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SUMMER FUN FOR
THEATER LOVERS
Lyric To Be Reopened Soon.
Forsyth and Bijou Will Not
Shut Doors.
Atlartta theatergoers will not have to
suffer for amusement during the sum
mer. for it has been about determined
to open the Lyric, the Wells theater on
Carnegie way, within the next' two
weeks, for vaudeville at a popular scale
of prices. The Forsyth will also be
operated th’rough the summer months
with the same standard of vaudeville
that has kept it crowded at all per
formances. In addition to this ar
rangement the Bijou will be continued,
but with a great improvement in its
bookings and a number of decided In
novations.
Since the close of the Lyric thres
weeks ago General Manager Jake Wells
in New York has been weighing the
situation. It was the first period since
the dedication six years ago that the
house has been dark. There was no
class of entertainment suited for the
house possible to secure at that time,
for it has been demonstrated that no
dramatic stock company without Emma
Bunting could live here, and Miss Bunt
ing had been assigned to another place.
Mr. Wells has been in daily conference
with the vaudeville powers, ever since
the close of the house, and arrange
ments have just been perfected with
the United Booking offices—the Keith
offices —to supply the Lyric with vaude
ville. Mr. Wells will announce the
opening within a few days’.
At the same time arrangements were
made to book the Bijou by the Western
Vaudeville Managers association, with
headquarters in Chicago, and some of
the best acts from the Orpheum circuit
will be seen there.
MONUMENT TO CREATOR
PUNCH AND JUDY SHOWS
PARIS, May 22. —To the memory of
the Inventor of the "Theater Guignol,”
or more familiarly known to English
speaking people as the Punch and Judy
show. Laurent Mourguet. a monument
has been unveiled at Lyons, in the
presence of a large audience.
E. M. Greeson. z
E M. Greeson. 65 years old. who died
in Tampa. Fla., yesterday, was buried
in Oakland cemetery today, following
funeral services at Patterson's. The
body of. Mr. Greeson was brought to
Atlanta early today. His relatives in
Atlanta are Mrs. Emma Johnson Mrs.
V. Kernoodle, Mrs. A. J. Wing and Mrs
Delia Collins.
50 Persons
Will Make $20.00 Each
Writing Jingles
In May, 1912, we will buy 50 good Jingles, suitable for a Post
Toasties Jingle Book.
You may get $20.00 for writing an original Jingle or for filling
in the missing line of the incomplete Jingle in the coupon. A fine
way to have some fun.
A COMPLETE JINGLE FINISH THIS JINGLE
(AS AN EXAMPLE ONLY.) | Little orphan Annie from far, far away
Picnic davs are coming, goodness what a treat. Came to make a visit, and she's going to stay.
Fill up all the baskets: lots of stuff to eat. Roses now are blooming, on her cheeks so pale,
Never mind the cake and jam. never mind the tea,
Plenty of Post Toasties—that's good enough" for me. in this line, mentioning Toasties, and write plainly)
Sign Here---
Na me— c
Street and No.—
City - s tate
I se of above form of answer is suggested, but not required.
Address and mail your Jingles to
Jingle Dept. 135, POSTUM CEREAL CO., LTD , BATTLE CREEK, MICH.
Jingles accepted for our book, will be Fill in the missing line of the incomplete
bought and paid for at $20.00 each. Jingle printed above, making the last line
Onh the Jingles we pay for will be used. include the name of “Toasties.” with correct
There will be 50 Jingles purchased, and r jJ— and metrp \
the names and addresses of the writers wdl be
printed and mailed to every enquirer who 0 wrife an origina l p ost Toasties
sends us alc stamped and addressed envelope , , , , ~.
for return. Jingle of not less than 4 lines, any one
, ... i -j . line of which must contain “Post
The Jingles will be juged honest!.' upon . „ f # „
merit, so if you are a sensitive person and not Toasties or “Toasties.
i good sportsman, don't try, for we have no
time to “pet up” those whose Jingles are not man y Jingles may he submitted as de-
sccepted. sired.
This is an opportunity to make some extra money, and, in addition, become
acquainted with
Post Toasties
—the delicious hits of toasted Indian Corn
Try some of this crisp food with cream and sugar. It is not easily forgotten.
BIG FOREST RESERVE
FOR GEORGIA BRINGS
2 BROTHERS FORTUNE
When Judge W. T. Newman of the
Federal court hears on June 10 next
the case of "The United States versus
32.000 acres of land. N. W. and Andrew
Gennett and others,” and rules that all
claims against the ten thousand titles
involved are settled, it w-ili mark the
beginning of a tremendous forest re
serve in north Georgia, the conserva
tion of a tract equal in area to an aver
age county, and the establishment of a
government forestry service with a
chief inspector and a Hundred forest
rangers. And it will mark the climax
in the fortunes of two young Southern
men who have in one year built up a
fortune of a'clean half-million dollars
from a nest egg of a few thousands.
The case w hich comes up next month
in the Federal court is a "friendly”
suit, designed to establish the title of
purchasers and sellers to a tract of
32,000 acres of forest land In the
mountains of north Georgia, most of it
in Fannin county, with a part in Union,
Gilmer and Lumpkin counties. It has
been bought in the past two years by
the two Gennetts, and the titles have
been • cleared by intricate tracing of
ancient grants, the settlement of
myriad claims and the winning of many
suits at law. The government has
called upon more than 1.000 persons
to come forward on June 10 and estab
lish any claim they may have to any
portion of these lands or "forever after
hold their peace.” None of the thou
sand is expected to appear, and the suit
is a mere formality. But when it is
over the nation, through the forest bu
reau of the agricultural department,
will pay the two Gennetts $225,000 for
their tract of 32,000 acres. The depart
ment contemplates the purchase of oth
er tracts in the same section, some
from the Gennetts and some from other
owners, which will bring the Georgia
reserve up to 200,000 acres, a tract
about the size of Towns county, in
which part of the land is situated.
Bought Tract
For Speculation.
But the "human Interest” side .of
the forestry purchase is Sound in the
history of the two young men who
sold it.
Andrew Gennett is 37 years old and
Nat W. Gennett is only 33. Andrew
was graduated from Cumberland uni
versity, in Tennessee, and admitted to
the bar. The younger man entered the
lumber business in a small way, join
ing a firm in Nashville, their home.
Both were slight in build and Andrew’s
health was failing under the strain of
office work and confinement.
The brothers were not poor, even in
those days. They had a capital of sev
eral thousand dollars left them by their
father. They decided to go into the
woods, where they might find health at
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS: WEDNESDAY. MAY 15. 1912
least, and perhaps wealth as well. They
found both.
The two young city men have lived
the life of the lumberman for ten years.
They cleaned out several timber tracts
in the Carolinas, and two years ago
they invaded the mountains in north
Georgia. Here they purchased more
than 40,000 acres of timber lands, more
with a view to future enhancement of
values than for immediate operations.
The government had its eye .on the
tract, but its agents arrived on the
scene only to find that the two young
timber operators held the titles. They
began negotiations more than a year
ago, and the deal which will be closed
next month will mean a profit of many
thousands to the Gennetts. for they
bought cheaply and ' the government
pays well. When the sale is made they
will have a clean half-million, all
gained in ten years from a capital of a
few thousand invested by two strangers
in a strange business.
Call of the Woods
Must Be Obeyed.
"I have been in Atlanta several
weeks,” said Andrew Gennett, in his
office in the Empire building, "and al
ready I am feeling the call of the
woods. I am restless in the city, ill at
ease. I can't breathe the air which
rises from asphalt streets; I can not
sleep in the close rooms of the hotels.
When this deal is closed I'm going back
into the woods—-back to buy more tim
ber lands, to live in the open again.
Nat is up there now . w earing-high boots
and flannel shirts and riding through
the forest, and. I'm anxious to join
him.”
"You boys have made a\ wonderful
success,” suggested a friend, enviously,
Mr. Gennett smiled, but there was a
trace of sadness in the curve of the
lips.
“I suppose so,” he returned. “I
ought not to complain, for we have
made more than we could have expect
ed. and gained health as well as money.
But sometimes I think we have lost a
great deal..too. We have lost the con
tact with our fellows, the acquaintance
of women.'the polish w’hich comes from
close association with the people of
one’s own type. We feel mighty lonely
in the woods sometimes.”
"You might retire now and w in back
all of those things," suggested his
friend.
The smile was whimsical this time.
"I'm afraid not,” said the young
woodsman. "Thf mountains are calling
—the smell of fresh cut timber, the
trout streams and the saddle are too
stron'g a lure. I’m afraid we couldn’t
come back to the. city to stay. The
woods gave us all we asked, and now
the woods are claiming ourselves in
return. We’ll have to stick to the
mountains.”
PATRIDTISM NOW
IN GALVIN GREED
Presbyterian General Assembly
Urges Prayers for Country
and Honest Officials.
LOUISVILLE. KY.. May 22.—" Duty
to country.’.' contained in the inter
mediate catechism approved by the
Presbyterian general assembly, is an
innovation in catechisms. The an
swer to the question relating to duty
to our country: .‘'Our duty to our coun
try is to love and pray tor it. to obey
its laws, to secure and sustain worthy
officers' and to serve the common good.”
The report of,the committee bn tem
perance, which was Approved as al
ready reported, urged that merttber
ship in the church be refused to men
engaged in any way in the liquor busi
ness. A bill to be presented in con
gress making the manufacture of al
coholic beverages a violation of the
law is also recommended
Gainesville to Have
Modern Passenger
And Freight Depots
Details of passenger and freight sta
tion facilities to be provided by the
Southern railway at Gainesville, in
cluding the construction of a new pas
senger station, remodeling and enlarg
ing the present freight station, the re
arrangement of tracks, the construction
of new team tracks for the delivery of
bulk freight, and the laying of concrete
paving and chert platforms, were an
nounced today by H. W. Miller, assis
tant to the president.
The new passenger station will be of
brick construction with tile roof, 13.1
feet long and 34 1-2 feet w ide, and will
not only provide ample facilities, bui
will.be a handsome and attractive
building. It will consist of white wait
ing room 32 feet by 38 feet, negro wait
ing room 18 feet by 32 feet, baggag
room 18 feet by 32 feet, with ample
ticket and telegraph offices and toikt
facilities.
The freight depot will be enlarged to
practically double its present capacity
and together w ith.the new team tracks
w'ill give greatly additional facilities to
the shippers Os Gainesville.
Bids are now being solicited for the
construction of the passenger station
and the wmrk will be started as soon as
the contract is let and the necessary
material can be assembled. The work
of remodeling the. freight depot,, track
work and paving will be done by com.-
pany forces.
The improvements to’ be made at
Gainesville have been planned not only
to provide for present needs, but to
take care, of a healthy growth of both
freight and passenger traffic which Is
hoped for in the near future.
NOTIONS OF PEOPLE
ABOUT HYDROPHOBIA
NEARLY ALL WRONG
CHICAGO, May '22.—Most of the
popular notions about mad dogs are
called fallacies, in an article by Dr.
James Gordon Cumming, director of
the Pasteur institute of the Univer
sity of Michigan, in The Journal of
the American Medical Association.
That rabid dogs always froth at the
mouth, that dogs develop rabies from
lack of water, that dogs are more like
ly” to contract rabies in hot weather
than in cold, that dogs afflicted w’ith
hydrophobia are afraid of w-ater, are
some of the popular notions which Dr.
Cumming declares are all wrong.
"We find only in the human subject
the dread of an attempt to drink wa
ter,” the physician says. "A rabid dog
w’ill attempt to drink water even
though the act induces a spasm of the
deglutltory muscles.”
A rabid dog seldom froths at Ute
mouth, according to Dr. Cumming,
whereas in a canine with fits there is
profuse frothing. The "dog-day theo
ry” is disproved, he says, by the num
ber of winter cases.
AGE 98. HE REFUSES
BEFORE OPERATION
TO TAKE PAIN KILLER
SEATTLE. WASH., May 22.—Thom
as A. Wardall. 98 years old, refused to
be placed under an anesthetic at the
Providence hospital when the doctors
were ready to proceed with an opera
tion for internal trouble.
"I don’t need any drug to lessen the
pain, and I’m young enough to stand
this operation,” Mr. Wardall told the
surgeons.
Mr. Wat Mall is recovering from the
operation and declares he is going to
live to be at least 120 years old
EXCAVATION AT PANAMA
IS NEARING THE FINISH
. PANAMA, May 22.'—The total amount
of■ excavation bn the Panama canal
during the year ending May 1 was
30,736,364 cubic yards, which leaves
only 26,836.494 cubic yards to be ex
cavated.
The Gatun locks are 93 per cent fin
ished, Pedro Miguel 92 per cent and
Mlraflorcs 61 per cent.
The tdtal amount spent on the canal
so far is $251,376,491; for fortifications.
$669,156. .
WIRELESS TELEPHONE
WORKS OVER 160 MILES
ROME, May .22.—Wireless telephone
messages have been transmitted for a
distance of oyer 160 miles from Monte
Marie to Magdalena island. They went
through with such success that a
change of voice in the reader of a
ne <v spa per extract was instantly de
tected. The experiments were the most
successful yet known.
2 PATIENTS OIL;
INDIAN IS HELD
Osage Doctor’s Bond Fixed at
SI,OOO as Cases Are In
vestigated.
G. L. Gray, who says he is an Osage
Indian doctor, arrested last week for
posing as a legalized physician, has
been ordered held in SI,OOO bond by-
Chief of Detectives Newport Lanford
pending the Investigation of charges
that his medicines killed two persons,
made against him by citizens of Buck
head.
It is charged that a white man and a
negro who took Gray's medicines at
Buckhead have died. Chief Lanford
sent a man to Buckhead today to make
a thorough investigation of the charges.
Gray was about to be released on a
bond of $l5O pending his trial on the
original charge w hen this new informa
tion came to headquarters.
Chief Lanford received information
this afternoon that the white man,
who Was reported to have died in
Buckheid while being treated by Gray,
the Osage Indian doctor, died
at least three weeks after Gray
had been there. The chief then fixed
Gray's bond at SI,OOO in the local case
of posing here as a physician.
Health is the foundation of all good
looks. The wise woman realizes this
and takes precautions to preserve her
health and strength through the pe
riod of child bearing. She remains a
pretty mother by avoiding as far aa
possible the suffering and dangers of
such occasions. This every woman
may do through the use of Mother’s
Friend, a remedy that has been so long
in use, and accomplished so much
good, that it is in no sense an experi
ment, but a preparation which always
produces the best results, it is for
external application and so penetrating
tn its nature as to thoroughly lubricate
every muscle, nerve and tendon in
volved during the period before baby
comes. It aids nature by expanding
the skin and tissues, relieves tender
ness and soreness, and perfectly pre
pares the system for natural and safe
motherhood. Mother’s Friend has been
used and endorsed by thousands of
mothers, and its use will prove a com
fort and benefit •
to any woman in CTT7fVJTA
need of such a *
remedy. Mother’s ~ FZiM/lflO
Friend is sold at CJ SW
drug stores. Write for free book for
expectant mothers, which contain!
much valuable information.
BtADFHLD KIGULATOR CO.. Athsts. Ga.
J.M.High Cqtony. |
The Greatest of All Sales
Untrimmed Hats
Values to $7.50
» Including Panamas, Leg
horns, Hemps, Tagals, Mi-
lans, etc. This is the opportunity of the season. The
most fashionable Hats for mid-summer, whether in the
city or out of town, and bought at a price that enables
us to sell them at the price of cheap Hats. The sale
will begin promptly at 9 o’clock tomorrow, Thursday,
morning for one day only. So you must be early to
get first choice.
$7.50 Hats, zu 00
$6.50 Hats, ;> f .70
$5.00 Hats, 3 1 | c „
<1 nn nT' Beginsa ‘
$3.00 Hats, «o'clock
Policemen Kick About 'New Clothes
BUT PARADE PROUDLY
Atlanta's finest. 300 in number, are
being reviewed this afternoon by.Mayor
Winn, members of the police commis
sion and Police Chief Beavers. It is
the annual general inspection of the
police force, and is taking place at
the police station.
The bluecoats all appeared in their
nifty new spring uniforms and helmets,
with fresh shaves and illuminating
shoe shines, and made a fine show. The
mayor. Chairman Carlos Mason and
other officials all expressed themselves
as highly gratified over the appearance
of the men.
Atlanta policemen are dressed in
brand-new blue uniforms teday, just
from the tailor and very pleasing to
the eye. But they are not happy.
Quite the reverse in fact.
It isn’t that the tailoring contractor
Third National Bank
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50,000-pound Door to our Massive Safety Deposit Vault. The Fin®»»
and Most Modern Vault in the South.
Deposits April 18, 1912 . . $4,546,595.28
Deposits April 18, 1911 . . 5,590,167.22
INCREASE FOR ONE YEAR $ 956,226.06
OFFICERS
FRANK HAWKINS President R. W. BYERS Assistant Cashier
JOS. A. McCord. .Vice President A. M. BERGSTROM . Asst. Cashier
JOHN W. GRANT Vice President W. B. SYMMERS. . .Asst. Cashier
THOMAS C. ERWIN Cashier A. J. HANSELL Asst. Cashier
You’ll Find Us Accommodating, Accurate and
Appreciative.
Our Splendid Business Is Only Made Possible
Through the IMPLICIT CONFIDENCE
of the Public
skimped his work or was stingy with
his cloth. He gave more than he bar
gained for, the patrolmen say, and
that's where the trouble started. For
the new- "summer” uniforms are as
heavy as overcoats, stiff in the breast
and heavily lined throughout.
"Just feel of this coat,” said a pa
trolman to a reporter today. “How
would you like to wear it all sum
mer? It weighs ten times as much as
that you're wearing, and we have to
keep it buttoned to the chin, too.
"The uniform contract is let every
spring and fall by a committee com
posed of the chief, members of the po
lice board and one or two of the force.
I don't know who was responsible sos
picking this material, but I’ll bet he
never wore a uniform all day under a
Georgia sun."
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