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mm. K*>- I \ .; : i A DENOUNCEDB1 METHODISTS South Georgia Conference Sounds Warning for. Benefit of So ciety Debutantes. MACON, twr I. -Th, report of the committee on temperan* r. moral and social reform, decrying the ten dency of the times in regard to dress, dniicing nr»d othei eged evils, ivas unanimously adopted with" r change by tiie South Georgia Me liodlst f’on - i fernce to-day Director of th« Cen sus Harris was commended for dis- . charging drinking men in his dc | partment. A part of the report lv "Tour committee feels that, this i conference" should expr*>■ itsgif on, some of the modern fno that art hurtful to our jieople. Some fad;- are only sins and some debutante* haven't sense enough to know it and should be told. "The shameful and indecent, If not Immoral, dances in vogue bui justify the position our church has always taken on the subject of dancing These shameful orgies are hut the normal anti natural consequence* of; this sin "Dancing was never ko very tie- ; cent, and (’h ero was not far wrong j when h*> said, 'No man being go her will dun e.' Parisian Dress Scored. "Another fad chusing shame and leading to sin is the importation of a ml adoption of Parisian shame in the way of feminine costume. Why our good women should bow down awf worship some styles that are neither <i« ■ ent nor pretty and makes the wearer to appear as if deformed, is marvelous to us "Oh. that women could realize thftt modesty of appearance will tio more to make woman beautiful anil attrac tive than all the fancy dressing of all the cities of the world." The 1914 session of the South Georgia Methodist Conference will he held In Dawson meeting probably during Thanksg * i we# nas • wan an applicant but Dawson received an overwhelming vote This afternoon Bishop Candler will announce the appointments for the en suing year as the last business of the conference It Is very likely lhat the Rev T. D. Filin will be nppnfnted pre siding elder of the Macon District, being succeeded at Wesley Monumental Church In Savannah by either the Rev Osgood K Cook or the Rev, I ’a. til Kills The Rev \V. X Ainsworth will continue as pastor <>f Mulberry Street Church In this city All Around The Town Little Fact* and Fancies About Well Known Atlantan*. 55.11 IS FIRST DAY TOTAL FOB THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. Placing of Massive Ben Hur Race Scene Draws Large Crowd of about $11,- Priend* of Fred Houser, the secre tary of the Atlanta Convention Bu reau, are just finding out why he is .**> conspicuously silent whenever anybody begins talking about what happened <>n the last lap of the re corn industrial excursion stag'd by the Chamber of Commerce Industrial Bureau. He in loquacious to the nth degree on all subjects pertaining to the first heat of the excursion until tf« *aid excursion got as far as the Atlanta Steel Works. From then on he in as silent as the proverbial grave. And here is why: One of the greatest desires Houser has ever had l as been to see somebody mak ing nails and he never had an op portunity before the industrial ex cursion took In the steel plant So when the crowd detrained to inspect the steel wo m detraine >rks, Houser hied hirnself department where he <»ng and enthusiastically < still gloating when the F»d out without him. insists he didn't, it is a immon knowledge that he to ( itch a street car. Thomas E. Pi head bookkeeper tell Company, v Washington sire tlons these <fi y$ that mark radically different from the mortal. In ihe first place h# d, the genial the T R. Saw- lives at No. 16 as two distinc hi m as rdlnary s about USE OF CALOMEL PRACTICALLY STOPPED Dangerous Drug Giving Way for Safer, More Reliable Remedy. Hundreds <*f people in this vicinity Slone have slopped the use of danger our calomel when their liver is acting slowly, and take Dodson’s lJver Tone Instead Dodsmi * Diver 'Pone is always safe and ha* none < the had after effects which ao often follow tin* us* of calo mel It is a pleasant tasting vegeta ble liquid that starts the liver gently and surely, and relieves constipation and biliousness and causes no restriction of hahit or diet. Many preparations have sprung up thai Imitate the claims made for D<ai son s Rive Tone, but remember Dod son's River Tone Is the tried and tested reinedv that has proven such a good medicine and is so satisfactory to every user -Is the reason these imitations are on the market Dodson's River Tone can not hurt anyone and if it fails to do all that is claimed for it all druggists who sell it will give your money hack with a smile Advt the only man in Mlanta who had a Thanksgiving turkey and forgot to ♦ at l! or anything else. And then I he's the father of the bounclngest of bouncing baby boys. The second Is the cause of the first. The little •stranger arrived early Thanksgiving I morning, and. was promptly named Thomas E., Jr.; and then Thomas E.. Sr assumed that expression of beatific joy and price tnat always ! iTiarka the new father as a man among men. He had a wonderful i turkey with mine eyes I saw it and know if to be so and Me had It all i roast* ' and stuffed until it was a | ulinary triumph. But he was so | busy admiring the new heir to his name and fortunes that he didn't eat a bite all day. To paraphrase: Father was so happy he was dan cing with Joy: All he could say was. "Gee! I’m glad It's a boy!" \\ H Leahy, secretary of the In dustrial Bureau of the Chamber of Commerce, is getting his head filled with figures these days. He's pre paring a booklet on Atlanta's banks, and he says he neer knew how much money there was in the world until he got hold of some of the financial I statements of iocal banks The book- j let will contain histories of all the banks in fhe city, together w'ith fig lures showing their resources and growth. Billy Quarles who Is one of the thigh-class employees o$ the Wain & Stamps TThoiesale Grocery Company; never drinks a drop of anything stronger than coffee, and the other night when the firm’s employees had a banquet at the Piedmont, his pro- hibltlonistic tendencies were paid marked tribute They gave him a baby bottle full of milk, with instruc tions io go away off b> himself and get "soused " But William fooled them all. lie's got a young son out at his house who Just dotes on milk, and few of his fellow employees knew anything about the youngster. So instead of being real devilish and getting on a "milk Jag " he took the bottle home and let “George do it." NORTH GEORGIA COTTON BEST. DA ETON, Dec. 1 According to Statement made here by C. W. Smith. Jr, a cotton buyer representing lace and thread manufacturers of Euro peon countries, North Georgia and North Alabama have the best grade of cotton to be had this year Committee Members Are Jubilant as Result of Initial Canvass of Atlanta, V\ Ith the actual organized cam paign in Atlanta for Oglethorpe Uni versity funds only . few hturs old, the twenty subcommittee < hairm-n met Monday noon for luncheon in the Piedmont Hotel and reported the gratifying addition of nearlv $.‘*,000 to the |12,900 already subscribed in this city since the work began here. Of this $6,000 practically $3,000 was reported in with the names of the donors. The subscribers to the re maining 12,000 wiil be announced Tuesday at the noon luncheon. As several of the committees had hard entered Into their work when the first report was mad*, the re sponse was regarded hw highly satis- factory and as promising generou? subscriptions during the remainder if the campaign. The committee hairmen will m*»et every day at the Piedmont and re port their progress. Each subcom mittee has been allotted a certain dis trict and given the names of sub ■scrlbers to the original fund for the rebuilding of Oglethqrpe. Not unto a report has been made on every name will the committee’s work be completed. New Subscription* Announced. The subscriptions announced at the Monday luncheon were; New subscriptions already ac knowledged, $12,900 Dr. ,1. Cheston King reported $245 as follows: E. S. Mabry. $30; V. 13. Harper. $15; A. (\ Minhinnet. $25; (\ W. Russell. $50; P. L. Provano, $25; J. R. Padgett. $75; George Metz, $25. R. iv Bottenfleld reported: John D. Babbage, Jr.. $100; S. E. Davidson. $30. Harris G. White reported. R. W. Davis. $25; John 8. Cohen, $200; J. F. Zimmer, $25, W. D. Ellis. Jr. $50; J. H Porter, $26: Lee M. Jordan. $50; Joe Ivey. $25; D. S. Walraven, $50; c R Pettigrew, $50; H. Wilensky. $50; W. L .Peel, $250. John Brice reported: Homer George, $30; J. R. Williford, $150; E. C. Cart- ledge, $20; Peter F. Clarke, $10. Henry Schaul reported: Hagan A Dodd Co., $500: Trio .Laundry, $100; Frank E. Lowenstein, $50. James R Gray reported: R. R. Cooney, $250. C. D Montgomery reported: C. W. Hunnicut, $lu0, James Resile Buford, $10. (\ P. Glover reported: C. I) Mea dor, $25; John N. Malone, $25; Ed win C. Stewart. $60: Heinz A Co., $30. Executive Vice Chairman Ivan E. Allen reported: Mrs. Berta M. Smith. $500. Other subscriptions, names not giv en, totaled $2,000. Crowds gathered about the stage enfran* e *o the Atlanta Theater Mon day to witness one of the wonders of Stage, raft—Ihe preparations for the prod in rion of "Ben Hur," which open- Monday night for one week. Motors gearing, tackle, hug. cylin drical structures and endless rolls of canvas were visible on all sides, with a score of workmen hurrying to and fro under the guidance of a master mechanic. Th. most intricate mechanism is that used In the chariot race, when twelve horses race madly before the ev es of the audience. The Must >n requires a movable floor on the stage whereon the animals gallop though j tf »vpr uange their positions, arid a cylindrical device upon which 3,000 square feet of canvas depicting the amphitheater unfolds at the rear with lightning rapidity to bear olit the rac ing horse*. A hundred extra persons ?.re being trained Into their parts as spectators. Mail Theft Suspects Trapped by Sleuth New Session Begins at Noon, Wilson to Read Message Tuesday. WASHINGTON. Dec. R—The ex traordinary session of the Sixty-third Congress ended at noon to-day and the first regular session at once be gan. The House had already con cluded its Work of the old session, but the Senate held a 16-minute ex ecutive session during the forenoon, adjourning from 10:56 to 11:56. At the executive session the Sen ators confirmed ten postmasters, but they failed to act on more than 100 appolntmen's which President Wil son had made To secure their con- fimUftlon the President will have to send them to the Senate again. The list of appointees who failed to se- oure confirmation included Henry M. Pindell, of Illinois, who was named for Ambassador to Russia; Alex Sweek, of Oregon, who was appointed Minister to Siam; fifty-five postmas ters. several secretaries to embassies A plant" set by R. E. Barry, in spector of malls. In November in Guantanamo, Cuba, bore fruit Sun day when O. Hunter and John Grams, two sailor postmasters." were ar rested at Havana charged with then of registered mail. For over a year the mails coming und secretaries to legations. In and going out of the central ship There was litre of ceremony about at the naval station at Guantanamo ushering in of th#* session at which have been tampered with Just a President Wilson will carry to a con- \ ear ago Barry went from Atlanta to elusion his campaign for currency re- the station, but his investigation was form and also work* for other impor- ’ tant legislation. In November Barry went back to Ambitious Program Ahead. Cuba and set a trap for the mall; President Wilson riflers. A wireless telegram from the naval station this morning from J. W. Adamson and Frank Pulsipher, two local inspectors, announced the arrests. Writes Carlisle to Keep Abreast Times WASHINGTON. Dec. 1.—A letter was received at the Treasury De partment from a correspondent in Wisconsin, addressed to the "Hon. John G. Carlisle, Secretary of the Treasury." The writer requested that !»* be sent some documents "In order that I may keep abreast of the times” Mr Carlisle was Secretary of the Treasury 20 years ago. and has been dead almost ten years. CONVICTS FIGHT IN CAGE. I DALTON, Dec. 1.—a hurry call for physicians came from the convict ramp north of here after four negro "lifers" had engaged in a fight in one of the cages. It was necessary to mend a broken head and sew up some knife wounds. Egg Famine Menaces Christmas Time 'Nog' THOMASVILLE. Dee. 1.—Those who think Christmas is not properly celebrated without the time-honored eggnog are uneasy lest there be no ocean. s Regulation of the shipping trust, •ggs, because of an egg famine - - - will read his message at a joint session at 1 o’clock Tuesday afternoon. Although the program had not been definitely formulated, members look#*! forward to tackling one of the most ambitious legislative tasks that any Congress In a long time has attempt ed. Here are so:, e of the subjects the new Congress v. ill take up: Final action on the currency bill. Anti-trust legislation. Rural credits. Naval program. Passage of a dozen appropriation bill*. Train safety and safety on the j f»dO or a deerea I 000,00V, i For increased efficiency In the col lection of statistics us to the cotton production, a greatly increased ap propriation is asked. Last year the I sum of $354,000 was appropriated for this purpose The coming year Sec retary Redfleld estimates $925,000 will be neded. Rivers and harbors estimates in clude Savannah, Ga . $250,000; Ala bama River, Ala., $100,000; Black Warrior and Tomblgee Rivers, Ala., $500,000; Gulfport, Miss., har bor, $85,000; Southwest Pass, Missis sippi River. $400,000. Mississippi River i from Head of Passes to mouth of the Ohio), $6,000,000; Mississippi River (from mouth of Ohio to Min neapolis), $2,670,000. $670,000 Asked for Georgia Projects. WASHINGTON, Dec. 1.—Included in the annual estimates submitted to Congress to-day by Secretary of the Treasurv McAdoo are a number of items covering public buildings for Georgia- aggregating $370,000 The following appropriations are recom mended . For continuing work on the Au gusta postoffice and courthouse un der limit fixed heretofore, $25,000; completion of the postoffice in Bain- bridge, $15,000; completion of the CartersvIUe postoffice, $16,250; com-j pletion of the postoffice in Cedar- town. $5,000; commencement of post- office building in Quitman, $5,000; commencement of postoffice building in Thomasville, $10,000. The Bain- bridge and Thomasville postofflee projects were authorized upon recom mendation of late Congressman S. A. Roddenberv. The estimates also provide an ap propriation of $28,500 for th# Savan nah quarantine station, subdivided as follows: For piling clusters for mooring vessels of deep draft. $10,- 000; for dredging near station, $5,500; for widening and strengthening quar antine wharf, $5,500; for detention quarters for crews of Infected ves sels, $7,600. It is recommended also that $8,100 be appropriated for increasing the facilities for fire protection at the Augusta arsenal. Appropriations for Georgia rivers and harbors are recommended as fol low’s: Maintenance of the Brunswick har bor, $33,250; improving the 26-foot channel. Savannah harbor, $250,000; continuing the improvement of the Altamaha, Oconee and Ocmulgee Riv ers, $40,000; continuing the improve ment of the Flint River. $26,000; maintenance and improvement of the Savannah River between Savannah and Augusta, $25,000; improving the Chattahoochee River, Georgia and Alabama, below Columbus, $120,000; improving tlie Coosa River. Alabama and Georgia, and dam No. 4, $65,000 The sum of $25,000 is recommended for the Apalachicola Bay and $60,000 for St. Andrews Bay, Fla. For im proving Apalachicola River an ap propriation of $15,000 is urged v large allowance of $300,000 is rerotn. mended for the St. Johns River from Jacksonville to the ocean. For the construction of locks amri dams and improving the Tombigbe* Black Warrior and Warrior River.i in Alabama $500,000 is recommended The sum of $100,000 Is recommended for the Alabama River. BUSINESS NOTICE. Cure To Cure a Cold in One Dav Take I.AXATIVE BROMO QinNl.Ni- Tablets Druggists refund money jf t fails to cure. E. W. GROVE'S signa ture is on each box, 25c CASTOR i A For Infante and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought fresh in this section. They can still get the "nog" part from neighboring States, where liquor laws are less stringent, but it looks now as if they may be obliged to go against custom and leave out the egg. Connoisseurs say eggnog is not good when made with shipped or storage eggs. U. S. Jury Takes Up Sellers 'Slave' Case The Federal Grand Jury, in session Monday at Columbus, will take up the case of J. B. Sellers, who took lit tle Mark Coker from her Banks Coun ty home to Fort Worth, Texas Sellers took the Coker girl through Columbus, where he bought tickets to a point in Oklahoma. This gives the Jury jurisdiction. Fire Damages Plant Of Savannah Press SAVANNAH. Dee. 1.—The office of The Savannah Press was badly damaged — — ; — a flre Vf 1 ; arly Sunday We have moved to our new store, morning. The business office w*as com- ’ Piftely gutted and the machinery flood- 97 Peachtree Street. ♦•<1 A force of workmen was turned into the. building at once and an edition w ill not be missed Final action on the reports of lobby investigating committees The cost of living problem. Legislation to protect women work ers. Big Appropriation Increase. The new Congress is called upon to appropriate over a billion dollars for the running expenses of the gov ernment for the corning fiscal year beginning July 1, 1914, and ending June 30, 1915. Estimates of the cost .of keeping the governmental machin ery in motion transmitted by Secre te r\ Of the Treasury McAdOO to Speaker Champ Clark, aggregate the grand total of $1,108,681,777.02. Appropriations made by Congress at the last regular session totaled $ 1,074,305,869.73. The increase is therefore $34,378,907.29. The greatest increase in the gov ernment’s expenses the coming year will be in the Post office Department, which asks $306,953,117, aa against appropriations last year of $285,441,- 271. Increases* are the general order in all the departments of the gov ernment, although the pension bud get the coming year is expected to show' a notable dbcreaae. 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