Atlanta Georgian and news. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1912, December 25, 1907, Image 7
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
WEDNESDAY, DECESinnit 25.
7
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you can have the money as soon as tho decision of the Judges has been made, which will be about three days
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GA.
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AT THE THEATERS
AMUSEMENTS.
THE GUAM>— Wediii'ftilfty mntlnoe mill
night. "borty-Av© Mlnut©* from Broadway."
THE Ilfjor—W©*l»©*dny matinee nml
At th© Grand.
Not to permit tho liiterent of your mull torn
to ting oven for a moment In ll»o ©rood of
Gforge M. rotian, whoa© gmitrat it ml inont
"Utrcasfal plop©, **Porty-flTo Minute* From
11 road tray," |* to lip presented nt flu* tJrond
f‘»r two night*, Itoglnnlttg Wednesday iiuitl-
following out thin liloii tho ri"
[iHtrknhly aurrot sful,young author ©imipoiter
n«a inmle It n point to ptoIvo u plot whloh
■hall maintain the theatergoer*’ Interest mill
j>usrMMi*o Jn the unfolding of tho atory, nml
m * .Jnl^rliu when tho Interpolated Kong©
* 0 * *" n Grand Old Name" and "Ho
'•"tiff. Mary. Interrupt the aetlon of the
t»Jwv to have, th© nrlnWpnl nud ehorua tvho
jjr'l n**l*tlng In tho rcmlltlon of tin* hour
*n motion. In tbl* way he altvaya
««b©r©i»U following the hitppenlni:*
' uk '** •III* the keenent Interest nml
••liner wildly npplnudlug some witty Raying
VJ"Irmnnuliiff an ©tipore for aouie purlieu-
inriy tuneful and uwloiJion* snug.
“Cupid at Vaaiar.”
An attraction wbleh hu* crenteil mueb
^ j Interest tlicatrleully I* "Cupid nt Vnaanr,"
T! the new oil lege girt’* mualrnl play which
alls itnnmtnred for Friday and Saturday of
* I Ilili week at the Grand,
J ! One of the moat Interesting aeene* of the
I piny I* that In which the grudimtlng ©la**
J entera with the ‘Malay phalli" and with
their apeelnl aoiut twine about tho tree III
the renter of the college cninpua I ten ring
the elm In oil their ahouldera.
Till* la hut one of the thoroughly college
arPUPi In thin rhitnnlng novelty. Group*
of under-grudunt©* are aeeti under the tree*
ringing Vnaanr song* sitid Indulging III nil
aorta of college.prntikn. There la a hnaket
hull game In alglit of the audience, "fudge
pnrtlea." pillow flghtn and other college
sports that go to make up the life or the
hapjiy. hearty girl atudeut.
Gear will head the
Florei
which i.
I idea Murry.
At tha Bijou.
There lan't the allghteat donlit In the
world about the temperature of the lilt of
"A Contented Woman” at the UIJou thla
week. There could not bifve Ih*|*ii a more
acceptable offering for the hollllny time here
nml with the exrtn performance that Is being
offered Chrlattnaa afternoon the lloyt sue-
t't'nrt will have the honor of the season a
record for attendance.
Ilenrlette l.eP, the i.
who heads the « > ompuny.
gifted coinedleillies III till
profession. She posscasei
dr - proper nnrf perfect n«*©ountlng _
the tremendously auceeaaful Hoyt
for Ills heautlful wife. The leading
otneily role Is excellently cared for by
'harles 1*. Morrison.
Gertrude Daniels, as the "Notorious Mrs.
EMwmlth." is another artiste who has es
tablished herself In the g«md wishes of the
theatergoers. Hiumntt OToiiimr, In the
"Idnek-rm-e" part. Ilniidnlpli Currie, the
IiUsImiihI. and Herbert lleywood as "I'nelf
Toady" are all decidedly clever and help
pari
AUTOMOBILE FOB SALE
Will sell almost new 22-horsepower
Buick Touring Car at immense sacri
fice for immediate cash. Obliged to
sell at once. Car guaranteed in per
fect condition or no sale. Address
IMMEDIATE,
Box 1032
DEPOSITS IN
UNDER A SPECIAL CONTRACT
BANK OF EAST POINT
East Point, Ga.
Vaudeville at Orpheum.
"Standing room only” was the sign hung
out nt the Grpheuni liefor© the Christinas
matinee began' nml the advance sale for
the night performance Indicates that every
seat will bo filled, tho there are still some
good sent* left. The bill Is one of the
happiest selections that'could he Imagined
to top off the holiday after a good dinner
and mttderll© offer* tin <•*»*©© la I advantage
to late diners, who may ffrop in a little
late without missing n part of a plot. The
program Includes the Luhaknu* ami their
clown dug. the Three Troulmdors. Anita
Hurtling, the woman Juggler; Al t’nr I© ton,
Klim* Ifaryey and the Field boys; Mayhelle
Meeker *nid the new kiiictogrnph. It Is
lielng pronounced the lilt of the vaudeville
season.
“Madam Butterfly.”
Last year when l*uccln|'s celebrated Jn|f-
itesc opera, "Madam Ilutterfly," was
trodneed iu this rollntry r u wellkno
Eastern music writer charged the composer
with "cribbing” from hlr Arthur Sulll-
vai)*f s "Mikado.” The bit lie was said to
have taken from Htilllvnn Is that eha
I eristic excerpt of Japanese mehsly km
ns the "Jou-Kluo,” and Which Sullivan had
used In the "Mikado.” The ".Inn-Kino" Is
known by every globe trotter who has
visited Japan. The geishas dance to It nml
slug It whenever a Yankee, stranger nr-
rives.
In Japan It Is ns well known ns Is "The
Star Spangled. Homier" In this country,
which rueelnl lias also drawn on for a mo
tive In "Madam Butterfly.” In view of
these facts. It was something of a Joke to
charge Puccini with copying Sullivan.
By the way, "Madam Ilutterfly” will be
presented for mntlnee and night January 2,
at the Grand.
“Tht WuliTof Jericho.”
Those truly distinguished co-stars. He**-
bert Kelcey and Efflo Shannon, whose com
bined talents have been so Intensely cddlfy-
fng to countless theatergoers (u the past
many seasons and whose lasting partnership
Ik a source of Important concern to all
lovers of what there Is good oil the stage,
are anummceil to present their newest ven
ture. "The Walls of Jericho." by Alfred
Htitro, at the Grand next Monday and Tues
day. and the most positive assurance Is
given mi the part of Ernest Shipman, who
controls the
player*, that so fnr a
may lie retarded the
have 1h*cii employed.
No. 1 Fresh Tennessee Eggs, 22 c Doz.
wholesale GASH WITH ORDER OR C. 0. D. BELL PHONE 5187
only. KELLEYPRODUCE CO, 991 2 Decatur St., Atlanta PAone 1522
i»*t careful endear-
WINS HIS VERDICT
AFTER 17 YEARS
the honest•liope that eventually a constitu
tion will he given to the people, but no date
Into effect January I a pension system
claimed to Is* the most comprehensive and
one of the moMt generous III the country,
embracing every employee of Hie railroad
in lb© I'lilted Stall's and Cnundn,
Discs bearing records of tho voices of the
greatest singers of the twentieth century—
Taniiigiio, Caruso, Kcotti, Palaiieon, Patti,
Melba, Calve and others—have been buried
In a vault In the Paris theater.
There tins been a remarkable diminution
In wheat plant lug In the Punjab liecatisc
of the prolonged drought. The area has
shrunk from h.ooo.oou to 5,000,00) acres.
The poll© was present at the Sacred Col
lege la Ituine t«*dny for the exchange of
Christmas greetings with the cardinals.
The Increase In the niimticr of dcutha
{ rnm heart dlscusc In . Manhattan nml the
Iron* for the first eleven months of isKfi
over the same period of 1908 was 1,240 or
more than 27 per rent.
Pale, Delicate Women and Girls.
The Old Standard GROVE’S TASTE
LESS CHILL TONIC drives out ma
laria and build* up the system. For
grown people and children, 50c.
$50,000 STATUE
FOR IRISH HERO
Boston, Mass., Dec. 25.—Members of
the Ancient Order of Hibernians In
Massachusetts are earnestly working
for the passage of a bill Introduced by
Congressman' Wiley, of Alabama, up*
pi »prluting $50,000 for a monument to
Jeremiah O’Brien, an Irlsh-Amertcan
revolutionary hero, who captured. In
the first sea fight of the revolution, the
British schooner Margaretta.
WORLD'S MARKETS
ARE SHUT TIGHT
Business Generally S u s-
pended For the Holi
days.
The banks, exchanges of every
character and business generally Is
suspended today In observance of the
Christmas holidays.
LABOR UNIONS
FIGHT DECREE
Washington, Dec. 25.—Attorneys for
the defense In the suit Involving the
Buck Stove Company and the boycott
list of the American Federation of La
bor, now retrained by the court, have
prayed that the order be corrected and
amended to continue until further
notice of the court and not until Anal
decree.
UNION SAVINGS BANK
Assets $250,000.00
Commercial (checking) and Savings Deposits Solicited.
Strong, Conservative and Experienced Management.
4
Under Stntc Supervision. n
PER CENT
On Savings Accounts ■
Late Hours Saturdays for Savings Depositors.
YOUNG WOMAN FOBBED
BY NEGRO HIGHWAYMAN,
A verdict for $4,000 in favor of the
plaintiff hns been returned by n Jury
in the superior couit In the,case of
David Allen against Venable Bros.,
contractors. Allen's foot was cut
off by a switch engine on the Georgia
railroad near Llthonla. 17 years ago.
Venable Bros, were held liable be
cause of an engine used by them In
hauling stone over the track.
ten extra Policemen
DURING HOLIDAYS.
Special to The Georgian.
Rome. Go.. Dec. 25.—Christmas shop
ping In Rome has been active and or
derly. A large trade has been had. In
spite of very unpleasant weather.
Hardly any disorder has been expe
rienced. Ten extra policemen nre on
duty, but the number of arrests has
been unusunlly small.
John Mitchell Better.
Indianapolis, Inil., Dec. 25.—John
Mitchell, president of the United Mine
Workers of America; rettW easy last
night and Is feeling much better today.
The pain In hls aide baa almost disap
peared.
Special to The Georgian.
Tennllle. Ga.. Dec. 25.—Miss Vlc-
torlne Hall, operator for th; Western
Union Telegraph Company, while on
her way home from the office at about
8 o'clock, was knocked down and rob
bed of her purse by an unknown ne
gro man, who Immediately fled. Ow
ing to the darkness of the place where
the robbery occurred, neither Miss Hall
nor the young messenger boy who ac
companied her Is able to to Identify
tha negro.
TAX COLLECTIONS HEAVY
ON CLOSING DAY.
k|H'clal to The Georgian.
Rome, Ga.. Dec. 25.—Tax Collector
John M. Vandiver closed his tax bocks
on the night of Friday, the 20th. The
receipts for t lie last day amounted to
II*.492.20. Payment* have been^ood.
j i- ■
Cheney’s Expectorant cures
coughs, colds. La Grippe and
croup. 60 years on the market.
All dru-lists. 25c.
CHRISTMAS SERVICES
NORTH-AVE. CHURCH
rhriMtuui* •©nice In North-are. Pr©*l»y-
teriun rliureh will be held on Friday' oven
lug nt 7:30 o’fl.K'k, connlctlng of n mtialeal
aerrlce by th© Intermediate d©|)flMtn©nt
•of til© Hllbblltll wlionl, lllldlT til© UlwtbHI
.of Mil* Bv©lyn Jacknoii. It will lx> hold In
th© Hnl/txith ntIiooI room, and nil tli© friomlii
? iul f>nr©nt* uf th© ©hlldr©n sir© lnvlt©d. A
r©©wlll (iff©rinx will lie tnk©n to In* djr!de<
h©tw©©n lh© TIiortiWMl nrplimiug© nud
Frederiokabtirg Horn© and flrbool.
BICYCLESQUAD^
HONORS POOLE
Juat befor© the morning watch of tlie
police force went on duty at midnight,
Police Sergeant Lamar Poolo received
aplendhl tetitlmnnlal of the ©Mteem
and regard In which he I* held by the
morning watch bicycle nqu&d, of which
he in In command.
The bicycle m©n were assembled In
the aergeant'H office und Sergeant
Poole was called before them. Officer
Peyton, In a happy npeech, then pre
sented the sergeant with a handsome
gold-headed umbrella In behalf of the
bicycle squad. Sergeant Poole re-
©ponded nnd expressed hls heartfelt
appreciation of the gift and the senti
ment that prompted It.
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0 PAPA8 OFFER TO T083 0
0 COINS TO SETTLE MIX-UP 0
0 OF TWO FIRST-BORN. 0
O Port Jervis, N. Y.. Dec. 25, O
O William H. Lent and John F. 0
0 Cross offered to toss a coin to O
0 determine which of the two liable* O
0 fa Lent and which 1* Cross. The 0
O babies came almost simultaneous- 0
O ly to Mrs. Lent and Mrs. Cross, in O
0 a aa,nltarlum, and nurse* mixed O
0 them. The attending physician O
0 straightened out the mlx-up. He O
0 noticed that the Cross baby had a 0
Q cute little mole on It* round lit- 0
C tl© "tummy.” 0
n. M. ATKIKIIOKt Vlce-l’resldtot.
JOSBPIX A. aj'COUD, Vlcs-l’reildtst.
FRANK HAWKINS, President.
THOMAS a nit WIN, Cashier,
IL W. OfsRS, Assistant Caabtaew
Third National Bank
Capital .... $200,000.00
Surplus and Profits $400,000.00
uirectorn
m&Mr FRANK HAWKINS.
JOHN W. GRANT, If. >1. ATKINSON.
II, MTciilO, jn&KMi a M'l’nnr
S. 0. NDNNAfXY.
ii, #•. ■ tmnpu©,
JOSKPH A. M’CORD.
HAYWARD, VICK ,& CLARK,
COTTON, 8TOCKS, BONOS, COFFEE, GRAIN ANO PROVISION*,
Cirondslst and Gravler Sts., New Orleans.
MEMBERS;
New Orleans Future Brokers' Association,
Now Orleans ami Chicago Boards of Trade*
New York Coffee Kxcbanfe,
u.u, _ Associate Members J.lrerpool Cotton Ass’*
New York and Chicago Correspondents:
A. a. BAGHE & CO., AND BARTLETT, FRAZIER & CARIUNBCON,
aniVATC WIRES TO ALL POINTS.
otton Exchange,
rcs:sn cofton Exchange,
©ton Cotton Excbanzo,
•COW ELECTION”
NOW IN COURTS
diwisl lo TJm Georgian.
Thomasvllle, Ga.. Deo. 25.—The pri
mary election held last Friday did not
result to suit the cow faction, and they
are busy looking Into the situation.
This activity resnlted In the decision
of the executive committee to call for
a re-count of the votee. A re-count of
the votea wae ordered by the executlg,
committee, but an Injunction wae Im
mediately flled and granted by Judg«
Mitchell, anawer to be heard by him tor
day.
CARNEGIE LIBRARY 8CHOOL
TO BE MADE PERMANENT.
Special to The Georgina.
Columbus, Ga., Dec. 25.—G. Gunby
Jordan, who has Just returned from a
Northern trip, brings the news that
Andrew- Carnegie has concluded to
make permanent the appropriation for
maintaining the school for graduating
librarians, with which Miss Anne Wal
lace, of Atlanta, has made such a line
record. Mr. Carnegie was much pleased
. to hear of the large membership of
G0000000000O0O000000000000 the new public library In Cclumbus.
$600,000.00
IN
CHRISTMAS GIFTS
$15.00 Draft FOR YOU
IF YOU 8END YOUR NAME
Chrlstmii Gift drafts In denomina
tion, of $10.00 and $15.00 have been
Issued to the amount of six hundred
thousand dollars and are now iwlim-
sent to the prospective students of
Draughon's Practical Business Col
lege Company, which has a chain of
30 Colleges—biggest and best In the
world. Send your name and uddres.t
to Draughon's College. 122 Peachtree
St., Atlanta. Or Columbia, Jackson
ville, or Montgomery, and you will re
ceive one of these Christmas Gift
Drafts.
Of the fl.QBI m©a ©laptojreil on Britl'h
•RiUfutf iVarcU.-JC*. or l lu fhi'ir
live* by drowning, wgerea* of tW HUB
men employed on uuMps only 671, or 1
iu i’ll, arc drowned* ,