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illl', ATI,AVIA libOKCiIAN AND NKWS. MICE LEFT 0 C BIDS OUT DECREES By SCORE Tot Sighs ma\ call if you Inf ihe Mill of the < Rut it’* Jiint a And the maybe 1 that l«n't reach out n the Rridg* of * to romance or od a. plai roma mrie i divorce rf left outside judge »gn ins Her face docs says the repeat a the bi tth u 1 up t e] | the hand raised tlie truth, the iv hole Have Georgia do» ket ? If not lo\ e. a n< na t uro. ron e\ er sat for an hour 1 n a divorce court with a packed . it’* Just as well. Faith in 5 trust, and honor, and human rloern’t gain any laurels from the rue ami ure of the grind. How the Mill Work* That's what !t If a grind. Whitten against Whitten, say ti e judge Judge Ren Hill, f<»r In- J stance, Tuesday, continuing the dis position of 1 U 1 rases, a record fori Georgia “Whitten against Whitten." repeats the clerk, and no hint in his business like tones heirs witness to the trag- edv of a house divided against Itself You sit forward a bit (if it's your first experience) and prepare for tears: f nr protestations; for the bar Ing of a human heart. A young woman soberly dressed, comes forward from the crowded benches ‘its In the chair before the Jury holds up her right hand, swears to fell the truth. The mumbled, hurried oath conveys no idea of solemnity The man might as well be saying. “Now is the time for all good men to come to lhe aid of their part'.” mo far as his exprew sioti and inflection go Then the story—of a wrecked and ruined life, is it ? Just Matter of Fact It doesn’t sound like it. Answering the questions of her lawyer, the voting woman speaks in a low. mal- ter-of-fact voice She might be re lating the details of a shopping ex cursion, if she had more animation Surely this car.’t be « tragedy. Where are the tears: the protestations; the accusing Anger; the : “I came home from church. He waited for me in the house and hit me with something I didn’t see what it was. * * • because I was knocked down. * • • No, I don’t know yet what he struck me with. • • • When I could. I glo up and got out Into the back yard. I wanted to rest. • • • When T came to, I was lying on the ground Then • ♦ • •• Is this little woman talking about HERSELF and ITER HUSBAND? No tears. No particular complaint in the dull monotony of “the truth, the whole truth." No clasping of the hands. No gestures. The Jurors do not lesn forward. Their faces do not flush. Veins do not sprout <*• their foreheads. The Judge does not shift uneasily in Ids (hair He looks with compassionate eves upon the little woman in the chair The lawyer does not raise < niched hands to heaven Children Mere Incidents, l/sw yer, court, jury —they might be I trving a condemnation case with a I disputed land value “Children?** the lawyer asks, negli gently r . “Three." she says and she looks as if she might be “0. only more mat ter-of fact. The children themselves leem Incidents, nothing more, “The ease Is with the Jury,” the judge announces The young woman looks at the twelve men, hut without apparent Interest Will they file out*: Will they confer? What are the court's ust ructions ? The judge says something about cruelty involving mental or bodily pain; danger to life or limb. His speech consumes ten seconds, per haps. The Jury does not do anything per ceptible In the front row. one juror, with pen and ink. writes on a docu ment the lawyer has handed him. Then Come* Another. The “first decree" has been grant ed. The case has consumed three min e's and forty four seconds. The little woman leaves the w it secs chair. She walks out into tho « towded courtroom, and seats herself, hesitatingly Two or three other fill lik wizenc Hi agains She c. past The grind continues. , )0t j And a dttie further down the dock- icr a procession of three and ninute cases for ail the world ggs to order -comes a fragile, little old man of the farm, serious In his "whole truth" Ids wife. She abused him. sed him. She struck him All Unemotional. Struck him with what? The details come as unemotionally anrl *roln»iu»rie j as th „ ( . hp ,.|,i nK „f a load of building I material / “She hit me with a hoard or plank , about three feet long, with a 10-penny nail sticking through the end—that's j what she hit me with." There is a throb of laughter in the courtroom, but the wrinkled old face does not change a line. There is no tragedy in the recital and no play for humor. Was he injured by the attack? Yes; the nail stuck in his thigh. Causing him bodily pain? He reckons so. No Cause, He Declares. Had he spoken to the defendant, or given any cause fur the attack? He had not. The court instructs the Jury to de cide if the little old man had been cruelly treated, with treatment in volving mental or bodily pain, danger to life or limb. The foreman writes. The clerk takes lh* paper The little old man walks out between the railings. Time, four minutes, flat. "Hud-on against Hudson,” says the Judge. “Hudson against Hudson," repeats the clerk. The grind goes nr> What of the Other Side? Once in a while, In the slight in tervals. you wonder about the OTH ER SIDE of these undefended cases. What would they say, the absent ones, the. accused? Does the “whole truth" do them whole Justice? Did that blow fall without a warn ing, with no cause from taunt, or reproach, or abuse? Did she never treat him coldly—was she always pa tient; always true; always the sin ned against? In all the grind, no hint is given of any blame that might rest on the petitioner. Always it is the ungov ernable temper; the avarice; the worthlessness; the drunkenness; the unfaithfulness; the brutality—of the accused. And the Grind Goes On. What could the other side say for itself? The jury doesn't know. The Jury doesn't hear. So the Judge calls, and the clerk re peats. and the truth is promised, and the witness speaks, and the foreman writes. And the grind goes on. ACCUSED WIDOW WHO-TELLS OF HOW AGED CAPITALIST WOOED HER UL C&J Mrs. J. B. Crawford, who will go on the witness stand in the battle for the $250,000 estate of her aged hus band to refute charges of other heirs that she forced him to marry her. qap In the picture below is the late J. B. Crawford, the wealthy Atlan tan whose sud den death now is attributed to poison plot which heirs contesting his will lay to his widow. C&<3 FI n INI i Mysterious Man Seen Fleeing From the Burning Winecoff Home Is Hunted. Continued From Page 1. *r t* *:V .* V* ‘ £ > u Sayres Guests of U. S. Envoy in London Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. DOND<>N. i >*h . y. Mrs. Francis R Sayre, daughter of President Wilson, who Is here on her- honeymoon, was the guest of honor to-day at a lunch eon given by Miss Page, daughter of W. II Page. United State* Am bassador to England. Mr. Sayre this afternoon accom panied Ambassador Page to Cam bridge to attend the commemoration feast of Trinity College Actress to Address Savannah Boosters < SAVANNAH, Dec 9. Mme Lea' Lessi Munthe, one time actress-ini - pressarior, who has recently moved to Savannah for her health, will ad dress a rally of the Roosters' Club on the evening of December 19. It will be the first time a woman has addressed such a meeting in this city. ' ttr A < H. v - have seen the mysterious runner just I as the flames burs! through the house. No one was in the house at the time of the fire, which hurst forth about 8:30 o’clock Friday night. Mrs. Winecoff and her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Frank Winecoff. were at. the Forsyth and Mr. Winecoff and his son, Frank, had gone downtown to attend the press banquet at the Ho tel WincofT. Chief Cummings said Tuesday that the fire was remarkable in that it was the first residence fire in the history of his connection with the fire department in which it was ab solutely impossible for the firemen to enter the house from ary point. House Balked Entrance. “When we arrived on the scene flames were bulging from every door and window, and there was no point through which we could enter the house. I was told that from the mo ment the blaze was first discovered there was not a chance for the house, as the whole of the interior appeared a veritable furnace. “There was absolutely* no way of arriving at the cause of the fire, as the cause was completely destroyed before we could get into the house.’’ Mr. Winecoff Tuesday was unable to give a definite estimate of his loss, but it will be great. The total dam age is roughly estimated at $125,000, with insurance covering but 40 to 50 per cent of this amount. Fire Protection Poor. A mass of blackened ruins Tuesday marked the site of the palatial home and aroused residents in the vicinity to their perilous lack of fire protec tion. Only the solid marble walls were left standing to indicate the former magnificence of the building, which was creeled five years ago at a eon of more than $1.00,000. The destruction of the resi.’en '• w» wrought by a fire of mysterious origin which sprang up Monday night a few minutes after Mr. and Mrs Winecoff had left the house Mr Winecoff to he present at th»* press banquet in the new Winecoff Hotel and Mrs. Winecoff to attend the the- e ter. Mr. Winecoff before daylight Tues day went with Policeman Maicomb to I he ruins and in tin room that had been his wife’s found more than $8,000 worth of diamonds and other jewels. The steps had been entirely burned av.av and the two men had to get into the room by means of a ladder. Mr. Winecoff poked about the ash. « and charred timbers with a stick and flnf iiy located the fireplace. It was in here mat Mrs. Winecoff had kept the valuable gems secreted^, and they were found practically undamaged r.v t ]-»#=* scorching through which they it ad i passed. About $.1,000 worth of silver | plate also was recovered Tuesd iv, j but some of ihis was connideraoly damaged. Most of it can be restored Alon^ with the burning of the horn- with Its luxurious furnishings the n - t;re wardrobe of Mrs. Winecoff, con sisting of mans costlj gown " ** consumed in the ..nines. Not a single piece of furniture was left by the fire. So far as known, no one was in tee house at the time the fire started. Tin blaze first was noticed by E. D. Crane, ■ >f No, 102 Peav htree circle. He soun t'd the alarm at about 8:30 o’clock The nearest fire station is on North nvenue. By the time the lone com- i.:ii•.> had arrived at the Winecoff home the flames had leaped through the rooms, igniting the costly tapes tries and other furnishings, and were beyond all control. The flames raged unchecked, the firemen being powerless to make any Impression on them. The disastrous conflagration brought to the atten tion of the residents in that section of the city more forcibly than an* o;her circumstance their woeful lack of adequate fire protection. Frank Harrell, manager of tip Winecoff Hotel, where Mr Wlnec »:f was expected to dine later in the evening, was telephoned and asked to Inform Mr. Winecoff <»f hi* loss. Tho latter, however, could n t be found nt tiie moment, and Mr. Harrell went to the Forsyth The: er and took Mr*. Winecoff in an automobile to her home, which was still wrapped in flames when they arrived there. Mr. Winecoff. arriving a few min utes later, was stunned momentarily by the devastation he saw. When lie had recovered from tho first shock < f his great loss, he said that not mere than hal/ the cost of the residence was covered by insurance. Continued From Page 1. not clearing much in Pittsburg, and the proposition appeared attractive, 1 and I decided to go. We took the hotel, and 1 furnished the money to begin operations Mrs. Painter was to furnish half of It. but never paid it in. She handled the office work, while 1 looked after the actual run ning of the place. “I first m£t Mr. Crawford when he came to the hotel. He was with his niece. Miss Scott, who was in bad health. My attention was first called to him by Mrs. Painter, who said that he sold lie would not stay at the regular rate*, and she suggested that we give* him a lower rate, which 1 agreed to. “The first intimation of marriage came in a joking way a few days after this. Mr Crawford, Mrs Burns- ner, Mrs. Painter, Mr. Dash ley, a relative of Mrs. Painter's, myself and a number of others were in the of fice of the hotel, when Mr. Crawford remarked that he was looking for a cook. Mr. Lashley suggested that there were a number of widows in the room who might prove to be good cooks. “Several days later I was in (he kitchen preparing some vegetables when Mr Crawford came in and paid me some money. He said. ‘You w ork all the time, don’t you?’ and T replied Typewriters rented 4 mos. $5 up. Am. Wtg. Mach. Co. Fine Overcoats At Greatly Reduced Prices We show a beautiful collection of very fine Overcoats. When wc say fine, we mean Coats which sell regularly at $35 to $75. The kind of Overcoats you seldom find in stock—anywhere. These Coats are made from the most expensive and exclusive fabrics, such as one sees in the upper-class custom shops, and the styles are the favored fashions of to-day. If you are interested in fine Coats you should see these, for they are really very desirable—and the prices are so materially reduced. Cloud-Stanford Co. 61 Peachtree Street. that 1 did most of the time You never go out at all, either .’’ he said, and I told him that I got out very little, as I was pretty buoy. ‘Well, you are a pretty good cook, and 1 need someone to look after me,' he said. ‘My relatives won't, and I want you to go back to Georgia with me. I told him I would let him know about it. “While wf were talking Mrs. Paint er came to the stairway and said, ‘Mr. Frawford, you had better look out.’ He replied that we were both of age. “I thought nothing more of this. A few days later Mrs. Bursner came to me and said she had received a pro posal. T did not ask her from whom, neither did she tell me. 1 was glAd that she had a chance to marry again, as sli(* was in poor health jand needed someone to care for her. “About a week later 1 went to tile market and Mr. <'rawford saw me from tho park. He came up to me and began .talking of nre marry ing him. Denies Proposal to Other Woman. “ ‘Make up your mind to go hack to Atlanta with me.’ he said. 1 told him that he had proposed to Mrs. Bursner, and be said he had not, but that lie had told her he was looking for a wife. He said he wanted me because I was a good cook, and that Mtb. Bursner wanted him to pay for her divorce, which he had refused to do. “A dav or two later he asked me to accompany him to \tlanta and help him care for his niece. Miss Scott, on tho train. “She tiad become very ill. and l agreed to. Before we left there Mr. F raw ford became more insistent that I marry him t and T told him I would give him his answer In four days. Mrs. Painter and Mrs. Bursner did everything possible to discourage me TWO AND A HALF DOLLAR GOLD PIECE FOR A CHRISTMAS GIFT Atlanta's Oldest Savings Bank Will Supply You. Why puzzle your brain about what to give for a Christmas present? Some people suffer a nervous breakdown, and almost go crazy in solving this prob lem. The Georgia Savings Rank and Trust Company, the bank that makes saving easy by accepting deposits as small as $1.00, will gi\e you a brand new Tw«. and a flalf Hollar gold piece of the 1913 coinage for Its equivalent 4n any other denomination. A passbook would also be a nice thing to put In the stocking. This bank pays 4 per cent interest and would appreciate '->ur savings account. GEORGE M BROWN. President. JOHN \Y GRANT. V. President. JOSEPH E BOSTON, Sec. and Treas Advt. Mother Stanislaus Tells of Recovery Throat Troubles, like continued cough* and colds, often seriously affect the lungs. If y°u ? have not found any Improvement from the 1 treatment you hare tried. Investigate the many { reports showing benefits, and. in numerous /r cases, complete recoveries, brought about by the use of Ecktnan'a Alterative. This la a medicine for Throat and I.ung Troubles, fav orably known for more than fifteen years. Kead Otis case: Convent of St. Anne. Sanford. Fla "Gentlemen In February. 1311. our doctors examined my throat and pronounced the neces ci-v of an operation. Having heard at Peek*- Idll, N Y.. Mothcrhouse of the Sisters of St. Francis, when- I was visiting, of Eckman's Alterative. 1 determined as a la«t resort to try it. After taking four nr five bottles large pieces of diseased tissue came away. I con tinned the Alterative, to my grateful and daily ndieY. In ten months I was restored to per feet health I would he glad to write or talk to any person who may have a doubt about It I would like them to see and hear from m y own lips, if they so desire, all I would say of' it." (Signed) MOTHER M. STANISLAUS. (Above abbreviat'd: more on request.) Eckman’s Alterative has been proven by many years' test to be most efficacious for severe Throat and Lung Affections. Bronchitis, Bron chial Asthma. Stubborn Colds and In upbuild ing tire system. Contains no narcotics, poisons or habit forming drugs. Sold by ail Jacobs' Drug Stores ami other leading druggists Write the Ecktnan Laboratory. Philadelphia. Pa., for booklet telling of recoveries and additional evi dence. II KIDNEY AND BLADDER TROUBLES DISAPPEAR Chronic Sufferers Always Find Relief From Few Doses. If you are bothered with backache — : or rheumatism, have disagreeable, an noying bladder or urinary disorders to contend with or suffer with any oth er of the many miseries that conn I from weak kidneys, here is a guaran- ' teed remedy you can depend upon. It is a positive fact that i'roxone ! promptly overcomes such disorders It soaks right in, cleans out the stopped-up kidneys and makes th?m filter and sift out the poisonous wa-ste ; matter from the blood. It neutralizes tnd dissolves the uric acid that lodges in the joints and muscles, causing ’rheumatism: soothes and heals the I delicate linings of the bladder. More than a few doses of Croxone i arc seldom required to relieve even : the obstinate, long standing cases. You will find Croxone entirely dif- • ferent from all other remedies. It is I so prepared that it is practically im- i possible to take it without results. An : original package costs but a trifle, 1 and your druggist is authorized to re- j turn the purchase price if Croxone i fails to give the desired results the very first time.—Advt. from making the trip. I did not un derstand why they did this then, but later learned that Mrs. Bursner had planned to make the trip. “1 looked after Miss Scott on the I rain and gave her every attention. The charge that 1 attempted to choke or abu*e her in any way is absolutely untrue. Consents to Wed Him. “I remained in Atlanta a day. go ing out to his home. I consented to marry him and decided to return to St. Augustine and arrange my affairs. He went to the bank and obtained $50. which he gave me to pay my expenses on the trip. “When l returned to Atlanta I wont directly to his house. It was 6 o’clock in the morning, and as soon as I reached there I knew something was wrong. There was an air of gloom. I went out immediately and prepared his breakfast. Miss Scott arid little Helen Crawford were there. While we were at breakfast Mr. Crawford told me that he had received a very bad letter. He then showed me the anonymous letter which bo had re ceived in St. Augustine. I told him the facts that were not true, and re minded him that T had told him I was divorced, had children and tl^t he knew Why I went by the name of Mrs. Savage. He admitted this. 1 then told him I could not marry him. -“He insisted that he did not be lieve the letter as it was anonymous, and said he wanted me to marry him. 1 again refused, and he continued to insist until 1 finally agreed. I re turned to Atlanta on Saturday and we married the following Tuesday. He selected the preacher and Charley Crawford obtained the marriage li cense." "Mr. Crawford was never drunk in the time that 1 knew him. Two weeks after the marriage he received some whisky and drank some toddies. I made some of them for him, but he never drank to excess. He developed a bad <v>ld and severe cough, and I)r J. NY. Hurt, who had been calling to see Miss Scott, prescribed a cough medicine for him. He gave me in structions to give him this whenever he had a bad coughing attack. Nurse Gave Hypodermic. “He was up until the Saturday be- forc he died on Monday. Sunday i trained nurse was called in and sh< gave him a hypodermic Mr. Crawford was perfectly sane all the time i knew him, and was rational until an hour before his death. “About two hours before he died I was sitting by the fire in his room and he said. ‘Belle, you look wor ried.* I replied that 1 was worried about him. and he said that I must not. He said. ‘You treat me so well and wait on me so willingly—if It had not been for yau I don't know what I would have do^e.’ I told him I was more than glad to wait on him, and wanted him to get well. We talked for some time. At this point Mrs. Crawford broke into quiet sobs. Mr. Arnold suggest ed that she leave the room for few moments, hut she composed herself and continued. She told of the relatives being friendly with her. especially Chkrles Crawford and Charles Walton, who, she said, came to her house a num ber of times after her husband'3 death. Attorney James took up the cross- examination. but had not progressed far when Auditor Anderson asked him how long he would require to tin ish. He said at least three hours, and the auditor took a recess until 'J o’clock Wednesday morning. I ^ LOOK! LOOK! Two S©3id Carloads of Fine Sample Pianos and PSayer Pianos Direct from Factory, Or dered Especially for the Big HoSfday Sale. Here are a few golden opportunity that you may never get again. Call at our store and be convinced what we are telling you is true. Here is a few of many of the grand bargains from the two carloads of fine Pianos— 1 Fine $400 New Sample Piano $287.00 1 Fine $350 New Sample Piano $249.00 1 Fine $300 New Sample Piano. $216.00 1 Fine $250 New Sample Piano $179.00 1 Fine $200 New Sample Piano $143.50 t SLIGHTLY USED AND SECOND-HAND PIANOS 1 Fine Mahogany Case, was $400, now $125.00 1 Fine Oak Case, was $400, now $110,00 1 Fine Second-hand Upright Ebony Case... $ 87.00 1 Fine Second-hand Upright Walnut Case.. $ 52.00 Do not delay. Call at once, while you have a large stock to select trom. Make your wife or daughter an Xmas present of one of these fine sample pianos. Bear in mind, every piano is fully warranted for ten years. Call, make your selection and make a small * deposit, and we will hold the piano to be delivered Xmas eve, if so desired. Bear in mind this is a real, bona fide sale. Open every evening until 9 o’clock. Cut this ‘‘ad’’ out, bring with you, and we will allow a cash credit of $10.00 on any new piano in our house. Railroad Fare Refunded to Out-of-Town Purchasers HOWARD BROS. & CO. 89 N TTH PRYOR STREET Bell Phone: ivy 5532. W. H. HOWARD, Proprietor