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Society News of Atlanta r -—oDAY is a typical Southern : i 'hiistmas day. There is no *- snow, but plenty of bright sun v. ;iin’. and pleasant, with just a j., ~f cold in the air to remind one Sinl.l Claus and his automobile ust gone by. Eggnog parties are ,n ,!).■ tapis, and at all the social clubs, well as at many private at-homes, :>>. Christmas refreshment is being of f, r. J to tli" holiday callers. Tar Piedmont Driving club, in most ,ho no holiday attire, is keeping I, lioiisc” to all members, and the I’.roolil.aven club, decked in wild smilax red Christmas berries with huge -. w elcoines the membei s who ~!! Tho Atlanta Athletic club Is 0b ... vieg the open house custom also. \i ; ..ng the nnang eggnog parties of , nay. one of the largest is given by \l . mi.l Mrs. W. A. Speer, several hun- . ,| gue.-ts being invited to call at their Pea. iitri. street residence. Elaborate . . lions marked the affair, which is , ,1, . x r ii annually by Mr. and Mrs. Speer. In. and Mrs. Floyd Mcßae were at informally today when many of ,i friends attended an eggnog party a! then home. Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Adair. jf„ and \l ■... .John S. Clarke observed their an ncustom of an eggnog party this i :u..: nimr. Mi, al Mrs. lien Tye entertained at U; non home on Peachtree street wliii similar affair. T. aft' i noon Mr. and MVs. Riy Col li. ■ ave an eggnog party at their Ans |. \ I'.i f residence, entertaining a num ber of friends. Mr .nd Mrs, Robert Foreman en ■n: i I informally. M - l< ithcrine Wootton was hostess 11 i - ugnog party this afternoon. Mi- .Mary Jim Dunlap, a bride tendered an eggnog party ..it. rnoon by Miss Martha Hol h- Many other Atlantans entertain ed iul". in illy in honor of the day. DECATUR ORPHANAGE HAVE XMAS CELEBRATION :■ . .'.ill lie a Christmas entertain ’rT.t at the Decatur Orphans home l' id.iv morning at 1(1 o'clock, given by i. children of the home. The public, ■st.. . i.iliy friends of the institution, is it.vitid to attend. AGED MONROE VETERAN DEAD. r'HtSVTH GA., Dec. 25.-William '..i'm<r. i.ne of the most prominent Con '■ crate soldiers oft Monroe county, died mi- Imine of his daughter, Mrs. I-uke ' ■ iu.iu-.. near. Barnesville., and his body "as interred in Shiloh church cemetery '• Tday afternoon. Me is survived by nil.in it. He was 82 years old. ‘ 1 he Little Store Around the Corner” • Wishes All Friends a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year I 6 E. Hunter St. ■fwß^i. l «i l -- Tn> i riw|fl —a^^ MMM |__ UL |j- P'XTENDING our sincerest thanks for your esteemed pat ronage, We wish you one and all A Merry Christmas and Happy New Year Charles W. CranfeshauJ 16 Whitehall Street Atlanta Natl Bank. Bldg. TO ALL OUR PATRONS . May your Christmas J be a happy one. s R. C. BLACK WEDDINGS | Youngblood-Hunter. the marriage of Mrs. Mary Tupper Youngblood and Dr. W. Byrd Hunter! was quietly solemnized at Ashland, Ky„ | on December 22, the ceremony having I been performed by Dr. Cundit. of the Presbyterian church. The bride is a pretty young woman I and a daughter of Dr. and Mrs. T. C. ' Tupper, of Atlanta. The bridegroom is ' lieutenant surgeon of the medical re- j serve corps of the United States army j and assistant surgeon of the C. & o. railroad. Dr. and Mrs. Hunter will j make their home at charleston, W. Va. I ENGAGEMENTS Battey-Wildrick, Mr. and Mrs. Frank C’. Battey, of Sa vannah, have announced the engage ment of their daughter. Bell, to Lieu tenant Meade Wildrick. coast artillery corps. United States army. Miss Battey, who is remembered as a recent guest of Miss Anne Orme, has many triends here who will be inter ested in the‘announcement of her en gagement, which was made at a dinner party in Savannah given by Miss Anna Stevens. TAFT TO BE ASKED HOW BIG TO MAKE ‘PORK BARREL’ BILL WASHINGTON, Dee. 25.—As soon us President Taft returns from Panama a subcommittee of the house on public buildings will call on him to ascertain his views on the size of the public buildings “pork barrel” bill which will be passed at this session of congress. House leaders want to make the bill about $25,00(1,000, but would name no 'definite figure until the president’s wishes are consulted. The purpose of consulting the president is to avoid a presidential veto, but it is said to be the Intention of the leaders to pass the bill over his veto if he should de cide against all appropriations for pub lic buildings. FREIGHT AGENTS TO HOLD A SMOKER AND HEAR TRAFFIC HEADS An annual event will be the smoker Friday evening of tin; Freight Traffic club. Members of the club will assem ble in the banquet hall of Durand's restaurant for the occasion. Colonel L. L. McClesky, assistant general freight agent of the Southern-railway, is pres ident of the club, and will be toast master at the smoker. E. H. Hinton, chairman of the South eastern Freight association, wiil deliver the annual address. INJURIES RESULT IN DEATH. FORSYTH, GA.. Dee. 25.—H. J. Pettis, long a resident of Forsyth, is dead. Sev eral days ago he was Injured by being run over by a bicycle and since that jriE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 25, 1912. A . QutoC—\ A Tl /«- - ( TKa LrtTLt SAwtb-OFF) I IL /zTSSx 1— few. “jISI i -s, fl B 4 ® TmS’ y- SSRSHHHH Young Folk Enjoy Xmas Dancing Parties Miss Maigaret Grant was the honor guest at the first of the large holiday dunces for tho younger set, which are a feature in this week’s social calendar. Mi. and Mrs. John W. Grant enter tained 150 guests at a dancing party last evening at the Piedmont Driving club in honor of their young daughter, who is at home from St. Timothys for the Christmas vacation. The club was elaborately decorated in poinsettias, smilax and palms, with candlesticks shaded in red. and mantels banked in green and red Howers. Mrs. Grant was lovely in a gown of white satin with tunic of white span gled tulle. Miss Grant wore a pretty dancing frock of white chiffon gar landed in small French rosebuds and mdde over white charmeuse satin. The affair was delightful, and char-* terized by all the pretty details of the holiday season. Miss Hulu Jackson will be the honor guest at a dinner dance also at the Driving club, to be given by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Jack son, for the younger contingent. TEACHERS INSTITUTE AT YATESVILLE NEXT WEEK FORSYTH, GA., Dee. 25.—From De cember 30 to January 3, M. L. Duggan, state supervisor of education, will hold a teachers’ meeting at Yatesville for the counties of Pike, Upson, Crawford and Monroe. M. L. Brittain, state superintendent of education, will take part in the exer cises, and other well known educators will be present. HAVE YOU A DEAF CHILD? The only private school hi the South for Deaf Children Only school South teaching SPEECH exclusively. Most advanced methods; home life Unsurpassed results. Miss Arbaugh’s School for Deaf Children 110 Rogers Ave. MACON, GA. ROGERS’ 36 PURE FOOD STORES extend to all their friends and customers best wishes for a joyttas Christmas and a happy and prosperous New Year. > • A happy Christmas to you all. ■* w The Durham Jewelry Co. To Our Patrons and Friends, We Wish You a Very Merry Christmas AND A Happy New Year Philhps&Crew Co ESTABLISHED 1865 82-84-86 North Pryor Street SIO,OOO Check for Destitute Mother of Thirteen MORGAN HELPS WIDOW NEW YORK. Dee. 25.—A washer woman of this city and her thirteen children today celebrated the happiest Christmas of their lives result of a substantial cheek from J. Pierpont Morgan. The check was sent as the result of a recent visit which Mr. Mor gan paid to his dentist. The dentist was hurting Air. Morgan, who was both blunt and frank in in forming him of that fact. ‘‘One of the worst cases of destitu tion I know of is that of my wife’s washerwoman." remarked the dentist, byway of diversion. "How is that?" asked Mr. Morgan. "Her husband died and left her thir teen children. Only five of them are large enough to work.” The dentist, who kept on with both LOEB TO QUIT U. S. JOB TO TAKE PLACE WITH GUGGENHEIM WASHINGTON, Dec. 25. —Although treasury' officials would make no offi cial announcement regarding the re port that Collector William Loeb. Jr., of the port of New York, is to resign his office to become associated with the Guggenheims, it was learned from an authoritative source today that the re port is true and that Loeb has informed treasury officials of his plans. None of the officials questioned could say at what date Loeb’s resignation would become effective, but it is under stood that he will quit shortly after January 1. During the interval between Loeb’s I esignation ahd the appointment of a Democrat to take his place after March 4 the deputy collector of the port will perform Loeb's duties. his work and his hard lin k narrative, didn’t leave out any harrowing fea tures of the woman's tight for a living in the face of great odds. Mr. Morgan asked a ques ion now and then and finally, after in unusually severe or deal, left the operating room. The next day the dentist received a letter, which read about as follows: "Dear Doctor—You hurt me like the devil yesterday, but your vivid story about the widow and her thirteen chil dren helped some. Inclosed find my check for JlO.OtfO, which please turn over to the washerwoman and tell het for me that she was a fool ever to have thirteen children." The dentist complied with Mr. Mor gan’s request. time had been confined to his bed. He is survived by a wife -and two children. Miss Vivian Pettis, of this place. iln.J Mark Pettis, of Albany. Inexpensive Jewelry Gifts At Crankshaw’s you'll find numerous dainty little gift arti cles in new and original*'designs, in inexpensive as well as the higher grades. Shirtwaist rings, collar pins, bar pins, scarf pins, tie clips, fobs. Lockets, crosses, beads, card cases and all the latest vanities. Charles W. Crankshaw Jeweler. Atlanta National Bank Bldg. tfej First Class Finishing and En-* larging. A complete stock films, "b—e plates, papers, chemicals, etc. Special Mall Order Department for •Ut-ot-town customers. •end for Catalog and Price Liat. A. K. HAWKES CO. ..Kodak Departmaol L M Whitehall M. ATLANTA, «A. HHUmSM fll Hall Caines Q HMCT 1 “The Woman Thou Gavest I ftdsJ 1 Me leads into the most vital uH z -Z YWBmIFIM/ subject of our modern social A \WtBIW lil fabric—the marriage rela- BllWlfi til ll ’ tion. It searches in the very Uli Vt 'A I 1 IBM ill sanctuary of a young girl’s Bill 11/ kl \ ‘TO I \ life for the motives and solu- 8 ill «V zk\ \ AAuLX/ \ tion of this great problem, ■ llißAyr bSA\ and touches frankly, yet rev- | erently, upon the intimacies 1 j mos her experiences. In (BIT "The Woman * ThouCavestMe” W J** Hail Caine exceeds the masterly treat jiff » ..Aryiwbk ment used by him in his other famed |a Jtw Wh IP \ S's successes “The Eternal City”, “The F flf W Y' jrw M Christian” and “The Prodigal Son”. He g$ W » ' 8 P r °bably without a peer as an author ■ R * n l^e wor °f b n ßll* B h literature. I II You will be astounded at the thrilling 4 UR R| scene in the hotel between Lord Raa and af< - p /«■ 8 V oun ? w >f e -and your human sym- ll pathies will be aroused for this beautiful IBM girl bartered in marriage by a stern father. jHd et t * le January number of Hearst’s Iw Magazine and read this remarkable story. I Hearst’s ■ Maß ° V" e _ ■ ' 15 cents a cx>py At All Newsstand® We will close 12 M. to 3 P. M. Christmas, December 25th. TIPTON’S DRUG STORES nt 7o Our Friends and Patrons, One > and All, We Wish You a Very ( Merry Christmas 'V an d . Happy New Year p J Southern Suit & Skirt Co. A V, 43-45 Whitehall St. Attention! Our store will be open today until one o’clock- in e thank our customers for their liberal patronage and wish all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. itagepc LBEWk-IJJEIIU O7 HUnEHAlllt .ST. READ FOR PROFIT- GEORGIAN WANT ADS 9