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1 MAIN SHEET-Part II. ALL THE LATEST NEWS. SUR MAIN SHEET-Part IL ALL THE LATEST NEWS. ATLANTA, GA., SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1913. HAILS CALL E CHOES of the foyety at the fa- moua old Greenbrier White con tinues to reach my ears, and the latest and most Interesting thing I’ve heard concerning the brilliant season there Is that “a prominent society leader” of Atlanta gave his danghtev and the girls from Georgia an entertainment last week, to the tone of $1,000 an hour. There Is no use In concealing the name of this prominent society leader —for all of you will know, of course, that It was John W. Grant, a genial and generous host at all times. The coat of the affair aroused won der even In the wealthy company as- eembled at the White. Mr. and Mrs. Grant have been among the most ac tive and popular people there this season and their lovely daughter, Margaret, has been the center of at tention, she and Alice Wilkes Pres ton, daughter of th» Mayor of Bal timore being known as "the White's debutantes.” This affair which aroused so much admiration was given by the Grants for the Georgia girlie, a bevy of beau ties such as I have never seen ex celled by the belles of the Greenbrier White. Among them, beside Miss Grant, are Katherine Fills and Har riet Calhoun of Atlanta, Margaret Wright of Augusta, Martina Burke of Macon and Nell and Martha Sue Phtnlzy of Athens. The costly hours which went by on golden wings (surely I will bs par doned the metaphor In view of the cost) began with a lawn fete and fin ished with a tango contest In the ball room, after a cotillion, favors for which were platinum jewels set In moonstones, and Paris novelties. Hundreds of American Beauty roses and banked palms completely hid the walls of the ballroom. It Is said that Baltimore and At lanta are running a close contest as to which shall lead the social life In brilliancy and pleasure at the White this season, which Is the gayest In years. They tell me that even the people who have been going to the White regularly were surprised at the seasonls magnificence, and new comers have marveled at the gor geousness of society's career In this historic old Southern resort. The Tom Paines have been very popular leaders at the White for sev eral years. In fact, they say the sea son doe® not formally open there un til Tom Paine arrives, a like honor being accorded Mrs. Samuel Inman at Poland Springs, Maine, and Miss Jennie Mobley at Tate Spring, so pop ular are these Atlantans at their fa vored resorts. I hear that Mr. and Mrs. Paine are coming home soon, though I see no signs of abatement of social activity at the White for several weeks yet. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Maddox shared In the pleasures of life there for a short time recently, on their way t« Kineo, Maine, where they will spend September. Mrs. Leigh C. Palmer, of Washing ton, D. C„ a former Atlanta belle, has been a conspicuous hostess at the White this summer. Mrs. H. M. Flager, a Southern woman well known to Atlantans, has just arrived there, though she will, of course, take no part In social life this season be cause of her mourning. I understand that the Grants will remain In Virginia until the early fall. Mr. and Mrs. Doughty Manley re turned last week. Mrs. A. W. Cal houn and Miss Harriet are popular in social life of the White just now. • • • T HAT romanra not dead is proven by a number of the wed dings of prominent young cou ples this season. In fact, I think it noteworthy that so many of the young woAien and men, who belong to that fortunate set which is gen erally supposed to .nake marriages de convenance Instead of love matches, have demonstrated that they are Cupid’s followers in one way or another. Of course, the brides and their fu ture husbands are often discussed Just now, for never was a truer re mark made than “all the world loves a lover.” Of the romance which will result soon in the wedding of Ellen Meek, a Nashville beauty, and Inman Gray one of Atlanta’s well-known young men, I have heard a pretty tale. They say that a summer shower was the cause of it all. Inman Gray, long noted among the younger men for his lack of interest in girls and their so- ciety, was deemed an arch eneirv Cupid. It was thought thnt he w-i.s destined to be an “old bachelor, but| ( they reckoned without the summer shower—you know Nature works in a mysterious way heT wonders to per form! One afternoon Miss Meek and Joe Brown Connally (who is quite & dif ferent kind of bachelor—one of those who thinks so much of all of them he can not choose one) chanced to be passing “Greystone” Just as a heavy downpour of rain came on. They sought refuge in the home of young Gray, who was, of course, in troduced to Miss Meek—and instant ly fell a victim to Cupid, who had only been hiddng his time, you see. • • • S AVANNAH folks say they knew that pretty Sophie Meldrim had been engaged to “Ted” Coy, with whom she eloped last week, for some time, and I’ve heard, since the marriage, that a number of Atlanta young women who have been at Tox- away this summer with the bride, were aware of the seriousness of the romance between this noted Georgia beauty and the famous Yale football star. But I must confess that I (and I can safely say lots of other people In Atlanta) was confidently looking forward to the announcement of the young woman’s engagement to an other man entirely. In fact, the ru mors that have attached names of wealthy and prominent men with that of Sophie Meldrim have been be wildering in their number. Since her debut, a few years ago, this charming woman has been one of the most widely known and ad mired of all the Georgia belles and beauties. She holds the reputation in this day of having had more offers of marriage than any other young wom an of the State; an honor held sev eral years back, strange to say, by another Savannah girl, who became the bride of Clark Howell, of At lanta, after her few years of bril liant belledom as Miss Comer. The heroine of last week’s roman tic marriage was much admired in Washington last season, where she spent some time under the chaperon- age of Mrs. John Hayes Hammond. In New York also the former Miss Meldrim was much admired, and many people thought for a while that the rumor of her engagement to a noted and wealthy publisher of that city was correct. Then we were sure that she was coming to Atlanta as the bride of one of our wealthiest young bachelors—hut, alas, our hopes were doomed to disappointment. And who shall say how many more and perhaps fonder hopes were blast ed when the news went around last week that “Ted” Coy had won the prettiest girl In Georgia for his brijje. For ten days preceeding her mar riage, Mrs. Coy had been a visitor in Western North Carolina, and was in Asheville as a guest at the house party of Mr. and Mrs. Pendleton King, of Augusta, who have a sum mer home in that place. The day be fore the marriage, I believe, Sophie and her two younger sisters, Jane and Caroline, went back to Toxaway, and young Coy put in an appearance. The two motored over to Asheville— presumably to a party. They went instead to Trinity Church, and the knot was tied, thus consummating a romance begun, I understand, three years ago when young Coy was on a tour as banjoist with the Yale Glee Club. Well, I am sure the young couple have the best wishes of all who know them. Th^y are both ideally good to look at, both young and happy, and, I am told, both deeply in love. What better could one desire for anybody? • * * HAVE a David Harum story for you. The modern David Harum —at least the one who figures in my story—is a noted Virginian who rears blooded horses, and whose stock farm is one of the wonders of the State. A short time ago he sold a horse to an Atlanta man, prom inent in society and identified with the contingent which rides and loves horseflesh. Indeed, I may say that he is ac counted—or accounts himself, ac cording to your preference—the real authority of fine horses among At lanta’s sporting set. Well, he bought a horse from this wily Virginian, and brought his purchase back to Atlan ta with loud praises and great claims as to the many fine qualities of his new purchase. A hunter of the best type he said his horse was, and a jumper of ex traordinary ability. He loaned the horse to two cr fr.-ee of *hr y on vmrn : ■ «■ o t r, !. • :n out. I hey io .. ily cntMUtjast.c over llie hoi stt tome way. and the man lecided that he wouldn't lend his line hunter and Jumper again to unappre ciative young women. Last week one of the ladies who had tried the horse and, in her Judg ment, found him wanting, chanced to meet a Virginia friend at Tox away, who is interested in horses. She told him of the new horse which was to put the noses of all the fine horses iu Atlanta out of Joint, and the man laughed hilariously. “Why, hasn’t he found out that horse yet?” he finally managed to ejaculate. (Why is it the sorrows of others is so often funny to us?) And then he told her that everybody in Vir ginia was laughing over the way that old horse was sold for $600 to the Atlantan. “That fellow In Virginia used him as a leader to train young colts,” said the man. “And he never in the world will be anything better than an in structor for the young!” Now everybody in Atlanta is won dering when the owner of the horse is going to wake up to the situation. • • • S OMETHING of sentiment and more of sadness attaches to a wedding gift which graced the table glittering with cut glass and silver at the Hull-Weltner wedding last Thursday evening. I saw tears suspiciously brightening the eyes of several tender-hearted women when they bent over to read the names quite a long list, too, and written tremuloifsly at times—of a number of convicts who had sent a beautiful cut glass bowl to the bridegroom and his charming bride “with their best wishes.” You know, most of you, that Philip Weltner is very much interested in bettering the condition of the sons of misfortune who inhabit the awful convict camps over the State. Some time ago, in order to learn how they really live, he donned convict garo and spent a week living with them and living as they did exactly, with no favors shown. It was for his kindness and inter est that this gift of cut glass was procured in some way by his “fel low-convicts,” and sent with their best wishes. All of them had writ ten their names and, with queer sen timent, had attached the sentence they were to pay after their signa tures. The fact that some of these bore the grim words “for life” did not detract from the impressiveness of the “card” which came with the wedding present. Transfer From Morning Field Is Accompanied by Many Im provements in Service. Ambition of Publishers Is To Make Publication the Leading Afternoon Journal of Nation. M M T, that gay college set is going some! I hear that the dance last week at which the Tech boys entertained their friends was marked by several appeals to the faculty from more conservative mem bers of the company. Two boys brought out girls who were unknown to the company, and that in Itself ws against Lhe rules of the game. Pretty soon the four of them be gan on variationsVof the new dances, and after a while* they succeeded in showing the young people presen just why these dances have fallen into disrepute. The two couples soon had the floor to themseHes, but they didn’t keep It long, for an appeal to members of the faculty resulted In their expulsion from the hall, and Joy reigned supreme again—for a time. The second untoward incident the evening resulted from a couple's too ardent adoption of a favored pas time—the electric coupe courtship, one might call It. The electric was drawn up near a light, and the neigh bor-s watched'the free show with in terest—until they began to be shocked at the progress of the affair. Then they sent word to the now perturb faculty members that there was ur gent need of interference In this par tlcular courtship. Quite a bit of excitement was gen erated by the affair, it seems, es pecially when the owner of the coupe found out that suspicion had fastened on her, until the identity of the fair and loving usurper was fixed—and then two more guests of the dance departed suddenly^ ^ OBILE girls have Inaugurated a unique anniversary, which I venture to assert, will not become universally popular. It is the celebration of their twenty-third birthday with special observances to which they invite their friends— those who can not keep a secret. And fearlessly and frankly they avow their age, and upon the lunch eon table they place a cake with 23 small candles, so that he who runs may read. The reason of this ob servance I do not know. When I told an Atlanta girl about the "23" birthday parties, she said "Weil, I am not going to get married till I am 23, and I don't Intend to be 23 till I get married!” So I guess that in some such idea lies the reason for the new anniversary parties adopted by Mobile debutantes of sev- eral seasons ago. However. I do not believe the move ment will become a fad in Mobile or elsewhere. Women must keep one secret in life. All of which reminds me of a little story I heard the other day concerning a popular unmarried woman who is not so young’ in years, hut who belongs to the independent bachelor girl contingent which counts its age by deeds, not years. That she still retains the womanly falling of concealing the number of these years, however, is evinced by the in cident. A married woman who Is altogether charming and lovely, hut whose son, a manly youth now sporting his first mustache, avows her age anyway, re marked that the bachelor maid had been a bridesmaid at her wedding. Later a mutual friend in conversa tion with the unmarried woman hap pened to remark “Oh, I hear you and A— have been friends for many years; she tells me you were an at- tor^nt a* ’ '• eddlng.” rep ' -1 the < •.irvv.*'* i»: ' was her flov.f and “’l mber. how i fully s< \v;:s I tripped do ' n th«- nisi*- ’ lLa my little tn.sket of rose-leaves.” READERS ARE ASKED TO AID Pennies Cut in Two To Pay Off Labor Contractor Gets Angry When Brick layers Ask for Scale on Fraction of Hour. SAN FRANCTSICO, Sept. %.—Thb San Francisco Call, the oldest of the San Francisco dally papers, trans ferred its activities from the morning to the evening field Monday. The Call w r as founded In 1850 as a morning paper and was for many years the leading morning paper of San Fran cisco. Of late year*, however the competition of The Examiner and Chronicle has been too strong for It, and The Call saw Its better oppor tunity in the less bitterly disputed evening field. The Call’s first appearance in the evening field showed It to be a greatly improved newspaper. It made the following announce ment, which seems to he justified: The San Francisco Call is the oldest paper in San Francisco and will be the greatest evening pa per. Every arrangement has been made to give the people of San Francisco the highest grade of newspaper product for the small est price. Lease Special Wires. The best news associations have been secured, the best American and European news paper connections have been made, and special wires have been leased, the best special fea- tues and syndicate services have been obtained, the best newspaper managers, editors and writers have been engaged from all parts of the country; the best and big gest newspaper machinery manu factured has been ordered and will be Installed in the newest and most commodious quarters In San Francisco. Everything has been done that we, the publishers, can think of to make The San Francisco Call the best newspaper In America, but we will welcome suggestions from our readers. The San Francisco Call appears to-day. Monday, as San Fran cisco’s leading evening paper. Ask Aid of Readers. Tell us how It can he made bet ter. Help us to give San Francisco the best paper printed anywhere. We have the determination and the resources to make The San Francisco Call the leading even ing newspaper of the nation. If thcro Is anything we haven’t ihought of, think of it for us and we will do it for you. F. W. KELLOGG, President and Publisher. JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Vice President and Treasurer. The managers of The Call claim that the wisdom of the transfer to the evening field is proved by the results of the first day of issue. The circula tion of The Call has been doubled and the paper in its new form has met with the most universal commenda tion. SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. Sixteen bricklayers worked fifteen minutes on an Oakland Job and were then laid off because of lack of material. Car nahan & Mulford, the employing con tractors. grew peevish when the bricklayers asked for a full hour's pay, 87 1-2 cents. "Very well,” said the contractors, “they shall have their 87 1-2 cents an hour or fraction thereof.” Soon the bricklayers were called to the cash ier's window. The first man to sien his pay check received a shock. He had counted out to him eight dimes, a flve-cent piece, two pennies, and the half of a penny that had been chopped in two. One of the ‘bricklayers suggested that the Government does not permit mutilation of its coins, so the matter was referred to the United States Dis trict Attorney's office. Charlton’s Iron Nerve . Breaks +•4* +t+ +•+ +•+ +•+ +•+ Italian Inquisition Is Feared + •+ +•+ +• + +•+ +•+ Father With Him During Ordeal Porter Charlton, young American, who faces trial in Italy on charge of murdering his beautiful wife, is shown in charge of an Italian officer, and is again shown seated with members of the crew, with whom he became friendly on the voyage from America to the scene of his trial. Officer Weds in Time To Catch Transport Soldier Ordered to Philippines Tele graphs Fiancee He Cannot Leave Without Her. WASHINGTON, Sept. 6—Lieuten ant Charles J. Boehs, Medical Corps, United States Army, of Washington, and Miss Hattie Collier, of Houston, Tex., were married In San Francisco Just In time to catch the army trans port for Manila. The romance began in Houston and ail was going nicely when Lieutenant Boehs was ordered to the Philippines. The engagement was announced and the couple parted. Thursday Lieuten ant Boehs decided that life was not worth living without his fiancee, so he telegraphed her to come at once. She did. A minister was waiting in a hotel near the railroad station. The ceremony over, the couple made a hurried trip in a taxicab and board ed a steamer. Rubber Doll Saves Life of an Infant Child Falls Into Water, but Toy Acts as Buoy Until Baby Is Rescued. HUNTINGTON, W. VA., Sept. 6. A rubber doll that It carried saved the infant child of Mrs. John Mathe- ny from drowning. The mother, with the child In her arms, fell from a boat, and the child went underneath a ferryboat, Mrs. Matheny being pulled out, In a short time the child was seen to emerge from the water at the oth er end of the boat, and was rescued It still clutched tightly the rubber doll which acted as a buoy and kept the baby on the surface of the water. GIRL BABY, FOURTEENTH, TIPS SCALE AT 26 POUNDS PORTSMOUTH, N. H., Sept. 6.— 1 The home of Mr. and Mrs. William True man has been invaded for several days by women, chiefly mothers, to congrat ulate them and to get a look at the largest and handsomest baby in the city, Minnie Louise is the latest addition <o lit fi” r v < f tiio Truemans, and on i}.«■ .1 • • • • tipped the scale.- sit :>he tile f r "' lei nth child to aiiwe m the family. Poor General, 90, Bequeathed $100,000 Aged Northern Veteran Raised From Poverty by Widow of War time Comrade. ST. PAUL, Sent. 6.—With the an nouncement that he was the bene ficiary to the amount of $100,000 under the will of Mrs. Julia Lgrillard Butterfield, of New York, General William Le Due, aged V0, of Hastings, Minn., ascends from poverty to a position of comfort. The late Gen eral Daniel Butterfield and General Le Due were close friends. General Le Due Is a native of Ohio and took prominent part in the Civil War. He also «prved as Commis sioner of Agriculture under President Hayes and has been active In finan cial work of the Northeast. Recently, however, he applied for a pension and by a special act of Congress obtained $40 a month. Stage ‘Farmer’ Is Scored by Mayor Fitzgerald, of Boston, Tells Forward- to-Land League Calling Should B© Honored. BOSTON, Sept. 6.—The stage “farmer” which ridicules the agri culturist was condemned by Mayor Fitzgerald in addressing the Forward- to-the-Land League’s convention in Faneull Hall. “Farming has been looked upon as a minor form of degradation,” said the Mayor. “That housework and farming can he done by anybody is an idea altogether too prevalent. "Farmers should not be ridiculed upon the stage. Moving picture shows, giving a friendly point of view of the farmer's life, should be pre sented In schoolrooms and public halls.” Farm Demonstration Agents In Louisiana to Study Cotton Pest Which Has Crossed Border of This State—U. S. Co-operata». Staple’s Enemy Has Migrated 75 Miles Across Line and Is Ex pected to Equal Distance Next Year—Preventive Is Sought. By CHARLES A. WHITTLE. Georgia Sttate College of Agriculture, The boll weerril has landed In Georgia. He has made his hop of from 50 to 76 miles. Next Mason he will measure another sene that wide to hare and to hold his oot- ton, and so on till there Is no more cotton for him to hop into. The fight is on in Georgia. It may be said to be Inaugurated active ly to-morrow with the invasion of weevil territory by about 25 farm demonstration agents of Georgia, who are working along the western bord er of the Btate of Georgia. The party Is gathering art 8t. Charles Hotel In New Orleans to day ready to start out to-morrow over Louisiana, where the weevil is being met. Will Study the Peat. To get acquainted with the wee vil, to see how he operates, what damage he does, when he la active, and to observe how the Louisiana farmers are fighting him, or standing him off. so to speak, aa far a* they are able while the cotton mature*. Suffragists Barred By Want Ad Suitor Maryland Youfh, Refused a Dozen Times, Isn't so Particular About Other Detalla. FREDERICK, Me.. Sept. 6.—Re fused twelve times, hopelessly single at the "ripe” old age of 22, Fauntle- roy Unger, of this city, formerly of Waynesboro, Pa., stalwart and ath letic, has resorted to want ads to pro cure a life-long helpmate. His only requirements are that she be a competent housekeeper, reason ably good looking and capable of loving and making him happy. She must be about his own age, fond of home and without political ambitions. "No suffragist need apply," Mr. Unger declared. MOTHER OF 17 IS DEAD. CODUMBUS, OHIO. Sept. 6,—FoI- lowing the birth of her seventeenth child, Mrs. John O'Dtnnell, aged 29. filed a; a local hospital Young American Undergoes Third Degree Pre paratory to Being Put on Trial in November. Special Cable to The American. COMO, ITALY, Sept. 6.—Some thing of the cheerful indifference of Porter Charlton seems gone. The young American, awaiting trial on the charge that he killed his beauti ful wife shortly after their marriage three years ago, has grown nervous under the strain of the exacting third degree of the Italian police. More than once the delicate-seem ing youth has been on the verge of collapse when the police remorseless ly plied him with questions, and, In the sinister way that belongs to no one else but Italian police, sought to break his nerve. But only when his ( father entered his cell, a day or two ago, did any thing like an actual break of nerve occur. Then the young man threw himself on his father's breast and cried like a baby. The father. Judge Paul Charlton, was shaken also by the demonstration, but not to such an extent as was his son. Away from the police, however, Charlton seems to collect himself. He has made himself as comfortable as possible in his cell In St. Domi nick prison, laying in a supply of his favorite tobacco, obtaining a book in which he. purposes to keep a diary, and devoting himself to the study of Italian. His father has joined him in learning the language, that the two might easily follow the course of the triaL Fearful Ordeal Ahead. Charlton will be put on trial in No vember, until which time he will be forced to undergo the fearful ordeal of an Italian police inquisition. The refinement of cruelty, it is said, at tends this experience, and every pres sure is brought to bear on the pris oner, from the gantlet of a thou sand questions to solitary Imprison ment in dingy, filthy dungeons. Many prisoners have been known become raving maniacs under the system. During all his three years of con finement in a New Jersey Jail Charl ton was building up his health by careful living and frequent exercise. He seemed all the time to be obsessed by the fear of the ordeal in Ita’y, al though none except the most careful observers could observe the dread. To every one else he was the cheer ful, nonchalant young fellow, who promised every one that he would be hack home by Christmas, and who made numerous engagements for that holiday season. The inquisition through which the police drag the young prisoner Is un doing the health work of three years, It seems. Charlton’s nerve is break ing under the ordeal. Charlton’s nerve broke once before, it will be remembered, when the night after he was arrested at Jersey City there came a written confession sign ed by him, that he had killed his wife after a bitter quarrel, In which her ungovernuble temper had ren dered her practically a maniac. Aft er he beat her unconscious, he put her body In a trunk and sank it in Lake Como. Two Pleas Are Planned. The confession has not since been repudiated, and is considered to be genuine. What Charlton’s defense in Continued on Next Pag©# Column 4. and to get at all the beat prac tices of agriculture under boll weevil conditions, will engross the attention of the boll weevil scouts for the next ten day*. This scouting party le being taken out by the United States Department of Agriculture, which Is operating through tfie State College of Agri culture of Georgia, using th# farm demonstration agents of the Depart ment of Agriculture and the college. Making use of the opportunity af forded, the Department of Agricul ture of the State of Georgia 1m send ing along representatives, Including Assistant Commissioner Hughes and State Entomologist Worsham. This department received an appropertaflon from the recent Legislature for pro pagating a variety of cotton which Professor "Worsham has developed that it Is claimed is resistant to wilt and largely resistant to the boll weevil. Carppbsfl on Soono. Prof. J. Phil Campbell, State agent In charge of farm demonstration agents, boys’ corn clubs and girls’ clubs, has headed the party of boll weevil scouts to weevil territory, tsi each State where In Test! gallons will be conducted, the State agent will map out an itinerary tor the party. Mr. Evans, of the Department of Agriculture at Washington, will have general direction of the trip and will accompany the party, represent ing Hon. Bradford Knapp, who ts chief in charge of all the farm demonstration work In the lonfK