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MS KJGE
°oints Out Chief Reasons Why
Atlantans Should Feel Happy
This Yuletide.
Mavor Court.mi, > \V,mi t ,uy .s
-->>ued a Christman proclamation. tn
which lie pointed obt some I.lk reasons
« by ail Atlantans should f. G h.-uppy:
His proclamation i
"1 congratulate the «itx ol Atlants
that the yir now lapidly drawing
to a close lias been mi'- of unpr»T«-
der.ted p asperity, both in commercial
and industrial enterprises and in < ivic
growth end upbuilding. It is a mut
ter ot further gratification the. the
growth of the city during the pa-i .ear
has been marvelous and unprecedented.
The building penults issued bj the city
building inspector during t < ir 11'1:.’
wll; approximate the enormous -nm of
ten million dollars, thus indicating that
Atlanta still a growing city nn,| Is
destined t" outstrip In t ie .match of
1 og’• | < ~-te- citie- of thi South-
land
“It .. aatb of further eongr.xtu
lotion to fi.< i-itj that during tin- past
:■ ar our < itizena have been spared
from pestilence and epidemic. Along
1: tmiefpal line., tie growth of the city
7/ //a at Hartman's It's Correct"
I I e wish you one and all
K Very Merry Xmas
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Peachtree Peachtree
"If It's Correct It’s at Hartman ,r'
The Etowah Barber Shop
H ishes its Friends and Patrons a Merry
Christmas and Happy Neto Year
UNDERDONK & PITTS, Props.
5 AND 7 WEST ALABAMA STREET
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A happy Xmas and a
prosperous year to all our
friends.
A. M. BALDING
TO OUR FRIENDS
May your holidays
be full of joy.
LIEBERMAN’S
TO OUR CUSTOMERS
A bright Christmas and
a happy New Year.
WOLFSHEIMER & CO.
Thanking my patrons
for their past favors, I
wish them all the pleas
ures of the season.
Truly DUFFY
DYNAMITE TRIALS
JURY GIVEN XMAS
TREE BY BAILIFFS
INDIANAPOLIS. IND., Dee. 25.
I Gathered around a big Christinas tree
' in the center of the grand jury room on
the third floor of the Federal building,
the tweiv. members of the dynamite"
jury exchanged present. o and greetings
-this forenoon.
The tree was furnished them by the
three bailiffs tn charge and afforded a
gre.it deal of holiday spirit. The bail
iff- also provided each juror with a box
• of i.indy and. together with the many
i presents and pictures of their loved
i ones at home, the day was not altogeth
er a dull one.
1 has bee>i •. : h as to gratify the most
: patriots Atlanta:). During the year
1912 the e ha either been undertaken
' or completed more- work of public jm
pr- ■ c ent in the war of street bulld-
■ Ing, -ever construction aud erection
' of public builulngs than during any
other year of the city's history. Tills
Work has been done without any iddf
' timial burden to the taxpayers In the
: way of increased taxation. The pub
lic health has been preserved, both
federal and municipal statistics show
ing that no other city in the south
land Ims a low. ■ death rate than At
lanta. save and excepting the cities of
Louisville, Ky., ;md Nn liville, Tenn.
"I congratulate the city and her peo-
I pie on the achievements and blessings
i of the past, which augur still greater
1 accomplishments in the. immediate fu-
■ ture."
THE AFLAaTA GEUHGLAN aIIvDNEWS. WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 25. 191
Atlanta Chorus To Sing Old Christmas Carols
SONGS OF 13TH CENTURY
The oilier Ilia all Atlantans, young
and old. may appreciate the unusual
significance of the revival of ancient
Christmas carols, at. the Jree concert
next Sunday afternoon at the Audito
rium-Armory, Dr. Percy .1. Starnes,
city organist and choir director, who is
< Englishman and who spent al) his
childhood in England, has prepared for
the readers of The Georgian the fol
lowing quaint and interesting account
of the history and meaning of Christ
mas carol singing in foreign lands:
"In the old times in England Christ
mas caroling, though preserving its re
ligious origin, was ofttimes a rollick
ing affair. Both young and old took
part, the groups augmenting as the
singers passed from door to door. At
each house where the spirit of the oc
casion was shared they were invited
In to feast and drink.
Singers Known as "Waits.”
"In parts of England up to this
very day the Christmas carol singers
are known as ‘waits.’ probably from
‘he fact that they wait to be Invited
inside to partake of the good cheer pro
vided against their coming. The cus
tom survives in provlnicul towns and
villages tn ail its mediaeval pfetur
esquenese. The old carols are prefer
red to new ones, as being more in
keeping with the spirit of older days. x
"The. early English carols are closely
akin to those of the French. This is
indicated in the fact that in some of
them the word Noel' is employed In the
refrains. In England the Christmas
carol was probably at Its height under
the reign of the Tudors. In those, days
carol singing on Christmas Eve, far
into the night, was universal through
out the kingdom.
"It Is recorded that when Henry
' 11l lay seriously ill, In the year 1525,
a prohibition against ‘carols, bells or
merry-making’ was promulgated, with
consequences both amusing and se
rious resulting from attempts at its
enforcement.
"We read that in 1562 Thomas Tys
dale received license to print ‘certayne
goodly carowles to be songs to the
Glory of God.' For a time the Puritans
who interdicted holly ami ivy as sedi
tious, succeeded partially in abolish
ing the carol customs, but the under
lying Inherent impulse toward such ex
pression of Yuletide good fellowship
refused to die. With the Restoration
came back the Christmas carol, jubi
lant as of old, vibrating on the frosty
air of December, even for several |
nights prior to Christmas Eve.
Cling to Old Carols.
In 1661 the ‘New Carols t’pr the i
Merrle Time of Christmas, to Sundry I
Pleasant Tunes,’ a collection intended |
to take the place of the older carols,
was published, but the early carols I
were not to be supplanted, and the
carols which the Atlanta chorus will
sing next Sunday afternoon are the
Identical ones in words and music that
resounded through England in the olden
times, as far back as the thirteenth
and fourteenth c nturies.
"Set to simple melodies, their won
derful and natural poesy caught tin:
popular favor centuries ago and holds
it still. Swinburne, William Morris and
DALTON MAN DIES SUDDENLY.
DALTON. GA., Dee. 25.—Patrick Me.
nally, aged 78 years was found dead in
bed at the residence of J. A. Land, with
whom he boarded, in North Dalton,
yesterday, the cause of his decease be
ing given as heart trouble. Funeral
services were conducted by Father IV
tett, ot Atlanta. He is survived by I
three sons and two daughters.
MUCH WHISKY IN DALTON.
DALTON, GA., Dee. 25.—The ship
ments of Christmas liquor this year
probably established a record in this
city. More than a carload of whisky
was received by local people, there be
ing near 1.000 packages delivered in
Dalton by the Southed Express Com
pany.
You will find It in "the Business Guide
of Atlanta," which will be found in the
first two columns of the Want Ad pages
of The Georgian. Consult it todav an.'
every day.
YOU HAVE MADE US,
NOT WE OURSELVES
Our efforts to please
and the good values
we have given have
been appreciated by
our patroj/s to the ex
tent has been
the bapffer year of our
\Ve thank
our friends , and wish
you a
MERRY CHRISTMAS
and a
HAPPY NEW YEAR
Goldsmitl? Acton =Witherspoon
62 Peachtree RUGS and DRAPERIES S 61 N. Broad
other nineteenth century poets wrote
new carols breathing the beauty of the
old. yet the old ones, which will be
sung in Atlanta, remain still the dom
inant favorites of the Christinas min
strels in lands across the sea."
In order that the great crowd may be
accommodated comfortably and with
out any jamming, the doors of the Au
ditorium-Armory will be opened at
2:30 o’clock Sunday afternoon. The
concert is fr< ■■ to everybody. There is
an ample and comfortable seating ca
pacity for more than 6.000 persons.
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Atlanta’s Oldest Savings Bank
THE
Georgia Savings Bank
and Trust Company
Wishes its 1 housands
of Depositors
A Merry Christmas
AND
Prosperous New Year
The Fain Stable Co.
Wishes its friends and
patrons a Meny Xmas
Howell Fain, Proprietor
53 Centra! Avenue
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Olsan Company
SUCCESSORS TO
MCCONNELL’S
Pryor and Decatur Sts. a
Olsan Company and their employees wish
their many Friends and Patrons a Merry Christ- j
mas and a Happy New Year.
Olsan Company
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OLD CHURCH BEING
WARMED FOR XMAS
SERVICES IS BURNED
CHICAGO. Dec. 25.—St. Andrews
Episcopal church, one of the oldest
church edifices in the city, was destroy
ed by tire this morning. The flames
started from the furnace in the base
ment of the church, which is believed
to have been overheated by the janitor
in order to warm the edifice for early
morning Christinas services.
A number ;of packages containing
Christmas toys, which were to be given
away at a children’s party Saturday,
were destroyed. Thu total loss is es
timated to be $75,000.
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Policy holders and Friends
OMf We Wish
li A MERRY CHRISTMAS ISM
W A HAPPY NEW YEAR 111
The Errpiie Life Insurance Co.
WOkf “ The Company of the South ” -
Atlanta, Ga.
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wish you a
MERRY CHRISTMAS
and a
HAPPY NEW YEAR
It is my aim to always show
the Best in Moving Pictures
Montgomery
. he Moving Picture Man
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For Your Trade S
We Thank You
¥
You have made Our Furniture busi
ness a success by your patronage and
we have sold you goods at prices
lower than ever offered in Atlanta.
For 1913 we will continue to sell &
Furniture at the lowest prices possible.
We wish you a /
Merry Christmas g
and a
Happy New Year g
EMPIRE FURNITURE CO.»
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129131 Whitehall Street
5 / 5 . ' $
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I EXCHANGING your business for a
EL/ OUBe a . n d i 8 easy to do and just
as profitable as if you first sold and p'i
! then bought again. Read the offers to
JY exchange in the Want Ads of The Geor- ' jjh
| gian.