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Landed in N. C, Jail I Paralysis Fatal to Guilty of Slandering Bullet Passes Near For Shooting in S. G. Sister of Atlantan Pretty Girl Neighbor Selma Mayor's Head CHALLENGE OF Will Debate Connecticut Foe in Alabama During Holiday—In vites Underwood or O'Neal. OAFFNEY, S. C. Drc, 18 Ernwit ! Hambright wan shot through both !♦*.>- ami Joseph Kennedy in the right Mini by Audrey Ream who waylaid I th**rn :u» the\ were walking along the public highway between Blackaburg, : S C, and drover, N. (' All three are North Unroll nans, but the shhot- 1 mg took pla< •• In South Carolina. Beam ha* been lodged in Jail at Hhelby. N C. Governor Hloaae will bo asked to make requisition for him. Police Suspect Plot In Fire and Slaying WASHINGTON, OA., Deo. IS Mr Bounds, wife of the late Bounds, preacher and au- from a second stroke of Hire was 55 yearn old an in 111 health for thre BIRMINGHAM. ALA.. Dec. IS ’ongre*aman R. P. Hobson ha.* act- j **pted the « hallenge of Congressman Donovan. Of Connecticut, to a Joint debate in Alabama during the Christ - i mu.- hoi da vs <n the *ubje<> laid, down hv Donovan. "Reno I veil, That uhsi'iu e from Congress by a Repre-J 4n good health is honest and eentatn ♦ in j Justifiable " captain H accept son In a card say* he mllenge and in case | Donovan in prevented by his Congres sional duties from coming to Ala-J hama, he will accept as a Substitute “his representatives. ” Congressman Underwood, Governor O’Neal of Aln- bama, or Charles Lewis, the agent of* the liquor Interests Captain Hobson says the scope of ergument should Include "a p pea ranees, before grand juries on a charge of irregularities in the liquor traffic.” thus alluding to Donovan’s former connection with the liquor business. Knify Cut Produces Lockjaw Symptoms SAVANNAH, Dec. 20 -One of the most interesting eases from a medical standpoint that has developed in Sa vannah in many months was that of Dr. Harry V. Rlghton, who to-day for the first time in two weeks ventured out of doors. !>r. Rlghton. while using a pen knife. punctured his hand. He did not consider the wound serious, but. thinking It wise to take precautions, injected tetanus serum in tHe hand. The next day lie developed unmistak able symptoms of lockjaw and in the week that followed his life Was Sev eral times despaired of TAMPA TLA Per IS.—-The aim thorities are investigating a myste rious fire in the lltalian settlement to-day, when a grocery store occu pied by Spoto Brothers and several ( ittag'-H w< r< burned. Pour men were j .»en to run from the store Imttifl- j diately before art explosion which ocstroyt'd the building and set fire to the cottages. The police are trying to link this ‘ rime with the mysterious assassina tion of Giuseppe Illuminati In * the Latin quarter several weeks ;igo. Client and Lawyer Have Street Fight DURHAM, N. C., Dec. 18.— E V. Bragg and Alton Hobgood, a promi nent merchant and attorney, respe •- tlvdy, met on Main street to-day, and after an interchange of words, were principals in a lively scrap. City At-* torney Charles Scarlett. Whcrfrushed up to.stop the affray, was dealt sev eral blows, Bragg started the fuss over some court matters in which Hobgood rep resented him. To Hang for Death Of Fellow Convict BIRMINGHAM. Dec. IK. Ham Ciil belt, a negro, will be hanged In the! Jail yard hers February 7 for killing • a negro fellow-convict ih the Banner j Mines, mar Birmingham, several months ago The Supreme Court affirmed the sentence of the lower court to-day. Harriet B Bd ward M thor. died paralysis had been mont hs. Mr«, Bounds was a sister of Hamuci Barnett, of Atlanta, and Mrs Kdwm Prank and Oswell Barnett, of Wash ington. Sh<* had five children. Fu neral arrangements have not been announced. U. S. Road Engineer Named for Promotion MOBILE ALA Dec IS Major Charles Keller, United States High ways Engineer in charge of the M< bile District, which includes all »f Alabama and part of Mississippi, ha> been nominat'd for promotion t the grade of lieutenant < olonel to fill a vacancy caused by 'the death of Lieu tenant Colonel David I) B Gaillard CHILD TOTALLY BURNED. GADSDEN, ALA., Dec In The I- year-olri son of Jessie Christopher was fatally burned when his clothing caught fire at a grate to-day. RO.VE, Dec. 18.— "Guilty” was the scaled verdict read to the Floyd City Court o-day In the esse of Horace Pom a cused of maligning the char- ' ter o’ his next-door neighbor pret ty Mis* Ruth Harris, aged 17, whom lif sab: acted indiscreetly with men callers, basing his charges on what he said he saw when peering through windows of her home Jud* Reese reserved sentence Boy. Aged 4, Kills Year-Old Brother JA'’K.*tON t Dec. 18 At their home near Jackson the 12-month-old son f William Folds was accidentally ■»hot by his 4-year-old brother while laying with a parlor rifle The older boy snapped the gun at his brother, who was sitting'on the bed. The little fellow died to-day from the wounds He will be biirled at Fellowship churrh Friday MAY BRIDGE FLINT RIVER. COR DELE, Dec 18. — Engineers representing bridge contracting firms of Atlanta and Austin, Texas, spent a day In Cdrdele investigating the proposition to construct a $25,000 steel bridge over Flint River. SELMA, ALA Dec, 18. Mayor J. Clay is to-day investigating the firing of a bullet that paMed through a window by which he and O. M. Hen drix were standing at the Mayor’s home last night The Mayor believes it was a-stray bullet, but some of his friends say it was nn attempt on his life. The bul let passed through the window- screen and imbedded itself In a wardrobe. TO SELL WATER BONDS. COLUMBUB, Dec. 18.—An ordi nance has been Introduced in the City Council of Columbus for the sale of $450,000 of 5 per cent bonds, from which the city expects to con struct a municipal waterworks sys tem. Wife Corroborates Defense of Husband TAMPA, FLA., Dec. 18.—C. M Wll- llaftis. charsed with the nhootinR of William Beaty near Plant City aev- eral months aifo. went on the stand in hlx own defense to-day. He told a story, Corroborated by his wife, to the effect that Beaty struck the first blow This has been denied by wit nesses for the State. Testimony in the case haa been contradictory. Roth men are well-to-do farmers. They had been at outs for some time. U. C. V. EDITOR STRICKEN. NASHVILLE, Dec. 18—A. S. Cun- nlnRham. editor of The Confederate Veteran, and widely known to both Union and Confederate veterans, la critically 111 He was found uncon scious In his office from a hemor rhage. XMAS RATES Reduced over N., C. & at L. Ry. and W. & A R r Apply any Agent. GET A KODAK FOR XMAS 18 te K*8 Br»wnlet H to Il2 Stnf for tomfleto catalog to-day. SPECIAL ENLARG ING OFrEfl—mounted, from oi*y kodak nofothro, 40« A K HAWKES CO^Ma Best Jellico Lump Coal $4.50 PER TON Orders accepted at this price on FRIDAY and SATURDAY only. All grades of steam coal for the furnace. Henry Meinert Coal Co. Both Phones 1787. LOCAL SLEEPING CAR TO CHATTANOOGA. Via Southern Railway, leaving Atlanta Terminal Station daily at 8 20 p. m. Can remain in car until 7.30 a. m. THE GEM VACUUM CLEANER A REAL XMAS GIFT Eliminate* the Use of Broom, Dust - Pan and All the Drudgery of Housekeeping \ No Cleaner does better work; ©7 pa none gives longer service ... .9* Phone call will bring demonstrator. The Ozias National Selling Corporation 605-607 Empire Life Building Phone Ivy 8239 Fearing 'Slavers/ Girl Tries to Die RICHMOND, Dec 18.-—Fearing white slavers. Reenle Shapiro, a pret ty young Russian immigrant, on I route to the home of Meyer Stein, in Birmingham, attempted suiolde to day by hurling herself down an ele vator shaft in the Seaboard Air Line station here. Her foot caught in the j entranceway and held fast, saving j her life. After being rescued from this perilous position she bit a po liceman severely while en route to jail The girl says she was detained in j New York by white slavers for sev eral months before finally located by relatives. Self-Defense Plea Of Slayer in Macon MACON, Dec. 18,-—Jesse M. Oooner, a Houston County young man, who shot and killed his employer. S. L. McWilliams, a clothing store proprie tor, on November 16, Is on trial for his life in the Rlbb Superior Court to-day. .Witnesses testified that McWilliams thrust a pistol tit Conner, called the >oung man a vile epithet, and subse quently hradlshed a knife. Conner then firing four times. Several of the jury wept during Conner's statement. His acquittal is expected. Business Men War on Spartanburg Tax Act SPARTANBURG, S. C.. Dec. 18.— A number of citizens have called a meeting for to-night to protest against the recent license ordinance passed b\ the new city government. It is claimed the ordinance is unjust to several trades. Many business men are interested In the protest. Rumors of recall of some of the Commissioners have been rife, but this phase of the situation Is as yet undeveloped. Southern Suit & Skirt Co.--Atlanta. New York-Southern Suit & Skirt Co. A Southern Suit & Skirt Co. Quick Clearance of Fine Novelty Suits Reduced from $35.00 and $40.00 tHCHcn I he Greatest Suit-Selling Atlanta Has Ever Knou)n: $ i p ®j • I f) FRIDAYanilSATURDAY !V“ Everything Must Be Sold in the Season It Was Bought for KIDNEYS BOTHER Take a Glass of Salts if Your Back Hurts or Bladder Troubles You. No man or woman who eats meat reg ularly can make a mistake by flushing the kidneys occasionally, gays a well- known authority. Meat forms uric acid which excites the kidneys, they become overworked from the strain, get slug gish ami fall to filter the waste and poisons from the blood, then we get sick. Nearly all rheumatism, headache, liver troub e. nervousness, dizziness, sleeplessness and urinary disorders come from sluggish kidneys. The moment you feel a dull ache In the kidneys or your back hurts or if the urine is clouoy, offensive, full of sediment, irregular of passage or at- tctided by a sensation of scalding, stop eating meat and get about four ounces of Jad Salts from any pharmacy; take a table-spoonful m a glass of water before breakfast and in a few days your kid- reys will act tine. This famous salts 1s made from the acid of grapes and lemon Juice, combined with lithia, and has been used for generations to flush and stimulate the kidneys, also to neu tralize the acids in urine so it no longer causes irritation, thus ending bladder weakness. 'ad Salts is inexpensive and can not it;jure; makes a delightful effervescent i.-' 1 a water drink which every one C "uid '.ikA r> w an. 1 then c keep 1t>* kidneys f'ean and active and the blood P"-r ’ o reb> a\ ding serious kidney tcmphcaiions Advt. Note the two beautiful mod els illustrated—the luxurious fur trimmings, the nobby kimono sleeves, the graceful draped skirts—NEW, every thing new about these, and dozens of other fascinating novelty suits that sold at $35 and $40—all to go in t his quick clearance salt 1 Friday and Sat iifdav. The rich materials: Broadcloths, Brocaded Mate- lasses, Fponges, Bedford* \ >rds. Wool Poplins, Imported Biag- / onals and novelty mixtures. * This sale means a saving off many Christmas dollars to the 1 women fortunate enough to 1 • have put off buying their v (Tiristmas Suit until now. Just enough for two days quick sell ing. to-morrow and Saturday. ('hoice of these $35.00 and $40.00 Values .... You’ll Have To Hurry! * s All Altcrat ions Made Promptly and Without Charge Southern Suit Skirt Co. Largest Exclusive Womens Apparel Store in the South GEO. W. SEAY. President. 43-45 Whitehall St. CHAMBERLIN=JQHNSON=DuBOSE COMPANY ATLANTA NEW YORK PARIS And Now Girls’ Coats Are Reduced Oneffhird Junior Department*==Third Floor The saving conies in the nature of a Christmas present for mothers who would give daughter a coat. Usually this sale does not come until midway of January. The coats are in sizes six to fourteen years. Every coat we own in these sizes is included. It means the coat you iike best. For we have made friends this season by having such splendid styles for the young folks. Choose from zibelines, meltons, chinchillas, plushes, velvets broad cloths, boucles and Ural lamb cloths—navy, black, browns, dark reds and the like. No listing the styles, but let us say that such a representative stock would not be representative without many little belted coats and velvet-trimmed affairs. Coats for school, for best wear. Put concretely, the one-third off means: $ 7,50 Coats at $5.00 $ 8.50 Coats at $5.67 $ 9.00 Coats at $6.00 $10.00 Coats at $6.67 $1 1.00 Coats at $7.66 $12.50 Coats at $ 8.34 $1 3.50 Coats at $ 9.00 $1 5.00 Coats at $10.00 $16.50 Coats at $11.00 $18.00 Coats at $12.00 And with these all $5.75 and $6.50 Coats---sizes six to fourteen years—are now $3.48. Meltons, mixtures, chinchillas, fine for school wear. Junior Coats—Priced u (PC Are $12.50 Junior Coats | «jJtJif Ls For the young woman who has to weat At $13.50 weather tUo weather, rough, heavy mixture weaves that wear and look well whatever the weather may he. Are $25 to $27.50 Junior Coats Smartly fashioned and tailored, in plain shades and dark, colorful plaids, some show the favored touch of fur on collars and ruffs. Half For $35.00, $37.50 and $40.00 Junior Coats _ In light shades—for occasions, these are the fine models Price "—broadcloths and brocaded velvets — with exquisite touches of trimmings. $1.48 For Children’s $2.25*and $2.50 Gingham Dresses Sizes six to fourteen years. For the Christmas giving. For children’b school wear. Buy them by the half dozen, now that price is so at variance with worth. Superb ginghams, dark and light shades, stripes, cheeks, plaids; button and braid trimmed. One Week Now and All the Christmas Boxes Will Have Been Opened And we warrant not the least appreciated will be the boxes of gloves, the boxes of handkerchiefs, the boxes of neckwear that come from Chamberlin-Johnson-Du- Bose Company. For one thing is certain, the gloves, the handkerchiefs, the neckwear will he the choicest that the money invested could buy. One week from to-day—is there much still undone? This store is helpful in the emergency. Broad aisles make crowding impossible; vast stocks make choosing easy; quick, accurate, willing salespeople make shopping a pleasure; two new automobile deliveries to whisk your purchases to you make the day complete, successful. » Chamberlin-Johnson-DuBose Co.