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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20.
Come Down Town Tomorrow
and take a~ little tour through our big
store on Peachtree St.—or on Whitehall
St.—hnd we are very sure you will find
a hundred or more useful articles that
will be a pleasure to give and a greater
pleasure to receive. We can supply
nearly every want in the way of Christ
mas giving.
Watches for Every
Station in Life
Swiss Watch, thin model, $5
value; Special $3.10.
lugersoll^Midget,
Ingersoll $1.00 Watch
The World Over.
Buttonhole Scissors
Nothing more suitable for a gifttoaladv
Like cut 75c
Scissors in sets $1.50 to $10.00
Scissors of all kinds . ,25c to $2.00 each
Community Silver Ladles
Oyster $2.50
Soup $3.00
Largest Line of Community Silver Carried by Any House in the South
Cream $1,00
Gravy $1.50
Dozens of departments are teeming full of good things for
the Xmas shopper—especially the Stoves and Ranges, Toys,
Sporting Goods, Pocket Cutlery, Baskets, Fire Sets—in short,
we can please everybody.
Open Evenings Until 9 O'clock
KING HARDWARE COMPANY
53 Peachtree St.
\
87 Whitehall St.
daughter of powder king
AND PRINCETON SOPH ELOPE
Wilmington, Del., Dee. JO.—A •emo
tion has been created here by the elope.
"KM <.f Miss Madeline Dupont, aged
-1, eldest daughter of Alfred I. Du-
On! millionaire vice president of the
I'jj.ont Powder Company, with John
Bancroft, aged 21, eon of John Ban-
"oc. secretary of the Joseph Bancroft
*■ Sons Company, Who la also a wealthy
man.
They were married by Rev. Dr. D. C.
“South Before the War."
Detroit, Mich., Dec. 20.—Locke Craig.
Asheville, N. C„ was the principal
laker last night at the annual han
't of the New England Society of
trolt. held In the Hotel Pontchar-
tn. Mr. Craig. In hie address, told
the country the New South repre-
‘ts compared with the “South be-
e the war."
McLeod, a Presbyterian clergyman, In
Washington.
After the ceremony the bride wrote
a letter from Washington to her moth,
or. Mrs. Bessie O. Dupont, divorced wife
of Alfred Dupont, saying ehe would not
have eloped had her mother shown her
proper sympathy. The bridegroom la a
sophomore at Princeton.
The couple will leave here for New
York to »a!l on the Hamburg-Amerlcan
steamer Pennsylvania Saturday for
Southampton.
Bill to Protect Depositor!.
Washington, Dec. 20.—Representa
tive Underwood, of Alabama, has In
troduced a blit Imposing a tax of one-
tenth of 1 per cent oh the actual
amount of deposits held by national
banks for the purpose of creating a
fund for the protection of depositors
and creditors.
Gold Lockets and Charms
From n dollar and a half up, we cun (five you lockets and
' harms of every conceivable design and shape. Oval, circujar,
heart-shape, oblong, and in rose, green, bright qr dull finish.
Some are exquisitely etched, others hand engraved, others
have handsome embossed designs appropriate for either men or
women. Those ift “satin” finish to be ntonogramed are very
elegant.
Maicr & Berksle.
$5,000,000 FOR
FOREST RESERVES
Washington, Dec. 20.—Messrs. Lever,
of South Carolina, and Currier, of New
Hampshire, Introduced bills In the
house yesterday authorising ths secre
tary of agriculture to acquire lands for
national forest purposes In Maryland,
Virginia, West Virginia, North Caro
lina, South Carolina, Georgia, Ala
bama, Kentucky, Tennessee, New
Hampshire and Maine. The bill appro
priates is, ooi), ooo.
CASUALTY AGENTS
TO ENJOY SUPPER
Unique Invitations to a Dutch sup
per and smoker at the Aragon Hotel
on Saturday evening have been Issued
to the members of the Atlanta Caaualty
Underwriters’ Association. Good fel
lowship Is to be the slogan of the gath
ering. The invitations are signed by
Joseph L. Stoppelbeln, A. J. Johnson
and Carl King, composing the commit
tee. *
BACHELORS RALLY „ . . c r . { , T , ,
TO DEFEND SELVES n63d(jU3rters For Gifts Itot
Rufus J. Turner Prepares
Table of Dangerous
Leap Years.
nitiff from 1776 to 1976, giving bachelors past,
present and future, fair warning.
Mr. Turner almost weeps when lie recalls
the long period of rest bachelors bail from
1896 to 1904—-eight years free of matrimonial
dangers.
lie describes with evident anguish the
--vnl of 19J4. ••when the ml
<»f the feminine sex prefun
“ demoralised, nnra
” Listen to Ids i
.. will you capture or he captured,
take the trail to the wilderness or arm
yourself for the /ray. You are protected
by n fortress of only a few in roe days,
which old Father Time Is slowly hut surely
battering down. Then look out for the aw
ful carnage. *•
Here Is the ‘•Bachelor and Old Maid Ta
ble:”
Leap Year Table.
Brief News Notes
The Vardry Yarn Mills, of Greenville, ft.
C., have shut down for nti Indefinite perl
The condition of the market Is harder
the ya
of tue
textile Industry.
EMPEROR ALLOWS
DUEL TO BE FOUGHT
Vienna, Doc. 20.—Dr. Alexander
Wokerle, prime minister of Hungary,
and M. Polonyi, former minister of
Justice. It Is said, will light a duel,
probably at Budapest, today. Dr. We-
kerle attacked Polony] In a speech In
parliament and an angry scene followed
in the lobby. The emperor sanctioned
tht duel.
$100,000 Breach of Promise.
Chicago, Dec. 20.—Jacob L. Pranks,
president of the Rockford Watch Com-
inny, and 8. W. Debolt, were sued for
100,000 yesterday ay Margaret Bobm.
Attorney H. A. Blorsat said the action
grew out of the breach of promise ault
begun against Franks by Miss Sobra In
ifSf.
of the „
notified Monday that a 40-hour schedule
would go Into force this week. This will
not affect the other 1,200 employee* of the
Miss ftarah Provost, preceptress of the
'ore School, Oyster Bay. which President
At a meeting of the uut and holts matin-
f«cturerM of the United States In Httaburi
It was decided to reaffirm the prices whirl
have ruled for 1907 for next year.
suicide Thursday lu the guard house.
The yield of the Indian cotton crop this
rear Is estimated officially at 40 per cent
>eIow that of last year.
dent and Mrs. Roosevelt at
Thursday to Ambassador and Viscountess
Aokl, of Japan. Secretary and Mrs. ltoot
also were guests.
‘The Daylight Corner’
n Like Best
ITALY WORRIES
OVER TOBACCO
IN KENTUCKY
Washington. Dec. 30.—Secretary of
State Ellhu Root haa been requeeted
by the Italian ambassador to Inter
vene, and, If poeslble, prevent the de
struction by night riders of tobacco be
longing to the Italian government
stored In Kentucky warehouses. The
ambassador also complained of the
treatment of Italian laborers in Mis
sissippi and Florida, where they have
been victimised by labor contractors.
FLEET’S JACKIES
ARE IN WHITE
Key West. Fla., Dec. 2#.—The follow.
Ing wireless message from the battle
ship Minnesota was received last night:
“The fleet at r.oon today was east of
Jupiter Inlet, Flo. The speed was In
creased at noon to It knots. The ships
are still In double colmun. The weath
er Is perfect. All hands are In white
dress."
POLITICIANS ARE
BUSY IN OHIO
Toledo, Ohio, DeC. 20.—No call will
be Issued by Chairman Walter Brown
far a meeting of the Republican state
committee to select the time and place
for a state convention until the results
he meeting of the Republican con
gressional committee of the Tenth dis
trict arc known. Taft men are bus
plclous thflt the Tenth district com
mittee Is scheming to spring two na
tional delegates for Foraker.
ACTOR sIIi<IT<fiNtrUFE
BECAUSE OF BU8INE8S WORRY.
Columbus, Go., Dec. 20.—Because he
was confined to his room at a local ho
tel with wounds said to have been In
flicted with suicidal Intent, Wallace
Ersklne, a prominent member of “The
Prince Chap" company, which played
at Springer Opera House, did not leave
the city with the troupe. The man
ager of the show, J. B. Weed, remained
with him, and the two may leave the
city In a day or two, aa the wounded
actor Is Improving. According to re,
ports, Ersklne attempted to end his life
by cutting his throat with a razor, be
ing depressed over bad news from New
York regarding business investments In
that city.
Debt of Virginiso In Court.
Washington, Dec, 20.—The courts
have been appealed to by Virginia and
West Virginia In an effort to settle
the dispute over the amount of debt
each was responsible for when West
Virginia was made a state In 1801. The
dispute has been pending many years.
TitfsPills
will save the dyspeptic from many
davit of misery, and enable him to cat
whatever he wishes. They prevent
SICK HEADACHE,
cause the food to assimilate and itour*
Ish the body, gbc keen appetite,
DEVELOP FLESH
and solid muscle. Elegantly kagar
coated. _ ■«.
Tnice No Substitute.
EISEMAN & WEIL
Everything Good In Wearing Apparel
from Hats to Shoes for Men and
Boys at Pleasing Prices
1 Whitehall Street “The Daylight Corner”
FREE! A six-months subscription to “The American
Boy Magazine” with purchases from $5 up
in our Boys' Department.
GARRET PROBES
BIG T., 0. & I. DEAL
Washington. Doc. 20.—A resolution
has been introduced by Representative
Garrett, of Tennessee, calling on the
secretary of commerce and labor to
furnish all facts regarding the pur
chase of the Tenneesee Coal and Iron
Company by the United Htatea Steel
Corporation.
Camp Walker’s Reunion.
Camp Walker, United Confederate
Veterans, will have a social reunion of
the camp on next Monday night. Re
freshments will be served and all are
PROBING INTO
PULLMAN RATES
BL Paul. Dee. 20.—John M. Marble,
attorney for the .Interstate commerce
commission, began an Investigation of
the Pullman sleeping car rates In this
city yesterday. George Loftus seeks
to have the rate cut.
CONFUSED BY HEADLIGHT,
NEGRO IS KILLED BY TRAIN.
Stuart’s Qin and Buchu, a quick
cure for Bright’s disease, liver
and stomach troubles. All drug.
<ei no
Bpeclnl to The Georgian.
Thomasvllle. Ga., Dee. 20.—Coast
Line No. 85 killed an aged negro wom
an when entering the city yesterday
afternoon. It Is supposed that the elec
tric headlight confused her so she could
not get out of the way of the train,
Boy Buys Stolen Necklace.
New York, Dec. 20.—The Jersey City
police recovered a heart necklace yes
terday which Was one of the pieces of
jewelry In the $32,000 package stolen
from tho United States Express Com
pany last week. It was in the posses
sion of a boy. who s.ilrt he had bought