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S U urn supreme A Diamond = HE value to the buyer rests not upon what Hr a thing costs, but upon what it is worth. * No specific rule can be made for the —~ buyer's guidance in the purchase of Pre cious Stone Jewelry. The least shade of color, touch of imperfec tion or lack of proportion influences the value so greatly that only an expert can fix the value. The fundamental feature of the Harry L. Dix, Inc., business, as We have outlined it, and which we steadfastly maintain, is this— That a man need not be able to k noW a good piece of goods from a poor one, or a genu ine stone from an imitation, that he shall be of fered choice only from the best at a plainly marked price of real value. That he shall have the unreserved war ranty of the Dix Corporation with any purchase he may make, that his decision shall be made easy by confining it, if the purchaser so desires, to style and design, matters of taste not requiring technical k n °wledge. Diamond Merchant and Manufacturing Jeweler 208-9-10 Candler Building, Atlanta, Ga 10 CENT BOXES-ANY DRUG STORE » A1 sn 25 8c 50 CENT BOXES' ^ K WHILE YOU 11 BAKST'S HUHDAT AHUSIUUAIV, ATLANTA, OA., BUTTOAT, DnOBBUHBK 1*, ISTHJ. nr ifter Pretty Mrs. Walker Found She Despised Husband—Refused Him Kisses, M iller dismukes, successful N a 8 h v i lie business man, who will open a hat store on Peachtree St. AUGUSTA REAL ESTATE PRICES Girl Says Gallery Keeper Shot Himself She Had Let Go of Gun and He Had It When It Discharged, Says Miss Hause. NOW SHE’S IN $25,000 SUIT Action Also Is Against Woman’s 1 Family—Brother Sent Her to Pittsburg “Retreat.” RICHMOND, VA., Dec. 13.—When Mrs. T. Grant Walker, central figure in the Walker-Ratcliffe $25,000 alien ation «uit, which began in the law and equity court here several days •ro, realized the day after her wed ding last April, as she claims, that •he no longer loved her husband, a prominent young business man of Richmond and plaintiff in the action, •he asked her brother, Frank Rat- eliffe, a traveling salesman, to place her in a sanitarium in Atlanta or New Orleans. She preferred these places, she tes- !ined, because she was dearly attach ed to her brother and would thus be in a position to see him frequently. Her marriage, which was a surprise affair, had completely upset her nerves, she said. Consequently she wished treatment in a sanitarium. *1 aken to Pittsburg Instead. Her brother, however, decided to take her to Pittsburg, to make her home with friends of his in that city. She left for Pittsburg two days aft er the wedding and has since remain ed there, despite the efforts of her husband to induce her to return to him. Mrs. Walker, who was formerly Miss Bettie Ratcliffe, is 22 and very pretty. After she and Walker were married by Dr. J. Calvin Stewart, a Presbyterian minister, on the morn ing of April 25, the two started North on their honeymoon, but were called back before they had proceeded twen ty miles by a telegram from John Ratcliffe, another brother of the bride, saying that her mother^had been made desperately 111 by news of the wedding and that she had bet ter return home immediately. It developed that Mrs. Ratcliffe had fallen in a swoon after her daughter broke news of the marriage to her over the phone, and for a whole it was feared that she would die, so great was the shock, it was claimed. Cross-examined by Louis Wenden- burg. the plaintiff’s counsel, who achieved fame as the prosecutor in the Beattie murder case, Mrs. Walker declared that she realized several hours after returning to the city from her brief honeymoon that she had made a terrible mistake. Kissed During Engagement. She no longer loved her husband and she told him so, she said, when he attempted to kiss her the day fol lowing the wedding. She admitted, however, that he had frequently kiss ed her dtiring their engagement, and those occasions she did not object. She made the distinction, though, that “Mr. Walker kissed her.” She did not kiss him, she insisted. She was unable to explain* why such a revulsion of feeling came over her •o soon after the wedding. The night of the wedding, she said, her brother Frank told her that she must choose between Walker and her family. There could be no halfway business. Frank did not deny making this statement when he went on the stand. Miller Dismukes to Open Hat Store Here Nashville Man and Associates At tracted by Belief in Prosperity of Atlanta. A new 'retail store will open its door Monday morning on Peachtree street. It is a nobby little shop In every respect, offering a full linp> of high-clas9 “hats for men.” Miller Dismukes & Co. is the name and Mr. Dismukes claims the distinc tion of presenting to Atlanta its first high-class men’s exclusive hat store. Mr. Dismukes halls from Nashville, where for many years he. has suc cessfully operated a similar store. With his experience in the hat busi ness, together with his strong belief In the prosperity of Atlanta and the demands of the men In this section for an establishment of this charac ter, the Miller Dismukes company is expected to be a permanent and faat- gTowing factor in the retail business of Peachtree street, GIRL, 15. WEDS MAN, 30. VANCOUVER, WASH., Dec. 13.— Though but 15, Miss A. Laura Allen, daughter of M. S. Allen, of Amboy, Wash., to-day was married to Walter J. Duddles, 30 years old. Two Important Deals Just Closed. Work Starts Now on Seven teen-Story Skyscraper. AUGUSTA, Dec. 18.— 1 Two Broad street real estate deals were closed during the rast few days and H. C. Boardman, owner of the People’s Oil Company, was the purchaser In each instance. The property now occupied by the Alexander Seed Company at Nos. 909- 911 Broad street, was bought by Mr. Boardman from Bertram Maxwell for $20,000. It fronts 30 feet 6 irfches on Broad street, extending back to Jones street. Last February Mr. Maxwell purchased the property for $15,200. Mr. Boardman has also purchased the property at No. .837 Broad street, now occupied by the Olympia Cafe, from Charles Kempures, a Greek, \v ho purchased it several years ago at a much lower figure. The purchase price, as given out ov Mr. Boardman. is $21,000. The property fronts 22 feet 6 Inches on Broad street and ex tends back 268 feet to an alley. Confidence in Augusta. “I have the utmost confidence j ; Augusta real estate values,” said V Boardman yesterday in discussing It most recent acquisitions, “/End L be lieve that the properties I have ac quired will enhance tremendously during the next few years. The erec tion of the Empire Life’s seventeen- story office building, the building of the ten-story Chronicle Building and also other improvements will cause Augusta to make tremendous strides. I consider Broad street property ex tremely cheap now as compared with what It will be in the course of a few years. This city is just entering into an era of prosperity which has never before been equaled.” .New Postoffice Planned. The contract for the new Augusta postofflce is to be let soon and *325,000 will be spent by thv Government in erecting a magnificent structure on the lot bounded by Barrett Plaza. Telfair Eighth and Walker streets H. G. Kale will soon begin the erection of a handsome building on the west side of Barrett Plaza and A. Bryan Lawrence Is planning to build a hotel adjoining the Kale Building. Work will begin to-morrow morning on the seventeen-story building which will be erected here by the Empire Life Insurance Company. The struc ture will be one of the handsomest in the entire South. The Whitney Company has guar anteed to finish the building on schedule time, which is October 1 1914. Indications are that the building will rapidly fill up with tenants. Martin * Garrett, the renting agents, are already receiving numer ous inquiries from out-of-town peo ple who want space The Empire Building will have twelve main floors, there being five stories to the tower. There will also be offices in the tower. A total of 250 offices will be for rent. PIEDMONT, ALA., Dec. 18.—Pearl Hause, who was reported to have shot accidentally Robert Cash Moore, keeper of a shooting gallery. In a for mal statement declares the rifle was In the man’s own hands at the time of the tragedy. She explains: “The gun was not even in my hands, for he (Mr. Moore) had told me that my time was up, and that was all. Forgetting that I was due another gun, I turned to niy sister and exclaimed, 'Oh, If I only had another one,’ thinking that If I did that I Could shoot down as many birds as she had. Mr. Moore turned, and, handing Baxter Formby a gun with his right hand, reached with his left hand and took my gun. Being somewhat taller than I, he pulled it straight to his head. When he took hold of my gun I turned it loose and dropped my hands to my side. As I did so, the stock of the gun fell, hit the board and was discharged. Then the boy fell. So 1 must state that the poor boy innocently and accidentally shot himself with his own hands. Tile eyewitnesses can and will verify my statement.” HOBSON BATTLE GETTING HUTTER Short-Term Senator To Be Se lected—Optionists Will Name Candidate for Governor. BIRMINGHAM, Dec. 18.—Both the United States Senatorial and the State campaigns are beginning to take on interesting turns in Alabama, and the people of the outside, as well as those in the State, are likely to witness some most Interesting poli tics.' Announcement that the State Dem ocratic Executive Committee will meet the first week in January for the purpose of fixing the date of the State primaries, to settle on the plans for the primaries, and also to make provision for a Senator for the short term, or rather to succeed Cap tain Joseph F. Johnston, deceased, the appointment by Governor O’Neal —- - not being overlooked, has brought considerable gossip. The State campaign takes a new turn upon announcement that the lo cal optionists will settle on a candi date and urge his nomlnatlpn. It Is reported that Governor O’Neal Is to assist in this movement. The candi date to be selected will receive prac tically the full support behind Gov ernor O’Neal. The recent statements that they would not get out of the race, made by Captain Reuben F. Kolb and John H. Wallace, rather complicates things. Friends of Cap tain Kolb assert that he la just as strong In the country as former Gov ernor B. B. Comer, who Is looked upon as a formidable candidate. The local optionists are anxious to defeat Co mer, and may call on the railroad men to assist $1,500 Picture Not An‘Innes,’but Fraud ST. LOUIS. Dec. 13.- The genuine ness of a 20-inch by 30-lnch land scape, signed “George Innes,” and re cently sold hpre for $1,500, has aroused the interest of artists and art dealers. New York experts pronounce the picture a fraud. Charles E. Hussman bought it. Later he took the picture to New York, where experts reported that it was not an Innes. Hussman then went to R. U. Leon- arl and got his money back. Dean of University Defends the Tango SEATTLE, Dec. 13.—Mllnor Rob erts, dean of the School of Mines at the University of Washington, thinks that the tango and other fancy dances are pretty and undeserving of the at tacks made on them. He was one of the invited guests at the' Tea Dan- sante given at the Hotel Yifashington, at which the tango was danced. “While I am not an authority on dancing at all, the tango seems to me a pretty dance when it done cor rectly,” he said. “There is nothing vulgar about it.” E, IFLIIIEB G TOHPIHIEIWK You men and women who can't get feeling right—who have headache, coated tongue, foul taste and foul breath, dizzi ness. can’t sleep, are nervous and upset, bothered with a sick, gassy stomach Are you keeping your bowels clean with Caacarets- -or merely dosing your self every few days with salts, pills, cas tor oil and other harsh Irritants? Cas carets Immediately cleanse and sweeten ""ffiwri ww j ,wf -wj the stomach, remove the sour, undigest ed and fermenting loou anu tout baotn; take the exceos one Liom inu uvti ut,u carry ott the consupa^u and poison from the bowels. A Cascaret to-night straightens you out by morning a 10-eent box keeps your head clear, stomach sweet liver and bowels regular, and you feel bully for montl^. 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