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THE ATEAJNTA UEU-KLTIAJN AND MEWS.
Emphatically Declares She Will
Explain “Vicious” Charge That
She Poisoned Husband.
'I propose to vindicate myself. I
shall show that I never have (lone
• lyse terrible things that the rela
tive of my dead husband have
i barged against me.”
Emphatically Mrs. Mary Belle
rswford, central figure in the sen-
- u ,onal $250,000 tight over the will
f the late Joshua Crawford, whom
she Is accused of poisoning, made
this declaration Thursday.
My lawyers have said that I may
take the stand. 1 want to do It so
• hat 1 may explain some of the vi
cious attacks made upon me. Per
haps people will be able to Judge
more clearly then as to the motives
that have prompted the shocking sto
ries about me.
Confident of Exoneration.
"I don’t fear them in the least. 4
know that the truth will qome out
before this affair is settled, and when
it does T won’t be the one who will
suffer from It.”
Attorney Reuben R. Arnold, of
counsel for Mrs. Crawford, said
Thursday that his client would be
allowed to go on the stand as soon as
her side of the case had been com
pleted before Special Auditor Ander
son.
Colonel John S. James, attorney for
the 48 heirs fighting Mrs. Crawford’s
•laims to the fortune, is expected to
finish the presentation of evidence
Friday.
After this, Mrs. Crawford’s lawyers
will Introduce a number of physicians
to testify that the traces of morphine
found in the body of Crawford might
very easily have been the result of
the 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
would not have been surprised had
there been stronger Indications ol
morphine from the amount of the
drug that was given in the cough
medicine and with the hypodermic
needle.
The case was to have been taken
up again Thursday, but, owing to the
attendance of Colonel P. H. Brewster
in another court, a postponement was
taken until 10 o’clock Friday.
Attorney James will bring on other
medical experts to refute the testimo
ny of Mrs. Crawford’s witnesses that
her husband died from natural causes.
The criminal prosecution of Mrs.
Crawford will come before the Fulton
County Grand Jury next week. At
torney John T. Smith, appointed spe
cial solicitor because of Solicitor Dor
sey’s disqualification©, will present the
case against her.
I
Court Vacates Order
ForfeitingLewisBond
The order forfeiting the $500 bond
under which Dr. M. M. Lewis was held
on a misdemeanor charge growing out
of his arrest in a hotel with Miss Ff-
rte McCalmon was vacated, It became
known Thursday, when Attorney J.
W. Humphries for the Carrollton phy
sician explained the misunderstand
ing through which Dr. Bewis was r.ot
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 trkil
at the next session of the Criminal
Court.
Bov Returns $4 to
Man He Had Robbed
SEATTLE. Pec. 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 man he robbed here.
The money, he said, was the first he
earned since his return home, and he
wanted to make amends for his act.
Bentley’s motner wrote an appeal to
the Judge for her boy, and the court
decided to give him a chance.
Cow Chews Dynamite,
Dies of Indigestion
KELLOGG, IDAHO, Dec. 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
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
LONDON, Dec. 4.—The occupanta
of the apartments at Hampton Court
Palace have lately had a dispute with
Queen Mary, In which the formtr
came 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
«llflce, 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 j Chicken Oath ‘Messy/
Czar’s Police Chief Judge Rules It Out
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
ST. PETERSBURG. I>ec. 4. -An
mystery surrounds the death of,Gen
eral Dedlulin, chief of the Czar «
palace police. He died in his official
apartment In the Imperial Palace at
Llvadia, but so far absolutely the only
official mention Is that he “died sud
denly.”
The notorious Kouliabko, of the
Kieff Okhrana, and most of the spies
who have been fomenting the Jew-
halting in the Kieff region for the
last couple of years had him as thetr
champion at court.
LODGE FORESEES HARD WINTER
Special Cab>e 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
dation on the fart 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 hard
frosty weather to restore the balance.
KELLOG, IDAHO. Dec. 4.—N. A GU-
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 givep by
brother Celestials on teh Christian oath
and demanded that the solemn "chicken
oath” be administered to all witnesses
and the accused.
With great solemnity the head of a
live chicken la cut off and the witness
dips his fingers into the warm red blood
and sweats to tell the truth.
The police magistrate obtected to the
mess that would be made in the court
room by the killing of live chickens and
sprinkling of blood, and the prosecution
agreed with the defense to let the Chris
tian oath stand.
OBITUARY.
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary LHa
Holley, who died at n private sani
tarium here last Tuesday, will he
held at Chamblee, Ga . Friday. The
body will be removed there from
Bloomfield’s unuert iking establish
ment, where It was taken. Mrs.
Holley Is survived oy her husband,
W. A. Holley, and one child, who
live at No. 277 West Fifth street.
Shumaker Heads
Jason Burr Council
The following new officers of Jason
Burr Council No. 12, Royal nnd Select
Masters, have been Installed:
David E Shumaker, thrice Illus
trious master; Perrv L. Blackahear,
deputy master; Cnaries I . Reno, prin
cipal conductor of work; Auguste P.
Tripod, treasurer; Lee Hoyt Williams,
recorder; Lester S. Crane, captain of
the guard; T^eRoy Gregory, conductor
of council; William J. Mills, steward;
James M. Fuller, sentinel.
A past master’s Jewel wa*» ' resent
ed to the retiring master. William a
Richardson, by Thomas H. Jeffr.es.
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
J B. Gordon, a c *:ton broker it was
stated that the wife alleged that her
husband had struck her
Brides Will Learn
How to ‘Boil Water’
CHICAGO. Dee. 4.—Prospective bride*
who are not the best coons in the world
will have an opportunity to get free
Instruction next month
Tbe School of Domestic Arts and
Sciences Is going to teach them to boll
water and boll 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 one vegetable should He
dropped into boiling water and others
Into cold water."
Divorce Is Granted
To Macon Merchant
M A CON, Dec. 4.—After four yeer*
of litigation, a Superior Court lory
has granted L. S. McConnell, a
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 McDonnell ha* not decided
whether she will appeal to the Su
premo Court.
In
Atlanta
It’s
The
Georgian
People look to wheneve*
they want to buy, sell,
trade, rent, get help or a
position.
No matter what your
WANT is, a Georgian Want
Ad will get it.
For Your
Coraveinileinice
"V^ant Ads will be taken
over the telephone any time
and an “'Accommodation
Account” started with you.
All ‘‘Accommodation Ac
count” bills are payahle
when bills are presented.
Want Ads will be taken
up to 1 o’clock on the day of
publication.
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Your Friend—
The Market
Basket
<$>
For the Saturday
marketing the wor
ried and busy house
wife finds 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-day.
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Sal
Wherein the Young Folks Come In for 7 heir
Share of the Good Things. Suits, Dresses
^ and Coats at Clearaway Prices in the -
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—b^t 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 $0-50 All $17.50, $25.00 *17-50 $10 and $13.50 $7-75 $18.50 and $20 $11.75
Are
Suits Are
Dresses
7
Dresses
11
$25, $30, $35, $40
Suits Now Marked
$17.50
$25, $27.50 and $30
Dresses now
• • • •
$14.75
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—
the choosing will be tine. Suits for “best” wear, suits for school and street wear.
Cutaway, blouse, belted coats, draped, plain, peg-top skirts the color you want.
Children’s Coats AiiAsThittl
Now Reduced vilw I
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
be found. Velvets, corduroys, ratines, broadcloths, Ural 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
Those now $7.75 are mostly serges,
yokes of trim lines, neat, serviceable aff
de chines, silk poplins and serges. Choo
for there are many best styles—with sas
frilled sleeves and prettily draped skirt
Atlanta has known—crepes de chine, vel
with lace waists, with wide sashes, with
means.
blues and browns and reds, with lacy
airs. Those now’ $11.75 are silk crepes
se the color you like best and the style,
lies and girdles and little net vests and
s. Those now $14.75 are the cahrmingest
vets, serges, novelty woolens. Frenchy
novel vest effects. See these by all
Children’s Dresses
Dresses $4.45 $15 to $16.50 $(J.05
II IWqsps A rp /
Are Now.
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, long
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. The saving now is really more
than it appears. 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
$16.50 to $20 $J7.50 $18.50 to $27.50$| jJ5
Dresses.. \L 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 are 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