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4 T r«t* h»* s *n« lai i j TTIH ATLANTA CiEORfilAN AND NFAVS. T All Around The Town Little Facts and Fancies Abcut Well Known Atlantans. SouthGeorgia Conference Sounds Warning for Benefit of So ciety Debutantes. MACON, 1.—The report of the < ommlttee on tempernno*. moral j and social reform, decrying; the ten-! dency of the times In reyard to dress, dancing and other alleged evils, was unanimously adopted without change by the South Georgia Methodist Con- fernce to-day. Director of the Cen sus Harris was commended for dis charging drinking men In his de partment A part of the report Is , "Your committee feels that this conference should express Itself on some of the modem fads that are hurtful to our people. Some f;ids are only sins and some debutantes haven't aense enough to know it and should he told. "The shameful and indecent, if not Immoral, dances in vogue but justify the position our church has always taken on the subject of dancing. These shameful orgies are but the normal and natural consequences of this sin. “Dancing was never so very de cent. and Ci< ero was not far wrong No man being Friends of Fred Houser, the secre tary of the Atlanta Convention Bu reau. sre Just finding out why he is so conspicuously silent whenever anybody begins talking about what happened on the last lap of the re cent Industrial excursion staged by the Chamber of commerce Industrial Bureau. He 1* loquacious lo the nth degree on all subjects pertaining to the first heat of the excursion -until the aald excursion got as far as the Atlanta Steel Works. From then on he is as silent us the proverbial grave. And here is why: One of the greatest desires Houser has ever had has 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 works, Houser hied himself to the nail department, where he gloated so long and enthusiastically that he was still gloating when the train pulled out — without him. Though he Insists he didn't, it Is a matter of common knowledge that he walked a mile to catch a street car said. »b< when h< will dan Parisian Dress Scored. “Another fad causing shame arid leading to sin is the Importation of and adoption of Parisian shame in the way of feminine costume. Why our good women should bow down and worship some styles that are neither decent nor pretty and makes the wearer to appear as If deformed, Is marvelous to us. "Oh, that women could realize that modesty of appearance will do more to make woman beautiful and attrac tive than all the fancy dressing of all "lire cities of tiie world.” 'The 1914 session of the South Georgia Mttnodiat Conference will be held In Dawson. meeting probably during Thanksgiving week Thomaavllle was an Applicant but Dawson received an overwhelming vote. This afternoon Hlshop handler will announce the appointments for the en suing year as the last business of the conference It la very likely that the Kev. T. l>. Ellis will lie appointed pre siding elder of the Macon District, being Thomas E. Penland, the genial head bookkeeper of the T. R. Saw- tell Company, who lives at. No. 16 Washington street, has two distinc tions these days that mark him as radically different from the ordinary mortal. In the first place he’s about tiie only man in Atlanta who had a Thanksgiving turkey and forgot to eat it or anything else. And then he’s the father of the bounolngest of bouncing baby boys. The second Is tiie cause of tiie first. The little stranger arrived early Thanksgiving morning, and was promptly named Thomas K., Jr.; and then Thomas E, Sr., assumed that expression of beatific joy and price that always marks tiie new father as a man among men. lie had a wonderful turkey with mine eyes 1 saw It and know It to be so and lie had It all roasted and stuffed until It was a culinary triumph. But lie 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 snv was, "Gee! I’m glad It’s a boy!” 55.1] IS FIRST T Placing of Massive Ben Hur Race Scene Draws Large Crowd Committee Members Are Jubilant as Result of Initial Canvass of Atlanta, reeded at Wesley Monumental Church In Savannah by either the Rev. Osgood K <’ook or the Rev. Paul Ellis. The Rev W. N. Ainsworth will continue as pastor of Mulberry Street Church in this city. T USE OF CALOMEL PRACTICALLY STOPPED W. 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 fays he neer knew how much money there was in the world until he got hold of some of the financial statements of local banks. The book let will contain histories of all the banks In the city, together with fig ures showing their resources and growth. Dangerous Drug Giving Way for Safer, More Reliable Remedy. Hundreds of people In this vicinity alone have stopped tiie use of dangei our calomel when their liver is acting »iowl\. and take Dodson's Liver Tone Instead jp&odsun s Liver 'Tone Is always safe and has none of the had after effects which so often follow the use of calo mel. It Is a pleasant-tasting vegeta Me liquid that, starts the liver gently and surely, and relieves constipation and biliousness and causes no restriction of habit or diet. Many preparations have sprung up that imitate the claims made for Dod son's Liver Tone, but remember Dod son's Liver Tone is the tried and tested remedy that has proven such a good medicine and is so satisfactory to every user is tiie reason these imitations are on the market Dodson's Liver 'Pone can not hurt anyone and if it fells to do all that is claimed for It all druggists who sell it will give your money back with a smile —Advt. Billy Quarles, who I* one of the high-class employees of the Fain & Stamps Wholesale Grocery Company, never drinks a drop of anything stronger than coffee, and the other night when the firm’ij employees had a banquet at the Piedmont, his pro- hlbltionistlc tendencies were paid marked tribute. They gave him a baby bottle full of milk, with instruc tions to go away off by himself and get "soused.” But William fooled them all. He’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. DALTON. Dec 1.—According to a 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 tlie best grado of cotton to be had this year. With the actual organized cam paign in Atlanta for Oglethorpe Uni versity funds or’ few h< urs old, the twenty subcommittee chairmen met Monday noon for luncheon In the Piedmont Hotel and reported the gratifying addition <<f nearly $5,000 to the $ 12,900 already subscribed in this city since the work began here. Of t ...^ f 5 oi)0 practically $3,000 was reported In with the names of the donors. The subscribers to the re maining $2,000 will be announced Tuesday at the noon luncheon. As several of the committee* had hardly entered into their work when the first report was made, the re sponse was regarded as highly satis factory and as* promising generou.i subs- rlptions during the remainder ef the campaign. The committee chairmen 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 scribers to the original fund for the rebuilding of Oglethorpe. Not until a report lias been made on every name will the committee’s work be completed. New Subscriptions Announced. 'l’he subscriptions announced at *be Monday luncheon were: New subscriptions already ac knowledged, $12,900. Dr. J. (’beston King reported $245 as follows: E. S. Mabry. $30; V. B. Harper, $15; A. <’. Minhinnet, $25; (\ w. Fussell, $50; I’. L. Provano, $25; .1 K. Padgett, $75; George Metz, $25. L. P. Bottenfleld reported: John D. Babbage. Jr., $100; S. E. D&vidson, $30. Harris G. White reported: R. W. Davis. $25; John S. Cohen, $200; J. F. Zimmer. $25; W. D. Ellis, Jr.. $50; J II Porter, $25; Lee M. Jordan, $50; Joe Ivey. $25; D. S Wa I raven, $50; C. L Pettigrew, $50; 11. Wilensky, $50; W. L Peel, $250. John Brice reported Homer George, $30; J. L. Williford, $150; E. C. Cart- ledge, $20; Peter F. Clarke, $10. Henry Hchaul reported: Hagan A Dodd Co., $500; Trio Laundry. $100; Frank K. Lowenstein, $50. James R. Gray reported: R. L. Cooney, $250. C. D. Montgomery reported: C. W. Iliinnicut, $100; James Leslie Buford, $10. C. P Glover reported: C. D Mea dor. $25. John N. Malone, $25; Ed win C. Stewart, $50; Heinz & Co., $30. Executive Vice Chairman Ivan B. Allen reported Mrs. Berta M. Smith, $500. Other subscriptions, names not giv en, totaled $2,000. Crowds gathered about the stage entrance *o the Atlanta Theater Mon day to witness one of the wonders of stagecraft—the preparations for the production of “Ben Hur,” which opens Monday night for one week. Motors, gearing, tackle, huge cylin drical structures and endless rolls of can van were visible on all sides, with a score of workmen hurrying to and fro under the guidance of a master mechanic. The most intricate mechanism Is that used in the chariot race, when twelve horses race madly before the eyes of the audience. The 111usi >n requires a movable floor on the stage whereon the animals gallop though never change their positions, and a cylindrical device upon which 3,000 square feet of canvas depicting the amphitheater unfolds at the rear with lightning rapidity to bear out the rac decrease of about $11, New Session Begins at Noon. Wilson to Read Message Tuesday. | 000, or 000,000. For increased efficiency in the col- I lection of statistics as to the cotton prodrrhtion. - greatly increased ap propriation Is asked. Last year the I *um of $354,000 was appropriated for this purpose. The coming year'Sec retary Uodfteld 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 Tombigee Rivers, Ala, $500,000; Gulfport. Miss., har bor, $85,000; Southwest Pass. Missis sippi River, $400,000. Mississippi River (from Head of Passes to mouth of the Ohio), $6,000,000; Mississippi River (from mouth of Ohio to Min neapolis), $2,670,000. • bor, $33,250; improving the 26-foot •hannel, Savannah harbor, $250,000; ■ontinuing the Improvement of the Altamaha, Oconee and Ocinulgoo Riv ers, $40,000; continuing the improve ment of the Flint River, $25,000; maintenance and improvement of the Savannah River between Savannah and Augusta, $25,000; improving the t’hattahoochee River, Georgia and Alabama, below Columbus, $120,000; improving the 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 urge( j large allowance or $300,000 is rcrW Jar ks.mville to the I For the construction of locks dams and improving the Tomblirh?, I Black Warrior and Warrior Rtversl in Alabama $500,000 is re< The snip of $100,000 is rec< for the Alabama River. ommerided •hitnended I To BUSINESS NOTICE. Cure a Cold in One Day I Ql TNT J BROMO Take LAXATIVE Tablets. I >rugg1sts refund moi • fails to cure. E. W. GROVE’S ture is on each box. 25c | $670,000 Asked for Georgia Projects Ing horses. A hundred extra persons | arc being trained into their parts .j* spectators’ WASHINGTON, Dec. 1.—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- i eluded its work of the old session, Mail Theft Suspects Trapped by Sleuth A “plant" set by R. E Barry, in spector of malls, In November in Guantanamo, Cuba, bore fruit Sun- but the Senate held a 15-minute ex ecutive session during the forenoon, adjourning from 10:55 to 11:55. At the executive session the Sen ators confirmed ten postmasters, hut they failed to act on more than 100 appointments which President Wil son had made To secure their con firmation the President will have to •send them to the Senate again. The list of appointees who faded to se cure confirmation included Henry M Pindeil, of Illinois, who was named Writes Carlisle to Keep Abreast Times day when O. Hunter and John Grams, for Ambassador to Russia; Alex two “sailor postmasters.” were ar- Sweek, of Oregon, who was appointed rested at Havana charged with theft Minister to Siam ;• fifty-five postmas- of registered mall. ters, several sectaries to embassies For over a year the malls coming , and secretaries to legations, in and going out of the central ship There was little of ceremony about at the naval station at Guantanamo | ushering in of the session at which * “ 1 President Wilson will carry to a con- have been tampered with. Just a year ago Barry went from Atlanta to ihe station, but his investigation was futile. . , . In November Barry went back to Cuba and set a trap for the mail rifler's. A wireless telegram from the naval station this morning from J. W. Adamson and Frank Pulsipher, two local inspectors, announced arrests. the Egg Famine Menaces Christmas Time ‘Nog’ THOMASVILLE, Dec. 1— Those who think Christmas Is not properly celebrated without the time-honored eggnog are uneasy lest there bf* no fresh eggs, because of an egg famine 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. elusion his campaign for currency re form and also work for other impor tant legislation. Ambitious Prograi Ahead. President Wilson will read his message at a joint session at 1 o’clock Tuesday afternoon. Although the program had not be.^n definitely formulated, members looked forward to tackling one of the most ambitious legislative tasks that any Corgross 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 fail's. , Train safety and safety on the ocean. Regulation of the shipping trust. 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- erniftent for the coming 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 tary of the Treasury McAdoo to Speaker Champ Clark, aggregate the I 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 $34,375,907.29 WASHINGTON, Dec. 1.—Included in the annual estimates submitted to Congress to-day by Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo are a number of items covering public buildings for Georgia, aggregating $670,000. The following appropriations are recom mended: For continuing work on the Au gusta postoffice and courthouse un^ der limit fixed heretofore, $2.*,000; completion of the postoffice in Bain- bridge. $15,000; completion of the Cartersville postoffice. $16,250; com 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 postoffice projects were authorized upon recom mendation of late Congressman S. A. Roddenbery. 1 The estimates also provide an ap propriation of $28,500 for the 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, $7,500. 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 lows: Maintenance of the Brunswick har- CASTOR! A For Infants And Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of m mm iifeBjSlP! ilEEgiP? xr» ' \ ►C4 Stop at Atlanta's Newest and Finest Hotel Wince off m JL ^uimi Blackstone of the South Is the Hotel Winecoff WASHINGTON. Dec. 1.—A letter was received at the Treasury De partment from a correspondent in Wisconsin, addressed to the “Hon. John 4*. 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. DALTON, Dec. L—A hurry call for physicians came from the convict camp 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. Fire Damages Plant Of Savannah Press SAVANNAH, Dec. 1.—The ofrioe of The Savannah Tress was badly damaged hv a fire that started early Sunday morning. The business office was com- pletely gutted and the machinery flood ed. A force of workmen was turned into the building at once and an edition will not be missed. The greatest increase in the gov ernment’s expenses the coming year will he In the Postoffice Department, which asks $306,953,117, as 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 decrease. Last year Congress appropriated $180,300,000 for pensions, while the estimates for the coming fiscal year are $169,150,- Buy it by the bon of nearly all dealers for 85 cents We ha ve moved to our new store, 97 Peachtree Street. ATLANTA FLORAL CO. Clean, pure healthful □ A Message of Vital Importance to Women Heed the Warnings of Nature! before serious harm befall you and you become a chronic invalid. Backache, headache, low spirits, lassitude, bearing down pains are hard enough to bear, and they give you notice that the delicate femi nine organs are not performing their functions in the way intended by Nature. Act. Don’t wait. 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