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4 WOO. 5. GATHERING FOR CONVENTION -eature of Big Meeting Will Be Exhibition of Appliances at Auditorium. The men who hav«- Gone more, p- - tap-, to throw light on various sub sets throughout the United State.'. ,’anada and Mexico than any other ;roup of Americans, are arriving In Atlanta today for their national con '■ 'ention. which opens at the Auditorium text Monday and lasts all the week. They are the ftas makers of thecoun trj the men who put ball bearings in lite meters, th® to whom living is a >lpe. They are coming from ns far A’eßt ns San Francisco and at far East e Boston to discuss ways and means ’or inducing consumers to cook with ;as. warm by gas. read by it. sleep by :t, have teeth pulled by it. They are bitter rivals of the electric .•ompanies, it may bo said, notwith standing the fact, that 9!) per cent of :hem also are the main works in their tome electric plants. They expect to jet together on a campaign which will make them rich as gas producers and break them a* 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 gas plant ami a meter reader has a member. They come armed with papers on chemistry, metallurgy and engineering, besides several report on the psychology of knowing how long to wait before cutting off the gas of a de linquent consumer. Rut it won't be al! 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 corning In by the carload for the past week and are being installed in the Auditorium and connected to the mile -of gas pipe which the local company put In t" furnish the Juice for the show. There are gas stoves |u.-j tie- Iz.e f. a one-egg breakfast and on through the irdinary small family size up to a range which would furnish food for the con vention. There are gas irons, re.clc to press hubby’s trousers while he waits in the bath room. Tin to are gas heat- the tit. warranted to produce n tubful of l>. Hing water while you dis robe. There are gas heaters which stay Gown in the basement and send up hot water through pipes when you turn the spigot and wait awhile. Also Some Lamps. There are gas lamps with 77,6 kin.i- of incandescent mantles, each better titan the other. There are gas lamps which stand straight up. upside down and sidewise. And—these are for manufac turers' interest only—there are gas me ters of a hundred types, all high-geared and well oiled, guaranteed to work day ano night, whether In a union house hold or the home of a plutocrat. There 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 Eight Company nre hosts to the convention, and this company alone is spending thousands of its hard-earned dollars on entertainment ami other expenses. Big pipes have been run above ground frou the mains to the Auditorium, which formerly was lighted by electricity alone, and smaller pipes lead to every square yard in' the great building, ready to be tapped for various appa ratus. The amount of gas used next week will keep the company hustling, for the exposition wil. use as much ns all the hotels, restaurants and public buildings combined. Th, local com- Puhy and its ofii< iais plan a dozen din ners apd a theat<- party :.t the Grand when the whole house will be reserved for the visitors. More than 1.500 dele gates are expected to be present by Monday. The exposition wk not bi open to the public every day There will be Pays when only the manufacturers and dealers in gas fixtures and appliances will be admitted. For it js to the .1. ather than to the pubii, . th it the man ufacturers of applian .saj , N,.< , every gas company in the country s. - fittings and appliances m <>rde to ~p. courage heavier consumption ,f gns. BOILER OF GRIST MILL _ EXPLODES:THREE KILLED OLIVE TULL. KY . Nov. c Robert Hedge, Bob Baker and a y uung son of Robert Erwin we|.- killed. William Knipp, Willard 1 Irwin, Matthis Junie" and Enley Owney v, re painful.y hint late yesterday afternoon, when a gri-l mill boiler exploded SISTER OF DECATUR MAN DIES. GKEENSBoR'> GA Noy :to Th, funeral of Mis- Lou Mitchell, of I’nior Point, wis comi t>M at lietl,, sc i church, ReV. .1. S , of T>, |J, 1,1 officiating Tl.e .. . i , ;rv v. 1 by two brother- i’..j. -id \\ <> MitcU ell. of Deeat'. Local Sleeping Car At Xv, ita to Chattanooga, via jgpIjTHERN RAILWAY lyres Atlanta Terminal iWation 8:20 P M. Occupy at Chattanooga until 7 A. M. SEARCHING SIDELIGHTS ON GEORGIA POLITICS By JAMES B . NEVIN. The . ..mpilation of the national pres idential vote Is approximately complete, and tit’ results are most interesting, Im . ~r 1 On and will settle a few 1 . ■ gl still unadjusted, even if it is Spe cifically and em phatically against the law to bet on elections in Geor gia. A s i n d I c a t e <1 several weeks ago. the chief point of 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 foir years ago. Wilson did not poll the Democratic Bryan vote of jhjb, ami the total Repubhi <n vol" of Roose velt and Taft fell ev -n shorter of the vote cast for Taft when Bryan and Taft were pitted against tach other. Wilson's total in the nation is 6,156,- , 784. as against 6.393,182 lor Bryan last time, which indicates that Bryan had 23(1,434 votes margin in ISOs over the total Democratic vote this year. Roosevelt and Tuft together this year got 7,304 562. which is 333,114 less than Taft got last time These figures show a total decrease l In the Vote this year of 569.1,84 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 loss than many persons thought the differ ence would be. Roosevelt ami Tail togethe. totalled 1,147,814 over Wilson, and that is about 100,000 less than Taft beat Hryan in 190 S. • 'li.'ifln, the I’rohibiti"tiist, g"t just about the same vote nationally that be got last time, but Debs neatly doubled his vote - running this time interest ingly cloth to a round million in all! The figures carry various meanings, of course, as politicians analyze them according to their various shades of opinion. Tim strung "t thing about it .ill Is that the total vote which should have run nearly 1,600,000 more Inis tltni than it did last by reason of increas* d pop ulation actually fell off half a million! When on January 1 Joe S. R. j nolds, solicitor general of the Augusta cir cuit superior court, retires, one of thO most popular as well as most efficient prosecuting attorneys in Georgia will have finished a line term of service. Mr. Reynolds lias been solicitor for twelve years Hire.' full terms. Antici pating his retirement, tl.e grand juries in every county in his circuit have passed highly < omplinienta v resolu tions concerning him ami the evellen; work ho has done as solicitor. Mr. Reynolds retired voluntarily, as it is agreed in Augusta that he might have had tile office again for the ask ing. lie will he succeeded by A. L. Frank lin, who won out. after a hard tight, over J. S. Peebles and Wallace B. Pierce, both good nun and amply quali fied for the office. Mr. Franklin Is one of the young members of the Augusta bar and has made a splendid record in the practice of his profession. M. 1.. Brittain, state supei intendent of schools, is undertaking to standard ize ti e county schools in Geoigia. i This is a work of a higlilx tive nature, and its consummation is veil dear to the heart of the state school head. In a circular letter which lie is send ing out. Mr. Brittain provides for both parents and school oflleia’s u test by which the\ can know whether their schools ate doing tii«- work which they and the state uulhoril ies have the right to expect for the mom \ expended. i'ongie.-sman-eleet t’harles R. f'risp passed through Atlanta today on his way i., Washington and the opening of the short "esglon of tile present con gress. Mr. Crisp w i ’ not take his eat in tin Constipation and Sluggish Liver Don’t take chances. Get CARTER’S LITTLE LIVER PILLS right now. They never fail to make the liver do its duty. They cure constipation, bar -h mdige?. tion, drive out biliousne.* and tire blues, atop drrrinew, clear the complexion, i t a healthy glou on the llrul I cheek and sparkle in the. fcr eve I here are rninv mitatioM. Be sure and r t CARTER’S LITTLE LI VER PILLS. • be pill is anvil, dose n small, price ii small, but remits ar- jreat. The GENUINE must bear 'ignaturwi JELLICO LUMP $4.75 PIEDMONT COAL CO. Both Phones M. 6433 S— - niR Vi I.AN'iA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.SA IT L’O.W . AOSEAIBER 30, 1912 house until Marcli 4. but from this time until then, lie will continue his duties as house parliamentarian. Mr. Crisp, like most D'-mo-rati- con gressmen nowadays, is very optimistic witii respect to the outlook. He be lieves that the T>moe:at. .by proceed ing sensibly, may hold the fort for many years to come; and he believes, moreover, that they will proceed sanely. If there Is any one thing that bother-, Mr. Crisp at a ,itis t narrow n i rgi n of control by which the Dem will prevail In the senate. “If wo might transfer a portion of our big house majority -which really is bigger than it med 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, in all prob ability, be all right in tin senate!" The <'orilele Rambldr has despaired, In a measure, of electing “a south Geor gia man” to the governorship and has transferred its hope to middle Georgia and Colonel <'ha R, Pendleton. Significantly enough, The Rambler says: Tt seems next to impossible to elect a man from south Georgia for governor. We would suggest that next we put a candidate in the field from Macon, which, though, in middle Georgia is really headquar 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 lias experience and learning -Is both theoretical and practical; sane and conservative, while at the same time is progres sive and constructive. He is a man of whom we would ail be proud to acknowledge as our governor. Colonel Pendleton lias not sought office and is not a poli tician, but wouldn't ft be real re freshing to go out of the ranks-of politicians and select a real fine character like Colonel Pendleton for our standard-bearer'.' He is south Georgia': hope. It likely would be impossible to get Colonel Pendleton Into a race for gov ernor. hut if be would agree- to run. he would, indeed, make an ideal candidate. Not only would south. Georgia rally splendidly to him, buLit is as sure as anything can be that a large part of north Georgia would In- equally as en ; huslastlc. He has fought the battles of Democ racy—standing straight up all the time, too —in season and out. in good fortune ami had, and there i« nothing ho could accept that ho would not richly deserve. But wh. r comes to getting him to run If The Rambler can put that over, Its proposition will have been solved in ■ Its most difficult aspect. PAROLED CONVICT FINDS HIMSELF WORTH $30,000 j MONTGOMERY, ALA., Nov. 30. I Alter 23 years In th- Alabama peni tentiary, Albeit Kelley, an aged Col bert county negro convict, w ho was pa roled as a Thanksgiving gift by Gov ernor O’Neal because of his faithful service to the slate, finds himself a rich man. Kelley was given a life sentence for murder. When he left his home for the penitentiary he possessed a small piece of land in what Is now the city of Bir mingham. It was then worth a nominal -urn, SlOp to S2OO. After K«-.ley was liberated Thursday he found that the land has increased to a value of fully $30,000. J. W. MASSEY DIES AT JESUP. JESI’P, GA., Nov 30.—J. W. Massey, of this city, died ye-t’ rday at his home j here. .Mr. Massey wa,- formerly ticket | agent at the Union depot, but for a I had b» en in ill h< aiih. The fun»*r il will be held from his home on Plum street tomorrow morning and interment will be at the Jesup cemetery. [ANNOUNCEMENT S®®« Turn —~]--irrnr i n iiiimms—l saiaiiii mail 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 I Stewart & Hunt I S 53 E. Hunter Street 0 gJR „ ■■!.;■■■ llll.i g EXPERT PLUMBERS | Phone S. Bell M. 521 Atlanta Phone 1103 R SUIING SOWED 01 GORIOSITy OF L»M ■ I Robert Sloan Teils of Killing of Aged Peddler, Implicating •‘Shot” Risley. ' Deci,'.ring that had it not been tor i. woman’s curiosity he never would liav” 3 been arrested, Robert L* e Sloan, held , in th. 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- ■ nles any knowledge of the crime, and says he can est.ildi.--h an alibi. It was Mrs. Owen Webb, of 106 Gil mer street, who found Sloan’s blood stained clothing in his room and tola the police of this clew. Mrs. Webb is tl.e former Ruby Gaither, the woman whose 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 trung 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. “I 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 lie arraigned before Re corder Broyles next Tuesday. Sloan’s confession was, in substance, as follows: "I was standing near Pratt 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 j peddler. 1 walked in with him. There f 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 I the pedd'er he wanted to buy a dime’s worth of apples. Franklin stooped over i his fruit box and selected four apples. , 'Shot' told him he wanted six for a i dime, and that he could get them at that price In the Decatur street fruit Stands. “They had u few words, to the best of my recollect ion. and while the old | man 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 tjii tlooi without saying a word. 1 couldn't stand the sight of blood, and 1 stepped outside tiie door. Presently ’Shot' came out. He told me not to 1 say anything about what I had seen. 1 and he would divide with me. He poured a handful of gold coins Into my hand. It was a little more than SIOO. He went 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 tills 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 W 0 NEW MEMBERS The committee on membership of the Decatur Board of Trade will meet at the council chamber in Decatur tonight a r 8 o’clock to plan a short campaign for new members. The organization now has more than 200 members, and it is expected that this campaign will increase the number to 300. The plan is to complete the work by Thursday night of next week. Each member of the committee will be allotted several names and lie will see those per sons. The committee is as followL: George R. Jones, chairman; Frank W. Ansley, A. R. Almon, J. E. Bodenhamer, A. L*. Brooks, Brooks G. Brown, G. Scott Can dler, P. F. Callahan, J. V. Dunlap, J. Taylor Green, John F. Green, W. IJ. S. Hamilton, G. C. Jossey, D. F. Kirkpatrick, R. B. Knox, J. A. Montgomery, Charles A. Matthews, Charles D. McKinney. George M. Napier, W. A. Oznier, W. 1. Dabney, R. C. W Ramspeck, J. J. Scott, J. C. Thompson and P. 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 the 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. 39. - While drilling for oil last night on the Robert Fifffn 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 qjafjUi PIANOS 'KelI I Piano That Is a Safe=== _ ■■ -•••• Absolutely Safe Investment C hTree vital points THE SCALE-Tins is the backbone THE TOUCH— In playing theKhn of anv g’oud piano if vou want pur- , .. . , , .. . , . ity oftoni'. Our Illi.; years ..( ex- ball piano you have adel >gh 11 u 1 perieiire has enabled us to reach sense of firmness. The dip of the the goal—the envv of all manufac- ■ . , ~ , r , , Hirers--“ Thu perOvt s.-ale." 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Our prices are Kimballs ■ Kimball based on the sale of 35.001) instruments—the yearly output of our factory. ~~ Remember that Kimball Pianos at their regular One Price Z2ZZZZZZZ22ZZZZZ 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. Cash, or terms can be arranged. jteHl W. W. KIMBALL CoJ jjfeQ Atlanta Branch « 94 North Pryor Street KvnMi H. R. CALEF, 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 came as a great shod* to her family and friends. She is survived by her husnand, a son. Thomas C. Spratley, of Memphis, and three daughters. Mrs. J. W. Burnett. Mrs. W. H. Smith and Mrs. T. C. Per kins. 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We want you to depend on ns 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, bote phones 376; South Boulevard and Geor gla railroad. Bell phone Main 538. At lanta 303; McDaniel street and Southern railroad. Bell Main 354, Atlanta 321; 64 Krogg street, Bell Ivy 4165, Atlanta 706 152 South Pryor street, both phones 936