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TIIF. ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
HUSBAND HAS NOVEL
BY WIFE SUPPRESSED
MRS KEN'A CARY SHEFFIELD.
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Talbot Says He Failed to Shoot
Escort to Save Name of
Little Girls.
M s wife'* downfall vs a* brought
>bout by her love of tine riot he. w and |
a gay time." stated A. L Talbot, hu -
band of Mr* Clifford Talbot, arrested j
with George K. Sawyer, of Boston, ut
the Piedmont. "I have known of her
wrongdoing for a long time. Tin .
reason I did not kill Georg** Savvy r!
was because I did not want to stain !
the name and blight the lives of my I
two little girls."
The injured husband made that
statement of his case before going to
the Recorder'*! t’ourt early Thursday
morning to testify against the couple
"I went out to what had been our ;
home, at No. 893 Seaboard avenue,
this morning." be added. "I wanted j
to get my clothing and a few per-
sonal effects My wife's mother, Mrs !
K F. Holmes, and her sister, Mm.,
William Wolfe, slammed the door in j
my face, and threatened to shoot me; i
so I came away."
Will Seek Divorce.
Talbot says he intends to institute j
suit for divorce without delay, asking
for the custody of the two children,
Edna, aged 6. and Lucile, aged 9.
The Talbots have been married
twelve years. About a year ago, the
husband says. Mrs. Talbot and Saw-
> er, a traveling salesman from Bos
ton. became acquainted on a train
near Macon. Ga.
Since that time," Talbot asserted,
"Sawyer has been unceasingly atten
tive to my wife. She loves fine
* lothes and a gay time—more than
I was able to give her, and support
the children, and all that. When Saw-
. yer showed a disposition to furnish
the things she cared for motft, she 1
seems to have been an easy victim.
Mrs. Talbot is 29 years old. Saw
yer is 41.
Both Are Held.
In the Recorder's Court a prelimi
nary hearing was waived and Sawyer
was bold under $1,000 bail; the wom
an in $500.
John Moore, who appeared for the
husband, announced that a fight would
be begun immediately for the two
children, Rutile, aged 9, and Edna
Maj. 6. He said that at present the
youngsters were with Mrs. W. J Can-,
trell. a sister of the accused wife. The
husband announced at the same time
that he would bring suit for divorce,
baaing his charges on the alleged in
cidents in the Piedmont.
T. B. Felder was retained by the
accused woman and asserted that siie
had merely acted Indiscreetly and the
accusations were all exaggerations.
10,000 Coming Here
In Record Road Meet
Through the action of the American
Road Builders In deciding to meet In
Atlanta with the American Road Con
gress In 1914, Atlanta will have the
gieatest good roads convention*n his
tory, with more than 10,000 dele
gates in attendance, acocrdlng to
indications Monday. The American
Road Congress decided on Atlanta at
its convention last summer. Last
week the American Road Builders de
cided at Philadelphia to Join in the
meet.
f>r. Joseph Pratt Hyde, of Chapel
II ill. N. C., State geologist and high
way commissioner for North Caro
lina, was in Atlanta making arrange
ments with Secretary Fred Houser, of
the Atlanta Convention Bureau, to
* ire for the monster delegation
London ‘Highbrows’
Hail Noisy New Year
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
LONDON, Jan 1. —The new year
was welcomed vociferously In Weil
End streets and around St. Paul’s
pandemonium reigned until long after
midnight.
Elaborate pageants arranged at the
big hotels drew throngs of guests, the
Savoy alone entertaining about 2,000.
including the Grand Duke Michael
Alexandrovltch, the Duke and Duch
ess De Vl*eu. Signor and Signora
Marconi and many Americans
At the Carlton, Claudia Lasselle en
tertained a merry party of fourteen.<
Mr and Mrs. Graham©-White anf
Lady Paget were there with a party
of five, and Mrs. E. McClellan with a
party of nine.
Shackleton to Race
Again for the Pole
Special Cable to Th© Atlanta Georgian.
LONDON, Jan. 1. Sir Ernest H.
Shackleton, the explorer, in a Jettvr
to The Times, announces his Intention
to lead another expedition to the
South I ole In 191f.
He will start from a South Ameri
can port with the object of crossing
the south polar continent from sea to
sea. returning by way of New Zea
land.
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USE OF CALOMEL
PRACTICALLY STOPPEO
Dangerous Drug Giving Way for
Safer, More Reliable
Remedy.
Hundreds of people in this \ Icinlty
atone have stopped the use of danger
ous calomel when their liver is acting
slowly, and take Dodson's Liver Tone
Instead.
Dodson's Liver Tone Is always safe
and has none of the bad after-effects
which so often follow the use uf calo
mel. It Is a pleasant-tasting vege
table liquid that starts the liver gently
and surely, and relieves constipation
and biliousness and causes no restric
tion of habit or diet.
Many preparations have sprung up
that Imitate the claim* made for Dod
son’s Liver Tone, but remember
Dodson's Liver Tone is the tried and '
tested remedy that has proven such a
g<>od medicine and is so satisfactory to j
every user is the reason these imita
tions are on the market.
Dodson's Liver Tone can not hurt j
Mviyone and it it’fails to do all that is)
• laimed for it. ill druggists who sell it |
will give your n»onev back with a smile J
- AdvL I
Justus Sheffield Declared “The
Golden Hollow” Was a Libel
on Him.
NEW YORK. Jan. 1.—Mrs. Rena
Cary Sheffield, author of "The Golden
Hollow,” published In October and
mippresaed the day it was put on
sale, by her husband, Justus Shef
field, from whom she has been sep
arated two years, feels she has a real
grievance.
"It has been the ambition of my
life to write," said Mrs. Sheffield,
"and when 1 f *»und I had written a
story that my publisher thought so
well of that it was placed second on
the list of popular fiction for the holi
day season, I was very, very happy
—but, presto! a mere letter >»©nt bv
Mr Sheffield, charging that the book
libeled him, sent my hopes a-gllm-
merlng books ordered were counter
manded, books received were returned
and stand now piled high on the
shelves of my publishers, a monu
ment to a man’s selfishness.”
Dr. Rosslter Johnson, author and
editor, had this to say when seen to
day:
Lytton'a Wif© Did It.
"This is the first time In my recol
lection when a person, thinking him
self too unflatterlngly pictured, sup
pressed a book. There was Roxina,
wife of Edward Bulwer Lytton, who,
having quarreled and separated from
him, published very scurrillous things
about him, but I never heard he at
tempted to suppress them.
■ For an American example, l may
refer to her who wrote under the pen
name of Fannie Fern and afterward
married James Barton. She was a
sister of Nathaniel P Willis, with
whom she quarreled, and whose por
trait, easily recognizable, she set
forth In no flattering colors in her
novel entitled "Ruth Hall" (18541,but
he did not attempt to suppress it.
"What redress Mrs. Sheffield has I
do not know. 1 should suppose that,
if there is no legal separation, the
husband would have a right to for
bid the wile of the hook simply on the
ground of the general authority that
goes with his responsibility- but not
being a lawyer by profession. I can’t
speak positively on that point. Again,
if the matter complained of. however
true, draws a recognizable portrait of
the complainant and is evidently pub
lished from a malicious motive, then
I am sure the law has been violated
and the book may be suppressed.
Only Boosts th© Book.
"In a general way. it seems to me,
it Is only a rule of common sense and
common experience that th*' best way
to suppress a book is to be careful
not to mention it. To complain of it
is almost certain to Increase its cir
culation. Personally, I am anxious to
rend this book.”
In a recently published historical
sketch of the Authors’ Club, by its
secretary. Duffield Osborne, many
questions of vital Interest to author
and publisher are dealt with, but
nothing is said about the disturbing
possibilities to writers regarding al
leged libel and the consequent sup
pression of their books.
It Is a well-known fact that an au
thor-editor now enjoying a post of
honor abroad suppressed a work he
had written when he found It met
with the disapproval of his Southern
friends—because of his desire to edu
cate the negro people.
So Mrs. Sheffield’s unprecedented
case stands still until such time as
Mr. Sheffield decides to make a per
sonal retraction of his letter. In the
meantime, in her studio in Short
Hills. N. J. Mrs. Sheffield is busy on
a new novel to which she hopes there
can be no objection.
Finds Gold Near City:
Exhibits Pure Metal
« \ Parks, of No. 33 Auburn ave
nue. says he has discovered a gold
vein within ten miles of Atlanta
which has already netted him five
pennyweights of pure metal He is
showing to his friends a small vial
containing gold worth about $6.50.
which he says was the result of an
hour's work Sunday
Parks is a bookkeeper at the Union
Plumbing Company.
Continued From Pag© 1.
ing to protest against the bulletins
and propaganda of the Men and Re
ligion Forward Movement, indications
Thursday were that the conference
of business men which will be engi-
i neared Thursday by Forrest Adair
and L. J. Daniel will result in the
abandonment of the meeting idea and
the adoption of a definite plan of
tampaigu againat the bulletins
Inasmuch aa Mr. Paxon’s editorial
In his church paper, The Welder, and
his subsequent comments in The
Sunday American started the protest
against the bulletins that has now-
reached such proportions, it is con
sidered likely that his ideas in regard
to the mass meeting will be heeded,
j and whatever plan he way suggest
probably will be adopted.
Forrest Adair declared Thursday
that although he favored Mr. Daniel’s
Idea that a mass meeting be called
to discuss the advisability of taking
|ome action against the Movement
and endeavor to prevent the publi
cation of the bulletins, he would not
insist on such a plan being followed,
in view of the opposition of Colonel
Paxon.
Ready to Aid Any Move.
"It seemed to me,” Mr. Adair stat
ed. "that the time was ripe for a
meeting, but it is apparent, in view'
of the opposition that Colonel Paxon
has to such a plan, that he has a
more effective method of fighting the
bulletins that are doing such great
harm to Atlanta, and holding the
town up to ridicule all over the United
States. I am willing to aid in any
movement for the suppression of the
bulletins, whether it takes the form
of a mass meeting or whether some
other plan of action is adopted.
"It is hardly probable that any
thing definite will be known regard
ing our plans until we can have a
conference. I endeavored to arrange
such a meeting yesterday, but owing
to the fact that it was the last day
of the year, everybody was so busy
winding up the year's affairs that no
lone could find time to take the mat
ter up. I hope to be able to confer
with Mr. Paxon and Mr Daniels and
others some time Thursday, and it
is likely that this conference will re
sult in a definite plan of campaign.
"It certainly should be apparent to
everyone that something must be
done and at once.”
Colonel Paxon declared Thursday
I that he opposed the idea of a mass
meeting because of a belief that it
would accomplish but little good, and
would result In advertising the things
the business men are seeking to sup
press.
Many of those who wrote letters to
(Colonel Paxon Thursday morning in-
! dorsing his criticisms of the Men
The Atlanta Clearing House Assort a- 'and Religion Movement and approving
tion has started In earnest Its campaign of his stand in the matter, as e. or
for Atlanta one of the proposed regional ^8^°treated as ‘confidential
banks, to be organized under the new and nameB withheld from the
currency law. i public. Many of these are among the
The following committee lias opened
ol , ,
Commerce rooms, ami will work sys Typewriters reilteCl 4 ITIOS.,
tematically and constructively for th* <tjr 1ir . Am "\X7tor *MTpVi CO
bank Robert F Maddox and James K Up. Am. YV Ig. v/v/.
< Utley, for tlm Clearing House Associa ^ — ^__——-—■na
tion, and J. K. Orr, Joseph A. McCord
and John W. Grant, for the Chamber of
Commerce.
This joint commtitee will get in touch
Leaders Organize in
A Systematic Effort
For Regional Bank
most influential business and profes- ,
sional men of Atlanta, and many in
dicated that later in the fight they
expect to make their views public and
give the movement their heartiest co
operation and assistance.
J. C. Stanford, of the Cloud-Stan-
ford Company, a well known business
man and a member of the Rotary
(Hub, was among those who wrote
to Mr. Paxon Thursday morning
"I think it is the duty of every busi
ness man,” Mr. Stanford wrote, "as 1
well as ever>’ Rotarlan, who is in
sympathy with the movement you had
the courage to Instigate. to inform
you Just where he stands. Person
ally I am, and have always been,
seriously opposed to th<« bulletins that
have been published, and believe the
efforts of the Men and Religion Move
ment are being honestly but grossly
misdirected. You are to be con
gratulated for having the courage to
open this important subject which
leads myself, as well as it does many
others, to make known his views who
otherwise might never speak out.
Assures His Support.
"I sincerely trust the lead you have
taken will be the means of enlisting
the multitude of liberal minded who
believe as you do. Let me assure
you that my support is in thorough
accord with your views, and that 1
shall be glad to enlist at the op
portune moment.”
Mr. Paxon also received a letter
from M P. Greenfield, a well-known
Atlantan, who declared that Mr. Pax
on came to the front when Atlanta
was In great need of a leader, and
expressed his approval of Mr. Paxon’s
attitude in proclaiming to the world
that the city is not nearly so cor
rupt as theb ulletins were advertis
ing.
E. C. Lyle, a traveling salesman
for the Beck & Gregg Hardware
Company, also wrote Mr. Paxon a
letter from Monroe, Ga., Thursday, in
which he declared that the bulletins
place Atlanta in a disgraceful light.
“I am glad,” he wrote, ’’that at last
we have a business man with back
bone enough to come out and protest
against the false statements contain
ed in these bulletins.
Outsiders Misinformed.
“People living outside of Atlanta
naturally think, from reading the
bulletins, that vice and white slavery
not only exists In its most flagrant
form, but that their wives and daugh
ters coming to Atlanta would be in
sulted on the streets and their sons
lured up some stairway by bad
women.
”1 am a traveling salesman and
naturally come in contact with a
great many people who ask me re
garding Atlanta. All of them be
lieve that terrib 1 - conditions exist m
our city, and they gained their im
pression through reading the bulle
tins of the Men and Religion Move
ment.”
Mr. Lyle said that only a few' days
ago a merchant In a small Georgia
town told him his daughter had ac
cepted a position as school teacher
in a North Georgia city, and that site
would have to pass through Atlanta
in order to reach the place. The
merchant feared to let her come to
the capital city of the State alone,
Mr. Lyle declared, and asked his ad
vice as to whether she would be saf^
during the few hours she had to be
here. Mr. Lyle declared that the
bulletins not only had injured, the
business of Atlanta by keeping peo
ple away from the city, but that they
had prevented many Georgia parents
from sending their sons and daugh
ters here to hoot.
FEDERAL BANDS
III LAST STAND
PRESIDIO, TEXAS, via Mili
tary Headquarters, Marfa. Jan.
1.—Making desperate efforts not
only to capture Ojinaga but to make
prisoners of all the Federals before
they have time to retreat to the Unit
ed States, the rebels are closing in
from all sides upon the doomed city
and pouring a steady fire of shot and
shell into the Federal ranks.
The battle, which has been raging
since Wednesday afternoon, began
again at daybreak tms morning. The
fighting is most desperate. The loss
of life on both sides has been heavy.
Buildings Burned.
The city has been lighted all night
by the flames of burning buildings,
fired by bursting shells.
Wounded refugees who arrived here
say that the loss of life in the bat
tle zone has been tremendous. Hun
dreds have been killed and many so
badly wounded that they can not
make their way to the American side
of the border for treatment.
The rebel artillery has been so
maneuvered during the fight that it
now occupies a position on a number
of hills commanding the city. The
batteries are pouring a hot fire into
the town from twelve big guns. Rebel
cavalry is laying just back of the
artillery, preparing for a charge.
Settlement of Sugar
Trust Suit Is Denied
WASHINGTON, Jan. 1.— John J.
Suter, private secretary to Attorney
General McReynolds, to-day denied
an agreement has been reached be
tween the Attorney General and the
American Sugar Refining Company to
settle the suit against that concern.
“The case is now in court and will
continue to be there until it is set
tled," he said.
John D, Gives $7,000
More to His Church
CLEVELAND, Jan. T.—John D
Rockefeller kept his pledge to give
the Euclid 'Avenue Baptist .Church
$1. for every 40 cents contributed by
the congregation front November 1 to
January 1. He’s out $7,000.
Dr. Cook Poses as
‘American Dreyfus’
NEW YORK, Jan. I.—'When Dr
Frederick A. Cook was out in th©
Northwestern Stat< ; stirring up *
postal card crusade to convince Sen
ators and Representatives that there
was a wide public demand for a Con
gressional investigation of his Polar
claims, he made much use of a cir
cular which described him as th©
“American Dreyfus.”
No Promise, Ring Nor
Bible at This Wedding
NEW YORK, Jan. 1.—No Bible, no
"love, honor and obey,” no raised
right hands, no ring, no kissing,
marked the marriage ceremony of
John Henry Guy, a banker, and Miss
Gerda Sebbelov.
There is Q n /yr One
“Bromo Quinine”
That is
Laxative Bromo Quinine
It May Rain or Be
Clear-Who Knows?
Most anything in the way of weath
er is likely to happen in Atlanta to
day, the first of the new year. Over
at the Weather Bureau they said they
didn’t know' what was going to hap
pen and weren’t going to try to find
out. to-day being a holiday for the
barometer and the thermometer, as
well as for the hired hands.
Wednesday morning the weather
men said it looked like rain for New
•Year's Day; but on New Year’s Day
the sun shone—at least it is shining
right now—and it did not look like
rain.
Used the World Over to Cure a Cold In One Day
Always remember the full name.
Look for the signature on every
box. 25a.
in viic uay
/■'“ATLANTA'S OLDEST SAVINGS BANK
The
Georgia Savings^
Bank & Trust
Company
Pays A
Dr. Pearce Talks
To Philosophers
An interested audience heard Dr.
H. J. Pearce, of the Brenau College
Conservatory at Gainesville, Thurs
day afternoon on "The Limitation of
Knowledge.” He lectured before the
Southern Society of Philosophy ana
Psychology in the Tech auditorium.
Dr. Pearce is president of the society
and one of the South’s prominent ed
ucators?.
He entertained the society at a
smoker at the University Club Wed
nesday night.
$1 Starts
the
Account
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GEORGE M. BROWN, President.
JOHN W. GRANT. Vice President.
JOSEPH E. BOSTON. Sec. and Treas.
Grant Building
CORNER BROAD AND WALTON STS
immediately with all the banks and
business interests in Atlanta’s vicinity,
with a view to enlisting their support in
the movement.
The bankers and business men of At
lanta believe that Atlanta will be able
to secure one of the regional banks eas
ily, by perfecting an immediate organi
zation of forces and getting Intelligently
to work.
Electrical Concern
Pleads Bankruptcy
The Co-operative Electric Company,
h local corporation, has filed a volun
tary petition in bankruptcy schedul
ing its liabilities at $1,558.25 and as
sets at $2,185.
F. E. Ratlenlaben has been nam^d
receiver by Judge Newman.
PICTURES GO ON AT
THE OLD DUTCH MILL;
GOOD. CLEAN SHOWS
Pictures will again fill the
waits at the Dutch Mill begin
ning to-day. Smoking will also
be abolished, and the policy of
th© new management is to cater
to women and children. The usual
gplendid musical comedy bill will
he continued, and this within it
self Js well worth the time flnd
price. Th© Dutch Mill is quick!v
coming into its own under the
new management.
T ©-NIGHT
SIS
ATLANTA
ALL THIS WEEK
Matinees To-day and Saturday.
MAETERLINCK'S
T u
BLUE BIRD
Original N. Y. Cast and Production.
Price*, 25c to $2.00,
G D 1 |d n Dally Matlnaa 2,30
KAN I* Evening at . 3:30
AIL THIS WEEK
Qraatast of All Ph oto-Dramaa
"The Volunteer
Organist'
In Eight
Part©
3,000 PEOPLE IN THE CAST.
Prices, Mat, 10c, 25c Right, 10c. 25c. 50c
FORSYTH At,ant ?. ,s , Bu *y T t ie .?! te . r
An Event of th©
Season,
Neptune’s Garden
and Enchanted Pool.
McKay and Ardlne,
Gliding • O’Mearas.
Willard <1 Bond and
Others.
Dally Matinee and Night
Next Week
LASKY’S
WATER
CURE
and
RUBE
GOLDBERG
Night 1:15
LYRIC THI *
NORMAN HACKETT CO.
Presenting O. Henry's Story
THE DOUBLE DECEIVER
With Mr HACKETT and PLAYERS
Next “Plsccmatat” Hackett
Week UllSSmaiCS company
Make One Resolution
for 1914— and Keep It
With the new year start a savings
account with the Trust Company of
Georgia and add to it regularly and
watch it grow.
Four per cent interest compound
ed semi-annually.
Money deposited by January 10th
will draw interest from January 1st.
Trust Company of Georgia
Capital and Surplus, $1,800,000.00.
53 55 N. Pryor Street.
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On Our Entire Stock of Men’s and Young Men’s
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All Suits and Overcoats T hat Were
$15.00 Reduced to . . $10.00 $27.50 Reduced to . . .$18.35
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25.00 Reduced to ... 16.65
30.00 Reduced to . .. 20.00
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40.00 Reduced to ... 26.65
25 Per Cent
Discount On
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Odd Trousers
$5.00 Trousers ... $3.75
$6.00 Trousers .. .$4.50
$7.00 Trousers . . . $5.25
$8.00 Trousers ... $6.00
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This sale includes all BLACK, BLUE and FANCY SUITS, all LIGHT, MEDIUM and
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