusement park. The purchase was made without the knowledge of Rockefeller and his ex. clugjve neighbors. 1,500-Pound Shark Captured in Trap GLOUCESTER, MASS., Aug. 13.— A 1,500-pound shark. 25 feet long, which was captured in the Milk Island trap by Albert Story and killed, after a bitter battle, is at Story’s Wharf where It attracts much attention. Boston Judge for Free Divorce Law BOSTON, MASS., Aug. 13.—"There should be a more lenient divorce law, If not one actually patterned bn the free divorce of Norway,” judge Albert E. Avery, of. the Quincy and Brantree District Court declares. “There would have to be the proper financial arrangements If divorce were to be ffeer” he said, "and where there are young children their welfare and disposition should come before the in clinations of the parents. “But It is unspeakable to make two people live together if they have ceased to care the right way.” Women Join to Aid ‘Wets’ in Chicago CHICAGO, Aug. 13.—An organiza tion of woman to aid the wet forces of Chicago in future municipal cam paigns will lie effected to-night when the Women’s Liberty League of Chi cago will come into existence. More than 10.000 men and worn n were expected to attend the first meeting of the proposed organization at Pilsner Park. Missouri Mob Hunts Little Girl’s Slayer LEXINGTON. MO.. Aug. 13.—Mor» than 1,000 men to-day are hunting Goldie Wtnkfleld, ft negro, determined to lynch him for the murd«r of 13- year-old Estelle Potter, daughter of Newton Potter, a wealthy farmer, who employed W inkfield. The child's body was found in a ravine. Mania to Own Auto Blamed for Slaying CHAMPAIGN, ILL.. Aug, 1 3.—Tho police to-day are hunting Gus T. Pennman, charged with the murder of Harold A. Shaw, a student at the University of Illinois and the son of one of the wealthiest citizens of Urbana. III. The murder was com mitted, the police charge, because of Pennman's uncontrollable mania to own the big racing car which Shaw's father had bought. Pennman disappeared In the rac ing car on Monday. Shaw's body was found last night in a clump of bushes near Philo, in .Champaign County. There’s a world of satisfac tion in buying Uneeda Biscuit because you knew you will get what you want—soda crackers that are oven-fresh, crisp, clean, appetizing and nourishing. 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We Extend the Courtesy of Divided Payments A POSITIVE SAVING OF 20 to 33 1-3 Per Cent Every Article of Furniture in This Big Sale Carries Our Special Discount of 20 to 33 1-3 Per Cent Don’t delay making your selections, goods will be stored until you are ready for them. Our stock is most complete in all our various lines, suitable for every room in the house. Nothing old or shopworn, everything brand new and up-to-date. 7/ Solid Mahogany Furniture for the dining room, living room and bedroom. Fumed Oak, which is most popular for the liv ing room, dining room and hall. Dainty Bird’s-eye Maple and White Enamel for the guestroom and girl’s bedroom. An elegant line of Circassian Walnut for hand some bedrooms. Brass Beds, Springs, Mattresses, Refrigerators, Chifforobes, Wardicbee, Go-Carts, Cedar Chests, and, in fact, everything carried in an up-to-date Furniture Sale, at A Saving of 20 to 33 1-3 Per Cent 'AM