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6 COUNCIL HENTBY STBIFE IN LAST 1 SI 2 SESSION Hot Battle Develops Over the Nutting-Warren Contest for Mayor Pro Tem. 1 The last meeting of t ie 1912 < ity j't council this afternoon will be no love i ’ feast. Instead it promises to be n free > t tor-all tight. Aiderman A. H. Van Dyke has added Lto the spirit of the Nutting-Warren w Contest for mayor pro tern by declaring g that Aiderman Nutting is untit forth. place, and that he will openlx ,;ir. ■ bi | energies In support of Ablet nan V. nr- I ren until the election, th ■ first meeting in January. Each candidate claims a safe major- T ity of the votes for mayor pro tem. So E much pressure is being brought to bear | on certain members of council that they I are insisting on a caucus to decide the | | contest in sc. ret. Reject Caucus Plan. Both Aiderman Nutting and Are < | man Warren have refused their consent | to such a i 'an, however. | A report is going the rounds tiu.t a I clique in council has organized to kill r all legislation proposed by Aidermen I Van Dyke and John E. McClelland. This afternoon Alderman Van Dyke i, will endeavor to have an ordinance I passed allowing drawn and undrawn | poultry to be sold during the Christmas I holidays. I'loit " the regular law. only ■ drawn poultry can be sold. 11 1 sax. his | amendment will greatly reduce the price of nil poultry. The aiderman asked the unanimous I consent of council to consider this ordi nance out of its regular order at the last meeting of council. Alderman Nut ting objected. Alderman Vun'Jyl.e Immediately swore vengeanc. against Aiderman Nutting, and he says lie soon will con vince Aiderman Nutting that h. is not bluffing. McClelland Is Aroused. Aiderman McClelland was blocked at the last meeting from introducing a new anti-dirt ordinance, similar to the one repealed at the behest of Aiderman J. W. Maddox, a grading contractor. He has announced that he Will make it warm for some of the members of council If they don't give his ordinance a fair consideration this afternoon. He also will Introduce a resolution declar ing the office of Park Commissioner M. B. Young vacant because the commis sioner has missed two meetings without in excuse. Councilman Charles W. Smith, chair man of the special committee on reor ganization of the construction depart ment, will present the recommendations jf his committee this afternoon. Coun silman Harvey Hat. iter, chairman of the streets committee and the cham pion of the construction department, is •ndeavoring to organize a tight against he report. Smoke Board Periled Again. The most Important provision of the report is an ordinance giving council the right to reject Chief of Construction c’layton'a appointments. Despite Coun cilman Hatcher's activities, an over whelming sentiment of council seems to favor the peforms. Councilman Smith also, will introduce an ordinance abolishing the smoke commission. Indications are that this, too, will pass. However, the tight against the smoke nuisance is compli cated greatly because the commission has not yet succeeded in naming a smoke and gas inspector to succeed Paul McMichael, resigned. The fixing of salaries of a number of officials for next year will demand the attention) of council and arous- many conflicting opinions. Probably Will Safeguard Water. * After the meeting of the general council the aldermanic board will meet. The most important matter to come before the body will be the resolution adopted at the last meeting of the lower branch of council providing that the $16,000 of premium bond money now held by the water department be used to purchase the private land around the city reservoirs. The health doctors have condemned this property as insanitary. No objec tion to its purchase is expected. OFFICERS HUNTING UNKNOWN SLAYER OF WASHERWOMAN The Atlanta police and the DeKalb county authorities todaj are looking for the slayer of Mattie Cart. a ne gress, whose body was found yesterday morning in a vacant lot on Rogers street, Kirkwood, near where she lived. The negress' body was found by D. J. Reed, of 46 Kogers street, a wiiite man. She had been shot through the head and then struck on the head with Some blunt instrument. Near by was found her pocketbook, empty and covered ! with blood There wet” no othci clew a Reed ’eported th* ra> to *'|i\ )>, .. trolman Wade, who made an investiga tion. and turned the a-f ox. to Sher iff Morris, ..f I>, Ka b , .utity It was learned that the nog, ess, who was about 30 years old, had started late Saturday afternoon to the home of Mrs Mary Burt Meador, a prominent sod* x woman in East Lake, foi whom th woman l.ad done washing She had started after money due he fur work The murdei took place as the negress was on her way to the Meador horn. »NEW HOTEL TO OPEN THOMASVILLE. GA . De. 23.—Work on the new Tosco hot. I here is just about completed tm* nmnag-rs . - - pect to h..x .. a , , p, , , I:nL . Cx Jai ■ .!••• r Jl'.: ns .■he ■ . ■ SEQUESTER ANTI-SANTA CRANKS—CHAMP CLARK WASHINGTON. !)<•<•. 23. "Sequestration <>i’ the crauks who arc tryiiur 1" abolish Santa Claus" was advocated today by Speaker Champ ( lark The movement. f sF I ' 'W Ml '■**< . ® * fa gm Champ Clark. ''llHdi-n were taught to believe in the patron saint of Christmas. To under stand Christmas one must understand the spirit of the occasion. Everyone who has not read it ought to be furnished with a copy of Charles Dickens’ Christinas carols. That would render a great deal of good.” NEGRO COOK SLAYS BUTLER IN REAR OF NORTH SIDE HOME ■ H* toll! me he hail another sweet heart. ami 1 just shot him,” coolly re mark.-,; Elia Li. lie. negro cook in tin' hoim- of Dr. It. S. Moor,. of 70S Pied mont avenue, fbdrty, just after she had li ed tie - bullets into Charlie Greer, ne gro butler for James 11. Gilbert, of 724 Piedmont avenue. Goer died almost instantly. The tragedy occurred in the servants' house in the rear of the Moot - horn,. The slayer was taken into , ustody by Bicycle Colic, men Dorsett and Gantt and locked In the police station. She didn't apt,eat the least concerned ovei her deed, and frankly admitted that it was prompted by jealousy. She said she had threatened previously to shoot Greer because he teased her about ''other women,” but that he seemed to think she was "just bluffing." Jacobs’ Christmas Candies Most Delicious and Purest of All 25c, 40c, 50c, 60c, 75c and 80c a Pound R Christmas Candies are made by Block, not only the largest, but the most modernly equipped and sani tary confectionery manufactory in the South. For purity and superior blending - . Block's confections are known far and near. No candy maker in America has a higher reputation, and none lives up to it more truly. Every piece of Block candy, 25c or 80c a pound, is absolutely pure, delicious and wholesome, and little folks may be indulged with a great deal without bad effects. For the stockings, then' are the Hard Stick and Broken Candies and the Christmas Novelties, at 25c a lb. and up. And from among the finer assortments and ('hristmas boxes, we illustrate several of the most tempting that will win happy smiles. , x<—t i n _ ? —gr Block's Maraschino ( henies. carefully selected, fine fruit, and Block's Superb Cliocolatcs include no plain centers. Each piece is without artificial coloring. Coated with Block’s famous, thick, pure a fancy variety of fruit, nut. cream and chocolate blended into some chocolates Half pound. 40c; one pound, 75c. specially delightful creation by a master skill, and supremely and in- We Illustrate Our One and Two round Christinas Heart Boxes, comparably delicious —no one else has anything that can compare with One pound Holly Heart Box decorated with sprigs of real holly and a Block's Superb Chocolates. Every piece in a little white frilled indi large bow of red ribbon. Filled with Block's Chocolates and Bon virtual compartment. For the most dainty and delicious and in every Rons. The gift which cannot fall to please, and a special Christmas way the most tempting gift in sweets that can be conceived, select this price, sOc. Christmas box. 80c a pound. Two Pound Large Red Heart Box, trimmed with a big bunch of . . . ... . . . ~ red roses and satin bow. r.nd filled with Block’s delicious Chocolates .. s ‘ 1 J!. 1 ' n n ’. as J Monday and i uesday we shall sell and Bon Rons. Special Christmas price. SI.OO. . o>r Famous .uh L eek-l nd ( hocolates and Bon lions at 29c. Every Block's Cliocol.itcs and Bon Hons for Christmas are presente,l in ''.‘‘‘A, lre and ,he fl " assortment offered in the city a handsome box with both ribbon across corners and bows. A ver? “ ’’ h a P°bm . ie iiistnias box today and tomorrow. 29c. dainty gift package, and within the finest quality of chocolates and Blocks cli .eolett-'s. a thick, cream center sugar wafer with several bon bone that can be made, assorted in creams, nuts, fruits and < hoco- coalings of the richest, pure chocolate, the most delicious and dab m lates in combinations that are supremely delicious and inimitable, confection ever offered to tempt vou if xou would present th Equal in quality and purity to aux s<w assortment offered by oth. sweet which none can resist, select Hlock's ('hocolates. X.,thine similar makers. A pound. «o< . is offered elsewhere. Half pound and one pound boxes Hu and s», • Other Christmas Candies and Novelties s»r.t« CUu. N0v.1U.., So, 10c. 15c. Ssc. Other Novelties. 5c up. ' Strawberry ud VamHa Sealoarn n, so. Christmas Trees with C&nAlss, sc. 10c. 25c Assmtsd Choenlata Nuts c _ , . 4O«. Tiny Air Ships. »Oc. * a Co, ° r ’' K ’° 3 * Or BCc ' snow Balls. 10c. CrysUlhzed Cherries. Cumqxrat.s. Bl«<esppls. etc.. Stick Candy, absolutely pxu-e, all flavors, lb. 35c. Santa Clans and Reindeer. Tsc. ' ‘ e ' Cream Mints, assorted colors lb 40c Small Toy Cameras filled with little candies, Crystallized Ginger, 1-2 lb. 30c, 1-4 lb. 15c. Buttercups, assorted flavors lb 40 10c. Vanilla and Maple Pecan loaf, lb. 40c. Walnut Creams lb 40c JACOBS’ PHARMACY Main Store and Laboratory, 6-8 Marietta St, ;~ u -.14 Peolitrce St 34« Houston st. Ml , rie tta St. THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. MON DA Y, DECEMBER 23, IHI2. which wtis begun this (hristmas. to up root the old traditions about Santa and his sleigh full of toys, moved Mr. ( 'lark today to make the following announce inent: "I think our Santa Claus is a greal institution, and those cranks who are trying Io abolish him ought to be se questrated. The name of Santa ( 'lans always calls up to me the most pleasant memories of mv boyhood. In my day SALE OF RED CROSS SEALS TO CONTINUE TILL NEW YEAR DAY The R-d Cross seal campaign Will continue right on to New Year’s days The seal carries with it both the spirit of Christmas and New Year’s. I Reports received at headquarters in the Atlanta Trust building up to today . showed mote than $2,700 actually re ceived in cash and deposited In bank. ■ But this is just one-half of the Atlanta ■ campaign which contemplated the sale here of more than 500,000 seals, aggre gating more than $5,000 In returns foi the anti-tuberculosis work. » Mrs. F. <l. Hodgson, chairman of th, Atlanta committee, urges all who have seals out to make their returns prompt ly before <'hristmas day at headquar- I ters in the Atlanta Trust building, 140 Peachtree street. After Tuesday the Red Cross seal committee will transfer its headquarto! s to the offices of the * Anti-Tuberculosis association, seventn floor of the Gould building. CHRISTMAS MESSAGE ISSUED TO GEORGIA PEACE ADVOCATES J. J. Hail president of tile Georgia branch of the American Peace soei, ly, has issued the following Christmas message to peace advocates in Georgia: "The first (.'hristmas morn was ush -1 in by th, song of angeis. Heaven Itself seemed overcharged with music and some of its sweetest strains fell upon this world of ours, and the aston ished shepherds on the plains of Beth lehem heard the strain. 'Glory to God in the Highest, on Earth Peace apd Good Will to Men.’ "The astonishing thing is that the wot id has been so long in receiving the m* - ige. War and not peac. has en gaged the attention of men from gen eration to generation, until today the nations are staggering under the awful bu den of a war debt amounting to the great sum of thirty-eight billions of dollars! And whgt shall be said of the millions of the human beings who have fallen in battle fields? “We all desire peace and the time is coming when war will be looked upon something worse than a blunder. Reason and not force will settle great international questions. "In the meantime let us practice those things which make for peace, so there will he less strife, less anger, less bit tt-rness this ('hristmas time than ever in the past. " 'Peace be to this house’ was a salu tation the first evangelists had to car ry. If 1 could I would bring the same 1 sw. et word to every home today. Oh. L men and women who read these lines, ■ cany some token of peace into you’ homes this Christmas time, and do it . with a glad heart and a sunny face. "It may be that an absent son or . daughter could send a message that would bring peace to loved ones far t away. Do it. Employers have a splen , did opportunity at this season of the . year to' ameliorate the hardships of many who work for them and thereby lessen the friction between capital and labor. Both being absolutely neces sary, let each take the other by the . hand and swear eternal friendship. • "Let our sympathy go out world ; wide to hasten the day when the song , of the . angels, 'Peace on Earth,' shall j be the precious realization of all man kind." Realty Transfer Made in 1868 Just Approved $250 FOR $60,000 TRACT Real eslitate experts on the l-’ulton. county commission will fidget this aft ernoon when they put formal approval, on the sale of 30 acres of West End property, negotiated by Daniel Pittman, a war-time judge of ordinary. Pitt main's sale in 1868 netted the county exactly $250.98, whereas the real estate he disposed of is said to be worth $60,- JOO now. . J. N. Landers, who recently purchased a lot at AVellington street and Greens ferry avenue, discovered, in digging around in old records, that the Pitt man sale of the old almshouse property in th* Gr -onsfx rry road had not been FIRST CHRISTIAN BURIAL OF CHINESE HELD IN ATLANTA Sing Kee, secretary of the local lodge of Chinese Masons, who was found dead in his. laundry at 246 Houston street ten days ago, rests in the Chi nese burial lot at Greenwood cemetery today, following his interment yester day by fellow countrymen. This was the first burial by local Chinamen un der the Christian banner, orders from President Yuan Shi Kai of China hav ing abolished the Chinese custom of burning incense, placing chop suey and joss sticks on the grave, etc. Formerly a Celestial sat on the hearse and threw out small bits of paper with a hole through the center of each piece. The belief was that devils following the deceased must crawl through the holes before reaching the victim. The fu neral ceremony xvas formerly accompa nied with a form of idol worship, chanting and burning of Incense. Chicken chop suey and chop sticks were put on the grave for the dead to eat, and things were nut in the coffin to ac company the Chinaman’s soul to Para dise. Rev. A. C. Ward officiated at the fu neral at Harry Poole’s undertaking es tablishment and a local band accom panied the procession to the grave Seventy-five Chinamen attended. Sing Kee is survived by a number of relatives in China. formally ratified by the commission, as required by law, Pittman, it seems, acted as ordinary* in making the sale, rather than the direct agent of Fulton county. So Landers, apprehensive that Pitt man's action would constitute a flaw on his title, petitioned the commission to ratify the sale. According to the record, former Ordi nary Pittman sold 30 acres of land, w hich had been the site of the old alms house, to John S. Wilson, on Deeembet 8, 1868, for $250.98. The . property had a 2,000-foot frontage on the Greensferry road. SUSPECT ARRESTED FOR BANNOCKBURN POSTOFFICE THEFT Information regarding the robbery last night of the postoffice at Bannock burn came today to George F. Sutton, postoffice inspector. Close upon the heels of the first message was another from D. F. Hinson, police chief of Wil lacoochee, with the information that a man suspected of being the robber had been captured in that town, and would be held for an investigation. No de tails regarding the robbery have been sent to headquarters in Atlanta. The affair will be handled by deputies out of Valdosta, at Inspector Sutton s order. What have you lost? Try a tkree-tlme ad in the "Lost and Found" columns of The Georgian and recover your articlei. “ Crochet „ . . : 5 clippers ; '5 ln colors ' il ' or J' Sb! woman, miss or | j child; 75c value, * I " J i ; $1.15 Men’s Operas OIIOCS 1 J In Tan and Black Kid. Also Black 'as Xmas s Felt; sl.oo values, w £ Gifts J £ ? Bed Socks Juliets 3 • Warm, Foot Warmers, Slipper foi J • colors; 50c women, col- < values. org: sl-25 val- I 25c 89c 1 - Storm Rubbers RICU’Q - For women, misses, boys, children. INI O 65c values, 1 < 49c eco NOMY I S basement; M "THE SHOE BARGAIN w CENTER OF ATLANTA." 2 Qwti Name I <> ~ = "S. On This Knife J JOHN SMITH Atlanta. Qa. c '-- _.a < NO COST TO YOU This handsome knife is 3 1-2 inches long when closed, with two razor-steel blades of , k finest quality. ' / r I he transparent handle shows vour name and address plainly, just as shown in the above cut. Any one can earn one of these S handsome knives with ver.\ little effort. •lust send us your name and address on the coupon below. We will 'tend you full de tails of our plan by return mail. MAIL THE COUPON TODAY k The Atlanta Georgian Circulation Department, 20 E. ? Alabama St.. Atlanta. Ga. : Please tell me about your Knife Offer, Name > Address R. F. D. No. OUR OFFER WILL SURPRISE YOU ATLANTA CHANGES IN FREIGHT MEN OF WEST POINT ROUTE The resignation of E. G. Lutz as commercial agent of the West Point Route at Montgomery was followed t . day by the announcement that C. E Shannon, traveling freight agent of tri same railroad, in that city, has severer his connection with the West P.>i n i Route. Both will enter private busi ness. An official circular issued by E. s Center, of Atlanta, general agent of the railroad, announces several changes In the freight department, effective today. Mr. Lutz will be succeeded by E. G Hitt, heretofore commercial agent o' the Cumberland Dispatch Lines in At lanta and a brother of Moultrie Hitt assistant to the president of the West Paint Route. C. P. Persons is appointed commer cial agent at Atlanta. \V. M. Center is named as soliciting freight agent at Atlanta, succeeding Mr. Persons, W. B. Terhune becomes commercial agent of the road at New Orleans; T. C. Williams, commercial agent at Char lotte. N. C., and C. D. Center, soliciting freight agent at East Point, Ga. The positions of traveling freight agent at Charlotte. N. C„ soliciting freight agent at Nexv Orleans and contracting freight agent at East Point are abolished. It is understood also that the posißon of traveling freight agent at Montgom ery, heretofore held by Mr. Shannon, will also .be abolished. Boykin G. Smith. Boykin G. Smith, 40 years of age died at a private sanitarium this morn ing. The body was removed to Patter son’s undertaking establishment, am-: will be sent this afternoon to Social Circle for funeral and interment.