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the weather.
Forecast (or Atlanta and Vicin
ity: Fair tonight and Wedneaday.
The Atlanta Georgian
AND NEWS
SPOT COTTON.
Liverpool, easier. 0.04; Atlanta, easy,
10 1516; New York, steady, 11.70; New
Orleans, easy, llfc; Savannah, do!!,
JO 13-10; Attgtirtit. dull, Jl 116; Mobile,
quiet, 11; Baltimore. nominal. 1I»A.
VOL. VI. NO. 121.
ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, DECEMBER 24,1907.
PRTPir. m Atlanta..TWO CENTS.
I IVAV-I4. (in Trnlm..FIVE CENTS.
CEITR1LBANK
AS
Governor Considers
Suggestion of the
Depositors.
WILL SAFEGUARD
THE DEPOSITORS
Atlanta National To Be
New State Depository,
It Is Said.
•'You may state that ,the attorny
general and myself are doing every
thing In our power to safeguard the
depositors of the Neal bank.” stated
Governor Hoke Smith, Tuesday morn
ing. "I want the depositors to under
stand that their Interests will be con
sidered to the very best of our,ability.”
A report was In circulation Tuesday
morning that' the attorney general,
acting under direction of the governor,
would formally apply for a receiver
Tuesday afternoon, but no corrobora
tion of the fact could be obtained. In
fact. Governor Smith stated that no
definite action of any kind had been
taken ns yet.
Governor Smith held conferences
Tuesday with several bankers, Includ
ing Col. W. Ia. Peel, of the Maddox-
Rucker Banking Company, and John K.
Ottley, of the Fourth National bank.
The latter was accompanied by Hon
Janies R. Gray. Governor Smith left
the capitol shortly Hfter 2 o'clock
without having made an appointment
of a receiver.
A report that Hon. Murphy Candler
would be named to wind up the af
fairs of the bank was given slight cre
dence, Tuesday morning, when Mr.
Candler called on Governor Smith. Mr.
Candler stated, however, that he had
r.ot been considered In connection with
the matter, and that even if It were
true, he was not In a position to ac
cept it.
That Governor Smith will appoint
the Central Bank and Trust Corpora
tion ns receiver to take over and ad
minister the affairs of the Neal bank
Is generally believed. This institution
is considered a sound one, tho practi
cally a new bank.
The Neal bank was a state deposi
tory, «and It Is understood about $100,-
000 of the state’s funds are tied up
there. The state, however. Is a pre
ferred creditor. There would be a
minimum of delay In the state securing
this money, after a receiver is named.
On request, the receiver could se
cure nn order from the Judge of the
superior court, allowing him to pay the
amount due the state out of the avail
able funds. This process may not be
necessary, however, as the large reve
nues of the state are deposited
banks all over the state.
Atlanta National for State.
Is understood that the Atlanta
National bank will be designated as a
Hate depository to succeed the Neal
bank.
State Bank Examiner Park made a
*rbai statement to Governor Smith
Tuesday morning of the progress made
In the examining so far. It Is prob
able that he will be able to render a
lull report of the bank’s affairs Tues
day afternoon.
There seems to be no doubt thnt
finder the charter the stockholders of
the bank will be Individually liable In
final Adjustment of its affairs. That Is,
*ach stockholder will be liable In the
amount of stock he may hold, or for
his proportion of the entire debts of
the bank.
before the act was passed empow-
p rtng the secretary of state to Issue
bank charters, It was necessary to se
cure charters of state banks from the
legislature. The Neal bank was Incor
porated under an act of the general
assembly, and It Is In this manner that
heavy responsibilities rest on tho stock
holders.
State Bank Examiner Park stated
Tuesday that he had his men out all
{ he time, and that no notice was ever
sent to a bank that it would be ex
amined. The examiners go quietly Inti
J town, and appearing at the bank, ask
for books and papers.
Mr. Brannen’s Suggestion.
That the Central Bank and Trust
‘’•'rporation, thru Asa G. Candler, Its
President, take charge of the affairs of
thp Neal Bank and begin a 'partial
Payment of that bank's indebtedness. Is
! hp proposal made by T. H. Brannen
and other prominent depositors In the
Acai Bank, and was the subject of a
conference between Mr. Brannen and
Governor Hoke Smith on Monday night.
“ Ir ''andler had intimated, thru a mu-
fi-«l friend, to Mr. Brannen his wlll-
•ngnesB to undertake the winding up of
affairs of the Neal Bank if the de-
l alls could be agreed upon*
Governor Smith considered the mat
er and discussed It at length and
promised to give It the most serious
• bought. It is hIs prerogative to ap
point a trustee, or receiver, for the
?® n *. ancf he is given sixty days under
law in which to make this appoint-
’ n ‘'fit. Tne advantage of appointing a
practical banker, equipped with means
Merry Christmas to
Our Many Friends
A little commonplace, of course—everybody says "Merry Christmas"—but
we feel deep, deep down, that we want everybody to have as merry a Christmas as
ours will be tomorrow.
And we want to ask every friend who reads this to turn back the pages of
life a little as he sits by the lamp tonight and think a few minutes to see if he has
done as much as he could to help Santa Claus find the little stockings and the lit
tle hearts that sometimes get covered up with trouble and doubt.
Sickness, loss, lack of work, business troubles, or possibly the absence of
the little stocking that found its way to the mantel a year Ago tonight has made
the world look dark and gloomy, but let’s keep our faces to the east—to the rising
sun—let’s see the light the shepherds saw—let’s trust — trust and hope — let’s
trust each other—and in the morning get down on the floor with the little ones
and feel as they feel and think as they think for a few moments. And the little
tilings that you wish could have been more will look so much brighter and pret
tier to all that you will forget for the while that your gifts are pot priceless and
remember only that you are the happiest fellow in the world.
Look up—look up! And to all such hearts—our readers—our advertisers
—our helpers in every walk of life, we wish a merry Christmas!
MARCHANT TO BE CASHIER
OF SOUTHERN BELL PHONE;
RODDE Y IS MADE MAN A GER
C. F. RODOEY.
A. H. MARCHANT.
Mr. Rodday hat baan promoted to ba .manager of tho Atlanta exchange
of tho Southern Bell Company. Mr. Merchant auccaada him at caahiar.
NO FREE PASSES
FOR CITY EMPLOYEES
Commission Refuses
Make Any Exception
to Order.
to
A. II. Mnrclmnt, who has for the punt two
yen r* I teen In charge of the bookkeeping de
partment of the Atlanta exchange of the
MoOtherii Hell Telephone muJ Telegraph
Company, has been appointed enabler of the
Atlanta exchange to succeed ('. F. Itoddey
as cashier. Mr. Itoddey was recently up
pointed manager to succeed W. B. lt<
Marcha ut 1
Southern Hell Company plaint thre
ml has won rapid promoth ' *
ith the
.... . He Is nn
ountuut of recognised ability and pos
sesses a pleasing personality. lie Is a tneni-
ber'of a distinguished Mouth Carolina family
and a graduate of the Clfhdel. For five
years he was commandant at the Georgia
Military College. Mniedgevillo.
• tilled the
the Geor-
Mnrehant has been a resident of At
lanta about five years and has be
ular In the business and. soelal
ae pon.
Id. lie
Irele of friends and iirqualu-
tanees who are eongratulatlng him upon tho
promotion whb-h Is effective January 1.
FUNERAL OF KING ALCOHOL
AT GREAT WATCH MEETING;
SEABORN WRIGHT, ORATOR
An order refusing to make excep
I tions to the free pass order governing
railroads and street railways wai
sued by the rullroad commission Tues
day afternoon. The refusal meahsthat
employees of the city, waterworks in
spectors, firemen and policemen, must
pay their fares after January 1.
or the city must provide for paying
them. The order follows:
The commission having had under
consideration a number of petitions re
questing this board to amend Its gen
eral orders Nos. 3 and 4 so that certain
classes of persons and property, t<»
whom or for which, under the terms of
said orders, railway companies are
prohlbltedj from issuing free transpor
tation between points fn this stnte,
may be excepted from the operation
of said orders, and after careful con
sideration of said petitions. It Is now
Ordered: That general orders Nos. 3
and 4 shall be effective as they stand,
and that no exceptions will be made
thereto, nor will any free transporta
tion be allowed Issued or accepted be
tween points In tills state, except as Is
allowed for interstate transportation
under the act of congress known as
the Hepburn act, and as set out and
contained In said genera! orders Nos.
3 and 4.
By order of the hoard.
S. G. M'LENDON. Chairman.
GEORGE F. MONTGOMERY,
Secretary.
John Mitchell Weak.
Indianapolis. Ind., Dec. 24.—John
Mitchell, president of the United
Mine Workers of America, Is very weuk
and nervous today, but. according to
the report of his physician, his condi
tion Is not critical.
AND ST. NICK CERTAINLY WILL
UNCLE SAM: "LEAVE ENOUGH FOR EVERYB0LY. SANTA."
LAST DA Y FOR SHOPPERS
BRINGS THEM OUT IN SPITE
OF WE A THER MAN’S PRANK
On the Inst night of the old year, the
passing of John Barleycorn will he cele
brated by a watch meeting such ns Georgia
has never known. The Baptist Tabcmaclo
Is to be the scene of the funeral of the de
parted king, and Seaborn Wright the elo
quent, will deliver the funeral address.
Watch meetings have been held before In
churches and public hnlls, when men and
women gathered to watch the departure of
the old year ami Its troubles, to Welcome
In the new year and Its Joys. But no such
-salon has ever presented itself In Georgia
this For the coming of 1907 nun ns
re than a new leaf lif a calendar, it
marks a revolution.
Dr j.en G. Broughton has been hard at
work several days In preparing for the
great watch meeting-and there I" little
doubt that the Tabernacle will he filled
Its utmost rapacity, there will 1m* i
triumph and odes
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John Barleycorn will he there In person.:® _ AIB ouoictmao
clnd In earthen robes strangely like the lit- $ FAIR FOR CHRISTMAS O
tie brown Jug. He will have tb“ central |0 DAY 18 FORECASTED. 0
place for tills, the Inst time In Georgia. nnd|0 .
litblent of the liquor trmle jhc 0 Going to be a fair Christmas.
funeral oration will In* dollv
night will mark the |M*slug of legalized
liquor traffic within the boundaries of the
st»it«*.
And such nn oration! Hcnlsiru Wright,
that orator of the* sliver tongue, lender of
the house In the memorable campaign
almost without
his <-ho
In speak-
promised
f his life upon that
the crowning effort
nlffht. Seim tor !,. G, Ilardmaii. of fi ...
f the senate prohibition bill.
nierce. nutlui
will "deliver
memorable <
address which should li
\ Other speakers will be
the opening hour until tip
It Is 1
rro.mo.1 ...... — rejolclug. for Dr.: tism will be received on that night and will
Broughton’s people were among the work- lie Immersed Just after midnight, beginning
ers for prohibition and they are prepared to the new year by embracing the faith before
elcome It. ,aU men *
At least, that Is
vhat
0 Wednesday. Sleet fell a
O minutes Tuesday, Just as a n
0 antee that this Is really Cj
O mas. Forecast: '
0 "Fair Tuesday night and A
0 nesday.”
0 Tuesday temperatures:
0 7 o'clock a. m. ........ 39 degrees 0
0 8 o’clock a. rn 39 degrees 0
0 9 o’clock a. m 40 degrees O
O 10 o’clock a. m 41 degrees 0
C 11 o’clock a. m 42 degrees 0
0 12 o’clock noon 43 degrees 0
O 1 o’clock p. m 44 degrees 0
0 2 o’clock p. m 43 degrees 0
O 0
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Free Advertising in The Georgian—
On ami after next Saturday, December 28, The Georgian will make no charge for local ad
vertising of a personal nature under the following heads:
WANTED HELP, WANTED SITUATIONS, LOST AND FOUND,
W anted rooms, for rent—rooms, for exchange,
WANTED MISCELLANEOUS, FOR SALE MISCELLANEOUS,
The Georgian adopts this plan in the interest of the masses of the people who have many
large Rnd small wants to fill, but who cannot afford to advertise them in a newspaper. Such wants
are too numerous to mention, but they are felt in every home in Atlanta almost daily.
The Georgian is a home paper—a paper for the people, and therefore, a great want ad me
dium Through it the people of Atlanta may always have their wants supplied.
We want every person in Atlanta who has a legitimate want coming under any one of the
above heads to bring or send it to The Georgian for free insertion in our want columns. We want
them to feel that thev are not imposing on us by using our free columns, and if answers to their
advertisements fail to come the first time, we invite as many insertions as are necessary to secure
what g Ii( j see w j,#t wants you have and make a start toward having them filled with
an ad in next Saturday’s Georgian. ,
If you arc out of n position or want to make a change—if you want a room or a place
to hoard-—if you have rooms for rent or want hoarders—if you have lost anything of value and
want it returned, or have found anything of value and want to return it to its owner—if you
hnve anything you want to sell or exchange—any article of furniture or clothing, tools, toys, pic
tures, dishes, books, relies, etc.— .
Put a free ad in The Georgian for as many times as necessary to secure the desired results.
The plan is offered by The Georgian ns a simple way of accommodating a great number of
people We believe it will prove a convenience that will he appreciated by the public, and that it
will create a great popular interest in the want pages of this newspaper.
The Georgian is able to afford if nod it invites you to enjoy the privilege to the fullest.
Remember, the offer goes into effect next Saturday, so get your wants together.
Wheu the stores close Tuesday night there
will he several hundred very tired clerks
In thin town.
If the sourest, sorest, roost chronic grouch
In the country could hnve mixed with the
happy crowds that thronged the shopping
dlMtriets Monday and Tuesday, he'll have
been a converted Mcroogo In spite of him*
*lf.
The stores, big and little, were veritable
ninolstroiUM of activity. It was uuqiiestlun*
ably a buying crowd Monday and Tuesday.
The Individual who did not have from one
to an armful of bundles was tin* exception.
The grent chopping way from the Aragon
to Trinlly-MVe. on IVuehtree and Whitehall
Kts. was a solid iiiiins of humanity, offering
u moving kaleidoscope worth watching.
Then* was no mistaking the temper of
that grout throng. Faces glowed with that
spirit which bespeaks the season. So great
er Joy Is tumid than the scleetlon of re-
membrauocs for others, and that spirit is
rite In Atlanta.
Who Minda the Weather?
The gloom of the weather Monday and
Tuesday hail no appreciable effect on the
people abroad. In the stores each Individ-
uni seemed bent on specific purchases. It
ly shoppers who visit many stores
ncertnln of what they wish. Then.
is the
and in
late litiyi
afford to spend money
no intent upon specific errands.
* anything more wonderful
foods
attractively displa
1 - - exists ‘
why yo
lienHsit-
ttle
try. nud that Is why you will Mini In the
great throngs filling streets and stores per
sons from every town ami city within a ru-
rlus of 1(H) miles or more of Atlanta.
Just uow one can find Inspiration In the
eager faces of the children who dart up
and down the streets, and In nnd out of
stores. It Is worth while as a punucea Mr
grouehliiess to watch the little bilk gaze at
the W'oudorhind of things behind the great
plate glass windows, nud tilling shelves and
counters In the Stores.
He played 8anta Claue.
A huge, roughly dressed man. Iwurlng un
mistakable signs of rough toll, sto«sl nt a
corner where a. window was jammed with
the thiugs that stir a child to Its depth.
Dressed against tin* window with great,
staring eyes, fixed on the toys, were two
little ones, a boy and a girl, neither of
whom was more than 7 or 8 years old.
“Johnnie, does you reckon Manta Glaus
will bring us any of them kind of pretties'/”
linked tile ilttle girt wistfully.
•I don’t guess we’ll git anything, Susie.’
colled tlie js/y. ”1 nettl'd mother *«£ ‘
old
Manta might miss our house this y
The big mini stirred uneasily, gazed down
,miii the children mid looked about uncer
tainly. Then some resolve came to him, for
‘ i» suddenly wheeled ami walked close to
ie Intent tots.
"May, buddy and sissy, come In here with
he
a lu.
Wonderlngly they followed him Into the
himI ntfracllvc now than the shuns? Alllti*
the treasure trove of the World hns been 1 wr
drawn on to make an Atlanta holiday. From • «*h
the umiketK of the world hnve la»en gar- ai
in-rod things bountiful nnd things useful, fa
thing* oxpoiisive anil thing* Inexpensive.
It 1* doubtful If any city In tlie country of
Iteii. Presently the three dime out. Tin*
lilren's arms wen* In den with package*.
1 Infinite happluess shone In the little
tmi In the big man’s fare wns n light as
one who ha* had a vision.
FLASH KILLS GIRLs C
UT TROLLEY PURE
INJURES FIFTEEN
ON MARIETTA LINE
OTHER PERSONS
BY FAMILY BOONS
IS LAST CALL
Remarkably Healthy
Condition Prevails
After Big Storm.
Was Killed While Seated in
Lap of Cousin Who
Was Unhurt.
Special to The Georgian.
Macon. Ga., Dec. 24.—At Reid Sta
tion, 12 miles south of here, Sunday
evening, the home of J. D. Bryant was
strue-k by lightning, and Sedora Bry
ant, Mr. Bryant’s 10-year-AId daughter,
was instantly killed, and fifteen other
persona Injured. When the stroke came
the little girl was sitting In the lap of
her cousin, who was among the In
jured. The house was wrecked.
There worn a gathering of neighbors
at the Bryant home, the Sunday even
ing being spent In the usual manner,
when a flash catne from the storm-
cloud that had hovered over the com
munity.
The only evidence of Injury to the
r|rl's body was a burn on the ankle.
In the room where death was dealt out,
little harm was done to other persons.
In an adjoining room, where fifteen
ther person* were assembled around ,3 ••eat*, hater It estuldbdied
u - fire, hair the walls of the building LA*.rfn*
A If. wr.llMlcr.f V ,r ,n > f, »t ,r trips mriiu
Georgia Railway and Elec
tric Co. Makes Volun
tary Reduction.
The Gi-orgla BnIIway and Electric Com
pany Ii.ih made another voluntary reduction
in fares. This time the people living along
tin* Marietta tin „
Vice President T. K. Glenn, manager of
the railway department, nuuoiiiiced Tuesday
morning that on and niter Jiiumiry 1, 190M. a
family commutation ticket, pmm! for forty-
trips during a month, would la* placed on
sab*. The exact reduction over the old fate
amount* to 2*.5 per cent.
The revised tariff, while not ordered by
the railroad commission, was submitted to
that board Dir approval. Ii wits heartily
approved ami the lioard grouted the trolley
officials full authority to withdraw the re
Washington, Dec. 24.~^n abstract of
reports made to the comptroller of the
currency, showing the condition of the
national banks of the United States at
the close of business on December S,
the dute of the last call, shows the
banks to be In good condition.
The percentage of legal reserve to
deposits was 21.31 as compared with
21.33 In August, and the percentage to
deposit^ of cash on hand, redemption
fund and other items was 24.72, as com
pared with 25.56 four months ago be
fore the real stringency set In.
An Idea of the extent of the resort io
the use of clearing house certificates
during the recent crisis la obtained
when It Is said that the banka carried a
net balance of $74,461,000 In their list
of nubilities, and Included In their re
sources a net balance of $64,344,000 of
these certificates.
Considering the fierceness of the
financial storm thru which the national
banks passed, they are In a* remarkably
healthy condition. TJielr reserve is
about normal, the amount In actual
money being $660,784,000 as compared
with $701,623,000 In August. Four
months ago theJr loans and discounts
ached the prodigious aggregate of
$4,678,583,000, and this was reduced less
t han _ $100,000,000, or to be exact, to.
CASEStJNCHANGED
ihlngtoii. Her. 24.—There have been
velopmeiit* in the mutter of dismissing
u from |M»*timiHtor*ldpH nt Toccoa nnd
■rs. Ga. There will be none until the
k reach the president.
Race Results.
NEW ORLEANS.
First Race—Kllldoe, 7 to 6, won;
High Wind, 7 to l and 5 to 2, second;
(’reel. 13 to 5, 6 to 5 and 3 to 8, third.
Time 1:111-5.
atlsfaetory.
I rute at any time they deemed It uu-
* of the opillti
•* will prove of r
if ihe line ami
. . -stdent (Hr
towever, that the net
-outage to tin* pntn
•hauls la Afloat
people along the line will come more fre
quently to the city to do their chopping.
He hope* in time the new tariff will become
profitable to the road.
The road web Aliened ami began operation
i 19D6 on a >eent a-mlb* I mid st when the
Western and Atlantic railroad was charging
Individual
mlU
until. Xi
a the femiiy
HraJiy every
were shattered and torn to splinters (f„rtrvductli... ....
and dashed 30 yards away. No one Iff J tickets, which |**rrolt*
this room was seriously Injured. W. patron n» the road to due for a fruetlo
M. Phillips, Frank and Ava Phillips and i more than I cent a mile
tb* most
ojh Injuries. , f|,,|| iieg,*t basis is ok follows*
A father, mother and two, brothers [ Atlanta r» Marietta, fit; Atlanta to Fair
nnd^four sisters survive the dead j o.rk*, I8.JB Atlanta ^tu Smyrna. $7.15; At
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C UNEXPIRED LICENSE 0
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O Chattanooga, Tenn., Dec. 24.— 0
O Saloon licenses In Chattanooga O
O come high. The license of the late 0
0 J. C. Shepherd has sold for the 0
0 sum of $3,250 and the license ex- 0
O pi re* early In the year. The pur- O
D chaser believes, however, that he D
O will be granted a license under 0
O the excise board for the new year. O
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2J.3U; Atlanta t«» BHen N. $2.86.
M wits only a short time ago that th«
company cut In half the river line fare, rt*
doclng It flow l«) cent* to 6 cents. nn<
granting universal transfers.
In a short time the new depot of the >la
rlettn line «»» the ground floor of the beaut!
fnl mmv Atlanta. Birmingham sml AtlnutU
railroad building at Kalrll# and Waite
viII Ik* ready fur pastedge- —
Continued on Page Five.