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MONDAY, APRIL 12. 1915.-
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Miss Briggs Weds
G. M. Brown Jr„
of Atlanta
Mrs. M. A. Briggs, of Valdosta, an
nounces the marriage of her daughter,
Harriet Caroline, to George M. Brown,
Jr., of AtlantR, on Sunday evening,
April 11. at 9 o’clock.
This announcement comes as a great
surprise to the Atlanta friends of
both these young people and. although
their engagement had been known in
their own < irele of friends for about,
two years, it was thought the wedding
would take place In October.
The ceremony was performed by
the Rev. M. F. Smith at the home of
the bride’s mother and only the im
mediate family were present.
Mr. and Mrs. Brown are now’ at
home with the bridegroom’s parents,
Mr. and Mrs. George M. Brown, on
Peachtree street.
As Miss Briggs. Mrs. Brown fre
quently has visited Miss Corrie Hoyt
Brown and was here for some time
last fall. F'or several years she at
tended school at the Washington
Seminary and. with her mother, spent
the summers here, taking a home in
Ansley Park, so that she already has
a number of friends here to welcome
her. There probably will be a series
of entertainments for her.
Ragland-Groves Wedding.
A pretty home wedding, and one of
much interest to many friends in Sa
vannah as well as in Atlanta, was
that of Miss Evelyn Ragland and Rob
ert Walker Groves, of Savannah,
which took place Monday afternoon
at the home of the bride’s parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Thomas Edward Ragland.
The bride’s sisters, Mrs. Walter
Bobbins and Mrs. Robin Adair, were
matrons of honor; Miss Eva Powers,
of Anniston, Ala., was maid of honor,
and Misses Marian Fielder and Rhea
Habersham King w r ere bridesmaids.
Little Luctle Stone and Darold Dob
bins were ribbon-bearers.
The decorations throughout the
house were elaborate and were car
ried out in Easter lilies, roses and
quantities of palms and ferns. Smi-
lax formed a mural decoration
throughout the house and the bride’s
table was adorned with Lady Hilling-
ton roses and valley lilies in pyra
mid effect, with all minor details in
yellow' and white.
The bride was lovely in robes of
white tulle over white satin, with a
garniture of lace and pearls, and she
carried valley lilies showered with
sprays of the saiiie flowers. Her tulle
veil was worn over the face and ad
justed with orange blossoms.
The matrons of honor wore white
lace with wide yellow girdles and they
carried Lady Hillington roses. The
maid of honor wore yellow tulle and
carried yellow roses. The bridesmaids
wore white and carried white roses.
The ribbon-bearers also were in
white.
Mrs. Ragland, the bride’s mother,
wore crepe de chine and lace. Mrs.
Groves, the bridegroom’s mother, w'ore .
black chiffon. Miss Eloise Walker;
arid Miss Margaret Huston served ;
punch.
After an informal reception, which
was attended by only the relatives
and a few close friends, Mr. and Mrs.
Groves left for Washington and New
York and will sail for the Bermudas.
Returning, they will be at home in
Savannah.
Theater Party for Bride-Elect.
Miss Annie Nolan entertained at a
box party at the Forsyth Monday af
ternoon in compliment to Miss Mar
guerite Ward, a bride-elect.
The guests included Misses Madge
Horne, Annie Leman, Mrs. Rosser
Ward and Mrs. B. C. Ward.
Miss Ward wore a tailored gown
of blue garbardine with a small black
hat trimmed in feathers.
Miss Lipscomb Entertains
House Party in Athens
Miss Virginia Lipscomb, who is entertaining a house party in
Athens, at the home of her grandmother, Mrs. M. A. Lipscomb.
The members of the party went to attend the dances of the Uni
versity of Georgia, which are always given Easter week by the
Pan-Hellenic and German Club.
Writers’ Club Meets.
The Atlanta Writers' Club held its
regular semi-monthly meeting Mon
day afternoon at the University Club.
Miss Louise Barili gave several song
selections and a short play yvae read
by Miss Arline Scully.
There Were many clippings read
from newspapers regarding the effect
the war is having on plots In recent
publications.
The next meeting will be held on
Monday, April 26.
Meeting at St. Philip's Cathedral.
AH women of St. Philip’s Cathedral
are requested to attend the meeting
of the Women’s Co-operative Asso
ciation Tuesday morning at 10:30
o'clock in the parish house, when busi
ness of importance will be discussed.
Domino Club to Meet.
Tie Fortnightly Domino Club will
meet Friday morning at 10:30 o’clock
with Mrs. Edwin Stewart, No. 777
Ponce DeLeon avenue.
Newnan Club to Meet.
The Newnan Club will meet with
Mrs. Joel Ramey, No. 243 South
Boulevard. Wednesday afternoon at
3:30 o’clock,
Reception at Mansion,
Governor and Mrs. John Marshall
Slaton will entertain at a reception
Tuesday evening at the Executive
Mansion in compliment to Misses Dor
othy, Rosalind and Cynthia Fuller, of
Dorset, England. Seyenty-flve friends
have been invited ai 3:15 o’clock, and
a charming feature of the evening will
he the musical program which will
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who will sing; many of the folk songs
of England. Scotland and Ireland.
Among the selections will be “I Would
That the Wars Were Well Over,”
“Dabbling in the Dew,” “Brlxham
Town,’’ “The Flowers of the Forest,”
“High Germanic.” “When Shall We
Be Married?” “Both Sexes Give Ear
to My Fancies,” “Whistle, Daughter,
Whistle.” •
Mis« Lofton Entertains.
Miss Dollie Hulsey Lofton was host
ess Saturday afternoon at her home
in Ormewood Park to a number of
young friends in celebration of her
birthday. Her guests were Misses
Adeline Jordan. Annie Banks, Louise
Gentry. Julia Gentry. Margaret Con
nolly, Miss Muirhead and Charles
Coker, Andrew Coker and Malone
Russell.
Reading of “Enoch Arden.”
Tickets for Mrs. Merrill Hutchin
son’s reading of “Enoch Arden,” with
musical setting by Richard Strauss,
at Mrs. J. M. High’s home Wednesday
afternoon are being disposed of rap
idly and a large and fashionable audi
ence will assemble to hear the poem.
The young ladies’ committee of the
North Presbyterian Church sponsor
the reading.
Mr Burton to Address Drama League
Richar.1 Burton’s lecture for the
Drama League on Tuesday afternoon
on George Bernard Shaw is being an
ticipated with pleasure by those who
know President Burton as a lecturer.
As president of the National Drama
League he stands among the foremost
lecturers of the day and has been
heard at all the leading colleges of the
country.
Dr. Shaw's Lecture.
The weekly suffrage teas, held in
the several wards of the city by the
Fulton and DeKalb Counties Suffrage
Party, have been postponed from
Wednesday of this week to Wednes
day of next week, owing to the suf
frage activities attending the visit of
Dr. Anna Shaw, who will speak at the
Auditorium Tuesday evening. Box
seats and all seats from the center
of the Auditorium back will be free.
The public U invited to hear the noted
lecturer on suffrage.
All officers and members of the ex
ecutive board of the three Statf* and
local organizations are asked to sit on
the stage
Woman’s Study Club.
The Woman’s Study Club will hold
a meeting in Carnegie Library Thurs
day afternoon. April 15. at 3:30 o’clock.
Miss Martha A. Emerson will give a
talk of Colonial days in New Hamp
shire and that State's educational re
sources. Miss SarMi Whaler will
speak of the writing of the Do' ; an:
lion of Independence, and others will
tell of the signers of the constitution
from that State.
Luncheon'for Bride-elect.
Miss Catherine Wyly will entertain
at a beautiful luncheon Wednesday
for Miss Janet Lowndes and her at
tendants. The guests will be, besides
Miss Lowndes, Miss Louise Riley,
Miss Laura Lee Cooney, Miss Vir
ginia Bowman, Miss Mary Butler and
Miss Emma Belle Lowndes,
Mrs. Franklin Entertains.
Mrs, D. L. Franklin recently enter
tained the members of her auction
bridge club and other friends.
The rooms were decorated In jon
quils.
Mrs. Arthur Kent won the guest
prize, a box of silk handkerchiefs, and
the hostess was presented a piece of
china by the club.
Mrs. Franklin’s guests included
Mrs. Charles F. Crouch, Mrs. A. S.
Welson, Miss Pauline Adams, Mrs.
Arthur Kent. Mrs. Samuel Krahen-
buehl, Mrs. D H. Floyd. Mrs. T. G.
Conn, Mrs. F. R. McCulloch, Mrs. E.
G. Thomas Mrs. Joseph Berman and
Mrs. Clarence Berman.
Benefit Dance.
A committee of young ladies from
the Sacred Heart Church will give a
benefit dance at the Imperial Hotel
Friday evening. April 16. when tickets
will be 50 cents. The chaperons will
be Mr. and Mrs. George Flynt, Mr.
and Mrs. Clayton Burke. Mr. and Mrs.
Joseph Holohan. Mr. and Mrs. KennOn
Mott. Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Perry, Mrs.
McAlpin and Mr. and Mrs. John
Campbell.
Opera “Carmen” To Be Read.
Continuing the series of opera read
ings given under the auspices of the
Indies’ Altar Society of the Sacred
Heart Church, “Carmen” will be in
terpreted at the Georgian Terrace
Wednesday evening at 8 O’clock.
PERSONALS
Dorflinger, will accompany her and
be her guest for grand opera.
Mrs. Florence VVadley Coleman, of
Macon, will remain as Mrs. Frank In
man's guest until grand opera.
Mrs. R. M. Poindexter is improving
at a sanitarium after a severe illness.
Her son, R. Clyde Poindexter, has re
turned to Bunnell, Fla.
Miss Laura Cowles has returned
from a visit to Miss Marion Hodgson
In Athens.
Miss Maud Barker Cobb was a
guest at the week-end dances of the
State University in Athens Friday
and Saturday evenings.
Mrs. Edward Harris Coy, of Wash
ington, Is the guest of tier parents
General and Mrs. Peter Meldrlm, in
Savannah. Mrs. Coy. who was Miss
Sophie Meldrlm, is being delightfully
entertained.
Mrs. Charles MPrray Is the guest
of MrS. Paul Garham, of Birmingham,
and was the honoree at a dance Fri
day evening given by Mr. and Mrs.
Garham
Mr. and Mrs. \Y. T. Hall announce
the birth of a son, W. T. Hall, Jr.,
on April 11.
Miss Elisabeth Pendleton, of Ken
tucky, who Is attending school at Ag
nes Scott, spent her Easter holidays
with her cousin, Mrs. Edwin Stewart.
There will be a meeting of the At
lanta Pan-Hellenic at the University
Club Tuesday morning, April 13, at
10:36 o'clock.
Gabriel R. Solomon left Monday for
Troy, N. Y., where he will be for sev
eral months.
Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Wit ham, whose
marriage took place last Wednesday,
are now in Colorado Springs for a
short stay before going on to Cali
fornia.
Mrs. Eugene Bullard, of No. 120
Lafayette drive, is convalescent after
a serious illness.
Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Hinton, of At
lanta, are at the New’ Willard, in
Washington, D. C., for a few’ days'
stay.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter D Park and
little daughter, Merle, of Blakely, Ga.,
have returned home after a visit in
Atlanta,
No ChangeToBeMade
In Atlanta Terminal
Although forty or more railway mall
terminals of the United States Post-
office Department^ will be abolished
June 30 and half of the clerks now
employed in these terminals put to
work in mail cars, thre likeLv will be
no change at the Atlanta, terminal,
according to o;c?al» of the service sta
tioned here.
The terminal franch of the mail
service was established two years ago
to facilitate the handling of the par
cel post business In some places it
has been found that this work can
be taken care of now by the original
forces However, in Atlanta the par
cel post business continues so im
portant that it is not believed at all
likely the two terminal forces sta
tioned here will be withdrawn.
Escaped Convict
Shot as Burglar
BIRMINGHAM, April 12.—Lewis
Newton, alias August Smith, an es
caped convict, was shot and probably
fatally wounded while trying to bur
glarize the residence of J. E. Smith
at East Lake last night.-
New’ton escaped from the peniten
tiary last month, after having served
part of a twenty-year sentence for
grand larceny.
CREDITORS FILE OBJECTIONS.
BRUNSWICK, April 12.—Charging
that W. L. Stone, farmer and turpen
tine operator of Hazelhurst, "has
falsely and knowingly omitted prop
erty from schedules" and testified
"falsely,” five creditors have fiPiri
objections to his discharge front bank
ruptcy.
SUFFS PLAN BIG
Pleasantly Excited Over Her Lec
ture Here Tuesday—Dr, White
to Introduce Speaker.
Atlanta suffragists, although scorn
ing perturbation under ordinary cir
cumstances. were frankly excited on
Monday over prospects of the visit of
Dr. Anno. Howard Shaw Tuesday, it
will be a great day for "the cause,"
local leaders gay.
Dr. Shaw, admittedly the foremost
guffragtst of the nation, comes to At
lanta tn make an address at the Au
ditorium Tuesday evening. She will
arrive in Atlanta from Columbus on
Tuesday morning. An imposing re
ception committee, composed of rep
resentatives from each of the three
local suffrage organizations, will greet
her, and will accompany her to the
WinecolT Hotel, where she will be
during her day's stay.
A select group will be admitted to
the leader's suite In the morning, but
there will be a general reception on
Tuesday afternoon, when every ad
mirer and follower of the famous
leader may shake her hand and hear
a personal word of encouragement
and congratulation.
According to plans for the address.
Dr. John E. White will Introduce Miss
Shaw, and State and city officials will
he among the audience. Representa
tives of the three Atlanta suffrage or
ganizations will be on the platform
with the speaker.
Admission to the lecture will be
free, although a charge will be made
for certain reserved peats. There will
be hundreds of splendid seatR without
charge, however
The leaders tn arranging tor Dr.
Shaw's lecture announced Monday
that the merchants of Whitehall and
Peachtree streets had been asked tn
decorate in the official suffrage color
—yellow—Tuesday, as a welcome to
Dr. Shad. Many merchants had
agreed to use this color scheme in
window displays, they said.
Says Prohibitionists
Deceived Suffragists
BIRMINGHAM, April 12—Dr. Anna
Howard Shaw, president of the Na
tional Woman Suffrage Association,
in an address here bitterly attacked
the Prohibition party for what she
termed shameful betrayal of women.
Dr. Shaw declared nearly every wom
an is a prohibitionist, but every time
the women had called upon the Pro
hibition party for aid they had been
refused.
"I made one speech In favor of the
Prohibition party,” declared Dr. Shaw,
"but if God forgives me I'll never
make another one.”
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Mr. and Mrs. J. E. VanValenburg
and sons have taken apartment in
the Peachtree Apartments, corner of
Peachtree and Peachtree circle, and
will be at home there after next week,
having spent the winter with Mrs.
VanValkenburg's brother, Howard
Pattillo, at he family home. Mr. Pat-
till© has taken an apartment In the
Evelyn.
Dr. and Mrs. John R. Atkinson left
Sunday night for a visit to Mrs. At
kinson’s sister in Montclair, N. J.,
going from there to be with her fa
ther and other sisters in White Mills.
Pa. They will be awav two weeks,
re'urnlng to Atlanta April 24. when
Mrs. Atkinson’s sis.er, Miss Katherine
Your Garden Opportunity
It’s easy to make a good garden now when all
conditions are favorable. Gardening's the most
fascinating, pleasant, healthful and natural rec
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planted garden.
Plant Now
Beans, Beets, Carrots, Lettuce, Melons, Peas,
Potatoes, Radishes, Squashes, Turnips, Tomatoes
—in fact, practically any vegetable seeds that
vour taste or fancy may suggest—and be sure to
allow for successive plantings of such table neces
sities as Beans, Lettuce, etc.
Save Time and Loss
Several weeks’ time will be gained with To
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the fine, large, stocky, retransplanted plants that
we have, and you will find our plants easy to han
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home without disturbing the roots.
Flowers and Bulbs, Also
Beautiful flowering plants—fine, large, healthy
bulbs—flower seeds of the finer strains and best
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Seed offer with each purchase of fifty cents or
more of seeds. Our catalog will help you. Be sure
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Tenth District Clubs
To Meet This Week
MILLEDGEVILLE. April 12—The
Woman's Club Federation of the
Tenth Congressional District of Geor
gia will meet in Milled* 9* ill* in an
nual convention Thursday and Friday
of this week. There are twelve wom
en’s clubs in the Tenth District.
Among the entertainments to be
given for the visitors is a reception by
Mrs. L.- M. Jones and Mrs. J. W.
Mobley in the apartments of the su
perintendent of the Georgia State
Sanitarium.
There will also he arranged a visit
to the Georgia Normal and Industrial
College, located here
Among the prominent clubwomen
of Georgia that are expected to be
present are Mrs. H. B Wey, Mrs. Ly
man J. Amaden. and Miss Isma Dooly,
Atlanta: Mrs. M. A. Lipscomb, Ath
ene; Mrs. J. E Hozs. Montezuma;
Mrs. Bruce C. Jones, Macon; Mrs. A.
H. Brenner, Augusta, and Mrs. T. W.
Hardwick. Randersvllle.
Rabbit Gone and Now
‘Billie’ Is Lost, Too
Have you seen Billie? He is a Bos
ton terrier, brown from his undipped
ears to the tip of his tall, except for
one white eyu, and under his chin is a
spot the size of a silver dollar where
the hair has been burned olT, so you
can easily identify him.
He Is the dearest playmate of little
James York, of No. 105 1-2 North
Pryor street, and James has been In
consolable ever since his disappear
ance, because he has no one to carry
sticks for him James thinks .that
troubles never come singly, because
he has lost his pet rabbit, too. He
doesn't know whether the rabbit fol
lowed Billie or Billie the rabbit, but
he wants both of them back right
away. J. D. Rembert, of the LaSalle
Hotel, owner of the doer, has offered a
revard for Its return.
Gov .Glenn Announces
Ga. Prohibition Plan
Ex-Govornor R. B. Glenn, of North
Carolina. Sunday delivered two pro
hibition lectures in \tlanta, speaking
at the T ibcrnacle and the Grand
Theater. He announced that a plan
to interest the coming Assembly in
anti-saloon legislation, looking to the
outlawing of near-beer saloons, is un
der way He said a mass meeting for
this purpose would be held in Atlanta
June 22.
Mr. Glenn will spend the next three
weeks in Georgia, assisting the antl-
8 a loon forces in a State-wide cam
paign in behalf of the proposed legis-
iation.
U. S. Plans to Rescue
Refugees at Tampico
WASHINGTON, April 12.-Officials
to-day had u.ndrr consideration a plan
to send an array transport to Tampico
to bring hack to the United States
some 300 Americans who have ap
pealed to the State Department for
transportation from Tampico. They
are out of work and said to he with
out funds.
!A request from the State Depart
ment was awaited by the army chiefs
before taking final action in the mat
ter. Meanwhile, the cruiser Wash
ington, with Admiral Caperton, is ly
ing off the port ready to give assist
ance if needed.
FLORENCE CRITTENTON MEETS.
The lady board of managers of the
Florence Crlttenton Home will meet
at the Carnegie Library Tuesday
morning at 10 o’clock. A full attend
ance is urged by Mrs. John C, West,
corresponding secretary.
Fair Proposed for
Southeast Georgia
WAYCROBS, April 12.—During this
month a meeting will be held in Way-
cross to discuss the feasibility of
holding in Waycrowi in the fall n big
.Southeast Georgia fair or exposition.
Eight or ten counties would he asked
to participate. Waycross businessmen
have been discussing the question re
cently and sentiment generally is in
favor of the fair.
Years ago the biggest fair of this
section was held annually in Way-
cross.
Wife Slays Woman
Who Lured Husband
And Won His Love
TAMPA. FLA., April 12.—When
Mrs. W. S. McLaughlin went tn the
ho#ie of Ethel Blue and pleaded for
her husband's love, the Blue woman
tauntingly said:
"Why, Mack doesn't love you any
longer; I’ll show you." Going to the
telephone, she called McLaughlin at
the Bronx saloon and made arrange
ments to meet him. Mrs. McLaughlin
stood where she could hear the con
versation and was permitted to hold
the receiver tc her ear and hear her
husband use endearing terms to the
other woman.
"Vou shall not have him." screamed
Mrs. McLaughlin, as she dropped the
receiver, drew a pistol and shot the
Blue woman through the heart Mc
Laughlin, at the other end of the tel
ephone circuit, heard the shot.
"My God, there's something wrong
there,” he said.
The Blue woman's sister called a
doctor, but she was dead when he ar
rived. Mrs. McLaughlin went to her
husband's room to kill him. but he
had locked the door. Then she went
to the police station, where she gave
herself up. She had been separated
from her husband and held the Blue
woman responsible.
President Arthur’s
Sister Dead at 87
JOHNSTOWN, N. Y, April 12 —
Miss Annia Eliza Arthur, sister of the
late President Chester A. Arthur, is
dead at her home here, aged 87.
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