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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
STAGE STARSTOGIVE MATINEE
TO SWELL EMPTY STOCKING FUND
Two beautifully dressed dolls ready for some empty stockings.
facilities Will Be Created by It
for Sound Business Expan
sion, He Says in Report.
W \SH7NO-TON, Pec. 3.—The pend-
-■ z ■'vrrevcv reform measure now
: re Cong re** Is indorsed as a bul
wark against financial panics by Sec
retary of the Treasury W. X>. McAdoo
in his first annual report to Con
gress. submitted to-day.
“The people of this country- are to |
he r ngratulated upon the early pros
pect of sound legislation on this Vi
taliy important subject,” says Secre
tary McAdoo. “Should CongTess
k uic'i the fundamentals of this pend
ing measure, it is believed that per- {
inanent protection will be provided I
against recurring financial crises and
that adequate .facilities will be cre-
a ed for that legitimate and sound
expansion of credits so vital to the
prosperity of our great and growing
country.”
A certain business hesitancy aris
ing from tariff and monetary legis
lation before the special session of j
Congress was to be expected, says j
Secretary McAdoo. But, he declares,
there are evidences of a “propaganda
of pessimism” which produced a con
dition of extreme nervousness and
tension. .
Expects Credit Balance in 1915.
Despite the fact that customs will
be ieduced from $318,891,395.86 for
1913 to the estimated sum of $249,-
( 000 in 1915, through tariff revision,
Secretary McAdoo says that there will
be plenty of money to run the Gov
ernment. and it is estimated that
there will be a credit balance next
year and in 1915.
The report, which covers the fiscal
year ended June 30, 1913, estimates
that, whereas the reduction in tariff
ip venues may be more than $69,000.-
000. the estimated receipts from cor
porations and individuals under the
income tax clause of the Underw ood
tariff law will be about $105,000,000.
The recommendations of Secretary
McAdoo are few. Among them are
the following:
That the Secretary' of the Treas
ury's contingent fund be increased
from $20,000 to $50,000.
That four new revenue cutters be
acquired by the Government.
That the expense of maintaining
ice patrols in the North Atlantic
0< can to warn liners of icebergs be
abolished and safe lanes charted or
that the steamship companies pay the
cost of maintaining such patrols.
Would Add to Naval Reserve.
That the life-saving service and the
revenue cutter service be consolidat- i
fri into a coast guard service which
v ild be a sort of naval reserve in ,
time of war.
The total national debt June 30 was i
J2 !»!•;.204,913.66. The total receipts, j
li: luding postal, for the fiscal year of ;
er< $1,014,181,605.49, againstre-l
C pts of $992,249,230.40 for 1912. the,
ir.'-rease in receipts being $21,882,-
375.09.
Tht total disbursements for 1913,
aiding postal, were $1,010,812,449.78, j
against disbursements of $966,273,-
• 77 54 in 1912, an increase of $45,-
538,771.24.
I Hiring the year $41,741,258.03 was
*pont on the Panama Canal. Uiwier
• head of “Cash in Treasury June
the report gives the following
statistics:
Reserve fund of gold coin and bul-
hon, $150,000,000.
Trust funds, $1,573,157J69
«leneral funds, $157,844,703.92.
Tolley Is Elected
Sewanee Captain
CHATTANOOGA, TENN, Dec. 3.—I
Quarterback Lee Tolley was to-day
elected captain of the ,1914 football 1
eievon of the University of the South. ^
CASTOR IA
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
Bears the
Signature of
B. F. STOCKTON
p CUM B IN G
24 S. PRYOR STREET
BOTH PHONES 1«I
Well, the Christmas Editor has
real treat to announce to-day for
friends of the Empty Stocking Fund
and for those who should be friends.
The biggest, most dazzling, most
entertaining and highest priced (but
not to you) star matinee ever held
in Atlanta is going to be put on at
the Atlanta Theater Friday, Decem
ber 12. for the benefit of the young
sters whose belief in Santa Claus
needs your help to save it from being
badly shattered.
Now, jot the date down before you
forget it.
It’s going to be the greatest the
atrical event in Atlanta’s history.
Stage stars known on two continents
will give—as stage folk always do
when they hear the call of the needy
I —of their time and talent to avert the
tragedy of the empty stocking.
Local Players, Too.
There will be* men and women of
the “legitimate,” w’hose salaries are
i not much lower than the President’s;
| stars of variety that have to pay an
income tax almost every' week; and—
iri addition—local talent that w f ill open
your eyes to the cleverness of some
of the folks you know.
The program’s being made up now.
Its details will be announced soon,
and—as one of the Empty Stocking
Fund kids might say—It sure is going
to be a whopper.
In the meantime:
Down on Whitehall street is a win
dow filled with toys and dolls, and
the hundreds of other thing'/ em
blematic of Christmas, that fill the
hearts of boys and girls with joy.
Some of the toys and dolls are me
chanical and are in motion, and all
through the day Juvenile Atlanta—
and adult Atlanta, too—clusters be
fore the window.
A woman and a little boy scarcely
6 years old stopped in front of the
window Wednesday morning. The
woman was clothed plainly. She had
no furs about her neck; she made
shift to protect herself from the chill
air by buttoning her worn jacket
close to her throat. Her ungloved
hands had never felt the warm fur of
a muff.
The child, in a thin red Buster
Brown suit, shivered. His shoes were
overrun at the heel§, and they were
so large they flapped curiously as he
walked. lie wore no gloves, and he
kept his little hands warm by thrust
ing them into the front of his jacket.
Others There, Well Clad.
The mother and her child stopped
in front of the window. Little girls
and boys enveloped in furs stood
there, excitedly telling their mothers,
warmly and stylishly clad, just what
they wanted old Santa Claus to bring
them—and the mothers smilingly
promised “to speak to Santa about
it.”
The poor little boy with the worn
shoes and the thin clothes gazed at
the toys with every line of his little
face reflecting joy. He watched with
fascinated eyes the mad whirlings of
u red and green mechanical fire en
gine and a long, red engine and train
of cars.
His mother watched, too, and the
sadness in her eyes deepened. She
gripped the little hand tighter.
The little boy raised his shining
eyes.
“Mama, can I have a fire engine for
Christmas?”
She stroked the little head.
"I—I—I'm afraid not, dear.”
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Papa, Buy Me a Bradley d rain
We sell only the guaranteed kind. If you find an imperfection, the part
will be replaced.
-==LET us show you ===-
How these trains run. Our salesforce take a special delight in our trains, be
cause they can deliver good train service.
Sets, to wind *■ $1.50 U P
Electric Sets $4.50 up
BRADLEY’S Fo 0 7foT 29 So. Broad St.
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. RICH & BROS. CO. I
Government Inspector Conducts
Investigation of Increased Cost
of Cold Storage Products.
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Eg-gs—cold storage eggs- are sell
ing for 45 cents in Atlanta Wedr.es-
day.
The price may go skyward, or it
may take a drop, the produce men
asked about it weren’t quite sure
themselves.
In the meantime J. L. Bale.v, local
head of the Department of Justice,
is continuing his investigation in the
price of eggs and into who ia hold
ing them in Atlanta. Baley is acting
under orders from the Attorney Gen
eral and his report will be made to
Washington.
There is one thing which is easy
to see; eggs are being sold at whole
sale and retail for uniform prices and
it is evident that there is little or
no competition in that respect.
The retail dealers say tney are sell
ing fresh country eggs, but tTie ex
perts on hen products say there ar;
very few, if any, honest-to-goodness
fresh eggs on the market at this time
of the year.
As in every other city In the United
States, at the present time there is J
a shortage of eggs on the Atlanta I
market.
Baley Tuesday afternoon visit *d
half a dozen produce dealers’ and in
terviewed the managers. Just what ‘
he learned Js not known, as his re
port must go to Washington before
iV can be made public. He continued
his investigation to-day and will be
at work for two or three days more
it will be finished.
There is a difference In opinion
among the egg dealers in Atlanta. A
reporter who talked with several
found that some of the dealers be
lieved that prices were being held up
by the Northern markets, while oth
ers believed that the shortage on the
markets was due to the fact that few
eggs had been put in cold storage last
spring.
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Cancellation Sale: New and
Distinguished $25 to $30 Suits
A maker's orders of ^ a m msmf
suits that were eaneelled | /\ ’ i ^
come to us at about half | fj 1 g m3
of what we would have '■
paid earlier in the season.
We could doubtless sell many of these suits at their
usual price of $25 to $30 and dispose of the rest of
them at the end of January at $14.75. But NO!—
we’ll pass the price advantage on to you
right now* when the suits will do you the
most good.
To this lot of suits we have added the
broken lines of other suits that were worth
from $23.50 to $30—we couldn’t get full
price for them 'k’hon suits just as good were
selling for $14.75. In all, then, there are 148
suits whose prices earlier in the season
would have been $23.50, $25, $27.50 and $30,
to sell Thursday for just $14.75.
In thel48SuitsYouWillFind
about every wanted style and matertaL
There are satiny broadcloths, sturdy serges,
classy cheviots, fashionable velours, the new
failles, beautiful boucles and smart suitings.
Short and medium cutaway coats, plain or
draped skirts. Coats are silk or satin lined.
Plenty of the staple black and blues with a
sprinkling of novelties and other colors.
Choice, $14.75.
Here Are the New Silk Petticoats
French President
£
Klosfit petticoats with messallne or
Jersey tops and accordion pleated
flounce, $4.95.
Satin striped stlk messaltae petti
coats bestrewn with flowers. $9.50.
Plain messallne petticoats, $2.98.
Seeks New Cabinet J 85c to $1.50 Irish Laces
49c
“Won’t Santa Claus bring it to me,
mama, if you ask him to?”
“I hope so. honey; but I don’t
know,” the mother said, chokingly.
The little boy began to cry, softly.
“I never did see Santa Claus,
mama,” he sobbed; “I never had any
thing to play with. J want a fire en
gine.”
And then they went away, the
mother holding the little boy close, as
though she feared that he, too, would
be taken from her as all the joy and
happiness of childhood had been taken
from him. The child sobbed, and the
mother winked hard to keep back the
tea rs
And all he wants is a little red and
green fire engine. It’ll cost maybe a
quarter, maybe a half dollar
And he can’t have it!
Have you ever stopped to think, Mr
Atlanta Man, that there are hun
dreds of such children In Atlanta—
hundreds who want nothing but a
cheap little red and green fire en
gine? And can’t have it, because all
the money the father makes must go
for the bare necessities of life?
It's Up to You.
And after you begin to think about
it, after you get the thought of these
poor little children in your mind—
what kind of a Christmas is YOURS
going to be if you don’t do .something
for them—something to bring the
light to their eyes and joy to thel» |
souls?
Watch your own children play
around the house to-nightr—and then
ask yourself how you’d reel if you
had to tell THEM that Santa Claus
wasn’t coming this year.
Of course, you don’t HAVE to help
the poor little children. You CAN
keep your dollar or your five dollars
and buy yourself a new necktie or a I
new shirt: but
Which had you rather have?
A new shirt or the knowledge that
you had saved a little heart from the
greatest of childish sorrows, and the
knowledge that a grateful mother is
incfliding you in her prayers to the
Almighty?
It is up to YOU to make a choice.
If YOU value a shirt or a necktie
more than you value that warm feel-I
lng. that Indescribable exhilaration of
I soul that follows a good deed—then
j keep your money and spend It as you
see fit.
But if YOU had rather bring peace
and happiness to a home; if YOU had
rather awake Christmas morning
knowing that through YOU some lit-
ile boy or girl is romping and shout
ing in the acme of earthly happiness j
|—then write out a check or put some !
money in an envelope and mall it to j
the Christmas Editor of The Ameri
can fend Georgian.
| It will be applied to the Empty ■
Stocking Fund—and the little boys
will get their fire engines and the lit- I
tie girls will get their dolls.
Here are the latest additions to the j
Christmas fund, including the amount
raised by th6 Tango Tea:
Tango Tea $141.00
B. M. Grant I 15.00 i
A. L. Belle Isle
C. S. King
Mrs. Susan Lanier Johnson .
Dorothy and Jim, Jr.
Fred Lisle Jacobs
Thornv^ell Jacobs
Harold Williams
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
PARIS, Dec. 3. — President Poincare
to-day conferred with the presidents
of the Senate and Chamber of Depu
ties on the selection of a Premier to
form a new Cabinet to succeed the
Barthou ministry which resigned last
night when the government’s propo
sition to exempt the new $260,000,000
loan from taxation was voted down
in the Chamber.
Four men were prominently men
tioned as successors to Premier Bar
thou. They were M. Briand. M. Del-
casse, Paul Deschanel and Paul Du-
puy. M. Oaillaux, former Premier,
led the opposition, supported by So
cialists under M. Jaures.
CLARENCE ANGIER GOES
WITH NEW YORK LIFE
Mr. Clarence Angler, long known,
Very much loved, and greatly re
spected in the life insurance business,
has been appointed special represen
tative of this company. He will have
his office at 403-410 Empire Building
It is not necessary for me to say
that any business with which Mr. An
gler is connected will be handled in
the same way as has everything he
has done up to this time. This com
pany cordially recommends Mr. An-
gier to all classes of Insurers, but
most especially to those whose busi
ness is large enough to make business
protection desirable. Mr. Angler will
make a specialty of this feature of
our business.
NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE
COMPANY.
R. L. COONEY.
Inspector of Agencies at Large.
(Advt-)
—Hand-made Irish cVochet laces for a somewhat
different trimming for collars, shirtwaists, negligees and
children’s garments. Edges only, chiefly in 2-lnch widths.
$1.25 to $1.50 Allover Laces 95c
—40-inch shadow allover laces for boudoir caps and blouses.
Cream and ecru. ,
$1.00 Spangled Crystal Nets 69c
—Diaphanous nets, crystal bestrewn, gleaming like dewdrops
in the sun. In high vogue for. blouses and the prevailing soft draper
ies. Broken color line breaks the price. Blue, lavender and yellow.
45 inches.
Laces Worth to 30c at 10c
—A clean-up of broken lines in Val laces, edges and insertions,
many of them In matched sets, 1 1-2 to 2 1-2 inchee*whle. Round and
diamond thread meshes, Charming for doll dresses, boudoir caps and
other trimmings. Formerly 15e, 20c, 25c and 30c a yard, choice 10c.
New Camesole Laces 29c
—An importer's clean-up lot, shown to-morrow for the first
time. 15 to 18 inches wide. Beading at top and bottom, in high
favor for corset covers.
Diamond Mesh Net 15c
—The less than half price is accounted for by the fact that the
importer had only cream and ecru left. 27 inches wide. For blouses
and all sorts of underdraperies.
$3 to $6 Venise Allover Laces at $1.95
-Fashionable all-over Venise laces for yokes, waists
29c t
29c I
and
Chiefly 20-
blouses. Bewitching patterns in cream, white and eern.
inch widths, though a few patterns run to 45 inches.
(Main Floor, Right.)
50c Initial
Stationery
—A Bplendld quality of high-
grade linen fini3h stationery
with Old English initial em
bossed in gold. 24 correspond
ence cards or 24 sheets of pa
per with envelopes to box.
50c Cretonne
Cabinet at
—A convenient cabinet for the
dresser. 6x6 Inches. Cretonne
covered, contains two drawers,
oval shaped. Pretty and prac
tical. A catch-all tar JL score
and one articles.
$2.50 Leather Sew
ing Baskets $1.49
—The bottom is of wicker;
the top of genuine leather;
finished in dark green or red.
Pitted inside with bodkin,
scissors and various threads.
CLOTHING
Mens Women
Just as good—as reli
able—as stylish Clothing,
Hats and Shoes as you
can find anywhere.
Don’t Hesitate
We will gladly charge
anything you buy—you are
entitled to oredit without
red tape here.
And remember, we guar
antee everything we fell.
Buying for 100 stores means
low prices for you. You are
always welcome.
Men’s Overcoats $10 to $22
Women’s Coats $12 to $32
Lovely Sets of Furs, Milli
nery, Etc., $1.00 a week.
j $35 Oriental Rugs $25
2 No Finer Gift in Santa's Pack
The man who presents his home
2 with an Oriental rug paves the way
» for his own pleasure. In this instance,
JJ moreover, he pleases his purse. For wc have
5 grouped some fifty (50) or more fine Ori-
J ental rugs formerly selling at $30, $35 and
5 $37.50, and offer choice at $25. Handsome
5 rugs, each one perfect. Average size is about
* 3 :6x6 :6. (Rugs—Third Floor.)
75c and $1 Scissors
in Holly Boxes at . .
An importer's reserve stock—each pair of
scissors on an appropriate Xmas card packed
in a neat holly box. Scissors have steel cut
ting blades, with handles of burnished gold.
Choose from
—4 to 6-inch cutting scissors ry fy
4 and 4 1-2 Inch embroidery selSsors
—values 65c, 75c and $1. Choice 4-F Ve
(Main Floor, Center)
designs i
39c $1.98
Fancy Linens i
Would Please «;
Her Who i
Keeps ;■
House *
2*
A winnowing out of odd lots prior to inven-
tory brings these bargains in the nick of time 5-
for Xrnas gifts. * S
41 QQ for $6 to $7.50 Linens—Real ^
Madeira scarfs In buffet, bureau 5?
and sideboard sizes. Madeira work, mind you. Who 5'
does not, admire the bewitching flowerlet and sprav
designs? S?
for $2.50 to $3.50 Linens— 5=;
Fancy Oluny centers and scarfs In «L
various sizes and fine German embroidered pieces t
in colored designs. (Main Floor, Center.) «3
A Gift for a Rainy Day
$5 All-Silk Umbrellas
$3.98
Ladies’ pure silk umbrellas that will shed
rain like a duck’s back. Ebony or mission
handles beautified with gold or silver. A
sensible solution to the Xmas problem.
TheMENTER CO.
71 12 Whitehall SI.
Upstairs
Atlanta. - Georgia
|$1 Silk Stockings
Pure thread silk stockings; full (?Q
fashioned and well finished. Lisle feet 0
*5 and garter tops. Af about half price,
5 because they are “seconds/* They show little hurts,
j* which will never do any particular harm. All
-5$ sizes, black only. (Main Floor, Right)
$6.50 Wool Blankets
Because of the new tariff, the mill mmt
will make certain changes in this wL |a^
blanket next year, so they closed iDi/
out the stock at a 20 per cent dis- *
count. The concession passed on to you
brings these heavy $6.50 all-wool blankets at
$5. Choice of all white or fancy plaids. Big,
roomy fellows, full 11-4 size or *68x80 inches.
(Main Floor, Right.)
All of Our 50c
Pleatings at 25c
Pleating and ruchings are such pretty
fluffy ruffy things that they take up a world
of room. Because we just can’t spare this
space, all our 50e ruchings and pleatings
must go at 25e. Variously of shadow laces,
nets and malines. * Black, white and combi
nations in colors. 1 1-2 to 4 inches wide. 25c.
(Main Floor. Rlghtt
ijtowmmNNMm/'WA M rich & bros. co.