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WEMTTO KT ILL K PAY FORMS State Can Give Them Only 30 Per Cent of 1912 Salary Before January 1. 1913. ~ J b<- n slim Christmas gift Geor ! ,„ >1 teachers will net from the i r usury . department, if the I ~ arms” get any present at all. ■a i, Treasurer William J. Speer an ,lHI, ~j today that the department mail out checks amounting to , per vent of the teachers’ sal .. for 1912, bringing the total paid to 30 per vent of the salaries due f.,r tile year. V. usual in past years. 1912 has.been ruler year for the school teachers. ¥2,550,000 school appropriation, 5in",,446 has gone forward at the P.-.-sent time. <if .nurse. under the state’s system of ,i ... tuui the bulk of the ad valo r.l corporation taxes will come treasury after December 20. . teachers probably will get their I daries after January 1. However. i t be a feat of financial legerdemain t s , iiool appropriation for 1912 is ~ ,ff before the year 1913 is con ■idt ■'!> spent. Taxes Coming in Slowly. Ti . Siner Speer said today corpora tion i •'a - were coming In slowly. The of the Atlantic Coast Dine were .-i.-.-.i several days ago. and today S i’l -i Hell Telephone Company i uril . . ..v ■ $28,000 to the state. It is estimate, that $125,000 in corporation ■ , . ii. due. and will be collected within the next two weeks. County :xes will arrive at the same time. \t the office Os the state school su erlntendent they have compiled hope fully the 1913 apportionments, totaling sui.ie $2,500,000. and have mailed the o the various county au thorities. A 'oriiir.g to the figures. Chatham r„unty 'lie most fortunate of Georgia iiiits. The Savannah county, inde ■u,lent >f its own school system, is .ril O receive $72,979.60 from the i s at»- for the maintenance of its coin nioii ~< liools for 1913. Richmond coun-1 ty i. xt, with $59,560.16. Bibb fol-i ows, i ith $56,921.68; Floyd, with $23,- II". i. I Fulton, wi.th but $22,253.36. i On Local Tax System. ■ ounty’s small apportionment is I i ; to tlo fact that Fulton county op em'o. its schools, partially, at least. " 1 tie local tax system, a system in vogue in but few Georgia counties. Aecoidiug .<> tile figures issued by oo department, the Atlanta ■ : .onU-i -sti-ni. from local taxes, gets ■ ‘n.741.16, making a total for Fulton j oimn schools from both state and local' ' • of $119,997.52. ' local system similar to that work-. i i niton county obtains also in Muscogee and several other ■ imies. The Columbus school -■•is '1 7,740.08 from local taxes. | Rn. i -chools- $8,902.72 in thvi I s vamiaii, Augusta, Macon and '■ ■' k the schools are operated free ro domination of the state. pardoned attorney to BECOME ST. LOUIS BROKER ’I IS, Pec. 17.—According to cur- Albert T. Patrick, who was ■ ai : from Sing Sing on Thanksgiving 1 ;tiit. serving ten years of a life ' 11'?. foi the murder of William is to become a St. Louis ■ 'Poker 1 ' pi' ; has taken a desk in the office I ' 1 I - Milliken, his millionaire broth- II wll ° a member of the firm of ’ Milliken-Helm Commission Company, ' h amber of Commerce, and it is "’b‘i that he may be taken into the BALL PLAYERS' PARROT UP ON DIAMOND SLANG p| l I'SBL RG, Dec. 17.—‘‘Cut the I 1 an’t get them over. Take your 1 >ur control's rotten." were some lings Policeman Charles Cal " 'b x punot hurled at him after es '"‘g front its cage to a high window K ‘ I 'alhoun is a baseball player in summer. CARL L. ALSBERG SUCCEEDS DR. WILEY ‘ 'HINGTON. Dec. 17.—President I das directed the app'ointment of j ' ai 'l 1,. Aisberg. Chief biologist of the ! ~ nt plant industry, department of '-'"ulture, to succeed Dr. Harvey W. as chief of the bureau of chemis- Doctor’s Best Formula Breaks Severest Cold in a Day and Cures Any Curable Cough. has been published here for sev- ‘ ' 'Vinters and has proven the quickest reliable formula obtainable for and colds. ‘‘From your druggist ounces of glycerine and half an rml'T Compound (Concen- Take these two ingredients .. " '' UI Jh-tn into a half pint of tw J ' ky - hhake It well and take one teaspwnfulH after each meal and • ,‘ P Smaller doses to children. .'. "’ri" l aße ,’„ He BUre *" only 'he j.;',"’® U' le Compound (Concen ' i>. I? ' Each half ounce bottle ■>.. •, rro-'i 1 .. B .®' Iscrew-top 1 screw-top ease. . / Zn. s * has it on hand or will quivk- '; •■rlo lß TT"T n i! 1 . 8 wholesale house. Don’t T whh preparations because of .. .; 1 'h’tt t |iay to fool with a (Advt.l Sore Fppf Corns. • allouse.-. Bun *• Pros' Biles. Aeh- ■ ''Meaty |.’eei, A spoonful of Cal- loot-bath gives instant relief. " »ox at any drug store CAdvt.) Poor Kiddies’ Appeals Touch Even Christmas Editor SANTA BARES DIRE POVERTY THEIR Santa Claus W\ x J \ 'KSRi J/ * ' 'ss. /I Wk * sM W\ 1 t i» \ ■ > fry I JHMI JKK ■ W '■ H \ » tA t Many Unfortunate Urchins in Need of Clothing and Shoes : as Well as Toys. By Evelyn Wren Tile Christmas Editor opened a queer missive In his stack of mall today. The envelope was worn and soiled and ad- I dressed in a penciled scrawl, but a ■ ; dollar bill dropped out of "it. with this ' little note: Dear Friend: I was saving this money her uncle give her for my little Annie's Christmas present. ■ She wanted a doll buggy. But An nie died last week and I know she’d like to have her dollar go for some other little girl’s Christmas. Please buy a doll buggy for a baby four I years old. Your friend. The Christmas editor copied the ad dress and folded the letter carefully and put it in his inside pocket, with a handful of other treasures which keep his coat always bulging. Then he tossed the dollar bill to me. "Go out and buy that doll carriage now,” he said. “And please see that it goes to a little girl just as near this Annie’s age as you can find.” One of Many Touching Appeals. Then he made amends for his lapse | into emotion by raking the office boy iover the coals, turning down a book agent with unnecessary abruptness and plunging Into a bunch of work. And that's only one of the touching letters he has received since the Empty Stock ing Fund was opened. But none of these missives has been a. begging letter. The Georgian has a long list of homes where there would ‘ be no gifts were It not for the Empty I Stocking Fund, but none of tins infor mation came from children or parents. The Associated Charities, working In its usual course, has made note of ! home after home where even the neces sities of life are lacking and where there could not possibly be money spent on toys. The Charities has all it can do in relieving actual distress and help ing the grown-ups get on their feet again, but it was glad to work with I The Georgian in showing where a visit from Santa Claus would most be ac ceptable. List of Deserving. And The Georgian knows that its list is honest and deserving; that not a gift will be sent where it will not be appre ciated and make some child happy. There will be no brass band or parade with the distribution of the Empty Stocking Fund. Those who fear that struggling, hard-working mothers may be humiliated by having an open dis play of "charity" at her door may ban ish their fears. An arrangement has been made so that none bu the Christmas Editor and ilie mother oi father will know whence the Christmas package came. No moth er’s happiness in the happiness of her children shall be spoiled by the knowl edge that her neighbors are pointing her out as an object of charity. That would be poor charity, indeed. But the fund is not yet laru- enough THE ATLANTA GEORGLLN AND NEWS.TI’ESDAY. DECEMBER 17. 1912. CONTRIBUTIONS The contributions to The Georgian's Empty Stocking Fund are as follows: Gus Edwards' Girls and boys. .$ 127.91 W. R. Hearst 100.00 J. M. Slaton 25.00 F. J. Paxon 25.00 R. F. Maddox 25.00 Forrest Adair 25.00 j J. W. English 25.00 John E. Murphy 25.00 W. T. Gentry 25.00 George Adair 25.00 Joel Hurt 25.00 ‘ W. H. Glenn 25.00 ! E. H. Inman 25.00 ■ Harold S. Holmes . 25.00 A Friend 25.00 J. B. Cleveland * 25.00 Mrs. J. B. Whitehead 25.00 George M. McKenzie 25.00 Lindsey Hopkins 25.00 H. C. Worthen 15.00 Scherer Lunch 10.00 W. L. Peel 10.00 James Lynch 10.00 John W. Grant 10.00 Henry Durand . 10.00 Mrs. J. M. Slaton 10.00 Mrs. E. L. Connally 10.00 Oscar Elsas 10.00 Charles C. Jones 10.00 Carlos Mason 10.00 ( A. G. Rhodes & Son 10.00 j Mrs. Joseph M. Brown 10.00 i Mr. and Mrs. John F. Kiser .. 10.00 ! Morris Brandon 10.00 Ira Steiner 10.00 : R. J. Guinn 5.00 ■ E. P. Ansley 5.00 ' E. C. Peters .. .. 5.00 M. L. Thrower .. 5.00 j S. B. Turman 5.00' Mrs. Robert Maddox 5.00 | I. H. Oppenheim 5.00 Joseph A. Willingham 5.00 ' Mrs. J. M. High 5.00 Mrs. George McKenzie 5.00 . Mrs. P. H. Alston 5.00 ; M. H. Wilensky 5.00 ; I A Friend 5.00 j IJ. K. Ottley ............ 5.00 I i J. S. Akers 5.00 i Clifford L. Anderson 5.00 , Dr. E. G. Ballenger 5.00 > Chief J. L. Beavers 5.00 Marion Jackson 5.00 ; A Friend 5.00 i Dr. George Brown 5.00 I J. P. Allen 5.00 Robert L. Cooney 5.00 i Reuben R. Arnold 5.00 | Marion Cobb Bryan and Flor- ence Jackson Bryan, Jr 5.00 i Charles J. Haden 5.00 i Howard Pattillo 5.00 J. K. Ottley 5.00 | Daniel W. Rountree . 5.00 i J. K. Orr 5.00 Charles C. Thorn 5.00 W. E. Chapin 5.00 C. E. Scipie 5.00 Spencer Wallace Boyd 5.00 — t to give every child on the lint the things w<- would like to give. The candy and fruit and toys can be arranged for, but almost every boy and girl in all "these families needs a pair of substantial shoes or a lilt of warm clothing. Many of them who might otherwise be at school are remaining at home rather than face their playmates In ragged clothing and shoes without sobs. Foolish pride? Say. did you ev< , wear a patched garment to school, and do you I '-riu niber your tears .’ J. B. Hockaday 5.00 Poole & McCollough 5.00 James G. Woodward 5.00 Thomas C. Biggs (Velie Mo- tor Company) 5.00 Charles A. Smith 5.00 George S. Obear 5.00 I Robert T. Small 5.00 C. E. Marshall 5.00 C. D. Bidwell 5.00 Willis Ragan 5.00 Arnold Broyles 5.00 j B. Lee Crew .. 5.00 ! Mrs. B. C. Cochran 5.00 Shelby Smith 2.50 Eugene R. Black 2.00 Dr. T. B. Hinman 2.00 Mrs. W. S. Elkin 2.00 Olive and Frances Marion .... 2.00 Anonymous 2.00 M. H. Liebman 2.00 A Friend 2.00 R. S. Wessels 2.00 A Friend 2.50 In Memory of a Boy 2.00 M. B. Young 2.00 Julian V. Boehm .. 2.00 L. P. Nash 2.00 Mrs. Bolling Jones IJX) H. H. Cabaniss 1.00 Helen Lucile Dickson I.OQ [ Meyer Regenstein 1.00 j Mrs. A. E. Thornton.. .; .. .. 1.00 i Hortense Adams, Jr 1.00 j Albert S. Adams i,OO Constance Adams i.qo ; A Friend 1 qq i Miss Lucile LaHatte 1,00 ■ Mary S. Connally 1.00 Margaret Massengale 1.00 ■ A Friend 4 qq ' Miss Crush 1,00 i A Friend 1 qq Miss Emilie Liebman 1 00 j A Friend I.QO Dr. A. H. Van Dyke .. , , 1.00 j J. E. McClelland 1.00 i J. R. Nutting 1 qq i I. N. Ragsdale 1.00 : A. J. Johnson 1,00 'J. J. Greer . . . ~ Iqq J Dr. C. J. Vaughan I.QO ■ Albert D. Thomson 1.00 D. J. Baker 1 QO ! C. W. Smith 1,00 ' Roy Abernathy 1 qq i Claude C. Mason 1,00 | C. D. Knight 1 qq F. J. Spratling 1.00 ! J. W. Maddox 1.00 , Jesse M. Wood 1.00 i J. H. Andrews I.QQ i Aldine Chambers |.OO S. A. Wardlaw i.qq John S. Candler 1.00 J. D. Sisson . . . 1.00 W. G. Humphrey 1.00 Orville H. Hall 1.00 Dr. A. H. Baskin 1.00 J. E. Warren 1.00 George H. Boynton . 1.00 W. D Ellis, Jr 1.00 Ormond Massengale 1.00 St. Elmo Massengale, Jr. .. .. 1.00 Friend E 1.00 Julia Lowry Meador 1.00 A Friend LOO Judge Broyles 1.00 Chessie Lagomarsino, Jr 1.00 Merryman Cross. . .25 Total $1,139.66 D. N. McCullough, box Indian River or anges. Bell Bros., barrel of apples. WLEiIAHDJDB ULTimMOID Mayor Signs Resolution Which Virtually Means Contractor Forfeits the Work. .Vlayoi Winn this afternoon approved the resolution of council notifying the j Southern Bitulithie Company that it must put the pavement of North Boule vard in first-class condition bi Deccni : her 26 or forfeit its bond The finishing of the job in thermic specified is a virtual impossibility, and the bondsmen may .have to take over the work. The resolution was adopted by ei.un cil yesterday following stinging criti cisms of the construction department's loose methods in dealing with contrac tors by citizens. City t’lerk Walter Taylor took the resolution up to Mayor Winn this morning that the contractor might be notified at once that he must.. get busy or the city would look to his | bondsman. It Is considered Impossible for the contractor to properly repair the street by December 26. Council decided to serve the notice on him more as n mat ter of form than anything else. Chester A. Daily, the contractor win* is building the Peachtree creek sewage disposal plant, was granted six months additional time in which to complete the work by council yesterday. He had already been granted two extensions of three months each. “This Is mere child's play," declared Aiderman John E. McClelland tn op posing the extension." According to the city attorney's own statement, out bonds are not worth a. cent, "To be consistent, we ought not to have any bonds. We ought to tele phone contractors that we have so much money to spend and for them to go ahead and do certain work as they see fit.” BOY. 15. TORTURES CAT; SENT TO REFORMATORY ST. LOUIS. Dec. 17.—Manuel Pryor 15 years old, was sentenced to six years in the Boonville reformatory by Judge M urdeman at Clayton for killing a cat. Pryor, who lives with his parents in their home near Carsonville, St. Louis county, admitted he killed the animal, which belonged to Francis Horton, for spite. He said he took It to a field, tied it to a post, and killed it with an ax. Pryor will have to remain in the reform school until he is 21 years old SUBURBAN SCHOOLS TO CLOSE FOR XMAS DEC. 20 j| ) County School Superintendent Merry ) said today that the suburban schools would be dismissed on December 20 and ) resume sessions on January 6. ) The rural schools In Fulton county ) will be dismissed for the holidays on ) December 20 and resume sessions on ) December 30. 1 . ■ Palmer’s Tolu and Honey Relieves Quickly, Without Producing Nau sea or Constipation, Coughs, Colds, Hoarse ness, Sore Throat, Croup, Whooping Cough and Other Bronchial Affections. Safe for Both' Children and Aaults D ECAUSE it does not contain dangerous Chloroform, Heroin, Morphine or Cannabis Indica, used in many othyr cough preparations. It is made from pure Californian comb Hon ey, which moistens throat and bronchial tubes and relieves the tickling irritation, cools, soothes the inflamed surfaces and permits nerves to relax. 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I MUSICIANS TO GIVE CONCERT SUNDAY FOR XMAS FUND A pupulnr brass band and vocal concert for the benefit of the Empty Stocking Fund will be given at the Grand opera * house next Sunday afternoon a’ 3 o'clock, the Atlanta local as ( the American Federation of Musicians contributing the services <>f 75 players, and Manager Hugh Cardoza giving the use of the theater. Every cent of receipts front the audience will go to fill the stockings of Atlanta’s poor children. E. b’. Marston, president of the Atlanta union, with a num- ; her of members of the organization, lias been interested greatly in the progress of the fund. They are busy men, playing sev eral times tlail.v in their regular profession, but they saw away to help. The directors of Atlanta's three hands were seen, and all consented to join in the benefit, concert, ft was entirely vol untary on the part of the musicians. Six numbers, all popular music, will be given, besides lib eral encores. Two selections will be conducted by C. E. Barber, bandmaster df the Fifth regiment; two by Fred Wedemeyer, di reeto rof his own orchestra, and two by Jake Matthiessen, direc tor of Mattheissen’s theater orchestras and band. Miss Margherita Carter, one of the best known of Atlanta’s young singers, has kindly consented to appear. The Great, Dayton, the man with four distinct voices, sing- » jug at the Montgomery this week, will be presented as a soloist. Several features are being arranged. Xo tickets will he sold, and there will be no admittance fee. Every one who likes may enter. A collection will be taken while the concert is in progress, and it, is expected that even man and woman in the house will give something, as J '. much as they are able, to swell the Empty Stocking Fund. •••••••••••••••••••••••••• • • • Wife of Governor • : Lauds Spirit of Fund: • • • < 'hrlstmas Stocking Editor. • • The Atlanta Georgian. • • Dear Sir—Your Empty Stock- • • ing Fund should appeal to every • • lover of children. Every one who • • Is able to do so should deem tt a • • privilege to aid in making happy • • the little ones whose parents have • • not the means to prove that “San- • •ta Claus" has remembered them. • • Please let me add $lO to the • • above fund. Hoping your fund • • will grow to be a very large • • one, Very sincerely, • • MRS. JOS. M. BROWN. • • Dec. 14, 1912. • •••••••••••••••••••••••a** WOMAN IS ARRESTED FOR SELLINGSTEPDAUGHTER LONGASPORT. IND., Dec. 17.—Ac cused of selling her 13-year-old step daughter, Lena, to George Durton, a rich bachelor farmer, Mrs. Rosa Hat field was in jail here today under $5,000 bond. Durton was also held in a like sum. ‘‘lf I find this is true —if you have sold my daughter—l’ll kill you,” James Hatfield, a railroad employee, husband of the woman, told her in the presence of the police. Mrs. Hatfield tried to escape when the police went after her. BANK CRASH HITS GEORGIA INS. GO. t KNOXVILLE. TENN., Dec. IT.—The Georgia IJfo Insurance Company, accord ing to reports here. Is on the bond of the Knoxville Banking and Trust Company to secure the $38,000 deposit of the state of Tennessee carried in the bank, which went Into the hands of a receiver yes terday Representatives of the company here are investigating The Georgia Life Insurance Company has home offices In Macon. The state in ■wrance department at the capltol has no record of the company's outside bonding business, those records being kept at the home office of the company. However, the records are available to the insurance department when called for. ENGAGEMENT IS TOLD BY TALKING MACHINE CHAMPAIGN, ILL., Dec. 17.—Miss 1 Nellie McGrath and Carl Mouch an nounced their engagement to marry on ' January 7 by means of a talking ma chine. Guests were listening to the machine when their "engagement” rec ord was Inserted and the news of the troth announced. The stir was hardly over when another record spoke the congratulations of the family of the bridegroom, who resides in Waupa koneta, Ohio. 3