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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS
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Joseph Rhodes, Mrs. W. K Speer ami Mrs.
Campaigners Determined to Cut
Balance to $50,000 This Week, j
Young Men Busy.
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Jt g a gray lay in the Ogh Lhorpe I
t-ampaign when the umpaignerM i
don’t get a« much as $.*,000 tn sub |
kcrlptlons.
That i«, it will hr a gra ■ Hay when ,
that happens.
Tt hasn't happened yet.
Work started early Fridas morning
with the avowed Intention of cutting
down the unraised balance of the .
fund from $69.201 to $r,0,000 by Satur j
cay night.
Ten thousand a day would do it. |
&nd the workers were after that
$10,000 a day
"Several large and hard-working
• ornmltteeg didn’t report yesterday,
•said Ivan E. Allen, chairman of the
committee of the whole "We knew
that the reason they didn't report was
because they were out working. e j
ere looking for those reports to-daj i
•—and we are confident they vsfill have
something good to tell us."
Young Men Doing the Work.
An Interesting fact is developed b j
an inspection of the lists of worker-
and subscribers In this campaign.
Nearly all the workers are young
men; men new to the labor
'( never saw an Atlanta campaign
with so few of the old. wily, experi
enced leg-pullers in it.” Mr. Allen
•aid at the luncheon Thursday. "The
jnunKSters are taking hold, and the
surely are delivering the goods
Also, a majority of the subscribers
are young men and women. Perhaps
the ajnounts they subscribe are not
as large as those by their elders, but
they are gifts tn proportion to their
means—and the spirit Is the same
Particularly affecting was tht re
port by telephone of Joel Hunter,
absent from the meeting by reason |
of hard work tn the cause.
High School Pupils Help.
Mr. Hunter had suggested that the
Boys' High School be given a chance ;
to subscribe if Its student body cared I
for the project.
Professor J. H. Smith had explained |
the matter to the boys, and he was;
profoundly moved by tbeir interest j
and responsiveness Twenty-eight
tt..vs in the senior class pledged them- |
selves for 56 each, making * 140.
Then the junior business class sub
scribed $125. junior "A" < lass. *50:
first class. 5106; and by the time the
other classes were reached th- fund
bad grown to 5600, and still was
growing.
From the Girls High School, the
subscription by the faculty of 5250.
announced Tuesday, bad been in
creased by $20. while the girls had
added $25 more
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Jealousy Quarrel
Of Priest and Girl
Described on Stand
NEW YORK. Dec. 12.—The story
of a violent quarrel between Hans
Schmidt an 1 Anna Aumuller, the girl
whom he* confessed killing, was re
lated to-day to the trial of the former
priest before Judge Foster in General
Sessions Court.
Dr. Arnold (i. I^eo, the chief wit
ness of the day, told of the quarrel
which took place in his office. The
Aumuller girl accused Schmidt of
being friendly with other women and
railed at Schmidt for his alleged in
fidelity.
Schmidt finally managed to calm
Dr. Leo, who knew both Schmidt
and Miss Aumuller, further testified
that Schmidt wav infatuated with the
girl and seriously considered leaving
the priesthood so that he could marry
her.
Stearns Wins Medal
As Best-Drilled Man
In Fifth Regiment |
Corporal Howard F. Stearns, of j
Company L, Fifth Regiment, Georgia j
National Guard, is proudly wearing a ,
solid gold medal Friday, which pro- !
claim* to the world that he is the
“Lest Drilled Man in the Fifth Regi- 1
meat, G. N. G." Stearns won the 1
medal at the annual drill of the regi
ment at the Auditorium Thursday
night, when he went through the in
tricate military evolutions for more
than an hour without a mistake.
Forty-seven other men participated
in the drill, four from each of the
twelve companies in the regiment,
and at the *-nd of the hour Stearns
was the only man left on the floor
who had not made three mistakes.
The drill was judged by Captain J.
T Kimbrough and Lieutenant Snider,
of the United States Army, and the
medal was pinned on Stearns bv
Colonel E. E. Pomeroy, commander
of the regiment.
GIRL LURED INTO
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Mrs. Annie Bond, 17, Accuses At
lanta Man and Wife Who Are
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A story of having been lured into
a rooming house on Whitehall street
and drugged, and of then being forced
to support S. A. Stoe and his wife,
Annie Stoe, of No. 31 Peters street,
with her earnings in various places
in Georgia. South Carolina and Ala
bama, was told by Mrs. Annie Bond,
17, to L. J. Baley, special investigator
for the Department of Justice. Fri
day.
The girl was brought to Atlanta
Thursday night by United States
Commissioner Cornett, of Athens,
where she escaped from her alleged
slavery and made the charges against
the Stoes.
Stoe and his wife were arrested by
Mr. Baley after the girl told her story
to Mr. Cornett, and are now out on
bonds of $1,000 each. Their prelim-
j inary hearing wil Ibe held before
United States Commissioner Carter
Saturday.
With Stoe Almost a Year.
The girl is the daughter of W. H.
Woolly, and until she fell in with
Stoe and his wife lived with her
father near the City Stockade. She
is unusually pretty.
She told Mr. Baley she had been
made a slave by Stoe and his wife
for almost a year, and that several
times she had tried to escape and had
been unable to. She said she was
forced to marry an E'.berton man
named Bond in Atlanta several !
months ago, but had refused to live
with him.
‘‘I met Mrs. Stoe in a downtown |
' store." the girl said. "My mother
i had been dead for more than a year
and I had few girl friends. I was
very lonesome and didn’t know much
about the ways of the world. Mrs.
Stoe was a nice-looking woman, and
when she came up and spoke to me I
was glad to talk to her. We talked
for a while and then Mr. Stoe came
in and she introduced him to me.
“She invited me to go out to her
house, and I said I would for a while.
Then she said she had to do some
more shopping and for me to go on
home with her husband and she would
come in a few minutes, and then I
could stay for supper with them.
Thinks Beer Was Drugged.
“I went with her husband and we I
went into what I thought was their ]
home in Whitehall street. The man j
asked me to drink a glass of be«uv
and I didn't want to, but thought I’d !
better drink a little because they'd j
my clothes, and I didn’t know vshat
else to do but go with them
"They took me to towns in Aia-
bama and Georgia and South Caro-
lina, and put me in hotels and otnei
places, and all the money I made they
kept, and wouldn’t give me barely
enough to buy my clothing and get
something to eat
Father Forgives Her.
"A few months ago they took me
to Elberton and put me Into a ho
tel, and then one night Stoe brought
a man to my room and said I had to
marry him. His name was Bond, hut
I don't know what his first name was.
They said people would talk if I went
around the country by myself.
"They made me come to Atlanta
with them and marry the man, and
then they took me to other towns,
finally to'Afliens. The woman left me
there for a few days, and I went to
the Government men and told them
all about tt.”
The girl’s father held a conference
with her in Mr. Baley’s office Friday
morning, and declared he was willing
to forgive his daughter and take cer
home Mr. Baley said he is going to
push the case against the Stoes, and
will make every effort to send them
to the penitentiary.
Great Crusade On
“Slavery” Begun.
WASHINGTON Dec. 12.-A great
crusade against the white slave traf
fic has been inaugurated by the Gov
ernment in all the principal cities of
the United States as the result of the
poisoned “needle exposures" in New
York and the frequent disappearance
of girls there. *
Chief Blelaski, of the Bureau of In
vestigation. said to-day that the cru
sade has forced more work upon his
department than ever before.
A resolution introduced by Senator
Jones asking for information as to
the activity of the Department of
Justice against the traffic in women
has been received by the department.
Sees Mother Dead in
Vision; Kills Himself
STEUBENVILLE, OHIO. Dec. 12.
j "There is no use going home for
I mother is dead; I have had a vision.”
After startling a crowd of his fel-
low' countrymen with the above state
ment in a coach on a fast train near
here early to-day, W. D. Frederick
sen. aged 19, en route from Red Oak,
Iowa, to his old home in Sweden,
Jumped from his seat and dashed
through a window', carrying the glass
and frame with him. He was killed.
Bryans Will Spend
Holidays in Asheville
ASHEVILLE, N. C„ Dec. 12.—Sec
retary of State and Mrs. William
Jennings Bryan will be Asheville vis
itors during the Christmas holidays
arriving December 19 for a stay of
several days at Grove Park Inn.
While here Secretary Bryan will
make no public appearances, having
decided to come to Asheville to re
cuperate.
50,000 Red Cross
Stamps to John D,
NEW YORK. Dec. 12.—Among the
large purchasers of Red Cross stamps
was John D. Rockefeller. The c
king paid $500 for 50,000 stamps. If
is probable that 50,000,000 stamps will
be »old before Christmas
Dunne’s Opposition to
Sex Treating Popular
SPRINGFIELD. ILL., Dec. 12.—A
large stack of letter* from people all
oVer the State to-day testified to the
popularity of Governor Dunne's stand
on the sex hygiene question, taken in
his letter to President James, of the
University o*f Illinois, a few days ago.
opposing the teaching of sex subjects
in the public schools.
Poison Is Hinted in
Cookies Sent by Mail
NEW YORK. Dec. 12.—A box of
gingerbread and cookies, believed to
contain poison, which was received
by Mrs. Rose Vosburgh through the
parcel post from Stuyvesant, N. Y..
was turned over to District Attor
ney Whitman to-day.
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Lake Storm Toll 244: Doll Auction, With Forrest Adair j
Ships Want Wireless Swinging Hammer, Also Helps
WASHINGTON. De< 12. - Two
hundred and forty-four lives were
lost in the storm that swept the
Great Lakes November 8 to 11, at-
■ o&ding to a report by Secretary of
Commerce Kedfielcl
No ships with wireless were lost,
but nineteen not so protected went
down. Application from 50 owners of
lake vessels hnve been received alnc^
the storm for permission to outfit
iheir ships with wireless.
Bedbug Now Called
Carrier of Germs
NEW YORK. Dec. 12.— 1 The Cimex
ieetularius, less elegantly but more
familiarly known as the bedbug, is a
atill more dangerous insect than is
generally supposed. 11 is a potent
factor in the transmission of tubercu
losis, according to Dr. J. Walling
Beveridge, who presented a paper on
the subject to the conference on safe
ly and sanitation in this city.
Tt has been discovered the bug is
able to live 229 days without food
Tango To Be Taught
To Greek Soldiers
NEW YORK. Dec 12 The Ameri
can turkey trot and tango are to he
introduced in Greece by Demetrius
Tiregious. who came here several
months ago to study these terpsi-
horean innovations He sailed yes
terday for Piraeus.
He fears the new dances may be
spurned by the classical set of
\thens. but believes they will find
favor among the soldiers
Our coals will please you.
Call us.
CARROLL & HUNTER
Fill Empty Stockings.
And now we are in the* midst of the.
crowning feature of the campaign
for the Empty Stocking Fund.
It's that great show at the Atlanta
Theater this afternoon, of course.
The curtain was raised promptly at
2:30 o’clock on what is undoubtedly
one of the most entertaining hills
ever staged in Atlanta.
One look at the program will prove
to you that there could be. no combi
nation that would give more defi
nite promise of a first-class really
enjoyable show
Here’s the whole lay-out.
Stars in Every Act.
Ellery's Royal Italian Band, with
Channing Ellery himself, and led by
Taddo Di Girolamo, with solo num
bers by Thomas Wallace, tenor, and
Bayne Young, bariton* . in the over
ture from Wagm *'s "Tannhauser."
Clay's "I’ll Sing Thee Songs of At i-
by," and "Dio Posusinte," from Gou
nod's "Faust.’’
Australian Boy Scouts
Auriema.
Doll auction. Forres: Adair, auc
tioneer; John Temple Graves, "in
troducer." Dolls dressed by Mrs.
Robert F. Maddox. Mrs Josepn
Rhodes. Mrs. William Speer, Mr3.
George M. McKenzie and Mrs. Wilmer
L. Moore.
House and Francis, tumbling team,
from the Atlanta Athletic Club
Yvette, violiniste.
M ilton Lackaye a.nd Rose Coghlao,
of 'Fine Feathers." in inimitable
monologues.
Can you beat it
Why, of course you eall’t. it wou’d
be hardly possible to select an equal
number of acts that would be as pro
ductive of as much solid enjoyment
as that bunch promises
And after you've given up try ins
to lizutc out a better combination —
m
been very’ kind to me.
"I drank about half a glass,
guess it was drugged or something
because I felt drowsy for a while and
my head began -hurting. I must have
gone to sleep, because I woke up
about three hours later in a daze. I
didn’t know what to do. T was afraid
to go home, and I was awfully sick.
"Mrs. Stoe and her husband came
into the room a little later and I asked
them to let me go, but they wouldn’t
do it. They* otld me I’d have to go
with them and ~ive them all the
money I made. They took most cf
Munitions Cache of
Mine Strikers Seized
CALUMET. MICH., Dec. 12.—Fol
lowing a confession by H. A. Mikko,
one of the editors of the socialist pa-
j per. who was arrested for carrying
a gun, officers to-day raided the local
union store where members of the
Federation o? Miners do their "strike
! benefit" trading and captured a large
i quantity’ of ammunition and a stock
of modern army rifles.
Six of the rifles w’ere loaded and
had bayonets
$22,000,000 for Post
Roads Asked by Lea
WASHINGTON, Dec. 12.—Senator
Lea, of Tennessee, to-day Introduced
a bill appropriating $22,000,000 a year
for the construction and maintenance
of post roads.
Sends Bill C.O.D. by
Parcel Post; Fined
MILWAUKEE, Dec. 12.—For send
ing a receipted bill for $4.50 in a
"dummy” package C. O. D. by parce'
post, E. C. Debruton, a shoe dealer
was fined $25.
Typewriters rented 4 mos.,
$5 up. Am. Wtg. Mach. Co.
MR. BUSINESS MAN:
If you haven’t sufficient work to justify the
employment of a stenographer, let me do it
for you.
Phone Ivy 2975. 410 Empire Life Building.
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think of what the show means; think '
of the spirit that prompts the stage j
folk and the local folk who are sac- j
rlflctng their own personal interests
to appear.
That’s the big thing, after all—that
spirit of DOING SOMETHING for
those who can not do anything f >r
themselves, and that is the spirit that
is going to make Yvette and Robert
Edeson and Forrest Adair and all tne
others put a vim and go into their
work that will make it better than
anything they’ve ever done.
And they’ve made a lot of sacrifices
to go to the Atlanta Theater either
aft
playhouses—and « o their afternoon’s
work all over again—just because
there are a lot of little, kiddies In
Atlanta who want old Santto Claus to
visit them. If the Christmas Editor
had to pay these people their salaries
they'd ordinarily get for the after
noon's work, he’, throw up his hands
and quit it would take more than the
entire fund ever v ill amount to.
But they're doing it all for noth
ing!
Do you think for a moment that if
anyone had walked up to Mr. Ellery,
or Mr. Lackaye. and asked him to
do his afternoon’s work over again
Just because somebody wanted to put
on a show that he would have done
it?
Not in a million years
around the heart—they volunteered
so quickly and enthusiastically that
the show was planned in about fif
teen minutes.
For they knew that they would get
more than the thanks of the Christ
inas Editor.
ki.uuKv c*i*.«l* They knew that they would get
r before their acts at the other 1 something they could get in no other
way—the knowledge that they had
DONE SOMETHING to keep some
little boy or girl from facing the ter
rible tragedy of the empty stocking; I
that they would awake Christmas
morning with a warm glow in their
hearts, and the happy thought that j
through them some child clasped a I
toy or doll to its breast and breathed
i prayer of thanksgiving to old Santa |
Claus.
And that knowledge and that feci- ;
ing are worth more than all the j
money in the world!
So is it not decidedly up to YOU to
get your ticket and take your place
jin the ranks of those who are doing
I something for Atlanta kiddies?
And even with that idea out of thi
j way the show is worth while. You
know, without any unnecessary elah
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ticket you didn’t get and mail It to
the Christmas Editor of The Geor
gian or Sunday American, and ask
him to put it in the Empty Stocking
Fund.
Then you’ll be doing something,
even though you’ll have missed the
joy of the show.
Certain They Would Be Repaid.
Rut when tne Christmas Editor | oration, that it's the best show tain's
asked them to appear and to.d them j been in Atlanta in years,
they wouldn't get a nickel of the box! And now. supposing that for some
receipts—not even cab faro; that all I reason you did not get a ticket and
they would get would be the than.1 that you runs t >■ show you can still
of the Christmas Editor and a glow’I do something Take the price of v
Wilton Jsllico Goal
$5.00
PER TON
The Jellico Coal Go.
82 PEACHTREE ST.
Atlanta Phone 3668
Bell Phone Ivy 1585
SEMI-ANNUAL
SUIT-END
SALE BEGINS
TROUSERS
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on sale to-day. Ends left from
hundreds of fine suitings— all sorts
and kinds on the bargain counter
at the one price. You know there s always a rush for
Come early and get first pick. Not one worth less than $5:
as much as $10 and lots that would cost $6 to $8 if cut from the
original piece.
GOOD SUITS TO ORDER. Snappy style<$|^ .50
voting men prefer, well-tailored; guaranteed
to tit.
BIfiGOST OVERCOAT BUSINESS ON RECORD
because we are making the handsomest top coats ever seen in
Atlanta for $15 and $20.
MORTON C. STOUT & COMPANY
15 STORKS
15 CITIES
122 PEACHTREE STREET
Next to Piedmont Hotel.
GOOD TAILORS
FOR 25 YEARS
Salvage Bankrupt Sale!
At the Mercy of the Public!
- - Hundreds upoi. hundreds :n frenzied rush for the wonderful unparalleled bargains now being distributed into tlie homes of the people.
THREE GREAT BANKRUPT STOCKS-Exactly Like Public Auction-- T t T w w«'^ t
1 i i Pairs Shoes for
IVien nd Women,
Values to $7
$2.99
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Men s and Boys’ fine Overcoats and Suits; Ladies Coats, Hats, Shoes; Granite Ware, Furniture, Dishes, Neckwear, Shirts, Underwear, Novelties i
and thousands of items too numerous to mention—BARGAINS! BARGAINS! ! BARGAINS! ! ! Come if you're able to walk. You’ll go away de-
Men’s Fine $4
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lighted. WATSON is the biggest seller of FIRE, SMOKE. WATER und BANKRUPT LIQUIDATION STOCKS IN THE UNITED STATES
and $5 HATS .
20 W. Mitchell
Remember the Place
Be On Hand When
The Doors Open
Ordered Sold By the U. S. Bankrupt Court
And 1 urned
Over to
IRA A. WATSON & CO.
Selling
Agent?
To -morrow, Sat., Dec. 13
Promptly at 8 A. M.
20 W. Mitchell
Remember the Place