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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 SEE IT GRILLS! GRILLS!! GRILLS!!! A large stock of artistic Oak Grills at one-half the price 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. Buy Ridgway’s Get It Early Ten.Cents The Ridgway Company Union Square, New York City ; Publishers of Everybody’s. Magazine’ 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 F. E. PURSE THE PRINTER PRINTING A OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS ^ 16 1-2 E. MITCHELL ST. ATLANTA, GA.