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6 council rent by STRIFE 111 LAST 1312 SESSION Hot Battle Develops Over the Nutting-Warren Contest for Mayor Pro Tem. The last meeting of toe HH2 < ity council this afternoon will b> no love feast. Instead it promises to he a free for-all fight, Alderman A. 11. Van Dyke has added to the spirit of the Nutting-W at :en contest for mayor pro tem by decla t.y that Alderman Nutting is untit for tin’ place, and that he will opt nit dir* hl energies in support of As.. ren until the election, th’? hit meeting in January. Each candidate . .aims i. «n.- n >j"i - ity of the votes for 11 ... ■ much pressure is being brought to bear on certain members of council that . ■ y are insisting on a caucus to decide the contest in secret. Reject Caucus Plan. Both Alderman Nutting nmi Alm man Warren hav< refused to such a piau, howevs . A report is going the rouinh iim: clique in council has organized to kill nil legislation proposed by Aidermen Van Dyke and John E. McClelland. This afternoon Aiderman Van Dyke will endeavo to have an ordinnall passed allowing drawn ami undrawn poultry to be sold during the Christmas holidays. Vnder the tegular law, only drawn poultry can be sold. lb says his amendment will greatly t educe toe price of all poultr? . The alderman asked the unanimous consent of council to consider this ordi nance out of its regular order at the last meeting of council. Aiderman Nut ting objected. Aiderman Van Dyke immediately swore vengeance against Alib i man Nutting, and ho say\ he soon will con vince Alderman Nutting that h" Is not luffing. McClelland Is Aroused. Alderman McClelland was blocked at the last meeting from introducing a new anti-dirt ordinance, similar to the one repealed at the behest of Alderman J. W. Maddox, a grading contractor. Ho has announced that ho will make It warm for some of the members of Pouncil if they don’t give his ordinance s. fair consideration this afternoon. He also will Introduce a resolution declar ing the office of Park Commissioner M. B. Young vacant because the eommis itoner has missed two meetings without in excuse. Councilman Charles \V. Smith, cbuir nan of the special committee on reor ganization of the construction depart ment. will present the recommendations yf his committee this afternoon. Coun cilman Harvey Hatcher, chairman of the streets committee and the cham pion of the construction department, is •ndeavoring to organize a light 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 Clayton’s appointments. Despite Coun cilman Hatcher's activities, an over whelming sentiment of council seems to favor the reforms. Councilman Smith u,so will introduce tin ordinance abolishing the smoke ommlssion. Indications are ti r.I this, too, will pass. However, tin- tight ignlnst the smoke nuisance is coinpH ated greatly because the commission lias 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 arouse many conflicting opinions. Probably Will Safeguard Water. After the meeting of the general council the aldermanlc 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 b< used to purchase the private land around the city reservoirs The health doctors have condemi. J this property as insanitary. No objec tion to its purcham is expected. OFFICERS HUNTING •UNKNOWN SLAYER OF WASHERWOMAN The Atlanta police an, th DeKalb county authorities today 'O;J. for the slay< <?• Mattie . . . . p. gress. m i’.os> body was found y "st. morning in a vacant b>t on Hog,; ■ street, Kirkwood, near w.n;. ■- live G The negress' body was f->. H.r by D. I. Reed, of 46 Itog* rs st’. a man She had been shot throng th< i. a l and then struck 'At the heap wit some blunt instrument. Near by was found her pocketbook, empty and covered with blood There were no other clew s Reed reported the cqse to t'lty 1’ trolman Wade, who made an investiga tion, and turned the case ovm to Sher iff Mo ri', of DeKalb county It was lea ned tha the neg -■•«.. who was about 30 years old, had started la.it Saturday aft' -noon to the home of Mrs. Mary Burt Meador, a prominent so<l< \ woman in East Lake, for whom th woman lad done washing She h.i started after mom y due h< for woi k The murder took place as the negress was on he: way to the Meador home NEW HOTEL TO OPEN THOMASVILLE GA 11. . ■ on the new Tos, . hot. ier<. is j Ufct about complete ! a l .,’ ■ ~ beet ■ . January 1 .; ~. SEQUESTER ANTI-SANTA CRANKS—-CHAMP CLARK WASHINGTON. Dec. 23. ; Sequestration of the cranks who are. tryiriir 1o abolish Santa (,'iaus” was advocated today by sal I L £) fl y Pal* I*os Champ Clark. si and Christmas one must understand the spirit of the occasion. Evervone who has not read it ought to be furnished with a copy of Charles Dickens’ Christmas carols. That would render a grep 1 <leal of good. —■■ » NEGRO COOK SLAYS BUTLER IN REAR OF NORTH SIDE HOME l|. tiiid me he hud iiti'Uiier sweet hem t, and I just shut hitfl.” coolly re marked Ella IJttle. negro cook in the home of Dr. It. S. Moore. of 708 Pied mont avenue, today, just after she had filed lit bullets into i'harlit Greer, ne gro buin r for James H. Gilbert, of 724 Piedmont avenue. Giwr died almost instantly. The tragedy occurred in tin servants' house in the tear of the Moor holm . 'Die slayer was taken into custody by Bicycle Policemen Dorsett and Gantt and locked in the police station. She didn’t appear the least eom prned over her deed, and frankly admitted that it was prompted by jealousy. She said she had threatened previously to shoot Greer because he teased her abou! “other women." hut 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 (L K <'hi'istinas < andics are made liy Block, not only Ihe largest, hut 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, there are the Hard Stick and Broken Candies and the Christmas Novelties, at 25c a lb. and up. And Iroiii among the finer assortments and (’hristmas boxes, we illustrate several of |hV most tempting that will win happy smiles. — r __F Bloek's Maiasi liiuo < lierriixs. carefully selected, fine fruit, and Block’s Superb Chocolates 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. 10c; one pound, 75c. specially delightful creation by a master skill, and supremely and in- We Illustrate Our One and Two Pound Christmas Heart Boxes, comparably delicious no one else has anything that can compare with Due pound Holly Heart Box decorated with sprigs of real hot!? and a Block’s Superb Chocolates. Every piece tn a little white frilled indi large bow of red ribbon Filled with Block s Chocolates and Bon vidual coniparttnent. For the most dainty and delicious and in every Hons. The gift which cannot fail to please, and a special Christmas way the most tempting gift in sweets that can be conceived, select this price JW>c. Christmas box, 80c a pound. Two Pound Large Hed Heart Box. trimmed with a big bunch of , ~ , .... red roses anil satin boa and filled with Blocks delicious Chocolates ~ *-<> u"'l '"si a? wt s.iall s<‘ii and Bon Hons. Special Christmas price. SI.OO X/”1 t En ‘‘ ‘ 1 Boi ‘- «• Y Block’. Chocolate, ami Bon Hons for Chr.stnws are presented in t •>° ra 'i - s< ’'’' niPn ' ■" “>e city a handsome box with holly ribbon across corners and bows. \ v.'r? loinvuvn. -m. dainty gift package, ami within tlic finest quality of chocolates ami Block*. Chocolettes, t* thick, cream center sugar wafer with several bonbons that can be made, assorted in creams, nuts, fruits and ehoeo- coatings ot the richest, pure chocolate, the most delicious and dainty latex in combinations that arc supremely delicious ami inimitable confection ever offered to tempt you. If you would nresent rhe me' Equal nt quality ami purity to any sue assortment offered by. oth< r .w< et w hich none can resist, select Block’s Chocolates. Nothing similar makers A pound, no,. is offered elsewhere. Half pound and one pound boxes. 10c and 80c. Other Christmas Candies and Novelties Santa Clam Movaltlea. So. 10c. ISc. S6c. Other Novelties. 5c up. Strawberry and Vanilla Seafoam, lb. 40c. Ttn'* 1 * 1 "/sTo'a* Joe'' 5C ' l<>o ’ 85C ’ Assorted Chocolate Nute. lb. 750. . Spun Balle, all colors. 15c; 3 for 35c. snow BMls. lOc. Crystallized Cherries. Cumquats, Pineapple, etc.. Stick Candy, absolutely pure, all flavors, lb. 35c. Santa Claus and Reindeer, 75c. 1 ‘ Sc ’ Cream Mints, assorted colors, lb. 40c. Small Toy Cameras filled with little caudles. Crystallized Ginger. 1-3 lb. 30c. 1-4 lb. 15c. Buttercups, assorted flavors. Ib. 40c. 10c. Vanilla and Maple Pecan Loaf. lb. 40c. Walnut Creams, lb. 40c. JACOBS’ PHARMACY Main Store and Laboratory, 6 8 Marietta St. 23 Whitehall St. t. 2«« Peters St. tske*%l ta‘emlllw4 • O W . ’II 14 114 *I I . 102 Whitrhitil >t. 152 Decatur St. 514 Peavhtn-e St Houston St. Mnrietta St. THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. MON DAY. DECEMBER 23, 1912. Speaker Champ Clark The movement, which was begun this (.’hristmas. to up root the old traditions about Santa and his slpigh full of toys, moved Mr. • lark today lo make the following announce ment : ' I think our Nftulu < latis is a great institution, and those eranks who are trying to abolish him ought to be se tpiestrated. The name of Santa Claus always calls up lo me the most pleasant memories of my boyhood. In my day children were taught lo believe in the patron saint of Christmas. To under- SALE OF RED CROSS SEALS TO CONTINUE TILL NEW YEAR DAY The Itml i't oss -..i1l campaign will continue right pn to New Year’s day. The seal carries with it both the spirit ot Christmas and New Yea 'a. I Reports rte.-ived at headquarters in the Atlanta Trust building up to today I showed more 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 sals’ heie of more than 500,0(H) seals, aggre gating mon- than $5,000 in returns for the anti-tuberculosis work. Mrs. F. G. Hodgson, chairman of tin Atlanta committee, urges all who have seals out to make their returns prompt ly before <'hristmas day at headquar- I tors In the Atlanta Trust building, 140 Peachtree street. After Tuesday the Red Cross seal committee will transfer its headquarters to the offices of the • Anti-Tuberculosis association, seven'.n floor of the Gould building. CHRISTMAS MESSAGE ISSUED TO GEORGIA PEACE ADVOCATES J J. H . p resident of tile Georgia branch of the American Peace society, has issued the following Christmas message to peace advocates in Georgia: "Tile first Christmas morn was ush ered in by tli, song of angeis. Heaven it-.lf seemed overcliaryed with music and some of its sweetest strains fell iilion ilii- woiid of ours, and the aston ish' . shepherds on th'- plains of Beth : hem heard tin strain. ‘Glory to God In th. Highest, on Earth Peace and Good Will to Men.' The astonishing thing is that the wo; Id has been so long in receiving the im -age. War and not peace lias en gaged the attention of men from gen eration to generation, until today the nation- are staggering under the awful | bu: den of a war debt amounting to the great urn of thirty-eight billions of dollars! And what shall he 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 as something worse than a blunder. Reason and not force will settle great intermitional questions. “In the meantime let us practice those things which make for peace, so there will be less strife, less anger, less bit terness tids Christmas time than ever in the past. “’Pi aee be lo this house’ was a salu tation the first evangelists had to car ry. If I could I would bring the same swei i word to every home today. Oh. men and women who read these lines, carry some token of peace into your 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 n message that would bring peace to loved ones far 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 therebv lessen the friction between capital am! 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 be the precious realization of all man kind.” Realty Transfer Made in 1868 Just Approved $250 FOR $60,000 TRACT Real eshtate experts on the Fulton county commission will fidget this aft ernoon when they put formal approval on tin* sale of 30 acres of West End property, negotiated by Daniel Pittman, a war-time Judge of ordinary - . Pitt main’.- 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, w ho recent ly purchased a lot at Wellington street and Greens ferry avenue, discovered, in digging around in old records, that the Pitt man sale of the old almshouse property in the Greensferry 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, ordeps 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 hob through the center of eaah piece. The belief was that devils following the deceased must crawl through the holes before reaching the victim. The fu neral ceremony was 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 Hie 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, which had been the site, of the old alms house, to John S. Wilson, on Decembet 8, 7868. 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 three-time ad in the "Lost and Found” columns of The Georgian and recover your articles. • * * * Crochet w ; Cl* "°ol knit, with leather Slippers S in colors. For J - tS woman, miss or f ' •« vwßSSehx. A child; 75c value, S 49c * $1.15 Men’s Operas L J 3!I I 11 ' 1 ~T aP . - a , n<l Kid. 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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 to day by the announcement that C. E. Shannon, traveling freight agent of thi fame railroad tn that city, has severed his connection with the West Point 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 of the Cumberland Dispatch Lines in At lanta and a brother of Moultrie Hitt assistant to the president of the Wes; Point Route. C. P. Persons is appointed commer cial agent at Atlanta. W. 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 New Orleans and contracting freight agent at East Point are abolished. It is understood also that the position 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 mom ing. The body was removed to Patter son’s undertaking establishment, and will be sent this afternoon to Social Circle for funeral and interment.