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is. BARLOW'S
SUIT CULLED
HOPELESS
Attorney for Former Husband De
clares Illegal Divorce Charge 1
Can Not Be Sustained.
No court in th#* Stat#* u . up • ■ |
Mrs Edith Barlow, nf > > 219 Wot
Peachtree street, in her fight to ♦s
tabiish that her wealthy evlnif’bann.
J E. Bartow, obtained h * divorce
from her illegally, in th* *»f inion of
Burton Smith, of < <»unb* for Barlow.
Barlow's divorced wife i* waging a
bitter fight to retain possession of
their 8-year-old daughter. Madeline
and In her court action she has peti
tioned that Bar ou’s present marriage
be a .mulled un the ground that his
divorce from h* r was obtained Ille
gally, he not being a resident of the
county, according to her contention.
Smith Scoffs at Charge.
Attorney Smith scoffed ♦*! the idea
that she might be successful In her
petition. He said
"Mv very ingenious and capable
friend. Hudson Moore, t* quoted In
Wednesday's Georgian as using lan
guage which, at first sight, conveys
the Impression that he expect®, in hi«
pending suit, to declare Mr Barlow’s
divorce invalid. Knowing him to be
the good lawyer he is, 1 «.*.< very
much surprised when I heard that he
had so expressed himself, htit on
reading closely his interview 1 find
that he did not use language justify
ing this conclusion
"As a matter of fact, under the Su
preme Court holdings Mrs Edith Bar
low can not raise an\ question »is to
the validity of the divorce. She ap
peared by counsel, filed an answer,
obtained substantial altinonv by con
sent. and. under the law, she can riot
make any such point
“Not His Own Opinion.**
•*! notice also that Mr Moore ex
presses hia client's# convictions a* to
the finality of the order of the Ordi
nary giving the child tn Mrs Fdith
Barlow He does not attempt tc ex
press hl® own opinion The truth is
he is too good a lawyer to have much
confidence, in the suggestion that the
Ordinary's action has any degree of
finality.”
Mr. Barlow will bn In Atlanta earlv
next week to consult with hia attor
neys and later will accompany them
to Americus, where his former wife’s
action will be heard September 27 be
fore Judge Littlejohn. She asks for
permanent possession of the child,
$25,000 alimony, annulment of his
present marriage and the declaration
of her former husband in contempt
Deserters Equal to
Recruits, Is Claim
United States Marshal Howard
declared Wednesday that
,the number of deserters from the
'United States Army and Navy was
astounding.
"Each week notices of from 75 to
100 deserter acorn** to my attention.'’
said Colonel Thomson "and of late
the number s#*#*ms to be increasing it
la an important factor to he reckoned
with. I am not posted as to the
exact number of men enlisted each
week, but 1 judge that almost as
large a percentage desert as enlist. If
this condition keeps up the growth of
our army will be small."
Lake Discovered
Under Philadelphia
PHILADELPHIA. Sept 19 En
gineers in charge of the excavations
for the Rltz-<’ar’ton Hotel asserted
to-day that central Philadelphia,
with its skyscrapers. is renting on a
floating island and may at any mo
ment be engulfed In quicksand. <
Forty-five feet below the street
level workmen poked their picks
through the shell-like covering of
an underground lake, the waters of
which rise and fall with the move
ments of the tide. The engineers as
sert that far underground this "lost
water" Is ebbing and ffowing, just
like at the open seashore
Takeu Up by Balloon
Rope: Falls 500 Feet
WOODSTOCK C<»NN. Sept 18.
Georg*- Bernier. 13 who was holding
a guy rope to a balloon while the bag
was being inflated for an ascension
was carried 500 feet in : ie air and
then dropj>ed to death in front of the
grandstand, where 5,000 people w.r *
as - embled
In order to get a better hold the
boy had wound the rope about his
wrist and when it mtwisted itself the
lad fell.
U.S.Girls Carry Canes
To Beat Europe Flirts
BOSTON, Sept 19 Swagger ’
sticks" w it •: sharp points w» r»- i.trrie i ’
by many \ oung women who returned 1
from Europe It was explained that *
they had been adopted abroad as a
protection again*: male flirts
"|t is almost impossible for < girl:
to travel about unescorted it r . :
Italian citj ami escape intu is from |
the fops sh»- encountered," it was ex
plained. The g-.rls with these Hie
canes are not molested."
DROPS DEAD IN OFFICE.
ROME. —Bidding his employees ;
good-morning and hanging up hi®
Capta n Thompson Hiles one of I
Shine's most prominent citizens.
dead fr<>tn an at; a. k of
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LATEST
NEWS
Pol.ceman J. S Melton. No. 10
Lucy street, and W. P Merc*, a
street car motorr.»an. No. 15 uucy
street, were arraigned before Re
corder Broyles Friday afternoon
to answer charges of disorderly
conduct growing out of a fight
in which th mne ngaged at Jack
son and Decatur streets Thurs
day afternoon over a disputed
$lO indebtedness. Merck was
fined $15.75, while the case
against the policeman was dis
missed. Evidence submitted
tended to show that Merck was
the aggressor.
CHICAGO. Sept. 19.—Joseph O.
Kostner, deputy commissioner of
public works, and Thomas J.
Johnson, former assistant county
attorney, were the subjects of in
dictments returned before Judge
Cooper this afternoon by the spe
cial Grand Jury which has been
investigating frauds connected
with the elections of last Novem
ber. Eight other persons, one of
them Otto Nadcock, docket clerk
in States' Attorney Hermes’ of
fice. were indicted. The men are
all accused of altering ballots.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 19.—The
tariff conferees to-day completed
consideration of the oil schedule,
decided to retain ferro-manga
nese on the free list and compro
mised on a duty of about 10 per
cent on the hair of the angora
aoat which was free listed by the
Senate. The effective dates of
the wool schedule were not de
termined.
TOLEDO, OHIO, Sept. 19
Prosecuting Attorney D A. Web
ster, to-day won a request from
Judge Charles E. Scott to have a
special grand jury empanelled to
consider the cases of Robert
Dwyer. Arthur Gerow and William
Justice Young, arrested yesterday
for a bold hold-up of Herman C.
Gluties and party of automobile
tourists near here.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 19—An
drew J. Frame, of Waukesha,
Wis., told the Senate committee
on banking and currncy that he
had sent letters to 450 Wisconsin
bankers asking them if they
would enter a banking system
such as proposed by the admin
istration currency bill. He re
ceived 320 answers, of which 309
declared the individual banks
would not enter. Nm agreed to
enter if the bill were modified,
and two with a capital of $25,000
each agreed unreservedly to en
ter the system.
CHATTANOOGA, Sept. 19—
Charles Somers, president of the
Cleveland American League club,
who arrived this morning went
into a long conference with John
ny Dobbs, former manager of the
Montgomery (Ala.) club, this af
ternoon. It is understood that final
plans are being made to place
Dobbs in charge of the New Or
leans club, in which Somers has
the controlling interest.
SEAGIRT. N. J.. Sept. 19—An
other world’s rifle record was es
tablished here to day in the in
ternational shooting tournament
when the Massachusetts team
made a score of 595 on a 800-
yard range.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 19—
House leaders to-day abandoned
their plans for a 30-day recess of
that body. This action followed
a conference between President
Wilson and Representative A.
Mitchell Palmer, of Pennsylvania,
at which it is said it was agreed
there might be a conflict if the
Senate was obliged to work
while the House loafed for a
month. The House will meet
very three days and thre trans
act routine business while the
Senate considers the currency
bill.
LONDON, Sept. 19.—The Lon
don bus men to-day decided to
postpone th O ir strike action until
Monday. This action was de
cided upon at the instance of the
Board of Trade, which requested
the bus men to await the result
of a conference which has been
called for Monday, when Sir
George Asquith will preside.
Lloyd George Not t< Visit U. S.
LONDON, Sept 19 David Lloyd
George. Chancellor of the Exchequer,
to-da\ formally denied reports that
he will visit the I’nited States this
year.
London, sept. 19. —Dr. w. b
Forbes Coss one flu* best known
Graham Crackers are vvholesome.
They are nourishing. They are
palatable and appetizing. Just
ask your grocer for a package of
NATIONAL BISCUIT
COMPANY
GRAHAM
CRACKERS
and find out how good they are. Give
them to the children they can’t get
enough of them. Keep a few packages
on the pantry shelf for daily use.
Always look for the In-er-seal Trade
Mark.
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MITT OU ITS
SANITARIUM ON
MONEY ISSUE
.
Dr. Smith Says Tuberculosis War
; Will Be Broadened Despite Su
perintendent's Resignation.
D r Claude A. Smith, City Bacte-
I r.(<logi>: and a leading member of s he
j omrnittee in « harge of the Battle
jHi i Tuberculosis Sanitarium, de-
I ' Jared Friday that the work of the
institution would be carried on along
broader lines in the future, regardless
of the resignation of Dr. S. W. Mer
ritt as superintendent
"Dr. Merritt was disappointed that
the fund whs not larger this year.
That was the principal reason for h's
resignation." said Dr. Smith. "All of
us were disappointed, but the Council
Finance <’omrnittee simply did n»t
provide It.
"We are assured that next year ’e
1 will get a larger appropriation. Many
; improvements will be made at the
hospital. We hope to get the salary
lof the superintendent raised from
SI,BOO to $2,500."
Several Seek Position.
Dr Merritt confirmed the statement
that he resigned because the city
falhd to provide sufficient funds.
There are a number of applicants
for the place. The committee w.ll
meet some time before October 1 and
elect a new superintendent.
While it is the boast of Atlanta >*-
i f»* lais that the Battle Hill Tuberculo
sis Sanitarium has done as effective
work as any city d< artment since it
was started about three years ago,
then has been considerable friction
over its management. .
Dr. Merritt has been superintended',
since it was opened, corning to At
lanta from Louisville, Ky. But the
controversy has not been all on ac
count of him There has been fn -
lion between the committee and the
Anti-Tuberculosis Association.
Council Exonerated All.
The disagreements reached a cli
max in an investigation by the Coun
cil several months ago. Charges «*f
brutality to patients against Dr. Mer
ritt was the principal issue, but al!
the affairs of tile institution were
looked into The Council's report ex
onerated all.
Mayor Woodward and the Hospital
Committee went tu the institution
Thursday afternoon to attend the reg
ular meeting Alderman John S. Can
dler. chairman of the committee, de-
I < lured that the city was losing s v.d-
I uable man in the resignation of Dr
' Merritt, and so did Mayor Woodward
'and Dr. Claude A. Smith
I h was decided by the committee
that an effort would bo made to
I the salary of the superintend* nt
raisefl from SI,BOO to $2,500.
4 Held as Suspects
In Hold-up Slaying
CHI<’AGO. Sept 19.—Four mon un
der arrest to-day, one In Chicago and
three in Cincinnati, wore believed by
the police to be the men who robbed
the branch delivery station of Mandel
Brothers, department store owners,
stole $2,000 in cash and killed an em
ployee who was trying to protect the
safe.
Two of the trio arrested In Cincin
nati said they were Carl Moran and
Edward Walsh, of New York City.
' The other sold he was Janus Mc
| earthy. No 23 Oik Terrace. Chicago.
Beach Accused of
Bankruptcy Frauds
SAVANNAH, Sept. 19 —Witnesses
will be called in the Beach Manu
facturing Company bankruptcy’ case
j before Judge William T Newman, of
Atlanta, to testify that W R Beach,
the president, appropriated the com
pany funds io pay his personal debts
W itnesses will also be < ailed to
show that bank deposits were erro
neously entered to evade bankruptcy
proceedings. Evidence yesterday was
Introduced to shoyv that the coin-
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4 HEATHS 8M
GULF STUMER
JSHOBDOO
Probe of Smuggling and Attempt
at Slaying Reveals Sailors’
Dread of Tramp Ship.
<JCIJ’PORT. MISS.. Sept 19 -In
vesrlgations here to-day of opium
smuggling and other circumstances
which led up to the attempt to kill
Emile Wirth, steward of the British
steamer Northumbria, by two mem
bers of the creyv, revealed that this
steamer is considered a hoodoo ship.
A long list of fatalities has given rise
to this belief in shipping circles.
Beach combers remember the
Northumbria’s hoodoo on the occa-
> and continuing until Saturday, Sept. z7th V
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sion of hep visit here four years ago.
At that time the second officer and
the third engineer were drowned
while bathing. The body of the lat
ter was never recovered.
A few days after the drowning the
1 ;ef engineer was taken seriously ill
j.’i l was sent ba* k to England. Be
fore the chief engineer left the ship
the commander. Captain Harkness, i
was ordered to the Touro Infirmary,
in New Orleans, to undergo an oper
ation.
After a delay of three months, he
returned and took his ship out. He
died within a year
To fill the place left vacant by the
death of the third engineer, a Gulf
port man name*] Dove was signed.
When the ship reached Buenos Aires--
a cable message received here an
nounced his death.
Charley Johnson, the former boat
swain. has reason to put some faith
in tin* hoodoo. While the vessel was
lying off Ship Island he hooked a
monster >hark and thought he had
killed it. He did not realize his mis
take until the shark had almost torn
off his right hand.
DALTON BOOSTERS ON TOUR.
DALTON. Four automobiles, filled
with Dalton business men. left here
t<>-day for a trip through Murray and
Catoosa Counties for the purpose of
farmers to bring their cotton
to Dalton.
M Men’s & Women’s
“ Apparel i
Showing Every New Style in Women’s Suits,
Coats and Dresses, and
Men’s Suits & Overcoats
The purpose of this style show is to acquaint you with
what is proper in wearing apparel, and also to convince you
of the advisability of taking advantage of
Our Easy Payment System »;■
So vastly different from ordinary credit methods f ■ .fgF .♦
We have arranged a system of credit that is really a credit
system. You pay a small sum down on purchasing, and the iL
rest on small weekly payments, making it possible for you to
Buy Now and Pay Later f ,
Our Prices are even Lower than those I
quoted by the cash stores of this town ft
This is a fact made possible by the owners of this store, Ra
who also operate almost 50 other stores throughout the United t
States. Buying in large quantities to meet the demands of this
large clientele gives us the right to demand and expect lower i L
prices than stores who buy for just one outlet. V- ’AiSIkI L&
The New Fall Dresses
lor Women 9 w v
A splendid assortment of styles to choose from. Serges, <; *
silks of every description and novelty cloth. Dresses that are
chic and show charm and grace in every line.
The New Fall Suits The New Fall Coats
tor Women for Women
Embrace every desired style that Show very nobby effects In three
fashton demands tor the coming season, quarter and full lengths. Every model 1
All the new materials In the wanted we show ts authentic, and made after
shades. Priced from approved sty lea. EoMb
$12.50 to $40.00 $7.50 to $35.00
MEN’S SUITS & OVERCOATS ffi
Stocks the like of which have never been shown in this town; a
variety of models and materials that will suit even' individual taste, in
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RELftTIVt DEFENDS
‘SLAVE' CASE GIRL
Grandmother of Mele Smith to
Prosecute Man Held With
Her in Jacksonville.
- The mystery of the disappearance
of Miss Meh: Smith, the pretty 18-
year-old granddaughter of Mrs. S. A.
Engesser, of Ormewood avenue, has
been cleared up following the re< eipt
of a telegram from the police of Jack
sonville telling of the arrest of Fred
Simms for white slavery in connec
tion with taking Miss Smith from At
lanta.
The girl, an orphan, disappeared
from her home a week ago last
Thursday, after telling her grand
mother she was going to answer an
advertisement for a position in the
Candler Building Her whereabouts
were unknown to her relatives until
the dispatch arrived from Jackson- i
ville.
According to the Jacksonville tele
gram, Simms t arried the girl to Jack
sonville and registered her at the Ho-
Hotel. Simms was arraigned
Thursday before I’nited States Com- •
’Tiissioner Brennan and held to the :
Grand Jury in default of SI,OOO bond, i
Mrs, Engesser, the girl’s grand
mother, declares she can not under
stand the actions of the girl She
says the girl has been treated kindly
and given every opportunity possible.
"1 hope they will hold Simms until
a thorough investigation has b» en
made." said Mrs. Engesser, "for if
any wrong has been done my grand
daughter is not to blame, as she is as
innocent as a babe. If Simms is
shown to have had criminal inten
tions I will see that he is prosecuted
to the fullest extent of the law."
FIELD’S MINSTREL FETE.
COLI’MBL’S. —The annual banquet
of Al G Field’s Minstrels will be held
in this city October 6. The twenty
fifth banquet, which was that of last
year, was held in this city.
MUSCOGEE JAIL PACKED.
COLI’MBCS. The Muscogee Coun
ty jail is tilled almost to its capacity,
there being something like 40 prison
ers held there at this time.
Section ’Boss' Shares
$4,000,000 Estate
KNoX, IND.. Sept. 19.—J. H. Hat
i field, section foreman on the C. I. *
S ,L, -> notified to-day that he is on«
. ,f' heirs to the $4,000,000 estate
>~f T. <l. Hatfield, his uncle. The In
for:, ation came prom Probate Court
officials in New York.
I’ntil his recent promotion to fore
man. Hatfield was an ordinary sec
tion laborer.
FISH DIET.
The Season Now Here. Fresh As
sortment
EVERY DAY.
TRY THEM AT DURAND'S.
EXCURSION TO BIR
MINGHAM.
$2.50 round trip, Septem
ber 22. Special train leaves
Old Depot 8:30 a. m. SEA
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