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■H IHTNU
HISTORYNIADEIN
CLOSINGYEAR
Titanic Disaster and Balkan
Defeat of Turkey Are Most
Prominent Events.
Much notable history was written in
the year of 1912—events of vast impor
tance and of world-wide interest fol
lowed each other in the quick march of
the past twelve months.
The most significant of these, doubt
-I»SS, was the revolt of the Balkan
states against the Turkish empire,
which put a period to the sultan’s an
r.ent supremacy In eastern Europe. The
eudden rise of the minor states which
( unprlsed the Balkan allies Is one of
th? marvels of the age. No less mirac
ulous was the swift and decisive way
jn which they swept the Turks across
the plains of Thrace and forced them
back to the banks of the Dardanelles.
The fortunes of this war caused the
whois world to wonder. The very map
of Europe was changed from day to
dux. Especially has this war brought
Into significant power the states of
Servia and Bulgaria and given them an
Important voice in the diplomatic fo
rum of Europe.
Sinking of Titanic.
The most grievous occurrence of the
year, especially to America, was the
sinking of the Titanic on April 14. The
loss of this greatest of all ocean liners,
■with over 1,500 persons, was the great
est marine tragedy of all time.
It was not only the multitude of vic
tims that made the catastrophe so
overwhelmingly sad, but the character
and Importance of many of those who
rank—the appalling figure being 1,519.
In the middle of the night, while the
ship was flashing with myriads of bril
liant lights. and the great vessel was
ringing with music and laughter, the
Titanic ran head on into a gigantic
Iceberg while going at the rate of over
84 miles an hour.
Wilbur Wright Dies.
In this year of the most numerous air
disasters it is quite significant that
death should claim, by sickness, the
man who Invented the first practical
dying craft—Wilbur Wright.
In the political realm the year 1912
witnessed many remarkable things.
Perhaps the most significant was the
ompletion of the overthrow of the
THE KEY
To All Neto Year's Resolutions
This is the Season of Good Resolutions.
You can ’yours a futile or the splendid daton of a new era in your life.
The answer lies with you.
There is one resolution you must make and k ee P if you hope to carry out any others:
YOU MUST BUILD YOUR RESOLUTIONS ON A BANK ACCOUNT.
There is a solemn truth in this statement that means more to you than any desire of
ours to build business. It is the MASTER KEY of good resolutions. It unlocks
the Door of Opportunity.
What have you done with the money you earned last year?
Have you frittered it away, or have you got something to show for it?
What are you going to do about it this year ?
It's up to you.
The Travelers Bank and Trust Company Is a Good Bank
It Is a Strong Bank —It Is the Bank °f Personal Service
IF YOU THINK OF OPENING YOUR FIRST ACCOUNT, Commercial
or Savings, you will find the officers of this Bank ready to render any assistance you
may require.
IF YOU CONTEMPLATE A BANKING CHANGE on the first of the
year, there are many reasons why this progressive Bank should appeal to you. The
officers will be glad to meet you and talk the matter over.
lOHT\ F. CONE, President GROVER MEGAHEE, Cashier
w. S. LOUNSBURY, Vice-President W. H. PICKETT, JR., Asst. Cashier
ALLEN M. SCHOEN, Vice-President HENRY V'. TODD, Asst. Cashier
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Ivan E. Allen IV. S. Lounsbury John F. Cone E. L. Adams
C D. Montgomery H. S. Johnson Allen M. Schoen O. K. J elks
M. C. King James H. Andrews George C. Spence Grover Megahee
Travelers Bank and Trust Company
‘Peachtree and Walton Branch: 297 Marietta Street
HISTORY-MAKING EVENTS OF
THE PASSING “NEWSY” YEAR
War between Turkey and the Balkan states.
Sinking of the Titanic when 1.519 souls perished.
Attempted assassination of Theodore Roosevelt.
Democratic victory in the United States and the election of
Woodrow Wilson for president.
Conviction of 38 labor leaders for conspiracy in the Mc-
Namara dynamiting.
Establishing of the Chinese republic.
W inning of the Nobel prize for surgical research by Dr.
Alexis ( arrell, of the Rockefeller institute.
11 esident I aft s veto of the tariff bills reducing the rates
on wool, cotton and iron. Also his veto of the farmers’ free
list bill.
Canada s rejection of the reciprocity agreement.
The assassination of Herman Rosenthal, a New York gam
bler, at the instigation of Police Lieutenant Charles A. Becker.
Death of 30 airmen during the year, bringing the grand
total up to 217.
Winning first place at the Olympic games bv the Ameri
can team.
Winning of seventeen championships by American athletes.
United States supreme court decisions in the Union Pacific
merger and the anthracite coal trust cases.
Munchu dynasty in China and the in
stallation of the Chinese republic with
Dr. Sun, a Harvard graduate, as pres
ident.
In America, of course, the most im
portant political event was the over
whelming defeat of the Republican par
ty and the return of the Democratic
party to power, after sixteen years,
with Woodrow Wilson as the new
president.
An Interesting feature of the political
movements in this country was the
birth of the Progressive party, with
former President Theodore Roosevelt as
Its god father.
South Pole Discovered.
The year 1912 also witnessed the dis
covery of the South Pole by Captain
Roald Amundson, the Danish explorer.
In the field of science great progress
was made, especially In surgical exper
iments. The Nobel prize, for the most
notable achievement of the year in the
latter field, was awarded by Dr. Alexis
Carrell, of the Rockefeller institute.
New York. Although Dr. Carrell is a
Frenchman by birth, he has labored in
America for years. He is, to all events
and purposes, an American, and the
work he did for which he was given
the Nobel award, was performed in an
American institute erected by an Amer
ican philanthropist. Therefore, Amer
ica claims the honor.
The most sensational individual crime
of the year, at least in America, was
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. TUESDAY. DECEMBER 31. 1912.
the assassination of Herman Rosen
thal, the New York gambler, by four
gunmen acting as agents of Police
Lieutenant Charles A. Becker. The lat
ter and his lour hired murderers are
now under the sentence of death.
The circumstances surrounding this
crime and the subsequent developments
arising from it constituted the most
earnest steps ever taken in probing
municipal corruption.
The immediate result of the Becket
crime was the opening of the alder
manic investigation, which revealed the
revolting details of the alliance between
the police and the underworld.
Another event which stirred the
heart of the nation was the dastardly
attempt to assassinate Theodore Roose
velt at Milwaukee by John Schrank, a
New York crank, who is now in an
insane asylum.
Several important opinions were
handed down by the United States su
preme court, the chief of these being
the opinion touching the Union Pacific
merger. The action taken b.v the court
resulted in the dissolving of the great
railroad combination which had been
effected by the late E. H. Harriman.
A big event at the end of the year
was the conviction on December 28 of
38 union labor leaders on a charge of
conspiracy growing out of the dyna
miting campaign of the McNamara
brothers, who a year ago confessed to
blowing up The Los Angeles Times and
numerous other property, for which
they were sentenced to San Quentin
prison, California, for life. The 38 men
were sentenced to prison on Decem
ber 30. Sentence was suspended on five
of them.
DEATH LEADS TO
BIG BANKRUPTCY
Anderson Hardware Company
Failure Laid to the Loss of
i
Chief in Accident.
The death in an automobile accident
several years ago of Harvey Anderson,
head of the company, is given today by
business men as the cause of the bank
ruptcy of the Anderson Hardware Com
pany, for which receivers were appoint
ed today upon application to the Fed
eral court.
"It was a one-man concern,” said a
prominent hardware man. "Harvey An
derson was the business. He had it at
his linger tips and he had never trained
any one else £o take his place. Presi
dent Charles W. Davis is a capable
young man, but he assumed control
only a short time ago and the business
was in a bad way then.
"There is absolutely nothing in the
liquidation of the Anderson company to
cause apprehension of other failures.
The failure was not due to general con
ditions, but to circumstances peculiar
to this firm.”
Another large hardware company is
negotiating today to purchase the en
tire stock of the liquidated company
and the deal probably will be closed
this week. The stock is being invoiced
and the doors of the store are closed.
The company filed a voluntary peti
tion in bankruptcy, giving assets as
$131,500 and liabilities of $142,081.62.
The assets are made up of $45,000 in
bills receivable and in open accounts,
$70,000 in stock in trade, $15,000 in
promissory notes and $1,500 in cash.
“There are only 70 creditors and
they are agreeable to the receivership,”
said President Davis today. "We had
foreseen such action would be neces
sary for several months. It Is not so
much a bankruptcy as a liquidation of
business. Nobody will lose heavily.”
Thomas D. Meador and F. W. McKee
were named co-receivers.
HE URGED SENTENCE TO
PRISON FOR ERRING SON
CHICAGO, Dec. 31.—John H.*Hen
nls, living at 6439 Emerald avenue,
urged his erring son's commitment to
tile penitentiary, and expressed disap
pointment when Municipal Judge
Courtney sent he boy, Louis F. Hennis,
to the house of correction for 90 days.
Tlie boy had forged his father's name
to a check for SSO.
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New Year Sale
Beginning at 8 o'clock Wednesday Morning
We will begin the New Year with a bargain
clearance sale that should crowd this store with
eager buyers. Stocks in all departments are too
large and must be reduced at once. Prices are cut
to the lowest limit. Only a few of the hundreds of
bargains are mentioned in this advertisement. Come
early tomorrow and share in the bargain feast.
Domestics, Blankets, Comforts, Etc.
Best grade Table Oilcloth on Just 23 pairs of full 12-4 <'alitor- 64-lnch Bleached Table Damask,
sale tomorrow at, ISp* ~i;' and Australian Wool Ulan- worth 50c; in this sale,
Per yard 1 **<* kets. worth from SIO.OO to s 15.00, | per yard 4*©
... .... to go iii this sale at. pair
L .‘“'L. 7 : ,‘ lld bcrint. north Clearance of good Cotton Blau-
15c $4.95 98c
$1.25 Sheets, 39c PlESow Cases, 10c
Great sale of Seamed and Seam Hemstitched and Scalloped Pillow
less Sheets, sizes 54 by 90 to 90 Cases of fine bleached casing; 19c
by 90-inch; regular 69c to $1.25 to 39c values; on sale tomorrow
values; all at for *2 Ch/* at choice of the
choice ’w ] O t f Or Aw V
Dress Goods, Silks, Velvets
Big table of 54 to 60-ineli all-wool Dress tleiniiants of plain and fancy Silks that wer •
i (roods, black anti fancies: up CQa priced a dollar and more;
| to $2.00 values; yard WWV choice. yard£vC
j Novelty and Plain Dress Goods, worth up Plain and Fancy Velvets for dresses and
to SI.OO, at, trimmings; this sale, A 7s*
J per yard Cvu i per yard4f C
CHEAT FIVE-CENT SALE WEDNESDAY
5 Yard-wide Sea Island Domestic o*o
Yard-wide Bleaching,like Lonsdale
Best Standard Staple Ginghams
Plain Chambrays, extra quality
Here Are Extra Big Bargains
Embroidered Centerpieces,Ladies’ 2-clasp Kid Gloves
Full 100 Yard Spools of X lar
ttTL-thSS Best Sewing Slk, black -w. 59c
las, rainproof and strongly gpjj COIOIS 4C SDOOI. Boys’ Scout Gloves and
made; this OQfi J ' • Children’s Golf
sale Cvv Gloves; per pair...CwC
Ready-to-Wear Department
NEW YEAR CLEARANCE-WONDER VALUES
Tailored Suits Long Coats
200 Ladies’ Tailored Suits of plain and 300 Ladies’ and Misses’ Long Coats of
fancy all-wool materials; all new models heavy black and plain colored cloths, fancy
and worth up to $20.00 — mixtures, etc.—up to $15.00 values—
Choice $6.95 Choice $5.75
Sale of Skirts New Dresses
500 Ladies’ Skirts of black and colored Ladies’ and Misses’ Dresses—all-wool
serges, novelty skirtings and fancy mix- serges, silk messalines, etc. —beautiful styles
tures; were up to $7.50 that were up to $12.50
Choice $2.98 Choice $3.95
See These Extra 2nd Floor Values
Black Taffetaline Petticoat.-, worth Afift 1.a.1n-.-' Ri ady-to-Wear Hai n qq
$1.00; in tills sale at, only OvV Shape : vaiit’ up to sn;
Satin Messaline Petticoats, worth up CA
to $4; In this sale only .• stii.-s; up to $2.00 value- OVC
Children's All-Wool Sweaters, worth AQc <> ' l ' ,ot vs Children’s Dress. ■; .<z,
$1.00; on sale tomorrow at . . QJU for age- 2to 14 years. .
Ladles' All-Wool Sweaters; splendid <g'| Ladies' lleece-lined ribbed V. -ts ajid IQr.
qualities, to close out at Pants: per garment, only IvC
■ Ladies' Fur Neckpieces that were $10; QQ Ladies’ 54-inch Raim >ats; <al $.. q
in this clearance, at, choice ’Jl.vO values; in this sale a1... . .... ■•«><s
In the Furniture Department
We Save You a Third to a Half on Good
Furniture, Art Squares, Curtains, Etc.
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filliilM iwa
$7.50 Folding Couch at $3.98 Folding Spring at 98c
The all-steel Sanitary Folding Couch illustrated 120-coil, all-steel Bed Spring;
above is full double bed size when sides are raised. flat or folding style; a real $2.00
It is a real $7.50 CQ QQ value; OQa '
value. Our price this sale vuC
45-pound All-Cotton Mattress; ” 100 Matting Rugs in good pat- I
roll edge; art sateen ticking; CAI C IDDU DCFIQ terns; size 3by 6 feet; on sale ;
this sale. QQ ORLL 111011 ULUO tomorrow at, <
only " A great purchase and sale of < hoice I
3-pound Feather Pillows, with lr „„ ln |llaill !in(l |, rHHB . 9 by 12-foot Japanese Matting
good ticking; in OQa trimmed styles; three-quarter Squares; in <SJI AQ
this stile, 0n1y.... ’"**'*’ and fu]| sizt . values up to this sale at.. .
Pure White Geese Feathers, extra $10.00; .hole. eO AO 9 by 12-foot Seamless All-Wool (
good grade; per ZlQr- onlv Art Squares; $18.50 Qfl I
pound value tomorrow at
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