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■N'T 534.34? WYE MISSEO YOUR SHARE There's That Much Money for Every Citizen of the Country, Says Comptroller. WASHINGTON, Dec. 16.—1 s there , n< ader who is not in possession of $34.34? If 'here is. then there is something wrong somewhere, for that is the indi ai.'l proportion of every man, woman chil l in the United States, of th' : >1.’100.000 now in circulation, ac cording to the report of the comptroller .• the currency, Lawrence O. Murray s, ;s t submitted to congress. All those who have been fortunate , Bough to get their share out of the ci - dilating medium are 14 cents richer ih.-in they were last year and one cent hotter off than in 1910, which is at Last ,h price of an evening- paper. The comptroller's report is the usual tit volume, consisting chiefly of fig >. But, at that, some of these fig . u c quite interesting, especially for lie banks. The comptroller informs us that the volume of business in this country has Increased over last year to the extent of millions of dollars. Clearing Business Greater. i transactions of the lai clearing ~l lSlf or the current year ending , Hloliei 31, aggregated 8168,506,362,000. Thi- is an increase of $8,998,357,000 over last year. ■ re « er. 26 clearing house associa- . . which reported losses. i m l ,c other hand, there were fifteen d'.ions whose clearings exceeded biilion-doliar mark, fihesc were X,.„ York. Chicago. Boston. Philadel- St. Louis, Pittsburg, San Fran ... Baltimore. Cincinnati, Kansas : tn... .Minneapolis. Cleveland, New 11 uns. Detroit and Los Angeles. ... New York clearings last year . $95,672,301,000. This was ar. in .,!><■ over last year of a little more ~i; $4,000,000,000. Td repo.; also states that the ex , ~.i from this country last year counted to $1,870,000,000. While 'the were $1,511,000,000, leaving a ~ ; nr. in favor of the United States ,/ 359.000.000. per capita estimate is made on basis of a national population of 1)5,656,000. Number of Banks Increases. T.■ comptroller’s report is on 25.195 bi.nk>. 803 more than last year. The resources of these banks are $24,- <\ ',42.774.18. This is a gain of $5,403,- 232,381 since 1908, or an increase of a Ini" more than 27 per cent in the past in ■ years. "Td - iigu’es,” says the report, "in- ■c i' an unprecedented growth in ..■mk resources during the past four ar . and far exceeds that for any like in the country history. The i "St approach to this increase is ■ n in the statistics for June 30, 04. when the aggregate resources of "toiling banks were about $4,413.- greater than the amount re di-tcd in 1900. 4 lnidvidu.il deposits in the banks dur ist foui years Increased from ■l2 .5i.511,16:' to $17,024,067,606, the h' . being $4,239,556,437, or over "■ i" r cent." The figures in the report relating to postal ravings banks, indicate the ;ipid growth of those institutions. nt. iii'i now 300,000 depositors in the ■ lii nving.- banks, with a total de <'■- i of $28,000,000. <>l; Janu.'iiy 1, 1912. there were 1.149 i"ol saving." banks in the United ■ |i:. . with 167.529 depositors, all of wor e school children. At one ihe:., was over $3,000,000 on de vil In tiic r banks, but on the first of d- y.a,' t:>e aggregate deposit only 1 'i ll d to $905,450.47. But then the - 1 " just over and the chil- ■ n I J withdrawn their savings .o >■;> ' >sents. In regard to ine smaller i r d bank notes, the report makes the " " mg interesting statement: About Smaller Bank Notes. 'The secretary of the treasury has i proved i plan for systematizing the signs of i e United States notes, ill’ 'fii a;-s end national bank "tr-i it I t.te purpose to make th.? more a :i-tic and at the same to give them added security in th.? : •utnvenlion off counterfeiting. Th" mb' r of designs will be reduced from M t" 9. The charge determined upon ■■■iluee the number of plates neces - ’ print national bank notes from .run to 2"u, thus effecting an economy, ml only in the printing of the notes, ml " saving to the banks Interested. "rhe reduction in size of the notes I enable the storage capacity of the nnartmint and bank vaults to be in -1 -used about 25 per cent, and it is be .l that with the reduction in size foldini: of notes, to a certain ex <: ■ will be obviated, resulting in their a eater longevity. CHOICE 37C A BLIND MAN WOULD GET A BARGAIN. A large assortment from our I regular stock. There are stag. I pearl, gun metal and German sil | ver heandles, two. three and four I blades. Original prices SOC TO $1.50 rhe very thing for Xrrae gift®. Everybody wants a knife. | ANDERSON HARDWARE CO, I 32-34 SOUTH PRYOR STREET. SHOP TALK | CTZ i < / ® Mi v 1 \ I 'A ' * H. A. MANNING. H. A. Manning, for several years past president of the Cleveland-Manning Pi ano Company and one of the best known piano men in the South, has re signed as preside n; of the company and disposed of his interest. This announcement was made by Mr. Manning after he had completed his negotiations. He severs his connection to carry out other plans upon which he has been working and which will be an nounced in the near future. Mr. Man ning is not only a capable piano man, but also an adversiting expert. As a re sult of this combination he has been very successful. C. H. Dayton, of Chicago, who is sing ing at the Montgomery, recently up set the scientific world by announcing the presence of a double set of vocal c P r » s . in his throat. He consulted spe cialists and was consulted by them. Re cently. before a large gathering of physi cians and surgeons, it was found bav ton possessed two separate and distinct sets of vocal cords He made the trial, finding his soprano to be the same dulcet, liquid voice of his boyhood. It had lost none 01 Its softness, sweetness or quality of sympathy. He found, too, that his bass was of much the same quality—rich, reso nant, full. A further surprise was in store lor him, however. After several weeks, Dayton found himself drifting into tenor. THREE WOMEN AREDEAD AFTER DRINKING LIQUOR SPOKANE, WASH., De.'. 16.—Miss Jennie Ross, who, witli Mrs. Ralph Scott and Mrs. William B. Rost, par took of a bottle of liquor which Mrs. Ross had procured by sending a mes senger boy to a saloon, is dead here, making a list of three deaths from a cause that so far has baffled the au thorities. Mrs. Rost died first and then Mrs. Scott died. An autopsy on the body of Mrs. Rost revealed no cause of death, and the coroner has decided to send the contents of the stomach to the state chemist at Pullman, Wash., for analysis. CHAMBERLIN-JOHNSON-DuBOSE CO. Atlanta New York Paris Better News of Small Oriental Rugs Than We Have Been Privileged To Tell In Some Time Fortune has favored us and you. Our Oriental Rug Buyer is just returned from New York, where he bought from one of the great importers of fine Oriental Rugs as fine a collection of small pieces as ever came to Atlanta--and bought them at most ad vantageous prices, perhaps due to the troubled state of affairs in the rug countries of the East. Each rug is a selected piece—rich, colorful, beau ful, exquisite as Oriental Rugs are. Priced From $ 15.00 to $35.00 And at these prices they are truly remarkable val ues. We consider it a very happy occasion to have these here in time for Christmas-giving. For they are in all sizes, and at prices that most people would want for gifts, and they certainly measure up in beauty of color ing and pattern, in fineness of weave, to anyone’s high ideas of Oriental Rugs. —The Fourth Floor—Furniture Building Chamberlin John son Dußose Co. "every iju A utf - AD a meaning GEORGIAN W MINI ■ MU ALL ITS OWN BOTH TELEPHONES 8000 ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. MON DA Y. DECEMBER 16, 1912 NOTED OIK IN LECTURESERIES « Dr. Albert E. Dunning Comes to Atlanta Next Tuesday After Tour of the World. Rev. Albert E. Dunning, D.D.. who | conies here this week for a series of Bible lectures and travel talks, Is ex- I pected to reach Atlanta tomorrow I morning. In past years Dr. Dunning has been a frequent speaker at the Georgia chau- I tauqua. He is a notable lecturer and is well known botli in this country and J in England as the editor of The Con . gregationalist, a leading religious news : paper. With one exception, all his lectures | will be given in the chapel of the Atlan ta Theological seminary on Stewart av enue. The exception will be the travel talk of Wednesday night, which will be delivered in the Central Congrega tional church. The dates and subjects will be as follows: December 17, 11 a. m„ "The Structure and Content of the Bible;” December 18, 11 a. m„ ‘ The Making and Use of the Psalms;'' December 19, 8 p. m.. “A Round the World Journey; December 20, 11 a. m., "The Isaianic Prophecies;” December 21, 2 30 p. m., “Religions of the East;" December 22, 11 a. m„ "Five Stories of the Creation;” December 22, 2;30 p. m., “Christian Missions in the Orient." Dr. Dunning has just returned from a trip around the world. White here he will stop at the Majestic hotel. COW ELIMINATED FROM THOSASVILLE PRIMARY THOMASVILLE, GA.. Dec. 16.—Much electioneering is being done by the can didates for the various municipal offices to be voted for in the primary here to morrow, and some of the races will be very close. Special interst centers in the contest between K. T. McLean and Roscoe Luke for mayor. With the “cow" or "anti-cow" question eliminated from the race, it will be a tight for all candidates on their merits for the first time in years. At the meeting of the city council next week a resolution will be passed author izing a vote to be taken on the “cow” or “anti-cow" question at the time of the regular election, the result of this vote to settle the statu < of the cow as a public character here for the next two years. 300 WIRELESS OPERATORS GRANTED U. S. LICENSES WASHINGTON, Dec. 16.—Three hun dred wireless operators, amateurs and professionals, have been granted li censes by the department of commerce and labor. The wireless law, requir ing all operators to account to the gov ernment, went into effect yesterday. Fifteen large commercial wireless sta tions also are said to have taken out licenses. SEARCHERS SEEK MISSING INVALID Aged Ohio Man Mysteriously Disappears in Hills of Hab ersham County. CLARKESVILLE. GA., Dec. 16 Searching parties today are scouring the hill country of Habersham county around Clarkesville and Demorest for Crare Heskitt, an aged Ohio man, who mysteriously disappeared several days ago. within three hours after he had arrived at the home of D. H. Heskitt, his brother, near Demorest. D. H. Hes kitt, a prominent fruit grower of this section, has offered a reward of $25 foi the return of his brother or informa tion as to his whereabouts. Crare Hes kitt is 56 years old and has been in feeble health. It is feared he wandered away while under a mental delusion. The missing man was brought South by another brother in hope that the change of climate and environment would be beneficial. It is said that he has at times shown signs of dementia. While on a train en route from Ohio the brothers iieard two other passengers discussing the escape of a prisoner and a reward of $25 offered for his capture. This, it Is said, preyed upon the in valid's mind until he became imbued with the delusion that he was the fugi tive. This is believed to be responsible for his sudden and mysterious disap pearance after reaching Demorest. The only clew thus far obtained as to his whereabouts came from J. P. Wil son, a farmer, living near the Heskitt orchards, who saw a strange man walk ing in a field on his farm. The de scription of this man tallies consider ably with that of the one for whom search is now being made. PREACHER OFFERED HEAD OF tugaloo UNIVERSITY WATERTOWN, CONN., Dec. 16. Rev. William T. Holmes, pastor of the Congregational church here for the past twelve years, has been asked to accept the presidency of Tugaloo university, of Tugaloo. Miss. The university is an industrial school conducted by the American Missionary association. Mr. Holmes has not yet decided whether to accept, but will take a two weeks leave of absence to look over the new field. SLAYING CHARGE LAID TO A SEWING CIRCLE LOUISVILLE, KT., Dec. 16.—That the gossip of a church sewing circle was responsible for rumors that caused her to be accused of having poisoned her husband when he died suddenly was the claim put forth by Mrs. Lucy Grif fith when she testified at. her trial on the charge of the murder of her hus band, Ed Griffith, a wealthy merchant, by putting strychnine in brandy. Mrs. Griffith, a pretty young woman, af firmed through sobs that she had never loved any man except her husband. CHAMBERLIN»JOHNSON = DuBOSE CO. Atlanta New York Paris • Now That Every Moment Counts, Go Straight to Chamberlin- Johnson-Dußose Co. 11 & Inn' iS 1 i ! i - MJ iXAmM i imO C —— r~* 1.1 • .... _ So last-moment shopping will be satisfactory shopping here. For the measure oi the fitness of gilts chosen here is not determined by the time you spend in choosing them, but more by the time we spent in selecting the Christmas stocks—in eliminating the tawdry and the cheap and bizarre, in exercising the good taste of trained and skilled buyers in the great markets oi the world—in safeguard ing you against just such an emergency as this week brings. You will see things on every side that you will like and want. So waste no time, but go direct to Chamberlin-Johnson- Du Bose’s. For the Novelties in Leather Goods, among - which arc very prominently the long-shaped, pin-seal, silver-mounted bags—and the seal bags with elastic chain straps, and little leather vanities in colors, for misses. i Novelties in Jewelry— Hundreds of little pieces, new and attractive, gold filled vanities and gold-filled purse to match, the new jeweled chains, traveling sets for men, with silver-mounted toilet articles, manicure sets, hat brushes, elegant toilet sets and (‘harming little pieces of fiat silver—vases, hat pin holders, candlesticks, bonbon dishes and trays. The Better Kinds of Handkerchiefs, Gloves and Neckfixings —No such handkerchiefs were ever brought to Atlanta. You may choose from literally hundreds of different kinds—the best of the simplest, the best of the finest hand work. And the Gloves—there is no better guarantee of worth than that the gloves you give should come from Chamberlin-Johnson-Dußose Co. The Neckfixings come and go in a constant stream. hen* are the novelties of the moment in collars, in ruffs, in jabots, in bows, in elegant sets. Also right now you will find a rather wonderful collection of scarfs—lace scarfs, net scarfs, spaugled scarfs. And so it is throughout the whole big store. Stocks so varied, so well chosen, make Christmas shopping here easy for you. But to make it still more pleasant and comfortable tor all, will you co-operate with us and Shop Early in the Morning Keep to the Right and whenever possible Please Carry Small Parcels The Bazaar===A Department of Beautiful Gifts And some of these gifts are underpriced. For instance, tomorrow will bring Electric Toasters, $2.25, Instead of $3.00 Electric Irons, $3.50, Instead of $4.50 Perhasp then* art* not so many as will be wanted, which is good reason for you to shop i/i the morning. They are nickcl-plated, sightly affairs for gifts, and certainly serviceable. But you who are not fully decided about gifts—while in doubt visit the Bazaar. Your doubts will be dispelled, perhaps, by the Lamps Oriental Brasses Statuary Cigar Humidors Silverware Smoking Sets Chinaware Art Pictures Crystal ware Nickelware Also, in the Bazaar are the natural prepared autumn leavesand Christmas Howers foe deeorations —chrysanthemums, poinsettias, orchids, haw and holly spray laden with the red berries, and Scotch thistles. Chamber!in=Johnson=Diißose Co. It is no time to waste time now. Things must be started and finished at once. Gifts must be se sected and made ready—for nothing must be late that all-important day! It is in such a time as this that the Chamberlin - John - son -Du Bose store comes to your aid. With its broad aisles and high ceil ings, with its full corps of trained salespeople, with its hundreds of thou sands of dollars’ worth of merchan dise there are room and comfort, and gifts for everyone.