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THE ATLANTA UEUKU1AN AND NEWS
Court Vacates Order Boy Returns $4 to
ForfeitingLewisBond Man He Had Robbed
Emphatically Declares She Will
Explain “Vicious 1 ’ Charge That
She Poisoned Husband.
propose to vindicate myself. 1
- show that I never have done
lose terrible things that the rela
xes of my dead husband have
narared against me.’*
Emphatically Mrs. Mary Belle
r twford. central figure in the sen-
- it Iona 1 $250,000 fight over the will
•he late Joshua Crawford, whom
ip is accused of poisoning, made
-• declaration Thursday.
\ly lawyers have said that I may
•,iUe the stand. 1 want to do it so
! may explain some of the vi-
* ;s attacks made upon me. Per-
sps people will be able to judge
mure clearly then as to the motives
,i: have prompted the shocking sto
ics about me.
Confident of Exoneration.
I don’t fear them in the least. I
u\v that the truth will come out
f fore this affair is settled, and when
, s 1 won’t be the one who will
suffer from it."
Attorney Reuben R Arnold, of
counsel for Mrs. Crawford, said
Thursday that his client w’ould be
oxed to go on the stand as soon as
er jdde of the case had been com-
rted before Special Auditor Ander
son.
olonel John S. James, attorney for
4S heirs fighting Mrs. Crawford's
ms to the fortune, is expected to
«h the presentation of evidence
Friday.
\fter this, Mrs. Crawford’s lawyers
x 1 introduce a number of physicians
> testify that the traces of morphine
found in the body of Crawford might
very easily have been the result of
o' rough medicine given to him
urtlv 1 efore his death
Case Delayed a Day.
Dr. J. W. Hurt, who attended Craw
ford. already has testified that he
u ,.uld not have been surprised had
there been stronger indications ot
norphlne from the amount of the
-,g that was given in the cough
no,peine and with the hypodermic
needle.
The case was to have been taken
,p again Thursday, but. ow ing to the
•»ndance of Colonel I*. H. Brewster
mother court, a postponement was
aken until 10 o’clock Friday.
Vttorncy James will bring on other
medical experts to refute ihe testimo-
r y of Mrs. Crawford’s witnesses that
er husband died from natural causes.
Die criminal prosecution of Mrs.
rawford will come before the Fulton
•’inty Grand Jury next week. At
aev John Y. Smith, appointed spe-
i solicitor because of Solicitor Dor-
>ey’s disqualification*), will present the
ase against her.
The order forfeiting the $500 bond
undy which Dr. M. M. Lew’s was held
on a misdemeanor charge growing out
of hi* arrest In n hotel with Miss Ef-
rte McCalmon was vacated, it became
known Thursday, when Attorney r . I
W. Humphries for the Carrollton phy- j
sician explained the misunderstand- i
Ing through which Dr. Lewis was not 1
present in court when the case was I
called Wednesday.
Attorney Humphries stated that an
Indictment was sought of his client on
a felony charge, but the attempt
failed; how’ever, the misdemeanor
charge had not been called for trial
by the Superior Court nor had it been
referred back to the Criminal Court.
Hence the misunderstanding as tc
when the trial would take place.
The case will now be called for trv.l
at the next session of the Criminal
Court.
SEATTLE. Dec. 4 Judge Everett
Smith received a letter from Earl Bent
ley. a youth recently sent home to Los
Angeles on a suspended sentence, in
which was inclosed $4 to make restitu
tion to the tnati he robbed here.
The money, lie *aid, was the first he
earned since his return home, and he
wanted to make amends for his act.
Bentley’s motrer wrote an appeal to
the Judg» for her boy. and the court
decided to give him a chance.
Cow Chews Dynamite,
Dies of Indigestion
KELLOGG. IDAHO. Dec t>. —N. A. Gil
bert reports that a cow of his has eaten
fifteen sticks of dynamite which had
been left by a Shoshone Coupty road
crew' on the west fork of Pine Creek.
The cow died, and Gilbert is after
the County Commissioners to pay him
$tl!5 for the animal, claiming that the
county was neg igent in leaving the
powder out.
Queen Mary Is Made
To Let Go Furniture
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
LONDON. Dec. 4 The occupants
of the apartments at Hampton Court
Palace have lately’ had a dispute with
Queen Mary, in which the former
* ame off victorious. Her majesty or
dered a quantity of the beautiful
Queen Anne furniture to be removed
to Buckingham Palace and placed in
her own private rooms.
A committee of the Hampton Court
residents wrote a protest to the Home
Office, the result of which was that
the furniture and objects of art have
been returned to Hampton Court.
STEAMSHIP ROW ABOUT OVER.
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
LONDON, Dec. 4—There is now
every prospect of a settlement of th^
dispute between the Hamburg-Amer
ica Line and the North German Llovj,
which threatened to invoice all th •
North Atlantic conference companies,
both British and foreign. High in
fluences have been at work.
Mystery in Death of
Czar's Police Chief
I
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
ST. PKTERSBFKG, Dec. 4 Vn
mystery surrounds the death of Gen- !
eral Dediulin. chief of the Czar'/ j
palace police. He died in his official '
apartment In the Imperial Pa'ace ut J
Llvadia. but so far absolutely the only
official mention is that he "died sud
denly.’’
The notorious Kouliabko. of the
Klrff Okhrana, and most of the spies
who have been fomenting the Jew- ,
baiting in the Kieff region for the
last couple of y ears had him as their
champion at court
LODGE FORESEES HARD WINTER
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
LONDON, De< I. This win be a
severely cold winter So predicts Sir
Oliver Lodge, the distinguished sci
entist. who believes memory and af
fection do not terminate with death
Other observers and weather students
agree with him They base their pre
diction on the fact that the last four
or five winters have been less cold
than normal.
They regard it as tolerably certain
that there will be a spell of har 1
frosty weather to restore the balan •\
Chicken Oath'Mossy,'
Judge Rules It Out
KELLOG. IDAHO. Dec 4—N. A. Gil.
4.- The many Chinese witnesses for the
prosecution in a Chinese gambling case
in the city Court became suspicious of
the reliability of the evidence given by
brother Celestials on teh Christian oath
and demanded that the solemn "chicken
oath" be administered to all witnesses
and ihe accused
With great solemnity the head of a
live chicken la cut off and the witness
dips his fingers Into tin* warm red blood
anil swears to teO 1 the truth.
The police magistrate objected to the
mess ihat would be made in I lie court
room by the killing of live chickens and
sprinkling of blood, anti the prosecution
a greet! with the defense to let the Chris
tian oath stand.
OBITUARY.
Funeral services for Vies Mary I a
Hqlley, who died at n private suni-
tftrHim here last Tuesday. will be
held at Chamblee, G.i . Friday. The
body will be removed there from
Bloomfield’s under! iking establish
merit, where it wai taken Mr*.
Holley is survived ov her husband,
\Y. A. T Io!le\ and one *hiIF, who
live at No. 277 Wc-si Flf.h street.
Shumaker Heads Brides Will Learu
Jason Burr Council How to 'Boil Water'
The following new officers of Jason
Burr Council No. 13, Royal and Select
Masters, have been Installed;
David E. Shumaker, thrice illus
trious master; Perrv L. Blacksheir,
deputy master; Cnaries t\ Reno, prin
cipal conductor of work; Auguste P.
Tripod, treasurer; Lee Hoyt Williams,
recorder; Lester S. Crane, captain of
the guard: I.eRoy Gregory, conductor
of council; William J Milts, steward.
Janies M. Fuller, sentinel.
A past master's jewel w,. ' resent
ed to the retiring master. William S.
Richardson, by Thomas H. Jeffries.
Gordon Not Accused
Of Striking His Wife
Through an error .n the publication
of the petition for divorce filed ia-t
week by Mrs. Sadie Gordon against
J. Ft. Gordon, a c . ton broker, it was
stated that the wife alleged that her
husband had struck her.
CHICAGO, Dee i Prospective brides
who are not the best cooks in the world
will have an opportunity to get free
instruction next month.
The School of Domestic Arts and
Sciences is going to teach them to boll
water and boil eggs.
Mrs. Lyndon Evans says of the under-
Rfl
“Of course some have fairly definite
ideas of boiling water, but they don’t
know that one vegetable should he*
dropped into boiling water and others
Into cold water."
Divorce Is Granted
To Macou Merchant
MACON, Dec. 4 After four years
of litigation, a Superior Court jury
lias granted Tv. S McConnell, a
wealthy merchant, a total divorce
and the custody of th© two children,
end denied Mrs. Bessie Mae McCon
nell alimony. Three co-reapondents
were named by the husband.
Mrs. McConnell has not decided
whether she will appeal to the Su
preme Court.
In
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they want to buy, sell,
trade, rent, got help or a
position.
No matter what vonr
WANT is, a Georgian Want
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For Your
Convenience
Want Ads will be taken
over the telephone any time
and an “ Accommodation
Account” started with you.
All ‘‘Accommodation Ac
count ” bills are payable
when bills are presented.
Want Ads will be taken
up to 1 o ’clock on the day of
publication.
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For the Saturday
marketing the wor
ried and busy house
wife finds comfort iu
'lie fact that the Mar
ket Basket will re
lieve her of the vex
ing problem—“What
"ill I have for Sun
day dinner?” It ap
pears to-dav.
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( Chamberlin=Johnson=DuBose Co. Atlanta - m* york ■ paris Chamberlin Johnson DuBose Co.
Junior
Department
Sale
Wherein the-Young Folks Come In for Their
Share of ihe Good Things. Suits, Dresses
and Coats at Clearaway Prices in the
Junior Dresses
$10 and $13.50 $y.75 $18.50 and $20 $11.75
Dresses .
Dresses . . .
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Monday the grown-ups had their opportunity, to-morrow it is the young folk’s time. The scene of action is changed, but
the same compelling forces are at work---Chamberlin-Johnson-DuBose Co. Clearaway Prices and Chamberlin-Johnson-
DuBose Co. scrupulously selected, height-of-the-fashion merchandise. It is a broad-gauged, big event. Savings loom large,
economies are genuine---bw»t why this, the facts are below, they are their own argument in the minds of thrifty mothers.
Junior Suits
All 15.00 Suits $0.50 All $17.50, $25.00 $n*50
Are ... . 0 Suits Are. . .
$25, $30, $35, $40 ffn CA
Suits Now Marked dJH.vV
A likely lot, with emphasis on the likely. Valueful suits at their original
prices—and valueful has to do as much with the style and fashioning as the fab
rics—velvets, serges, novelty weaves, broadcloths, velours de laine, cheviots—
tlie choosing will he fine. Suits for “best" wear, suits for school and street wear.
< ’utaway, blouse, belted coats, draped, plain, peg-top skirts the color you want.
Children’s Coats | Ina-TtiiYll
Now Reduced "lit’ I I*III*
$25, $27.50 and $30
Dresses now . . . .
$14.75
Those now $7.75 are mostly serges, blues and browns and reds, with lacy
yokes of trim lines, neat, serviceable affairs. Those now $11.75 are silk crepes
de chines, silk poplins and serges. Choose the color you like best and the style,
for there are maijy best styles—with sashes and girdles and little net vests and
frilled sleeves and prettily draped skirt s. Those now $14.75 are 1 he cahrmingest
Atlanta has known—crepes de chine, vd vets, serges, novelty woolens. Frcnchv
with lace waists, with wide sashes, with novel vest effects. See these by ail
means.
Sizes two to six years.
And the cold weather, the coat
weather is still to come! A whole season of service and a sav
ing of one-third. A happier lot to choose from could hardly
lx* found. Velvets, corduroys, ratines, broadcloths, l ral lamb
cloths, boucles, etc. Many kinds. Very simple coats and
dress-up coats with sashes and belts and a bit of fur on them.
The new price list—
$ 6.75 Coats $4.50 $12.50 Coats $ 8.33
$ 8.50 Coats $5.67 $13.50 Coats $ 9.00
$ 9 50 Coats $6.33 $15.00 Coats $10.00
$10.00 Coats $6.67 $16.50 Coats $11.00
Children’s Dresses
$10 Dresses $4.45 $15 to $16.50 $Q.05
Are Now . " Dresses Are '
Sizes six to fourteen years. Woolens mostly, a few vel
vets at $9.95. Those at $6.45 are the practical and serviceable
serge ilresses that come in so fine for school wear, 1 o n g
waisted, one-piece and belted dresses.
Those at $9.95 are the smartly tailored and trimmed
dresses for occasions. Besides velvets there are ratines and
Bedford cords, with lace yokes and vestees and adorning
sashes. Many colors.
All Children’s
$5.00, $6.50 Coats
$3.48
Sizes two to six years and six to fourteen years. At their
regular prices these were special values, because we spe
cialize on coats at these prices. The saving now is really more
than it a ffpears. Coats for hard school wear, “dressy” coats.
Mixtures, cheviots, chinchillas in the large sizes; velveteens,
corduroys and boucles in the small sizes.
Junior “Party’’ Dresses
$16.50to$20$| ^.50 $18.51!to$27.50$| j.75
Dresses . . | L Dresses
* • •
This Sale in the
Junior Department
Third Floor
And soon the holiday gaieties set in!
These are by far the charmingest, little masses of laces,
foils, nets, ribbons and French Mowers we have known this
season.
Delicate pinks and blues and mais and white.
Bodices arc often of net over chiffon, edged with shadow
laces, sleeves short- are often all laces, skirts are flounced
or i iered as ihey are called now. Rich satin girdles are charm
ing.
Dresses that young women will exclaim over, and priced
as if thev were ordinarv! »
Chamberlin-Johnson-DuBose Company