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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