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6 DEFECTS CITED INHEALTHLAWS State Board Had No Authority to Take Charge at Midville. Declares Harris. “\e a u.- .i. • iri <ii i... .- ’• th« Stale boal ■ • - pl .. , ,SO ong will a conditio! ■ i<> tiro ,q Midville oceiit \V< «i continue to have • pi deniies . n.iugli sentiment is areas. <t to ails. various local offi cials to io then- . ut\ ." T ts 1 H I-' Harris, s. ,ictal) of thi srtab ' icaltb, recently ■ ■ - tuniei; fro . Midville, tin Sol.' i f til ..piiis- of i. oro-spiiml n.i i>ir.git is. am is .c i t s ,ii Georgia’ hen th lav. 3, ale: ..user tic >’i.-tn 1: HJ.. ,1 or, tin state autlioriti- < irinv .. - cent exciter..-n. Dr. H. TI ' . .. llUl.liol at Midville i< c.insi.iei il>lj relieved. The affected si eti.-n. two and one-half miles from the town. . said. has been rigidly e<i and there is no further danger of the sprer i of ‘a. disease. ‘■Repons .I, ...million in the affected . immunity 1 : am gieatly exaggi-r --<lhe said. "Midvillt was; no: in panh alien I arrived ami. fr.-m tin assertions of prominent citizens. 1 concluded that. ■ her- had ben. no panic, Many resi dents of the town v. ic appiel:< nsi v< when Rem ano Lowe, the doctors who mid bp.;, handling tin nlngitis -.rises, left th' community on Saturday, but the . vas no wild excitement and the dteeas-i lias not affect--d the whole count i > - id. ■'Tie- ritki.sm of tin- state board of health ia n< because of ignorance of tin law.- gowrnlng th- Georgia health department Tin state board of health is absolutely without funds or power to take I'harg. of- pidetnics. “Under th. statute ive can supply the affected s', etlons with serum and lend our personal aid as doctors, but the board has no power to usurp local au thority and establish quarantines.” Dr. Harris admitted that he and Dr. Benedict, president of the board, ad vised against calling upon the Federal authorities for aid. He said that h< believed the Midville epidemic was too email to warrant an appeal to the na tional government. JOURNALIST WALKS 47.407 MILES IN ONLY FOUR YEARS SARAGOSA. SPAIN. Dee. 25.—Senor Guillen. Spanish Journalist, who wa gered $60.1)00 that he could walk around the world in twenty years and who started in October, 1908, from St. Pe tersburg. has already covered 47,407 miles. There remain to be covered 68,- 310 miles. He will go to America short ly. GEORGIE COHAN WILL QUIT STAGE. IS RUMOR NHW IORK, Dec. 25. Broadway lias Just heard that after next season George M. t'ohan will retire from the stage and Uve on a country estate. It was said that he was negotiating for the purchase of an extensive plot of unimproved land in Rhode Island, on which he would build a home. At the Cohan theater Mr. Cohan de clined to discuss the matter. His father, terry J. Cohan, said that he hadn't heard •if the plans. STRAWBERRIES GROWING IN ILLINOIS MAN'S GARDEN BLOOMINGTON, ILL, Dec. 25. Samuel Pepple, of Normal, picked a quart of strawberries today in his gar den. The crop is the latest ever known in central Illinois. The berries were developed without the aid of a hot house. NEGROES CELEBRATE. The semi-centennial of the emanci pation proclamation will be celebrated at Atlanta university on the evening of New Tears day. at 8 o'clock Presi dent R. R. Wright, of the Georgia State College for Negro Youths, will give the address. Professor IV. W. frogman, of Clark universit)-, will introduce Presi dent Wright Preth :> .«»/<»• For very success- I fulyear, made pos sible by your liberal patronage, we extend our sincerest thanks and wish you one and all a Merry Xmas ST AT AR R H ? of the j&U*4nia BLADDER !■ ' wrt l Relieved in ;! ; xUIIBmV 24 Hours; '' ( "■ k - x —\ J *'’• '■ m < name<»- < V: > . .. ’ I SEARCHING SIDELIGHTS ON GEORGIA POLITICS Hr JAMES B. NEVIN. . < t.it-n Hint iri-ni Washing ton city nowadays giv-- it as their opin ion that nobody will -tand closer to F Wl I . ~i i It■' i• i ill I "I'A 1 _ President \V-->d low Wilson thin Repres e n t . ; i \<■ Thomas \\ Hard -1 it k. of tin Tent: < leorgia district. Mr Hardwick did valiant and agi-j- sive -eiviia in the Wilson can: e b--for< th, Georgia primary, "t Baltimore. and on the stump dur ing tie progress of th-- ampaigi: after the gove'n or rlumpli in the Monument; . City. Indeed, i,i tie- .i t < i • -■ 1 er,. . i* f ♦» .. \ latter st ige.- ol tie v, icon tight tn Bal timore, Mr. Hardwick's suggestions and udvii -- .ver-- invited most cordially by Wilson’; campaign managers, and gen erally acted upon. During the campaign against Roose velt and Taft. Mr. Hardwick is said to have kept in clos- touch with Mr. Wil son. at the Matter's request, and the president-elect is reported to make no bones of admitting that he looks upon th-- young Georgia congressman as one of tix shrewdest political atragetlsts in - ongri- .s, and that he has found Hard wick's counsel most helpful in more than one emergency. In the*-- circumstanced, the idea Is growing that Mr. Hardwick is to have much to do with the distribution of tin- Georgia federal patronage, and that his Influence will be by- no means lim ited to th- affairs of bis own imme diate congressional district. It is curious, and significant, how relatively small things sometimes im press themselves upon the public mind," said a well-known Georgia legislator, in Atlanta, today, “but I have just re turned from a trip through rural south Georgia, and I have hoard more com ment about Governor Brown refusing to issue a warrant for his own salary, in order that the school teachers of the state might get as much of their sal aries as possible before Christmas, than I ever heard. I think, of any other in cident comparing in any wise with it. “You know, the fact that the school teachers are far behind in their hard earned salaries Is a genuine grievance throughout much of the rural section of tin state. And politically, the teach, ers have not heretofore been especial ly strong for Governor Brown —as a matter of fact, in his first and second campaigns, they’ were lined up almost solidly against him. “There Is evident appreciation, how ever. evi n If the amount involved is small, that the governor withheld his own warrant in favor of himself for more than five months, because he was anxious to give the school teachers ev ery penny lie could. The school teach ers were not looking for sympathy es pecially from ‘Little Joe,’ and that Is why they appreciate it all the more that his sympathy- was manifested, any way. “It is Ihe little things that count heaviest sometimes. And the act of Joseph M. Brown, on behalf of the school teachers, leaked out through no design of his, lias touched them deeply. If ever again lie runs for office he will find the school teachers of Georgia occupying a different attitude toward him, I am sure!” HenatorHoke Smith will not return to Georgia for the holidays. He Is with We Have Tried To Please You By good values, good service, good goods and perfect fit. We have had a splendid trade and we are grateful. We wish you a Merry Christmas AND A Happy New Year Carlton Shoe & Clothing Co. 36 WHITEHALL STREET Home of Benjamin Clothes THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. W EDN EST )AV. DECEMBER 25. 1912. hi family in Washington, where re cently he purchased a handsome new residence. The senator is deeply interested in several bills to be acted upon during the i -maindei of the present congress and as :hat is only u matter of tv. o months, he is leaving nothing undone that may facilitate their progress. Be side! these things, moreover, the sena tor is busying hlnitelf with matters to come before the new congress. I’oi these reasons, he decided tha lie could hot spare the time to visit'Geor j gia now. John -.1. Slaton, governor-elect, ms been overwhelmed with messages of holiday cheer of late, not only from all parts of Georgia, but from all over the j nation. Personally, the govenior-to-be is im mensely popular. He bus a wide ac quaintance in his native state, birt his acquaintance is by no means limited to Georgia. Wherever be govs, he makes friends readily—particularly when he takes Mrs. Hlaton with him. which gen erally lie does! He believes his udininistiatlon will be a success, If good wishes. ideiy and graciously expressed, can make it so. While it is, no doubt, gratifying and most pleasant to hear himself talked about as a cabinet possibility under President Wilson, it is said to be a fact that Representative Stovall, of Chatham, does not aspire to honors of I that persuasion at all. but much more seriously Inclines to the diplomatic service of the United States. Indeed, it Is reported that Mr. Stovall has made known to Mr. Wilson that if honors are to be pushed Stovailward, Stovall would rather they be in the form of an acceptable foreign mission, rather than something of a domestic character. If that really is Mr. Stovall's desire — and it may be taken as pretty well set tled that it Is—he will get what he wants. He and Mr. Wilson are old friends— firm friend — of the long ago. and Sto vall can come mighty near having whatever he wants under the next ad ministration. Governor Brown never blots his sig nature when it is attached to a com mission of office. The governor has a notion that most people commissioned to office, particu larly as some commissions are more or less gorgeous affairs in Georgia, desire to keep the commission. Frequently, they are framed, and remain in a fam ily for years. The governor, therefore, refrain from blotting his signature. Such evidence of authority- in office as an unblotted signature lasts much longer and shows with more brilliancy than one blotted. , The governor, as is his custom, ap ' plies this rule all the way from Justices of the peace commissions to congres sional and supreme court parchments. GEORGIAN TERRACE LIFT PILOT IS FOUND DEAD John Gill, 43 years old, a freight ele vator operator at the Georgian Terrace, was found dead early this morning In his ! room In the hotel annex. Heart failure . Is supposed to have caused his death, but in the absence of witnesses it was deethed * advisable to hold a coroner's inquest. Paul Donehoo was summoned to Green berg A Bond's undertaking establishment. A fellow employee, who roomed with t Gill, found the dead man. and notified the I hotel authorities. When you have a bilious attack, give Chamberlain’s Tablets a trial. They are 1 excellent For sale by all dealers. 1 (Advt.) MERRY EVENING IS WHITE HOUSE PLAN: MISS TAFT IS HOST WASHINGTON. Dec. 2a.—Secretary of the Treasury l-Tanklm MacVeagh to day Is acting president of tiie United States, i'le.-adint Taft is in Panama. There is no vice president and Secre tary ..J Slate Kno . is apending I'hrist mas at his home In Valley Forge. Pa. Attorney General Wickei Mtam, Sec etary oi W a Stimson. Postmaster trt'iii.ml Hitciicock, Secretary of the Itit'ilo. Fish. s i-'truy of Agricul ture Wiison and S. cretary of <’om merct and Labr.r Nagel are other mem bers ot the cabinet who the holiday ir, Washitigton. Hxcept r fijZ, ipaij .cany, employees engag 'd in emergency work at the bu reau of engraving and printing and a few menhirs of th" -luff of the library of congress, Uncle Sam's shops were deserted today. The government's busines came to . halt at noon yes terday, not to b< resumed until tomor row morning. Despite th, ..i,settee of President and Mrs. Taft, the white house was not de void of Christmas gayety. Miss Helen lalt wil, give a C hristmas tree party tonight and the executive mansion will be lighted Horn cellar to garret. Miss faft’s tree will be laden with gifts for the orphan; of the city. The white house festivitie. wiil include a iamiiy dintny tonight, at which Robert Taft, Mrs. T. McK. Laughlin, his aunt, and .Mr. and Mrs. Herron, father and mother of Mrs. Taft, will be present \ dance will follow. SOUTHERN TOBACCO BUYERS SUMMONED IN FEDERAL PROBE ASHING TON, Dec. 25 The commis sion appointed to investigate the methods of foreign governments in buying Ameri can tobacco so as to depress t tie prices which American farmers receive for their products will summon before it according to announcements today, tobacco buyers from Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee and Kentucky. The list of witnesse who will be called early in January is not yet complete, but as at present made up it contains a large number of tobacco buyers and producers. It is charged that foreign governments who maintain tobacco monopolies use col lusive methods in their buying so as to depress the market. Thomas Curtis Brown. The funeral of Thomas Curtis Brown, the one-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas ('. Brown. 106 Venable street, who died yesterday morning at the residence, will be held this afternoon at, 1 o'clock from the htfine. Interment wlii be in Westview. A Most Important Shoe Sale Begins Tomorrow, Thursday, at Allen’s High Grade Boots, Ties and Slippers at Great Reductions This Is an Important Sale for Three Reasons Hirst, because, when the season's end approaches, Alien's shoes are treated just like millinerv or .cloaks and suits. The price is cut so sharply that nothing can be left over: hence, this is a sale in which profit-making is of secondary importance to getting rid of the shoes. Secondly, this is an important sale, because we, in most instances, are a full season ahead in showing the latest novelties in footwear. Ihe third reason why this is an important sale, is because we are not owned or controlled bv any manufacturer of shoes. BRANDED OR ( XBRAXDED. who can make us buv crippled shoes, fa<- tory damaged shoes, shoes of doubtful style or accumulations, for dozens of reasons, of what is called job lots. Consequently, the shoes which we offer you are either from our own regular stock* or shoes bought in special lots that are clean, fresh anil up-to-date, tliat we have carefully examined’ and bought ol our own tree will and accord. , . No V’L.’ r tlu i :U1(1 the at wllieh we going to sell them. Our entire stock has been subdivided into three classes. ( lass A—boots, shoes and slippers that are not reduced. (-lass B-boots shoes and slippers that are Class C comprises shoes that are equally as reduced according to the following schedule: good as those in B. but the sizes are more broken i oi are more in the nature of fall and win- and $7 oboes / O ter shoes. Consequently, we have cut these $4.50, $5 and some i ) ; $6 Shoes $J 75 $5, $6 and $7 Shoes $4 Shoes and some $4.50 wi,lbe $3.75 and $5 styles in this $4.50 to $6 Shoes C 2 lot $3 35 " ' r> °’' 3 ' 3 s3.soShoes, some $4, ’ $4 ‘° $5 Sh ° es $2.75 $4.50 styles also $2. 75 $3 to $4 Shoes $1 95 These |.i iee.. apply ... Ih.ots. Ties and Slippers f„r Women. In em-h « c have the popular male rials, tabrio mid styles, now ottered al about one-half to two-thirds of their real value We have the new tan elk skin ami some English low heel lasts: the new Cuban heel tan elk skin boot button or lace, gun metal and patent, with gray whipcord top, black satin, white buckskin cloth or kid tom lakewise, the ever popular all-over tail Russia calf, white buckskin, black satin, black velvet black ami brown suede. gun metal and dull kid. Our children's shoes are also sharply reduced, and at the prices we are selling them now thev are really remarkable bargains. In < lass A the prices range as follows: Sizes: 1 to 6 4to 8 8 1-2 to 11 1-2 2 1-2 tn A $1.15 $1.55 $2.35 $2.85 Sizes: 1 to 6 4 to 8 11 1-2 to 2 8 1-2 to 11 2 1-2 tn A 85c $1.15 $1.35 $1.85 $2.35 Cmne early tomorrow morning and share this bargain opportunity. Os course, those who conic lir>l Will haV( tile best choice J. P. ALLEN & CO. Mrs. Elizabeth Cook. flic funeral of Mrs. Elizabeth Cook, who died yesterday morning at 217 Means street, will be held this afternoon at 1 o’clock .it the home. Interment in Casey's cemetery. To Our Friends And We wish to thank each and every one of the friends who, by their patronage, have made the year 1912 the banner year of our business life. To you all r Merry Happy We wish you every measure of success and happiness for the coming years Christmas New Year May you live long and prosper, is the wish of your friends ft h o dc§)AVo o <1 Xfurniture/ \company 103-5-7-9-11 Whitehall Street, Corner Mitchell Albert F. Kuhns, Jr. The funeral of Albert F. Kuhns. Jr., who died Monday morning at the residence, 227 North Boulevard, will be hold from , the home this afternoon at 2:30 o’clock, interment following in Oakland cemetery. If you are troubled with chronic eon stipation, the mild and gentle effect <j Chamberlain's Tablets makes their \ pecisyiy suited to vour case. For’,!';' by all dealers. (Advt.)