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the ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
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Negroes Are Safe in Augusta Jail
After Thrilling Trip Across
Three Counties.
Al (Jl ST A Dec. 16.— After a thrill-
infc trip across three counties, olfi-
,p rs safely landed In the Richmond
County jail at 4:30 o'clock litis morn
ing George and Will lam Hart and
Robert Paschal, the three tv «roes who
are charred with th' murder of Mrs
Jefferson Irby at ■••r home near
Wrens. Deputy Sheriff Anderson, of
Rurke Count), anti Chief of Poll •«
Johnson, of Waynesboro, drove up t »
>he Jail with their prisoners, hand-
< uffed. shackled and chained to th.
automobile. They will be left her
for safe-keeping in the custody f
Deputy Sheriff Plunkett, who .nays he
will protect them by whatever means
necessary.
George Han, one of the irio, has
confessed that lie. his brother an i
Paschal murdered Mrs. Irby Accord
ing to George, who was locked tn sol
itary confinement in a dungeon, the
three negroes had been drinking the
Intoxicating skimming* from surgar-
*ane syrup when they went hy the
frby farmhouse Sunday afternoon
about 4 o’clock, knowing that Mr. Irby
wav rmf at home
According to George, while he and
his brother stayed in front. Paschal
w'ent into the house and soon fame
<*ut with Mrs. Irby, Paschal endeavor
ing to overpower her. Paschal then
drew ids knife ;.nd cut her throat,
while her two little girls looked on.
He then dragged her to the wood pi c
and knocked her In the head with an
ax. George says that then he and h'.t
brother also knocked her in the hea l
with the ax. They left her body by
the woodpile with the bloody a\ near
hy and went away. The little girls
had disappeared, being later found
hiding in bed when their father re
turned home.
Waynesboro Quiets Down
After Negroes’ Removal.
WAYNESBORO, Dec. 16. All is
quiet and everything has taken on # a
normal aspect here to-day since tlie
removal of the negroes, William and
George Hart and Robert Paschal, from
t he Burke < ’minty Jail early this morn -
ing. The militia, which was called
out to guard the jail, was dispersed
.soon after their removal and quiet
restored.
General W. G. Ohear, of Atlanta,
representing the Adjutant General’s
office, arrived early this morning and
returned later In the day.
The negroes were carried to Au
gusta in automobiles bj* Ch'^f of po
lice Johnson and Deputy Sheriff An
derson.
Stocks Coal and Ice
Firm Given Charter
The Stocks Coni and Ice Company,
with a capital stock of $500,000. of which
10 per cent has been paid, whs granted
a charter by Judge J. T. Pendleton in
»he Superior Court Tuesday. The com
pany proposes to do a general coal and
lea business.
Dorothy MacVane, Daughter of
Harvard Professor. Appeals
to Ambassador.
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian
RUM ft, I>C Ik Dorothy MacVane,
daughter of Profe: .or Me Vane, of
Harvard University. lias been arrest
ed al Taranto, Italy, charged with
espionage upon the Italian naval base
situated there, United States Am
bassador Thomas Nelaon Page, wa-
notifted to-day by the Italian Gov
ernment of (he arrest.
Miss MacVane, who made a iuccess-
ful debut here is a Unger in "fta
Bohemo'' three years ago, had gone to
Southern Italy o "ing with a small
opera company'.
Hit familiarity with Italian naval
officers at Brindisi gave rise to aus
picious among the authorities and
»he was watched by secret service
agents.
In addition to Miss MacVane’s
friendship with Italian naval officers,
her French maid was also seen often
walking with officers at Brindisi.
When Miss Mae Vane went to Ti
ran to from Brindisi, she was kept
under strfit surveillance. Her mail
was intercepted and the niithoritl s
claim to have found evidence agains*
her.
Immediately after her arrest Mi.v ;
MacVane attempted to send worn to
Amha sador Page, but the authorities
refused to accept her letter. Eater
Mr I‘age was officially notified. Mias
MacVane asked that her father, Pr ■
fessor Silas M. MacVane, be notified
of her plight.
Mi*s MacVane went upon the stage
against her parents’ wishes, and has
been making her home In Europe dur
ing the past four years
Professor Gone on
Leave of Absence. ^
< ’A MBRIDQK, MASS, llpr IS, sY-
las MacVane. professor of history at
Harvard College, whose daughter,
Miss Dorothy MacVane, Is under ar
rest in Italy, left this city about a
year ago on an indefinite leave of
absence. He took his daughters.
Dorothy. Edith and Emily, with him.
Friends of the family from time to
time have received letters from Rome
telling of Miss Dorothy's success in
grand opera.
Whitfield to Name Music Lovers Locate
Legislator Jan. 9 Open Date for Their
Philharmonic Concert
DA ETON. Dec lk Judge H. .1 Wood,
ordinary of Whit field County, has called
« special election for Friday. January
9. to name a Representative In the
Legislature to fill the unexpired term
of the late S K. Berry.
Judge G. G. Glenn, the only avowed
candidate, advocates publication of
*' hool hooks by the State, to be sold at
cost: tin* leas#; of the State load, with
a graduated Increase In rental annual
ly. double trackage, and taxation In the
counties through which the line passes,
betterment of industrial schools ami re
format orles. and prompt pay of public
school teachers.
County and Seaboard
Bridge Row Explained
The row between the Seaboard Air
ftlne and the Fulton County Commis
sioners over the bridge at Howell Mill
road remains unsettled.
The Commissioners issued an order
last week condemning the structure,
anil asking for a new bridge at that
point. The reason th#* railroad has not
taken offieial notie#* of the re#|Uest Is
L# cause «.f a lack <>f official notiflea-
tlon by the Commissioners.
Circumstances for once have favored
tin; members of the Atlanta Musical As-
;-<m iation. and they have found open
evening for their Philharmonic concert.
The concert will be held at 8 o’clock
Tuesday night in the Atlanta Theater.
Heretofore the musical entertainments
of the association have been held In the
afternoon, and rather late In the after
noon too, so that the attendance and
Inspirations suffered.
The concert will be featured by a spe
cially arranged rendition of the Sextet
from Lucia. In which Conductor Morti-
mer Wilson lias rehearsed the perform
#r assiduously. Wilford Watters will
sing a Tannhauser selection.
Tickets for the concert will be on
ale through the day at the office of the
Musical Association on North Pryor
• tree), and at night at the box office of
the theater.
WIFE ASKS DIVORCE.
A petition for divorce on the grounds
of ( rii#*I treatment was filed Tuesday
in the Superior Court by Mrs. Flora J.
Ellison against ft P. Ellison. The cou
ple w»*re married March 3, 1910, and sep-
I rated May 27, 1913.
Sees Fine Business
Year for the South j
The new Atlanta agency of Warren &
Howell, representing the Allen & Wheel
er Company, of Troy, N. Y., packers of
leaf tobacco, was flic cause of some
highly complimentary notices Tuesday j
hy L. C. Chase, general sales manager,
visiting the local agency, at No. 149
Madison avenue.
“I am much impressed with the spirit I
of Atlanta," fklr. Chase said. "From my
observation of Southern business condi
tions, I fee! safe in predicting a fine
commercial year in 1914 ’
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Even Crimea Fails to
Restore Czarevitch j
Special Cable to The American.
ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. 16. Ef
forts to restore the health of the
young Czarevitch by taking him to
the Crimea, where warmer weather
prevails, have failed, according to
letters received to-day. The Prince
is reported slowly wasting away.
C0LUM3US OFFICIALS SWORN.
COLLMHI S, Dec. 16. The new
Mayor of Columbus. John C. Cook,
with eight Aldermen, was sworn into
offi e at an adjourned meeting of the
December session of the City Coun
cil Seven of the Aldermen arei
holdovers.
A ATI I Ifl I RELIEVED IN 2 MINUTES!
A A 1 K IwE M °r Monay Refund 50c Pkg. by Mill
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“Thomason’s Famous Asthma Remedy” to
AMERICAN ASTHMATIC CO. Inc., ATLftWTfl. GA.
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Typewriters rented 4 mos.
$5 up. Am. Wtg. Mach. Co.
BRADLEY’S
29 SO. BROAD
LARGEST LINE OF
TOYS IN THE
SOUTH
Come and See How this New Toy Works
Open Until 9 P. M.
Church Merger Plan
Stirs Macon Baptists
MACON, Dec, 16. Th# proposed mer
gcr of Hie Tabernaele Baptist Church
nnd th#* Second Baptist Church has
stirred up considerable feeling among
the members of th#* two congregations.
Two Sundays ago a favorable vote was
taken on the union.
The older members ol the Second
Baptist declare that although their
church Is on record as agreeing to con
solidate. the action does net meet with
the approval of a majority, and that if
the plan In perfected they will organize
a new church.
Sale lor To-morrow
$g48
Regular $5, $6 & $7
ENGLISH SLIP-ON
RAINCOATS
Men’s and Women's Imported
ENGLISH SLIP-CNS
Values to $6.00 Values to $10.00
$2.75 $4.75
Value# to $16.00 Values to $22.00
$8.25 $12-75
Women’s Imported Poplins
and Mohair Raincoats at Less
Than Cost of Material Alone.
$7.50 Coats at $16.00 Coats at
$3.75 $8.95
$20.00 Coats at $15.00 Coats at
$11*50 $14*75
Boys' and Girls' Rubber Coats and Capes at Big Reductions.
Doors Open To-morrow Morning at 8 O'clock
GOODYEAR
NOTE
ADDRESS
CAREFULLY
RAINCOAT COMPANY
35 Peachtree
RIGHT
NEXT TO
NUNNALLY’S
ALL MAIL ORDERS PROMP TLY FILLED WHEN ACCOMPA-
NIED BY REMITTANCE.
A New Kind of Credit
for Christmas Shoppers
A credit that means you, the Christmas shop-
per, can come to our big store, select a practical gift for any
member of your family and pay for it in weekly or monthly sums
so small that you will wonder why you had never thought of our
way before. It lifts the burden from your Christmas shopping, it
makes Christmas shopping easy.
Makeyour selections from thesereal gift bargains:
Christmas Delivery
You ran make your
gift selections now and
delivery will be made
any time you wish.
OPEN EVENINGS TILL CHRISTMAS
Do Your Shopping Now
Early Christmas shop
ping has many advan
tages—less haste, and
better assortment.
This Carving: Set
Mad* *f eft
tempered steel,
easily worth
$1.00.
W i 1 low
Chairs
and Rockers,
Settees and
C o u c h e s
make splen-
d i d Christ
mas presents.
This is one
of Bar Har
bor designs,
$5.00
Brass
Smoker’s
Stand
Solid brass,
30 inches
tall:
This Beautiful 30=Piece Press Cut Glass Set
FREE
Exactly as pictured. We give
this beautiful set free with every
purchase of $25.00 or more.
Begins Monday Dec. 15th.
This Brass Jardiniere
8 inches
tall, 10
inches
wide, solid
hammered
brass,
Sewing Tables
As accepta
ble a present
a s a woman
could receive.
In willow or in mahogany
we have an assortment to
suit any desire.
1.50
to
JUlr
Cellarettes
Something a
man I* really
glsd to get. In
nil wood* and
finlnbea Thin
design In Ear
ly Bngltsb or
fumed no! id
oak. fully
equipped.
17
.50
Framed Pictures and Mirrors
No gift could be in better taste,
variety of styles and subjects at
might desire.
any
An infinite
price you
Lamps and Domes
Lady’s Desk
In nfinite va
rlety in all
flnmhea of oak j
or In mahog
any. Bird# eye !
maple or Clr
raaalan wal
nut. This de
sign
.50
Morris
Chairs
Make exquisite gilts—we have
both Portables and Domes
with electric or gas equipment.
All connections free of charge.
This electric portable
$6.00
Smoker's
Stand
III fumed or
Early English solid
oak. equipped with
ash and match trays
and Humidors.
The item# of j
comfort, moat
acceptable. Wo 1
hare them in j
all woods and
finishes and
upholstering*. ■
with and wttb-
»ut footreats.
Trices.
to'
Rockers
A Dice Rocker is al
ways in order. We
have for
your selec
tion arm
Rockers. Bed
room Rockers
upholstered
or solid
seats; in fact
« n y t h i bit
your taste
or your purse
might. Indi
cate. Prices;
9x12 Axminster Rugs,
designs to se
lect from
In.
"TI
— -i
Mr'TWi M
«
$11.50 to $40
Haverty’s Basket Shop
Kitchen Cabinet
A variety of j
$18.50
to
Here you will find beautiful gift pieces, hampers,
sewing baskets, Indian baskets, baskets and
trays of all kinds.
Blankets
Comforts
Mattresses
Pillows
Make sensible,
“com fort a b le ”
presents. Blankets
and Com forts $2.50
up.
“Slumberland” Mattress 3 5.00
"Felto” Mattress 7.50
“Regal'’ Mattress .... 10.00
“Waldorf” Mattress . . . 12.50
“Red Cross” Mattress. . 15.00
“Ostermoor” Mattress . . 10.00
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The “UTILITY" is a
most welcome gift Saves
steps and combines a
pantry, cupboard a^td
kitchen cabinet in a sin
gle piece of furniture.
This pattern is
.59
Chifforobe
Ths most conven
ient piece of Furni
ture ever invented.
Take# care of every
thing a man wears.
Aji ideal gift. This
one, any finish
.59
Corner Auburn Avenue and North Prvor Street.
H ..EH.
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