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i wo Pictures--One of Joy, One of Pathos--Seen by Evelyn Wren in Holiday Shopping Throngs in Atlanta VAUDEVILLE AT “FIVE POINTS" FOR THE CHRISTMAS FUND ■k. 4 M ■ ISfi ®l <* BfiKHr 1 ♦* » «.va.ava, .• JK;X.-. - >' • . Sfcv •-> ♦ KW ' > I Kfo ’H ► - L- .W,_ . ; ’ <«■ * ’ i’srsloAs®**® ,-~ ■ «’ wW ■gs .WwK nv-■ ■'V v ~XMtftf'' TXT »'■ ’ Wsr a V ■ \□’• SB : - Z. '■ ■mV ** « ? Wp Wk. ' t** *w£» x v'd 'W/Ow x*?-rx ; 'S&;l ‘ K ‘ ■ W- •>. \ k* ■ '• z J / ' ■ x ■<A mW? £ r /, - • nSr t W ’■"%■' ' KK V:f W x/M -WO W’ K Z V -■■ -f W KsOx ——w k fbxj .' -IHh/L' IM (i , TW == wir w ®I v * -TJV ===== J Here’s Opportunity lor This Big, Generous City to Show Real Christmas Spirit by Making G 1 ad' Un tort u nates. By Evelyn Wren S .est her limousine at the entrance >f on*/ of the biggest of Whitehall ■ ■ ■','s stores, drew her wraps closer itound her shoulders and strolled down .• aisle as 0m 1 on familiar ground. I'he floorwalker bowed as site passed, .T he knew her as one of the firm's nost profitable customers. 1 was at her elbow as she stopped be ’oie a case tilled with handsome furs, my one worth the month’s income of a "rising man. She fingered them criti- "Somethlng a little better, pleas, . ■ '• said. "I want them for Frances, on know. Her father has promised ,<n electric coup" for Christmas and ■ ■■'s teased me for a set of white furs. U>dark ones look so odd with the • tt.it upholsters. Yes, you might send r -1 ‘ t on approval.” Another Picture Here. assed on to the bargain coupler ■■> ■ a dozen women were inspecting lt< price tags on odds and ends. A ' frail and white, stood beside a •man whose cloak looked frayed and •if date, even in that department of i' s. ised "cheap stuff." She picked up a th muff of imitation fur. so thin, so ■'filed, that it had been cast out of its '*n department. "Look, Charlie," she said eagerly, Minnie has been just crazy for a pret niufi’. and she hasn’t hud anything in so long. See, this is only 49 '•-'tits I believe 1 could clean it and naki it look nice.” ’Die man looked at the pitiful bit of i d., tinge. *d the change In his pock and shook his head, slowly. I reckon not. Mary,” he said regret " w "1 got the rent and the doctor to you know. Maybe you can take •lumie to a picture show Christmas. 1> tfr- just buy that remnant flannel ou came for,” Contrasts One Might See. I • t two pictures before Christmas, •ady of the limousine. Just two of ihousands you might see. gentletm n Jhi toll top desk, if you would go ,I ' i, ‘g with me in Whitehall street on ' of these bright days before Christ- ‘ would like to take you for a stroll, if ouid give you eyes to See something '■; < ’ ( ie your own circle. might find something to think ■' m tile little ones in ragged cloth * pressing their noses against the HEARTS’ DESIRE plate glass windows where dolls and steam engines and Wonderful toys art displayed; looking with hungry eyes into the shops where pounds and pounds of candy and fruit are being weighed by fa.-1-working girls for cus tomers already laden with Christmas packages. You might find a contrast between the shabbily clad women haunting the cheaper stores of the side streets and counting their hoards of nickels and pennies, and the tailored matrons who trip from their coupes to the portals of the jewelers’ shops. How to Reach These Kiddies. I have stood beside many of these shabby mothers this week as they paused before a counter of ten-cenl toys, looked longingly at red rubber balls and picture books and tiny, tawd ry dolls, and passed bn to buy a pair of coarse, cheap shoes instead. These mothers did not pause to look at silks and satins; they did not give a glance to furs and tailored suits. I saw few of them bestow a second look on any garment she might have won herself. They were looking at little things for the children -the children who will have no visit from Santa Claus because Santa Claus is a twen tieth century saint, who visits only the well-to-do. You, lady of the limousine, need not order your chauffeur to drive you to | some poor family and play Lady Boun tiful in your nioto car. You. gentlemen of the roll top desk, need not take a moment from your business or your club to help these mothers bring Santa Claus to their homes. It might be bet ter if you could see for yourselves, but you will not. But if you will send a cheek or mere ly telephone a promise to the Christmas Editor of The Georgian, your gift will be devoted to sending a bit of Christ mas happiness into as many homes as the amount will permit. And it takes little - pitifully little to you who spend so freely—to make a child happy on Christmas morning. Toss a Coin in the Barrel. Many good Atlantans have given to the fund, and given freely, with a word to say they were glad of the opportun ity. The opportunity still is open to you and all your friends. The fund is growing, but it is still far short of the sum needed to play Santa Claus to all the m edy. so The Georgian has a list of the families where Santa would not have come. The Christmas editor knows almost evert one, the names of every boy and girl, and their ages, even the sizes of tin shoes they need that they may go to school in a winter Ilk this. The money will be expended for tin children and the children only, first for. ' toys and candles and fruit, and then, where there is need, for shoes and stockings and perhaps here and there a bit of other clothing. And you. every-day folk, who can not send a check or a substantial gift, do THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.ERIDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1912. EXPLOSION PLAYS HAVOC HE NAPLES * One Hundred Vessels Reported as Destroyed or Damaged. Many Believed Dead. ■- - NAPLES. Dec. 13.—A tremendous ex plosion followed by fire, occurred in the harbor this afternoon. It is reported that more than a hundred small ves sels were destroyed or damaged. Immediately following the explosion the mayor of Naples was requested by the harbor commandant to send all available doctors to the water front and to arrange for the disposition of bodies that might be recovered. He said he believed there bad been heavy loss of life, but was unable to make any esti mate. it was rumored tha’t the entire cargo of a ship loaded with dynamite had blown up and sunk every vessel within a radius of a tjiile. A large detachment of the municipal police was sent to the water front to preserve order. OFFERED LARGE FORTUNE. SHIES AT LETTERS “D. F.” ST. PAUL, MINN.. Pec. 13. For merely lending his assistance in digging up $215,- 000 in gold from where it lies buried near the Mexican border, H J. Maxfield, state commissioner of immigration of Minne sota, is offered $53,750. This proposal came in a letter to Mr. Maxfield last night from a man who claims to be held as a prisoner in a Mexican bastile. The letter is presumed to be one of many sent to this country by swindlers. Il is signed “Ade Cre” and instructs Mr. Maxfield to wire his acceptance to “Nuno Ortigosa, Lista < ’arreos, Mexico, D. F.’’ “I guess 1 know what that T). F.’ stands for,’’ said Mr. Maxfield. He will turn the let ter over to the postoffice authorities. not fail to pass Five Points tomorrow afternoon and toss your coin Into th< barrel which will be waiting to re ceive it. Hugh Cardoza. of the Grand, and Gus Edwards, composer and vaudeville star, have promised an open air performance at Five Points, with cbo m girls selling Georgians, and Gus Edwards himself ■ <jing agtime at a piano oh a big auto truck. These people of the theater know ifo real Christmas themselves; their holidays mean extra perform ances and drears hou s in hotel rooms, but never have I known acto or ac li ess to i efi) <• to give an hour of ex.i t work .or ih • .-akt of < aildrva at Christ ina« time ■ I 1 W / I >1 y*’ \ WMT V We 7 \rS Im l / 'Ma m. fir - W mi I ■ - ! ® \ \ Tat S SUBSCRIPTIONS The contributions to date follow W. R. Hea st $ 100 J. M. Slaton 25 F. J. Paxon 25 R. F. Maddox 25 Forrest Adair 25 J. W. English 25 John E. Murphy 25 W. T. Gentry 25 George Adair 25 Joel Hurt 25 W. H. Glenn 25 E. H. Inman 25 A friend 25 Harold S. Holmes 25 J. B. Cleveland 25 M's. J. B. Whitehead 25 George M. McKenzie 25 John W. Grant 10 Henry Durand Mi's. J. M. Slaton 10 Mrs. E. L. Connally 1° Oscar Elsas 10 Charles C. Jones 1° Carlos Mason 10 Mr. and Mrs. John F. Kiser ... 10 Morris Brandon 10 R. J. Guinn 5 E. P. Ansley 5 E. C. Peter, 5 M. L. Thrower 5 S. B. Turman 5 Mrs. Robert Maddox 5 Mrs. J. M. High 5 Mrs. George McKenzie 5 • Mrs. P. H. Alston 5 M. H. Wilensky 5 A friend 5 J. S. Ake's 5 Clifford L. Anderson 5 Dr. E. G. Ballinger 5 Chief J. L. Beavers 5 Marion Jackson 5 A friend 5 Dr. George Brown 5 J. P. Allen 5 Robert L. Cooney 5 J. J. Disosway 5 Marion Cobb and Florence Jackson Bryan, Jr 5 Reuben R. Arnold 5 W. E. Chapin 5 C. E. Sciple 5 Spencer Wallace Boyd 5 James G. Woodward 5 Thomas C. Biggs (Velie Motor Company) 5 Charles A. Smith 5 George S. Obear 5 Eugehe R. Black 2 Dr. T. B. Hinman 2 Olive and Frances Marion .... 2 A Friend 2 Mrs. Bolling Jones 1 H. H. Cabaniss 1 Mrs. A. E. Thornton 1 Mary S. Connally . 1 Margaret Massengale 1 Ormond Massengale 1 St. Elmore Massengale, Jr, ~ 1 Scherer Lunch 1 Judge Broyles 1 Total $757 WOMAN WHO SLAPPED COP SAYS HE WAS RUDE The case of Mrs N. E. Manning, charged with slapping the face of Policeman W. L. Payne, was postponed Wednesday on account of the Illness of the defendant. The incident grew out of Policeman Payne attempting to get Mrs. Manning's small son to Identify two youths who had thrown a rock through a laundry window and not about a robbery ease. Mrs. Manning does not deny slapping the policepian. but says it was only after he was extremely rude to her. CUBAN MONUMENT TO HONOR MAINE’S DEAD HAVANA, Dec. 13 President Gomez has approved the proposal submitted to him for a battleship Maine monument to cost $200,000. The monument will con sist of a base and on that will be mounted the Maine's front turret with ten inch guns, above which will be an alle gorical figure of the explosion which figure will arise a representation ul the new born Cuban remibiip GUS EDWARDS AND SOME OF HIS CLEVER AIDES 7 WF- \ W h - m J | . Vg|E£ » ! *' t |99*r3BtaSH^Bv// A uvO . ■ ii j£ ’ la>M*W > JKxjifiKis- ■. ' - ’A* x* W■ AI- - = jJMT 1^/ t M..' - - - - jMrl. B- K U-K ftfTCgygcfc y < f- -y A K - ,'toV , -WagggjKw •y > .> - \ w3“CF\-riiiy <J ■ SffljWroSwASjwilifrl nSfcrjlnraH <xl^3\ pgjfcj?-/_■./y%%y y\'Wjpß?A' ?w B|nL / g F® 1 ft. 9ft4^.jg-gOfr-rrf -4rv- *** "*****>».'Ax ' ♦.' (fli k ' : j - —' T.":■•• ——*WL— **—*• WHITS FREEDOM FORBS, 1322 Convicted Slayer of Kingston Mayor Voluntarily Begins Ten-Year Sentence. W. J. Wooten, who shot and killed W. H. Griffin, the mayor of Kingston, several months ago. has given himself up to the prison commission of Georgia, ami asked that he be sent to the prison farm at once, notwithstanding the fact that his petition for a new trial had not been disposed of finally at the time. Wooten was sent up for ten years tor killing Griffin, and appealed his case to the supreme court. The case was af firmed a few days ago, and Wooten rend about it in tile supreme court head notes, printed in the daily newspapers the same day. He proceeded immediately to the court house in Cartersville, withdrew his petition for a new trial, and left at once for Atlanta, where he surrendered to the prison commission. "1 might have waited the ten days or two weeks it will take the supreme court remittur to reach the Cartersville court," he said to one of the commis sioners, "but 1 prefer to save the time by giving up now. "It is nearly Christmas. When I get out ten years from now', ft will be near ly Christmas again. I will enjoy getting out then a lot more than 1 would nfte- Christmas. If I waited for the supreme court remittur to reach the Bartow court it likely would be after Christ mas. I hope you gentlemen understand and will send me to the state farm at once.” Wooten was forwarded to Milledge ville immediately. He did not seem to realize that he can reduce his sentence in prison materially by good behavior Wooten is well-to-do, and before his unfortunate falling out with Griffin was one of the most influential men of Bar tow county. His victim was prominent and the head of the village government of Kingston at the time he was killed TOWN COUNCIL COMPOSED OF COLLEGE PROFESSORS OXFORD, GA . Dec. 13.—Town coun ciltnen of Oxford for the coming year have been elected. They are Dr. E. 11. Johnson, W. T. Burt, J. Z Johnson. D. T. Stone, Victor Williams, Professor H. H. Stone and Dr. W. F. Melton. Three are professors In Emory colleg • The first meeting of the new council will be the first Tuesday in January. Pete Smith wa- elected justice of the peace. Oxford for many years has had a commission form of government. At the first meeting of the council the mayor and other officers will be elected. EARTH GIVES WAY. MAN IS DRAGGED FROM DEEP ABYSS LOCUST GAP. PA„ Dec. 13—Wil liam Quirk, shipping clerk at the Lo cust Spring colliery, was engulfed in a cave-in which catried him 40 feet Into the earth. He was drawn into a chasm, having been swallowed to his shoulders by the rushing earth. William McHale, a pumpmen, wit nessed Quick’s disappeatanci , and, picking uu a long rope, which was lying no r by, rushed to his aid. Quick was out ATHENS BANKERS GIVEN FIVE YEARS J. W. Griffin and R. H. McCrary Sentenced for Violation of State Banking Laws. ATHENS, GA., Dec. 13.—Judge Brand this afternoon sentenced J. W. Griffin and R H. McCrary to five years each in the penitentiary for the misdemeanor charges to which the two officers of the defunct Athens Trust and Banking Company, which failed last February, had pleaded guilty. Griffin was president of the concern, which did business as a banking com pany for a few months. McCrary was cashier. Both had been prominent in business affairs In north Georgia, Grif fin being president of the Craw ford oil mill. The heavy sentences came as great surprises to the defendants and attor neys. It was thought that settlement would be reached with much lighter punishment. The bank was capitalized at SIOO,OOO. It had $40,000 in deposit accounts and other liabilities when it failed. The sentences will stand without ap peal, since the defendants pleaded guilty to violating the state banking laws. SAVANNAH MAYORALTY CANDIDATE NOMINATED SAVANNAH, GA., Dec. 13.—The first gun in the municipal campaign was fired last night when the friends of Captain George W. Walker turned out in force to give their candidate a rous ing welcome. Captain Walker accept ed his formal notification of his choice as the candidate to lead the adminis tration forces with the first public ad dress he has made during his long res idence in Savannah. ' aptaln R. J. Davant. the opposition candidate, will be similarly honored to night with a similar meeting at the same place. MASONS PLAN TRIBUTE TO GEORGE WASHINGTON ALEXANDRIA, VA , Dec. 13.—Elabo rate preparations are being made by the Alexandria-Washingion Masonic lodge, nt which the first president was the original worshipful master, for the observance Saturday of the 113th anniversary of W iislilngton's death Masons from many cities will Join in the pilgrimage to Mount Vernon, where solemn service will be held at the tomb of tlie father of bls country. Word wan received today that unusually large delegations would be present from Washington, Philadelphia and New York. GETS FOUR YEARS SENTENCE. WAYCROSS, GA. Dec 13.—L. J. Miller, a young white man, living near Waycross, has been given a four year penitentiary sentence by Judge Parker In superior court for seduction. Attorneys for Miller will seek a new trial. J. R. Sasnett 111. J R. Sasnett, of Hapeville, Is criti cally 111 at his home. Mr. Sasnett has for yeara been prominent among the traveling men of the state. He has been confined to ills home sot about’.t year ami became worse rt week or ten / /. WSMRyA TV - :«/>• '• A ‘' s ‘tKK .■ MMIk. V W^C'- V ' z ’» , * ' ••■;s. J&g&Ves , . : 45$>wl Gus Edwards and His Songbirds Will Give Street Performance for Benefit of Poor Kiddies; Toss a Coin Into the Barrel! If an actor whose time is worth a thousand dollars a week and a dozen singers and chorus girls who play two peiformances a day all winter are will ing to give a. whole afternoon to help make the poor kiddies happy on Christ mas day. aren’t you willing to dig up a quarter or a dime to help? You’ll have your opportunity tomor row afternoon at Five Points, when you join the Saturda.v parade up and down Peachtree street, as everybody does. For at this busiest of busy comers will be a big motor truck with a piano on It, And Gus Edwards, dancer, singer and, composer, will be beating thal piano until ragtime and popular melodies, written by Edwards hltnself, just pour out of it in streams. Pretty Girls to Sell Papera. It Isn't every day you can hear Gus Edwards play, even for the price of a theater ticket. But he has promised to do something for the children lie won't do for money, and he will be right there on the truck. Vt it It him will be half a dozen girls of his company, which offers "Song Revuu of 1912" at the Grand next week. They come to Atlanta two days ahead of tinio just to put on this performance. There will be singing and dancing on the truck, and the girls who are not In the performance will be selling Georgians to the crowd at any price from two cents to a dollar. And every cent of the money will go into the big barrel by the truck, to swell the fund which will till the Christmas stockings of the poor children of Atlanta. For Those Who Have No “Daddy.” He will be a cold-hearted man who passes that corner tomorrow without tossing a coin into the barrel or buying a paper from one of the pretty girls who will play newsboy there for the afternoon. Surely the man who passe on without contributing Ills mite ha never been a buy Ho must have been born grown-up. with an old man’s heart. Certainly lie will be a bachelor, for surely no man with happy children of his own waiting for daddy to come home could fail to add a mite to heli, these children who have no daddies, of whose daddies have no jobs. R> member that every cent of th« money goes to the children’s fund. The truck is loaned by the Velie company the piano by the Cleveland-Manning I l.tno i ompanx'. and even the signs ar*, given by McGrath A- Mcßae, so every thing will be "velvet" for the children. The Georgian has a list of hundred' whose i hristmas would be a gloom.t day. Indeed, we a- it not for the kind ness of At'antans, expressed through the Empty Stocking Fund. TO SEEK COMMUTATION FOR CONDEMNED SLAYER AI’GITSTA, GA.. Dec. 13.—Pierce Bros., attorneys for J Ed Brazell, con victed murderer of Carrie Bell Duncan, who is under sentence to die on Janu ary 3, will appear before the prison commission of Georgia on December 18 or 19 am) make a final appeal for the commutation of th* man’s sentence. Brazell was recently adjudged sane by a board of experts from the state sanitarium. He appears to be Indtff'r ent to his fate. MORGAN REFUSES TO AID THE PEACE MOVEMENT NEW IOBK. Dec. 13. At the earner's peace dinner at the Hotel Astor the Baroness Hertha Von Suttner stated that .1 I’ierp. nt Morgan recently told her lie was not Interested In universal peace and refused to contribute to the cause When Mr. I’nrnigi. was a , d v. hat I. thought of Mr. Morgan's attitude he replied sharo- Iv; ”1 am not thinking." 5