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WIN ffILL PUSH ®F BOOK FIGHT Expects to Enlist Board of Ed-| ucation in Move to Aid Atlanta Pupils. Bryan, member of the board • .<b.n from the Eighth ward, said . expected to get the support of . membership of the board of . , :1 in his fight for free books for . hool children. I], , n will take the matter before r, r. - committee of council. i.m said that free books should any free school system. He books which now” cost the ■ 100,000 could be purchased by for $20,000; and he is gathering , j to show in detail how this ~a n be lone. A meeting of the board of edu . . ‘-t 'rday afternoon the 1913 . iIS discussed. Increases in the ~a- >f the faculties of both the p,,, , Girls high schools virtually l: ved upon. At the meeting next v the hoard will adopt the new ... obe submitted to'council. w H. Rich, member of'the board . Second ward, again made his ~f, SIOO In prizes for the most at- r . , school yards in the city. Last f !•!.< nrize offer inspired the chil ..ke a great deal of interest in lb ..j.caranee of their school yards. T '.ear Mr. Rich will request the A- nta Art association to appoint a .•omrr.lttee of judges to decide on the . ‘latlve attractiveness of the school FINDS HER DAUGHTER KILLED SELF BY GAS CHICAGO, Dec. 20.—Miss Rosa Eis nr committed suicide in the bath room ■f her home at 4755 Prairie avenue by inhaling gas. Her body was found by he- mother, Mrs. E. J. Eisner. Mrs. Elsner knows no reason for the suicide. •WmF/./ ;■■■•’• <-* '• ■ • ' \ 12i ■ *tty S s s< ? 6 ■ >x‘ • ■ • < « •‘ *x* -4rKi - ZZ®W J? J /**>T ■ k ••’: ’•RkEK&toj, ' - ♦'. \ XWK MTX . .. - //&% i _,, _ / s T4w> ! AA? \ \ / /W A \ / ZflMB a x w ,\ \ i.,0 M “ F ' 1 I I *\. VTj ?r> vV ■ „ Xf# Jw • wk-' OB * > // , « b<d>c X W&«E I I »,AwAfrK> jfP / / \wf \ vWWFz' JpA. woot', / / iw Ihe one child, surrounded by enough toys to stock a shop, is dreaming of an electric like mother has, and is quite likely to get it. The other, a ward of poverty, sees but a ball and a "at in his sleep vision. And his humble dream may not come true unless you help swell The ~ Georgian’s Empty Stocking fund. J- F. HARDIN DEAD. '•ARLEM. GA., Dec. 20.—Mrs. J.' F. ”■ about 36 years, died at ’lue at Leah, Ga„ about fifteen I ’ o Relieve Rheumatism It tAe body-waste producing uric acid must be ■ gradually arrested and the blood purified. 'Op*'' MS Correct diet is essential. Abstain from tea W* "*■ ana anything containing alcohol; eat meat only ice a day and take SCOTT’S EMUL- j i SION after every meal. J SCOTT’S EMULSION is rich in blood- I making qualities and makes new blood free from the poisonous products which irritate the joints and muscles; its wonder ful powers relieve the enlarged, stif fened joints; and more, wSa ' SCOTT’S EMULSION re- J jf - places body-weakness with | sound body-strength by its con- I ' ntrated nourishing properties. Aadk "-lysicip.ns everywhere prescribe | .■/ OTVS EMULSION for rheumatism. SouTT & Bcwn, Bloomfield, N. J- IMS iitrr'-riW'fflilMir MOlfi iWiillil ITi'iT?li I < ■ ■ s— * . .. F TWO DREAMS ’ i - ■ —— '-‘'42. W / //I /A' \\ // r ’ t W \\ / ’ •' 7Tv -. 7 \ \ I W wfaife uiz’ a 4 if-' - £ •."■■ jFj'% *' Jell ■M «<.*>** ■/■■ ..4<- i ’ ■ 'W- A "~C 1H II ~ ~ WhrflH z 1 ; .. !■ tr »■ Wi Vi.,4 y.T/;y /xMB- ' miles north of Harlem, after a brief illness She was the widow of the late Judge J. F. Hardin, ordinary of Colum bia county, Who died about five months ago. She leaves several small children. THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1912. WANT TWO ENGINEERS ON EVERY FAST TRAIN HARTFORD, CONN., Dec. 20.—One of the important measures to be intro duced In the next Connecticut legisla ture is a measure to provide that there shall be two engineers for every' fast express train running in tills state. The bill lias the backing of tile labor unions and has for its chief argument that it would be conducive to public safety and would save the railroad company much money in life and property damages. 3 SUSPECTED KIDNAPERS SAID TO HAVE CONFESSED OPELOUSAS, LA., Dec. 20.—That the three suspected kidnapers have confessed and told the whereabouts of Robert Dun bar, Jr., four years old, is the report here following the hasty departure of Sheriff Swords and C. P. Dunbar, father of the kidnaped child for Mississippi. The two tramps, Robert and Joseph Marshall, and the crippled beggar, Edgar Hooks, all arrested in Mississippi and each accusing the other, are in jail. LINER BRINGS RECORD MAIL CARGO, 8,000 BAGS NEW YORK, Dec. 20. The liner Philadelphia, which reached here yes terday. can-led over k.OOu br.gr of mail, tiie biggest shipment of mail evei transported by a trans-Atlantic ship, I VALUABLE TRACTS ON PONCE DE LEON GO UNDER HAMMER Valuable property on Ponce Del <m and nearby st n ets is to be sold at :;t<< tion before tiie court house doo: Tues day. January 7. This consists of par cels owned by D. D. McCall, bankrupt, the first in land lot 48 beginning at th, ■ northwest corner of North Boulevard I and Ponce DeLeon and running north j along the west side or North Boulevard 147 feet to an alley. This is 132.3x189. The second is on Greenwood avenue and the third on D’Alvigny street’ 258 1-2 feet west of Gray street. ~i™y Dorsey is trustee and Walter C. Hen drix attVwney. Five houses and lots on Rogers street opposite the Pratt foundry have been sold by ine Knox Rralt.v Company to [parties v. hose names are withheld, for . t.n aggregat consideration of $11250 Th,, house.. Nms. 34, 42. 44 4( ; -,j ■ Rogers street. FARMERS TO GIVE TURKEY 'CUE FOB BRUNSWICK MEN MACON, GA.. Dec. 20.—The Bibb Coun ty Agricultural society will celebrate its reorganization on December 30 with a , barbecue, which will excel! all cues of re eent years in Macon fur the quality of eatables. Turkey will be the only meat served at the feast. Every member of the society has \ olunteered to contribute a turkey, and every member of the Cham ber of Commerce has been invited to par take at the spread. iVI Smokers in 161 L y W-y jT different cities are JF protected against high f prices and inferior qual- / ity by stores bearing the JBBBBLjC jQb* / red Shield. While the cost / of most necessities has ad- ' / vanced in ten years, we are J giving smokers more or het- I ter cigars for their money than they could get before the birth W I • of the United Cigar Stores. ' ■ \ | I Benefactor cigar Domestic |/ l La Tunita Cigar Imported Porto Rico K \ Palma de Cuba cigar “ 4 / % prove what we can do for g lirounal 5c iWrrt While th w Hzar» are each the sama Jfl fill ITf fl ■ wBFaSj’J price and equal high ralue. each ie /!IN||[|| OISrAM *» Peachtree St. (Comer Auburn Ave.>46 Marietta St. (Come' Forsyth St 1 23 PeaiMree St. Cornet Decatur St.) CONCERT IS LAST i CHANCETO HELP Stars of Melody Plan Record: Program for Musical Sun day for the Poor. Don’t let anything keep you from the ! concert at the Grand Sunday aftt rnoon. It will be worth while. And It will i be practically your last opportunity to I contribute to the Empty Stocking Eund. How’s this for a program for a Sun- | day afternoon entertainment which I costs, only what you care to give? Six numbers and encores by a tr'pie I brass band of 75 musicians, the pick of I the Fifth Regiment, .'.iutthiesr,••:>’« and Wedemeyer*s. A song or two by Mrs. Frank Pear- | son, one of Atlanta's best known vocal- I ists. Boy Violinist to Play. A song or two by Miss Margherita ' Carter, one of the best of the city’s I amateur singers. With violin o-iiguto! by David Love, the boy violinist whose talent gave him :: place in the Philhar monic. Tile Great Dayton, the man with four voices, from the Montgomery ;heater. i The Singing Martins, a grand opera I specialty booked for the Montgomery i next week. A brief address, filled with the spirit of Christmas, by Colonel Reuben Ar nold, one of the best orators in the | South. Ev°ry Penny for the Kiddies. The list of features for the concert is giowing rapidly. Singer after singer are offering their sei vices for the chil dren. Mrs. Frank Pearson, now filling a theater engagement at Augusta, tele graphed today that she was coining iiome to sing for the Empty Stocking Fund. The band; composed of members of tlie Federation of Musicians, holds re hearsals today read tomorrow in prepa raiion for its work of love. There will not be a cent of expense I to be deducted from tin* receipts, so? Manager Hugh Cardoza gives the use of the Grand, the, band will not accept a cent, there won't even bi a printer’s bill ! for tb< programs. ; Every penny will go to the fund and | make ft possible to reach more children | on Christmas morning. 'girl grabs landing I AND SAVES HERSELF IN ELEVATOR SHAFT l i VALDOSTA, GA., Dec. 20. Miss; j Louie Peeples, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. i R. A. Peeplt s, <>’’ this city, and a stu- I dent at VV> sivyan college, at Macon, : who was severely hurt in falling I through an elevator shaft at the college, ; reached home yesterday, accompanied 'by Mrs. White, matron and Mrs Pee-1 i pics, who met her daughter at Cordele. | Miss Pe,eples suffered badly sprained i ■wrists and one ankle, but her escape i i from probab'y fatal Injuries was due to! her presence of mind and quickness of action. As she fell through the elevator shaft i from the third to the second floor. Miss ; Peeples realized that her only chance ■ was to catch the next landing and save ! | a fall to the bottom of the shaft. She ; i grabbed at the next floor as -<he| ‘ plunged downward, and, summoning all! her strength, managed to hold on until I .asGstance could reach her. ROSCOE LUKE TO BE MEW I MAYOR OF THOMASVILLE' ! THOMASVILLE, GA., Dec. 20.—Thr ; ticket nominated at the municipal prl- | ; inery held here follows: Mayor, Roscoe I i Luke; aldermen, Ardis AicDouga! .. L. | I H. Jerger, P. D. Phillips, B. F. Herring I M. R. Eider, W. R. Hambleton, A. Hen- ' | nett and W. E. Beverly; city treasnl |.L W. H. Mitehell; clerk, A. A. Rib ? ; J I marshal, A. B. Milton; sexton, T, J, i i Franklin; members of the board of ed- I ucation, .1. T. Culpepper, B. H. Wright I land W. B. Cochran. I According to a recent ruling, Thom- • asville will in future only have a mu- i nicipal election every two years, so that I | all officers elected this time will serve I for two years. Empty Stocking Fund Climbs Steadily, Baby 2 Months Old Aids The youngest contributor to The Georgian's Empty Stocking Fund is en rolled today with the name of Hugh Latimer Cardoza, Jr., who isn’t three months old, but has a heart big enough to spare a dollar for the poor kiddies of Atlanta. His father runs the Grand and a bunch of other theaters, and is one of the best friends the Empty Stocking Fund has. Other contribu tions of yesterday and today follow: Previously acknowledged .. . .$1,178.30 F. L. Seely j .. .. 25.00 Mrs. Santa 10.00 Mrs. Frank Pearson 5.00 Mrs. F. F. Jackson 5.00 Mrs. Frances D. Shaw 5.00 Lyrra Smith 5.00 In Memory of a Little 3oy .... 1.00 J. J. Spalding 5.00 Jean and Ethel Cantrell 2.00 Cash 2.00 Captain Brick I.OC W. J. Speer 1.00 Mrs, M. I. Randolph i.OO T. D. S 1.00 Walter J. Wood 1.00 Margie Stokes, Mystic, G'a 1.00 Hugh Latimer Cardoza, Jr. .. 1.00 Cash j. 25 Henry L. Claughton .50 A Friend ,50 Total . $1252.55 Lowry Fruit and Produce Company, 25 pounds mixed nuts. MAN SHOT ATTACKING WOMAN TELLS DUAL PERSONALITY STORY CHICAGO, Dec. 20.—Shot as he was struggling witli a woman, John Weg'nnt lies dying at the house of correction to day. Twenty women, the police say, have been his victims, according to a confession made since his capture. The man is believed to be mentally unbal anced. Weghnt was captured by Detective Frank Wulff. The man had attacked Mrs. Grace Reichert, seized her and had dragged her to a desertediot in the north west section of the city. Wulff heard her screams. He could see the struggling forms, nearly a half block from him. The man was choking the woman. Taking a chance on his ability to shoot accurately, he fired. The bullet struck Weghnt In the body and passed down through his hip. With a cry Weghnt loosened hie hold on Mrs. Reichert and limped away. He was found a short time later. Weghnt Is married and has four chil dren. The police say the man told a story of dual personality. By day ho has been a respectable husband and father—at night a monster. The police say he gave a list of his victims, SEARCH FOR XMAS GIFTS DRIVES HER TO SUICIDE LOS AHGELES, Dec. 20.—Worried until she became unbalanced mentaj lyjjver the selection of suitable Christ mas gifts for her friends, Mrs. Robert Schuessler, 30 years old, shot and kill ed herself. 18 CHRISTMAS DAYS IN JAIL, JUDGE AIDS MAN, 37 CHICAGO, Dec. 20.—Thomas Ryan, 37 years old, 97 times a prisoner at the Bridwell and sojourner there on Christ mas eighteen times, was given money for a new suit, a shave and a itair cut and helped to find a job by Judge Ker sten. Ryan begged the judge not to make ft the nineteenth Christmas. A Canary For Christmas X Do you know of anything more suitable and acceptable as a Christmas remembrance for wife, daughter or sweetheart than one of these sweet-voiced songsters? They are different from the usual run of Christmas gifts, something that is both apparent and a source of pleasure every hour of the dav. Guaranteed singers. $2.75 each. Special St. Andreasburg Roll er Canaries. $5.00 each. Brass and Wire Guard Cages \\ v have the largest and most attractive line of brass canary cages, with or without wire guards, ever shown in At lanta. W e can please every one on cages, in styles and prices. SIXK) to s6.t«) each. Goldfish and Fish Globes Two thousand finely-colored and marked Goldfish just in from the breeding ponds. I’hey are certainly beautiful. Goldfish are always a source of interest and amusement for the children. Why not get Goldfish for a Christmas re membrance? Kish, 10c. 15c and 25c each, ai <-ording to size. Globes. 25 cents to $3.00. Plants For Christmas Tables Our plant window is worth coming to see. Ferns, Flower ing Begonias, I’oinsettias and Combination Pots ami Pans of Flowering and Decorative Plants, just what is needed to add the pleasing touch, freshness and color to the table or house decorations. The prices, too, are astonishingly low for this class of plants. H. G. Hastings & Co. 16 WEST MITCHELL STREET MOENPLUNGE INTO XMAS WORK No Rest for Postoffice Santa Claus Aids Now Until Thurs day of Next Week. One week from today Christmas will be over and there is one class of work ers that will be delighted to go. From today until December 26 every minute of their working time will be taken up by strenuous work, and often their hours wiil be nearly doubled, for among all the workers of the United States only those of Uncle Sam are called upon to do double duty of Christ mas day. Every carrier In the city is strength ening the straps on his mail bags. Each day they stagger into the mail rooms with heavy packs on their backs, only to stagger out again with packs even heavier. As Christmas grows nearer, their work Increases in volume, until on Christmas day it has reached its topmost, pinnacle and they give up their da<v at home to labor as Santa Clauses for others. Inside the po.stofliee every man from the assistant postmaster down is doing double duty, either getting ready for the Increasing pressure or laboring manfully with the traffic already In hand. The sale of stamps has Increased 30 per cent; the sale of money orders has doubled, while the general delivery windows are besieged by an lengthening line throughout the day. Upstairs the Federal court’ is com pleting its weary pre-Christmas grind, praying that a four-day-old case will end before Monday, when the court at taches are entitled to a holiday. The marshal’s office, thy postal Inspector’s force and many others are eager for the holiday which will be really a holiday for them. 30 CITY EMPLOYEES AT MACON RECEIVE RAISES MACON. GA„ Dec. 20.—Thirty em ployees of the city government have been given raises in salary by council as a Christmas present. The recorder, chief sanitary inspector, bacteriologist, plumbing inspector, cemetery sexton, chairman of th, board of health, police lieutenants, telephone operators, sewer inspectors, assistant captains.of fire de partment, electrician, and even the jan itor have shared in the increases al lowed by the finance committee. The aldermen themselves received larger envelopes this fail on account of the passage of a. bill granting the increase ,by the last legislature. MACON'S CITY HOSPITAL APPROPRIATION LARGER MACON, GA., Dec. 20,—The city of Macon has come to the relief of the Macon hospital, which has been in dire financial straits for more than a year, by granting an annual appropriation of $12,500, The county Is expected to give SIO,OOO as soon as the necessary bill can be put through the ture. Miss Florence Hackett, of Baltimore, has been elected superintendent ot nurses at the hospital to succeed Mrs. E. I’.. Elder, who resigned i-eentiy. 5