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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 OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOd 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 O00000000000OO00O00000000O 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 r, 00 OO0O00O OOOO000000000000 o a C UNEXPIRED LICENSE 0 IS 30LD FOR $3,250. O v 0 O 8facial to The Georgian: O 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 O O V0000000000000000000000000 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.