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i ictures--One of Joy, One of Pathos--Seen by Evelyn Wren in Holiday Shopping Throngs in Atlanta
VAUDEVILLE AT "FIVE POINTS’' FOR THE CHRISTMAS FUND
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Here's Opportunity for
Plus Big, Generous
City to Show Real
Christmas Spirit by
Making Glad Un
fortunates.
By Evelyn Wren
' est h* limousine at the entrance
on- of the biggest of Whitehall
-treet'■■ stores, drew her wraps closer
row her shoulders and strolled down
aisle as one on familiar ground.
The floorwalker bowed as she passed,
so: h- knew her as one of the firm's
nost profitable customers.
I was at her elbow as she stopped be
ar? a case filled with handsome furs,
ny one worth the month's income of a
'■'■king man. She fingered them criti
cally.
Something a little better, please,
the -aid. "I want them for Frances,
roil know Her father has promised
her an electric coupe for Christmas and
-he's teased me for a set of white furs.
Her dark ones look so odd with the
ghr upholstery. Yes, you might send
■' on approval.”
Another Picture Here
I passed on to the bargain counter
dozen women were inspecting
the price tags on odds and ends. A
mn, frail and white, stood beside a
roman whose cloak looked frayed and
rm of date, even in that department of
ised “cheap stuff.” She picked up a
i • muff of imitation fur, so thin, so
so!!*-.; that it had been cast out of its
o«n department
l-o k, Charlie,” she said eagerly,
Minnie has been just crazy for a pret
!v muff, and she hasn’t had anything
in so long. See, this Is only 49
nt" I believe I could clean it and
mak" it look nice.”
ihe man looked at the pitiful bit of
|l l?: h, fingered the change in his pock
and shook his head, slowly.
1 ri ■ kon not. Mary,” he said regret
f,Ji ' "I got the rent and the doctor to
P ;! V. you know. Maybe you can take
•Mmnh to a picture show Christmas.
f 'tter just buy that remnant flannel
roti came for.”
Contrasts One Might See
s! two pictures before Christmas,
Os the limousine. Just two of
■ ousands you might see, gentlemen
" roll top desk, if you would go
kg with me in Whitehall street on
these bright days before Chrlst-
' “ JIG llk " to take you for a stroll, if
J ‘‘ give you eyes to see something
your own circle.
'night find something to think
■n the little ones in ragged cloth
*' b'essing their notes against the
HEARTS’ DESIRE
plate glass windows where dolls and
steam engines and wonderful toys are
displayed; looking with hungry eyes
into the shops where pounds and
pounds of candy and fruit are being
weighed by fast-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 Theee 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 on 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 worn
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 motor 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
sv freely—to make a child happy on
Christmas mo: ning.
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 needy, for The Georgian has a list
of the families where Santa would not
have come. The Christmas editor
knows almost every one. the names of
every boy and girl, and their ages, even
the sizes of the shoes they need that
they may go to school in a winter like
this.
The money will be expended for th*
children and the children only: first for
toys and candies and fruit, and then,
where there Is need, for shoes a&d
stockings and perhaps here and there
a hit of other clothing
And you, every-day folk, who can not
send a check or a substantial gift, do
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN ANT) NEWS.FRIDAY. DECEMBER 13, 1912.
EXPLOSION PLAYS
HHK IT NAPLES
One Hundred Vessels Reported
as Destroyed or Damaged.
Many Believed Dead.
NAPLES, Dec. 13.—A tremendous ex
plosion followed by tire, 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 had been heavy loss of
life, but was unable to make any esti
mate.
It was rumored that the entire cargo
of a ship loaded with dynamite had
blown up and sunk every vessel within
a radius of a mile. 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.. Dec. 13. For merely
lending his assistance n digging up $215,-
000 in gold fr« in where it lies hurled near
the Mexican border. El. J. Maxfield, state
commissioner of immigration «»f Minne
sota, is offered $53,750. This proposal
came in a letter to Mr. Maxfield last night
from a man who claims to he held as a
prisoner In a Mexican bastile. The letter
is presumed to be one of many sent, to
this country by swindlers. It is signed
“Ade Cre” and Instructs Mr. Maxfield
to wire his acceptance to ‘'Nuno Ortigosa.
Llsta Carrcos, Mexico. D. F.” "I guess
I know what that 'D. F.’ stands for,”
said Mr. Maxfield. He will turn the let
ter over to the postoffi e authorities.
not fail to pass Five Points tomorrow
afternoon and tos> your coin into th*
barrel which will be waiting to re
ceive it.
Hugh Cardoza, of the Grand, and Gur
Edwards, composer and vaudeville star,
have promised an open air performance
at Five Points, with chorus girls selling
Georgians, and Gus Edwards himself
playing ragtime at a piano on a big
auto truck. These people of the theater
know no real Christmas themselves;
their holidays mean extra perform
ances and dreary hours in hotel rooms,
but never have I known actor or ac
tress to refuse to gi\» an hour f '*xtr.t
Work for the sake of children at Christ
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The contributions to date follow:
W. R. Hea st SIOO
J. M, Slaton . 25
F. J. Paxon 25
j R. F. Maddox 25 I
Forrest Adair 25
J. W. English 25
John E. Murphy 25
I W. T. Gentry 25
George Adair 25
Joe! 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. G'ant 1°
Henry Durand
Mrs. J. M. Slaton 10
Mrs. E. L. Connally 1°
Oscar Elsas 10
Charles C. Jones 1°
Carlos Mason 1"
M . and Mrs. John F. Kiser ... 10
Morris Brandon 10
R. J. Guinn 0
E. P. Ansley 5
E. C. Peters 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. WHensky 5
A friend 5
J. 8. 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 Bro w n 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
Eugene 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 gel Mrs. Manning's
small son to identify two youths who
had thrown a lock through a laundry
window and not about a robbery case.
Mrs Manning does not deny slapping the
policeman, 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 wlil be an alle
gorical figure of the explosion which
figure will arise a representation of the
new born Cuban republic.
GUS EDWARDS AND SOME OF HIS CLEVER AIDES
W 5 FREEDOM
FOR MS, 1922
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,
and asked that he be sent to tile prison
farm at once, notwithstanding the fact
lhal his petition lor a new trial had
not been disposed of finally at the time.
\\ ooten was sent up for ten years for
killing Griffin, and appealed bls case to
the supreme court. The case was af
firmed a few days ago, and Wooten read
about it in the uprenie court head
notes, printed in the daily newspapers
the same day.
He proceeded immediately to the
court house in * 'artersville, withdrew
his petition for a new trial, and left at
once for Atlanta, where he surrendered
to the prison commission.
“I might have waited the ten days or
two weeks it will take the supreme
court remlttur to reach the Cartersville
court." he said to one of the commis
sioners, "but I prefer to save the time
by giving up now.
“It is nearly Christmas. When I get
out ten years from now. it will be near
ly Christmas again. I will enjoy getting
out then a lot more than I would afte'
Christmas. If I waited for the supreme
court remlttur to reach the Bartow
court it likely would be after Christ
mas. J 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 tile 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
cilmen of Oxford for th* coming year
have been elected. They are In. E. 11.
Johnson, .T. Hurt, J. Z J.-hnson, D.
T. Stone. Victor Williams, Professor
H. H. Stone and Dr. W. F. Melton.
Three are professors in Emory college
The first meeting of the new council
Will be the first Tuesday in January.
Pete Smith was elected justice of the
peace.
Oxford for many years has had a
commission form of government. \t
the first meeting of the council tilt
mayor ami other officers will he 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 whfeli carried him 40 feet Into
the earth He was drawn into a chasm,
having been swallowed to bis shoulders
by the rushing earth.
William McHale, a pumpman, wit
nessed Quick’s disappearance, and,
picking up a long rope, w,inch was lying
near by, rushed to hl» ad. Quick was
drugged out
ATHENS BAKKERS
GIVEN FIVE MS
J. W. Griffin and R. H. McCrary
Sentenced for Violation of
State Banking Laws.
ATHENS. GA , D"V. i:i. 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
tire defunct Athens Trust and Banking
Company, which failed last February,
had pleaded guilty.
Griffin was president of th* . one. rn.
which did business as a banking com
pany for a f“v. months. McCrary was
cashier. Both had been prominent In
business affairs In north Georgia, Grif
fin being pestilent of the <Tawfocd oil
mill.
rhe heavy sentences came as great
surprises to the defendants and attor
neys. It was thought that settlement
would be reached with much light*
punishment.
The bank was capitalized at $100,00".
it had $40,"0u In deposit accounts and
other liabilities when ft failed.
Tin- 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 giv,- their candidate a rous
ing welcome. Captain Walker accept-,
ed his formal notification of his choice
as the ■ ■'mildate to lead the adminis
tration fore.-s with tin first public ad
dress he has made -luring his long res
idence In Savannah.
Captain R. J. Davant, the opposition
candidate, will be similarly bom."cd to
night with a similar meeting at the
same piner.
MASONS PLAN TRIBUTE
TO GEORGE WASHINGTON
Alexandria, \ y., [><-, -Elabo
rate preparations. are being made by the
Alexandria-Washington Masonic lodge, i.t
which the Hist president was the original I
worshipful master, for the observance
Saturday of the 113th anniversary of
\\aahingtona death. Masons from many
cities will join in the pilgrimage to Mount
Vernon, when solemn service will be held
at tlie tomb of the father of his country.
Word was received today that unusually
large delegations would be present from
Washington, Philadelphia ami New York.
GETS FOUR YEARS SENTENCE.
WAYCROSS, GA. Dec. 13. L. I.
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 HI.
J R. Sasnett, of Hapeville, is criti
cally 11l at his home. Mr. Sasnett has
for years been prominent among the
traveling men of tin state. He lias
been confined to his home tot about a
year and became worse g wetkk g< ten
daj s ago.
(ius Edwards anti His
Songbirds Will Give
Street Perl < irma nee
for Benefit of Poor
Kiddies; l oss a Coin
Into the Barrel!
I li Hi actor whose tlni<- is worth a
thousand dollars a week and a dozen
singers and chorus girls who play two
performances a day all winter are will
ing to give a whole afternoon to help
make (lie poor kiddies happy* on Christ
mas day, aren't you willing to dig up a
quarter or a slime to help?
You'll have your opportunity tomor
row afternoon at Five Points, when yon
join the Saturday parade up and down
Peachtree street, as everybody does.
I 1 or at this busiest of busy corners will
be a big motor truck with a piano on it.
And Gus Edwards, dancer, singer and
composer, will be beating that piano
until ragtime and popular melodies,
written by Edwards himself, just pour
out of it in streamy;.
Pretty Girls to Sell Papers.
If Isn’t t-y.'.y day you can hear Ous
Edwards play, even fm- the price of a
theate- ticket. But hi* lias promised tc
do something for the children he won’t
do for money, and 1). will be right
there on the truck.
M itli him will be half a dozen girls n
Id- company, which offers "Song Revu,
of 1912" at l In- Grand next week. They
coine to Atlanta two days ahead of tfm<
Just to put on lids performance. Then
wll' be singing and dancing on tbs
truck, and tin- girls who are not In th*-
performance will be selling Georgian
to the crowd at any price from twe
cents to a C..11a:-. And every cent ot
t.ie money- win go into the big barrel by
the truck, to swell th*- fund which wil
fill the Christmas stocl ings of the po*.
children of Atlanta.
For Those Who Have No “Daddy."
lb will be a eold-hearteo man wh
pusses that corner tomorr.-w wlthoii
tossing a coin Into the barrel or buying
a paper from one of the pretty girls
who wll! piny newsboy th, •*. so,- n-.
afternoon. Surely th. man who passes
on without contributing his mite has
nevi been a boy. He must have been
born grown-up, with an old nan’-
heart. Certainly be will be a bachefo .
for surely no man with happy children
Os Ids own waiting for daddv to com»
hmm i-oulri fail to add a mite to heir*
this.' children who have no d dd'es, or
whose daddies have no Jobs.
Rememln r that every cent of th**
money goes to tin- children’s fund. Tha
truck is loaned by the Velie company-,
the piano by the Cleveland-Mnnnhig
Piano Company, and even the signs ate
given by McGrath <?• Meßa*-, so every
thing will be "velvet” for the children.
Th.' Gi-orginn has a Ist ~f hundreds
whose Christmas would be a gloomy
day, indi ed. were li not for the kind
ness of \t'until ns expressed through
the Emp.y Stocking Fund.
TO SEEK COMMUTATION
FOR CONDEMNED SLAYER
AUGUSTA. GA., Dee. 13.—Pierce
Bros., attorneys fer 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
commissli.n of Georgia on December 18
or 19 and make a final appeal forth"
commutation of the man's sentence
Brazell was recently adjudged sane
by a board of experts from the state
-anttarium. He appears to be indiffer
ent to his fate.
MORGAN REFUSES TO AID
THE PEACE MOVEMENT
NEW YORK, Dec. 13 At the Carnegie
peace dinner at the Hotel Astor tho
Baroness,Hertha Von Suttner stated that
.1. I’lerpont Morgan recently told her he
was not Intereat.-il tn unlv* rsal pence and
refused to contribute to th* enure. When
Mr. Carnegie was aakod what be thougiir
of Mr Morgan's attitude he replied sharp
en "I un not thinking”
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