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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
Much interest is being manifested
tn the water fiports to be given Satur
day evening at the East bake Country
Club. For several seasons large crowd*
of club members and their friends
have assembled to witness the excit
ing swimming and diving races, which
are always followed by a dance.
The dance on Saturday evening will
be of unusual pleasure Mince “turkey
trotting” is now allowed at the club
Dinner will precede tho dance, and
aeveral parties are being arranged.
Misses Annie Akers. Mildred Har
man, Winter Alfriend and Mr Bay, of
New Yqrk. who is visiting Mr. Al
friend. will form a congenial party
attending the water sports.
Eugene Kelly, chairman of the com
mittee on arrangements, announces
that the races will begin promptly at
4 p. m. Mr. A1 Doonan has offered a
(diver vase for the champion lady
swimmer and diver and a silver meda!
will be awarded the next best lady
swimmer and diver. Each girl who
qualifies for these trophies must enter
both thp swimming and diving con
tests.
The girl* who will compete in the
quarter-mile swimming race are
Misses Nora and Alexa Stirling. May
O’Brien, Lyda Nash. Ellen O'Keefe
and Helen Thorn. The same girls,
with the addition of the Misses Pris
cilla Patton and Regina Rambo. will
compete In the fancy diving contest,
while the Misses Duncan will also
enter the quarter-mile swimming
race.
For M»ss Tappan’s Guests.
Mr. Arthur Cook entertained Tues
day evening at a progressive conver
sation party for Miss Bessie Tappin’s
I I
I Atlantans Among
New Members of
Southern Society
WASHINGTON, Aug. 21.—With ltw I
membership more than doubled dur
ing the past few months, tho South
ern Society, the exclusive organiza
tion of Southerners at the Capital, >f
| which Claude N. Bennett, of Atlanta,
Is president, now has more than 500
members and is making preparations
for a brilliant winter social season.
Last night the applications of mop
than 100 new members were approved.
These included Congressman and Mrs.
Henry D. Clayton, Congressman and
Mrs. Joseph J. Russell, Congressman
James W. Collier. Mr. and Mrs.
Charles M. Galloway. Mr. and Mrs.
William J. Harris, Miss Rosalie
Thornton, Congressman and Mrs.
Walter A. Watson, Senator and Mrs.
Thomas P. Gore, Congressman and
Mrs. Gordon Lee of Georgia, Con
gressman and Mrs. William Schl<tv
Howard of Atlanta and Senatjr
Claude A. Swanson.
PERSONAL
Mrs E, C, Thrash is visiting her
mother. Mrs. M. T. Crouch, at Gay,
Ga.
Miss Thelma Wright, of Elberton,
visited her aunt, Mrs. Frank Weldon,
in Atlanta Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Blckerstaff
announce the birth of a daughter on
Wednesday, August 20.
Miss Annie Hollinsworth has re
turned from Richmond. Washington,
Baltimore and New York.
Miss Elizabeth Martin will return
Thursday evening from a two-months
visit In Kentucky and Tennessee.
Mr and Mrs. J. W Childress, of No.
4 67 Whitehall street, announce the
birth of a son, J. W., Jr., August 18.
Mrs. Hurvte Jordan, who was op
erated on for appendicitis Wednesday
afternoon at St. Joseph’s, is recuper
ating.
Mrs. Lewis Turner, of LaGrangc,
arrived Wednesday to visit her moth
er, Mrs. Lyman Hall. Mrs. Turner
was Mins Muriel Hall before her mar
riage in June.
PREDICTS FLIGHT
Noted Parisian Talks of Inter
planetary Congresses to Be
Held in Few Centuries.
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
PARIS. Aug. 21.— Ernest Arch
deacon, the most prominent patron
of aviation in France, declares some
thing will soon be discovered infinite
ly better than aeroplanes, which are
ndt likely ever to exceed 125 miles
per hour.
Archdeacon states that with 27
kilogrammes of radium a projectile
weighing a ton could be shot to the
moon In 49 hours, provided all the
radium’s energy could be released
within that time.
With 400 kilogrammes of radium
Aboard, a visit could be made to
Venus and back to earth again. He
is convinced the Inhabitants of all
the planets will make each others’
acquaintance within a few centuries
and that interplanetary congresses
will be held.
LONDON Aug. 21.—Robert Donald,
editor of The London Daily Chron
icle, In his opening address as presi
dent of the Institute of Journalists
at York, prophesied that aeroplanes
and airships will eventually deliver
newspapers, which will appear al
most hourly.
News will be collected by wireless
telephone and reporters will carry
portable phones.
At the offices wireless messages
will be delivered to the editors printed
in column form.
At amusement places all the day’s
news will be given by cinematograph
and grama phone, while for those too
lazy to read the news will b** delivered
like gas and water, and householders
will listen to announcements while
resting in their gardens or else have
a daily newspaper printed in column
form turned out by a printing ma
chine in the house.
Says Her Husband
Is Confessed Slayer
Atlanta police are looking for a
confessed negro slayer following a
story given them Thursday morning
by a negress claiming to be the wife
of the fugitive.
The negro woman gave her name as
Mattie Smith and said she had mar
ried Charley Smith In Chattanooga
two months since. Last night, she
avers, she and her husband came to
Atlanta, stopping off here on their
way to Mobile. They got a room on
Piedmont avenye. In the night, the
woman asserts, her husband got up
and fled, taking $150 from her purse
under the pillow. She asked for the
arrest of her husband, and told the
police that he had confessed to her
not a week ago that he was wanted
for murdering a white man near Ma
con.
'Minute Men’ Guard
U.S.Flag to Germany
WASHINGTON, Aug. 21.—Selected
as a guard of honor for the American
flag that will accompany the mem
bers of the German Patriotic Society
of America to the fatherland, ten offi
cers of the “minute men” of Washing
ton, a semi-military organization,
have departed with the flag, the gift
of the Daughters of the American
Revolution.
They Joined the society delegates
on board a specially chartered liner
for the voyage to Bremen.
Mrs. Spencer Trask,
Ill, in Peril in Fire
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N. Y, Aug.
21.—Triuna Island, Lake George, the
home of Mrs. Spencer Trask, was
swept by fire to-day and a loss reach
ing nearly $250,000 was entailed.
Mrs. Trask, who recently suffered a
serious heart attack, was removed
from her home with difficulty and
taken to the residence of George Fos
ter Peabody, nearby.
Grant Park To Be Scene of the
Annual Outdoor Exercises
and Contests.
More than 700 children of Atlanta
will participate Friday afternoon in
the annual rally of playgrounds which
will be held at Grant Park. Superin
tendent of Parks Dan Carey and In
structor Joe Bean will have charge.
Exercises will begin at 3:30 o’clock.
There w’ill be drills and athletic con
tests of every kind for children of all
ages. A 50-yard dash for interme
diate boys and girls and a 75-yard
dash for senior boys and girls are
among the features. Running high
Jumps for both boys and girls, relay
race* for girls with ten on each team,
a jumping rope contest, acrobatic
work by the boys of the Pine Hill
and Joyner Park grounds are also
Included. The children will be taken
to the park in special cars.
They will demonstrate the va
rious folk dances. Fancy dances by
girls also promise much. The Fifth
Regiment Band will play continuous
ly and refreshments will be served.
in the circle dodge contest the
schedule has been arranged as fol
lows: Grant Park vs. Joyner Street,
English Avenue vs. Pine Street, Mims
Park vs. Stewart Avenue. Each play
ground has its favorite game origi
nated by its frequenters. These gam^s
will be played under the name given
to them by the originators.
The playgrounds ave proven a suc
cess. During the past ten weeks no
less than 30,000 children of Atlanta
have enjoyed recreation under ad
mirable conditions.
The colored playgrounds will hold
their closing exercises Thursday aft
ernoon under the direction of Alice
Carey. The Gray School will hold its
closing exercises Friday morning un
der the supervision of Willie Kelley.
A cordial invitation is extended to
the public to attend the exercises at
Grant Park Friday at 3:30 p. m.
guests. Miss Lucy Jacks, of Forsyth,
and Miss Julia Gill, of Woodberry.
j The house was decorated with old-
fashioned flow'ors and Japanese lnn-
I terns adorned the porches.
Miss Minnie Cook nnd Mrs. Philip
If Cook assisted him in entertaining the
guests.
Presiding at the punch bowl were
Misses Helen Lamar, Martha Jones
and Roberta Cook.
The guests were Misses Marion
| Cook, Helen Atkinson. Sadie Bellew.
Gladys Rands, Irene Hollis. Jet tie Ma<
Herrington. Bertha Bellow. Alice Dor
| ough, Ruth Herrington, Mary DeSaus-
Bure. Elizabeth Dorough. Ada Hol
lingsworth Messrs. Nat Beall. FTed
Jones, Clarence Richards, Clifton
Wood, Leonard Salne. John DeSous-
h. sure. Burke Ponder, Charles Forbes.
Hugh Wilson. Louis Rowlett. Flovd
Traynham, Fowler Rowlett and Wil
liam Strauss.
For Mi*s Hull.
Miss Sallie Cobh Hull, whose mar
riage to Mr. Philip Weltner takos
place next month, was tendered an
I informal tea Thursday nfternoon at
the Piedmont Driving Club by Mrs.
Ronald Ransom. The guests tables
was laden with garden flowers. Mrs.
Ransom was attractive In mustard -
[colored sdlk, with girdle of black and
^ touches of*old blue on the corsage, her
jl toilet being completed by a big black
| bat.
Invited to meet Miss Hull were
Mieses Cflllle Hull Snrs Ttawsnn. Mrs
William Pope of Snnte Fe. N Mex.:
Mrs. Marlon Hull, Mrs Frank Arlulr
Mrs. Robert Gregr. Mrs Wtlmer 1.
Moore, Mrs, Jerome Simmons, Jr ,
Mrs Hmrhes Spalding Mrs HhnrU’s
T Hopkins Jr.. Mrs Marlon Jackson.
Mrs Malcolm Flemlmr. Mrs William
|. Bchroder and Mrs. Afjullla J Orme.
L Dmner Dance at Country Club.
The weekly dinner dance at the
Capital City Country Club Thursday
evening will be one of the lar({c9t
sponsored by the club.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles K Sclple will
entertain a party of ten and Mr and
Mrs Russell Bridges will entertain a
party of ten. Parties of six will be
entertained by Messrs. Joseph Col-
I qultt Arthur Clarke. William Dickey
and W. B. McBurney Mr W. E.
Austin will entertain ciyln puestH and
parties of four will be entertained by
Messrs. Euerene Haynes, F H Thorn-
II well and Hamilton Douglas. Jr. Mr.
1 and Mrs. John Kins Ottlev will at
tend the dinner dunce with a small
group of friends. *
For Mies Beatie.
| Miss Leila Ponder entertained JO
guests Informally at bridge Thursday
afternoon for Miss Josephine Smith
and her guest. Miss Eva Beatie. of
New York. Ferns and garden flow
ers were decorations, and s Ik bos'
| and lavender sticks were prises A
salad cour. e and ices w. re served.
I Miss Ponder wore white linger!.
Blasingeme-Barron.
t Mr. and Mrs. W W. Blast ngam*.
No. 658 Edge wood avenue, announce
the marriage of their daughter.
Beatrice, to Mr. Victor V Barron of
this cltv. Wednesday evening at S
o'clock at the residence of the Rev
S. W. Reid, No. 36 Washita .! ■ • nur,
I Inman Park.
For Mrs. Daniel.
Mrs. Thomas Patton gave a lunch
eon for six. followed by a matinee
party at the Forsyth. Wedn. sday aft
ernoon for Mrs. Thomas Daniel, wno
will leave Atlanta September 1 for
residence In Columbia, S. C.
Stewart-Aldridge.
Miss Sophronia V Stewart anJ Mr.
James .A'dr'dge were quietly married
■Wednesday at 3 p. m. at the bride s
home on Evans drive, the Rev A. C
Ward officiating
B. Y. P. U. to Meet in Kirkwood.
The City B. Y. P. U. will meet with
the Kirkwood union Thursday even
ing at 8 o'clock. All members are
, u-i '** Attend.
Mr. and Mrs. Otis Ham and infant
son, Marshall Welch Ham, of Jack-
son. Ga., arc guests of Mrs. Ham’s
father nnd sister, Mr. M. M. Welch,
and Mrs. Stewart RobertB, Inman
Park.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Thomas Ster-
rett, of Philadelphia, announce the
birth of a daughter, who has been
named Irene Richards for her mater
nal grandmother. Mrs. Sterrett was
Miss Natalie Taylor, of Atlanta.
The Rev. Robert Theodore Phillips,
rector of Church of Holy Comforter,
at Sumter, S. C„ will be in the city
the last of the • >nth and will visit
his mother, Mrs. Frank l). Allen, and
will be Joined la: cr by the Rev. Hen
ry D. Phillips and family, who are • t
Lake Kunuga.
Shreveport Seeks
Advice in Vice War
That Shreveport Is preparing 10
follow Atlanta's example In closing
the segregated district Is Indicated tn
a letter received by Police Chief
Beavers from Mrs. Handed Hunt, a
prominent Shreveport woman and
president of the Co-operative Pro
tective Society of that dty.
Mrs. Hunt asked Chief Beavers to
furnish detailed Information as to
the closing of the houses here and
the results, and to give his opinion on
gradual restriction. Chief Beavers
replied, advising the closing of the
places a» the only real solution.
Rancher Buried Alive
By Mexican Rebels
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL., Auk. 21.—
AnionK the recent arrivuls from Mex
ico is Sydney M. Sutherland, from
Mexico City. He said:
"Deeds arc daily committed in
Mexico which it would be difficult to
credit in this country. The so-called
revolutionists, who are nothing but
outlaws, have done things to their
own countrymen nnd to foreigners
which Americans can scarcely believe
possible in this age.”
He told of seeing an ; ged ranch
owner buried alive by Zapatista.
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Southern Suit & Skirt Co.—Atlanta, New York—Southern Suit 6r Skirt Co.
Now Come the Supreme Values of the Expansion Sale
Most Remarkable
Reductions of All!
Every Summer Garment Must Go==At a PRICE!
Reductions so great that they sound unreasonable at first
glance—BUT, when such conditions arise as now face this store,
wit h remodeling going on and new goods arriving in great quan
tities—DRASTIC MEASURES are required.
Therefore, to-morrow morning, we will place on sale every
summer garment left in stock at the MOST REMARKABLE
REDUCTIONS in the history of this business.
Here They Are===While They Last
$25 to $35 Lingerie Dresses, choice . . . $12.50
$19.50 to $22.50 Lingerie Dresses, choice $9.85
$9.85 to $12 Lingerie Dresses, choice . . . $4.95
$10 to $12 Fancy Voile Dresses, choice . . $4.95
$7.50 to $9.85 Fancy Voile Dresses, choice $3.50
$12.50 to $19.50 Ratine Dresses, choice . $4.95
$12.50 to $19.50 Linen Dresses, choice . $4.95
$10 Ratine and Linen Dresses, choice . . . $2.95
$3.95 to $5 Wash Dresses, choice 98c
$12.50 to $19.50 Ratine and Linen Suits . $3.95
$10 to $12.50 Ladies’ Motor Coats now . $4.95
$5 Ladies’ Motor Coats now $1.48
$3.50 White Ratine Skirts now $1.48
$1.50 White P K Skirts 69c
$7.50 Wool Skirts now $3.95
$10 to $12.50 Wool Skirts, choice $6.50
$1.50 White Voile and Marquisette Waists 69c
Southern Suit & Skirt Co.
"Atlanta's Exclusive Women's Apparel Store"-43-45 Whitehall Street
Queen Mary Won’t
Let George Run Club
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
LONDON, Aug. 21.—A committee
of the exclusive Marlborough Club de
cided recently to have a, ladles* night
once a week, on which members
might bring ladies to dinner, with a
quiet little game of cards afterward.
A resolution was submitted to King
George, who has absolute authority in
all suen matters, as the club was
founded by King Edward, and he ap
proved it.
Last week, however, the King noti
fied the club that on second thought
he withdrew' his approval.
It Ls said Queen Mary caused the
King to change his mind.
Sulzer and Glynn
Mark Time in Fight
Cat Slayer Breaks
Circumstance Chain
MONTCLAIR, N. J., Aug. 21.—Mrs.
L. H. Forster's pet cat was murdered,
seemingly by a dog, whereupon Mrs.
Forester rushed into police head
quarters here antj asked that Snap,
a dog owned by a neighbor, be
charged with the murder and duly
executed.
Asked if she knew to a certainty
that Snap was the culprit, she an
swered in the negative, but declared
she felt sure Snap killed her cat, “be
cause he was sniffing in my. yard
afterward.” The police contended
that Snap had a right to sniff and re
fused to have him haled into court.
50 Carriage Makers
To Hold Meet Here
More than fifty prominent Southern
Negro Boy Held for
Drowning White Lad
DOUGLASVILLE, Aug. 21.—Wilt
Tally, a negro boy, Is In Jail here
charged with the murder of FTed HoL
llnsgworth, a white boy, at Llthla
Springs.
It Is alleged that in a struggle be
tween the boys on the banks of Sweet
water Creek the negro struck Hol
lingsworth with a rock and pushed
him in the creek, where he was
drowned The negro says they were
In swimming and when the white boy
became strangled he was unable to
save him.
BALTIMORE AND RE
TURN—$20.95.
On saJe August 22, 23, 24.
Through steel trains. Seaboard.
ALBANY, N. Y., Aug. 21.—William
Sulzer and Martin H. Glynn, installed
In separate “executive” chambers in
the Capitol to-day, marked tlm?.
Neither side made any move looking
toward a possible settlement of the
question of who is the rightful Gov
ernor of New York.
Glynn, In his new chambers in what
was the assembly parlor, handled the
Thaw case and received several visi
tors.
589 Rifle Experts in
Fight for U,S. Trophy
CAMP PERRY, OHIO, Aug. 21.—
For the military rifle championship of
the United States, the most coveted
individual honor at the national
tournament, 589 contestants are fight
ing to-day.
The skirmish and surprise contests
occupied the morning, and the 600-
yard stage was scheduled to be shot
this afternoon. The 1,000-yard stage
wjll be run off to-morrow afternoon.
carriage builders are expected to at
tend the convention of the Carriage
Builders’ Association at the Hotel
Ansley, August 27.
In a letter received by the man
agement of the hotel Secretary H. A.
White, of High Point, N. C., said he
expected the forthcoming gathering
to be the best convention the associa
tion has ever held.
VI DALI A GINS RUNNING.
VIDALIA.—The cotton Is well un
der way and both gins at this place
are running, ten or twelve bales per
day being ginned. At Higgston. how
ever. the gins will not start until after
a rain, as there is not water enoug l
to run them.
EMMANUEL GOES CALLING.
Specnal Cable to The Georgian.
ROME, Aug. 21.—Announcement
was made here to-day that King Vic
tor Emmanuel and Queen Elena, of
Italy, will visit Montenegro next
month. Queen Elena is a daughter of
King Nicholas, of Montenegro.
SEND YOU h
ROLL TO ME
and get the best results you
ever had in 8 hours.
THE COLLEGE “CO-OP.”
Shelley Ivey, Manager.
I’ve moved to 119 and 121
Peachtree, Candler Bldg.
Special.
P S.—Free development of
any brand of rolls or packs
Use My 8-Hour Service.
Summer Dresses
and Linen Suits
Greatly Reduced at ALLEN’S
$6.95 to $10.00 Dresses
$12.50 to $16.50 Dresses
$18.50 to $22.50 Dresses
$25.00 to $30.00 Dresses
$35.00 to $40.00 Dresses
$45.00 to $50.00 Dresses
$2.45
$4.45
$6.95
$8.95
$11.95
$15.95
Any Linen Suit in the House
$4.45
J. P. Allen & Co.
51-53
Whitehall St.
Women’s High-Grade
Footwear at $2 a Pair
A sale of Allens shoes at $2.00 a pair is a
money-saving opportunity, indeed. Not a
shoe in the lot that would cost you less
than $3.oo or $4.00 a pair, and some
of them were formerly $4.50 and $5.00.
Several new lots have been added to this
group at $2.00. There are black, tan
and white; more gun metal and tan
than patent leather, satin and suede,
but all materials are represented in the lot. There are only about three
hundred and fifty pairs of them, so choose quickly.
Women’s white canvas and white buckskin Pumps, Oxfords and
Colonials at $1.50 a pair. They were formerly $3.00, $3.50, $4.00 and some
$5.00 a pair. About one hundred pairs of these.
We have a small lot of white shoes grouped together, and these will
be offered at $1.00 a pair.
They are all Allen shoes; some of them are a little soiled, but we
will send them out in first-class condition.
Boys’ and girls’ barefoot sandals at 50c a pair. There are black, tan
and white in the lot, They were formerly $1.00, $1.50 and $2.00 a
pair. Shop early on these.
Every low shoe in the house reduced to either $5.ffo. $4.05. $3.95 or $2.95 a pair.
Next week our twice-yearlv shoe sale will end, and you will lose if you don't get
some of the exceptional bargains on sale now.
J. P. Allen & Co.
51-53
Whitehall St.
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