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F TTTK ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. SUFFRAGE CRAZE I.S.. Mrs. S. W. Whltnsr entertained at an Informal afternoon pafty Tuesday when she invited sixteen guests to meet Mrs. Thomas Daniel, who leaves September 1 to make her home in Columbia, S. C. Sunflowers and goldenglow deco rated the rooms where the game was played. Mrs. Daniel will be the honor guest at several parties before she leaves. Mrs. Paul Baker. Mrs. Thomas Pat ton, Mrs. Joseph Camp and Mrs. Har- vie Jordan have planned Informal af fairs for her. Girtman- Jeffriss. On Saturday last at the residence of Mrs. Kate H. Orme on East Elev enth street Miss Mae Olrtman was married to Mr. T. A. Jeffries, Dr. W. W. Landrum officiating. After a trip Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrie^ will be at home at No. 25 Bonaventure avenue. Strickland- Powell. Miss Daisy .Strickland and 1 Mr. F. Pasco Powell, of Quitman, were mar ried Monday evening at the Aragon Hotel, the Rev. G. R Buford officiat ing. Miss Strickland Is a well-known violinist In Atlanta and Mi* Powell Is prominent in business in Quitman. Mr. and Mrs. Powell left Immedi ately for Hampton Springs, Fla., and on their return they will make their home in Quitrnai.. Mrs. Campbell Hostess. Mrs. J. A. Campbell entertained at bridge Tuesday afternoon for her guest, Miss Nelle Thomason, of Bir mingham. The house was decorated with garden flowers. Miss Thomason wore white crepe with a sash of pink The guests In cluded Mrs. J. S. Furlong, Mrs. H. L. Singer, Mrs. Brown, Mrs. John Scott. Mrs. Caspar Johnson, Mrs. D. I. MacIntyre Jr. Mrs. C. V. Rainwa ter, Mrs. V. V. Davis, Mrs. Ran dolph West, Mrs. Frank Dabney, Miss Julia MacIntyre, and her guest, Miss Fraser Mitchell. Wiliiams-McMillan. The marriage of Miss Elizabeth Ruth Williams and Mrs. J. ('. McMil lan. Jr., took place Saturday evening at the residence of the Rev. L. <). Brlcker, who officiated at the cer emony. Miss Pagett Hostess. Miss Annie Lou Pagett will enter tain Friday evening for her guest. Miss Carol Dean. <>f Gainesville and Miss Mary Belle Hixon. of Americu*. the guest of Mrs. Russell Bridges. To Miss Beatie. Miss Josephine Smith entertained at a,spend-the-day parly Tuesday for Miss Eva Beatie of New York, who is her guest. Invited to meet Miss Beatie were Misses Julia Dunning Leila Pondin. Katherine Law, Emily Wimpy, Marie Norris. Edwina Har per and Willis Smith. Sowing Club. Miss Mary Lucy Turner will enter tain the Sewing Club Wednesday morning at her home In Ponce De Leon avenue. PERSONALS Miss Jessie Coogler, No. 37 Lang- horn street, Is spending a few weeks in the mountuins at Clayton, Haber sham County, in company with a par ty of friends of West End. Mr. and Mrs. H. C. DRvidson, of Montgomery, Ala., are visiting their daughter Mrs. Georg Fr. Lindner, at No. 15 Barksdale drive, Ansley Park. Miss Lucy Sophia McKemie has re- turned home from a visit in Sewanee, Tenn. Miss Mamie Lee Bearden left Mon day for a visit to friends In Madison and Athens. Miss Genevieve Capps left Tuesday for a short stay in Gainesville. Miss Nelle Thomason, of Birming ham. who is visiting Mrs. J A. Camp bell in Decatur, will return home Thursday. Messrs. William F. YJann and Paul Stratchen left Saturday to spend their vacation in Jacksonivlle, Fla., and New Orleans. Miss Sappho Thrash left Tuesday for a camping trip with friends in the mountains of North Georgia. Mrs. J. H. Smith Is ill at her home in Marietta. Miss Maggie Morrison, who is vis itlng in Savannah, is receivlnr charm ing attentions. Last week an infor mal evening party was give for h*>r and several other affairs are being planned. Mrs. Cole E. Morgan and Master Ben Morgan are vlsitlpg Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Morgan in Knoxville. Dr. E. C. Davis has gone to French Lick Springs to spend some time. Miss El lie Oheesllng has returned home after a stay of two weeks with relatives and friends in Augusta and Washington, Ga. Mr. and Mrs. Matthew E Oheesllng left Atlanta Monday for a ten days' stay at Cohutta Springs. Miss Ruth Barry has as her guest this week Miss Anna Laura Thiot. from Havannah. Misses Amelin and Elizabeth Smith are guests of Miss Dorothy High on Peachtree road. Mr. and Mrs R. T. Du Bose and Miss Mattie Wilson DuBose have re turned home after spending the sum mer at the Majestic. Mr. Colley Haygood and Mr. Hill Smith left Atlanta last Saturday for Washington and New York Misses Sammy D. Pittard and Maude Abbott and Messrs. E. C. and T. C. Pittard who have been visiting friends in Atlanta, have returned home. Mrs Horace E. Cannon and Mrs. A Hie Gailaher have returned to At lanta after a two weeks’ outing on the Isle of Palms. Messrs. Bert Carmichael and Rob ert Stallworth motored to Indian Springs Saturday afternoon for the weekly dance at Hotel Wigwam. Mrs. Earle E. Griggs and children have returned from Nashville, where they were In attendance on the In ternational Typographical Union con vention. Mr. and Mrs. Walter M. Debnam have returned from North Carolina, where they were guests of Mr. Deb- nam’s relatives. Mrs. J. A. Willingham ard her daughter, Miss Anna, have left Atlan ta to spend the remainder of August in the mountains of North Carolina, visiting Hendersonville, Brevard and Asheville. Miss Wandslelgh West is the guest of Mrs. Walter Wilson In Savannah. Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Jarvis are in Savannah visiting Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Fowler, en route home from New York. Miss Florence Atwell Is the gue«tt of Dr. and Mrs. I. If. Goss In Athens. T>r. Delx>» L. Hill continues 111 at his home in Ponce DeLeon avenue. Misses Ella and Ada Belle Quinlan and Miss Jimmie Roberts 1 eft At lanta Saturday for St. Slmon», where they will be for two weeks. Mr. and Mrs. John Ragsdale will leave Atlanta Tuesday for Buffalo. Texas, to visit Mr. Ragsdale’* mother, Mrs. Marv Ragsdale. Good Food Secret of 100 Per Cent Baby PASSAIC. N. J., Aug. 19.—-“Good substantial food, well cooked, Is what I feed him,” said Mrs. Thomas Wat- terson. of Passaic, when a/«ked how she reared her son, Leslie, the only 100 per cent baby In the “better babies’’ content. He gets soups, fruits, vegetables, puddings and cereals. South Carolina Senator Also De plores “Swapping of Wives Among the Rich Class.’” WASHINGTON, Aug:. 19—"I, look- ing at the growing craze for women suffrage and the rafdd increase in the number of divorces granted In this country, sadly think, if I do not say. ‘America, thy race is almost run unless something 1:? done to check thy headlong speed,’ ’’ declared Sena tor Tillman, of South Carolina, In the Senate to-day. while discussing the woman's suffrage question. Senator Tillman declared he is strongly opposed to grants- the bal lot to women. “The customs of our people In herited from our forefathers.” said the Senator, “make It dangerous to ’monkey’ with womankind. If the f’allfornia men had our customs. Diggs and Caminetti would not he allowed to go to trial now becauwj they would have been shot like dogs. “Among our very rich people in America the geenratlon h-as gone so far that swapping wives Is a com mon practice. The women are just as bad as the men.” Tamer Dying After Battle With Lion Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. LONDON, Aug. 19.—Leconte, the famous lion tamer, was perhaps mor tally injured at the Magic City in an encounter with a maddened Jungle king, while hundreds looked on. Just as the lion was about to ad minister the finishing blow, It was shot and killed. Troops Are Charged With Insulting Girls WASHINGTON. Aug. 19.—Insults to young girl*, murder and attack by the Michigan State militia are charged In a telegram from J. H. Walker, the Calumet. Mich., represen tative of the American Federation of Labor, given out here. The dispatch was addressed to Samuel Gompers and was received here to-day. SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTION. COLUMBUS. Aug. 19. The, Lt e County, Alabama, annual Sunday School Convention begins Tuesday at Waverly. Prominent Sunday school workers from all sections of Alabama will be In attendance. OBITUARY. The funeral of J. E. Davis, Jr., infant son of Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Davis. No. 20 West End avenue, who died Monday, will he held from the home at 3 o’clock Tuesday afternoon. Interment at Greenwood. The body of Joseph E. Fenn. No. 220 Gordon street, who died Monday, will be taken Wednesday to B'r- mlngham. for funeral and Inter ment. Funeral services will be held Tuesday afternoon at 5 o’clock at Barclay & Brandon’s chapel. Mrs. Bessie Hairston, twenty-six years old died Monday afternoon at a local sanitarium. She is sur vived by her husband, three chil dren, her father, James Peevy, and one sister. Mrs. Etta Stevens. The body N at Barclay Brandon’s, and will be sent Wednesday morn ing to Fayetteville, Ga., for funeral and interment. The funeral of R. E. Henry, an At lantan who died Sunday night at Mllledgevllle, will he held at El- lenvllle, Ga.. Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock, lie is survived by a wife and one child. The funeral of Mrs. Lillie Adams, who died at a local sanitarium Monday morning, were held Tuesday morn ing at the residence on the Howell Mill road. She was twenty-seven years old. and Is survived by her hudbnnd, O. H. Adams, and three children. Interment at Hollywood. The funeral of Benjamin E. Deary- bury, Jr., who died Monday, was held Tuesday morning from Poole’s chapel, followed by interment at Greenwood. Mrs. E. E. Lyle, sixty years old, died Monday morning at a local sani tarium. Surviving her are four children. Funeral services will he held at 3:30 o’clock Tuesday after- nnon at Bloomfield’s chapel, and the body will be taken to Marietta for interment. Mrs. Grace R. Tyndall, thirty-one years old, died Monday morning at the residence, No. 83 Garden street. She Is survived by four children, her parents. Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Turner, one sister. Mrs A. V. Hinds, and one brother, G. W. Turner. Jr The funeral will be held at 10:30 o'clock Wednesday morning from Bloomfield’ chapel. Interment at West view. Th© funeral of Mrs. A. E. Benton, grandmother of Mary Phagan, who died Sunday night at the home of her daughter. Mrs. J. W. Coleman, was held Tuesday morning at Sar dis church. Interment was in the churchyard. Mary Payne, one of Atlanta’s oldest negroes, and for more than a quar ter of a century an em^’ovee about the P'ederal Building, died Monday morning at No. 68 Terry street She was the wife of David Payne and was over eighty y ears old. Both were old-time slaves. David Payne fighting through the Civil War by the side of his master. The funeral will be held Tuesday aft ernoon from Allen Temple church, followed by interment at South- view. 3 ATLANTA BILLS JUDGE PELHAM AT HOME. ANNISTON, ALA., Aug. 19—Judge John Pelham, of the Appellate Court, is In Anniston, where he still holds his citizenship. He was In confer ence with the Governor recently In reference to the Senatorial situation in this State. Personally, he says he thinks that Olavton vyill be seated. CHAGED WITH ARSON. CHATTANOOGA, Aug 19.—Sam Lovell, County Court Clerk in James County, was hound over to the grand Jury under bond of $1,000 at Oolte- wah, charged with burning the courthouse there last March. With more than 200 hills on Gov ernor Slaton’s desk which had to be signed Immediately, the doors of the executive offices were closed to visi tors Tuesday while the Governor delved into the mass of work in an effort to get the hills signed and out of the way before the next batch came from the engrossing clerks of the House and Senate. The Governor expects to sign all the bills that reach him Tuesday be fore the day is over, in order to fore stall any discussion as to whether Sunday shall be counted as one of the five days In which he is allowed to sign bills passed by the Legislature. Up to Tuesday morning Governor Slaton had signed only one of the three local bills affecting Atlanta. This was the measure creating a new judge for the Atlanta Circuit, which he ap proved Monday afternoon. The other two, the bill creating a new charter for the city and the bill creating mu nicipal courts, probably will be signed Tuesday. It Is understood the Governor will defer appointing the new Atlanta judge until he returns from the con ference of Governors at Colorado Springs, Colo., next week. Governor Slaton will leave Saturday, to be gone about ten days. JUDGE MATTHEWS HOLDSCOURT JACKSON.—Judge H. A. Mat thews, of Macon, is holding court here this week for Judge Robert T. Dan iel, of the Flint Circuit, who is ill. The criminal calendar will be reached about the middle of the week, civil business having been taken up Mon day. CALL COAL FIRM BANKRUPT. An Involuntary petition in bank ruptcy was filed against the Ro?T Springs Coal Company Tuesday. Pe titioners named are R. E. Miller and Meredith Collier, of New York, and j Naley, of Atlanta, their total claims exceeding $1,000. BARACA-PHILATHEA PICNIC. COLUMBUS.—To-night at Wild wood Park more than 1,000 membe"S of the Baraca-Philathea Union, com posed of Sunday schools in Colum bus, Phenix City and Girard, Ala., will have their first annual picnic. SHAD0GRAPHS PLEASE OLD AND YOUNG ALIKE AT BONITA THEATER Vaudeville, especially the Shado- graph act, at the Bonita is a reve lation to the patrons of this beau tiful little theater. A bill of four good, clean, amus ing acts is given, and the older ones, as well as the children, en joy the fine Shadographs of gro tesque and amusing subjects. The bill is high class and pleas ing. Militants Destroy Historic Altar Cloth Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. LANBEKIS, WALES, Aug. ,9.— Suffragettes to-day destroyed a beau - i tiful historic altar cloth in the Paris : Church at the foot of Mount Snow don. BEDFORD, ENGLAND. Aug. 19.— A large lumber yard was burned here to-day by militant suffragettes. COLUMBUS CONCERN BANKRUPT COLUMBUS.—The Hmith-Gordy- Boyd Furniture Company, one of the oldest establishments of the kind ,n Columbus, has tiled a petition of I bankruptcy in- the Federal Court, placing assets nt $10,685.48 and lia bilities at $9,067.20. The manager of the firm died recently. 100 Lite-Wate Suit Cases So light you won’t feel them. So cheap you can’t overlook them. To close out this week at 95c each Sizes 14 to 26 inches. LIEBERMAN’S THE TRUNK STORE 92 WHITEHALL JJINING CARS ^^0 ITH A’LA CARTE SERVICE CINCINNATI & LOUISVILLE MN- Late Summer Opportunities For Profitable Buying at Allen’s Tho the waning season lias diminished our Summer Stocks, as is only natural, you will find here great unusual values in dresses of fine voile, linen and other summer stuffs at such low prices that a visit will profit you surprisingly, each dress being not more than one-tliird its former selling price. $ 8.50 to $10.00 Dresses .... $2.95 $12.50 to $16.50 Dresses .... $4.95 $18.50 to $22.50 Dresses . . . . $7.75 $25.00 to $30.00 Dresses $35.00 to $40.00 Dresses $45.00 to $50.00 Dresses $ 9.75 $12. 75 $16.75 $55.50 to $65.00 Dresses $22.75 Any Linen Suit in the House And There Are Values Up to $35.60 $5.00 New Colored Crepe Dresses $12.50 All the new Fall shades, green, wood brown, wistaria and raisin, also black and white, make up an attractive assortment of the new silk crepe and erepe de chine drosses, $12.50. J. P. ALLEN S: CO. 51-53 Whitehall St. Tech Commercial Course Endowment Is Growing Rapidly More than 25 of tne 100 required guarantors for the new commercial course at Tech, to be launched at the I opening of the 1913-14 term Septem I her 15, have been^obtained, and an ac tive campaign is being waged to com plete the list by Saturday. , Kach of the 100 guarantors is to give the sum of *25, making an en dowment of *2,^00 The sum may be increased later. Classes in practical accounting, commercial law, business economics, auditing, banking and similar sub- >ects will be taught. Afternoon classes from 4 to 6 o'clock will be conducted to give business men of Atlanta an opportunity to attend. Professor E. C. Green, formerly of Xew York City, but for the past year an instructor at Tech, will be at the head of the department. B'our other Tech professors win assist him. Ed gar Watkins will be counsel for the law department, and Joel Hunter for the accounting. Former Atlantan to Head Anniston Hotel ANNISTON. Aug. 19.—William E. Maxwell, who came to Anniston from Denver, where was connected with the business office of a newspaper has been appointed manager of the Ala bama Hotel to succeed C. H. Mitchell, manager of the Anniston hostelry for several years. Mr. Maxwell was connected with the Piedmont in Atlanta for several years and is said to have hgd an ex tensive experience in the hotel busi- The Kind You Have Always Kou<lit has borne the signa ture of Clias. H. Fletcher, and lias been made under hi« personal supervision for over 30 years. Allow no one to deceive you ill this. Counterfeits, Imitations and ** Just-as-gnod” nre but Experiments, and endanger the health of Children—Experience against Experiment. What is CASTOR IA Clastoria is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Pare goric, Drops and Soothing Syrups, lt is Pleasant. It contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotic substance. Its age is its guarantee. It destroys Worms and allays Feverishness, lt cures Diarrluea and Wind Colic. It relit ves Teething Troubles, cures Constipation and Flatulency. It assimilates the Food, regulates tta* Stomach and Bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep. The Children’s Panacea—The Mother’s Friend. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of In Use For Over 30 Years. TH* CENTAUR COMM NT, TT MURRAY RTRCCT, NEW YORK CITY. NEW CONSUL AT MOBILE. MOBILE. Aug. 19.—J. Nelson Pol- hamus, Cuban Consul at Canton. China, has been appointed Consul for Cuba at this port, succeeding Leo pold Doiz, who goes to New York as Cuban Consul General. Savoy Cafe Grand opening with up-to-date quality and service. All welcomed. Under new manage- ment. Peachtree St Southern Suit & Skirt Co.—Atlanta, New York—Southern Suit & Skirt Co. To=morrow (Wednesday) Morning We Will Begin the Final Outclearing CHOICE $2.95 Of Every Summer Dress That Sold at $7.50 to $12.50 . . . Remodeling is well advanced—new goods are arriving daily —to meet these UNUSUAL con iitions, this store is prepared to sacrifice every Slimmer dress, suit, waist, skirt and motor coat in stock at a MERE FRACTION of its ACTUAL value 1 To-morrow, Wednesday, we will begin the FINAL WIND UP of this, by far the most REMARKABLE SALE this store has ever held. A QUICK RIDDANCE is the slogan of this sale. Attend to-morrow if possible! takes choice, to-morrow and while they last, of any $7.50 to $12.50 summer dress. This includes all of those lovely striped and figured voiles, white lin geries, ratines and linens.. At this price we can not fill any C. (). I). orders, make any exchanges or send any on approval. $2.95 DRESSES Finest Lingerie Frocks of the season—all that sold at $25 to $35. CHOICE $12.50 500 WAISTS Featuring every new color com bination and style idea of the season, in lovely White Voile and Marquisette Waists that sold at $1.50 and $2.00. CHOICE luveiy 69c 1,009 Skirts Reduced SUITS Just 35 of those charming Ratine and Linen Suits — that sold at $12.50 to $1(1.50. CHOICE $3.95 Quick Disposal All Ladies’ Motor Coals $4.95 Takes choice of all fine Linen Motor Coats that sold at $10 to $12.50. All Ladies’ Auto Coats that sold at $4 to $6, now go at. $1.48 Southern Suit&Skirt Co. "Atlanta s Exclusive Women's Apparel Store’’—43-45 Whitehall Street