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IIIDAT. DErKMnKB c. 13 THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. J. M. HIGH CO. J. M. HIGH CO J. M. HIGH CO The chime of the merry Christmas Bells :an be heard throughout this great depart ment store. Our buyers have remem- bered the little folks and have got- \ ten Santa Claus to place his stamp ||||L of approval on the line that is displayed here for the holiday 11 trade. OFFICERS PROMOTED OUT OF THEIR TURN. BY SAFE CRACKERS. y Perfect approved | models of fashion b “SATISFACTION” | is the result if you buy K-0 Shoes—a perfect fit in every § leather. J Gresham-Ashford Shoe Company, |; 93 Peachtree Street. English-American Building Opposite. :£ SOCIETY \ i OLD MAIDS’ CONVENTION. “The Old Maids’ Convention," ns pro duced at the Hemphill Avenue Metho dist church for the benefit of the-North ulanta Baptist Christmas tree fund, scored a decided hit Thursday night. Mr*. Flora Rapp was good. Mrs j R. Booth also made a hit In her rile Others .who acted their parts well were Mrs. Elmer Moyer. Miss Edith Auten, Miss Elsie Rapp and many others too numerous to mention. Mr. Joe W. Rapp was excellent . In his part as the only man. Mr.'C. Vclvln Turner‘was the efficient stage manager and kept everything moving In fine s, The performance will he the at traction again Friday night at the Hemphill Avenue Methodist church. The performance begins at 8 p. m. ATLANTA CHAPTER D. A. R. The board of managers of the Atlan ta chapter. D. A. R.. will hold their regular monthly meeting Saturday aft ernoon. December 7, nt 3 o’clock, at the residence of the chairman. Mrs. Joseph H. Morgan. 180 Spring screet. A full attendance is earnestly desired. MRS. HOWARD M'CALL, Ree. Sec. CHILDREN~OF MARY. * The Children of Mary will approach holy communion In a body December 8 the feast of the Immaculate Concep tion. All members are requested to be present They are also urged to assemble In the organ loft of the church Friday afternoon, December 8, at 6 , o’clock, to sing the benediction service. 8 NELL GATINS. President. VIRGINIA C. LA HATTE. Sec. •Personal Mention Mrs. Nellie Peters Black and Miss Nlta Black have returned from Macon. Miss Alberta Rankin, of Atlanta, who arrived In the city Thursday aft ernoon to be the guest of Miss Scho- jiehl for the week - end, was an ad mired visitor at the debut cotillon of Miss May Burke last evening. Today at 1:30 o’clock Mrs. Walter Lamar will entertain at a beautiful seated luncheon In her honor.—Macon Tele graph. The dance which a number of young men will give Friday evening at Se- gaillo's will be a pretty compliment to a number of vlMtlng girls, Miss Mary Fortson, of Washington; Miss Helen Bell, Miss Ellen Meeks and Mies Eliz abeth Davison, of Nashvlllo, Tenn.; Miss Rhett. of Colmnbus. and Miss Itobecca Morton, of Memphis. Mr. Frank Morgan, was best man at the marriage of Miss Ella Buttorlt and Mr. Learned Holmes Tuesday evening, at the home of the bride’s father. Mr H. W. Buttortf, In Nashville, which was a notable social event of the week In that city. Atlanta people who will spend the Christmas holidays In Nashville are Mrs. Isaac Boyd, who will be with her sister, Mrs. A. G. Brandau. and Mrs. Robert F. Maddox and children, who will visit Mr. and Mrs. Nat Baxter. Miss Elizabeth Reese, of Rome, who has been the guest of Mr. and Mrs. John C. Reese on East Pine street for several days, leaves Saturday for El Paso to spend tho winter. Mrs. Mary Phelan Watt and Mrs. John Stratford returned to Montgomery Friday afternoon, after a short visit to their nieces, Mrs. Palmer Phelan Clarke and the Misses Phelan. Miss Adeline Thomas and Miss Louise Hawkins won the prizes, n piece of lingerie and a-recent novel, at the card party given yesterday afternoon by Miss Cora Wynne. Miss Gladys Levin Is expected home early next week from a visit East. Mias GslI Hethertngton, of Kansas City, will arrive Sunday to spend some time here ae Miss Levin’s guest. lightfuily entertained during her stay In Chicago with her parens, Mr. and Mrs. Thurber. Mrs. Scott Baker, of West Point, spent Thursday and Friday In At lanta as the guest of Mrs. A. L. Waldo. Mrs. .fames G. Miller will leave next week for New Orleans to spend the holidays with her mother. Mieses Julio and Jane A. Dean have returned to their home nt P.ome, after visiting friends In Atlanta^- Miss Julia Blankenship, of Columbus, arrived on Thursday night, and Is the guest of Mlse Julia Meador. Miss Sujotte Lanier, of West Point, arrived Thursday to spend some time with Miss Nell Waldo. Mr. and Mrs. R. 8. Griggs are the guests of relatives at Dallas. Ga. Miss' May Rcneau, of Nurcross, Is the guest of Mrs. H. M. Beutell. Mrs. Ben Wright has returned from ar'VlsIt to frlefids at Rome. Mr. And Mrs. Lee Douglas will spend this winter at the Majestic. Mrs. Richard P. Lester has return ed from a visit to Covington. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Norcross are at tho Majestic. DECATUR MASONIC FAIR DRAWS CROWDS A great crow«l pnther^l at tlie K/soiuc Fair nt Decatur Thuraday night and nn even larger attendance Is expected Friday night, when the Sbrlners of Atlanta will meet at the Stag Hotel at 7 o’clock and go to Decatur In a body. The fair, which la being held by Pythag oras Lodge to raise funds to furnish tho new temple, opw uearly complete. Is In charge of the Masons of Decatur and their wives, daughter!* and friends. It Is per- haps the greatest event In the townJu some time. The crowds it has drawn have been unusually .arge. The new temple In which It Is being Is handsomely, decorated. Many Atlanta merchants hare contributed articles which will he sold or auctioned off. There are nlso a number of voting contests in which hand- some prises are offered. VISITS HEAVEN IN HIS TRANCE New York, Dec. 8.—Physician, and physiologists are greatly Interested In the strange case pf Edward Shea, a young man of Mont Clair, N. J.. who has„been In a trance for ten days. When he awakens he tells the mem bers of the family that he has been to heaven and talked with many of his relatives and friends there. Mrs. Anne Galloway, of Birmingham, and Miss Carrie Hundley, of Talladega, Ala, are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. George P. Hardly, In Peachtree circle. Mrs. John M. Cartwright has return ed to her home In Birmingham, after a short visit to her sister, Mrs. S. B. Scott. on Merritts avenue. Mrs. Howard Pattlllo and litlss Eliz abeth Pattlllo will return next week from Baltimore, where the latter Is spending the winter at school. Mrs. I,. N. Trammell, of Marietta, after a brief visit to her daughter, Mrs. 8. B. Scott, on Merritts avenue, has returned home. Mrs. Robert Wessels Is being de- FLOYD COTTON MILLS DAMAGED BY FIRE Specie! to The Georgia#- Rome, Ga. Dec. 6.—Fire at the plant of the Floyd Cotton Mills did consider able damage this morning, but the damage was covered by Insurance. Another Are at the same time burned a tenant house on Elrhth avenue own ed by Mrs. Charles Wood. There was no Insurance on this house. NIX ELECTED MAYOR IN COMMERCE ELECTION. Special to The Georgian. Commerce, Ga.. Dec. 6.—At a mu nicipal election held In thli place for officers for 1308, the following were elected: Mayor. Hon. J. M. Nix; CQUncilmen-at-large, John D. Barnett and John D. Hardtnan; councilman from First ward, Claude Little; coun cilman from Second ward, A. D. Har ris; councilman from Third ward, A. P. Rico, and counclllman from the Fourth ward, H. T. Adderholt. Thlevet Get 35,000 Jewels. New York, Dec. 6?—Detectives from the central office as well as those at tached to the Brooklyn and Bronx bu reaus. are today searching for two thieves who after smashing the plate glass window and stealing more than 85,000 worth of Jewels, escaped In the throng of shoppers. Killed by Filling Limb. Special to The Georgian. Decatur, Ala., Dec. 6.—Edward Mos ley, a negro, met with a peculiar death while on Finleys Island, a few miles below here. In the Tennessee river. Moseley was driving a wagon through the woods and uRarge limb fell from a tree, striking him on the back of the neck. His neck was broken. Undressed Dolls ' 25c ' $10.00 Dressed Dolls 25c to$10 Our line of Holiday Goods is unsur passed anywhere, and we especially direct attention to our beautiful display of Me chanical Dolls, Talking Dolls, etc., etc., etc. Just Arrived Large shipment of non-breakable Shilling Dolls, the Crying Dolls, the Talking Dolls. PRICE Washington, Dec. The senate committee on military a (Tatra met yes- terday and recommended to the senate the nominations nt a large number of army officers sent to the senate on Tuesday by the president. Certain names were temporarily eliminated by the committee. The eliminated nom inations Include Brigadier General J. B. Alesliire, head of the quartermaster's department, and Brigadier General W. Witherspoon, of the war college. It is said they were advanced over other officers. , Tried to Rob Girl. Philadelphia, Dec. 6.—Ernest Pea body, alias Castleton, who claims to be tho representative of Henry W. Sav age. a New York theatrical manager, and who attempted to Induce a young woman of this city to accompany'him to Baltimore on the pretext that she would he given employment on the stage, has been found guilty in the criminal court of attempting to rob the girl. HUSBAND AND WIFE SUE FOR DAMAGES For Injuries alleged to have been received by* the sudden martinis of a strpet ear at the comer of .South Pryor and Mitchell streets, on October 21, Mrs. LuliF B. Smith has hied suit against the Georgia Railway and Elec tric Company for $10,000. \V. P. Smith, her husband, also sues for $10,000 dam r ages for the Injuries of his wife. Mrs. Smith alleges that she was at tempting to leave the car when It started suddenly, throwing her through the rear door, striking her head against the motor box on the platform and finally Jolting her into the street. CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bear* the Signature of Mobile, Ala., Dec. S.—The losaes through the operation* of yeggmen who successfully cracked the safe* In the office* of Tax Colector H. H. Cooper, of Baldwin county, at Bay Mlnette, Ala., Home time during last Saturday night or Sunday night, is a gicat deal larger than at first believed. Ho far the losses have amounted to 15,880.24. JUNIOR CLASS ELECTS CAPTAIN FOR 1908. Special to The Georgian, — Athens. ’Ga., Dee. Herman Dela- perriere,'of Ifoschton, Ga., wa» yeeter- ■>Jt,y elected captain of the 1*08 team of the Junior class. He has played on the ’varsity team us right tackle for three years. N.w Company Want. CH.rt.r, C. R. Harper and J. D. Atkinson, of Fulton, and M. E. Avltt. of Mimtkslppl, (lied application Thursday for a char ter for the National Securities Corpora tion, with capital stock of 119,000. They trill buy and sell negotiable papers, slocks and bonds. BATTLE HILL NAMES NEW OFFICIALS After the first Tuesday night In Jan uary of next year the thriving little city of Battle Htll, In the suburbs of Atlanta, will have a now mayor and a new councllmanlc board. The new mayor Is T. F. McGahec und the new councllmen are J. E. Babb, A. Q. Turner, R. L. Adair, B. T. Wilson and Ralph Cooper. Mayor McGohee succeeds the retiring mayor, Murcellus M. Anderson, who has administered the affairs of the municipality for two terms. The new officers were elected with out opposition at an election held last Tuesday. Child It Scalded. W. H. Wynne, Jr., aged 4 years, the son of W. H. Wynne, was, severely scalded Thursday afternoon as the re sult of the explosion of the holler in the furnace of the residence on Au gusta avenue. In Copenhlll. The In juries are not serious., A number of window* In the basement of the home went smashed. % Veteran le Paroled. Speeiel ts The Georgian, Montgomery, Ala.-, Dec. D. Medlln, a prominent Confederate pet an of Madison county, who was cently convicted of assault with lnt to murder and given a sentence of t years’ hard labor, has been paroled f fifteen days ‘ tody of the I Church Electe Officers. The following have been elected wardens and vestry men of the Chur, i of the Incarnation: Senior warden, W. 8. Kelly; Junior warden, T. B. Ferris: vestrymen, X, J. F. Bowman, J. R. By- Jngton, C. M. Goodman, R. fS-Grave«. X. E. Murray, C. B. Pollard, C. W. Under wood ond H. W. Young. ALABASTINE The best of all materials for tinting wall* GEORGIA PAINT A GLASS CO, 00 Peachtree Street