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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 13,
* Great Special Sale
Mantels at Factory Cost
We are the manufacturers and sell you Mantels direct,
saving you at least 25 per cent.
We will offer this Special Mantel for 30 days at
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IT
GRILLS! GRILLS!! GRILLS!!!
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they have formerly been sold.
I Woodward Mantel Co:,
85 Whitehall Street.
CAPTAIN W T. DIXON WEDS;
DIVORCED ONLY WEEK AGO
Special to The Georgian.
Savannah, Ga., Oct. 13.—Captain W.
F. Dixon and Mrs. Virginia Adelalne
I.ocas, widow of the late Frederick
Luraa, who committed aulclde some
time ago at hla home near Athens, Ga,
were married last night. *
I'aptaln Dixon, who was formerly
In command of the Chatham Artillery,
was divorced from his former wife.
Mrs. Dollle Dub Dixon, only a week
ago.
Captain Dixon has a very line voice.
He and his bride will leave today for
New York, where he will tnke voice
culture and prepare himself for grand
opera work, In amateur productions.
His friends predict success for him on
the stage.
FARMERS BUILDING
BIG BONDED WAREHOUSE.
Special to The Georgian.
Decatur, Ala., Oct. 13,—The Farm-
era - Union will commence work at once
on a large cotton bonded warehouse at
Hnrtselle, 14 miles south of this city.
The building will be of concrete and
will cost 37,000. It will be used for
the farmers to store their cotton In.
Farmers’ unions have been organised
all over this portion of the state. The
farmers are of the opinion that by or
ganising they can control the price of
cotton.
Why Don’t You Skate?
ESCAPED CONVICT ARMS
AND TERRIFIES COUNTRY
Sp.cl.al to The Georgian.
Donalsonvllle, Ga., Oct. 13.—A white
convict, U years of age, escaped from
the turpentine camp of J. S. Bhlngler
* Bro., near here Wednesday after
noon, and armed with a shotgun Is
mil at large terrifying the community.
The first Intimation that the owner of
the camp had of hla escape was while
he ivas driving along' the road the con
vict suddenly emerged from a cane field
and crossed the rood In front of Mr.
Shlngler’s buggy, and, getting the
"drop" on Mr. Shlngler, proceeded to
back off into .the woods. When last
seen he was making for the Alabama
fide of the river.
SHERIFF CENSURED
BY POLICE ME
Special to Tho Georgian.
Macon, Ga.; Oct. 13.—For allowing a
mob to storm and enter the Bibb coun
ty Jail last Saturday night, Sheriff
Robertson got his first public censure In
police court yesterday, when Judge
Nottingham, In holding a rioter for
trial, gave his opinion In plain terms.
After having the high sheriff on the
stand, he declared, In giving his deci
sion, that there should have been some
shooting done at the Jail, and that this
shooting should have been done by the
jail officials In protecting the public
property and the lives of the prison
ers.
Dan Richardson, the youth arraigned
for rioting, was held under a 3350 bond
on a charge of assault with Intent to
murder, and under a bond of 3150, with
G. C. Lyle, a Haralson county youth,
for rioting.
The sheriff, while being examined,
declared -ho could not recognise any
EXPERT EXPLAINS
T
GET INTO A BODY
Toms River, N. J.,'Qct. 13.—Believing
they made excellent progress yesterday
In establishing the Innocence of their
client, the attorneys for Dr. Frank
Brouwer, on trial for the murder of his
wife, began their second day of getting
In their evidence with Increased con
fidenco In the outcome of tho case.
They believe they will be able to con'
vlnce the Jury that Mrs, Brouwer's
death was caused by ptomaine poison
Ing.
Before the eyes of the Jury Dr. John
Marshall, one of the defense's experts,
performed an experiment showing that
strychnine placed In the nutriment
which Dr. Brouwer prepared for his
wife would not cauee the change In
color to which one of the witnesses
had testified she noticed in the pnrtlcu
lar dish prepared by Dr. Brouwer.
Testifies About ths Gists.
Dr. Marshall also offered evidence
lending to explain the presence of the
ground glass found In Mrs. Brouwer's
body, upholding the contention of the
defense that It came from test tubes
In which parts of the body were an
alysed,
Dr. Marshall also strengthened the
defense’s case by swearing that arsenic
might have got Into her body from the
embleming Instruments. If a fluid con
taining arsenic had been used In the in
struments previously to embalming
her body, arsenic might remain In the
member of the mob. although one of g*j“ “J be ''■*» »*« bod /
his deputies identified Richardson and * 1 , tb * flu d * h " I“ or !'
declared he was prepared to Identify cont * ln " r ’ e " lc H , Th " ’
others. It I. very probable that the ,h * con * en,lon made ,he dcf * nae t0
ASPHALT PAVING
FOR PEACHTREE IS
VOTE OF COUNCIL
Asphalt on Peachtree.
On the second. ballot thot was the
decision of the streets committee of the
city council Friday afternoon.
Better asphalt than that with which
the street Is now suffering and giving
an Impromptu “bump the bumps" ef
fect, Is the promise of J. IV. Palmer,
of the Asphalt Company of Georgia. He
said, In effect, that the city had been
buncoed with an Inferior grade of pav
ing by the company which put d'
asphalt before.
Attorney E. M. Underwood told the
committee what a good thing bltullthlc.
was.
On the first ballot the vote stood this
way: ,
For Bltullthlc—Chotewood, Hancock,
Pomeroy and Roberts.
For Asphalt—Glass, Harwell, Key
and Martin.
When he saw the thing was tied up,
Mr. Chosewood announced that he
would change his vote to asphalt. He
did this, he sold, because Alderman
Key, the representative of the Sixth
ward, voted for asphalt, and he thought
the alderman ought to know what his
square yard. The bltullthlc people :
99 cents. If the city would furnish the
labor, plant and stone.
CARRIAGE MAKERS
WILL FILL HOTELS
TO
One of the biggest conventions At
lanta has ever attempted to entertain
Is expected in this city during the week
of October 32, when the Carriage
Builders' National Asoclatlon will hold
Its annual session In this city, lasting
several days.
This organization Includes every car
riage and vehicle manufacturer In the
United States of any prominence and
all of these concerns are expected to
have representatives In attendance.
The entertainment feature of the
program will be taken care of by th
Atlanta branch of tbe association, and
elaborate arrangements are being made
to this end. After an excursion over
the city, the visitors may be treated
to a genuine old-fashioned Georgia
barbecue.
All the avaliablo rooms at the Pled
mont, Kimball, Aragon, Majestlo and
Marion hotels have been reserved foi
the week of the convention. The At'
lanta Hotel Men's Association Is send
ing out cards to traveling men asking
those who expect to visit this city
that *Mk to defer their trip because
of the lack of accommodations. The
Piedmont will be forced to put cots in
the assembly hall to relieve the de
mand.
entire matter will be Investigated by
the grand Jury, which meets next
month.
How’s Your
Business Health?
Advertising is the best medicine for a sick
business—and unless it’s entirely beyond hope
of recovery, the proper sort, of adveiitising, ju
diciously used, will put any weak, failing busi 7
ness on its feet and make it strong and heal
thy. Provided, of course, that the business is
fundamentally sound.
If your business is ailing, advertising in this
newspaper will help it. Call in the aid of a good
agency—the Massengale Advei*tising Agency, of
Atlanta, Ga., is a good one—to prescribe how
much and when this great remedy should be
used to secure best results. .
AnjJ, by all means, delay not. The very life
of yoqr business may be in danger and prompt
treatment absolutely necessary.
explain the presence of araenlc In Mrs.
Brouwer’a atomach.
She Aid* Doctor’a Caia.
Mlaa McClannanhan. with whom the
prosecution ctalma Brouwer waa Infat
uated, teBtified for the accuaed doctor,
denying that her relatione with Brou
wer ever had been more than friendly.
The atate made IK atrongeat point In
cloalng Ita caae. Dr. Washington, an
expert, testified, |n reply to the prose
cutlon's hypothetical question, that he
believed Mrs. Brouwer's death waa due
to arsenical poisoning and that her
convulsions were. In hla opinion, caused
by alrlchnlne. He said, on cross-examl.
nation, that ptomaine poisoning could
not have caused the convulsions.
PREACHER WINS SUIT
TRY
Baltltfiore, Md„ Oct. 13.—The Rev.
Edward B. White, aged 43, who was
sued for 325,000 for bpeach of promise
by Miss Susie Wheeler, aged 45 years,
won the case which came to an end
In the Baltimore county circuit court
yesterday. The mlnleter so Id:
“Susie wrote me to come end talk
the matter over. Having a forgiving
spirit, I went to Baltimore from Wil
liamsport, Pa. We all knelt down and
I prayed for divine guidance fervently.
When I got up I naked Susie to forget
the quarrel of the past, as I wanted
to be her kind and loving husband,"
He saya she declared she wouldn’t
wed him because he broke the en
gagement, and' Uien Mis* Wheeler's
mother demanded that he give them
the house which he owned. The wed
ding was Indefinitely postponed be
cause he had suffered financial re
verse*. It Is believed they will get
married anyhow.
TEMPERANCE FIGHT
BEGINS AT MACON
I
The Rev. J. C. Solomon, secretary
of the Georgia Anti-Saloon League, has
gone to Buena Vista, Marlon county, to
aid In the campaign against the county
dispensary. The prohibition people of
Marion are In the midst of a hot fight
against the dispensary and expect to
carry the county at an election to be
called at an early date.
Mr. Solomon will spend noxt i
In Macon, where a bitter campaign
against the saloons Is to begin Mi.nduy.
Meetings will lie hold every night dur
ing the week, closing with a big rally
on Sunday night. Dr. J. L. White,
tstor of the Ftrat Baptist church of
aeon. Is the local leader In the pro
hibition campaign.
In speaking of the probabilities of a
general slate prohibition campaign, Mr.
Solomon *ald Saturday:
“1 do not think that It will Rome now
—but It Is coming. The temperance
peoplo are preparing for a great fight
and It Is only a matter of time—and a
short time.”
RICHARD BORDEN DIES
AT HOME IN FALL RIVER.
Fall River, Mass., Oct. II.—Richard
Borden, a leading cotton manufacturer,
who had been engaged longer In the
Industry than any man In this section,
died last night, after a protracted III
ness.
1060 PASTOR’S CALLS
A Sturdy Minister.
A N. H. minister thought he would
have to quit the ministry because of a
growing misery from undigested food.
He was Induced to try Grape-Nut*
and is now well and hearty and says:
"For four years I suffered severe
agony at times, as a lesult of improper
food. I could not do much work and
was In misery much of the time.
"I had made up my mind that I
would have to leave the ministry, but
one day a friend advised me to try
Grape-Nuts and I am thankful that I
did, for today I am well and can give
God better service than ever before.
’Last year was tho hardest of my
ministry, but by the dally use of Grape-
Nut* I stood up under the strain with
comfort.. I attended 57 funerals, was In
tbe pulpit every Sabbath except three,
made 1044 pastoral calls, and the best
part of It Is I do not have any more
Blue Mondays."
"There Is hardly a day passe* that
do not recommend Grape-Nuts to
some person who If suffering ns I suf
fered for » or 10 year* and who might
be well.”
Name given by Postum Co, Battle
Creek. Mich. Get the little book from
pkg*., "The Road to Wellvllle.”
"There’s a rzaron."
Published from fourteen cities simultaneously
this morning. Each issue the same everywhere,
except the local sections, and brimful of the
week’s happenings flashed by wire from ail parts
of the country. The big events.of the^week
featured in national editorials.
What Does Hear& Stand For?
Mr. Edward W. Townsend, a member of our staff, answers
; this question in this issue. Mr. Townsend writes from an
acquaintanceship of twenty years, during some of which he was
■one of Mr. Hearst's chief aides in launching his first newspaper
j venture. The article will include an interesting word picture^of
Mr. Hearst’s personal characteristics.'"'
Packingtown—Four Months After
We have said that, above everything else, Ridgway’s will be
fair. With this thought we sent Mr. Chris Healy to Chicago to
S et the facts, following the recent exposure at Packingtown.
dr. Healy got them and has written an interesting account for
this number. It will be wholly unbiased, because Mr. Healy|
comes here fresh from England, without any prejudices. He
is well* known as author ofJiThe Confessions, of a Journalist.”
— g'lP
The Week at Washington 1 ,.^
Ml Roosevelt and Mr. Root have returned to Washington;
and Mr. Taft will be back in a week or more. ■ Departments news
will be brisk from now on. Rtdgway’3 will give you news and,
information of national interest and importance that you cannot
find elsewhere. Martin Egan with his department editors con
tribute interesting reports and comments inourWashingtonJJurcau
this week.
Humor, Fidtion and Illustrations^
■GecBTT-BwGESS 4n-his Department of Hmnor_ contributes
a lively sketch entitled The Ultra-Peach, which he has illustrated
himself. Other contributors are Wallace Irwin, C. A. Selden/
Carolyn Wells and Justin Sturgis. T. Jenkins Hains has
written an excellent sea story entitled “The Edge of the Ron-,'
cador.” There is'lots of go to this tale If the plot doesn’t
interest the most jaded reader, the illustration will. Joseph Conrad
contributes the second installment of his stirring serial, The Secret
Agent. " Those who read the first article of the scries Litth
Tragedies of the Trusts, by Ralph D. Paine, in the first numbci
of Ridgway’s will be ready for the second installment entitled
The Rebellion of A. Hertz, Butcher.’’ These informing articles
will cause a lot of comment. There is an excellent political car 7
toon by W. H. Walker.^
This week’s number will please the most exacting:' There
are 4 pages on national topics of the week, 4 pages of national
editorials, 8 pages of local happenings in your district, 16 pages
illustrating current events, 8 pages, from the Washington
Bureau, 4 pages of humor, 2 pages of The Week at a Glance,'
with additional pages of general articles and sketches—64 pages
in ad.
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YOUTH SENTENCED TO PEN
FOR KILLING BOY OF 13
Lexington, Va.,, Oct. 13.—Ernest F.
Arthur, aged 18, who was tried today
In circuit court for killing his com
panion, Bernard Byers, aged 13, July
25, In the mountains nqar Buena Vista,
was found guilty of manslaughter and
sentenced to two years and five months
In the penitentiary. His counsel took
an appeal.
Incendiary First Town.
Winchester, Va, Oct. 13.—The post-
office, the Baltimore and Ohio station,
and the general merchandise store of
Halt Hotel, at Cedar Creek, this coun
ty, were destroyed by fire early this
morning, causing a loss of 35,000 with
11,000 Insurance. The fire Is believed
to have been of Incendiary origin.
JOHN 8HARP WILLIAMS
TO SPEAK FOR HACKETT.
Statesville, N. C„ Oct. 13.—John
Sharp Williams arrived at a late hour
last night and will address the voters
here this afternoon. He Is scheduled:
to speak' In Greensboro on Monday.
He Is speaking here In the Interest of
Hackett, Democratic candidate for con
gress against Blackburn.
PROMINENT PHY8ICIAN
SENDS BULLET THROUGH BRAIN j
Special to The Ueorglso.
Bristol, Tcnn, Oct. 13.—Dr. Con
nelly Church, a prominent physician,
35 years of age, committed suicide at
his .home at Mountain City, Tenn..
last night, sending a pistol bullet
through his brain. Excessive drinking,
followed by a divorce from his hand
some young wife, was the cause of the |
deed. He was prominently connected, j
being a grandson of the late R. K.
Butler, who was for ten years a con-1
gressmnn from this district of Tennes- >
see.
RESIDENCE BURNS IN NIGHT;
CAUSE OFFIRE UNKNOWN
Special to The Georgian.
Roberta, Ga., Oct. II,—The residence
of Mrs. Kennedy, occupied by John
Thomastnn, In Knoxville, burned last
night. The origin of the fire Is un
known. The house was partially In
sured.
Bnraca Union Meeting.
The next meeting of the Atlanta Ba-
raca Union will bo held at the Orace
Methodist church Tuesday evening at
8 o'clock. A splendid program has been
arranged. Dr. J. W. Millard, pastor of
the Ponce DeLeon Avenue Baptist
church, will speak.
MACON STRIKE OFF.
Special' to* Tho Georgian. '
Macon, Ga., Oct. 13.—Macon'*: street
car strike Is now practically ended, and
General Manager Nyhun, of ihe com
pany, • will probably decide today
whether or not he will take back to
work some twenty strikers who have
applied for thflr old positions.
These application* for reinstatement
come as a result of two meetings held
yeaterday by the strikers. Already
about ten nf the strikers are'hark at
work, having tired of waiting for n
solution of the strike, and General
Mannger Nyhan ho* twenty moro ap
plications fov reinstatement, with in
dications that morO will apply to go
back to^work. -t-i
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