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emphatically Declares She Will
Explain "Vicious” Charge That
She Poisoned Husband.
i prowee to vindicate myself. I
is’ show that I never have done
OSS terrible things that the reta-
.'ve. of my dead husband have
••.-.1 against me.”
Ktipba-tlcally Mrs. Mary Belle
Tvvford central figure In the sen-
,.r,al 5250.000 tight over the will
r ■ ie late Joshua Crawford, whom
.ho s accused of poisoning, made
>cl;tration Thursday.
M> lawyers have said that I may
aKo the stand. I want to do It so
,‘hat. 1 may explain some of the vl-
,.. flP a attacks made upon me. Per-
aps people will be able to Judge
mnr „ clearly then as to the motives
hst, have prompted the shocking sto
He? about me.
Confident of Exoneration.
1 don't fear them in the least. I
that the truth will come out
J Pie this affair is settled, and when
, .ices 1 won’t be the one who will
..iff. from it.”
Attorney Reuben R. Arnold, ot
for Mrs. Crawford, said
Thursday that his client would be
sl otted to go on the stand as soon as
or . tde of the case had been com
pleted before Special Auditor Ander
son,
M,]rmel John 8. James, attorney for
tie heirs fighting Mrs. Crawford's
aim* to the fortune, is expected to
Irish the presentation ot evidence
Pridav.
Alter this, Mrs. Crawford’s lawyers
.it] Introduce a number of physicians
•o testify that the traces of morphine
found in the body of Crawford might
orv easily have been the result of
■he cough’medicine given to him
shortly before his death.
Case Delayed a Day.
Dr. J, W. Hurt, who attended Craw
ford already has testified that he
tvould not have been surprised had
•here been stronger indications of
morphine from the amount of the
rug that was given in the cough
medicine and with the hypodermic
■:eedle.
T!;r rase was to have been taken
Thursday, but, owing to the
nice of Colonel P. H. Brewster
mother court, a postponement was
then until 10 o’clock Friday.
i.r.ney James will bring on other
11 experts to refute the testlmo-
Mrs. Crawford’s witnesses that
husband died from natural causes.
, Timinal prosecution of Mrs.
ford will come before the Fulton
.tv (brand Jury next week. At-
. John T. Smith, appointed spe-
i -ptivitor because of Solicitor Dor-
- lisouallficatlono, will present the
use pgainst her.
The order forfeiting the 5500 bond
under which Dr. M. M. Ia?wis was held
on a misdemeanor charge growing put
of his arrest in a hotel with Miss Uf-
fie McCalmon was vacated, it became
known Thursday, when Attorney ,T.
VV. Humphries for the Carrollton phy
sician explained the misunderstand
ing through which Dr. Lewis was not
present in court when the case was
called Wednesday.
Attorney Humphries stated that an
Indictment was sought of his client on
a felony charge, but the attempt
failed; however, 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 trial
at the next session of the Criminal
Court.
Boy Returns $4 to
Man He Had Robbed
SEATTLE. Deo. 4— Judge Kvcrett
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 man he robbed here.
The money, he said, was the first he
earned since his return home, and he
wanted to make amends for h1s act.
Bentley’s motner wrote an appeal to
the iudge for her boy, and the court
decided to give him a chance.
Cow Chews Dynamite,
Dies of Indigestion
KELLOGG, IDAHO. Dec. 6.-N. A. Gil
bert reports that a cow of his has eaten
fifteen sticks of dynamite which had
been left by a Shoshone County road
crew on the west fork of Pine Creek.
The cow died, and Gilbert is after
the County Commissioners to pay him
$125 for the animal, claiming that the
county was negligent in leaving the
powder out.
Queen Mary Is Made
To Let Go Furniture
6pecial Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
jONDON, Dec. 4. The occupants
of the apartments at Hampton Court
Palace have lately had a dispute with
Queen Mary. In which the former
came off victorious. Her majesty or
dered a quantity of the beautiful
Queen Anne furniture to bd 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 the
dispute between the Hamburg-Amer
ica Line and the North German Lloyd,
which threatened to Involve all thi
North Atlantic conference companies*
both British and foreign. High In
fluences have been at work.
Mystery in Death of Chicken Oath ‘Messy,’ | Shumaker Heads
Czar's Police Chief Judge Rules It Out
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
ST. PETERSBURG. Dec. 4. An
mystery surrounds the death of Gen
eral Dedlulln, chief of the Osar'#
palace police. He died in his official
apartment In the Imperial Palace at
Ivadla, but so far absolutely the only
official mention In that he "died sud
denly."
The notorious Koullabko, of the
Kieff Okhrana, and most of the spies
who have been fomenting the Jew-
baiting in the Kieff region for the
last couple of years had him aa their
champion at hourt.
LODGE FORESEES HARD WINTER
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
LONDON, Dec. 4. This will be a
severely cold winter. So predicts Sir
Oliver Lodge, the distinguished sci
entist. who believes memory and af
fection do not terminate with dea*h.
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 he a spell of hard
frosty weather to restore the balance.
KELLOG, IDAHO, Dec. 4 - N. A. Gil-
4.—The many Chinese witnesses for the
prosecution In a Chinese gumhling esse
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" he administered to all witnesses
and the accused.
With great solemnity the head of a
live chicken la cut off and the witness
I dip* his fingers into the warm red blood
! and swears to tell the truth
I The police magistrate objected to the
i mess that would l>e made In the court
I room by the killing of live chicken* and
; sprinkling of blood, and tbe prosecution
agreed with the defense to let the Chris-
I tian oath stand.
OBITUARY.
! Funeral services for Mrs. Mary L a
Holley, who died at n private sani
tarium here last Tuesday, will be
held at Chamblee, Ga., Friday. The
body will be removed there from
Bloomfield’s under! iking establish
ment, where It w is taken. Mrs.
Holley Is survived oy h*Y husband.
W. A. Hollev and one child, who
l live at No. 277 We i Fiflh street.
Jason Burr Council
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. Blackshear,
deputy master; Charles F. 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. Mills, steward;
James M. Fuller, sentinel.
A past master's Jewel wn« oresent-
ed to the retiring master, William a
Richardson, by 'J’homas H. Jeffries.
Gordon Not Accused
Of Striking His Wife
Through an error n the publication
of the petition for divorce filed last
week by Mrs. Sadie Gordon against
.T. B. Gordon, s. cotton broker, it was
stated that the wife alleged that her
husband bad struck her.
Brides Will Learn
How to ‘Boil Water'
CHICAGO, Dee. 4.-Prospective brides
who are not the best cooks in ths 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
taking:
“Of course some have fairly definite
ideas of boiling water, but they don’t
know that on*- vegetable should bo
dropped into boiling water and others
Into cold water."
Divorce Is Granted
To Macon Merchant
MACON, Pee. 4.—After four years
of litigation, a Superior Court Jury
has granted I.. S. McConnell, *
wealthy merchant, a total divorce
and the custody of the two children,
and denied Mrs. Bessie Mae McCon
nell alimony. Three co-respondents
were named by the husband.
Mrs McConnell has not decide 1
whether she will appeal to the Su
preme Court.
In
Atlanta
It’s
The
Georgian
People look to srhernwm*
to buy,
iret help
sell,
[p or a
hey want
trade, rent, gat
position.
No matter what yimr
WANT is, a Georgian Want
Ad will get it
For Your
Coraveimience
Want Ada will be taken
"wer the telephone any time
and an “Accommodation
Account’* started with von.
All “Accommodation Ac
count” bills are payable
when 'bills are presented.
Want Ads will be taken
«p to 1 o’clock on the day of
publication.
I
Your Friend
i he Market
Basket
For the Saturday
marketing the wor
ried and busy house
wife linds comfort in
the fact that the Mar
ket Basket will re
lieve her of the vex
ing problem—“What
will I have for Sun
day dinner?” It ap
pears to-dav.
Chamberlin=Johnson=DuBose Co. Atlanta - new york
A Sale
Wherein the Young Folks Come In for Their
Share of the Good Things. Suits, Dresses
and Coats at Clearaway Prices in the -
paris Chamherlin=Johnson=DuBose Co.
Junior
Department
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-—but why this, the facts are below, they are their own argument in the minds of thrifty mothers.
Junior Suits
Junior Dresses
All 15.00 Suits All $17.50,$25.00 Sf>5# $|() and $13.50 $7-75 $18.50 and $20 $11.75
Are
Suits Are
12
Dresses
7
Dresses
$25, $30, $35, $40
Suits Now Marked
$17.50
$25, $27.50 and $30
Dresses now
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$14.75
A likely lot, with emphasis ori the likely. Valueful suits at their original
prices—and valueful has to do as much with t he style and fashioning as 1 he fab
rics—velvets, serges, novelty weaves, broadcloths, velours de laine, cheviots—
the choosing will be fine. Suits for “bes t” wear, suits for school and street wear.
Cutaway, blouse, belted coats, draped, p lain, peg-top skirts t he color you want.
Children’s Coats Ana-Tliiffl
Now Reduced UlIC" 1 liiIU
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
he 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 hit of fnron 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
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 many best styles- -with sashes and girdles and little net vests and
frilled sleeves and prettily draped skirts. Those now $14.75 are the eahrmingesl
Atlanta lias known—crepes de chine, vel vets, serges, novelty woolens. Frenchv
with lace waists, with wide sashes, with novel vest effects. See these by all
means.
Children’s Dresses
$10 Dresses $4.45 $15 to $16.50 $Q.
Arc Nnw II Dresses Are J
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All Children’s
$5.00, $6.50 Coats
$3.48
Sizes six to fourteen years. Woolens mostly,*a few vel
vets at $9.95. Those at $6.45 are the practical and serviceable
serge dresses 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.
This Sale in the
Junior Department
Third Floor
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. 'Hie saving now is really more
than it appears. Coats for hard school wear, “dressy” coats.
Mixtures, cheviots, chinchillas i ii the large sizes; velveteens,
corduroys and boucles in the small sizes.
Junior “Party’ Dresses
$16.50to$20$|7.50 $i8.50lo$27.50$| j.75
Dresses.. \h Dresses . . .
And soon the holiday gaieties set in!
These are by far the charmingest little masses of laces,
chiffons, nets, ribbons and French flowers we have known this
season.
Delicate pinks and blues and mais and white.
Bodices are often of net over chiffon, edged with shadow
laces, sleeves—short—are often all laces, skirts are flounced
or tiered as they arc called now. Rich satin girdles are charm
ing- * , .
Dresses that young women will exclaim over, and priced
as if they were ordinary!
Chamberlin-Johnson-DuBose Company
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