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TTR MIST’S SUNDAY AMERICAN. ITT A NT A. G A SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1013.
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BITTER FIGHT
William A. Gunter and Wife Bar
ricaded Against Each Other
in Same House.
SENSATIONS IN COURTROOM
Father of Alabama Political Pow
ers Attacks Opposing Counsel
at Divorce Hearing.
MONTGOMERY, AI.A,, Sept. « —
Barricades and bitterness are stoutly
established In the beautiful home of
Colonel W. A. Gunter, former Justice
of the State Supreme Court and a
leading lawyer of Alabama. The di
vorce suit in which Colonel Gunter
and his wife, Mrs. Kate Bragg Gunter,
a leader in Montgomery’s intellectual
mt, made sensational charges each
against the other, has caused neither
to leave the ancestral home on Clay
ton street.
They live each in a wing apart from
the other neither recognizing the
other on the rare occasions when by
chance they meet. Between them
their six children pass each day, the
youngest of whom Is but 4 years old.
and the oldest In her early 'teens. It
is about the children that the tight is
the bitter^t.
The Gunter divorce case has stirred
Montgomery to its depths. After foui
month* of taking testimony, the pro
ceedings in open court have been con
cluded. but no decree has come yet.
The city in Its sentiments is divided
between sympathy for Colonel (fun*
ter, w'ho is 79 years old. and for his
wife, who is little more than 40.
Sons Political Powers.
The case was full of spectacular
features, chief among which was the
figure of Mrs. Gunter, fighting almost
single-handed against a powerful fac
tion. composed of her aged husband’s
sons and daughters by a former mar
riage. the sons being the acknowl
edged political powers of the city.
Then there was the figure of the
aged defendant himself, engaging in
a rough-and-tumble fight with his
wife’s counsel in the courtroom. The
litigation for absolute divorce, the
possession of the six children, the
possession i f a fortune of $40,000, the
fact that both parties continue to live
at the family home—all these have
been features to arouse Montgnmer*
Then when the aged man answered
the divorce charge with a counter
suit, tiling it in the court of his son.
Judge Gaston Gunter, City Court
head, former Mayor and now ac
knowledged political “boss” of Mont
gomery, it created a furore. Imme
diately the city began to take aides
in the affair. W. A. Gunter, Jr., an
other son of the defendant by first
marriage and present Mayor of the
city, began to attend every session
of the hearing along with Police Com
missioner C. Patrick McIntyre, the
mainstay of the city political “ma
chine,” who was named associate
counsel for the defendant. The daily
sessions of the trial began to as- |
sume the aspects of a municipal cau
cus, bent on solving some problem
confronting the administration.
Says He Was Defrauded.
In his counter suit the aged man,
who assisted in Ills own case, inti
mated that he had been defrauded
in marriage. He was 65 years old,
and the bride was 26 when the mar
riage was performed. His petition
stated that when lie had married the
pretty Kate Bragg, a descendant of
General Braxton Bragg, he thought
be was marrying “a Jew’el without a
flaw,” but that he bad found out in
the fourteen years of married life
that her temper was ungovernable,
and “though she be as fair as the
fair Ophelia,” he could no longer live
with her.
Lawyer's Face Slapped.
During the first week of the trial
Colonel Gunter created a sensation in
the courtroom when in a fit of anger
he interrupted his counsel while an
alienist was testifying about Mr. Gun
ter’s mental condition. Following a
heated dispute with the opposing
counsel regarding the admission of
certain testimony tending to show
that ids w ife was possessed of a vio
lent temper he ran across the room
and raising Ills clinched fist attacked I
the opposing lawyer. 'lose behind j
him came Mrs. Harrington Semple, a ,
daughter by the first marriage and |
head of a fashionable school for girls
in New York city. Brushing her fa
ther aside before the astonished vie- |
tim of the attack could defend him
self. she seized the latter and vigor
ous’} slapped his cheeks
Tiie tight was stopped when Mrs. j
J. Klrkman Jackson, her sister,
swooned away and had to be carried i
from the courtroom News of the!
melee readied the ear of Judge Gas- i
ton Gunter in his chambers on the I
second floor of the court building He j
bounded down the stairway and rush-
ed into the Chancery courtroom
where he declared in heated tones I
that he would make a personal matter I
of the case if anyone dared lay hands
upon the elder man
Hostilities almost opened again
when Mrs Gunter took the stand She j
openly defied Judge Gaston Gunter,
branding him as dishonest when she
sought to show cause why she did
not want him appointed administra
tor in her husband's will.
PARTY NEAR DEATH IN~
AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT
GRIFFIN. Sept. 6—Clarence Nixon,
his wife and family, of Senoia. narrowly
escaped death during a rainstorm, by
the overturning of the automobile in
which the\ were riding
The i rty was returninr from High
v,Falls when their car run off a high em
bankment about 3 miles frorp Griffin.
Fortunately the car In turning turt'e fell
•cress a eitch at the bottom of the
decline, j• *•■ the occupants were dumped
into the ditch.
Alfred Burbank to
Have Experiment
Farm in Florida
I Has Purchased 1,000 Acres in St.
Johns County—No Coloniza
tion Scheme.
.ST AUGUSTINE, Sept. 6—Papers
have been finally signed by which
Alfred Burbank, brother of Luther
Burbank, and him*«elf a plant wizard
of renown, has secured 1,000 acres in
St. Johns County for an experiment
farm, upon which he will carry on
experimental work in developing
Florida fruit*, truck and stock
Mr. Burbank was brought hero
through the efforts of the St. Au
gustine Chamber of Commerce. The
money for his plan l» coming out
of his ow n pocket ‘ and he is pre
paring to do many years of work her.*
which will prove of great benefit to
Florida.
Contrary to reports from California
the experimental farm Is not in con
nection with any colonization f#cheme.
He will arrive within a few weeks
and begin clearing and developing the
land for the big farm.
U. S. Expert Robs
Mosquito of Sting
Scientist Devises Recipe Which He
Says Will Make Insect as
Harmless as Dove.
Big Extra Vote Offer Gives Op
portunity to Hustlers—Not
to Continue Long.
WASHINGTON, Sept. The teas-
ing, tantalizing sting of the American
mosquito has lost its power to harm
and madden, if the recipe which Dr.
L. B. Howard, Chief of the U. 8.
Bureau of Entomology, has devised
to-day, is used.
Some humorists about the depart
ment call it twisting the toes of the
mosquito, and this is the way it is
done:
Take a hath towel, pour a few
drops of oil of citronella, spirits of
camphor and oil of cedar, compound
ed together, on the towel.
Throw the towel over the head of
the bed, and it is a safe guarantee
that every mosquito within a mile
will hasten to safer quarters.
Black Green Goods
Men Land in Jail
Two Negroes Sell Another Half In
terest In Confederate $500
Bill for $50, U. S.
Alexander Dumas, a negro, en
deavored to rival the imagination of
tiie famous Frenchman, but he land
ed in the police station Saturday aft
ernoon on a charge of swindling.
Robert Revelle, a nefrro of Warm
Springs, came to Atlanta with $50
in his pocket to see the sights. Fie
met Alexander and Ike Jackson.
Alexander had a Confederate $500
bill and when he discovered that
Robert had $50 he offered to divide
the $500 (Confederate) if Robert
would get it changed. Robert gave
him the $50 and took the $500 bill
hack to Warm Springs to get it
ehanged.
He went to his employee, H. Sap*
pington, to get the real money. Mr
Mr. Sappington came hack to At
lanta with Robert, arranged a decoy
and landed Alexander and Ike in
Jail.
Dr. Broughton to
Hold Macon Revival
London Pastor Opens Week's Ser
vices in City Auditorium
Sunday Afternoon.
MACON, Sept. 6.—Dr. Leu G.
Broughton, of London, formerly of
Atlanta, will open a week’s revival
here to-morrow afternoon at the City
Auditorium, under the auspices of the
Baptist churches. During his stay
here all of the Baptist churches will
suspend services.
Dr. Broughton promised the Ma
con Baptist clergymen lust year that
if he ever came to Macon again he
would conduct a revival for them. A
chorus of 200 has been organized for
the meetings.
GRACE CHURCH REVIVAL
SERVICES TO END TO-DAY
After a revival campaign of three
weeks, the special services at Grace
Methodist Church will close Sunday
The Rev. J. M. Bass, the South Geor
gia Conference evangelist, on Sun
day, September 14. commences a
similar meeting at Tallahassee, Fla.
He will be assisted by O. W. Staple-
ton. soloist and director of musi \
There will be four evangelistic serv
ices at Grace Church on the last
Sunday of the meeting.
Contestants who desire to stack up
a big number of votes in the Want
Ad Contest should put out extra ef
forts this week and get a tine start,
for the big extra vote offer is now’
on, and will continue but a short
time.
Coupon books sold for $2.50 will en
title contestants to 12,000 votes, and
$5 coupon books to 30.000 votes up
to the night of September 20. when
this special bonus vote offer expires
and smaller values will be given.
That is one reason why contestants
should make every effort to place
coupon books as early as possible.
Tell your friends that now is the
best time to help you win first prize;
that they can give you many more
votes now than later. This is posi
tively the largest bonus vote offer
which will be made during the con
test.
Organizations Enrolling.
A number of Atlanta’s live wire or
ganizations are enterting for the
i $1,000 in gold and the $500 in furniture
offered as first and second organiza
tion prizes, but the race is still young,
and any church, club or lodge which
enters now, arouses the energy of its
members and rqakes an earnest effort
has a good chance to win first prize.
This Is an excellent opportunity to
gain funds to pay off a church debt,
start a fund for a new building, make I
improvements in church or lodge I
room or gain a sum for any pur
pose. The contest will bring mem- 1
hers closer together, inspire interest
and loyalty and do a great deal to
ward building up any organization
which takes part.
Individual Prizes.
Remember, the individuals in the
Want Ad Contest do not compete with
the organizations, but have a sep
arate prize list. The first grand prize
is a 5-passenger automobile, the sec
ond a trip to California and return
for two persons, all expenses paid by
The American and Georgian. Besides
these there are prize jin various classes,
ranging from motorcycles and player-
pianos to watches and jewelry. There
is a good chance for any person who
will devote spare time each day to
win a prize well worth the effort re
quired.
The Contest Manager's offices are
on the fourth floor of the Foote &
Davies building, Kdgewood avenue
and North Pryor street, and he will
explain all details of the contest to
anyone who will call and see him
If it Is not possible for you to call,
telephone Maii\ 100, ask for the Con
test Manager, and a representative
will call and see you.
SUSPECT IS HELD FOR
$25,000 TRAIN ROBBERY
MEMPHIS, Sept. 6. -Tha-t one of*
the bandits who held up an Illinois
Central train on July 4 near Batea-
vllle, Misa., robbing the mail and ex
press cars of $25,000, is being held
here was the belief of Federal au
thorities to-day. A man giving tin*
name of John Roberts was arrested
at Somerville on a two-year-old
charge of shooting into rural mail
boxes.
Roberts made a remark about the
robbery that caused officers to ques
tion him further and it was said he
made damaging admissions.
Is This Why English
Beauties Are So Fair?
(From London Herald.)
Ever since the discovery that mer-
collzeq wax would absorb and remove
a soiled complexion, its use by ladies
as n substitute for toilet creams has
grown rapidly A perfect complexion
can be maintained indefinitely If this
remarkable substance is used. Its be
neficent cleansing, clearing and preserva
tive action is quickly apparent, and Ju
dies who have been paying as high as
a guinea a Jar for “special cream’’ from
beauty specialists, soon recognize that
mercolized wax outranks them all. It
haa become so popular that It can be
obtained at all chemist shops in the
British Isles. American druggists also
have great demand for it, in original
one-ounce packages. The favorite way
of using is to apply It like cold cream,
before retiring, washing It off in the
morning.
The saxollte lotion for wrinkles and
the facial contour has also become ex
tremely popular, one ounce powdered
saxollte Is dissolved in one-half pint
witch hazel. Bathing the face In this
lias u splendid effect in erasing wrinkles
and Improving contour.—(Advt.)
Stop That Whooping Cough
WITH THE McFAUL
Whooping Cough Powders
Instant Relief
In Uee Over 30 Years
For young babies, children or adult*. Contains no dangerous or
habit-forming drugs. When given to children under two years of age
it is almost a specific, rendering the disease so mild that the whoop is
not heard.
Prepared by a physician for physicians and physicians prescribe
and reoommend It.
By Mail 25 Cents, er mt Druggists.
The McFaul Medicine Company
481 Marietta S<r..t Atlanta. Caarda
BIRMINGHAM. AT.A.
S2.50 ROUND TRIP.
Special train will leave
Terminal Station 8:00 a. m.,
Thursday, September 11th.
Return any time until Sat-
Lav midnight.
BuTHERN RAILWAY.
FOR THE LIVER
TAKE LIVER EASE
Calomel Has Been Completely
Displaced by Dr. Verdiers
Liver Ease.
Be sure you get the perfect substi
tute for Fhlomel when you need a
medicine for the liver
DR VKill>1 KFt’S LIVER EASE is
made of imported drugs, purely vege-
tab e ..ti l acts on the liver as thor
ough!' %,s calomel with none of the
bad afi*r effects
DR VERDI Ell’S LIVER EASE
contains no drugs that can produce !
salivation; there is no Irritation <>f the 1
stomach and bowels and no sickening
after effects.
Take DU VERDIER S LIVER EASE
and go about your work as though you
were not taking a medicine at all. A
dose at bedtime will cleanse the sys
tem of all impurities and stimulate
the liver to expel the bile promptly
with no discomfort. You can get DR
VKRDlT.R'S LIVER EASE at any
drug store for 50c per large bottle,
ful'y guaranteed.
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MONDAY SPECIALS
The greatest home-furnishing values that’s possible to be gotten together are here, ready for your selec
tion early to-morrow morning. Let the big store be your first shopping place, for it is here—and especially to
morrow—where you can get just the pieces you want at prices much lower than you had expected to pay.
Investigate our dignified credit system. You will appreciate its many exclusive features. Do this to
morrow. Come in as early as possible.
Our Special Seven-
Piece Bed Outfit
consisting of heavy two-
ineh post gold bed, one pair
comfort-giving springs, one
mattress and one pair of pil
lows, sold to-morrow on our
special terms of
'417.90
Our Duplex Guaranteed
Pure Felt Mattress
is a mattress on which you can at any and
all times get genuine comfort. It is made
of the purest of thoroughly sanitized felt,
will not lump or sag, has tightly sewed
edges, grade “A” ticking, and is a mat
tress which we personally guarantee to
YOU. Come to our store and see what a
line mattress we are offering on our special
terms of only $1.00 cash and $1.00
per week, for only
This “Jumbo” baby bath tub is 21 inches wide, 5 inches
deep, holds nearly ten gallons of water, and is just the ar
ticle you need to give the babes their baths in. This tub
is made of the purest of Old English Greyware, and is a
tub which can be used for many purposes. It is __
real dollar value, but Rhodes-Wood’s special OCiC
a
price
for to-morrow—big Monday—is only..
$10
Our Blue Tag Bargain Basement
Crowded again to its utmost capacity, is our
blue tag bargain basement. It matters not wliat
you want, you can find it here, carrying a price
tag which represents about one-half its real
value. Any selection made in this department
may be paid for on our usual terms. Come to
morrow—and come early.
SSudenl’s Chair- Monday Special
Monday Only
Alarm
Clocks
48 c
Very attractive in
appearance, are ex
cellent time keepers,
have extra loud
alarm attachment,
and are positively
guaranteed for one
year.
Here is an article that every school boy
and girl needs. It is exactly as shown in this
cut, but can be easily and quickly converted
into three more convenient and useful posi
tions. It can be made into a table, drawing
table, chair or desk chair. It also has a con
venient book shelf. These tables are dis
played in our windows. See them. They are
four-dollar values, but our BIG MONDAY’S
price is only
$1.48
A big selection of the newest patterns in
rugs and art squares, hall and stair car
pets, room carpets, linoleums, cocoa mat
tings, and in fact anything you want for
any room. See our handsome art squares
for $10.98, beautiful rugs for 98c, and
many other Monday specials which you
should see to-morrow. Our usual terms apply to
any selection made in this department.
Investigate Our Credit System
You will appreciate its many exclusive fea
tures. A good way to do this is to come to our
store to-morrow, make your selections, have
them charged, and this will give you an ideal
way to determine the value of a charge account
at the big store. Anything you want from any
department may be charged. Come in to-mor
row and get acquainted with our system.
See Our Handsome Line
of 1914 Models In
Baby Vehicles
Monday for an
$8.50 Sturgis col
lapsible cart. It
has heavy rubber
tires, best retem
pered steel springs
and folds com
pletely up in one
movement.
103-5-7-9-11 Whitehall Street, Corner Mitchell
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See Our Big Display of
Handsome Brass Beds
Can get anything you want
in single, double or twin
sizes, in satin, gloss or velvet
finishes. We have the big
gest display of brass and
metal beds in Atlanta.
Here Is the Greatest Bed
Room Suite value ever
offered in Atlanta. See
it displayed in Whitehall
Street windows.
This suite is one which
will add grace and beauty
to any room. The dresser
is a handsome, massive,
truly colonial design, has
two short and two long
drawers, extra large gen
uine French plate and
beveled edge mirror. The
wash stand, exactly
matches dresser, and it,
too, has extra large mir
ror. The entire suite, in
cluding your choice of
three handsome style
beds, is only
$10.60
Jumbo Bath Tub
Furnished in Golden Oak
or Mahogany, with
Wood, Brass or Steel
Bed. It's a hand
some suite.
The “Favorite Trio” is
beyond any doubt the
greatest of all bedroom
values. You get a hand
some dresser and wash
stand as illustrated, and
may take your choice of
a handsome, two-inch post
brass bed, a truly colonial
design wood bed, or a
heavy two-inch post white
or gold bed to complete
the suite. It is offered at
a special price and on
special terms for to-mor
row. Our price is only
$2 50 Cash
$1 Week
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