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EIRt HOLOS POST
' IS FUMES RAOE
Macon Telephone Operator, After
Assocites Flee, Summons Aid,
Saving Exchange.
MACON. GA.. April 14.—The pres
ence of mind of Miss Annie Hagan, u
switchboard operator, saved the loc:ll
exchange of the Southern Bell Tele
phone and Telegraph Company from
destruction by lire this morning at 1
O’clock
When the young women operators
on the third floor discovered that the
building was on Are In the basement
and that the flames were rapidly
ascending, they lied In wildest alarm.
Miss Hagan alone remained at hftr
post. She telephoned the various tire
stations and also the police depart
ment. and then left her post.
By this time the entire building w.is
filled with choking, blinding smoke,
and the lights were out. Miss Ha
inan staggered down the stairways. On
first landing she stumbled across
dhe body of Mias Millie Fleming, who
ilad fainted in trying to escape.
' Carrying her stricken associate.
Miss Hagan reached the main en
trance just as the fire department
Arrived
■ Shortly after the fireman arrived
the report was spread that Wire Chief
Moffatt was in the blazing basement.
Iptmediately several of the flremen'ln-
Waded this part of the building in
Search of the man. All of the fire
tpen were made sick by inhaling the
smoke,' and one was badly burned
rfbout the hands. Just when it was
rjonceded that he had been burned to
itvath. the wire chief appeared, hav
ing been called to Vineville to repair
a break before the fire started.
While the Are was largely confined
the basement and first floor, the
i<gbles were is. damaged that Macon
gins deprived of telephone service
•Sitil 9 o'clock litis morning.
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to pass around. The more you chew, the better for you. Can
ft you say that of anything else?
The delicious juice of the fresh, crushed mint leaves is a con
tinuous benefit. It refreshes the mouth, soothes the nerves,
| sharpens appetite, cases digestion and purifies breath.
BUY IT BY THE BOX .
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lush uaiii used.
Look for the spt ur Avoid imitations
Plot of 'Kidnapers'
Hastens Marriage
Miss Mervin MaGahee and B. H.
Holcombe Thwart Jokers by
• Unexpected Wedding.
Chose invited to th«- wedding of
Miss Mervin MaGahee and B 11. I !•»!-
rotnbr. set for next Wednesday, to
<la■> were surprised to learn that the
young couple had disregarded the in
vitations and had become husband
and wife four days before the date
named.
Fear that friends with practical
joking proclivities would carry out a
plot to kidnap the bridegroom and
hold him in a vacant house on Peach
tree* Street until the hour for the
wedding was long past led to the
premature ceremony.
Even the parents were in ignorance
of their children’s plans. When Miss
McGahee and Holcombe left the for
mers home, at 190 Windsor Street,
yesterday morning it was for the an
nounced purpose of attending church.
When they returned they gleefully
introduced themselves to Miss Hol
combe’s mother as “Mr and Mrs.
Holcombe.” They were married by
Rev. S. R. Belk.
Named as the leading spirits of the
kidnaping plot are Robert Holcombe,
of 57 Juniper Street, a brother of the
bridegroom. Harold Johnson. of
Peachtree Road, and Robert Smith, of
2*»»i South Pryor Street An automo
bile had been engaged into which
Holcombe was to be inveigled on Ids
wedding day and the keys to the va
cant house on Peachtree Street had
been obtained.
FACTORIES RAISE GIRLS’
PAY AFTER VICE PROBE
CHICAGO. April 14.—Tune Wis
consin factory owners have notified
Lieutenant Governor O'Hara of Illi
nois that on account of facts brought
out in the white slave Investigation
being conducted by O'Hara’s senato
rial committee they have adopted a
minimum wage of JH a week for wom
en and girls.
Henry Hartman, president of a
large trunk manufacturing company,
notified the Lieutenant Governor that
he would employ 500 Chicago girls at
$S a week
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
mine biius
CHLDRDFDRNI SIX
Drug G. 0. Ammason and Family
and Loot Residence of Valua
bles at Leisure.
Chloroform, administered by bur
glars to the whole family of G. O.
Ammason, -0 Glass Street, allowe i
the robbers to work in security
while going through the house, and
in addition to the valuables lost every
member of the family, consisting of
Mr. Ammason, his wife, mother and
three children. Is suffering to-day
from the effects of the anesthetic.
Mrs. G. Ammason. .Mr. Ammason’s
mother, has been sick for some time,
and is always an exceptionally light
sleeper, but during the time the bur
glars were in the hours- she did not
hear a sound, so she said to-day. and
it has been several years since she
slept soundly the whole; night through.
Mr. Ammason s trousers, hanging
right at the foot of his bed, were
taken out of the house and found on
Simpson Street. 2 miles fro n the
Hcen>- <>f the robbery, by Policeman
Cochran All of the money in them,
114.10, was missing, hut business
cards in the pockets identified them
as belonging to Mr. Ammason.
In addition to the money, a f-w
small trinkets were taken from the
house.
The Sunday American goes every
where all over the South. If you have
anything to sell The Sunday Amer
ican is "The Market Place of the
South." The Sunday American is the
best advertising medium.
GIVES TO EACH CHILD
DINNER FAVOR OF SI,OOO
HRRNDON. N. T„ April 14
H H. Byerly, a retired busi
ness man here. had his six
married sons and daughters at
his home for a turkey dinner to-day.
As the guests turned over their plates
each one found a 11.000 check to ills
or her credit signed by the host.
Byerly said he thought they would
enjoy the money better while he was
living than after hi* death.
ROUND ABOUT TOWN
STORIES
This Witness Knew
How He Came Out.
At a hearing the other day the Re
eorder vv:i> trying to learn from a
witness which of several doors of a
case a certain man had emerged from.
Did he come from the saloon prop
er*’ the judge aske'l.
“Proper! I should say not.” an
swered the witness; “he was simply
I>aralyzed.”
His Bluff Didn't
Cost Him Much.
’’There is no other place like New
York tor bluffing, said a well-known
Atlanta lawyer who is just back from
e business trip to the metropolis. "For
example. I have an acquaintance who
makes a big show on a very* moder
ate salary. One day he had an en
gagement and thought a taxi would
add to his importance on the occa
sion. So instead of calling the taxi
to his home he went in a street car
to an Uptown hotel and there got h|s
taxi. The hotel was within a f<‘*w
blocks of the place he xwis going to
and the cost of his bluff was small."
The Car Could Wait;
Youngster Couldn’t.
It was in West End and she was
running to catch a ear. At her heels
was a youngster making as good time
as he could, and he was crying. By
the time she reached the ear steps she
wan a good 100 feet ahead of the
little boy. but he kept at it. crying
louder and louder. The conductor was
holding the car for her.
’•Madam.” said the conductor as she
climbed up the ear steps, "who is that
little* boy?”
My youngest." she said, perfectly
breathless.
’What’s he crying for.
"I didn’t have time to Kiss him
good-bye," „
•'Well you get right oft this car
and kiss him. We can wait better
than he can." .
The conductor stood with his hand
on the signal cord while the operation
was performed, and then the car went
away, leaving the youngster happy
and smiling.
Church Sin's Terror,
Dr. Ogden Declares
Presbyterian Clergyman Compares
Christian Workers to Great
Army on Battlefield.
"Fighting for the children of God,
who have been blackened and stained
by sin—a continual fight for. the re
demption of human hearts," is the
way in which Dr. Dunbar Ogden re
views the work of the great army of
Christians. In the assembling in At
lanta of the tour great Presbyterian
bodies next month, he sees the vast
.armies of his church joined In a unity
of purpose never realized before.
in a sermon at the Central Pres
byterian Church he described the in
creasing power of Christians through
out the world as "terrible as an arjnv
with banners." His subject was taken
from the Songs of Solomon.
•We are terrible in the eyes of the
sinful world which we are forever,
combating. ” said Dr. .°gden, 'l
rible for the cause for which «e
fight which is not for land, hohor or
money, but for human hearts; wo
stand as an army terrible to behoW
be the violators of God s laws.
The unity of the Presbyterian
Church ill the assembling ot its four
great bodies was dwelt upon at length
by Dr. Ogden.
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the plays
THIS WEEK
Mike Donlin With Grapewin.
Mike Donlin. the celebrated- ball player
and vaudeville artist, will be' seen at
the Lyric this week with Charles Grape
win In "Between Showers " Dotilin, as
will he remembered, has been a promi
nent figure in major league baseball for
several seasons. The Philadelphia Na
tionals now have the right to his ser
vices hut for some unknown reason
Dunlin and the officials have been un
able to agree upon terms for the season,
which accounts for his appearance m
Atlanta this week. Donlin is by no
means an amateur actor, as lie and Ins
wife Malwl Hite, appeared together In
ah of tin principal vaudeville theaters
throughout the country. Mr. Grapewin.
alert fo.* novelty, persnad.sl Ixmlin to
make this trip South, which will 1,.- his
initial visit in this territory.
Vaudeville at the Bijou.
Patrons of the Bijou of a
real treat in the show that liis been
Iwoked for the week. The Bernards,
n..veil' I aml-l'alaneers. Roberts ami
Fallows presenting ’’The Dutchman and
the Soubrettc Glaus and Radcliffe in
a comeds act: Knight and Ransome in
the latest travesties, and Bijou motion
pictures make up the bill. There will
be two matinees to-day and Satunlaj.
at :-30 and 4:00. and during the balance
of the week at 3 o'clock. Night shows.
7 .30 and »:00.
Spring Season Opens at Grand.
This week at the Grand will introduce
the first ten-act vaudeville bill that has
ever been offered on any local stage lie
voted to this style of entertainment
The management has determined to give
Atlanta theatergoers precisely the same
quantity of vaudeville that is being pre
sented in other large cities, and the
quatitv will remain the same that has
made the Grand so popular during the
last four weeks.
I The headliners and features are known
because of their value, and the other
acts imi>- s.ood the test where merit
must rep:»i,r Wilfred Clark and com
t.,t' It. .'.lr Clark - own playlet. ■’What
W Happen Next ’ Leo Carttlb. V
if..r-e>- ev. efsiper man. who is r,ow a
t. . a-• L.-w ’Brice ami
; Lillian ■:>*., •ho plated with Gus Ik. -
wards' first fiM-h.»<l 8..»* and Girls
, ■ : • Ligbt Hriglidl Rosebwjs.
I . ,t m. x - •sm - Us.
. St’lix tan '.mrtM nt ttjp several very
i , ’-‘l% • ntle • I..trader* -
They All Look Alike
In the Spring Time.
The proprietor of a no coat boy
restaurant that is well patronized by
busy men sniffed the smell of spring
a few evenings ago and said in dis
gust: "Straw hats!”
“Why such hitter’feeling over the
prospective advent of straw hats?"
he was asked.
"Well.’’ wild the proprietor, "strange
as ft may seem, when straw hats
come in my troubles begin. Judging
from my experience, and It stretches
over a quarter of a century, there Is
one man in every ten who is like the
hen that hatches out a duck's egg
when it comes to straw hats. The
hat on the hook nearest his hand
suits him as well as any other if It
fits his head.
"When the season really sets in I
have to establish an exchange bu
reau. One of my men does nothing
but keep track of complaints regard
ing straw hats that have been care
lessly taken by the wrong men.
"Generally the mistake is discov
ered a few hours later, and the wear
er comes back to visit the exchange
bureau, look over several dozen hats
and find his own."
Didn't Know Her
Husband’s First Name.
A well known Atlantan, who has
just returned from a trip to Boston,
told this one at the Capital City Club
(lie other evening:
"The police of Boston in their an
nua! week of work listing voters of
that city ran into a bunch ot funny
incidents. I talked with one of the
officers and he told me this.
" 'I went into a house in Roxbury,’
said he. ’and asked the woman who
answered the door the usual question.
“ ‘How many men of voting age live
in your house.”
" ’Only my husband.’ she said.
" 'What’s his name?' I asked.
"The woman hesitated, shifted from
one foot to the other and then said
she didn't know.
”1 finally got out of her her oW’i
name, but she could not tell me her
husband's first name until she had
gone into the house and asked him."
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MALLARY TAYLOR IRON WORKS
B« x 7. Macon. Ga.
of Engines. Rollers. Shingle Machines, €ut-
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THE OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS OF THE
Fourth National Bank
Ask the attention of the public to the following statement,
the same being a report of the condition of the Fourth
National Bank at the close of 'business April 4,1913, issued
on the call of the Comptroller of the Currency of the United
States:
ASSETS
Loans and Di5c0unt554,793,775.24
Overdrafts 14,290.70
. U. S. Bonds 601,000.00
Premium on U. S. Bonds 2,000.00
Stocks and Bonds 112,056.96
Fourth National Bank Building 625,000.00
CASH—
In Vaults 601,494.56
w Due from 8ank51,216,571.54
Due from U. S. Treasurer 38,000.00 1,856,066.10
$8,004,189.00
LIABILITES
Capital Stocks 600,000.00
Surplus and Undivided Profits 927,988.76
Circulation 592,850.00
Deposits 5,883,350.24
$8,004,189.00
An active Designated Depository of the United States,
State of Georgia, and of the City of Atlanta.
OFFICERS
JAMES W. ENGLISH President
JOHN K. OTTLEY Vice President
CHARLES I. RYAN Cashier
WILLIAM T. PERKERSON Assistant Cashier FRANK M. BERRY Assistant Cashier
STEWART M’GINTY Assistant Cashier HATTON B. ROGERS Assistant Cashier
DIRECTORS
Edward C. Peters David Woodward John J. Woodside
Charles A. Wickersham John K. Ottley Charles I. Ryan
W. T. Gentry James D. Robinson Harry L. English
Joseph Hirsch Albert Steiner -J. R. Hopkins
D. N. McCullough Daniel B. Harris George W. Parrott
Clyde L. King .
WE INVITE THE BANKING BUSINESS OF INDIVIDUALS. FIRMSAND CORPORATIONS.
Fourth National Bank
Luck Breaking Fine
For Josephus Daniels
One Cow, One Cat and Six Hens
Went With "Single Oak" Lease,
and Now —
WASHINGTON. April 14.—Jose
phus Daniels has had one streak of
good luck after another ever since
the day he was sworn in as Secretary
of the Navy. Ho was worried for a
week after his appointment to the
cabinet lest he could not find a home
with enough open space for his four
boys to romp in. Senator Newlands
helped him out by leasing him "Sin
gle Oak," an estate of ten acres on
the edge of the city.
The contracts for “Single Oak" pro
vided that Mr. Daniels should have
the use of Old Mool, a black-and
white cow, and six hens and keep
Tabby, a brindle cat. The lease was
signed and the Danielses moved in.
Since then the cow has produced a
calf, the cat five kittens and the
hens a hrood of sixteen chicks, be
sides thirty-seven eggs.
THE REPORT
DEATH CLAIMS: “Claims are paid fully and promptly. ”
GENERAL: “The books are carefully and accurately kept
and all the Company’s records are in first-class order. ”
“Attention is being paid to economy in expenditure, con
sistent with efficiency. ’ ’
“The calculations of the Company’s Actuary have been
checked and total shown is in agreement with his
figures. ’ ’
The laws of Alabama require an annual examination of the insurance
companies chartered in that state.
The foregoing extracts are from the report of W. R. Halliday, official
Examining Actuary for the Alabama Insurance Department, made in compli
ance with that law, in his examination of The Southern States Life Insurance
Company of Alabama, on March 29th, 1913.
HOW WO GrOW Th j s report is in keeping with the previous
January showed an increase of 51 reports based on an annual examination
Os 28 The uncontested record of this company and the
splendid co-operation of the home office should
appeal to life insurance salesmen.
Attractive and Liberal Agents’
Contracts for the right men.
“ The Company That Has Never Contested a Death Claim ”
The Southern States Life Ins. Co.
WILMER l_ MOORE, Proa. ATLANTA, GA.
President Rids S. C.
Os Negro Collector
After Years of Effort Senator Tillman
Has White Man Given Beau
fort Customs Office.
WASHINGTON, April 14. —After
years of effort to remove Robert
Small, negro collector at Beaufort, S.
Senator Tillnian succeeded when
President Wilson sent to the Senate
the name of Franklin P. Colcock for
the post. Colcock is white.
Small is a Republican, and his re
tention in office has oeen the cause of
considerable controversy from time to
time.
The action of President Wilson in
appointing Colcock to succeed Small
Is taken by many here to reflect his
general attitude toward negro office
holders. Colcock was agreeable to
both Senators Tillman and Smith.
Nearly everybody in Atlanta reads
The Sunday American. YOUR ad
vertisement in the next issue will sell
goods. Try it!
Wants Tariff Ban on
Back-Hooked Gowns
Representative Thomas Would End
for Family Peace, the Making O s
Fasteners.
WASHINGTON, April 14.—Pl ea so .
tariff action that would destroy th!
hook and eye industry and relie*«
married men of fastening the back,
of their wives’ gowns, was made in
the Democratic caucus to-day by Ren.
resentatlve Thomas, of Kentucky
"It would be better for the pea,-,
and happiness of married men,” he
said, "if there were no hooks and
eyes. If a free list will destroy the
industry, I am for putting them, sn
the free list.
"Any man who will fumble with
the hooks and eyes in buttoning up
the back of his wife’s dress, is not
much of a man.”
His appeal was ignored.
If you have anything to sell adver.
tise tn The Sunday American. L ar .
gest circulation of any Sunday news
paper in the South.