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4 BAPTISTS WORK FOR EWIOI Rally for Bessie Tift College Gives Impetus to Endow ment Fund Campaign. Atlanta Baptists are giving liberally this week to the endowment fund which It being raised by Reesfe Tift college for the education of Georgia girls. The endowment movement was given new Impetus at a rally held at the Baptist Tabernacle, at which J R Smith. M L. Brittain, state superintendent of public schools, and Dr. J. J. Hal), of North Carolina, were among the speakers. J. R. Smith, a prominent merchant, is ehairman of the co-operative com mittee which is working for the en dowment fund in Atlanta. He made an earnest appeal for Bessie Tift. Stressing Its importance to the Baptist denomination, which owns it outright, and urging Atlantans to give liberally to the movement. Superintendent Brittain paid high praise to the work of the Institution, which he pronounced one of the best in Georgia, and Dr. Hall, whose daughter was a student at Bessie Tift, described the spirit of the college and the fine fellowship which prevails among th students. More than s3fi,o«fi has been given the school by Atlantans, and it is expected that the entire $3«0.n00 to be raised will soon be complete, more than half that sum having been raised. GEORGIA OPTICIANS OPEN CONVENTION IN ATLANTA TOMORROW Fifty opticians of Georgia will meet In Atlanta tomorrow for a mid-summer serial and scientific session. They will make their headquarters nt the Pied mont hotel J. H. Spratling is president of the assentation, and <’ E. Folsom vice pres ident. Both are Atlanta men. The first session tomorrow will con sist almost entirely of social features. Wednesday’ morning a scientific session will be held. The session will close with a banquet at the Elks club. B. B. Bostwick, of Savannah; W. R„ Wilson, of Douglas; C. H. Kittrell, of Dublin; I M. Schwab, of Savannah; H J. Godin, of Augusta, and other lead ing opticians of the state will be pres ent. WAR SONG AUTHOR WRITES T. R.’S CAMPAIGN BALLAD DES MOINES. July 22.—1 t was re ported here today that S. H. M. Byers, author of "When Sherman Marched Down to the Sea," is composing a Roosevelt campaign battle song Th>- poet aligned himself with the Roose velt convention here Saturday and made a speech in favor of the colonel. During the summer months mol hers of young children should watch for any unnatural looseness of the bowels. When given prompt attention at this timp serious trouble may be avoided Chamberlain’s Colic. Cholera and Diar rhoea Remedy van always be depended upon. For sale by all dealers. Announcement HE Officers and Directors of the Lowry National Bank announce the removal from their temporary quarters to their old location. They cordially invite you to call upon them tomorrow morning and inspect their new quarters. While the new Banking Rooms ©©w are not com P^ cte j n detail, their patrons and friends will find them better equipped for the more comfortable transaction of business. They will be ready to welcome you tomorrow morning at the usual banking hour Lowry National Bank OFFICERS ROBERT J. LOWRY. THOMAS I). MEADOR. .JOSEPH T. ORME. HENRY W. DAVIS. E. A. BANCKER. JR . H WARNER MARTIN lresi,lent - Xlee President. Vice President. Cashier. Assistant Cashier. ' Assistant Cashier. DIRECTORS THOMAS J. AVERY, SAMUEL M. INMAN, JOHN E. MURPHY J H NUNNALLY FRFIiFRTr t pavav mctt d wttvtvcav THOMAS EGLESTON, ROBERT J. LOWRY. THOMAS D. MEADOR, JOSEPH T. ORME,’ WILLIAM G. RAOUL,’ ERNEST WOODRUFF.’ Dixie Not Losing Taste for Pastry PIE STILL THE r 'STAND-BY” 111 \\\ s~ V / / JUk r— / .Wife; B»Hf. > ’’ 1 VBSs w ; o,< I v >! { » J \\\ \\\ iff / \\\ > O I ' - a 1/2 I /xrt• »»»■ wfy I (((( * jgra IO" O /H / * V \ /// / loU •• Little Johnny Jones says ins only objection to pie as a steady diet is that it just will get in his ears every time he takes a bite. The heat of the presidential year and the general dyspeptic condition of thing has caused an alarming slump in the number of pies consumed in I’hicago. according to dispatches. New York on the other hand says ’tls not so -in Manhattan every inhabitant from the Bronx to the Battery still consumes a slice of apple and a glass of milk at noontime. Atlanta meanwhile continues’ along the even tenor of its way. Precisely the same number of pics are being made today in the Gate City as were made on this date last .war. and vir tually the same people are eating them, according to unquestionable statistics. The purchasing agent of an uptown restaurant, when asked for a pie in terview, talked lor ten minutes on the high cost of powdered sugar and then stated that the pit- situation was about the same, excepting that the old-time fondness for custard was being super seded by a tendency toward dewberry, said he, “is that the requirement fur sail lie, "Is that the requirements for eating one of those meringue topped affairs are fearfully rigid. No ordinary man can eat a slice of lemon custard with snow white cover unless he calls In the assistance of a Japanese Jug gler. If he attempt- any one-handed business In’ Is likely to find that his necktie has acquired a gulden shade THJi ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. MONDAY. JULY 22, 1912. interspersed by sprays of white. Ber ries, on the other hand, will stick by eachjother and can be handled without prejudice to health, happiness or hand kerchiefs and with two or one hands as the situation demands. "But take it from me, the Atlanta appetite must have pie. So long as the honey bee courts the red rose and the legislature meets there will be that same insistent, plaintive, irresistible cry for one slice ami glass of milk apple preferred.” Every little Toastie has a flavor like the other— Rich and pure, sweet and clean—each bowl wntefft another. No fear of indigestion—no doctor's bill to pay,;>i ■ If you’ll only get the habit— eat Post ToasUefl’eyery day. Written by MLSb RICL'*'A I.BEE.' £3 i.e-roy >t , Bji’.ghHtuUuQ, Y.. < Hie of Hie i 0 Jingles for win. h the I’ostnin Co., •' t U.tiilu Crerk Mi. h . paid SIOOO 00 in .Max I AT THE THEATERS I _ STAR BILL IS BOOKED AT THE BUSY FORSYTH A bill of more than ordinary’ Interest is the attraction for the busy Forsythfi dally matinee and evening performances this week, and counting the reported heavy advance sale and tremendous reservation list as a foundation, it is declared that an attendance record for summer time will be established. In the seven numbers on the program there are music, dancing, novelty, comedy sketch and a new idea in acrobatics that will be especially Interesting. It is the sort of bill that established the popular ity’ of the Forsyth. William Rock and Maud Fulton are to make their first bow to an Atlanta audi ence. Those who have seen the famous musical comedy stars In some other city can appreciate the astonishment that is in store for those who have never seen the act. There is but one William Rock, the greatest dancer in muufeal comedy and vaudeville, and in referring to the star it is but natural that the charming partner is thought of Immediately. Miss Fulton is dainty and charming, and a dancer as clever almost as her partner. The act promises to be one of tne fine hits of the Forsyth season. Arthur Deagon, the distinguished Amer ican comedian, a man with ideas all dif ferent from the usual run. will be another of the cards that will attract, and famous Hoey and Lee. the character comedians, will have something to do with the en tertainment The merit of the bill wijl have a real boost in the act of Catherine Hayes and Sabel Johnson, character comediennes, who e.re in a class entirely their own. and who will produce a sketch that is all laughter. George Clay, a clever cartoonist; Fred ani Annie Pelot, the joking jugglers, and ihe famous LaVeen and Cross trio of Roman acrobats make up the program. FORMER FORSYTH STARS HEAD THE BIJOU BILL For the. week opening this afternoon at the Bijou there will be an aggregation of acts that can not fail to entertain. The clever eccentric dancing of McMahon, Diamond and Clemence should prove a drawing card. Al Edwards, the popular blackface comedian, will introduce some new stories and music In his own pecu liar manner. Fay and Miller will do a comedy singing and talking stunt, and Toom'er and Hewing will offer a comedy sketch entitled. "It Happened in Looney ville." The motion pictures which open and close each performance at the Bijou are now changed daily, and are of the best quality, specially selected. Matinee” are given daily at 3 o'clock and night per formances at 7:30 and 9. On Saturday matinees are given at 2:30 and 4 PASTOR QUITS CHURCH FOR REFUSING HIM ONE VACATION IN 50 YEARS PHOEBUS, VA, July 22.—Having had no vacation in 50 years. Dr. John M. Pilcher, pastor of the First Baptist church here, has resigned his charge in order to get one. He applied to his church for a vacation, but it appears that his request was refused, because the treasury yvas not In a condition to warrant the employment of a substi tute during the regular pastor’s ab sence. And so Dr. Pilcher, who was for many years head of the Virginia Baptist Sun day School association, relieved the sit uation by tendering his resignation, ef fective July 31. He announces that he will be open to other engagements at the close of his vacation two months hence. AMERICAN TO PROBE ATR OCmE s IN PERU WASHINGTON, July 22.—Following the British action in investigating the alleged rubber atrocities in central Peru, the state department today an nounced Stewart Fuller, American con sul at Iquitos, will leave there for Pue tomayo district August 1. Consul Fuller will report directly to Washington and the United States’ fu- | {M. Rich & Bros. Co. | 2J ___J “The Real Department Store” J I : “1 Millinery Section ; 3j 2d Floor Annex | ' ;.S The Season’s Greatest Sale of I TRIMMED HATS! 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