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4 GAS KI OF 0.5. GATHERING FOR CONWION Feature of Big Meeting Will Be Exhibition of Appliances at Auditorium. The men who clone more, per il.ip.. to throw light "n various sub jects thraughoui the United States, i anada and Mexico than iny other group of Americans, are arriving in Atlanta today for their national con vention, which opens at the Auditorium Hext Monday and iasts a.l the week. They are the gas makers of the coun try, the men who put ball bearings i:t the meters, the f ;k to whom living is a pipe. They are coming from ns far Vest os San Francisco and as far East a- Boston to discuss ways and means for inducing consumers to cook with gas. warm by gas, read by It, sleep by It. have teeth pulled by It. They are bitter rivals of the electric companies, it may bo -aid, notwith standing the fact that 99 per cent ■ f them also uro the main works In their home electric plants. They expect to get together on a campaign which will make them rich as gas producers and break them as electricity makers, thereby preserving the balance and re maining in comfortable circumstances. To Show Appliances. The convention is that of the Na tional Association of Commercial Gas Companies. Almost every city where there is a g-as plant and a meter reader has a member. They come armed with papers on chemistry, metallurgy and engineering, besides several reports on the psychology' of knowing bow long to i wait before cutting off the gas of a de linquent consumer. But 1t won't be all convention. The biggest thing of the week to the aver age man or woman is the exposition of gas appliances which hundreds of man ufacturers will have at the Auditorium The exhibits have been coming in by . the carload for the past week and are being installed in the Auditorium and j. connected to the miles of gas pipe which the local company put in to furnish the juice for the show. There are gas stoves just the size for n one-egg breakfast and on through the I ordinary small family size up to a range > which would furnish food so- the con i" vention. There are gas irons, ready to S, press hubby's trousers while ho waits £■ in the bnth room. There are gas heat e—rr- forth ■ bath, warranted to produce u tubful of boiling water while you dis i.s. robe. Theta are gns heaters which stay ih down in the basement and send up hot ». water through pipes when you turn the K, spigot and wait awhile. Also Some Lamps. There are gas lamps with 756 kinds of I' incandescent mantles, ench better than the other. There are gas lamps whi. b F stand straight up. upside down and sidewise. And—these are for manufa< - turers’ interest only -there arc gas in, . >* tens of a hundred types, all high-geared ' and well oiled, guaranteed to work day and night, whether In n union house hold or the home of a plutocrat. Th<r. are quarter-in-the-slot meters ingeni ously devised to shut off the gas just when the visitor in the household has drawn his fourth ace and Is ready to rake in the pot. For details of exhibit see catalogue Officials of the Atlanta Gas Light Company are hosts to the convention, and this company alone is spending thousands of its hard-earned dollars on entertainment and other expenses. Big pipes have been run above ground from the mains to the Auditorium, which formerly was lighted by electricity alone, and smaller pipes load to every square yard in the great building, ’■eady to lie tapped for various appa ratus. The amount of gas used next ' week will keep the company hustling, for the exposition w i I use as much ns ail the hotels, -estaurants md public buildings combined. The local com pany and Its officials plan. .: dozen din ners and a theate- party nt the Grand when the whole house will be reserve 1 for the visitors. More than 1,500 dele gates are expected to be present by Monday. f. The exposition will not be open to the public every day. There will he f days when only the manufacturers and dealers in gas fixtures and appliances will be admitted. For it is to them, rather than to the public, that the man ufacturers of appliances •pp al Nearly every gas company in tin- eountiv si - fittings and applinn< <-s in order to en courage heavier consumption of iras. BOIL ER OF GRIST MILL THREE KILLED OLIVE HILI. KY . Nov. 30. Robert Hedge, Bob Baker and a young -on of Robert Erwin w> killed. William Knipp. Willard Erwin. Matthis James and Enley < twuey were painfully hurt late yesterday alt' : noon. who, a g. st mill boiler expiom c SISTER OF DECATUR MAN DIES GREENSBORO, < A. N.v. -Th funeral of Miss Lou Mitchell, et Union Point, was conduit d at Bethesda t church. Rev. J «. i allaway. of I’enlield, officiating. The as-I is survived ,by two brothers, I nd V o Mitch ell, of 1 lecatu Local Sleeping Car At klanta to Chattanooga, via SOUTHERN RAILWAY. Eyeaves Atlanta Terminal hation 8:20 P. M , Occupy at Chattanooga until 7 A. M. SEARCHING SIDELIGHTS ON GEORGIA POLITICS By JAMES B NEVIN. The c ompilation of the national pres. • •ientiai vote is approximately complet and tin results ar- most interesting, ' . J tl • ’ A j and will settle a few Georgia I / still unadjusted, even if It is spi - ‘ ■ifically and em- 1 ■ ■ gall I tiie law to bet on elections in Geor gia. A s i n d I • a t <■ d sev< ra 1 eeks ago, the chief point of I Interest In the re. turns is the falling off - the astonish ing falling off of the vote this year as compared with the vote of t'om years ago. Wilson did not v>i.■ ' i : ~ ' poll the Democratic Bryan vote of 190$. and the total Republican vote of Roose velt and Taft fell even shorter of the vote cast for Taft when Bryan and Taft were pitted against each other. Wilson’s total in the nation is 6,156,- 784, us against 6.393,182 for Bryan last time, which indicates that Bryan had 236,434 vot< n margin In 1908 oyer the total I>< mocratic vote this year. Roosevelt and Taft together this year got 7.304.562, which is 333,114 l-ss than Taft got last time. These flgut-s show a total decrease In the vote this year of 569,7.84 in the two old parties! In the split of the Republican vote Roosevelt got 3,928,140, as against Taft’s 3,376,422, which shows a difference of 521.718 in Roosevelt's favor—much less than many persons thought the differ ence would be. Roosevelt and Taft together totalled 1,147,814 over Wilson, and that Is about 100,000 less than Taft beat Bryan In 1908. Chafin, the Prohibitionist, got just about the same vote nationally that he got last time, but Debs nearly doubled his vote —running this time interest ingly close to a round million in all! The figures carry various meanings, of course, as politicians analyze them according to their various shades of opinion. The strangest thing about It all is that the total vote, which should have run nearly 1,500,000 more tnis time than it did last —by reason of Increased pop ulation • actually fell oft' half a million! When on January 1 Jo. S Roy Holds, Solicitor general of the Augusta cir cuit superior court, retires, one of the most popular as well as most efficient prosecuting attorneys in Georgia will have finished a fine term of service. Mr. Reynolds has been solicitor for twelve years—three full terms Antici pating his retirement, the grand juries In every county in his circuit have passed highly complimentary resolu tions concerning him and the excellent work he has done as solicitor. Mr. Reynolds retired voluntarily, as it is agreed In Augusta that be might have had the office again for the ask ing. He will be succeeded by A. L. Frank lin. who won out, after a hard fight, over 1 S. Peebles ami Wallav, B. Pierce, both good men and amply quali fied for the office. Mr. Franklin Is one of the younger members of the Augusta bar and has made a splendid record In the practice of Ills profession. M L. Brittain, state superintendent of schools, is undertaking to standard ize the county schools in Georgia. This is a yvork of a highly construc tive nature, and its consummation is very dear to the heart of the state school head. bi a circular letter which he is send ing out. Mr. Brittain provides for both parents and school officials a test by which they .an know whether their schools ate doing the yvork which they and the state authorities have the right to expem for the money expended. Congressman-eli ct Charles R. Crisp passed throng.i Atlanta today on his way to Washington and th- opening of the short session of the present con gress. Mr. Crisp yyi.l not take his seat in the -i i .U tw»*MwisaßMH«D<WM«aanMaMMMarMM Constipation and Sluggish Liver Don’t take chance.. Get CARTER’S LITTLE LiVER PILLS liM ht m. They ■ever ia lto make the liver do its duty. They cure conat:pation. bani«h indupr?* lion, drive out bdiousneu ana the bl Iks. .top duz>nei% xjOSl OR T ? clear the complexion, pm jl Vs [ a healthy glow on the » cheek and .parkle in the eye. I art rnanv imitabona. Re sure and get CARTER’S LITTLE LIVER PILLS. The pill is «m»ll, do.** » small, prue u aruali, but results are ;reaL The GENLIhM aaust bear figaaturwi JELLICO LUMP $4.75 PIEDMONT GCAL CO, Both Phones M. 6433 Till, .VI LAMI A GEOKtiIA.S A.VP NEVV&..SA 1 I KPAY, XOVE.MHLK 30, 11112. iiouse until Ma. -h 4, but t om this time ■ until tio ti. he will continue his duties as boa c parllum* ntxi lan. Mr. < lisp, like most Dt-moi ratio con gr. sstnen nowadays, i.- v-: y optimistic with respe. t to the outlook. He be lieves that the Denio, it . by proceed ing sen iibly, may hold th- fort for many years to coin-; and he believes, moreover, that they will proc. > d sanely If tin re is any one thing that bothers Mr. < rlsp at all, 1; is th<- narrow margin of control by which the Democrats will prevail in the s. nate. "If we might transfer a portion of our big house majority —which really Is blgg»*r than it need be to the senate, we should then be absolutely assured of working; Democratic administration all the way through," said Mr. Crisp "As it. Is. however, we shall, hi all prob ability, be all right in the senate!'' The Cordele Rambler has despaired, in a measure, of electing "a south Geor gia man" to the governorship and has transferred its hope to middle Georgia and Colon-l Charles R. Pendleton. 1 Significantly enough, The Rambler says: It seems next to impossible to ’ elect a man from south Georgia I for governor We would suggest that next we put a candidate in the field from Macon, which, though, in middle Georgia is really headquar -1 ters for our section of the state. We believe Colonel Pendleton, editor of The Macon Telegraph, to be one of the very ablest men in the state. He has experience and learning—ls both theoretical and ' practical; sane and conservative, f while at the same time is progres i slve and constructive. He is a man of whom we would all be proud to acknoyyledge as our I governor. Colonel Pendleton has 1 not sought office and is not u poll -1 tlcian. but wouldn’t it be real re freshing to go out of the ranks of 1 politicians and select a real fine character like Colonel Pendleton 1 for our standard-bearer? Ho is south Georgia’s hope. It likely would be Impossible to get > Colonel Pendleton Into a race for gov -1 ernor. but if he would agree to run, he f '.vould, indeed, make an ideal candidate. Not only would south Georgia rally J splendidly to him, but it is as sure as ‘ anything can be that a large part of 1 north Georgia would be equally as en thusiastic. He has fought the battles of Democ racy standing straight up all the tirrfe, . too--in season and out. In good fortune ami bad, and there is nothing he could * accept that he would not richly deserve, t But when it comes to getting hhn to 1 run if The Rambler can put that over, Its proposition yvill have been solved In r Its most difficult aspect. PAROLED CONVICT FINDS HIMSELF WORTH $30,000 t MONTGOMERY. ALA Nov. 30. ’ After 23 years in the Alabama peni tentiary. Albert Kelley, an aged Col bert county negro convict, who was pa . roll d as a Thanksgiving gift by Gov , ernor O’Neal because of his faithful . service to the state, finds himself a rich . man. Kelley was given a life sentence for ■ murder. When he left his horn.- for the penitentiary be possessed a small piece > of land in what is now the city of Bir mingham. It was then worth a nominal sum, SIOO to S2OO. After Kelley was , liberated Thursday he found that the . land has increased to a value of fully $30,000. ’■ J. W. MASSEY DIES AT JESUP. JESCI*, GA., Noy. 30.—J. W. Massey, of this city, died yesterday at his home , hero, Mr. Massey yvas formerly ticket agent at the Union depot, but for a year had been In ill health. The funeral yvill be held from his homo on Plum 1 street tomorroyv morning and interment yvill be «t the Jesup cemetery. IM ANNOUNCEMENT MM® TAKE TIME BY I THE FORELOCK I Is your plumbing in condition to withstand a freeze? Better have it examined and re paired now and save time and money later We employ experts and our chargesare very reasonable CALL ON OR TELEPHONE Stewart & Hunt I 53 E. Hunter Street expert"plumbers | Phone S. Bell M. 5!1 Atlanta Phone 1103 SLAVING SDLM HF MOOT OF LANOLIDF Robert Sloan Tells of Killing of Aged Peddler. Implicating “Shot” Risley. Declaring that had it not been for a woman’s curiosity he m y er would havs be-n arrested. Robert Lee Sloan, held in the police station, confessed today that he was present at the murder of William Franklin, an aged miser, and named Frank Risley as the actual slay er. Risley, also held as a suspect, de nies any knowledge of the crime, and says he can establish an alibi. ( It was Mrs. Owen Webb, of 106 Gil mer streel, who found Sloan's blood stained clothing in his room and told the police of this clew. Mrs. Webb Is the former Ruby Gaither, the woman yvhose incarceration in the city stock ade a few years ago led to a crusade which brought about reform in that in stitution. It was Ruby Gaither who was “strung up" by her thumbs to a hook in the wall and left hanging there. "If I hadn’t been fool enough to leave those clothes in her house I'd never have been arrested,” said Sloan. "Trust a woman for getting a man into trou ble." Risley, a young teamster, known to his acquaintances as “Shot,” declared Sloan's statement a “frame-up.” He, denied any knowledge of the crime. “1 was at the house of L. P. Gibson, a dairyman, in East Atlanta, Saturday night at the time this murder was done," he said. "I can prove that." The two will be arraigned before Re corder Broyles next Tuesday. Sloan’s confession was, in substance, as follows: “I was standing near I’ratt street (only a few yards from No. 224) when old man Franklin passed and went into 224. ‘Shot’ Risley came along a few feet behind, and asked me to step in with him to buy some apples from the peddler. 1 walked in with him. There was not a hint of robbery or murder, and I went with Risley merely to buy the fruit. "We walked into the old man’s room. There wasn’t any light except two can dles burning on a cigar box. ‘Shot’ told the peddler he wanted to buy a dime's worth of apples. Franklin stooped over his fruit box and selected four apples. ’Shot' told him he wanted six for a dime, and that he could get them at that price in the Decatur street fruit stands. "They had a few words, to the best of my recollection, and while the old man was still stooping over the fruit box ‘Shot’ picked up a window weight lying nearby, striking the old peddler over the head. The old man dropped to the floor without saying a word I couldn’t, stand the sight of blood, and 1 stepped outside the door. Presently 'Shot' came out. He told me not to say anything about what 1 had seen, ami he would divide with me. He poured a handful of gold coins into my hand. It was a little more than SIOO. He wont home, and I went to my board ing place on Gilmer street. That was the last I've seen of Risley until 1 saw him in prison.” ADVERTISING JESUP. JESUP, GA., Nov. 30.—The Jesup Board of Trade is beginning a cam paign of advertising for this city and county. A descriptive booklet is to be published. The board now has a paid secretary-treasurer to answer all in quiries concerning this section. TO DEDICATE TEMPLE DEC. 5. DALTON, GA., Nov, 30. Arrange ments have been completed for the dedication of the handsome Masonic temple here on the evening of Decem ber 5. TRADE BOARD OF DECATUR TO SEEK 100 NEW MEMBERS The committee on membership of the Decatur Board of Trade will meet at the council chamber in Decatur tonight at 8 o*clock to plan a short campaign for new members. The organization now ha.? more than 200 members, and it is expected that this campaign will increase the number to 300 The plan is t«> complete the work by Thursday night of next week. Each member of the committee will be allotted several names and he will see those per sons. The committee is as follows: George It. Jones, chairman; Erank W. Ansley, A. R. Almon, J. E. Bodenhamer, A. D. Brooks, Brooks G. Brown, G. Scott Can dler, I*. F. Callahan, J. V. Dunlap, J Taylor Green, John F. Green, W. H. S. Hamilton, G. C. Jossey, ]>. F. Kirkpatrick, R. B. Knox, J. A. Montgomery, Charles A. Matthews, Charles D. McKinney, George M Napier, \V. A. Ozmer, W. J. Dabney, R. C. \\'. Ramspeck, J. J. Scott, J. C. Thompson and I*. L. Weekes. DR. DUNBAR OGDEN TO PREACH ON SIN’S WAGES Contrasting the different promises of reward held out to man, Dr. Dunbar Ogden will preach Sunday morning at the Central Presbyterian church on “The Wages of Sin vs. the Gift of God." He has just returned from Jack sonville, Fla., where he spoke before a union gathering of all th< Protestant churches of Jacksonville. “The wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life.” is the fa mous quotation from Romans on which the message will be founded. At the evening hour, 8 o’clock, Dr. Ogden will speak on “A Vision of Victory in the Hour of Conflict." EXPLODING GAS KILLS TWO DRILLING WELL WHEELING, W. VA.. Nov. 30.—While drilling for oil last night on the Robert Fiffin farm, a mile above Martins Ferry, Ohio, two men were killed and a third seriously injured as a result of a terrific gas explosion. Today a flame of fire is spouting 50 feet up In the air, and the well will probably be a complete ruin before the fire is checked. DR. J. WADE CONKLING TALKS OF FIRE WORSHIP The. Cole men’s class will hear a lec ture tomorrow morning at the Unitarian church at 10 o’clock, on the subject of "Fire Worship," by Dr. J. Wade Conk ling. This is the fourth lecture in a series by various speakers who will pre sent the historical and philosophical points of old religions. KIMBALL PIANOS — Superb in lone I *- The Piano That Is a Safe— Absolutely Safe Investment C~THREE VITAL POINTS THE SCALE Phis is the backbone THE TOUCH—In plaving theKim of anv good piano if vou want pur- , . , ’ , . , , „ , ity of tone. 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TZZZZZZZZZ2ZZ We are the World’s largest manufacturers of pianos, and our facilities are such as to enable ns to place on the market Over Generations a hiffh-grade piano for less money than the manufacturer > 000 . whose output is limited, or the dealer ‘or agent whose retail L 'ing Ih. profit must be added to the selling price. Our prices are Kimball based on the sale of 35.000 instruments—the yearly output j n of our factory. ZZZZZZZZZZZZ Remember that Kimball Pianos at their regular One Price - 1 are greater bargains than unknown makes made by un known makers, and advertised for sale at fifty cents on the dollar by dealers or agents. You owe it to yourself to investigate our claims before pur chasing elsewhere. ('ash. or terms can be arranged ;W. W. KIMBALL CO. E&jS Atlants Branch K j uk 94 North Pryor Street EeBWjI I H R CAI.EF, Manager | MRS. R. J. SPRATLEY IS DEAD: ILL BUT HALF HOUR # Half an hour after she was stricken with acute indigestion last night, Mrs. R. J. Spratley. aged 68 years, died at her home, 209 Ashby street. She had been perfectly well and her sudden death i ame as a great stiOcK to her family and friends. She is survived by her husnand, a son, Thomas <’ Spratley, of Memphis, and three daughters, Mrs. J. W. Burnett. Mrs. W. 11. Smith and Mrs. T. C. Per kins. “There could be no better medicine than Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. My children were all sick with whooping cough. One of them was in bed, had a high fever and was coughing up blood. Our doctor gave them Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy and the first dose eased them, and three bottles cured them,” says Mrs. R. A. Donaldson, of Lexing ton, Miss. For sale by all dealers. (Advt.) JUST RECEIVED. We are prepared to supply you with every style, or pen point in the world’s standard fountain pen from our com plete stock. Waterman's Ideal Foun tain Pens are absolutely guaranteed to give complete satisfaction. 42 N. Broad St. John L. Moore & Sons. (Advt.) NOTICE, CHANGE OF SCHEDULE ATLANTA & WEST POINT R. R. COMPANY. Effective Sunday, December 1, 1912, changes of schedule will he made as follows: No. 18, from Columbus, will arrive Atlanta 10:20 a. m. instead of 10:30 a. m. No. 41. for West Point, will leave At lanta 5:45 p. m. instead of 5:40 p. m. J. P. BILLUPS, General Passenger Agent. If your eyes are giving you any trouble youshould havethemcor rectly fitted with glasses at once. We use grade of lenses, and guarantee satisfaction. Charges reasonable. Glasses sold on Weekly or Monthly Payments if desired. 5 South Broad St., : : Atlanta, Ga. I COUGHS, COLDS, g j WATERY EYES CURED IN A DAY | by taking Cheney's Expectorant— -9 also cures Consumption. Whooping Cough. Croup, Trickling of the U Nose, Droppings In the Throat, ffl Bronchitis, and all Throat and Lung Troubles. Cheney’s Expec 9 torant relieves at once. Thor- TRUSSES ELASTIC STOCKINGS, ABDOMI NAL SUPPORTERS, CORRECTLY FITTED. RETAIL RUBBER GOODS. PERRYMAN-BURSON CO. 109 N. Pryor, Opp. Candler Buildinc Ivy 4434. Telephone Us if you’re suddenly short of coal We guarantee to give you as good, reliable service by tele phone as if you called here per sonally. We want you to depend on us for the best coal values in the city. If you orders coal this morning, we will deliver it today, and it will be the right kind at the low est market price. Give us a trial. We will make good for you. Randall Bros. PETERS BUILDING, MAIN OFFICE YARDS: Marietta street and North Avenue, boti phones 376; South Boulevard and Geor gia railroad, Bell phone Main 538, At lanta 303; McDaniel street and Souther: railroad. Bell Main 354, Atlanta 321; 64 Krogg street, Bell Ivy 4165. Atlanta 70'1 152 South Pryor street, both phones 936