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ATLANTA CLOUGH AN AND MAN'S.
All Around
The Town
Little Facte and Fancies About
Well Known Atlantans.
HO IS FIRST
8W TOTAL FOR
Rangers Rush to Laredo—Huerta,
Reported Fleeing. Suddenly
Reappears.
Friend* of Prod Houser,
tnry of the Atlanta Conv
rrau, are Just finding out
mi conspicuously silent
the seore-
iition Mu-
why he Is
whenever
Placing of Massive
Ben Hur Race Scene
Draws Large Crowd
nr a decrease of about $11,-
Ppr increased efficiency in the col
led
[>f statistics as to the cotton
LAREDO. TEXAS. Dec. 1.—Dis
regarding the assurances of the
War Department that citizens of
Texas would he protected in case
of fiqhtmq on the border, a com
pany of Texas Rangers were sent
here to-day by Governor Colquitt.
They pitched their camp near the
international border, and reported
their arrival to District Attorney
Walls.
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
MKXICO ‘ TTY, her. 1 General
anybody begins talking about what
happened on the last lap of the re
cent Industrial excursion staged by
the Chamber of Commerce Industrial
Moreau. Me la loquacious to the nt'i
degree on all subjects pertaining to
the first heat of the excursion until
the said excursion got as far a» the
Atlanta Steel Works. Prom then on
he la as silent ns the proverbial
grave. And here is why: fine of the
greatest desires Houser has ever
had has been to see somebody mak
ing nails, and h^ never had an op
portunity before the indystrial 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
floated so long and enthuslastlcall
Huerta caused widespread excitement that lie was still gloating when the
to-day bv "disappearing" again as he train pulled out without him.
' , , ... Though he Insists he didn’t, It is a
rill leccntlj H* wa« found hy maU " r of commrm knowledge that he
friends, however, several hours after V \j»ikod a inib* to eat' h a street car.
the foreign embassies had been stirred j -—
Thomas E. Penland, the genial
head bookkeeper of the T. R. Saw-
by the news that he was missing.
The first news that Huerta was
missing was followed by conflicting
rumors One of these naif! that he
had not been at Chapultepec Castle
Committee Members Are Jubilant
as Result of Initial Canvass
of Atlanta.
With the actual organized cam
paign in Atlanta for Oglethorpe Cni-
vtr . lt> funds onl. few h« urs old,
the twenty subcommittee ehairm n
met .Monday noon for luncheon in the
Piedmont Hotel and reported the
gratifying addition of nearly $5,000 to
the $111,900 already subscribed in this
city since the work began here.
of this $5,000 practically $3,000 was
reported in with the names of the
donors. The subscribers to the re
maining $2,000 will be announced
Crowds gathered about the stftge
entrance to the Atlanta Theater Mon
day to witness one of the wonders of
stage* raft—the preparations for the
production of "Men Hur," which
opens Monday night for one week.
Motors, gearing, tackle, huge cylin
drical structures and endless rolls <>f
canvas were visible on all sides, with
a score of workmen hurrying to ani
fro under the guidance of a master
mecha nlc.
The most intricate mechanism Is
that used in the chariot race, when
twelve horses race madly before the
eyes of the audience. The illusi >n
requires a movable floor on the stage
whereon the animals gallop though
never change their position.®
Of GONERLSS
TDBill.S.
tell Company, who lives at No. HI
Washington street, has two distinc
tions these days that mark him as
at all during the night, but had lied radically different from the ordinary
from Mexico City m-rretly yesterday mortal In the first plaee he's about »
on a train for Vera Crux. ( . . . . ,. . „ . orl „ "
Train Blown Up. ,h * "rlv m 1 " 1 ln 'llant.i who had a
A train on the Central Railway lias 1 Thanksgiving turkey and forgot to
been blown up by Zapatistas near San j it—or anything else. And then
Vicente. Thirty persons were killed ; i )f .’ s the father of the hounclngest of
and all those who escaped were nliol j h>onnc‘lnsr baby boys The second is
to death by the rebels. j the cause of the first. The little
Constitutionalists now hold all of! stranger arrived early Thanksgiving
.Mexico as Far south as the city of j morning, and was promptly named
Zacatecas That city is still held by i Thomas F., Jr.; and then Thomas E..
the Federal*, but its fall is imminent, j Hr., assumed that expression of
as the rebels are working around to heatlflc Joy and price that always
j marks the new father as a man
among men. He had a wonderful
! turke> with mine eyes I saw It and
: know it to be so-—and he bad 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 lie didn't eat
a bite all day. To paraphrase:
Father was so happy he was dan
cing with Joy:
All he could sav w
glad it’s a boy!’
cut off the railroad from the south.
While General Huerta Intends to
cling to Hie Presidency as long as
jK>oflble, the Mexican Government is
taking no chances on forcing inter
vention in tms country by t lie I'nit -d
States
Orders Legislators Released.
This was shown to-day when a
semi-official announcement was made
that acquittal is likely to be ordered
for all of the members of Congress
who were recently arrested. Huerta
is afraid of finding these members
guilty of sedition and sentencing
them to death, which would result in ,
prompt action by the American Gov
ernment.
Foreigners in Mexico are deeply In
terested in Hie visit which Admiral
Craddock, of the Mritlsh navy, was to
"Gee! Iin
\V M Leahy, secretary of the In
dustrial Bureau of the Chamber of
Commerce, is getting his head tilled
with figures these days. He's pre
paring a booklet on Atlanta's banks,
and he says he neer knew how much
make to General Huerta this after- .
noon. He will be accompanied to money there was In the world mill
the national palace by Sir Lionel Car- be got hold of some of the nnanci.il
den. the British Minister. statements of local hanks. I he book
let will contain histories of all gie
- - ...... hanks in the city, together with tie,
nor or nil nmri ures showing their resources and
USE OF CALOMEL
, i Billy Quarles, w ho is one of the
PRACTICALLY STOPPER
Dangerous Drug Giving Way for Safer,
More Reliable Remedy.
Hundreds of people in this vicinity
alone have slopped the use of danger
our calomel when their liver is acting
alowlv. ami take Dodson's Liver Tone
Instead
.Dodson's Liver Tone is always safe
and has none of the bad after e(Tens
which so often follow the use of calo*
me! h i- .« pleasant tasting vegeta
ble liquid that starts the liver gently
and surely, and relieves oonstlpativii ami
biliousness and causes no restriction of
habit or diet
Many preparations have sprung up
that imitate the claims made for Dod
son's Live.- Tom but remember Dim!
son's Liver Tone is the tried and tested
remedy that lias proven such a good
medicine and is so satisfactory to every
user Is ttie reason these imitations are
on the market
Dodson’s Liver Tone can not hurt
anyone and If it fails to do all that is
claimed for It all diViggists who sell tr
will give your monrfy back with a smile
Advt.
high-class employees of the Fain A
Stamps Wholesale Grocery Company,
never drinks a drop of anything
stronger than coffee, and the other
night when the firm's employees had
,t banquet at the Piedmont, his pro
hibit ionist i< 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 r**al devilish and
getting on a "milk Jag." he look the
bottle home and let “George do it."
NORTH GEORGIA COTTON BEST.
DALTON. Dec. 1 According to a
statement made here by \V. Smith,
Jr, a cottofi 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.
Tuesday at the noon luncheon.
As several of the committees had
hardly entered into their work when
the first report was made, the re
sponse was regarded as highly aftti.s-
fictory and as promising gener-vu
subscriptions during the remainder i f
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 g!v*n .be names of sub
scribers to the original fund for Hie
rebuilding of Oglethorpe. Not until
port ha« been made on every
name will the committee’s work be
com pleted.
New Subscriptions Announced.
The subscriptions announced at the
Monday luncheon were:
New subscriptions already ac
knowledged, $12,900.
Dr. .I (’boston King reported $245
as follows: E. S. Mabry. $30; V. M.
Harper. $15; A. <’ Mlnhinnet, $25;
c. W. Fussell, $50. P. L. Provano,
$25; J. R. Padgett, $75; George Metz,
$25.
L. P. Mottenfield reported: John D.
Babbage, Jr . $100, K. E Davidson,
$30.
Harris G White reported: Ft. W.
Dav.s, $25. John S. Cohen, $200; J.
I*'. Zimmer, $25; W. l> Ellis, Jr., $50;
.1 II Porter. $25; Lee M Jordan, $50;
joe Ivey. $25; D. S Walraven. $50;
C. L Pettigrew. $50; IJ. 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 Schaul reported: Hagan &
Dod.l <’•>. $500; Trio Launfry, $100;
Frank E. Lowenstein, $50.
James R Gray reported: R. L.
Cooney, $250.
('. I). Montgomery reported: C. W.
Hunnlcur, $100; James Leslie Buford,
$10.
C. P. (Jlover reported: C. D. Mea
dor, $25; John N. Malone, $25; Ed
win C Stewart. $50; Heinz & Co., $30.
Executive Vice Chairman Ivan E.
Allen reported: Mrs. Berta M. Smith,
$500.
Other subscriptions, names not giv
en, totaled $2,000.
New Session Begins
Wilson to Read Message
Tuesday.
production, a greatly Increased ap
propriation is asked. Last year the
I sum of $354,000 was appropriated for
I this purpose. The coming year Sec
ret m r > Red field estimates $925,000 will
he neded.
• Rivers and harbors estimates in
clude Savannah, Ga., $250,000; Ala-
j l ama River, Ala., $100,000; Black
I Warrior and Tombigee Rivers,
I Ala . $500,000; Gulfport, Miss., har-
| |>or. $85,000; Southwest Pass, Missis-
i sippi River. $100,000. Mississippi River
(from Head of Passes to mouth of
at Noon.I he Ohio), $6,000,000; Mississippi
I River (from mouth of Ohio to Min
neapolis). '$2,670,000.
h or '.Ml imiimvinK Hip 26-fnot propria I ion of »lj,0n(l Is urR.rt A |
, . <•»-<! nn<p large allowance of $300,000 is reeom '
ohunm l. Savannah harbm. »-«•"*>'•. | for , hp st , I(lhns River tro
continuing the improvement of the Jacksonville to the ocean.
Altamaha, Oconee and oymulgce Riv- | F or the construction of locks a n i !
er.s, $40,000; continuing the improve- ,L irns and improving the TnmhieW I
ment of the Flint River, $2 * 000; Black Warrior and Warrior Rivera
maintenance and improvement of the in Alabama $500,000 is recommended
Savannah River between Savannah | *jq le sum 0 f $100,000 is recommended I
and Augusta, $25,000; improving thej f or the Alabama River.
Chattahoochee River, Georgia and ____
Alabama, below .'..i.iinl.iis M|0,0«0: BUSINESS NOTICE.
improving the ( oosa Rivet, Alabama — ....
and Georgia, and dam No. 4, $65,000 *p 0 Cure a Cold in One Dav
The sum of -$-5,000 is ^commended | Take LAX ATIVE BROMO QUININk
for the Apalachicola Lav and $ » . ^(Tablets. T>ruggists refund money p
for St Andrews Ray, Ha. For lm- fails to cure. E. W. GROVE’S sign.v
proving Apalachicola River an ap- | ture Is on each box. 25c.
$670,000 Asked for
Georgia Projects.
WASHINGTON, Dec. I Included
ih the annual estimates submitted to
Congress to-day by Secretary of the
Treasury McAdoo are a number of
items covering public building*
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1.—The ex-
and a ) traordinary session of the Sixt.v-tjiird
'■ \ IIndrical**"device upon which 3,000 < *ongress ended at noon to-day and
«,|\iiire feet of canvas depIctinK the ifie «rst regular session at once be- _ ' aeKre . atinK $670,000
amphitheater unfoldsiat the rear with *an The H..ut-e had already eon- tollcn X tn ' p appropriations arc reeom
lightning rapidity to bear out the rac- : eluded its work of the old session,
ing horses. A hundred extra persons j but the Senate held a 15-minute ex-
are being trained into their parts | eejutive session during the forenoon,
adjourning from 10:55 to 11:55.
spectators.
Mail Theft Suspects
Trapped by Sleuth
A “plant" act by R. K Rarrv. in
spector of malls, in November In
fiuantanamo, Cuba, bore fruit . un -
At the executive session the Sen
ators confirmed ten postmasters, but
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 failed to se
cure confirmation Included Henry M.
Pintle!!, of Illinois, who was named
Writes Carlisle to
Keep Abreast Times
dav when fiHuntpr and John Grams, j for Ambassador to Russia; Alex
two ''sailor' postmasters." were ar- Sweek, of Ore K on, who was appointed
harged with theft Minister to Siam; fifty-five postmas-
reated at Havana -1.
of registered mail. : * pr,i . several secretaries to embassies
For over a year the mails coming j 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
have been tampered with Just a President Wilson will carry to a con-
vear ago Barry went from Atlanta to . lusion his campaign for currency re-
the station but his investigation was form and also work tor other impor-
futile. tant legislation.
ln Novemher Barry w’ent back to Ambitious Prograt i Ahead.
Cuba and set a trap for the mail President Wilson will read his
riflers. A wireless telegram from the message at a joint session at 1 o’clock
naval station this morning from J. Tuesday afternoon.
W Adamson and Frank Pulsipher. Although the program had not bean
two local inspectors, announced the definitely formulated, members looked
arrests. * forward to tackling one of the most
ambitious legislative \asks that any
Congress in a long time has attempt
ed. Here are so:.e»of the subjects
m. (*KT t 1
Christmas Time Nog
i Rural ere iits.
• THOMASVILLE. O.o. 1.-Tho»o Sge^Tdosen appropriation
who think Christmas is not properly bir> .
celebrated without the time-honored Train safety and safety on Lie
Egg Famine Menaces
mended :
For continuing work on the Au
gusta post office and courthouse un
der limit fixed heretofore, $25,000;
completion of the postoffice in Bain- j
bridge. $15,000; completion of the t
Cartersville postofflee, $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 postofflee
projc .ts were authorized upon recom
mendation of late Congressman S. A.
Roddenberv.
The estimates also provide an ap
propriation of $28,500 for the Savan
nah quarantine station, subdivided a-*
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
he 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- I
efrK no R are uneasy last there _be no ; ocean.^^^ Qf thp sh!ppln g trust.
fresh eggs, because of an egg famine p in3 ] act jon on the reports of lobby
in this section. They can still get investigating committee;
the "nog" part
from neighboring
States, where liquor laws are less
The cost of living problem.
_ Legislation to protect women work-
stringent. but it looks now as if they ers.
may be obliged to go against custom Big Appropriation Increase,
and leave out the’egg. The new Congress is called upon
Connoisseurs say eggnog is not good to appropriate over a billion dollars
when made with shipped or storage for the running -expenses of the gov-
Pfrgs. I eminent for the coming fiscal year.
beginning July 1. 1914, and ending
June 30, 1915. Estimates of the cost
i of keeping the governmental machin- I
ery In motion transmitted by Secre- I
QqIIqvO Ha QP i tarv of tlie Treasury McAdoo to
OdIIoI O Old V Kj UOiOb g
4 ' grand total of $1,108,681,777.02.
Appropriations made by Congress
at tlie la.®H regular session totaled
$1,074,305,869.73. The increase is
j therefore $34,375,907.29.
The greatest increase in the gov-
CASTOR IA
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
Stop at
Atlanta's
Newest
and
Finest
Hotel
Winecoff
Bears the
Signature of
Blackstonc of the South
Is the Hotel Winecoff
U. S. Jury Takes Up
The Federal Grand Jury, in session
Monday at Columbus, will take up j
the case of J. B. Sellers, who took lit
tle Mark Coker from her Ranks Coun-
ty home to ** °yji ^ ernment's expenses the coming vear
Sellers took the t oker gill throiiffti , neuartmeTi..
Columbus, where he bought tickets
WASHINGTON, I 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."
writer requested that he be
The
sent some documents "in order that
1 ma> 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. 1. 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 (‘ages. It was necessary to
rneml a broken head and sew up some
knife wounds.
A Message of Vital Importance to Women
Heed the Warnings of Mature!
before serious harm befall you and you become a chronic invalid.
Backache, headache, low spirits, lassitude, hearing down pains are
hard enough to bear, and they give you notice that the delicate femi
nine organs arc not performing their functions in the way intended
by Nature. Act. Don’t wait. Secure at once the help you need.
miiiimimmiiiimmiuii
Now « New
Woman
Mrs. Carrir /.. Hogo of
Dil Rry, Calif., writru. “I
am thankful for th*» oppor
tunity to send a testimonial.
1 had been bothered for six
years with nervousness, a
catarrhal condition which
only women are subject to
and irrejrulant v. Tried sev
eral medicines but all failed.
I was advised tv-my fr ends
to give Dr. Pierce's medi
cines a trial. Have taken
four bottles of ‘Favorite
Prescription* and two of
‘Golden M«*dical Discovery’
and I cannot say enough in
regard to the benefit re
ceived.
"Will take pleasure in rec
ommending your medicines
to all weak and suffering
everywhere 1 go.
DR. PIERCE’S
Favorite Prescriptioi
(In Tablet or Liquid Form)
has been used with entire satisfaction for over forty years and
to the lasting benefit of thousands upon thousands of suffering
women. You will find similar benefit. You will find Dr.
Pierce’s Favorite Prescription efficient in regulating all womanly
functions, correcting displacements, removing pain at certain
times, in toning the nerves and improving the general health
and making life worth while.
Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription has been sold in liquid
form; hut now it may be obtained in either tablet or liquid form
from all dealers in medicines—or send 50 one-cent stamps
and obtain by mail a trial box of the tablets from Dr. Pierce.
If you wish to know how best to care for yourself or for «our
children, send for a free copy of Dr. Pierce's great book. The
Peoples' Common Sense Medical Adviser. This will show
you what to do in emergence and at any time help you to pre-
**rve or maintain the health of your whole family. Send U
one-ccnt stamps to pay the cost of w rapping and mailing and
get your free copy of this 1008 page, cloth-bound book. Address
PR. PIERCE. Invalids’ Hotel. Buffalo. N.Y.
in k tit;:timi!:t:ii!:ti!in
Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets give tone and strength
to stomach, liver and bowels. One to three tiny
granules a dose. Pleasant to take as candy,
r
to a point in Oklahoma,
the jury jurisdiction
This Rives * 8 ?^ 5 *-2.!;
Department
, as against
appropriations last year of $285,441.-
; 271. Increases are the general order
i in all the departments of the gov
ernment, although the pension bud
get the coming vear is expected to
Of Savannah Press
for pensions, while the estimates for
the coming fiscal vear are $169,150,-
SAVANNAH, '
Fire Damages Plant
Buy it by the box
of nearly all dealers
for 85 coots
Dec 1. The office of
The Savannah Press was badly damaged
by a fire that started "ariy Sunday We have moved to our new store,
morning. The business office was com- *
pletely gutted and the machinery flood- 97 Peachtree Street.
ed A force of workmen was turned ’ +
wm not be'misfed' on '''' a " d “ n edttlon ATLANTA FLORAL CO.
dSeaitf pure
healthful
WRIGLEYS
DR. E. G. GRIFFIN IS OFFERING
Special Low Prices
For the Next 39 Days
Back of this offer is a Denial expe
rience of 23 years and an absGiule
GUARANTEE
No Soreness of Gums
With Golddust Plates
Made
Same Day
Our Golddust Plates are the
Strongest and Lightest Made.
$15 Gold-
dust Plates
$8.00 Set of
Teeth . , ,
sent by the box—of twenty
packages—a hundred sticks—
a hundred hours of joy—is a
gift they*II keep on enjoying
long after other gifts are put
aside. Nearly all dealers will
gladly sell it at above price!
‘The Beneficial Confection” is
CROWN AND
BRIDGE WORK
FILLED SOcup
Painiess Extraction 50c
it
sure to please old and young.
It’s ideal for holidays because
it’s delicious aid to appetite
and digestion.
CAUTION!
The great popularity of the
clean, pure, healthful
WRIGLEYS i
is causing unscrupulous per
sons to wrap rank imitations
that are not even real chewing
gum so they resemble genuine
WRIGLEVS. The better
class of stores will not try to
fool you with these imitations.
They will be offered to you
principally by street fakirs,
peddlers and the candy depart
ments of some 5 and 10 cent
stores. These rank imitations
cost dealers one cent a package
or even less and are sold to
careless people for almost any
price.
DR. E. G. GRIFFIN’S
GATE CITY DENTAL ROOMS
24V2 Whitehall Street.
Telephone M. 1708
Over Brown & Allen’s
Ladv Attendant
Bf you want Wrigley's
look before you buy.
Get what you
for•
Painless Dentistry
Grown and Bridge Work
Is possible in the vast ma
jority of cases, and we make
it a practice in every such
case to give our patients
absolute assurance that they
need fear no pain. Twenty-
three years in dentistry and
thousands of s sfied. pa
tients is our^best guarantee.
Porcelain or Gold-Faced
Reinforced by 22-K Gold.
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