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5 TTIF. ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. Wealthy Atlanta Woman Becomes Bride of A. K. Evans, of To ronto, in Virginia Hospital. \»lanta society folk are discussing nt^rcRtedly Wednesday the wedding of Mrs L. P Whitehead, of Atlanta, leader In local social circles and re- jted to be the wealthiest widow in ie South, and Arthur Kelly Evans, ,f Toronto, Canada, which took place p Tuesday afternoon in a hospital n Lvnchburg, Va., where Mr. Evans « convalescing after a severe attack of appendicitis. The ceremony was performed by Bishop Beverley D. Tucker, of the Episcopal Church. Atlanta friends of Mrs. Evans have received word that the couple will re main in Lynchburg until Mr. Evans able to travel. Then they will spend their honeymoon in Europe, visiting Mr. Evans’ mother. Mrs. George Evans, and his sister. Lady Avonmore, in England. They hope to be able to leave the Virginia city in about ten days. It is probable that relatives and friends of \lr and Mrs. Evans who witnessed the ceremony, among them Joseph ini Conkey Whitehead. Miss Mary Wheat, Mr. and Mrs. James I. Grace, of Toronto, and E. A. Alfriend, of At- *nta will remain in Lynchburg until Mr Evans is able to leave the hos pital. Elaborate Wedding Planned. The illness of Mr. Evans and the resultant operation for appendicitis necessitated the abandonment of elaborate plans for the wedding, which was scheduled for November at St. Thomas’ Church in New York City. While on route to New York from Atlanta. Mr. Evans was taken ill and left the rrain at Lynchburg, the girl hood home of his bride. He was placed in St. Andrew’s Hospital. Mrs. Whitehead was informed of his illness, and went at on<?e to Lynchburg, where she nursed him until he was strong enough for the. wedding ceremony to be performed. She was accompanied to Lynchburg by her elder son. Joze Joseph White head. and later by Mr. and Mrs. Grace, <>f Toronto, friends of. Mr. Evans. Mrs. Whitehead has been constant- ■ at the bedside of Mr Evans, and it was chiefly due to her cheering presence that he rallied quickly. Mr. and Mrs. Evans are well known :n Atlanta and the South. Mrs. Evans lias been a leader in Atlanta society for the past ten years, when she rime here from her old home at Bed ford City, Va. Blessed with wealth, she has been active in local philan thropies. and is known as one of the • tv s most generous givers and most progressive women. Site was active in the campaign Mat resulted in the building of the hospital at the Georgia School of Technology, and is now a member of ;he executive board of the Home foT Incurables. Evans Canadian Progressive. Mr Evans, while not so well known :n the South as his bride, has been in Atlanta several times and has made many firm friends in local so cial and business circles. He is one of the strong, progressive men of the dominion, and last June was honored by being chosen as the candidate of the Conservative party for member of tli*' Canadian Parliament for South Wellington. Mr. Evans was bom in Toronto, and was the son of the late George Evans, of County Tyrone, Ire land. He was educated at the Upper Can ada College, and in 1883 was graduated h< Royal Military College of Canada. For twenty years Mr. Evans followed the profession of civil en gineer. after which he occupied himself with business interests. He organized the Ontario Forest, Pish and Game Association in 1905, n ng 34 branches throughout the province in the cause of conserva- Don. In 1909 Mr. Evans was appoint ed a Royal Commissioner by the Pro vincial Government of Ontario. Mother and Father Fly With Aviator SANTA ANA, CAL., Dec. 2.—Avia- :or Glenn Martin took his father and m ther. botn of them well beyond the •sual age of aviation enthusiasts, for an aeroplane trip of nearly 100 miles. To make the flight still more menin- rn ble Thanksgiving dinner was in cluded. Leper and Wife Flee To Mississippi Island From City Lazaretto ST. LOUIS. Dec. 3.— Ostracized by I his former friends and unable to en- j dure the mental torture of associat- j Ing at the City Lazaretto with a Chi nese and an American, both lepers, j George O. Hartman, after three times escaping from the Koch Hospital, has built a hut on Gabaret Island, In the Mississippi River above St. Louis, and is living there with his faithful wife. The young woman, who has never given up hope that her husband would be cured, recently sold her household goods, and when Hartman escaped the last time from the Laza retto she joined him. and together they have made a new home on the lonely island. They are living on the proceeds of the sale of their household goods, and expect later to be aided by the Loyal Order of Moose, of which Hartman is a member. ESDICHTfi Rockefeller Finds a Religion in Sunlight CLEVELAND, Dec. 3.— ‘Perpetual sunlight, equally distributed, would make churches unnecessary.'’ said John D. Rockefeller, on the street in front of his church, as he declared his departure to bask in the bright sunlight. "If scientists could solve the prob lem of equal distribution of sunliglft it would raise the moral standard of men,” he explained. “Dull days breed unhappiness; plenty of sunshine aids in making a contented community.” Saloonist Held for Threatening Sleuths MACON, Dec. 3.—Because he told two detectives that he would "put them out of business” If they testi fied against him before the Grand Jury, and also swore that he was "going to shoot every member of the Law’ Enforcement League.” Walter Byrd, proprietor of the Ocmulgee Buffet, has been indicted by the Grand Jury for intimidating witnesses. Already there are tw’o indictments against Byrd for selling whisky, two petitions for injunction against his place and two contempt rules tor disobeying the court’s restraining or ders. Savannah Saloons To Be Restricted SAVANNAH, Dec. 3.—A distinct victory for the anti-saloon interests in the city was unofficially reported to-day in a reliable announcement that saloons to the south of Liberty street would not be issued licenses after the first of the year. The announcement was like a bomb in the midst of the liquor interests, who had planned an extension and the opening of several more -places. The principal residential section is south of Liberty street. Woman Is Fatally Stricken at Party ROME, Dec. 3.—Mrs. D. D. Plumb, one of Rome’s prominent society w’omen, died late last night two hours after she suffered a stroke of apoplexy at a social gathering at the home of Mfs. H. D. Hill. She was immediate ly taken to the home of her daughter* Mrs. J. H. O’Neill, where she ex pired. The unexpected illness of Mrs Plumb broke up the party. Odd Defense Frees Memphis Hypnotist .MEMPHIS, Dec. 3.—TYancis Schlat ter, a hypnotist, who came from Chi cago, told the police to-day that when he was seized with an "unknown power” he had hypnotized himself Into the belief that he was an officer and had a right to walk Memphis streets any hour of the night. His defense was so unusual, he was dismissed from a charge of prowling. Formosans Conspire To Shake Off Japan Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. TOKIO, Dec. 2.—C ’onflrmation has ^ ePn received of the conspiracy of the Island of Formosa to overthrow 7 Jap- I ane>e rule there. The plot was wide spread and the instigators planned to : or ?anize an army of 100.000, massa- (r “ Japanese and restore Formosa China. \ CROUP RELIEVED IN FIFTEEN MINUTES No need to dose with nauseous drug? or alcoholic syrups Simply rub a little Vick’s "Vap-O-Kub” Croup and Pneu monia Salve well over the throat and chest. The vapors inhaled loosen the tough choking phlegm and ease the dif ficult breathing. One application at bedtime, covered with a warm flannel cloth is a sure preventive. Vick’s la quicker than internal medicines for all inflammation of the air passages from head colds and catarrh—asthma and bronchitis—down to deep chest colds and pneumonia. Try a jar now—25c, 50o and $1.00.—Advt. ITCHY SCM.H5EEIIT DIIIDEUE Girls I Girls ! Save Your Hair! Make It Grow Luxuriant and Beautiful. f you care for heavy hair, that gbs* . P . ns jOth beauty and is radiant with "■ has an incomparable softness and • luffy and lustrous, try Danderine c t one application doubles the beau- 1,1 your hair, besides it immediately S8 °lves every particle of dandruff; you , an n °t have nice, heavy, healthy hair ■ Vr » • have dandruff. This destructive ‘‘ rf roh« the hair of its hi«ter b* strength and its very 7 life, ar.d if not overcome it produces a feverishness and itching of the scalp; the hair roots famish, loosen and die; then the hair falls out fast. Tf your hair has been neglected and la thin, faded, dry, scraggy or too oily, get a 25-cent bottle of Knowlton's Dan derine at any drug store or toilet coun ter apply a little as directed, and ten minutes after you will say this was the best investment you ever made AVe sincerely believe, regardless of everything vise advertised, that If you desire soft, iustrous. beautiful hair and lots of it no dandruff no itching scalp and no more falling hair you must use ivnowlton's Danderine If eventually ret . *dvt Detectives Declare Pickpockets Are Organized in Expert Gang Working Downtown District. Blacks Fleeing Raid Trample Detective In an attempt to force him to di vulge the names of members of the gang of negroes who assaulted De tective J. F. McGill while officers were raiding a craps game in a De catur street saloon late Tuesday, the police Wednesday put on the grill the only negro of the band they captured. McGlll, stationed at the back door, was badly trampled by the negroes when they ran over him while trying to escape the raider*. A second woman is being sought by the detective department in connec tion with the baffling operations of an organized gang of pickpockets whose most spectacular coup was the clever wholesale robbery of a trainload of passengers on the Seaboard Air Line. Additional stories of the gang's vic tims as they were told to the police Wednesday included another woman in addition to "The Queen of the Pickpockets.” who had been described in the reports of the thefts which took place on the train as it was steaming out of the Union Station. G. W. Snow, of No. 19 Pavilion street, the loser of a wallet contain ing $(58 is the man who brought the other woman to the attention of the detectives. He told them that he was walking along Peachtree street and was about at Five Points when he was attracted by two well-dressed young womeif. A man was with them. An instant later he said he was crowded and jostled by them, but thought nothing of it until a little later when he found his wallet miss ing. The trio is believed by the police to be the leaders of the gang of pickpockets and the city was searched for them Wednesday. Both women are eood looking. The elder probably is 30 years old. The later reports which have be^n turned in to the police indicate that the thieves have shifted their op-r ations from the trains to the depots and streets and other places where I crowds congregate. Detectives have been placed on trains going out of Atlanta and the stations and prin- ! cipal streets also are being carefully watched. G. P, McIntyre, of Cartersville. Ga . was robbed of $43 while walking along the uptown streets Tuesday. He was unable to tell exactly when or w’here as he did not miss his pocket-book until he started to buy a ticket at the Terminal Station. Parents of 29 Only Wish for Few More STEVENS POINT. WIS., Dec. 3.— Mr and Mrs. Joseph Kostruck broke the record for babies when their twenty-ninth offspring put in its ap pearance Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Kostruck don't think that number too large. In fact, they said they wouldn't mind if there w r ere a few more. CHENEY-ROGERS WEDDING. Mrs. Ethel Cheney, of No. 411 Raw- son street, was married to Henry M. Rogers, an employee of The Georgian, Tuesday evening by the Rev. H. D. White at his residence. No. 99 Stone wall street. Mr. and Mrs. Rogers will make their home in East Point. F W F DICKEY ! ,llliraill,,lll,llll,l,,ll,llw|||||||||||, w KILLED n TIM I “ ' " ” ,S ' CALHOUN, Dec. 3 —Professor Wil liam F. Dickey, a well known educa tor. was killed to-day by a north bound Southern Railway freight train while he was on his way to Sugar Valley, a mile from his home and seven miles from Calhoun. He was not seen by Engineer Jo seph Henderson until lie was struck and hurled from the track. Professor Dickey’s deafness and a heavy fog prevented him from hear ing or seeing the train. Professor Dickey was 65 years . f age. He is survived by a large fam ily of children, the oldest of whom is Virgil Dickey, of the M. C. Kiser Shoe Company, of Atlanta. Professor Dickey was a man of sterling character, and when his sons went into bankruptcy several years Shopping Days before Xmas. What a lot must be done. We mail your out-of-town gifts from here. and PICTURE BOOKS in great plenty here. | Few People Will Do All Their Christmas 1 Buying ai Any One Store pa debtedness. Giraffe, Hit in Neck By Train, in Hospital 1 DU PC >, ILL.. Dec 3.—A giraffe be- = ing shipped to a circus winter quar- ters stuck its head out of a car an 1 —— was struck by a switch engine. The animal is being cared for in in HU improvised hospital in the Y. M. C. i A. Building. Veterinary surgeons —r- say it will live. Asquith's Daughter Appendicitis Victim Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. LONDON, Dei 1 . 3.—Elizabeth As quith. youngest daughter of Premier Asquith, was operated on for appen dicitis by Sir Watson Cheyne, the fa mous surgeon. The operation was re ported successful. She was brought home two days ago from a private school in Germany. HERE! MEN OF moderate Hair READ THIS! You will often see a man who fulfills your ideal of a man in almost every particular. He may have a good head, fine physique, perfect manners, an in teresting personality and bear himself with the distinguished air of a gentle man. His linen is immaculate and his clothes faultless as to cut and mate rial. But all the pleasant first impres sions are ruined when you discover the collar and shoulders of his coat covered with loose hair and flakes of dandruff This Is an indication of personal carelessness, not to say uncleanliness. You feel like telling hUn to get a bot tle of Newbro’s Herpicide. and if you are a real friend you WILL tell him. The benefits to be derived from this re markable preparation are wonderfully convincing The man who uses it never — Here, there and elsewhere, an occasional purchase now and then, and so are most 3 Christmas lists filled out. However, there is always some favorite shopping place—some ago in sugar valley he voluntarily «= store that is visited oftener than others and patronized more liberally. Usually a store ' 1 d ' an J1 1 ' n ~ ! — that has served well and satisfactorily in less busy seasons and that may be relied upon E5 now because it has the same efficient organization and is operated under the same poli- cies that make for its betterment every day in the year. A store of cheerful, alert service, a store of new goods, new ideas and new methods. A Rtore that may lay just claim to all improved methods of assembling and distributing the best, of the world’s merchandise. Such a store is here, well prepared and ready to make your Christmas shopping pleas anter than ever before. It offers you the advantage of stocks newly gathered; of assort ments, full and complete, and a service courteous and careful, painstaking and prompt. Its Rest and Waiting Rooms are at your disposal. Its checking rooms, its special delivery service to all outgoing trains and trolleys, its inviting restaurant and soda foun tain with its tempting menus. All are to be considered in the selection of your Christ mas store. “When in Doubt’’ always come to High’s. If you can't come, call “Our Shopper, “ Main 1061. To-morrow Be Mesh Bag Day ] What so pretty to give a friend EE as something used every day? 3 Hailey's $5.00 5 and 6 inch frame i= Herman Silver Mesh QO ==j Bags for QUoO || Bailey’s $4.00 still finer quality 5 3 and 6 inch Mesh Bags, (Po OCT 3 with fringed bottoms, at = Hailey’s $6.00 5, 6 and 7 ineh fine 3 Herman Silver Mesh QO = Hairs §= H ac $7.50 values for $4.95 || $8 50 values for $5.95 SE HERPICIDC ca presents the slovenly appearance above described The scale-like accumulation we call dandruff is due to a germ. To check this accumulation ihe scalp must be kept healthy and the germ be destroyed. Then the hair will stop coming out and the itching of the scalp cease. Only the person who has used Newbro’s Herpi cide intelligently for a time can appre ciate its wonderful value for this condi tion. Herpicide has an exquisite odor and is a most delightful hair-dressing No matter what your dealer says, there is nothing "just like it’’—Herpicide stands alone Newbro’s Herpicide in f*0c and $1 on sizes is sold by all dealers who guar autre it to do all that is claimed. If you are not satisfied your money will be refunded. Applications obtained at the good barber shops Send 10c in postage for sample and book about the hair to The Herpicide Company. Dept. R , Detroit. Mich. .Jacobs' Pharmacy are special agents. “ BALM AKAN” OVERCOATS Here’s the new overcoat that has made such a tremendous hit all over the country. It has a wide collar that buttons up close around the neck, extra large raglan sleeve-heads-—kimono style—-with extra wide, full flowing bell skirt, forty-six inches long. The fabrics we show are very fine im ported Scotch and English effects, lined through the shoulders and sleeves with silk. Reorganization Sale Price These coats sell everywhere, in this grade, at forty-five dol lars, but owing to our reorganization sale are priced at $ 33 50 Cloud-Stanfora Co. 61 Peachtree Street Christmas Catalogue “High’s News of the Christ-, mas Things.” featuring the very eream of this store's holi day stocks, will be mailed to an.v address FREE. Most everything advertised can be purchased through our Mail Order Department. Every transaction carries with it our money-back guarantee of satis faction. To-morrow, Women’s Leath er Rags, also Moire, with watch : $10.00 value for $6.00 $12.00 value for $7.50. Regular jewelers style and quality. Special Sale of Hand Bags for Christmas Gilts Women’s Moire Silk Hand Bags, Mirror nnd extra Purse inside; best assortments, at $1.00, $1.75, $2.50, $3.00, $3.50, $5.00. Teak wood Beads. solid black .and purple; round and oval. 50c and 75c. German Silver Mesh Draw Bags, new, with Drop Pen dants, at $1.00. Opera length Beads in jade, coral, amber, blues, red, green, etc., 50c and 75c. Women’s Fitted Leather Hand Bags with Mirror. Beauty Leaves. Tulip Salve, Memo Rook and Purse, $1.25 and $1.98. Opera Chains, gold, silver and gun metal; some have pearls, some rhinestones; 50c, 75c and $1.00. Gold top Cuff Links and Tie Clasps; combination set In velvet-lined box, 50c. Gold top Cuff Links, carved and plain effects, in jewelers’ box of purple, for 75c. I OUT OF OUR BIG SUIT SALE “67” SUITS LEFT $ 14- 751 These for To-morrow at put before the purchasing public of Atlanta. Why, think of it, $25 $27.50 and $29.75 worth of royal style, materials and H workmanship for such a perfectly r i d i <• u 1 ous low H price, $14.75. It’s unusual to ever see such fine Suits §f go on the racks in this store at such an underprice. Why not buy for Christmas now =§ Remnants Silks and Dress Goods To-morrow 1-4 and 13 off = Remnants Silk Messalincs EE Remnants Silk Taffetas EE Remnants Pompadour Silks EE Remnants Crepe <le Chine EE Remnants Crepe Meteors == Remnants Canton Crepes = Remnants Moires =§ Remnants Chiffon Cloths H Remnants Kimono Silk- Lots of good lengths I to 8 H to-morrow for these. Allium l. M. i K.H CO nifiiMUIlllllllllllil Remnants Broadcloths 3 Remnants French Serges 3 Remnants Storm Serges 3 Remnants Wool Poplins 3 Remnants Eponge = Remnants Shepherd Checks Remnants Wool Crepes Remnants Diagonal Serges Remnants Wide Wales Sg yards. It will pay you to come 3 llllllll llllilllllllllliililliN J. M. HIGH CO. (lllllHOs