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At half a dozen Atlanta rhurch**
Sunday morning a group of members
gathered after the sermon to discuss i
eagerly a plan to earn $1,000 for the (
church fund There’s not a church ;
anywhere, you know, that doesn't
need a ne*v Sunday school room or |
an addition to the parsonage, a bit of
repairs to the building or a newly 1
brightened interior. And here was
the opportunity to get what was need
ed without drawing on the treasury, j
"Did you see the offer in The Sun- ;
day American and The Georgian?"
w-as the question everywhere. "Well,
why can't our church go after that j
$1,000? Or. if we only get second 1
prize, there's $500 worth of furniture, I
enough for fitting up the pastor’s
study or his parlor. Let’s go in and !
win."
Everybody Interested.
Lodges and charitable organiza
tions, chapters of women's clubs, all !
kinds of bodies of Atlanta men and I
women are showing interest in the I
organization prize offer made by the |
Want Ad Man. It was announced i
Sunday that a prize of $1,000 in-gold !
would be given the organization '
leading in the Want Ad Contest, with i
$500 worth of furniture as second !
prize. Before the week Is over there
will be a number of entries, with !
members of the churches and lodges j
working among their friends
The contest is simple. There is no
gamble, no guesswork. Members of!
organizations or individual" will nee 1
their friends, secure want ads fori
Hearst’s Sunday American and At
lanta Georgian, get ten votes for
every cent taken in for want ads, and
the leader at the finish will win the I
grand prize. The whole' city is an !
open field, and there is a splendid op
portunity among business firms which |
use classified advertising in large »
volume.
Individual Prizes.
But organizations are not the only
contestants, by any means. Individ- i
ual men and women, boys and girl*?. |
are offered splendid prizes for want
ad votes. The leader in any class,
whether grown-up or child, man >»r |
woman, will be awarded a five-pas
senger touring car, the first grand
prize, while the second best will win a
double tour to California—every ex
pense paid for two persons on a trip
from Atlanta to the Pacific Coast an 1
return.
And besides the organization prizes
and these two grand prizes there are
individual trophies for the five lead
ers in four classes, arranged to give
everybody a chance. The first prize
for men is a twin-cylinder motorcycle
The first prize for women is a player
piano. The boys’ first prize is mo
torcycle, the girls’ a piano. But every
body. boy or girl or grown-up. has a
chance at the two grand prizes.
Enter Without Delay.
But It will not do to put off enter
ing Early starters have the best op
portunity to win. of course. The con
test is open and this week will see it
well under way Contestants and
those who consider entering should
see the Want Ad Man this afternoon
or to-morrow. Churches or other or
ganizations should appoint their
committees and send the chairmen o
see the Want Ad Man without delay.
The Want Ad Man has secured the
fourth floor of the new Foote & Da
vies Building for Contest Headquar
ters, and is in his office from 8 o’clock
in the morning until 5 in the after
noon. On Tuesdays. Thursdays and
Saturdays he will remain in his office
until 8 o’clock at night to receive con
testants, talk over details, give every
assistance and start new entries ou*
on the road to success. He desires io
see those contestants who already
have entered as well as prospective
contestants
Individual Prizes for
Which Entries Will Strive
INDIVIDUAL FRIZES.
To the individual in any class
leading the list of contestants will
he awarded the first grand prize, a
five - passenger touring car, fully
eauipped.
To the individual in any clast
returning the second largest num
ber of votes will be awarded a
double tour to California and re
turn, first-class transportation for
two persons.
Pe sides the two organization
prizes and the two grand prizes,
there will be awards for leaders
among the men. the wom*n, the
boys and the girls. These will be:
MEN’S PRIZES
First—One twin-cylinder motor
cycle.
Second—One single-cylinder mo
torcycle.
Third—Diamond ring.
Fourth—Cold watch and fob.
Fifth—Gold watch.
WOMEN'S PRIZES
First—Player piano.
Second—Piano.
« Third—Diamond rinq.
Fourth—Gold watch and neck
chain.
Fifth—Diamond lavaliere.
BOYS’ PRIZES.
First—Motorcycle.
Second—Business college schol
arship.
Third—Gold watch and chain.
Fourth—Bioycle,
Fifth—(Sold watch.
GIRLS’ PRIZES
First—Piano.
Second—Business college schol
arship.
Third—Gold watch and neck
chain.
Fourth—Bicycle.
Fifth—Diamond lavalliere.
BUTTON BEAUTY RACE
WILL END ON TUESDAY
READY 10 PIH
Hurled Into Store, Explosive
Starts Fire Which Destroys
Business Section.
Miss Ruth
Poole, Last
Entrant in
Contest.
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CASTLERERRY. ALA.. Aug 11.—A
bomb thrown into the Skinner Hard
ware Company building here last
night demolished that store, and fire
which followed destroyed the entire
block in which the Skinner store was
located. The loss is $50,000, par
tially covered by insurance.
Early* to-day the Sheriff from
Greenville and a posse of regular and
special deputies arrested a negro,
charging him with being the man
who placed the bomb in the Skinner
I building. While the officers claim co
have strong evidence against the
I black man. they have not stated what
it is. The feeling against the ac
cused is running high, and it is re
ported that the negro has been spir
ited away by two deputies to prevent
any possibility of a lynching.
The buildings destroyed are as fol
lows: Skinner^ Hardware Company,
loss $5,000. Insurance $3,000; Meach-
am & Kirkland drug store, loss $3,000.
Insurance, $1,500; S. E. Berharn
clothing store, loss $3,500. insurance
$1,000; People’s Bank, ail fixtures
lost, but vault and valuables saved;
House & Balliard barber shop, loss
about $500
Mr. Skinner owned all of the build
ings destroyed. The offices of the
Mayor and a number of the city offi
cials were in the bank building, ’"hey
lost their office fixtures.
Practically all of the residents wore
attending church when the explosion
occurred, and turned out in a body to
fj"ht the fire, their efforts confining
the blaze to the one block. There is
no regular fire department in the
town.
No reason can be assigned for the
motive of the person or persons in
throwing the bomb into the store, un
less it was due to some grudge against
some of the occupants.
Given Up to Die at
29, He’s Hale at 101
Sunday American Tour to Blaze
Dixie Trail to Pacific Probably
Will Start August 18.
Plans for the great automobile tour
which Hearst’s Sunday American will
inaugurate to find a new All-South
ern, open-all-the-year-round route
from Atlanta to the Pacific Coast,
virtually have been completed, and
the tour will start on Monday, Au
gust 18, under conditions that prac
tically “assure the success of the
movement.
The proposed route, which will be
thoroughly mapped and charted by
the pathfinding expedition, will ex
tend from Atlanta through Birming
ham, Montgomery, Now Orleans,,
Houston, Dallas, Fort Worth. Tucson,
Phoenix and Yuma, and will then
connect with the State roads of Cal
ifornia for San Diego, Los Angeles
and San Francisco.
The pathfinder will be E. L. Fer
guson, one of the most widely known
automobile drivers and tourists ifi
America. He has been in Atlanta
for several days, making preliminary
preparations for the tour, and is
much pleased with the response that
greeted the publication of the details
of the movement in yesterday’s Am
erican.
Southern automobilists, who here
tofore have bf'cm barred from touring
across the continent via a Southern,
open-all-the-year-round route be
cause no such route has ever been
explored and mapped, have greeted
the movement with enthusiasm and
many offers of assistance.
Big Send-Off Is Planned.
Some idea of the sentiment that
exists among Atlanta motorists can
be gained from the plans that are
being made to godspeed Mr. Fer
guson when he starts on his journey.
When he leaves Atlanta next Mon
day in the big touring car that has
traveled most of the roads of the
country, he will be escorted out of
the city by many local automobilists
and motorcyclists who realize what
the proposed tourists route would do
for the South, and who are indorsing
Dangles Unconscious in Tree Half
Hour Before Being Rescued.
Burned, but Will Live.
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Atlanta Dental Parlors
Cer. Peach tra & Decatur Sts.
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With his mother and hundreds of
neighbors looking on and unable to
help him, 8-year-old Mux Roseberry,
son of |J. R. Roseberry of No. 448 East
Georgia avenue, clung to a live wire
In the topmost branches of a tree in
front of his home for more than a
half hour Monday morning, with
thousands of volts of electricity shoot
ing through his body.
liie child wus finally rescued by a
street car motorman. who, protected
with rubber gloves, climbed the tree
and cut the wire at the risk of en
tangling himself. Unconscious the
boy was lowered from the tree and
placed In the arms of his mother.
The little finger of ♦ he boy’s right
hand was burned completely off. and
the third finger was about half gone.
He was badly burned on the bottom
of the feet, and was so badly shocked
that he remained unconscious almost
an hour.
Dr. W. H. Wright, who amputated
two fingers, stated that the boy will
live.
The little boy (‘limbed to the top of
the tree about 8 o’clock from a small
playhouse in the lower branches. The
feed wires of the Georgia avenue
street car line dun through the upper
branches of the tree, and Max, losing
his balance, to save himself, grabbed
one of the live wires. He was unable
to let loose.
The lad's screams aroused the
neighborhood, and several hundred
people gathered. Horror-stricken at
the sight of the child writhing help
lessly with his right hand clasping
the wire, the men in the crowd tried
in every conceivable way to get the
boy down.
Before an electrician could be found
or a pair of rubber gloves that would
enable someone to rescue him the boy
had become unconscious and hung
limn and a^arentl" lifeless.
The absence of a pair of rubber
gloves prevented the rescue of the
child for half an hour, and then a
street car came alone whose motor-
man had a pair of rubber gloves. He
climbed the tree and cut the wire.
Name of Girl Whose Likeness Will
Adorn Booster Badge To Be
Announced Wednesday.
Atlanta’s prettiest girl at last is to
be named. The intense rivalry that
has stirred Atlanta for the past sev
eral weeks soon is to be called. The
Booster Button Beauty Contest closes
i Tuesday, and Wednesday the winner
j will be announced.
Of course, rivalry will continue
among beautiful women, but seldom
has It reached the high degree of this
contest For days and days it wan
uncertain who would win. Many votes
would put one girl ahead one da>
and the next day another would stand
at the top. But the votes for one
young girl were more constant than
the others, and unless-a miracle hap
pens. she will have a good lead whan
the contest closes Tuesday, and be tha
one announced Wednesday.
The close of this contest will mark
the beginning of the actual organiza
tion of the "500,000 club" that is
boost Atlanta’s population to 500,000
by 1920. Her picture, without her
name, will adorn the lapel buttons of
this organization, with this slogan:
"Watch Atlanta—She’ll get you yet.
500,000 by 1920.”
One of the last pretty nominees is
Miss Ruth Poole, of No. 381 Jackson
street. With her parents, she reeent-
ly moved to Atlanta from Covington.
Miss Poole is well known socially over
the State. •
“TIGERS" FINED $1,000.
DUBLIN.—Bob Nobles and R. T.
Manning, white men,* were each fined
$1,000 or twelve months on the chain-
gang in Superior Court for welling
whisky. Judg^ J. B. Hicks, of the
City Court of Dublin, will preside over
the court this week for Judge Haw
kins in some disqualified cases.
CHURCH TO BUILD ANNEX.
MADISON.—The Madison Baptla:
I Church has begun construction of a
$15,000 Sunday school annex to ac-
comipodate 500 pupils.
Argentine Sends U.S.
9,000,000 Lbs. of Beef
WASHINGTON. Aug. 11.—The first
blow In the battle of South American I
cattle raisers to war on the American j
cattle industry was struck here with
the receipt of 9,000 pounds of Argen
tine beef.
The beeves were sent here to fa
miliarize American packers with the
Argentine product in anticipation of
the passage of the Underwood-Sim-
mons tariff bill, when the American
market will be flooded with South
American cattle.
The consignment will sell for a cent
a pound less than American beef.
Under the new’ tariff measure a dif
ference of four cents a pound is pre
dicted.
NEWBURGH. N. Y, Aug. 11.—
William T. Osborne, of this city, just
celebrated his 101st birthday. When
Osborne was 29 four doctors told him
he was a hopeless consumptive ftnd
would not live six months. The four
doctors are dead.
The centenarian never smoked or
drank and is enjoying perfect health.
WRIGHTSVILLE
BEACH $9.00
Round trip, August 16th, good
15 days. Make reservations early.
Ticket office, 88 Peachtree. Sea
board.
Abolish City Courts
In Butts County
JACKSON. Aug. 11.—No legislation
affecting Butts County has been fol
lowed w ith any greater interest than
the bills to abolish the City Courts yf
Flovilla and Jackson. From the time
the Grand Jury recommended that
these courts be abolished there has I
been a fight made by the friends of I
the courts. Both of these local mens- i
ure8 have now passed the House anl |
Senate and are up to Governor Sla
ton.
Butts is the only county In Georgia
with two city courts.
TO OPEN NEW ROAD.
JONESBORO.—The Clayton Coun- |
ty Commissioners have ordered a •
public road opei.ed at the Fayette I
County line, intersecting wfith the ]
College Park road and the road run- I
ning from near Colonel Weaver’s
residence. The road will be 25 feet
wide.
Tick Cure Adds $8
To Value of ‘Critter’
WASHINGTON. Aug. 11.—The In
crease in the value of cattle of $8 a
head as a result of the Bureau of
Animal Industry’s efforts to ward ofT
the cattle tick is reported to-day by
the Department of Agriculture. The
fight against the tick in 21 counties
has resulted in an increase in value
of $2,148,839. This work was done at
a cost of only $100,000.
The cattle tick has attacked South
ern i-aj/le principally and has brought
about a shortage of 30 per cent.
Until a short time ago, scarcely
one person in a thousand had
ever tasted a really good soda
cracker—as it came fresh and
crisp from the oven.
Now everybody can know and
enjoy the crisp goodness of
fresh baked soda crackers with
out going to the baker’s oven.
Uneeda Biscuit bring the bak
ery to you.
A food to live on. Stamina for work
ers. Strength for the delicate. Give
them to the little folks. Five cents.
NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY
PORCH SWINGS
SPECIAL PRICES
We have reduced the price on our $3.75 solid
oak porch swings to
$1.98
.vi. experienced man will be sent out to your home to
put up this swing for’only 50c extra.
Special prices on all hot weather, outdoor and
sporting goods.
King Hardware Co.
53 PEACHTREE
87 WHITEHALL
Big Crowds Attend
Holiness Meeting
JACKSON. Aug. U.—The first Sun
day of the ten-day session of the In
dian Springs Holiness Camp Meet
ing saw' one of the largest crowds
that has ever attended on this occa
sion. It is estimated that from 500
to 800 automobiles were in line dur
ing the day. By private conveyances
and by rail hundreds of others came.
Next Sunday, the closing day, an
even larger number of people is ex
pected.
Turner To Be Tried
For Life in Butts
JACKSON. Aug. 11.—On the charge
of being an accomplice in the mur
der of Jesse Singlev at Indian Springs
two years ago. Alonz«» Turner will be
tried in Butts Superior Court next
week. Bill Turner, his father was
executed for this murder in 1911, and
his brother 1s now serving a life sen
tence for complicity in ft.
the movement with their usual en
ergy and enthusiasm.
It is Mr. Ferguson’s intention, dur
ing the path-finding expedition, to
put forth every effort to interest the
farmers and the citizens of the cities
and towns he visits in the proposed
route and In good road building -ill
over the South. The lack of good
roads is all that has prevented th?
Southern States from being the Mec
ca of motorists the year round, and
it is the purpose v*f the newspapers
that are behind the expedition ;o
make Mr. Ferguson’s trip a “good
roads booster” from start to finish, so
as to make the proposed Southern
route a reality before the beginning
of the Panama Exposition at San
Francisco in 1915.
It is estimated that more than 5,000
motor cars will cross the continent
from the Atlantic coast during the
exposition, and the manning anl
charting of a Southern route, with it^
advantages in climate and scenery,
will divert the greater part of the
traffic from the established Northern
route through Chicago and Denver.
Dancer Slapped by
Pavlova Quits Her 4 '
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian,
LONDON. Aug. 11.—Novlkoff, for.
merly Pavlova's ravalier, explaining
the incident Thursday night when
Pavlova slapped his face in view of
the audience at the Palace Theater,
said:
"A few days ago I told Pavlova of
the possibility of my being unable to
go with her to America owing to the
doctor’s advice to take a long rest.
Apparently this prospect annoyed
her.”
According to Novikoff, he has de
cided to go to Russia and never dance
with Pavlova again.
Sir Thomas to Have
Exhibit at Canal Fair
Special Cab'e to The Atlanta Georgian.
LONDON, Aug. 11.—Sir Thom is
Lipton, famous merchant and yachts
man, is urging the British Government
to reconsider its refusal to participate
in the Panama Exposition at San
Francisco.
Sir Thomas declared to-day that he
personally would have an exhibit at
the fair and would attend it in per
son.
SOLD CIGARETTES ON SUNDAY.
DUBLIN.—The Grad Jury has re- *
turned true bills against two news-
butchers on the Macon. Dublin and
Savannah Railroad, charging that
they sold cigarettes and soft drinks
on Sunday in Laurens County. One
of them. Jack Whatley, was arres«ted
while the train was standing at the
depot. He gave bond.
Funeral Designs and Flowers
FOR ALL OCCASIONS.
Atlanta Floral Company
455 EAST FAIR STREET.
How to Carry Your
Vacation Money
If you are going away for a trip, be lure
to arrange to carry your travel-funds in tbe
form of our Travelers Cbeques.
These Cbeques are self-identifying and
are cashable anywhere in the word.
They are absolutely safe and afford you
the most convenient method of handling the fi
nances of the journey.
You need not trouble about the matter of
exchange even in foreign lands, so simple and
perfect are the methods of securing the value of
your Cheques on presentation.
If you are going away, whether for a long
trip or a short one, he very sure to inquire
about these special Travelers Cheques w ith
which we can furnish you.
Ask at Exchange Window
Fourth National Bank
Williams Brothers
FIRE INSURANCE
SEMI-ANNUAL STATEMENT
For the six months ending June 30. 1913, of the condition of the
ORIENT FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY
OF HARTFORD, CONN.,
Organized under the laws of the State of Connecticut, made to the Gov
ernor of the State of Georgia in pursuance of the laws of said State.
Principal Office—Nos. 20-22 Trinity street, Hartford, Conn.
I. CAPITAL STOCK.
Whole amount o'f capital stock $2,000,000.00
Amount paid up in cash 500,000.00
II. ASSETS.
Total assets of the company, actual cash market value ... $3,440,823.71
IN. LIABILITIES.
Total liabilities $3,440,823.71
IV. INCOME DURING THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF THE YEAR 1913.
Total infome actually received during the first six months
In cash ... $ 798,231.36
V. EXPENDITURES DURING THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF THE
YEAR 1913.
Total expenditures during the first six months of the year
In cash $ 755,564.75
A copy of the act of incorporation, duly certified, is of file in the
office of the Insurance Commissioner.
STATE OF CONNECTICUT—County of Hartford.
Personally appeared before the undersigned Henry W. Gray, Jr.,
who being duly sworn, deposes and says that he is the vice president of
the Orient Insurance Company, and that the foregoing statement ts cor
rect and true. HENRY W. GRAY, JR.,
Vice President.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 8th day of August, 1913.
HELEN F. LOOMIS, Notary Public.
Name of State Agent—ROBERT A. HANCOCK.
Name of Agent at Atlanta—WILLIAM R. HOYT, 1001 Empire Building.
HOI-2 Fourth National Bank Building
SEMI-ANNUAL STATEMENT
For the six months ending June 30, 1913, of the condition of the
GERMANIA FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY
OF NEW YORK,
Organized under the laws of the State of New York, made to the Gov
ernor of the State of Georgia, in pursuance of the laws of said State.
Principal Office—No. 62 William street, New York. N. Y.
I. CAPITAL STOCK.
Whole amount of capital stock $1,000,000.90
Amount paid up In cash 1,000,000.00
II. ASSETS.
Total assets of the company, actual cash market value... $7,301,791.16
✓ III. LIABILITIES.
Total liabilities $7,301,791.16
IV. INCOME DURING THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF THE YEAR 1913.
Total Income actually received during the first six
months In cash $1,641,284.09
V. EXPENDITURES DURING THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF THE
YEAR 1913.
Total expenditures during the first six months of the
year In cash $1,541,889.16
Greatest amount Insured In any one risk ..$ 200,000.00
Total amount of insurance outstanding .... 696,482,428.00
A copy of the act of incorporation, duly certified, is of file in the
office of the Insurance Commissioner.
STATE OF GEORGIA—County of Fulton.
Personally appeared before the undersigned S. C. Williams, who,
being duly sworn, deposes and says that he is the manager of the Atlan- i
ta branch office of the Germania Fire Insurance Company, and that th» •
foregoing statement is correct and true. S. C. WILLIAMS.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 11th day of August; 1913,
B. I. FAVER, Notary Public.
Fulton County, Georgia,
Name of State Agent-GEORGE HARRINGTON. Jg
Name of Agents at Atlanta—WILLIAMS BROTHERS. _ tiL&XS