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4 TJ1E A i LAN 1 A GEORGIAN. GIRL BREAKS PLATE MEET ON U. S. WARSHIP COOOOOOOOOOOOOGOOOOOOOOOQO OK P, MUSTER'S HEAD AND DEATH^FOLLOWS Hotel Waitress Resents Insult of a Quest During Con vention. Special to Tie Georgian. Charlotte, N. C.. July 19.—Poatmaater A. If. Long, of Rockingham, N. C. dead aa the result, at least In part. It 1* alleged, of a blow on the head, delivered by a pretty young hotel ».i I tress, a white girl, at Greensboro, during the stale Republican convention. . It Is asserted that Long, while par tially under the Influence of liquor, naked the young woman the number ot her mom, to which she replied by breaking a (date over Long's head. Many years ago Long was a con firmed drinker, but for six years had live,) soberly until about live months ago, when the old temptation gained the upper hand of him, and he sank back Into his former habits. TO BRING ABOUT PEACEI A LITTLE HI8TORY AND THE WEATHER. L F OE MRS, RUCKER On account ot the failure to make lonnectlon at New Orleans, the body ot Air- L. S. D. Rucker, the daughter of Judge and Mrs. William T. Newnan. will not reach Atlanta until 11:40| Thursday night, and the funeral serv ices will be held Friday morning. The body will be taken from the station to Barclay and Brandon's undertaking es tablishment. and simple services will be held at the grave at the Ume of In terment Rev. C. P. Bridewell officiat ing. Lieutenant Rucker will accom pany the body to Atlanta and will bring with him also hla Infant child. He was met at San Francisco by Col qultt Carter, of the United States court, Who went on from Atlanta. i The following named gentlemen will art as pallbearers: W. U. Carter, P. H Adams, Harry Dodd, Evelyn Harris, John Hill, F. P. Gamble, John Glenn, Jon Dean Steward. Judge and Mrs. Newman catne down W ednesday from Arden, N. C., accom panied by their daughters, Mrs. Wal ter Howard, Mrs. John L. Patterson pnrl Miss Frances Newman and by their eon, Hear)' Newman. STATISTICS. BIRTH8. To Mr. and Mrs. William 8. Wler, St 1S4 McAfee street; a sou. DEATH 8. • Mrs. Kanry It. Hparks, died of heart fllsvaae, at si l’uUlnin street. \V. J. 1 tenseu, 41 years old, died of else- tile shock at corner ■ of Bell street and Hampton slreel, of coosumptlou. PROPERTY TRAN8FER8. 17.700 Penal 8am—It. J. Msgrudsr to Wil li'. Hyatt, lot oa corner of Summit Special Cable—Copyright. Kan Salvador, July 19.—Ths United States warship Marblehead la now at Acajulta. where Dr. Jote Pacua and R*nor Gallegae, the Salvadorean peace commissioner*. will go aboard and join the Honduran commlsaloner. The Marblehead will leave thla after noon from San Joae, Guatemala, where the Guatamalan commleslonere will join them. United 8tatep Minister Merry and Mexican Mlnlater Gambea will be the party. It la the purpoie then proceed to sea, outelde the 1-mlle limit, where the peace terms will be nego tlated. Deaths ahd Funerals. lln 9372—Mrs. F. J. Wallace to Atlanta Bank' Ing and Havings Company, lot on Mel- drlm slreel, near Chestnut street. Mori- gnite. 91,82b— Philip II. Aleton, edmluletartor, to Mrs. Mery L. Flcklln. lot ou Whitehall terrace, uetr Whitehall etreel. 9300—IV. T. Ashford to Jeesle K. lVrsgf, — ** M " -unn-itMu, 1. Wood, lot on Fulton ntreet, uesr Con iwily, warranty deed. I1.W0—Hulien Young to Mrs. F. J. Wei- In,", lot ou lleldrlin street, near Cheat unt. Warranty deed. 93,100—M. I>. I Millie to Mrs f.. E. Finn, et nl., an undivided half Interest In laud lot 12t. Kiilton county. Warranty deed. 93,000—Clarence B. Houston to lilrkln- near Ilntler. Bond for title. buildingTpermits. 121.000—Georgia ltnllnay end Electric Company. lo Imlld addition to power plaut on Butler etreel. 940—lira. M. C. Boll, to relay floor atMB ... _ Bprmthn. to adu to frame tiutldlng at 2S8 lee street. 9100—Mrs. J. J'. Allen, to build frame room la rear • Luelle avenue, 150— M. lYsntck, Jr., to recover frame lt”'dllug ou, Ashby street. 96*0—W. It. Finley, to add one-story to frittno dwelling et 114 Mnrkhem street'. 51.2J9-W. I,. Halley, to add to frame store at 3vy East Georgia evenue. 9400-rarmers’ and Traders' hank, lo build mult at t» Peters etreel. 92.000—0. II. Booth, to build Iwo one- story frame dwellings at 151 nnd 15] Chapel street. 91.800—J. B. Rdwerds. to build one-alory frame dwelling et 52 Prospect piece. 575— Mrs. 8. A. Owens, to add to frame dwelling at 51 Ponders avenue. Mies Sallia D. Miller. Mies Sallle D. Miller, 21 years old. died at the residence of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. IV. H. Miller, 8 Gartrell street. Wednesday evening at 7:16 o'clock. Funeral services will bs held at the residence at 9 o'clock Friday morning, and the body will be taken to LaOrange for Interment at 12:25, Charles E. Griggs. Charles K. Griggs, a well known cltl ten of Atlanta, died suddenly at hie home, 552 Piedmont avenue, at If o’clock Wednesday night of heart fall ure. Mr. Griggs was formerly a con ductor on both the Seaboard and the Southern railways, and has since been In the clothing business. He Is aur vlved by a wife and 5-year-old girl. The funeral services will be held at 8 o'clock Saturday afternoon at the resi dence. Mlse Ethel May Hudson. Miss Ethel May Hudson, 41 years old, died suddenly at the residence of her mother, Mrs. M. A. Hudson, 414 Luckle street, Thursday afternoon. She la sur vived by her mother, Mrs. Hudson. The funeral aervlcos will be held at the Taberpacle Baptist church Friday af ternoon at I o'clock, and the Interment will be at Oakland. William F. Knoop. William F. Knoop, 80 years old, died Wednesday afternoon at his residence, B Hampton street. He Is survived by wife and one child. The body was taken to Woodstock, Uu, at 8 o'clock Thursday morning for funeral and In termenl. I. G. Motsly. I. O. Mosely, 30 years old, died of typhoid fever at hla home on Greens ferry road at 2 o'clock Wednesday af ternoon. He was an employee of the Weatvlew cemetery. He Is survived by wife. The funeral will be held at Ills late residence at I o’clock Thurs day afternoon, and the Interment will be at Westvlew. Mrs. Nancy D. Sparks. Funeral services will lie held at 2 ’clock Thursday afternoon over the body of Mrs. Nancy D. Sparks at the residence nt her son, William C. Sparks of 96 Pulliam street. She la survived by a daughter, Mrs. Mariam Crldley Tye, and a son, William Clay Sparks, and a sister. Mrs. Lucrstla Mershon, of Atlanta. Mrs. Sparks, who was the widow of the late John William Sparks, was 82 years old at ths time of her death, and had been a reeldent of At lanta since 1865. Rev. H. K. Pendle ton will offlclate at the funeral, and the Interment will be at Oakland. HARTJE DAMAGED BY WITNESSES Hr Private Leered Wire. Pltteburg, July 19.—The flret witness today In the Harlje divorce eult was another handwriting expert, Samuel C. M done. The tamoue lorn letter repre rented to have been written by Mrs. Ilartje to Madlne was the flret to come , under hla attention. Mr. 51alone was of the opinion that there were flaws In the composition of the letter In question. He also found several other defects, all of which went t-> show that tha expert was decidedly of ths opinion that the letter was not genuine. He said the writing waa«n Imitation of some other person's writing. Elizabeth Rechtel, of Second avenue, the tenderloin street, went on the stand Sad testified to the habits of Mr. Harijs. Her testimony caused a mur mur of surprise to pass around the spectators and witnesses In the court mom. She Identified Ilartje as the t.ian she had seen with a tall dark- haired young woman. Mrs. Philip 8. Dunlap. Funeral services were conducted Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock over the body of Mrs. Philip S. Dunlap, wife of P. S. Dunlap, of the Rverett-Rldley Company. Mrs. Dunlap died on the train near Spartanburg, S. C„ while be ing brought home by her husband. She had been nt Asheville In the hope of recovering her health, and waa being brought home when death overtook her on the way. R. B. Sandiford. Special to The (Irorglnn. oxford, Ga., July 19.—R. B. Sandiford died here Monday afternoon at 1 o'clock. He had been sick for several months and hla death waa not a sur prise. The funeral services were con ducted at his late residence by Dr. James E. Dickey, and the body was taken on the early train to Saint Marys for burial. He leaves one daughter and four sons. , , .. . . , The family accompanied the body to St. Marys and will return In a week. Mrs. Fannie Holme*. Mrs. Fannie Holmes, aged 18 years, died at a private sanitarium early on Thursday morning. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mr*. Frank Hub- bell of 175 Ivy street. She has lived In Atlanta only a few month*. She Is survived by a husband and young baby. Her husband Is now In Knoxville, from which city Mrs. Holmes came with her parents a few months ago. The funeral arrangements have not yet been an nounced. ON A HAND CAR MEN ARE KILLED men. both Italian laborers, were Instantly knted at Beruloe. Ills., by a Panhandle freight train. The men hod seised * hand ear. sad wera yak- Inc their way *lown the t«rk to Bernice, when a fa«t moving freight train met them Jnet •• they were About to round A •harp curve. ATLANTA NEWS BRIEFLY TOLD Heavy Finos for Samples. A total line of 315 and costs waa as aessed against John Samples In the recorder's court Wednesday afternoon when that personage waa arraigned on the charge of disorderly conduct, and all because of the fact that he wai arrested a year ago for drunkenness and failed to appear In court when out on ball. For being drunk at that time he was fined 85 and coats, for contempt of court In not showing up afterwards hs was fined 815 and costa, and on the charge of disorderly conduct h* was lined 515 and costa. Preaohlng by Rev. Sam 8mall, The Baptist tabernacle tent meetings which are being conducted this week by Rev. Sam Small are proving to be a great success and large crowds at tend each meeting. The series closes Friday night. Camping Psrty Returns. The Young Men's Christian Assorts tlon camping parly, which has been en joying the past two weeks at Demorest, la expected to return Thursday after- noon. Meaeoges from the thirty young man In the party have brought the In formation that they have enjoyed the outing Immensely, In spite of the In clement weather, and have been much benefited In health. 8u*s Because of Levy, J. J. Domett entered suit Thursday morning against the Central Realty Company for $1,120. He alleges that R. L. Lyon, an agent of the company, levied on furniture owned by petition er and that this action was brought maliciously and without reason. Company Asks for Charter. Homer Jackson, J. T. Jordan and N. E. Merck filed In the superior court Thursday morning an application for i charier for the Jackson Mercantile 'ompany, to be capitalised at 2500,000 The company propose* to enter Ipto the sale and manufacture of surgical and dental Instruments and supplies. Major Elliott Promoted. Major E. H. Elliott, of Savannah, has been commissioned lieutenant colonel and assistant Inspector general of the national guard of Georgia. He succeeds Q. Nash, who resigned to accept the captaincy of the Bamesvllle company, In the Second regiment. Colonel 0. B. Stevens III, Colonel O. B. Stevens has been quite III at his home In Cornelia this week. He waa expected here Monday, and an no news was received until Thurs day, It was not known what kept him away. He wrote that he hoped to be well enough to come to Atlanta next Monday. New Life Insurance Company, charter has been granted the Georgia Union Life Insurance Com pany, with headquarters In Dublin. It s to be a mutual co-operative concern, and the Incorporators nre J. Warren Carter, J. O. Carter, Sr., and M. C. Carter, of Johnson county; George B. Davie, of Laurens county; C. L. New and J. D. New, of Washington county. 8UIT8 FOR DAMAGE A0AIN8T RAILROADS. Special to Ths Georgian. Huntsville, Ala., July 12.—The South ern railway has been sued here for 220,000 by the estate of A. O. C. Mead ows, of Birmingham. Mr. Meadows was killed In North Birmingham In June. The Charles Slaughter estate la su ing the Louisville and Nashville rail road In the United States court here for 210,000 damages. Old Sol made a gallant strug gle Thursday to shine wfthout Interruption from the clouds, and was fairly successful. Thunder heads tumbled and bollad up for a major portion of the morning, but no rain fell. Forty-two years ago this date the battle of Peachtree Creek took place. If some of those who took part In that affair, and who haven't been In this neck o' the woods since, could drop In about thla time, they'd hardly recognise It as the shot and. shell-torn village of near half a century ago. Forecast: Occasional show-, era Thursday night and Fri day. Thursday’s Temperature. 7 a. m. 71 degrees 8 a. m. .. .. .... . .78 degrees 9 a. m. .. 78 degrees 10 a. m. 79 degrees 11 a. m ..81 degrees 12 noon. 82 degrees 1 p. m 88 degrees 3 p. m 84 degrees OOOOO0OOOOOO0O0OOO0O00O00O MASONS LOSE $95,000 BY COURT DECI8I0N. By Private Leaned Wire. San Diego, Cal, July 19.—By decision of Judge Hobbs In the superior court at Los Angeles, the klasonlc order loses over 895,000 bequeathed to It by C. W. Bush In 1905. GOGOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOiJOOOO TWO FEUD'LEADERS KILLED FROM AMBUSH By Private Leased Wire. Lexington, Ky„ July 19.—Dick Hall and John Thornberg, feud leaders, were killed from ambush In Floyd county, according to news reaching here today, DECLARES THAT RIVAL PUT HIM INTO VAT By private Leaned Wire. New York, July 19.—Accused of « din bollcnl Attempt to kill or dlnflguru hla ri val for the bind of a yomij* woman by pushing lilm Into a vat of boiling w»- Ignatx Bernates, of 95 Grecnpolot avenue, llllMville, Long Inland, was ar raigned In the, Long Inland dtfy [tolled igen, Benjamin Mnrrif. jlaapeth. Long Island, pear against him. He court. Swathed in hand*) of Clinton arenue, , waa In court to appear export'd frlgbtf'P aenra wlrera ha bail been itcalded. And told the story of the love affair to convince ttio court that Herns- tea might hare had reuaou to wish him out of the way.# For a long tlma, declared Morris, 111- feeling has existed between himself and Bernatei because both loved pretty Mlsa Htrebensky. of Maspeth. As there wera no witnesses to the scene i the chemical works when Morris was Injured, the coart has only the word of one man against tli.it of tire other. The case was adjourned to Friday. TRYING TO RESCUE BABES, HE DIES MRS. THA W’S LA WYERS GIRL GRIEF-STRICKEN WILL GIVE UP PAPERS\ BV UNTIMELY DEATH OF FUTURE HUSBAND By Privets Leased Wire. New York, July 19.—The Thaw case took another sensational turn this af ternoon, when former Judge Olcott de clared he would not oppose the legal attempt of Lawyers Hartrldge and Gleason to get from him such papers and documents as the Olcott firm had gathered while It had complete charge of Thaw's defense. ' "I do not understand this new mo tion," said Mr. Olcott, "except that It Is a perpetual motion. I worked all day yesterday getting these papers to gether, and here they are." Mr. Olcott showed a large bundle and a small valise filled with papers. "I promised Mr. Hartrldge that I would send the papers over to him n« soon aa I could,” said Judge Olcott. bars bean vary boy, ar.i n,,t until in night was I finally able to get the docu ments all together. “Everything In my possession per talntng to the Thaw ease Is there the exception of some private papers and memoranda In the list suggestions of my ,,\vn I -In n u , ,n-l,l.u they Would be of any use." It was also Muted that Mrs. Thaw linn determined to put- m. m,,r,- of !,er son's bills until he accedes to her wishes. . ■ TO BE SINGLE IS— WELL, IT’S NOT TO BE THOUGHT OF By Prtrate Leased Wire. New York, July II.—'“To Ire single Is hell— married life Is the real thing." reflectively •aid Police Magistrate Luke J. Connor ton, In the Flushing court. A moment before be uttered this dictum the magistrate had shown extreme mercy to two offenders who confessed, sbame-fncedly, thst they were more than SO years old snd unmarried. • "Of ten men, more than 10 years old, who come before me, nine are unmarried, the magistrate continued. "AH men who wjsh along to It. Talk — — vantages of marriage and he will propose and Ire grateful all bis life." "Yon are single now. Judge," said one of the magistrate^ audience, "why don’t you" i'm a widower," Connorton Interrupted hastily. "But you are known all over Queens horongh as the ’Happy Little Judge/ How do you reconcile that frith your advice?" "If yon will excuse me I will go to lunch.’* exclaimed Connorton and hs hur ried out of court. NSANE PATIENT Deaf and Dumb Pole Runs Amuck in an Asylum. By Print, Leased Wire. Boise, Idaho, July . 19.—Charles A. Justus, aged 39, and three children of his sister, Mrs.. Samuel lloundy, were burned to death at the family home stead, four miles east ot Middleton, last night. The parenta were In a hospital at Boise. Justus remained with the seven children. When the honse was found to be on Are the four older chil dren escaped. Justus went Into the burning bulldlnk to rescue ths younger ones. This morning their charred bod ies were found In the ruins. By Private Lenstsl London, July 19.—To obviate delays by storms, the telegraphic trunk lines are being put underground In Great Britain. The underground line between here and Glasgow Is already completed. By Private Leased Wire. Scranton, Pa., July 19.—Ignatx Krewxyp, a deaf and dumb'Pole, aged 85 years, an Insane patient, who was not regarded as dangerous, yesterday afternoon murdered two Inmates. He was given .work In one of the wards with two women, also Insane patients, Mrs. Ann Golden, "Missouri" Ann Vsn Valen. The three Were moving some cots under the direction of Keeper Richard Davies, who left the room mo, mentarily. Selling the opportunity afforded by the keeper’s absence; the insane man ran Into the doctor’s office and there picked up an amputating knife, and ran upstairs to the upper floor. Keep er Davies ran after Krewxyp and the latter turned upon him and burled the knife in the keeper's chest. He then attacked the two women. He stabbed Mrs. Golden In' the cheat twice and then stabbed Mrs. Van Valen once. Fidytl Beemer, the son of the superin tendent, knocked the knife out of Krewsyp’s hands. Both women died soon afterwards. After the deed was commlttsd he jabbered In a vehement manner and no sign of emotion could be obtained from him. He Is now a raving maniac. SAMUEL. SPENCER IS APPEALED TO Special to The Georgian. Macon, Ga., July 11—A committee of bualneM men and PongrcMman Bartlett have requested a personal Interview with Samuel Hpencer. to protest against the al leged discriminations against the Nan Elis abeth, at Brunswick. The Southern railway officials have de clined to permit this oemnlgee river steamer to take her cargo nt the South ern dock, where It Is unloaded by the Mallory line boats. The refusal continues, eveu to the offer of the Macon people to pay the unnnl charges. The threat has been made that In the future the Houth- ern will not permit the Nan to lighten her cargo from thla plnr. NAVAL LIEUTENANT MARTIN ARRESTED AS A BURGLAR; WOMAN CAUSED DOWNFALL NEW FRENCH COMMANDER IS FAMOUS 80LDIER. 11 8EAL8KIN 8ACQUES ARE 8TOLEN FROM CAR By Privet, Uaaed Wire. Buffalo. N. T„ July 19.—Elevsn-seal- rkin sacques valued at 82,909, part of a < -uislgnmcnt to a Kansas City dealer, were stolen from a New York Central car In ths East Buffalo yards. Two of ncqoes were found lost night ae- 8. snd Fred Bsrihel was arrested I held on an nun ahnm. By Prlvete Leased Wire. Parts, July 19.—General Hngron, the new French commander-ln-chlef, Is s soldier of the Intellectual type. H* was first of hts year at Saint Cyr In 1862, and flint of his year at the Staff College s few years later. He got his captaincy only a few weeks before the outbreak of the war with Germany, In which, attached to the staff of General Lefebvre, of ihe army of the Rhine, he fought at Froenchwlller and 8edan, whence he was carried a captive Into Oertnany, and confined first nt Bonn and then nt Munster. Immediately after his release he was sent to Algeria to help In the suppression of thf Kshyllan rebellion, and he has, In more recent years, commanded a brigade, at Constantine, a division at Belfort, and an army corps at Che lone-sur-91 amt. ALL CONTAGIOUS DISEASES ARE TO BE I80LATED. By Private leased Wire. San Francisco, July It.—The health committee of the supervisors has de cided to recommend the passage of an ordinance giving the board of health authority to remove from their homes and Isolate oil persons afflicted with contagious and Infectious diseases. There has been an ordinance ot thla character applying to smallpox coses only. It.ls now proposed to Include all Infectious diseases, snd particularly •ubsrculosls sad pneumonia. A, C, L TO Double Tracks to Ovnucct Atlanta and City of Macon. By Private Treated Wirt. Waahlngton, D. C., July 19.—A report waa made public here thla morning to the ef fect that the Southern Railway Company la to double track Its line between Atlanta nnd Macon nnd that the Atlantic Coast Line system will enter Atlanta from Macon over the Southern tracks aa soon as the new plan la carried ont. It has been a matter of public knowledge for some time that the officials ot the Atlantic Conat Line were dealrous of en tering Atlanta from Mocou, especially since securing control of the Macon, Dublin and Barannah line from Macon to vldalla, aa n part of the proposed extension of the lines of the company from Macon to 8avannah. It Is Mid at the headquarters of the company that a charter was recently op- Bed for at the office of the secretary of tate In Atlanta for the building of a link of road from Vldalla to Flemlug. thereby arriving within forty miles of Hnvanunh. The charter has not yet l»een secured, al though no delay is expected and prelim inary work la Mid to be under way for the tints. , .. T — r Isheil and the distance shortened about three tulle* Chief Engineer W. H. Well*, of the con urther ac- Nothing Known In Atlanta: Inquiry at the local offlcca of both the Southern and Atlantic Coast Line fall confirm the foregoing reports. General Agent Thompson, of the Southern, was out of the city Thursday and could not be soen, Commercial Agent Davidson, of the Atlnn tic Coast Line, stated that he had received uo Information on the subject and waa dis posed to discredit the eutlre atory. Sur veyors have been at work Iretweeii Macon and Atlanta for the past few weeks and Taken to Hospital and May Not Survive the Ter rible Shock. Special to The Georgian. Chsiljlte, N. C.. July 19.-An extremely tad and tragic xtory la being enacted hers this week. Ml,, Isabel Taylor, of Wash ington, I). C„ engaged to It. Baxter Parr, x promising young memlier of the Ctur. lotto Iwr, whose untimely death occurr.il Tuesday night. Is prostrated with grief over the young nun's desth. snd todxy bed to lu taken to the Presbyterian hospital for medical attention. 1 1 The condition of the yonng woman I, re- e bled as serloas, and ererythlng ponilit, human skill I, lieinx done to relieve the awful mental and phyxlcnl strain under which she has been borne down. FIRST IN ATLANTA TDSUCCUMBTD HEAT The first heat prostration of the yea- eon was reported Thursday afternoon, when an unknown white man, appar- ently over 80 years old, was overcome about 2 o'clock on North Pryor street, near the Young Men's Christian As sociation building. i The old man's predicament was first discovered by a negro boy passing on a bicycle, who notified the police. Aft- er receiving medical attention the man wa* removed to the Grady hospital, where his early recovery Is expected, the attack being a alight one. He couldn’t Intelligibly tell hlx name, but raid he lived at 27 Gaxklll street. WORK WILL START ON THJMJNDERPKSS After Many Months of Gab Activity Is in Sight. , Ax fir aa ..ellx lx not In the city. Inquiry at the office of Ihe secretary of atxte showed that the Atlantic Coast Mini hud applied for a charter for the extension of Its system, hut as It had not been sd- - — -■—,| m i py |awr f*— anted as yet. NAVAL LIEUTENANT MARTIN. Ex-I.teutenant Martin of the United Staten navy, arrested as a burglar, and Gusele M. McKee, who caused his downfall. Coincident with his courimartlsl for misappropriating funds at Fort Hamilton, It was discov ered thst the army officer had married the McKee womnn, knowp ns the "Poolroom Queen.” He was found guilty and dismissed from the army. Afterward he served a term In prison tor forgery. The picture ot Mar tin show* him In officer'* uniform. BUILDINGS FID BY LIGHTNING By Private Leeecd Wire. Kansu City, Mo., July 19.—During a heavy rain and lightning storm late thla afternoon the Frankel-Frnnk MU' llnery Company's building on Broad way was struck and set on fire. One woman was carried out stunned. The Coates House, A. Booth Fish Company, the Parke-Davls Wholesale drug houee and the big Loralne apartments are en dangered. The fire has eaten Its way to the sixth story of the millinery con cern and the Parke-Davlx building has caught fire. GIRL TAKES ACID AND TELLS PARENT By Private Leased Wire. New York, July 19.—'To my little mother: Done! May God bleu you and keep you just as good as you are. Remember me, and know that after the second one, I could not stand It. The little box I leave, too, for It li ev erything I now possess. The title pic tures are Herberts, drags (mother). Goodbye. (Signed) “LAURA." After writing this note tq her moth er, Laura M. Senach, known also as Laura Stackpole, a pretty girl of 29, who I* said to have been In the "Fan- tana" Company during the past season, swallowed carbolic acid early today In her room In the Imndon apartment house at No. 192 West Sixty-sixth street, and then crawled to her moth er's bedside In the next room, shriek ing with pstn. The girl awakened her mother by falling on tha latter's body. The moth er, seeing her daughter’s desperate con dition, got some one In the apartment house to call an ambulance and the gtrl was taken to Roosevelt hospital, where It was raid she was In a critical condition. In her room besld* the note to her mother, were found fragments of oth er notes. Indicating that |h* had been deply In love with a man whose Initials are "H. K. B.," and whoa* baptismal name U Herbert. After many months of haranguing and waiting, wosk will start on the South Boulevard underpass Immediate- ly. Mayor Woodward received a letter from President Milton H. Smith, of the Louisville and Nashville railroad, Thursday morning, which stated the railroad was ready to commence work at once. President Smith wrote that the work had been delayed because of It being necessary for the Southern railway to accept the plans of ths Louisville and Nashville engineers. The city will build the approaches to the underpass, while the railroad will do the work under the tracks. The work of the city and of the railroad will be carried on simultaneously, so that, the street will not be blocked any longer than Is possible. NO DEVELOPMENTS IN THE HESTER CAGE Special to The Georgian. Opelika, Ala., July 19.—There are no new developments lo the Eugene Hes ter case at Montgomery, no definite steps having yet been taken in secur ing his release, his bond being fixed at 83,900. Hester moved to Opelika xhortly aft er his arrest at Montgomery »nd bought out the Crescent pool room of A. O. Smith A Co. Since his residence here he has, as far aa Is known, conducted himself as befitting a good cltlxen. and there were very few Opellkans who connected his name with the case which attracted so much attentloa In the Capital CUy, when Eugene Hes ter was arrested on a charge of robbing hla own car while a postal clerk on the Atlantic Coast Line, packages of mone> confided to his care to the extent ot $2,821 having been secreted. The con victed man has a large family. FEAR MoiiTlOLENCE WHEN TRIAL IS CALLED Special In The Georgian. , Charlotte, N. C.. July 19.-The fire nritroee In Jail here charged with the brutal nmole of the Lyerly fnrnlly Bnturday before W' light, will be given a preliminary bear “» In Ballsbury tomorrow morning, but jn negroes will Iw kept here, sa It tx f«JJ wiMr pmrence in Miiwuri -11 wtu»n> th«» details of the awful ******* JL Ire ffrelttd again, will Inflame thf lP"*.? treyoml thHr power of control. .WJEfSiam* u**M»a will Ire examined by Solicitor ID® complete innocence and acem to b® l * h - disturbed by the d«n**rou« poaltiou occupy. GUARD OF HONOR FOR LONGWORTHS IN TURK'S LAND Special Cable—Copyright. . Paris, July 13.—A farewell lur.meon was given at the American embassy t • day In honor of Mr. and Mrs. Nlcho Lengworth. who will on Saturday rtan for Constantinople. It Is understood here that when the Longworth* re tne Turkish frontier they will be me by a guard of honor who wlU eee {| them to Constantinople. The suit* making all sorts of preparation IJ the entertainment of th* pr' 1 " 1 " m daughter and her hueband. Thej Include an Illuminated water . the Golden Horn, a dinner by the and other unuiual honors. TRY A WANT AD - IN THE GEORGIAN