Atlanta Georgian. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, December 11, 1913, Image 6

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a the ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. 16100 BOOKLETS WAR THAT CR Written in* the vivid *t.yle that hast ninde thousands read the newspaper bulletins of the Men and Religion! Forward Movement in Atlanta, 16,000 ! booklets detailing the work aerorn- ‘ pliahed by this organization here have I < (>!i printed and were ready for dis tribution Wednesday. After discussing the various lines of work with some detail, the booklet 'umniarlr.es the accomplishments of the Men and Religion Forward Move ment in Atlanta in these words; The churches of the Kvangell- < al Ministers ’Association of At lanta have, through the executive <■ ••inmittee accorrydishc.l these things in the past fifteen months: The committee has been made j 1 permanent part of the churches serving as an inter-church com- hiitli for social service Bible School Established. The Dally Vacation Bible School lias been established. The work has been duplicated in other cities and towns. The ^ segregated district has been closed in Atlanta and Hse- w here • Martha s Home has been estab lished. A school for wayward and de linquent girls inaugurated by the State. Scores of women have been helped. Many children have been saved Probation has been written into the law of Georgia. Stripes have been removed from first and second grade con victs. Sunday has been saved &i« day of rest in Atlanta. And war has begun on the li quor trade A partial study of housing con ditions among the poor hap been made, enough to show the need of radical changes necessary to save life and decency in Atlanta. Tells of Closing Tenderloin. The wiping out of the segregated district and the light against the so cial evil are considered at length in the booklet and a graphic description is given of the manner in which the subcommittee on social service de stroyed h 1700,000 annual traffic in Atlanta, established here for f>0 years, by the use of $11,000 worth of newH* paper space in o, four months* cam paign. “By spending less Than one-third of one per cent of $7o0,000 and speak ing out in their pulpits,*’ says the re port, “the evangelical ministers put an on*l in Atlanta to the trade that mocks motherhood, sneers at virtue and makes the church, which by silence consents to the Infamy, a thing of derision 1n every city where prostitution is tolerated unrebuked " 7'hut the campaign did not cease at this |M»lnf is Indicated by the subse quent paragraphs; The churches did not stop with the demand for law enforcement. When the houses were closed, $10,00(1 was In band to provide belp and shelter for every woman and girl willing to accept them. Homes Opened to Women. Committees consisting of a minister and a Christian woman went to every house again and I again, and begged the inmates to 1 f, ome with them out of their lives of shame. Many came Minister s of Christ opened their homes to the fallen. “Belle Sommers.” the keeper of j the largest house in the district, doubted, but cable to the home of « Christian woman, whose mother gave up her room for her. Christ found Iter through the kindnews of her hostess She surrendered to Him. Hers was the $2,500 that start ed Martha's Home a permanent refuge fur fallen women and tin fortunate girls. To-day she is learning by study to fit herself to serve in any field to which her Saviour calls her Her life proves again that Tie can save even to the uttermost. The first matron of Martha's Eat Ait You Want When You Take Tyner's Dyspep sia Remedy—Drives Out the Gases from an Over loaded Stomach. Cures Indigestion—Cleans Out I the Bowels. If vour stomach is sour, gussy, unset and I. hfull nf fd.st-fesIlTTK atl.1 veil feel like your food is all lumps and re- fus.-s to digest, take a dose or two of Tyners Dyspepsia Hemedy The dim- T.assi stn|i* at once, the gases are belched out. you feel comfortable, your cl.*gg. d bowels get to working right. Eat all >ou want Enjoy your meals bv taking now and then a liberal dose of Tvner’s Dyspepsia Remedy There is nothing like it on the market to-day. Made in Atlanta for years by John B. Daniel. If you lack an appetite, your tongue is coated, nerves on edge, have risings of sour and utidigested food and experi ence distress after eating, you are suf fering from indige stion or sick stomach • o cure, take Tyner’s Dyspepsia Rem wy It is a truly wonderful medicine A ® H. aota quickly arid helps you out of an disagreeable feelings due to overeat ing bold by druggists for on!v 50 rents a large bottle.r- Advt. Home w ;t v Al yard. Work of the Home, To day another devoted »n. Miss K. A. cidxon. w om- Thir - opened charge of Martha’s Home t* ' ti yirls are there in her •hi* time. The number rl falls. .Since the d cam-* have bee ept upon fallen women have been handled. On< hundred and thirty-nine "’"min were known to hr from re. ognixed houses and hotels. I Slxt v-four of tb< -• . # r*. worn 1 n married but separated Sixty diseased women have be<n treated. j » Fourteen were widows .'2 un married. Forty-two cases were due to drink or similar causes cue hundred and twelve have b<en sent home or to places of em ploy merit. Forty-nine have disappeared. Myron Whitney’s Singing Captivates A profound Impression was made CV Myron \V. Whlfpry's singing Tuesday night at Hotel Ansley, his finest Work being done In tbo won derful Damnation of Hnust" aria. Prolongs i applause • followed that number and continued until Mr. Whitney sang «* an encore “The Might Has a Thousand Byes." Miss Marguerite Valentine's piano solos also were much enjoyed, her se- Uk I Ioijh being from Chopin, Grieg and I’oldlnl. The Comer! was under the auspices of I he Young Women's Christian Assoeiatlon, Policeman Osborne Retires on Pension To Have Good Time Wednesday mom Inc "Uncle Bob" | shorne transported horn from i Chief 1 Hanford’s office two handsome! Morris chairs, presented to him the ; 1 day before, when he retired on a j pension at the age of 69. after 17 ) years of service on the police force. “Uncle Bob" replied to a speech bv 1 j Recorder Broyles with the announc* - ' nes« of the department, and that he wan going to Mp< rid the remaining 1 < i y of liis lio havliur i good tinr-.’’ “Oh, I'm not *oo old L : that," he ii • rod. ronfldi Ml.\ ‘The young j oucks won’t be able to hold a candle I to rnt* when I get wound up." Damage Estimated, as Waters Re. j cede, at $25,000,000—Homes of Five Thousand Lost. Pleased With Big Initiation Ceremony Visiting Masons were efaving At- j j lanta Wednesday morning after a j “big night,” in which three new J lodges were constituted, representing i ! -T)0 Masons, and the degree of Master I | Mason conferred on a number of can- I u;*-s of Gate City lodge. The main address of the evening, I following the initiation, was by Colo- 1 j riel Robert Lee Golding, of Savannah. J Grand Master of the State Lodge. Baptists to Raise Debt of Orphanage Notices calling upon the Baptists of Georgia not to forget “Ingathering Ua.v,” December 14, for the benefit of He- Georgia Baptist Orphans’ Home* iff being sent throughout the tSate. A dept of $13,500 is handicapping the institution and every effort is be ing made to,clear it on this day. All of the offerings will be sent to Dr. .1. J, Bennett., in the Candler building. Kappa Alphas Get Call to a Smoker GAI.VI TON, TEXAS, Di < TO. .Midi 230 person* counted as dr id in be (treat flood which covered 40,00(1 square miles of territory in Centra' and Houth Texas, State officials to- i ^ a y estimated damage at $25 000,- ooo. f-ixiy-threa '-itiea, (owns and vit ! Uu'e suff.-red from the hifrh wr ier and .1,000 persons are homeless 'hr. I 1 '" ' ro " nearly ruined ".thin Hie next 24 hours It Is ex. , pelted that tjm ivy will he fulling at all points. Disirlets are still Isolated and wli< communication will have to he estab lished before the full extent of the die - aster is known. Within the past 24 hours more than loo bodies were re- covered. Elevator Builder Is Hurt While on Lift While working: on the roof of an [ elevator of the Morrow Transfer Com- j panv building, B. H. Dunn, an elevator contractor, was badly injured when "truck by a falling beam. Dunn suffered several serious la« • it it foared I I m%,/ have received internal inju nes also. He was taken to Grad\ Hospital. INJURED DOCTOR IMPROVES. \V A V< 'ROSS, Dec. 10.—Dr. H. A Boyd, injured a week ago on a grade crossing here, has been taken from j tl.c King’s Daughters Hospital to the j home of his brother. He is improv- I ing. Kiupa Alphas will gather at the Univ«*v»itv Club Thursday night and hold a smoker. Ben Lee Crew, presl- : dent of the Atlanta Chapter of the Alumni Assoc la (Ton, has Issued the’ call for the gathering. No program has been arranged, but a good time is promised, and even j Kappa Alpha is urged to lie present. Climbs Mount to End Life ‘Nearer Heaven’ | PASSAIC. N. J . Dec. 10 -After ask- ‘ ing directions to the top of the Great Not hie Mountain, explaining that he j wanted to get as near heaven as pos- j Bible, Joseph Pdchter went to the sum- I mit and killed himself by shooting. | EIIIL5! GIRLS! Till MUST TIT THIS! DOUBLES BEAUTT Of* mi# For 25 Cents You Can Make Your Hair Lustrous, Fluffy, and Abundant, Immediate? Yes! Certain? that’s the Joy of It. Your hair becomes light. wavy, fluffy, abundant *Und appear s „.. soft, lustrous and beautiful as a young girl s after a D&nderixie hair cleanse. 7.W -moisten a cloth with a little Danderlne and carefully draw ii through your hair.- faking one small strand at a time. This will cleanse the hair of dust, dirt, or excessive oil, and ii Just a few moments you have doubled ice beauty of your hair. A delightful surprise awaits those whose hair has * •-11 neglected or is scraggy, fade*l. dry. brittle or thin. Besides beautifying the h dr I >auderine dissolves every particle of dandruff; cleanses, purifies and in vigorates the scalp, forever stopping itching and falling hair, but what wid l 1* i-( you most will be after a few w, *' ks’ use, when you see new- hair tine and downy at first—yes—but reall\ new hair growing all over the scalp If you care for. pretty, soft hair, an- 1 lots of it, surely get a 25-cent bottle of Knowlton s Danderlne from any drug store or toilet counter and Just try it —Advt. - ; . ■1 —MWIMTlMMa.. " YUfTl'W Player-Pianos are now going at $225.00 and up, including FREE USE of our 6,800 roll exchange library Look At Our Prices Oil Mew Pianos •' $98 $168 § CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY EXCURSION FARES Tickets on sale December 17 to 25 Lmclusive. Also December 31, 1913 and January 1, 193 4. Ml tickets li u : lied , to expire midnight January d ASK the ticket agent bi CENTRAL OF GEORGIA RAILWAY, $135 $115 tVery instrumerit sold « backed by our factory's guarantee of S6,000,000 capital and surplus OPEN UNTIL 9 O’CLOCK EVERY EVENING Railroad Fares Paid to Out-of-Town Purchasers WEATHER H OLT PIANO COMPANY 72 N. BROAD STRELT Write for Our Price List Happy Christmas Buy Toys That Are Health-Giving and Stand the Wear and Tear of the Ameri can Girt or Boy. Make yoiy purchase now, when the stock is complete. We will deliver at any time you say. Don’t wait until the last moment and disappoint your children. ROCKING HORSES. Bicycles What could give the child more pleasure with safety than a Rocking Horse? They(F*-| AA (PA PA range in price from ... ej; A. IM? Ilf vmwV A Bicycle is a gift that will not only delight, but will pay for itself in time saved. Prices range from $20 to VELOCIPEDES $1.75 to $2.50 $4.00 to $5.00 Steel tire %-in. Rub ber tire . !4-in. Rubber tire, spring seat, adjustable e h :ch dlebars ' $5.00 to $6.00 A Special in a High Grade Velocipede Tubular steel frame, scinch rubber tires, ball-bearing in every part—the finest Velocipede manufactured. No. 1 Size, regular $12.50, 04n Special JHU.UU No. 2 Size, regular $15.00, r*f\ Special ol/.SU No. 3 Size, regular $17.50, r Aft Special old.UU TRICYCLES FOOTBALLS ^5“' SS.50 and $6.50 $10 and $U %-inch rubber tires, leather seats, mud guards .... FINEST TRICYCLES MADE AT SPECIAL PRICES. Tubular steel frame, ball-bearing in every part. No. 1 Size, regular $15. Special $12.50 No. 2 Size, regular $17.50, Special.. $15.00 No. 3 Size, regular $20, Special... $17.50 Watch Young America on Christmas morning when he gets a football. You will be as happy as he. Prices AUTOMOBILES ROLLER SKATES They will p.oase any boy ra i rn or girl; prices dUtT 10 3>e).J)0 A wheel joy that every child wishes for and gets lots of pleasure from. We have an unusually fine line, and they are selling fast. Priced each, $4.50 to $35.00. IRISH MAILS OR HANDCARS BOYS’ WAGONS - 1 Fine exercise for the arms and chest Prices, $3.75, $4.50, $5, $6, $7.50, $15 and $20. Steel tires Rubber tires 85c to $3.00 $3, $3.50, $4 Other Wheel Goods and Useful Toys Sidewalk Sulkies. $2 to $6.50 Garden Wheelbarrows... ,75c Children’s Desks $4.50, $5.00, $6.00 Children’s Chairs, 75c to $3.00 Shooflies $1.50 to $4.50 Goat Sulkies. .$3.50 and $4.00 Farm Wagons with shafts $7.00 and $10.00 KING HARDWARE CO S:> Peachtree 87 Whitehall