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T1IK ATLANTA UEUKOXAN AND NEWS.
IMS;
HOW ONE ATLANTA GIRL IS HELPING!
TO SWELL EMPTY STOCKING FUND
Iflams Cease in Greater Part of
District, But Waco Still
Is in Peril.
MISS LOTT IK 1.1 A 1T1KKS.
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DAi.I-.AP, TEXAS, I>«c. 5.-A1-
, n „ u g-n flood conditions had Improved
i|. rorthern section of central
iTsxas, the flood center had moved
liouthward to-day and lives and
11 roper' ■ were menaced between
IHe»rnes and Richmond. The heavy
|r»:ns had ceaaad.
isos River a - Waco to-aa,‘
i & d i sen two feet, and flood eondi-
■ ere growing worse h rally
IR a .ln was still falling here this morn-
I lac
u Hearne boats were expected
|».„m itiuston to rescue more than
|lt ; fone who spent the night in
MSS t*‘ i-
A railroad bridge collapsed near
I'leagt).' and a locomotive went down
|wttb It. Tbe ciesv swam 10 safely,
lbut the engine waa burled i u sand
land water.
I The total number drowned during
II he flood was reported to be 28 It
|ls believed, however, there are other
I, uni., unreported from the isolated
[sections.
killed by dive clan.
MEMPHIS, Dec. 5.~Because F. H.
amble a machinist, 51 years old
liesented an attempt by a woman to
|)ure him into a resort, he was killed
|bv the woman’s companion, who later
[neaped. Tamble was well known In
[Memphis He came here from Naah-
ville
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!Low Prices
Our liberal credit system
[ makes it possible for every
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dress in the very acme of
style RIGHT NOW, whether
they have the cash or not.
Note and compare the follow-
ins REMARK A BDE REDUC
TIONS on Ladies’ and Misses'
Suits
AND
Coats
I Worth $25 to $35 at
$12,501(422.50
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Unique Plan Laid to Brighten
Christmas of Little Children
of the Poor,
Now, the Christmas Editor being
a mere man, probably has no right
to do this, but he is g'oing to preach
a little sermon to the young girls of
Atlanta.
The object of the sermon, of course,
is to get YOU to do something to
help along the Empty Stocking Fund,
through which The American and
Georgian hopes to brighten the lives
of hundreds of poor little Atlanta
boys and girls.
And the sermon is going to be pref
aced with the story of what one At
lanta girl—young and pretty and with
opportunity, of spending her time in
hundreds of ways more exciting than
working for little boys and girls she
doesn’t know- is doing for the fund.
How She Is Helping Fund.
It came to the ears of the Christ
mas Editor, through devious ways,
that Miss Lottie Leathers, of No. 125
Washington street, was working
quietly but effectively for the Empty
Stocking Fund, and thither the
Christmas Editor hastened.
“Now,” he demanded, “tell us Just
what you are doing for the fund and
how you are doing it?”
Miss Leathers smiled.
“I didn't want to tell just yet,” she
said, “because, you s
all my plans laid ye
raised any money, t
at least, I’m goie
I know how
Fund is the most sj
ever heard of, and <
lanta ought to do
it along. Maybe I
success; but I'll have
of knowing that I ti
thing for the poor
girls who aren't go
Christmas.
Interesting He
“I’m trying to int
friends in the idea, a
a club and try t*> r
for the furd
some things a1
or maybe we can jo
our friends and
something to the fi
care whether we gt 1
e, I haven’t got
, and I haven’t
it I’m going to;
try the hardest
•hnpty Stocking
lendid idea I've
rery girl in At-
nething to help
von’t have any
the satisfaction
ed to do some-
little boys and
ig to have any
Friends.
•est all my girl
>d we will form
.•a some money
• we can make
and sell them,
the memory of
•e them to give
We don’t
any credit for
the gifts we influence or not; if some
one makes a donation to the fund be
cause of our efforts to interest them
and then never says a word to us
about it, we’ll be just as happy as
though the gift had first been turned
over to us.
"Like most girls, I suppose, I never
paid much attention to the appeals of
the Christmas Editor until last night,
when my little brother came over
where I was reading the .paper *q<3
asked if it said anything about Santa
(’laus. I read the Christmas story to
him, and then when he said he hoped
Santa would find the houses of the
poor little boys and girls I got to
thinking how it would almost break
my heart if I knew that my little
brother couldn't have any Christmas.
“And then I thought of the hundred*
of girls whose little brothers and sla
ters won’t have any Christmas unless
someone gives it to them—and it
didn’t take very' much of that sort of
thought to make me realize that I
ought to do something for the Empty
stocking Fund.
Doing All She Can.
“1 may not be able to do much—
hut I’m going to do what I can, as I
I think every girl In Atlanta would
trv to do something if she. would only
think how she would feel if her own
When the
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COURT
Say« Sell
I j That’s Final!
j MEN’S SHOES
B 'S lot Men’s
V «D fine, brand
ne ' A ' Shoes that
I sold
All
up to $5,
9o for
$2.99
Snatch - 3nc) .
lot La-
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11 Shoe's d r ’ n ' s
49 c
, That's a gift
I pp,c « sure.
Tots of"
ohoes,
$1.39
a, And
I $1.69
M «»« half.
THE BIG SALVAGE SALE
“^BANKRUPT STOCK
Ordered Sold By the U. S. Bankrupt Court
And Turned
Over to
Has only just begun. Hundreds upon hundreds of new, fc i diter bargains will be
placed on sale at literally "give-away” prices.
the r piace 20 W. Mitchell St.—Satuaday 8 A. M.
Watson prices make stocks “melt” like snow in the sunshi,: tumble garments for
men, women and children, shoes, furnishing’s, Christmas gifts- s< ---INS—BARGAINS—
thousands of them at “next-to-nothing” prices. Watson don't ce
IRA A. WATSON & CO. IS
CLOTHING
MEN’S
SUITS
Here’s a
brand new
stock of cloth
ing that is going
to be sold so
quick It will go
away in a
hurry.
OVERCOATS
Men’s elegant $10
Overcoats go for
$4.99
OVERCOATS
Men’s choice, full
$18,00 Overcoats
all go for
$9.99
OVERCOATS
$8.39 and $12.48
The latter the kind
that sell for $25.00,
$27.50 and $35.00.
Extra Special—
Big lot finest new
$3.50 Hats, bunch
ed and go for
$1.89
The biggest bar
gain in fine hats
ever offered.
A GREAT BIG LOT <
25c ARTICLES
bunehed to go for a 10c j
A great big galvanized bn
et, 10c.
Graniteware 10c, and 1
to oQc size graniteware : :
goes for
25c
HATS
Looks like a “Hat
Store”—there ar«
so many nice new
Bonar” and Stet
son shapes and
other fine hats.
One big lot goes
for
99c
MEN’S
SUITS
that sell for up
to $12.50, all go
for
$4.99
That's going
some. “Wat
son don’t care.”
DON’T FORGET THESE DATES IN
THE EMPTY STOCKING CAMPAIGN
Here are the Big Dates in the Empty Stocking Campaign,
and the things to remember as Christmas draws rapidly nearer:
1. Tango Supper at the Hotel Winecoff, at 10:30 o’clock next
Monday night, December 8. You just drop in after the show,
maybe j if a bit late for the supper, you’ll be in good time for
the tangoing; and, anyway, you’ll have a great, big time—and
you'll hit old Empty Stocking a resounding wallop, too, which
is one ,of the finest indoor sports in the world at this season of
the year.
2. Star matinee at the Atlanta Theater, Friday, December
12, at 2:30 o’clock in the afternoon. Choice acts from the
Forsyth and movie bills; contributed numbers by Atlanta so
ciety folk; and, for the climax, the ‘‘big act” from “Fine
Feathers,” at the Atlanta, with Robert Edeson, Wilton Lackaye,
Rose Coghlan, Lolita Robertson aiul Max Figman in the star
roles. The biggest show of the year.
And— Don’t forget that there are dolls to be dressed. Dolls
are great institutions, somewhat like children, with whom they
are so closely allied. Also (like children) they need to be
dressed before being paraded. You can get the dollies, arrayed
only in their little store wrappers, at the office of The Georgian,
20 East Alabama street, or at the Winecoff, or at the Piedmont,
or the Ansley, or the Majestic, or the Georgian Terrace.
And also don’t forget the subscriptions. That was the main
thing, to begin with, and it continues to be the Main Chance of
about 3,000 little chaps who otherwise wouldn’t have much of a
look-in for the Christmas joy business. Send your check to the
Christmas Editor, care of The Georgian; or walk around to 20
East Alabama street and hand him the money.
Time’s getting short now.
little brothers and sisters were not
going to have any visit from San a
Claus.”
And the sermon?
Well, lust sit down and see if you
nan't get your own sermon out of this
story- And then go into the highways
and byways and preach it to your
friends And while you're doing that
just remember what Dry den said:
"His preaching much, but more his
practice, wrought,
A living sermon of the truths he
taught.”
And for those girls of Atlanta wno
have not the time or the inclination
to follow Mlse Leathers' example and
devote many of their leisure moments
to working for the Empty Stocking
Fund there is still something you can
do.
You can dress a doll.
Scores of Atlanta women are doing
that now, and if YOU want to dross
a doll—just walk into the office of The
Georgian and American at No. 20 East
Alabama street and ask the Christ
mas Editor for one.
He'll give it to you—and he’ll thank
you in behalf of the little girl who is
going to be made happy—by YOU,
Bird Champion Will
Tell of Weevil Fight
James Henry Rice, Jr., field agent of
the National Association of Audubon
Societies, will lecture at the Carnegie
Library Friday night on “Georgia's
Crisis—The Coming of the Boll Weevil.”
This will be the second lecture that Mr.
Rice has delivered in Atlanta, and a
large crowd is expected to hear him
Mr. Rice will urge that the game and
birds ot Georgia be protected by ade
quate laws, and has several times voiced
the opinion that when this protection
was given the birds a great step will
have Deen taken toward preventing the
boll weevil from obtaining & foothold in
the State.
Whisky Blamed for
His Turning Burglar
AUGUSTA, Dec. 6 — H. B. Goutchtua,
a machinist of No. 302 Pine street, and
formerly a highly esteemed citizen of
this city, is in jail here charged with
burglary. It is alleged that he broke
into the residence of H. L. Veasey. bat
tering tbe door down, and was attempt
ing to get off with some articles when
Veasey t aught him and turned him
over to the police.
Whisky is said to have been the cause
of Goutchius' downfall.
prkbidio, Texas, via marfa,
Dee. 5.—Couriers traveling in advance
of the caravan of refugees from Chi
huahua rode Into Presidio to-day
with tragic stories of hardship and
distress. They said that the main
body of the fugitives would reach the
border late this afternoon. The flee
ing Federal aoldiers seised whole
families along the way as hostages to
prevent any attack by the Constitu
tionalists.
For more than a week the refugees,
soldiers and civilians (men, woman
and children), have plodded over the
180 miles of Mexican desert and
mountain land lying between Chihua
hua and the border.
Exhausted man and children, foot
sore and worn out by hardships and
lack of water and food, were left by
the wayside to die slowly of thirst
and hunger.
Treasure Left in Flight,
Some of th«» rldh members of the
fleeing army—for there are a number
of wealthy Mexican families amotig
the refugees—were compelled by
General Mercado's soldiers to kill
their horses and mules for food. Even
the pack animals carrying a treasure
in bullion and platV- owned bV the
Terrazas and other rich Mexican fam
ilies w'cVe slain for food.
Straggling bands of soldiers flanked
the caravan and acted as advance and
rear guard to prevent any attack by
bandits.
When the flight started, many of
the wanderers threw away arms, pro
visions and clothing in panic. When
the mountain country was struck,
the weather became very cold and
exposure added to the distress of tho
fugitives.
Examples of noble sacrifice among
the civilians were common. Father?
and mothers discarded their own
clothing that their children might be
warm.
The United States military and
civil authorities are co-operating o
care for the hungry and penniless
refugees. An emergency camp has
been established by Captain Going
of Troop E, Fifteenth United Status
Cavalry
THE SILTS IF VOIIA filCS HITS <
SITS DRUGS EXCITE THE KIDUETS
Salts Harmless to Flush Kidneys
and Neutralize Uric Acid, Thus
Ending Bladder Trouble.
When your kidneys hurt and your
back feele sore, don’t gH seared and
proceed to load your stomach with a lot
of drugs that excite the kidneys and ir
ritate the entire urinary tract. Keep
your kidneys dean like you keep your
bowels clean, by Hushing them with a
mild, harmless salts which removes the
body's urinous waste and stimulates
them to their normal activity. The
function of the kidneys Is to filter the
blood. In twenty-four hours they strain
from It 600 grains of add and waste, so
we can readily understand the vital im
portance of keeping the kidneys active.
Drink lots of water—you can't drink
too much; also get from any pharmacist
about 4 ounces of Jad Salts; taka a ta
blespoonful in a glass of water before
breakfast each morning for a few days
and vour kidneys will act fine. This fa
mouK salts Is made from the acid of
grapes and lemon Juice, combined with
lithta. and has been used for generations
to clean and stimulate clogged kidneys,
a’so to neutralise the aoida in urine ao
it no longer Is a source of irritation,
thus ending bladder weakness.
.Tad Salts is inexpensive; can not in
jure; makes a delightful effervescent
.l .hia water drink which every ena
should take now and then to keep their
kidneys clean and active. Try thia, also
keen up the water drinking, and no
doubt you will wonder what became of
your kidney trouble and backache.—
Advt.
CARDS
FOR CHRISTMAS GREETING
Buster Brown
Camera $2.00
A perfect machine—satisfaction guaran
teed. Size picture 2^4»4 l 'a. Leather cov
ered; all metal parts highly polished. Loads
in daylight, 6 or 12 pictures on a film. Mail
ed on receipt of price. Send for catalog G.
E H. CONE, Inc., 2 Stores, Atlanta.
should express one’s individual taste in as great a degree as a cor
dial personal greeting. This is only accomplished by & Specially
Engraved Card bearing the sentiment of good will and the sender's
name or autograph.
Our samples show the newest ideas. Order now.
J. P. Stevens Engraving Co., 47 Whitehall Street, Atlanta.
Eats 30 Strychnine
Tablets for Candy
FORSYTH, Deo. 6— Robert Meek,
The 2%-year-old son of Vergil Meek,
of Forsyth, is in a precarious condition
as a result of strychnine poisoning The
little boy, finding a box of pink tab
lets and thinking they were candy, ate
«W of them. He was soon seized with
violent convulsions.
Antidotes were administered and it
is thought the child’s life will be saved
Monkey Given Poison
And Gas; Won’t Die
ST. LOUIS, MO., Dec. 5.—A jealous
monkey cam# so near disrupting the
family of Lee Reed, of the Lafayette
Fark Hotel, that Mrs. Reed tried to
kill It. The little beast withstood four
hours of gas Inhaled in a tight room,
several applications of chloroform and n
do6e of strychnine When he lived to
chatter about it Mrs. Reed gave him
to the Zoo The monkey was jealous of
a parrot.
MEN'S
FINEST
BEST
$27.50 Suits
from the Bul
lock stock,
$12.48
This
is the name
of the
one best syrup
If you could measure a taste,
you’d need a rule a mile long
for the flavor of Velva, It
makes griddle cakes and bis
cuits a rare treat every time
you set them before your
hungry family—and there’s
quality as well as flavor in
every can. Try it—why do
you hold off? Your grocer’s
—red and green cans.
PENICK 6c FORD, Ltd.
New Orleans
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Can One Man Startle the
Whole World by the
Weirdness of His Suicide?
That’s what Gabriele D’Annunzio, the noted Italian poet and.
dramatist, promises to do, now that he has grown weary of all
human emotions, and Paris fears he will follow the example of
the Greek philosopher who hurled himself into the boiling cra
ter of Aetna. The complete story of this eccentric character’s
most eccentric plot will be told in
Next Sunday’s American
With it will be a more cheerful page dealing with what the
stars foretell for .. .
Two of the Most Interesting People in the
Universe, Vincent Astor and His Bride
And continuing on the whole scale of human emotions comes
another installment of the most extraordinary human docu
ment ever written, ,
The Story of My Life by
Evelyn Thaw
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