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ITFAUST’S SUNDAY AMERICAN, ATLANTA, GA., SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1913.
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tianta to Send 50 Delegates to
Macon Meeting to Organize
State Commercial Club.
Polaire Adds to Her Ugliness With Nose Ring
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Famous French Actress to Wear It in Atlanta
Mademoiselle Polaire, famous French actress, wearing her nose ring. She will appear
with this ornament when she plays in Atlanta this winter.
Forty Georgia cities will send dele
rations Tuesday to the meeting at
Macon which will organize the Geor
gia Chamber of Commerce. Atlanta
will send 50 representative men in
a special car. Waycross and Albany
also will send specials.
Indications are there will be 400
civic leaders at Macon to launch the
State Chamber of Commerce, which
is expected to do for Georgia what
the Atlanta Chamber has done for
the city.
The meeting will be called to order
at the Hotel Dempsey, Macon, at
10:30 o’clock Tuesday morning bv c
.T. Haden, chairman of the executive
committee. Luncheon will be served
at 1:30 o’clock at the hotel, with the
Macon Chamber as host. An aft
ernoon session will complete the de
liberations.
There are 70 such State-wide de
velopment organizations in the United
States. Texas has furnished the
model for the proposed Georgia
chamber.
Officers are to be elected at the
Macon meeting, Including a president
and about 50 vice presidents, repre
senting all sections of Georgia*
Speakers will include Richard Ed
monds, of the Manufacturers’ Record;
M. V. Richards, of the Southern Rail
way, and McLaine Tilton, secretary
of the Alabama Bankers’ Association.
Many Cities to Take Part.
The following cJrties will send rep
resentatives:
Albany, Americus, Athens. Atlanta.
Baxley, Brunswick, Balnbridge.
jRarnesvllle, Clarkston, Crawfordvllle,
College Park, Columbus, Dublin,
Douglas. Dawsonvllle, Eatonton,
Fitzgerald. Griffin, Kirkwood, La-
Grange, Llthonla. McDonough, Ma
con, Madison. Moultrie, Newnan,
Ocilla, Springfield, Swainsboro, Toc-
coa, Union City, Vienna, Waycross,
Hawkinsvllle, Statesboro and Mount
Pleasant.
One hundred members of the live
Macon Chamber of Commerce have
been named on a special committee
to greet and entertain the delegates.
A number of the leaders In the in
dustrial development of Georgia have
been mentioned for the presidency of
the State Chamber, but so far no
one seems sure of the position.
The executive committee Is author
ized to appoint a vice president for
' everv county In the State and after
careful consideration about 50 vice
presidents have been selected. Other
-elections will be made during the
next few days.
The executive committee includes
O. J. Haden, Atlanta, chairman; P.
\f. Atkinson. Madison; R. D. Cole,
Newnan: J. S. Davis, Albany; G. W.
Deen, Waycross; J. A. McCord, At
lanta; W. H. Shippen. Ellijay; C. A.
Wlckersham, College Park.
DeKalb Countv To Be
Well Represented.
DeKalb Counly, headed by Kirk -
wood and Decatur, will send an en
thusiastic delegation to the State
Chamber of Commerce meeting at
Macon Tuesday, with the intention of
playing an important part In the
proceedings. The Kirkwood Cham
ber of Commerce held a special meet
ing to arouse zeal In behalf of the
proposal, and the result wa» a list of
formal pledges of members who will
attend.
They Include R F. Gllllem. John I.
Armstrong, Dr. E. D. Daniel, William
E. Saunders, Dr. C. H. House, J. T.
Vlley E. M Willingham, John Lowe
Smith, O O. Ray. H. C. Burr, J. A.
Norman. R. C. Ozmer, J. P. Ellis, Joe
Tillinghast and J. A. Earl.
Decatur will send a party In auto
mobiles Llthonla and Clarkston will
send delegates, and, altogether, there
probably will be 75 representatives
from DeKalb at Macon.
The Drum and Bugle Corps of De-
catur Troop, No. 1, Boy Scouts of
America, will be In the party.
Borden Heiress to
Pick Own College
Will Solve Question That Parted
Parents by Going to Vassar
or Wellesley.
NEW YORK, Sept. 13.—Mias Ra
mona Borden, 18-year-old daughter
of Gail Borden, the multi-millionaire
condensed milk manufacturer whose
disappearance from a sanitarium In
Ponponton Lake, N. J., In April caused
a nation-wide search to be made for
her by her , father, plans to enter
either Wellesley or Vaosar this fall.
The failure of her parents to agree
on a school for her is said to have led
to their agreement to live apart. Now
the girl has solved the problem her-
6e 1 f
Because she has been the brunt of
this family strife. Ramona has come
to be known among her friend* as the
“poor little rich girl.” She has writ
ten to her New York friends.
“I have ceased to work and be
troubled,'' she says. "Through this
summer I have learned to laugh and
be happy.”
Lesson in Scientific
Complexion Renewing
(From The Family Physician.)
Everyone has a beautiful skin under-
« in size In abnormal conditions, or In
« ... these particles are not
Shit' as raptfly as in robust youth. The
longer they remain the more soiled or
fadfd they become-that's the lmme-
VJofr Aase Of a “bad complexion.
d It hS been discovered that ordinary
“oolGod wax to he had of any drug
mercotiz . b these worn-out parti-
The absorption, while hastening
Nature's work, goes on gradually enough
to cause no Inconvenience. In a week
,he transformation is complete.
mhcTresh healthy-hued. youthful under-
Tkln if then wholly In evidence. You
who are n" satisfied with your com-
lolmns Should get an ounce of i.ierco-
w4x and try this treatment. Esc
thfwax nightly like cold cream, wash-
jig I* off morning*.—AdvL
Commerce Chosen
For Press Meeting
Editors of Weeklies Hear Rival
Towns' Claims for Honor of
Entertaining Them.
nquisitorial Body Will in All
Probability Take Up Poison
Case This Week,
Every Section Joins South for
Federal Protection Against
River’s Spring Floods.
Grand' jurors of Fulton County will
this week in all probability begin
their investigation of the death of
the late Josua B, Crawford, wealthy
Atlantan, whose widow has been
charged with poisoning him In order
to get hi* riches barely a month qM-
er their marriage in 1909.
In the meantime, Mrs. Mary Belle
Crawford, the widow, is at her Peach
tree street home, serenely confident
that if the Grand Jury should indict
her she would be promptly acquitted
by a trial jury. She declares the
bringing of the charge of poisoning
against her was done merely as a
new move of the heirs of the aged
real estate operator, who are fighting
for the $250,000 fortune that was left
to her.
Poison Presence Admitted.
The report of Dr. H. F. Harris that
traces of morphine poisoning were
found in the stomach of the deceas
ed is not denied by Mrs. Crawford
or her counsel. They simply contend
that this drug was prescribed for
Crawford during his last illness, and
declare that the attending physician
will take the stand and testify that
he administered the opiate to relieve
the aged man’s pain.
The Crawford heirs, however, take
an entirely different view of the mat
ter. They charge a deep-laid con
spiracy on the part of Mrs. Craw
ford and Fred Lumb, a barber now
in New York, and who is sought by
the heirs as an accomplice.
Their contention is that when J. B
Crawford, then In his seventies, went
to St. Augustine, Fla., In 1909 in
search of health and took board with
Mary Belle Bishop, the woman then
and there planned to wed the old man
and as soon as she could make him
will her his property, poison him, and
then wed Lumb.
The contesting heirs are nieces and
nephews of the man for whose wealth
they are fighting, and though the will
contest has been on practically since
the death of Crawford, it was not
until a few months ago that the
poison charge was made and the
body was exhumed for examination
of the stomach.
Sheriff Issues Warrant.
A Coroner’s Jury at Carrollton, the
old home of the Crawfords, returned
a verdict declaring that the deceased
had come to his death from poison
administered by his wife.
It was then that the Sheriff of
Carroll County mailed a warrant to
the Sheriff of Fulton for the arrest.
When officers went to serve it, Mrs.
Crawford was not at her Atlanta
home, but she afterward surrendered
to the Sheriff here and promptly rur- j
nished the $6,000 bond required.
In addition to the poison charge
the nieces and nephews have alleged
that undue influence was exercised
by Mrs. Crawford to have herself
made the chief beneficiary in the will
and witnesses have been introduced
at the will hearing to prove that at
the time he # uttered the instrument,
Crawford was not only mentally un
balanced through senility, but was
constantly under the influence of
alcohol.
Fascinating Artist Has No Hope
That Ornament Will Be Gen
erally Accepted Fad.
Mademoiselle Polaire, being by com
mon consent the ugliest theatrical
star alive and the most fascinating
withal, has an absolute right to wear
what she pleases. It is only when a
woman has an open pride in her lack
of pulchritude that she has achieved
a sort of free-will condition as re
gards clothes and ornaments.
And because she is an Independent
in matters of raiment the fascinat
ing Polaire is going to show Atlanta
something that will open the eyes of
every man and woman within its
limits—she is coming to Atlanta, you
know, with Gertrude Hoffman and
Lady Constance Ttewart-Richardson,
the dancers.
Her particular Innovation is a nose
ring—a daring, unprecedented nose
ring, suggestive of nothing so much
as a Fiji Islander. But then the tur
key trot is hardly suggestive of the
art of terpslchore, so it is not an un
believable thing that Mademoiselle
Polalre’s nose ring will become—but
no, American girls mean no harm by
any of their fads, and even their crit-
tic« vow that they have common
sense enough and to spare.
There will be no nose ring fad,
however much the fascinating Po
laire flaunts her badge of eccentric
ity before their faces.
Polaire, It is announced, never
dreams that her own freak fashion
will become the vogue. Perhaps that
Is why she adopted it. At least, she
will have something to herself.
But Atlanta will have an opportu
nity of Judging, and perhaps if it likes
can place an order*for early winter
delivery.
St. Paul’s Church to
Have Home-Coming
Incident to Big Revival Services
Under Rev. L. B. Bridges,
Noted Evangelist.
St. Paul’s Methodist Church of At
lanta will hold a home-coming Sep
tember 21 as an incident to the big
revival . services under the Rev. L.
B. Bridges, the noted evangelist. Be
sides the invitation to the general
public, a call will be made on all
former members of the church to re
turn to the fold for the one day.
It is expected that eight or ten
clergymen will be in attendance on
the home-coming. Rev. B. F. Fraser
is present pastor of the church, un
der whose pastorate remarkable de
velopment has been achieved in the
i laat year.
STATE’S LAST NARROW
GAUGE RAILWAY TO GO
Narrow gauge railroad equipment
will disappear from Georgia shortly
after September 24, when the Railroad
Commission will grant to the Gaines
ville Midland Railroad the right to
Issue $558,000 worth of bonds and
notes for improvement*.
INCORPORATE HOSPITAL
FOR CRIPPLED CHILDREN
Application for a charter for the
Crippled Children’s Hospital of Georgia
was tiled Saturday.
Charter members are Governor John
M. Slaton, Clark Howell, Joseph Mc
Cord, Frank M. Inman, Robert F. Mad
dox, Phinizy Calhoun, Sinclair Jacobs,
James S. Floyd, E. V. Carter, J. M.
Stephens, Walter M. Rich and Charles
H. Black.
B0YD-MANGHAM SUIT
IN BANKRUPTCY IS SET
Demurrers in the bankruptcy pro
ceedings in the case of the Boyd-
Mangham Manufacturing Company
will be heard during the week of Sep
tember* 29 on request of attorneys.
The trustees claim the illegal divi
dends are subject to recovery for the
payment of creditors of the corpo
ration.
MEMPHIS. Sept. 13.—The Mayor#
of cities In more than half of the
State# of the Union have come out
for Government aid In the protection
3f the Mississippi Valley States from
floods. This sweeping Indorsement of
the Ransxiell-Humphreys bill, which
provides $60,000,01)0 for levees and
comes up at the December session of
Congress, Is one of the interesting
exhibits of the work the Mississippi
River Levee Association is doing in
the Interest of Government levees for
'he lower Mississippi River.
Out of the replies already received
not one chief executive has expressed
the slightest disapproval of the prop
osition. The Mayors of cities In the
far Western States, in New England,
In the Middle West, In the great
northern section and from every
Southern State have come out unani
mously for the project. Each letter
shows an unusual familiarity witn
the subject. The people of Califor
nia. Massachusetts and Montana
seem to have been studying the flood
proposition with as much interest as
tiie residents of the States imme
diately affected by floods.
One of the most interesting letters
Is one from the chief, executive of
Galllpolis, Ohio, a city which almost
was .‘lacriflced to the Ohio floods of
1913. Mayor Cadot, of that city, say#
In part:
"While our own valley suffers
greatly from floods. I believe the
greater damage Jr done in the Mis
sissippi Valley, and 1 earnestly hope
you will succeed In securing the re
quired appropriation from the Gov
ernment, and be able to begin active
operations at the earliest possible
moment.
"In my opinion, the levee plan is
the best remedy for overflow that has
yet been proposed.”
The Mayor of Poughkeepsie, N. Y.,
writes In part:
"I am heartily In favor of your
w’ork and believe that it is fair and
just that the National Government
should take up the burden and give
you whatever aid is needed.”
The Mayor of Indianapolis, Ind.,
writes:
"I heartily concur in the views ex
pressed in your communication re
garding the spring floods of the lower
Mississippi. I believe the Govern
ment should lend everv aid possible
to protect the people of this vast ter
ritory and that steps in this direction
should be taken at the earliest possi
ble moment.”
These are only a few' of the nu
merous letters that have been receiv
ed. They illustrate,.however, the sen
timent toward the levee proposition
and the widesperad into st in the
matter of floods.
SCHOOLBOYS’ CRAPS
GAMES ARE UNDER BAN
The shooting of craps under th*
Estorla street bridge was halted Sat
urday night by the police, who began
an investigation following a repot i
that schoolboys w'ere drinking and
gambling there.
Commerce was selected at the next
meeting place of the Georgia Weekly
j Press Association at a meeting of the
executive committee of the organiza
tion In the office of H. M. Stanley at
the State Capitol Saturday. Th?
claims of Covington were also pre
sented to the committee by a delega
tion from that town. The committee
waited until 2:30 o’clock for the dele
gation from Madison, which was also
after the 1914 meeting, but it failed to
appear.
The next gathering of the editors
will b«* held July 14 and 15. The fol
lowing officers were present at the
meeting: P. T. McCutcheon, of Frank
lin. president; C. E. Benns, of But
ler. secretary; B. H. Hardy, Barnes-
ville; J. F. Shannon,. Commerce; H.
M. Stanley, and Rush V. Burton, La-
vonia. The winning delegation from
Commerce was headed by J. F. Shan
non. of The Commerce News, and
Paul T. Harber, of The Commerce
Observer.
New Cotton Resists
Black Root Disease
State Entomologists Will Have 4,000
Bushels of Its Seed Ready
by Spring.
Reports received by the Depart
ment of Entomology at the State
Capitol from Southwest Georgia are
to the effect that the black root is
causing a great deal of damage. This
cot*on disease is costing the Georgia
cotton planters hundreds of thousands
of dollais a year, and every effort is
being made to cheek its ravages.
The Department of Entomology has
developed a variety of cotton seed
which is resistant to the black root
and reports from, the planters who
use this variety are to the effect that
It is not suffering from the blight.
The department will have 4,000 bush
els of this seed next spring for dis
tribution.
Alkahest President
Goes to Convention
S. Russell Bridges Is Off to Attend
Annual National Lyceum Con
vention in Chicago.
S. Russell Bridges, president of the
Alkahest Lyceum System, has gone
to Chicago to participate in the an
nual convention of the International
Lyceum Association, which will meet
at the Auditorium Hotel Septembei
*5-19. He was accompanied by Mrs.
Bridges and a number of prominent
Southern Lyceum people.
The convention of the International
Association is the one w'hich prom
ised to meet in Atlanta this year, and
then changed to Chicago because a
great many of the arMsts were unable
I to make the trip to the South.
Bank Wrecker and Bigamist Is
Turned Over to Mississoppi Au
thorities by State of Georgia.
ALBANY, Sept. 13.—After five days
spent in hearing the habeas corpus
case of L. C. Harding, alias A. D.
Oliver, the Climax bank wrecker
{Judge Clayton Jones at 4:55 o’clock
this afternoon turned the prisoner
over to the officers from the State of
Mississippi, who had a requisition
properly signed by the Governor of
that State.
Harding, undes the alias of Oliver
went to Climax, Ga., in December.
1908, claiming to be looking for a
large tract of timber land to pur
chase While there he was attracted
by the opportunities that presented
themselves. In a remarkably shore
time he had established himself from
a financial standpoint. He carried on
his dealings in true Wallingford style
until a bank that he secured control
of failed. When the bank was on
the verge of bankruptcy, he claims
to have started to New York td make
more financial deals, but was ar
rested.
After much litigation, he was helo
on the chrage of bigamy, he having
married in Climax while he had a liv
ing wife in another State. He was
sentenced for a term of years, w'hicl
ended only five days ago. When about,
to be released, the United States Gov
ernment applied for the prisoner, as
did the State of Mississippi. Afte’ -
consultation, the United States offi
cers withdrew their request and the
officers of Mississippi pressed the!
application.
Oliver claimed that he was not th«
man that had escaped from Jail in
Mississippi, but a twin brother that
resembled him very much. Pictures
were procured from the State peni
tentiary of Ohio, where Oliver als-
has l^en confined, and Bertillion
measurements were sent. While there
was some slight variation in the
measurements, the general stature
was the same and the marks on the
body were sufficient to convince the
Judge that he was the man wanted.
Oliver had worked up one of the
best stories that has ever been heart-
in a Georgia courtroom, and no doub
would have caused a jury of twelve-
men to have stayed locked up for *a
long time, as he had gained the sym
pathy of at least two-thirds of his
hearers.
As toon as Judge Jones ruled that
he was the man wanted in Mlsslssip
pi, the papers were signed promptly
and within five minutes he was ,n an
automobile, handcuffed to a deputy
sheriff from Aberdeen, Miss., being
taken from the State.
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