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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
SEEN By BRADSTREET’S
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ELOPEMENT10YEARS
AGOCELEBRATED NOW
That the new year will he the
tv^sost in the history of the South
, s the ronfident prediction made
■Monday by .1. L. C. Pedder, division
superintendent for Bradstreet's and
itn expert on business conditions in
this section.
Mr. Tedder declares that with the
tariff and currency bills disposed of
and the banks full of money, nothing
elands in the way of 1914 breaking
all records.
■•The year 1913, just closing, has
been one of the most complex that
the Southeastern States have experi-
eii'-ed in years,” said Mr. Pedder,
•and although crop conditions and
prices in this territory have been
good, owing to the disturbing factors
of the tariff bugaboo and the cur-
rm.-v bill, general conditions during
tin- past summer were not entirely
satisfactory, although there was no
reasonable explanation.
Free From Load “of Debt.
The marketing of the cotton crop
til's fall brought the farmers, who
had planted, worked and harvested
■ i themselves at a minimum cost,
practically free from the load of
d bt that had accumulated the past
two years, which will give them a
good start for 1914.
The general trade throughout the
Southeast has been restricted and
repressed, and more in the line of
filling in than normal buying, with
the result that merchandise stocks
at the present time are depleted.
“This indicates that the early
spring months must show a decided
increase in orders and sales. In fact,
numerous local wholesalers and job
bers have already felt this trade im
petus in largely increased orders for
spring shipment.
1914 To Be Best.
“With the tariff and currency bills
disposed of; with our banks full of
money; with our farmers in better
financial condition than for years;
with the faith in ourselves that we
have gained by the magnificent for
ward strides we have made in the
past few years, we can all look for
ward with confidence born of our
past successful achievements that
1914 will be the best year ever known
in the South.
“I might tell you of the wonderful
record we have made here in At
lanta, but the world knows that, and
statistics are dry reading, anyway;
but if we all attend to our own
knitting, each one striving to make
his individual efforts the best, we of
the Southland will lead the nation in
comparative results."
Madman Shoots Wife
And Baby for Having
‘Devil’ in Their Eyes
CINCINNATI, Dec. 29. -“I killed
hr-r because I saw the devil in her
eves. The baby would also have the
devil in her eyes, so I killed it, too.”
This was the explanation given by
a man registering in the Hotel Wal
ton as D. R. Willard, but who later
said he was Robert Munroe Maronev,
used 26. of San Antonio, Texas, for
the murder of his wife and 3-year-ohl
daughter this morning. The mother
and c hild were riddled with bullets as
they slept in a room.
After the shooting. Maroney. flour
ishing a revolver, ran, half cald, from
the hotel and was pursued by a crowd
to the river, where he was caught on
the bridge. He told the police he was
a magician, a son of James Willard,
and was known as “Willard, the Wiz
ard.'’ Coroner Foertmeyer pronounced
the man violently insane.
4 Ships Reported
Lost in Gulf Gale
MOBILE, Dec. 29.—Reports were
received here to-day that at least four
ships foundered in the gale which
swept the Gulf of Mexico Christmas
Day. The British schooner Cheslie,
the schooner Griffin and the barks
Sirdar and Milwa are missing.
The Sirdar’s crew has been landed
at Pensacola, but the fate of the oth
ers is unknown. A schooner bound
for Mobile this morning had aboard
the crew of an unidentified vessel.
Auto Bandits Hold Up
New York Pool Hall
NEW YORK, Dec. 29.—Six masked
motor bandits early to-day held up
*0 patrons of “Young” Wagner’s pool-
room, at No. .*>8 Thompson street,
robbed thorn of $400 in cash and took
all the watches, stickpins, rings and
other jewelry in sight.
Then they dashed out to a high-
powered automobile and escaped. The
'obbery took place one block from a
police station.
Another Eruption of
Vesuvius Imminent
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
NAPLES. Dec. 29.—Another great
“ruption of Vesuvius is believed to
oe imminent.
Professor Mercalli, director of the
observatory on the mountain, declares
'hat the specimens of lava and other
lata obtained by Frederick Burling-
am, m h:s descent to the bottom of
ie crater, indicates that the volcano
*s reawakening.
U. S. GETS REM 1 HELD,2 SOUGHT
Federals to Attempt Recapture of
City—Border Guard Prepares
to Avert Casualties.
WASHINGTON. I)e< 29. Antic.-
pating a battle neat- Juarez. Major
General Leonard Wood, Chief of
Staff of the army, to-day sent worl
to Brigadier General Bliss, com
manding the American forces in El
Paso, Texas, to make every effort to
prevent firing across the border by
the Fede-als or the Constitutionalists.
General Bliss was instructed to or
der his men to tAke every precaution
to prevent casualties or damage to
the property on the American side of
the line and to warn the respective
commanders that they would be he’d
personally responsible for any dam
age to lives or property.
Reports from El Paso to-day indi
cated that the Federal forces will at
tack Juarez not later than Thursday,
and that they will try to recapture
the customs port.
Secretary of the Navy Daniels to
day ordered the gunboat Yorktown
from San Diego, Cal., to the west
coast of Mexico to relieve the gun
boat Annapolis. The Annapolis will
return to San Diego for repairs.
Border Town.
Rebels Marching On
PRESIDIO, TEXAS, Dec. 29.—
Scouts of the Mexican Federals in
Ojinaga reported to General Orozco
there to-day that they had sighted
the advance guard of the rebel army
marching from Chihuahua. This
news was immediately followed by
the departure of scores of women and
children from the Mexican town of
Presidio.
United States troops are preparing
to enforce their order that no Ameri
cans must be imperilled by the firing
of the two armies.
It is probable, however, that the
battle will not begin before Tuesday
afternoon, as the rebels will travel
slowly through La Mula Pass.
Negro Cabman Arrested Denies
Knowledge of Robbery—Police
After Alleged Accomplices.
With « negro cabman. Tom Bow
man, under arrest on suspicion of
having driven Jason A. Rosier to the
alley olT Decatur street where he was
•assaulted and robbed and left half
dead, detectives Monday morning be
gan a. search for two other negro-:*,
who also are under suspicion.
The clews connecting the two ne
groes with the assault w^ere unearthed
by a brother of the Injured man. won
told the police late Saturday night his
reasons for suspecting them. He went
with two detectives on a search for
the negroes, but was unable to find
them. The theory connecting the ne
groes and the negro Bow man with the
crime is that Bowman, having secured
Rosier as a “fare.” drove him to the
alley, where the young man was
pulled from the cab and assaulted and
robbed by the other tw r o, who lay in
wait for their victim. Hosier’s broth
er says a $350 diamond stud and a
gold watch which the injured man
wore are missing.
Bowman denies all knowledge if
Rosier. He declares that he never
had a white man in Iris cab Friday
night, and that thrrughout Friday and
Saturday he was not in the vicinity
of the robbery. He probably will be
grilled by detectives Monday in an
effort to induce him to help unravel
the mystery.
The condition of the wounded man
appears to be growing worse. Sun
day he was still unable to talk, and
has not said a word since he was
found.
T, H, Ellett, Well
Known Here, Dead
News has reached Atlanta of the
death of T. H. Ellett, retired mer
chant and prominent citizen of Rich
mond, Va. He was well known here,
having frequently visited his daugh
ter, Mrs. Dunbar Roy. Dr. and Mrs.
Roy are on their way to Richmond
to attend the funeral, which prob
ably will be held Tuesday.
While on his last visit to Atlanta,
Mr. Kltott was tak*-n ill wit:' heart
trouble, but had recovered sufficiently
in August to return to Virginia. He
Is survived by his wife and Mrs. Roy.
SLAYER’3 HIDING PLACE FOUND.
CHESTER, S. C.\ Dec. 29.—Frank
Grant, who killed Sidney J. Fergu
son. a well-known citizen of this
county, has been arrested. He wan
found hid under the gable of the
house of his uncle a few’ miles from
the. oily.
Builders Call New
Crematory 0.K, Now
The new crematory plant now in
free from its defects, according to
Engineer C’anham. who has had
charge of the work since it began.
However, Councilman Claude L. Aeh-
ley, dfiairman of the Sanitary Com
mittee of the Board of Health, de
clares that when he visited the plant
Saturday he found it in wors^ condi
tion than ever before.
The city has assumed the role, of
dictator as to when the test shall be
made and the builders, tho New York
Destructor Company, has sent itn
sales manager, VV. D. Dowd, Jr., to
Atlanta, to agree on a date for the
official test. He will arrive Tuesday.
MANUAL TRAINING PROVIDED.
ST. AUGUSTINE. FLA.. Dec. 29
Through co-operation of public-
spirited citizens with local school of
ficials, a fund has been raised for
a manual training department, and
to-day equipment was ordered.
Marshal Quits; Jail
Now an Ice House
GENTRY, MO., Dec. 29.—The news
papers have had a great deal to say
lately concerning Kingston, Mo., be
cause the town marshal resigned his
position and the calaboose was sold
for a chicken house. Gentry has had
no marshal since the last one re
signed several years ago and it is
more than a year ago that the city
1ail building was sold and moved
away for an ice house,
j Furthermore, Gentry’ has no pool-
room, billiard hall or bowling alley.
Even games of marbles and horse
shoes, so common in most small
towns, are not played here.
Treat Children’s
Colds Externally
Dun’t dose the delicate little stom
ach with harmful internal medi
cines. Vick’s “Vap-O-Rub” Croup
and Pneumonia Salve is applied ex
ternally over the throat and chest.
The body heat releases soothing an
tiseptic vapors that are inhaled all
night long, loosening the tough
phlegm and opening up the air
passages. For all inflammations of
the atr passages from head colds
«nd catarrh, down to bronchitis and
incipient pneumonia. Vick’s is
quicker than internal medicines.
Can be used freely with perfect
safety on tno smallest child. At
druggists—25c, 50c and $1.
XMAS RATES
Reduced over N., C. & St.
L. Ry. and W. & A. R. R.
Apply any Agent.
CRICHTON-SHUMAKER
Cor. S. Pryor and Hunter Sts., Atlanta
MONTHLY FOR TUITION
Places Both TEACHER and PUPIL
ABSOLUTELY ON THEIR MERIT Sch ,? ,a p r r 8 c h f i e p rre< r an
E. C. CRICHTON
Shorthand Department.
D. E. SHUMAKER
Business Department.
INDIVIDUAL INSTRUCTION
By the PROPRIETORS in Person Places the
CRICHTON-SHUMAKER BUSINESS COLLEGE
In a Class by Itself.
SPRING TERM BEGINS MONDAY, JAN. 5, 1914
Hunger Strike Gan
Never Kill, Says M.D.
Special Cable to The American.
BERLIN. Dec. 29—Suicide by a
hunger strike is impossible, declares
Professor Karl Ludwig Schleich, an
expert. This is apropos of an em
bezzler in jail here who is abstaining
from food.
“Let him alone,” advises Professor
Schleich. "Do not attempt forcible
feeding. When he has starved him
self sufficiently he will go into a
frenzy and devour any food given to
him.”
Cripple Runs Amuck
And Terrorizes Town
Three of Mr. and Mrs. David Webb’s five children. Above is David, Jr., on left, from a pho
tograph some time ago, and Mary Lee, aged 6; below, on left, is a recent picture of David, Jr., now
.aged 4, and on the right, Howard, aged 8.
300 of U.S. Warship
Crew Quarantined
LEWES. DEL., Dec. 29.—Six hun
dred members of the crew of the bat-
eship Ohio are confined in the nia-
nne hospital here, while 250 of tneir
•ellowg are fumigating the vessel.
The fumigation was ordered be
muse of several cases of smallpox
iat developed after the Mediterra
nean trip. The men will be in quar
antine for two weeks.
fangoing Forbidden
By French Bishop
special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
KA.RIS, Dec. 29.—A decree forbid-
| in S the dancing of the tango in his
Locese was issued to-day by the
3i«h°p of Besancon.
• he Prelate denounces the dance as
bimoral and calls upon all Christians
^ bar it.
Wedding Rush Onto
Beat Eugenic Law
MILWAUKEE, Dec. 29.— Anticipating
1 enforcement of the new eugenic law
T Wisconsin, a rush is on in every
■'y in the State to obtain marriage
• this month and evade the ex-
'■ nation provided in the measure,
'■‘ -h becomes effective January i.
Kelly Defends Self
In Radium Dispute
BALTIMORE, Dec. 29.—Efforts to
discredit Dr. Howard A. Kelly in his
activity in the field of radio-therapy
met with indignant bursts of disap
proval to-day from his friends. The
physician himself declared there is no
basis for the charge that he is “ad
vertising the merits of radium solely
for his own financial gain.”
“I have never refused to give a
cancer sufferer treatment with ra
dium,” said Dr. Kelly, “and my in
terest in conserving the country’s
supply of radium deposits is that the
thousands of cancer patients may be
benefited by such a policy.”
Wayne Posse, With
Dogs, Trails Negro
JESUP, Dec. 29.—A Wayne County
posse with bloodhounds to-day is
pursuing a negro who last night at
tempted to attack an aged white
woman at Hortense. near here.
The negro barricaded himself in a
shanty, and batled with the Sheriff’s
posse, escaping in the darkness.
Later he shot the Seaboard Air Line •
bridge watchman near Everett City* remind her.
when the watchman attempted to ar- j But she remembered. Their home
rest him. I iri Clarkston, to which they moved
' 1 I several years ago, would be too sma”
SUFFRAGE LEADER DYING.
ENGLEWOOD. N. J., Dec. 29.—
Mrs. Lillie Devereux Blake. 78, n
suffrage leader, is not expected to
live until to-night. She had been in
* a critical condition since she-fell and
i broke her hip two weeks ago.
Clubhouse Engaged to Accommo
date Hundreds of Guests at
“Tin” Anniversary.
Ten years ago when David W.
Webb and pretty Miss Annie Elder
secretly planned and gleefully carried
out a runaway marriage—to the
amazement of their own parents, as
well as to the general surprise of
their friends and acquaintances—the
young bride exacted a promise that
they would celebrate the tenth anni
versary of their wedding in a manner
that would make up for the trick they
had played on people by their elope
ment.
So it comes that there will be a
“tin wedding” Tuesday evening in the
Women’s Clubhouse out at Clarkston
Each of the elopers was 20 years old
when, without saying a word to any
one, they met by appointment and
went to the hoem of the Rev. Julian
S. Rogers, then the assistant of the
Rev. Len G. Broughton, and.made de
mand that he then and there make
them husband and wife.
With the lapse of years Mr. Webb,
now a sedate and well-established
Atlanta business man, had begun to
imagine that Mrs. Webb had forgot
ten the promise he had made her in
the excitement of their elopement.
And. with the ordinary man’s not
overly enthusiastic liking for social
functions, he was not in any haste to
for the concourse of friends and rela
tives. she thought. The Women’s
Clubhouse was just the place. Be
tween three and four hundred invita
tions have been issued to the celebra
tion.
The Rev. and Mrs. Julian S. Rogers
will be among tile guests of honor.
And then there will be three of the
younger generation of Webbs—How
ard, aged 8; Mary Lee, aged 6, and
David. Jr., aged 4. But this is not the
entire family of Mr. and Mrs. Webb,
by any means. There still are Rob
ert. aged 2, and William, who was
ushered into the world only four
months ago. They have been prom- |
ised that they shall attend the next
decennial celebration of the Webb
elopement, but they are too young j
just now to go out to parties and cel
ebrations.
Mr. Webb is a member of the Webb j
& Vary Printing and Publishing firm
at No. 38 1-2 W est Alabama street.
SAN BERNARDINO, CAL., Dec.
29.—Supposedly a helpless cripple,
but in an instant transformed, James
O’Brien, who now occupies a cell in
the County Hospital aw’aiting ex
amination by a lunacy commission,
tried to kill a dozen persons and kept
the little town of Dale in a state of
terror for two days.
He finally was overpowered and
guarded day and night until an au
tomobile could be summoned from
Mecca.
A Sure-Enough
Kidney Remedy
D. W. Brown Calls His
$166,000 Gift ‘Trifle’ ,
Stuart’s Buchu and Juniper
Compound Acts Like Magic
on Liver, Kidneys and
Bladder.
DENVER, Dec. 29.—A chfeck for
$150,000 and a $16,000 necklace was
the gift of D. W. Brown, Denver
multi-millionaire, to his daughter Ha
zel Bird Brown, who was married in
New York on December 6 to Captain
J. W. Flanagan.
Mr. Brown admitted he had made
the present and called it “a mere
trifle ”
Alabama Elopers
Marry at 1:30 A, M, ^
u ' medic
EL'FAULA, ALA.. Aec. 29.—Eluding
their parents in the dead of nignt,
Miss Rosa Goodson and Clem Stevens
drove from White Oak, this county,
to Georgetown, Ga., across the Chat
tahoochee River and were married at
1:30 o'clock this morning by Ordinary
J. E. Dozier.
Of the hundreds Mr. Dozier ha«
married these were the "earliest.”
No more bone pains, aching back,
eadache, puffy eyes, swollen legs, of-
' fensive urinous odor, diabetes, cloudy
urine or frequent, desire Try Stuart's
Buchu and Juniper Compound, the new
and wonderful kidney and bladder rem
edy. We could talk till doomsday
about how good this remedy is, but the
only sure way is for you to try it >our
self. Bu> a $1 bottle and take as di
rected on bottl*. Stuart's Buchu and
Juniper Compound has cured thousands
of sufferers where all other remedies
have failed. Stuart's Buchu and Juni
per Compound won’t inake you feel sick
when you take it, but tones you up.
Stuart's Buchu and Juniper Compound
acts directly ori the urine through the
kidneys. It keeps the blood healthy. It
strengthens The reck of the bladder,
it regulates the kidneys and does away
backache and nil disagreeable
toms. If discouraged with other
medicines, buy a $1 bottle of your drug
gist to-day and take as directed on hot
tie.—Advt.
Umbrell
as
and
Raincoats
Special
We are unusually well prepared to supply
your wants in Umbrellas and Raincoats at most
unusual prices. The stocks are large, the size
scale practically unbroken and owing to our
Reorganization Sale we are offering values
which mean a large saving as compared to the
prices you will pay elsewhere.
Extraordinary values in Raincoats from
the best makers in the land, at
$3.95, $5.50, $6.50, $7.50, $8.50
$ 1.00 Umbrellas 85c
$1.75 Umbrellas $1.35
$1.50 Umbrellas $1.15
$2.00 Umbrellas $1.65
XMAS RATES
Reduced over N., C. & St.
L. Ry. and W. & A. R. R.,
Apply any Agent. i
Better Grades at Proportionate Prices
Qoud-Stanford Co,