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TITE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS
PRIEST TELLS OF
SHERMAN’S MEN AGAIN INVADE CITY;
GREETED THIS TIME BY HANDCLASPS
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Confession of Dismemberment of (
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worth of furniture and established tin j
eirl there.
His Story of Slaying.
Schmidt's confession, in concrete
follows
“I met Anns Aumuller two year?
( go at the pariah house of St. Boni
face Church. She ww employed as a
ijervant there. 1 was attracted to her
by her beauty. I became infatuated
with her. I loved her.
'I killed her because I loved her so
much. She was so beautiful. I could
not let her live -without me.
“1 made up my mind that she and 1
ould not live together. I was a priest
and must remain with my church. So
I opened the door of the lint. She was
tsleep in the room. I awakened her
and told her I had tome to fulfill my
threat. Then I slew her with a knlf*-.
“St. Elizabeth, of Hungary. my
patron saint, had come to me one
night and told me that a sacrifice had
o be made and that It must be done
n blood. Just the same aw Abraham
< as ordered to ?*lay Isaac.
So I killed Anna. Then I threw
er into the water because the aacri-
li< e called for blood and water.
I cut the body Into six pieces. 1
made trips to the Fort Hoe ferry each
time with part of her body in the
bundles. When the ferry boat reached
he middle of the stream I would
throw a piece into the water. When
the boat reached the other .side of the
water 1 would return, go back to the
Mat and get another piece of her
>odv l think 1 made about live or
six such trips.
Tried to Burn Mattress.
After I had disposed of the body I
s anted to destroy all evidence of the
rime. I took the mattress on which
I had slain her and carried it to a va -
ant lot. There 1 burned It.
I am guilty and that is all I can
*,tv. [ must pay toe penalty. There
s nothing else for ine to do. But I
.ived Anna Aumuller. She wanted
me to marry her because she was
vnon to become; the mother of my
bid. So I procured a marriage li-
• ense. She trusted me.
1 am i priest and ordained to per-
orm the marriage ceremony, so when
'die insisted upon the ceremony I
married myself to her. There was no
Man Shot by Wife Is Near Death Fears No “Railroading” Now.
With Bullet Against Spine. \ New York Lawyers Try to Delay
Self-Defense Her Plea. Habeas Corpus Hearing.
SAVANNAH. Sept. 15.—With her
husband'!, lift* in t'ap balance n> lh.',
result of a h'lllet wound indicted b> j
her two months arm. pretty Mrs. hva j
Dare obtained a. preliminary hearing I
this mu mi a a on her plea to be re- j
j leased on bond until the wounded man
i recovers or dies and die charge upon
| which site is to be tried In the higher |
•mined.
I molt veterans in Atlanta on their way to 1 lie <i. A. It. encampment at < hattanooga. On
right, M. A.Ward, of Turners Falls. Mass., who was vvilh Sherman s army when Atlanta was cap
tured. On the left is John J. Curran, of Bridgeport, Conn., and his niece. Miss Florence Wend
ling. Mr. Ward was the man who pulled down 1ho Confederate ‘lag and hoisted the Stars and
d of any other priest doing it. it stripes on the Atlanta Courthouse.
ae just as absolute as if I had called 1
another person with authority to
perform the marriage ceremony. She
was my wife.”
After the murder Schmidt con
tinued to officiate as assistant priest
at St. Joseph's Church and even bap
tized a baby.
Schmidt, when asked to-day con
cerning hi« past, gave somewhat in
coherent answers. At first he declared
that he was ordained by a European
bishop named Kiersteln. Later he de-
< hired that St. Elizabeth, whom he
ills his patron saint, had ordained
him. 0
Asked for letters such as are given
by different bishops when one priest
;s transferred from one diocese to
another. Schmidt declared he had
none bearing such signatures, but
that he had a number of letters which
St. Elizabeth had given him.
Clergyman 9ays He Is Crazy.
Schmidt had a number of letters
hearing the seals of different church
es in the United States and Europe,
but none of them, it Is declared, fully
established his Identity or were
couched in the form of credentials.
The Rev. Luke J. Evers. Catholic
• haplain in the Tombs, secured to
day from Schmidt the admission that
n Munich Schmidt had been arrested
as an imposter.
“To most all of my questions re
lating to his past. Schmidt answered
that everything he has done has been
dictated by St. Elizabeth.” declared
Father Evers, “lie told me that St.
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Elizabeth enabled him to Recur© an
assistant pastorate at Louisville, Ky.,
and Trenton, N. J.. before he came to
New York. When 1 asked him If he
had secured dismissal paper from
those two cities he said he had not
received any from the bishops but
that St. Elizabeth hud given them to
him.
Schmidt told me he came to New’
York and secured an introduction to
Father Braun, of St. Boniface Par
ish He presented some letters w hich
secured him the assistant pastorate
there. He later had some disagree
merit with Father Braun and left that
church to connect himself with St,
Joseph’s Parish."
It is believed to-day that
ters which Schmidt presented
ther Braun were clever forgeries.
Pillow Slip Trapped Him.
“Mr. Schmidt is insane,” declared |
Father Evers. “He does not seem to j
realize the enormity of bis crime and »
about the only answers 1 can get to
questions as to why he killed the girl
is that St. Elizabeth told him lie had
to make a blood sacrifice."
With a pillow slip us a clew, the
detectives solved the mystery of the
murder. They discovered that the
pillow slip found around one section
of the torso was purchased in the
neighborhood of Seventh avenue and
Fourteenth street. Then they sought
a man who purchased the pillow slip
at a second-hand store In the neigh
borhood. Finally they located the
flat at Bradhurst avenue. For two
days anti nights a detective lingered
outside the place. Saturday night In
spector Joseph Faurat decided to
break into the fiat.
“I felt we were on the right trail,
and I took a chance," said Faurot.
“1 guess the results warranted it.”
The fiat was found blood stained.
A knife and saw were found. The bed
minus its mattress, but with blood
spots on the posts, showed the de
tectives where the murder had been
committed.
The officers found a picture of the
murdered girl and some papers. A
note signed by "Sehmiddy” gave the
police their final clew,
j I The detectives then went to St.
J i Boniface’s Church and asked for
] j Schmidt. They w'ere told that he
had resigned and had become asso
ciated with St. Joseph’s Parish. They
got a description of Schmidt, which
tallied with that of “John Schmidt."
who had rented the flat. Then fol-
j lowed the arrest and confession.
Slayer Now Defiant.
Schmidt in his cell to-day was calm
and defiant. He refused to see re
porters. and when one of them sent a
note to him requesting an interview.
Schmidt sent back the following writ
ten reply;
“l do not think you will understand
me. There b no use talking about It "
An examination of Schmidt’s men
tal condition was made to-day by the
Tombs physician. Other examina
tions will follow, as it is believed that
Schmidt is mentally unbalanced.
Acting District Attorney Nott to
day said that any effort to prove that
Schmidt was insane when he killed
the girl will he combated vigorously.
Nott declared that the man was sane,
and that the motive for IDs act can be
shown without a doubt.
Alfonse J. Koelble, who has known
Schmidt fur two years, \ isited him In
his cell to-day.
Declares He Is Not Crazy.
"He seemed unconcerned,” Koelble
his visit with Schmidt.
"He seems to have great contempt
for any penalty that may be meted
out to him. When I asked him if 1
•ould do anything for him he replied.
No: God and Abraham alone are abl
M’KEE'SP. 0. JOB BULLET CHECKS
TURNED OVER ITTEHFT TO
TO JONES
rt* Fa-i Stir Marks Transfer of Atlanta Boyd Perry Drives Motor Robber to the re
Postmastership—Doubt About From Garage—Believed Mem-
court
In many respects ;
bles the Grace episod
eye w itnesses, no one
no one suspected the
happy until the young
the police she had ••
ami asked them to
lance to take him to
"I shot in ^’D'-de
COLEBROO K. X. H., Sept. 15.—Fjr
the first time in his stormy care-r
Harry K. Thaw to-day found himself
in the custody uf the United States
Government.
United Slates Marshal E. P. Nu.o
arrived here with an order from
Cnited States Distrivt Judge Edgar
Alririeli directing that he he given
, us'.od y uf Thaw jointly with Sheri If
Holman Drew, of Uous t’vitnty, as til *
result of'the Federal writ of habeas
eorpus obtained by Thaw's lawyers
Saturday.
Thaw was delighted at the new turn
of affairs.
••William T. Jerome nor anyone
else . in railroad me while Uncle Sa.n
is about." said Thaw, cheerfully.
The fugitive spent several hours
writing a long "question and answer ’
ini, i view with himself, giving the.
details of his flight and deportation
from Canada
It is expected that Marshal Nina
wiil take Thau to Littleton, N. H„ as
the writ is returnable there in United
Stales Court Tuesday morning at 11
o’clock.
It was reported that Lawyer Mos- a
H. Crossman, of New Fork, would ask
judge Aldrich for an adjournment of
the habeas corptu pending the hear
ing bv Governor Felker on Wedne.,-
dav of the extradition proceedings.
: Ex-Atlantan, Thaw Aide,
threatened and abused me and '' hen |
I became convinced he wouh
out his threats unless 1 protet :
self. I shot, and 1 phot to.kill. 1 don’t
care whether he lives nr dies—ji
get him away from here”
Since that time her attitude h
changed. She wants to be with h^r
h un’oand.
The bullet pierced Dare’s left lung
and lodged against the backbone.
(Several operations have failed to re-J
j lieve him. He may live several years i ■
j or onlv a few weeks, his physicians
say, but he never iScores Canadian Law.
That the deportation of Harry
Qfnfp flfficerq rHrV i Thaw , ' PVCal, ' d the weakness of the
kJuQiuU UlllvL'i O JJCIUA , (Canadian immigration laws was the
Pvnm "Rn H U| PSS Trino j declaration i.t samson Selig, a formet
X 1 Jill JJUOlJLlOuO J-i Ij./O j \ Hainan and now member of the law
’ firm of House, Grossman & Vorhaus,
Game Warden Mercer State Entu- ! of New Vurk, upon his return from
..... . _ j Coaticook, according to reports read
otologist \\ orsham and < ommt'stoner | w . th inten . sl by his unc i e , Sigmund
of Agriculture Price returned to the sei*g.
Capitol Monday, after a week's ab- ' Selig, who was a member of Thaw's
‘ | legal army in Canada, is well known
j in Atlanta, having been in school
Mr. Worsham and CommissionerN }tere up until 1911. in his discussion
Price spent the week in Mississippi ; .>f the* Thaw case. Selig wrote:
and Louisiana investigating the boll “Concerning the strategic Position
.. *: Thaw in New Hampshire as com-
I weevil situation, and Warden Me • ■ . ( ..... with Canada. 1 think the
had been in Boston, attending t,ie | chances for ultimately winning are
national meeting of Game Wardens i better in the United States than in
land Fish Commissioners. I the Dominion. If Thaw is insane h^e
| All three visited the Conservation j , an not be extradited from New
: Exposition ifi Knoxville. j Hampshire, because, if insane, he can
1 | not be guilty of an extraditable of-
fense in New York.
vears ago Sherman's devastating! "They will try to get him back,
Veterans, lie.. .. vVay to Of. A. R. Meet,
Reeall Thrilling Battle Scenes.
I army swept.
| In the afternoon a reception was
; given the visitors at the headquarters
I of Mitchell Post, G. A. It., in the
Gould Building, at which Colonel W.
i M. Scott, of the local G. A. R. post,
i presided. He was assisted in enter-
i taining the visitors by prominent At
lantans and Confederate veterans.
I expect, on the ground that he has
committed a crime here, but in that
ease they must abandon the assump
tion that he is insane. The only /trou
ble and danger is that the courts
might uphold writs of extradition on
the ground that one State owes that
: courtesy to another.
"The precipitous deportation of
New Appointees.
ber of Daring Band.
The operations of* the gang
tomobile thieves that has l
j testing Atlanta for the past t"
i were checked early Monday m<
>!* au-
ii in-
weeks
ning
Pottoftlce Inspectors Monday morn
ing were busily engaged effecting the
transfer of the post mastership of the
local postofflee. Bolling H. Jones, , v , __ ,,
, ,, I when Bovd Peri v. No. X. Loule-
newly appointed postmaster under the .
present administration, gave Hugh ! . Jvurd. genera! agent ot the National
McKee, Taft appointee, who has ai! i Surety Company, opened fire with a
but completed his four-year term, tv j r ,. vo | ve| . a burglar who was try-
ceipts certifying the presence of fun Is . . . . ,,, ,
and stock. | »ng to run his automobile out of the
Mr. McKee, in his shirt sleeves, w -
h%rd at work, assisted by his oflh «•
help, in vacating the premises, wide
Bolling H. Jones, also in Ills shirt
sleeves, was moving in. Mr. Jones
hung his commission on the wall al
most In the same identical spot where
the former postmaster proudly hung
hts commission when he entered upon
the duties as pstmaster of Atlanta
four years ago.
As yet Mr. Jones has not announced
any contemplative echanges In tii<*
office force. It Is. however, under
stood that Mr. Jones will for the most
part act on merit. If a man is thor
oughly efficient, as in the case of I. «'
Hart, superintendent of mails, he will
rem&in in office. It has been stated
authoritatively that no changes will
be made for several months, or until
such time when Mr. .Tones has h°-
come thoroughly familiar with th^»
duties of ich and ever> man in :d°
office.
out of the ordinary are considered
insane. There is no suggestion of in
sanity about me. I understand the
predicament I am now in. but I do not
need an attorney, anyway 1 do not
need one just n.*w."
Anna Aumuller. the slain girl,
from Austria several years ago. She
first kept house for her foster brother,
l^ater she worked as a housemaid in
a New Jersey home. Her next posi
tion was in the St. Boniface parish
house, where she met Schmidt.
garage. The bullet missed the In
truder, and. put a hole in the gasoline
tank of the automobile, out it Jid the
work.
The attempt made to steal Mr. Per
ry’s car was one of the boldest the
gang has made. Mr. Perry wa.*-
awakened shortly after midnight by a
noise in his garage, and looking out | ul °J,,
of a. window saw a man trying w
force open the door. Failing in tha;
the buigl i> - went to a window at ttu
shie of the garage, raised the sasi
ami climbed in.
Mr. Perry secured his revolver and
went outside. As he approached the
garage, lie heard the burglar trying
to open the door from the inside. Mr
Perry fired a shot through the door
of th« garage, and then opened tIn
door and rushed in. As lie entered,
tin* man scrambled through the win
dow and escaped.
(’all officers Anderson and Watson
made an investigation, but failed to
find any trace of the burglar. The
police think the man is a member of
the gang that has been stealing auU -
and from ir
Recalling the stirring scenes of half
a century ago when Sherman de
scended upon Atlanta, more than -»00
grizzled veterans of the Grand Army
of the Republic passed through tiiis
Monday in special cars en route
union of the* G. A. R. at
lattanooga.
Despite their age. the old men.
I many of them gray and bearing the
.mars of battle, carried themselves
with marked agility.
At the Union Station, where they
laid over for an hour, they •were met
by members of the U. O. V. and those
among them who were present at the
battle of Atlanta retold the story of
Sherman’* devastation here.
"Yes,” said M. A. Ward, of Turners
Falls, Mass., a Union veteran who
fought with the Sixtieth New York
of the Twentieth Corps, “it was just
such a morning as this, dark and
damp, when, after storming Atlanta
with shot and shell for over two
weeks. General Sherman decided that
it wae the opportune tim-a t*> descend
ity.
Hard Fight at Peachtree Creek
entered the city, a number of houses
were already burning, ignited from
the slip]Is. General Sherman at that
time gave orders to the men to ex
tinguish the flames. I do not know
how many men were killed on both
sides, but there were a comparatively j
small number, taking into consider.i- I saohusetts'* branch uf the Women's
tlon the heavy losses sustained in I Relief Co r ps, read a poem on the
other quarters when the same numbe" united country'.
A jovial discussion of the incidents J Thaw simply show ed that the Canacl-
of the war. their trials and hardships. 5 ian authorities were afraid to bring
filled the afternoon. Several of the j him into court and put the lmmigra-
visitors spoke, calling to mind inci- 1 tion law’s to a test,
dents of the great struggle that '
showed the heroic qualities of both j
the- blue and the gray.
Colonel A. J. McBride, of Atlanta, a
Confederate veteran, told of the fight
on Little Round Top, and others en
tertained rjpe audience with reminis
cences of great battles of the war.
Miss Lou Wadsworth, of the M ts-
PANAMA CANAL EXHIBIT CAR.
COLUMBUS, Sept. 15.— Hundreds
of Columbus people visited the Pan
ama Canal exhibit car, which was
placed "n exhibition in Columbus
Saturday and Sunday.
of men were engaged.
“The march to the sea was full of
hardships and at times we were sore
ly pressed by the Confederate forces
along the route. After we had taken
Savannah 1 was one of the few to
continue the march on foot to Wash
ington.”
The majority of the Union veterans
who left Atlanta Monday morning
were from Connecticut, Massachu
At the clos«e of the speaking the
veterans sang the old songs they sang
at their camp fires 5 f > years ago, and
the meeting closed with Northerner
and Southerner joining hands and
singing "America.”
Rain Mars G-. A. R.
Reunion Opening.
CASCARETS" FIX
CHATTANt )OGA, Sept.
We were met N by a wing of the
Confederate Army several miles dis
tant from Atlanta and at Peachtree
Creek, 1 believe they call it, a most
bloody battle took place. The men on
both sides fought bravely; especially
did the Confederates, w ho alw ays dis
played more grit and daring than our
army.
"We outnumbered the Confederate
forces, and after several hours’ fight
ing the Confederates fell back and we
charged the city of Atlanta.
"I was a sharpshooter and was do
ing lookout duty at the time, and con
sequently was near the front of the
ranks. \ Confederate flag flaunted, in
the breeze from the top of the old
courthouse then standing. 1 made
Priest in Louisville as
Alma Kelner Was Slain.
LOUISVILLE, KY. Sept. 15.—Hans
Schmidt, confesses slayer of Anna
Aumuller in New York, was here at
the time of the mysterious Alma Kel
ner murder. He was studying Eng
lish. He was very active in aiding
in the search for the eight-year-old
girl when she disappeared while on
her way to mass.
Father Schmidt spent considerable
time in St. John's Catholic Church,
under which the girl's body was found,
although he was associated with the
mobiles from garage ,
front of office buildings for several for it. snatching « Union flag from
weeks j one of the color bearers as I ran.
"1 climbed to the old tower and
cut the Confederate flag from Its
! fastening and with my sheath knife I
drove tHe Stars and Stripes to the
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/1.1 LCJ1 DL'.U VV KJGU/OV/Xi. Glad It's AH Over.
"A cry of victory went up from our
The opening of th oyster and | men and tt
"after theater” season will be cele
brated at the Piedmont Hotel Mon
day night. The main dining room of
the hotel will be thrown open to
l 1 ' '' l ’ l ' Piedmont Opens Its
After Show' Season
setts. Rhode Island and Maine. Among j steady drizzling rain and low hanging R
the most prominent of these are i oh*, j 0 ] 0U( j s which hid Lookout Mountain jj
nel AY. M. Scott, past eommancier-in-
hief, G. A. R.: William L. Ross,
and the surrounding country from .
Sluggish Bowels Cause Gases, ’
Indigestion and Food
Fermentation.
sistant adjutant general and assistant
quartermaster general of the Depart
ment of Maine; John E. Edgar, Jr., of
L. A. Tifft Camp No. 15, S. of V :
Fred R. Gibb, Rhode Island; C. A.
Arnold. Rhode Island; John J. Cur
ran. Massachusetts; C. P. Degn<*n.
Rhode Island; Luther Wait, Connec
ticut: John E. Edgar, Massachusetts;
William Hart. Massachusetts, speed
delegate to the staff of Commander-
in-Chief Fpeer; E. Wason, Massachu
setts: Allan B. Clark. Massachusetts:
G. L. Smith, Massachusett, and H. E.
Newman, Massachusetts. A number
of the Union veterans had member?
of their families w ith them. Most oi
the veterans had been with the Army
of the Potomac and fought with
Grant.
Fred Houser, of the Atlanta Con
vention Bureau, was at the station
to see the men safely on their way.
He expects to go to Chattanooga t >-
morrow.
Eluo and Gray to Join.
The Union veterans will return to
Atlanta Saturday en route home
Here they will be entertained for sev
eral days.
view greeted the Union veterans to-*
day upon the real opening of the:
Forty-seventh Annual Encampment!
of the Grand Army of the Republic. I
To-day was known officially as j
Lookout Mountain day. hundreds ot
citizens being impressed as guides '
The inclement weather changed the i
plans of many veterans, however. |
Committee meetings alone were 1
scheduled for to-day, with the ex- (
ception of a meeting of the Army of
the Cumberland. The Woman’s Re- j
lief Corps held an informal welcome j
at headquarters. A meeting of the
survivors of the United States Signal
Corps was also held.
A breakfast was tendered Com-
mander-in-Chief Beers and staff this
morning on board tiie steamer John
A. Trigg
President Wilson took official cogn!- 1
zance of the encampment last night
when he wired Colonel G. M. Salt-
gaber, Commissioner of Pensions, as
follows: "Please give my warm greet
ings to the old soldiers and express
‘ } to them my sincere interest in their
A special program ha» i , f „
been arranged and automobiles will
carry them on sightseeing trips. Polities in relat.on tc
* - - - i rtf the* next commander-in-chief to
hotel will be thrown
guests at 10 o’clock, and an elaborate
muesical program will be given. Sou
venirs will be distributed to the pa
trons.
The dining room has been elabo
rately decorated for the occasion. A
special menu w ill be served.
Empire Chemical Co.
p -i tin searni in cum. cigvin «itf n
A Tin I IPS TOT ( hfl.rrer " uk ‘ ' Oimm surrounding Sto:
1UI v/Ilu/I uC/ ; Mountain, and there was always a
rector of St. Mary’s Church.
Joseph Wendling. janitor of St. Application for charter for the Lm-
John's Church arrested in California p t! ,. I’lu'inu'.i! t nipany was filed In
and sentenced for life on clrcumstan-I c , ( , mir . Mnml.iv hv S J
l then asked tial evidence, has consistently pro- * ^ 1 ‘ * ' ' ' ,
vas insane, or j tested his innocence of killing the lit- Elders, George l . F ollard and J. -i
liant music and interesting whether there has been insanity in | tie girl
night, September 16. Bril-1
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BIG CITY FOUR.
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Hun:
The capital stock of the company
is $5,000 with the provision that it
mav be increased to $1,000,01*0. A
in the Frankfort
Wendling. who is
sain koeihle.
ram il\
Admission tree
exercises
State Penitential*'-, was asked to-da\
if he knew Schmidt.
Never heard of him.” he answered
.!. W*. I am not insane and
been no insanity in my
C! grta nen who do ai :*
Southern College of Pharmacy. I
'ears C requested, occurred after 1 had left,
5\ lien .vj
ity of Atlanta was ours.
I was proud of the victory then, but
now -well, thank God, it is a thing of
the past.
"While climbing to the old court
house tower I was hit in the eye by a
piece of scattering shell. You see my
left eye is gone.
"During the period spent .in the
bombardment of Atlanta, some two
weeks, our army was encamped tw>
miles or more from the city. At this
time l was impressed into the forag
ing party. Twice a week our entire
wagon train, over a mile and a half
long in procession, would set out for
•Egypt.’ ns we called it in those days,
in search of corn. Egypt was th?
\e
an
I abundance of corn to be had by mere
ly going after it. The corn was nec
essary for our horses and mules. We
did not need it to keep from starvL.g,
for we had plenty of good rations. Iij
fact, we fared better at this time
than at any other period during th?
war.
"I did not see Atlanta burned. The
burning of the city, if it were done,
the election
of th
succeed General Alfred H. Beers, of
Hartford, Conn., already has made an
appearance. Six candidates are in
the field. These are Private Orlando
Somers, of Kokomo. Ind.; Washing
ton Gardner, of Kalamazoo, 51 ich.;
Colonel G. E. Adams, of the Depart
ment of Nebraska; General J. N. Har
rison, of the Department of Kansas;
A. S. Fowler, of Arkansas, and Frank
E. Cole, of New Jersey.
Banquets also will be tendered, and
the blue and the gray veterans will
join in social festivities.
The first delegation of the hundreds
of Northern soldiers who are expected
to visit the battlefields of Atlanta
during the reunion came to Atlanta
Sunday and spent the day visiting the
scenes of the desperate battles be
tween Sherman and Hood. They were
TOO veterans and their wives from
Boston, en route to Chattanooga.
The 100 Boston veterans were met
at the Union Station Sunday morning
by local Grand Army and Confederate
veterans, and were lavishly enter
tained during their stay in the city.
City officials joined the veterans* in
extending the hospitality of Atlanta
to the visitors.
Taken on Tour of City.
The Northern veterans were taken
on an automobile tour of the city
during the morning, with their local
comrades and the Confederate vet
erans acting as guides and escorts.
They were shown all the old battle
fields, near Atlanta, where many of
them had fought and bled, the Gordon
monument, the Confederate Soldiers*
Home and other points of interest.
Several hours were spent at the bat
tlefields. and many of the men from
thf North walked, for the Orel time | , nr; C-p A T*n A T>T>"
since tiie war, in the piacea where ^0 l wviiiucx .
Get a 10-cent box now.
That f awful sourness, belching of ;
acid and.foul gases; that pain In
the pit of the stomach, the heart- !
burn, nervousness, nausea, bloat- 1
ing after eating, dizziness and sick I
headache, means a disordered
stomach, which can not be regu
lated until you remove the cause.
It isn’t your stomach’s fault. Your
stomach is as good as any.
Try Cascarets; they immediately
cleanse the stomach, remove the
sour, undigested and fermenting
food and foul gases; take the ex
cess bile from the liver and carry
off the constipated waste matter
and poison from the bowels. Then
your stomach trouble Is ended. A
Cascaret to-nighl will straighten
you out by morning—a 10-cent box
lYom any drug store will keep your
stomach sweet, liver and bowels
regular for months. Don’t forget
the children—their little insides
need a good, gentle cleansing, too.
Funeral Designs and Flowers
FOR ALL OCCASIONS.
Atlanta Floral Companv
455 EAST FAIR STREET.
$2.50 TO BIRMINGHAM
And Return, September 22.
Special train leaves Old
Depot 8:30 a. m., arrive
Birmingham 1:30 p. m.
Tickets good returning on
regular trains until Sep-
AtSanta Theater
Tuesday Night. Sept. 16
Commencement Exercises of
Southern College ot Pharmacy
BRILLIANT MUSIC AND INTERESTING PROGRAM
Admisson Free. Public Invited
Thl * I YS7ir MATINEES
Wsek B- ■ El 3 ^ Tubs., Thurs. A Sat.
ARTHUR C. ASSTON Prsents
ESTHA WILLIAMS
In Owen Davis’ Startling Play
"A MAN S GAME”
FGRSYT H
MIT. TO-DAT 2:30
TO-NIGHT AT 8 30