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THK ATLANTA flEORfilAN AND NEWB. 1 FOR TIE SOUTH GEORG MET top Warren A innounced the s for the next South Georgia wing MACON, Dec. 1. -Bin Candler this afternoon assignment* of mlnlste conference year In the Methodist Conference. The fol were assigned to new charges, others being returned to their old lions: Macon District Macon. Ontei Loy Warwick; Macon. W. E. Arnold; Knoxville, J. B (supply). Roberta ami Jordan; Gordon circuit, Spread circuit, H. War then vclrcult, •!. Wrens circuit, T. A. Moseley anxl Oak Grove, T. W. Mas, ply); missionary to Cuba Whitsehea d. Savannah District: Presiding e der, J. B. Johnstone; Savannah, We ley Mo mi merrt al. Paul W. Ellis ton, H. C, Brewton; Girard 8 W. Brown. Dublin District! Wrightaville. G. Alla be*; HwaJnsboro circuit, F Cowart; Wad ley, .Fames Ft Graymont and Summitt. K ton; Ktillmore and Matter, Barr, Brew ton circuit, P loway. Garfield circuit, J. v i 1 i e Find Shili rult, ult Mo< Ft M B< 1 Jump >nth Ste I: vaI - it. t kle i A1 tarn aha Hagan and m y. Alamo District Missi i r.v, »nd 8tree Musella. C. A It, B Michael; <’. Fen trees; E Sampley; It. H W. It Webb; R Sul- D 1 >• T. Hol- J. Han dera. Adrain and Orlana, G. R Par- tin, Scott circuit, H .1 Graves; Soper- ton circuit, R A. Stewart; Dexter circuit. Silas Johnstone; Empire cir cuit, G. W. Pharr; Harrison circuit, W, C. Embry. Thomasvllle District Thomasvllle. O. F. Cook; Blakely, B. K. Whitting ton. Bain bridge, Robert Kerr. Boston circuit, B. A. Brown; Jakln circuit W. Hutchinson; Baconton circuit. P. Allen; Attapulgus circuit, B. Moore; Ochlocnee circuit, H. F. Owen; Climax circuit. J. D. McCard Blakely c ircuit, J. T. Budd, Faceville circuit, C. K. Dell c’ordele District Cordele, Waller Anthony; Oglethorpe. J S. Jardon; Montezuma, Guyton Fisher; Mystic c ircuit. B. c. Prlchett; Pinevlew c ir cuit. J A. Sconyers; Rebecca circuit, .1 D. Snyder; oak field circuit. W. E Hightower; Tutor in Emory College, l.. c. Gray; Missionary In Cuba. E. E. Clements. McRae District: McRae. T. E. I >avQ|iport. Helena and Milan. W. A Mallary; I0a8tm.ni, W. E. Townsen; Baxley, S. A. Hearn; Dumber City and Scotland, C. .\f. Dehebter; Hazle- hurst, c. E. Cook. Jacksonville cir cuit; S. W. Sneed, Milan circuit, W. D. McGregor; Chauncev circuit, B. F. West; Vidallft, E. II. McGhee; Mount Vernon c ircuit. II c Ewing; Dyons and Collins, .1 VV. Weston; USE OF CALOMEL PRACTICALLY STOPPED Dangerous Drug Giving Way for Safer. More Reliable Remedy. Rel. hik da. Hr Bell ville, circuit, — 8. E. Jenkins. Columbus District- Columbus, East Highlands, 8. c Ol iff; Columbus, North Highlands, 'I*. K. Drake; Colum bus. Methodist Tabernacle, G. F. Aus tin Hamilton, 'I* E. Pharr. Geneva, c. 8 Bridges; Talbot Hmitt, A. G. Brewton; Reynolds, H W. Joiner; Buena Vista, J. B. McUehee; Mat Ion circuit* O. D. Evans. Amerlcus DlstrlM Presiding elder, T. D Ellis. Ciithhert, N. H. Wil liams. Bumpkin, Walter McMillan; Aldred I Sprlngvalo and Georgetown, F. B. /uiir,. 'Stokes I^eary circuit. W. O. Pllsher. Amerlcus mission, Walter Wiliams. Valdosta District Valdosta W F Smith, Moultrie, E. M Overby; Ash- bmn. J. B. Thrasher; Sylvester, T. G. Bang. Norman Park, A. P. Sedgers; Poulan circuit, Ft W. Cannon; Syca more circuit, C. M. Infinger; Doerun circuit, M. B. Boykin; Morgen circuit, .1. D. Smith; Edwards Mission, Aaron Kelley, Alapaha circuit, ft. F. Dennis; Sale City circuit, H. M Leggett; Mill- town .1 W, Connors; Bridgeboro cir cuit. W. W. Hill; Ashburn circuit, YV M. Hayward; Grosser Mission, T. <>. Bambert; 'Omega circuit. F. B. (.’ole- man; Moultrie circuit, O. W. IJttle; Ht. George Mission, J. B. Brown. Wayeross District: Presiding el der. j. 1' Tyson. Wayeross, First Church, J. H. Scruggs. Wayeross. Trinity. J C. Flanders; Brunswick, First Church, c. A. Jackson; Bruns wick, McKendree. W. C Francis; [>arlen E. M. Elder, Cranberry clr- cult, W. c Austin; Blackshear cir cuit, M. W. Flanders; Mershom cir cuit, E. M Sanders; VVaresboro cir cuit. D B. Merritt; Pearson circuit, Placing of Massive Ben Hur Race Scene Draws Large Crowd Crowds gathered about Hie stage entrance to the. Atlanta Theater Mon day to witness one of the wonders of stagecraft—the preparations for the produ on of 11* n Hur* opens Monday night for one week. ■ ,ra im ng • a 1 ■ •• I drlcnl structures and endless rolls <>f < AriVaa were visible on all sides, with a score of workmen hurrying to and fro under ihe guidance of a master mechanic. The most intricate mechanism i« 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 positions, and a cylindrical device upon which 3,000 square feet of canvas depicting *he amphitheater unfolds at the rear with lightning rapidity to bear out the rac ing horses A hundred extra persons are heing trained into their parts a» 4 pec ta i ors. Mail Theft Suspects Trapped by Sleuth m is fi Off Tim FOB decrease of about $11,- OF Guy- rcuit, OGLETHORPE TDRUNU.S. Committee Members Are Jubilant New Session Begins at Noon, as Result of Initial Canvass Wilson to Read Message of Atlanta. Tuesday. 000 or 1 000,000. For increased efficiency in the col lection of statistics as to the cotton production, a greatly increased ap propriation is asked. BAst year the | sum of $354,000 was appropriated for this purpose. The coming year Sec retary Red field 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 (from Head of Passes to mouth of the Dii lot. $6,000,000; Mississippi bor, $33,250; improving the 26-foot channel, Savannah harbor, $250,000; continuing the improvement of the Altarnalia, Oconee and Ocmulgee Kiv- era. $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 Chattahoochee River, Georgia and Alabama, below Columbus,, $120,000; improving the Coosa River, Alabama and Georgia, and darn No. 4. $65,000 l ij«q 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 a large allowance of $300,000 is recorn mended for the St. Johns River from Jacksonville to the ocean. For the construction of locks and dams and improving the Tombigb^ Black Warrior and Warrior Ri\. , in Alabama $500,000 is recommend. ,i The sum of $100,000 is recommends for the Alabama River. BUSINESS NOTICE. Cure a Cold in One L y 'lake BAXATIVE BROMO QUIM 'Tablets. Druggists refund mone\ fails to cure. E. W. GROVE’S sipi , . ture Is on each box. 26c. Rlvi nea jwj (from mouth is). $2,670,000. ;>f Ohio to Mln- Wiih the actual organized cam paign in Atlanta for Oglethorpe Uni versity funds onl., few h< urs old, ihe twenty subcommittee chairmen niet Monday noon for luncheon In the Piedmont Hotel and reported the gratifying addition of nearly $5,000 to the $12,900 already subscribed 1n tilts 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 $3,000 wiil be announced Tuesday at the noon luncheon WASHINGTON. Dec. 1—The ex- ! traordinary session of the Sixty-third I Congress ended at noon to-day and Hundreds of people In this vicinity alone have stopped the use of danger our calomel when their liver Is acting slowly, and take Dodson’s Diver Tone Instead Dodson s Diver Tone is always safe and has none of the bad aftereffects which wo often follow tire use of calo mel It is n pleasant-tasting vegeta ble liquid that starts the liver gently and surely, and relieves constipation and | biliousness and causes no restriction of i habit or diet. Many preparat4ons have sprung up that Imitate the claims made for i>od- son s Elver 'l one, but remember Pod son’s Uver Tone is the tried and tested . remedy that has proven such a good ' medicine and is so HHtlsfactory to every 1 user is the reason these imitation* ar« or rhe market Dodson’s Elver Tone can not hurt anyone and if it falls to do at! that in claimed for It all druggists who nail 1’. will give your money back with a smile —Advt. I G. W. Thomas; FolkstOn circuit, M. Marshall; Dupont Mission, F. B. Coleman. New Dances Denounced. MACON, Dec* 1. The report ofi the committee on temperance, moral and social reform, decrying the ten dency of the times In regard to dress, dancing and other alleged evils, was unanimously adopted without change by the South Georgia Methodist Gon- 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 Home fads are only sins and some debutantes haven’t sense enough to know it and should be 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 Cicero was not far wrong when he said, ’No man being sober will dance.’ The 1914 session of the South Georgia Methodist Conference will be held in Dawson. meeting probably during 'Thanksgiving week Thomasvllle was nu applicant but Dawson received an , overwhelming vote. No Syrup Like VeIva No Syrup So Good A ‘•plant'' by R K Barrv. In • pc,.tor of mail*. In November In Guantanamo, Cuba, bore fruit Sun day when O. Hunter and John Grams, two "sailor postmasters,” were ar rested at Havana (barged with theft of registered mail. For over a year the mails coming in and going out of the central ship ut ihe naval station at Guantanamo have been tampered with Just a year ago Barry went from Atlanta to ilie station, but his investigation was futile. In November Barry went back to Cuba and set a trap for the mail rlflers. A wireless telegram from the naval station this morning from .1 W Adamson and Frank Pulsipher, two local Inspectors, announced the arrests Egg Famine Menaces Christmas Time‘Nog’ THOMA8VILLE. Dec 1 -Those who think Christmas is not properly celebrated without the time-honored pggnog are uneasy lest there be no fresh egKS, 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 nol good when made with shipped or storage eggs 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 he be sent some documents "in order that keep abreast of the times.” Mr. Carlisle was Secretary of the Treasury 20 years ago, and has been dead almost ten years. Attempt to Blow Augusta Safe Fails AUGUSTA, Dec. B—That an un successful attempt to blow the safe of the People's Oil Company, just over the North Augusta bridge In South Carolina, with either nitro glycerine or dynamite, was made either Saturday night or Sunday was discovered this morning by H. C Boardman. owner of the company when he went to his office Chief of Police Elliott, of Augusta and Marshal Hahn, of North Au gusta. were called in and have begun an investigation. had vhon ! \n several of the committees hardly entered into their work v the ttrst report was made, the re sponse was regarded a* highly satis factory and as promising generou. ubscrlptlons during the remainder * e campaign. The committee chairmen will m*e very day at the Piedmont and ^ port* their progress mittee has been allotted a » trlct and given the names of su '- ribers to the original fund for lie building of Oglethorpe. Not until report has been made on every name will the committee’* work he ompleted. * New Subscriptions Announced. The subscriptions announced at the Monday luncheon were: N©w subscriptions already ac knowledged. $12,900. Dr. .1. Cheston King reported $-45 , follows E. S. Mabry, $30; V. B. Harper. $15; A. C. Minhinnet. $La; W. Fussell, $50; P. B. Provano. $25; J R. Padgett, $75; George Metz. *~E P Boltenfield reported: John D. Babbage. Jr., $100; 8. E. Davidson, $30. Harris G White reported: R. W Davis). $25! John S. fohen, $200:.I Zimmer, $25: W. i.>. I'lllta. Jr., $.»0; II. Porter. $25: I^ee M. Jordan, $50; bo Ivey $25; D. R. Walraven. $i>0; L Pettigrew, $50; H. Wllensky, 50; W. I, .Peel, $250. lohn Brice reported . Homer George. ,30; J. I,. Williford, $150; E. C. Cart- ledge. $20; Peter F. Clarke. $10. Henry Reliant reported: Hagan & Dodd Co, $500: Trio Laundry, $100; rank E. I.owenatein, $50. James R. Gray reported: R. L. ooney. $250. C. D. Montgomery reported: C. vv. Hunnleut, $100; James Leslie Buford. 10. C. P Glover reported: C. D. Mea dor, $26; John N. Malone, $25; Ed win C. Stewart. $50, Heinz & Co, $30. Executive Vice Chairman Ivan E. Allen reported: Mrs. Berta M. Smith, $600. Other subscriptions, names not giv en, totaled $2,000. Athens to Fight for A Message of Vital Importance to Women niiiimiiiiiimiiiinimiiii Heed the Warnings of Nature! before serious harm befall you and you become a chronic invalid. Backache, headache, low spirits, lassitude, bearing down pains are hard enough to bear, and they give you notice that the delicate femi nine organs are not performing their functions in the way intended by Nature. Act. Don’t wait Secure at once the help you need. DR. PIERCE'S Favorite Prescription (In Tablet or Liquid Form) has been used with entire satisfaction for over forty years and to the lasting benefit of thousands upon thousands of suffering women. You will find similar benefit. You will find Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription efficient in regulating all womanly functions, correcting displacements, removing pain at certain times, in toning the nerves and improving the general health and making life worth while. Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription has been sold in liquid form; but now it may be obtained in either tablet or liquid form from all dealers in medicines —or send 50 one-cent stamps and obtain by mail a trial box of the tablets from Dr. Pierce. Now a Now Woman Mr*. HOOO Afrs. Corn# Hogn ef Del Key, Cali/., write* "I •m thankful for the opix>r- t unity to nonda tmtimonial. I boon bothrrod for six years with nervousness, a catarrhal condition which only women are subject to and irregularity. Tried sev eral med’cinos butall failed ! was advsod by rrjy friends to give Dr. Pierce's medi clues a trial Have taken feur bottles of ‘Favorite Prescription' and two of *Golden Medical Discovery’ and T cannot say enough in regard to the benefit re- o«!ved * W>11 take pleasure in rec- omrr*»’'d'ng vour medicines to a!' weak and suffering women everywhere T g<$ iinnitNiniiiiiiiiiiniiiiiii If you wish to know how best to care for yourself or for your children, send for a free cony of Dr Pierce s jrreat hook. The Peoples Common .Sense Medical Adviser Tins will show \o:i what to do in emergent • and al any time help you to pre serve or maintain the health of your w hole family Send 31 o ic cent stamps to pay the cost of wrapping and mailing and get vour free copy of this 1008 page, cloth bound book Address DR. PIERCE. Invalids' Hotel. Buffalo. N.Y. D Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets give tone and stren to stomach, liver and bowels. One to granules a dose. Pleasant to take $gth tiny as candy. the llrnt regular session at once be gan. 'The House had already con cluded its work of the old session, but the Senate held a 15-fninute ex ecutive session during the forenoon, adjourning from 10:55 to 11:55. 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. ! Plndell, of Illinois, who was named for Ambassador to Russia; Alex ! Sweek, of Oregon, who was appointed Minister to Siam; fifty-five postmas- j tern, several secretaries to embassies ; and secretaries to legations. There was little of ceremony about lilach subcom- i ushering in of the session at which ertain dis- President Wilson will carry to a con clusion 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.’in definitely formulated, members looked 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 newfcfongress v ill take up: Final action on the currency bill. Anti-trust legislation. Rural credits. Naval program. Passage of a dozen appropriation | bills. Train safety and safety on th* ocean. Regulation of the shipping trust. P’lnal 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 I to appropriate over a billion dollars for the running expenses of the gov- I eminent for the coming fiscal year j beginning July 1, 1914, and ending j June 30, 1915. Estimates of the cost of keeping the'governmental machin- I erv in motion transmitted by Secre- j tary of the Treasury McAdoo to $670,000 Asked for ! Georgia Projects. 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 recoih- mended: For continuing work on the Au gusta pout office and courthouse un der limit fixed heretofore, $25,000; completion of the postofflee in Bain- bridge, $16,000; completion of the (’artersvllle postofflee, $16,250; com pletion of the postoffice in Cedar- town. $5,000; commencement of poet- office building In Quitman. $6,000; commencement of postofflee building in Thomasvllle. $10,000. The Bain- bridge and Thomasvllle postofflee I projects were authorized upon recom mendation of late Congressman 8. A. Roddenbery. 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, $1<>.- 000; for dredging near station, $5,50(1; for widening and strengthening quar antine wharf. $5,500; for detention quarters for crews of Infected ves- J 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 l A For Infants and Children. The,Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of v.YQ., Stop at Atlanta's Newest and Finest Hotel IV inecoff Blackstont of the South Is the Hotel Winecoff V Speaker Champ Clark, aggregate the grand total of $1,108,681,777.02. Appropriations made by Congress at the last regular session totaled I $1,074,305,869.73. The increase i therefore $34,375,907.29. The greatest increase in the gov- ernment’s expenses the coming year 1 will be in the Postofflee 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- T a TITOV Pato mi r!na I ernment, although the pension bud- JjUWgI Uil \JUCll the coming year Is expected to show a notable decrease. Bast year Congress appropriated $180,300,000 for pensions, while the estimates for the coming fiscal year are $169,150N THEN'S, Dec. 1.—Athens will in a few days carry a fight that has been started here to the Railroad Commis sion for lower coal rates from the fields of Tennessee and Virginia. It is claimed that Gainesville, At lanta and Macon enjoy lower ratvs than Athens, and the Chamber of Commerce has initiated the fight. We have moved to our new store, 97 Peachtree Street. ATLANTA FLORAL CO. DR. E. G. GRIFFIN IS OFFERING Special Low Prices For the Next 80 Days Back of this otter is a Dental expe rience ot 23 years and an absolute GUARANTEE Buy H by the box of nearly all dealers for 85 cents Clean, pure healthful WRIGLEYS^ SPEARMINT V / h N ° Scenes* of Gums 5 Gold With Golddust Plates Made Same Day Our Golddust Plates are Ihe Strongest and Lightest Made. dust Plates $8.00 Set of Teeth . . . CROWN AND BRIDGE WORK sent by the box—of twenty packages—a hundred sticks— a hundred hours of joy—is a gift they 9 ll keep on enjoying long after other gifts are put aside. Nearly all dealers will gladly sell it at above price! “The Beneficial Confection” is sure to please old and young. It’s ideal for holidays because it’s delicious aid to appetite and digestion. Pa inless Extraction 50c DR. E.G. GRIFFIN’S GATE CITY DENTAL ROOMS 24V* Whitehall Street. Telephone M. 1708 Over Brown & Allen’* Ladv Attendant CAUTION! The great popularity of clean, pure, heaSihhrt WRIGLEY’Sk. ? is cansing tmaernpotous per sons to wrap rank imitations that are not even real chewing gum so they resemble genuine WmGLtEirS. 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. It yon want Wrigley’s look before you buy. Get what you pay for. Painless Dentistry Is possible In the vast ma jority of oases, and we make it a practice in every 9uch 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 her.* guarantee Crown and Bridge Work $3 4 Porcelain or Gold-Faced Reinforced by 22-K Gold. Be SURE h’s WRIGLEVS a We are msertmg the abo<*f« caution solely to protect our customers, who are eontinuallv writing me that they has* beenae^red by mutsuoas which they Dnrr.ha.vci thinking uicy rare wmrjm