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Ooprrijht, 1913. liiteruiiUou*J New* Soviet
A Little Browbeating
IN HOTELS
Speaker at ‘Landlords’Convention
Would Improve Social Status
of Girls and Young Men.
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\ movement to elevate the stand
ards of hotel employes and put them
on n plane of social equality with
r»rks and other workers was urged
nefore the convention of the Georgia
Hotel men’s Association at the Kim
ball House Friday morning by A. J.
Dorman, a hotel proprietor of Hous-
on. Miss.
Mr. Dorman protested against the
social ostracism to which he declared
oting women and young men who
•: ler tho employment of a hotel are
ibjectd, declaring that they should
ae the social equals of workers in the
Mrr.* financial class
"A young man or young woman
\n fro Into a store and sell goods and
m a clerk,” he asserted, "and still be
feeived in good society and remain
good standing in the community:
nit when young men and young wo-
non. especially the latter, enter hotel
>ork they are frowned upon and
straclsed socially. Some movement
•iffht to be started to put an end to
« and I for one would be willing
•o do whatever I oould in behalf of
lie hotel workers.”
Indorses Dorman's Views.
Mr. Dorman's views were indorsed
by Jacob Miller, of Chicago, president
of the International Stewards’ Asso-
'atlon, who declared that training
schools for hotel emplovees. similar
o the ones that are conducted suc-
essfully In Germany and Switzer
land. have become almost, a necessity
for America.
He called attention to the fact that
•lie association of which he is the
•ad has r- ’ the or- -'-''tlon of a
otel training school In connect-"
with a normal school in Muncle, Ind..
and asked the Georgia association to
indorse the school.
Other prominent hotel men deliver
ed short addresses at the opening
session, among them James G. Smith,
of Natchez, Miss., and F. W. Arm
strong. of Macon. The latter is chair
man of the executive and membership
committees, and reported a score of
n*w members who have been secured
since the last meeting.
With tb* exception of the few
speeches, the morning session was de-
>ted to routine business, the naming
■ " the committees, reports of officers
etc.
Secretary Fred Houser read letters
'rom a number of prominent hotel
men of other states, many of them
»n the program, who will be unable
•o he present. Among them were
A Stokes, of Philadelphia,
resident of the Greeters of Amerl-
"n: S. F. Dutton, of Denver, Colo.;
louis Seelbach, of Louisville, presl-
*nt of the Hotel Men's Mutual Ben
ch Association, and I. M. A. Med
lar. of Omaha, Nebr. President T. W.
•looks presided, and Vice President S.
Wwcomb responded to the address
r welcome by Mayor James G. Wood
ward.
To Talk Hotel Legislation.
a discussion of needed hotel legis-
3 cion was scheduled as the feat ire
the PYid&y afternoon sess.on, and
k is probable that one of the re a Ms
cf the convention will be a camps.ip c
'<■> secure the nactment of several la ws
that it ts thought would increase the
efficiency of servioe and afford better
pmteclion to both hotel men and the
'raveling public,
Addresses op this subject were
scheduled for Friday afternoon by He#
M. Jordan, attorney for the associn -
ion, Maroellus Anderson, of the T.
P ' H. D. Shackelford, of the U. C.
T„ and W. S. Lounsbury, of the
Georgia Travelers' Association.
5,000 Expected at
Negro Y.M.C.A. Rally,
More than 5,000 Atlanta negroes are
expected to gather at the Auditorium
Smtday night, when a great mass
meeting will be held in the interests
of the Negro Young Men’s Christian
Association, which is conducting a.
campaign for a building fund.
Three negro' churches—the Friend
ship Baptist, the Wheat Street. Bap
tist and the Big Bethel Methodlst-
have made reservations of 1.000 seats
p ach for their members. Those who
are behind the movement hope to
raise at least $20,000 at the gather
ing.
S EWELL’A
ATU RDAY V
PECIALW
113-15 Whitehall.
164 Decatur St.
Solid carload Sweet Flor
ida Oranges, Doz...
No. 10 Pail Pure Leaf
Lard $1.24^4
Fancy' White Salt
Bacon, lb 12Vic
Finest "Red Gravy’’
Hams, lb 17' oC
Fresh Pure Creamery
Butter, lb 32c
Best Irish Potatoes, pk.. 27c
Georgia Yam Potatoes,
pk 22c
24-lb. sack "Eureka’ Best
Flour
24-lb. sack Best Self-rising
Flour ^3c
Fresh Mixed Nuts, lb 15c
F;inev (irapefruii, »c, or
3 for T0c
All kinds of Produce and
Dressed Poultry.
I en-Dollar Orders Delivered
Miss Keller Will
Retire Soon After
' Her Lecture Here
Preparations are complete for the
lecture to be given by Miss Helen
Keller on December 20 in the Audi
torium under the auspices of the At
lanta Chapter of the Daughters of
the Confederacy. The advance sale
of tickets has been heavy and large
representation of society people «• ex
pected.
No* , will Miss Keller’s appear*
'..»e in Atlanta, be her first here, as
well as in Georgia, but it probably
will be one of her last on a lecture
platform. She will retire shortly from
public life to devote her entire time
to writing.
Tickets for the lecture are on sale
at (’able Hall.
Charges Unjustified
Attack by Detective
William M. Sykes, a collector for
the gas company. has preferred
charges against City Detective Eu
gene Coker, asserting that Coker
handled him roughly Thursday, with
out cause. He says Coker came into
a poolroom and pulled him out of
a cUair, searched him and threw him
back into the chair.
Chief Beavers said Friday that he
has asked Chief of Detective Hanford
to make nti investigation.
Baptists Will Raise
$10,000 for Orphans
A rush of money from all over
Georgia is expected in a Sunday
school collection Sunday for the re
lief of the Baptist Orphans’ Home at
Hapeville. It has been announced the
institution is $13,000 in debt, and
without money to feed and clothe the
250 orphans there.
Eighteen hundred Baptist Sunday
schools will participate !n the collec
tion, the day being designated “Or
phans' Home-Gathering Day.” At
least $10,000 i» expected.
Wilson Is ‘First Aid'
To Brave Girl Rider
Policeman’s Baby Won
Health Contest Prize 1
SPARTANBURG. S. C\. Dec. 12
Margaret Gash, the 13-montli-old
baby of Policeman Gash, took first
prize, a gold medal, in the baby health
contest at the County Fair here. She
is a bottle-fed baby, weighed 14
pounds at birth and scored over more
than .100 entries.
The parents state that the most
thorough sanitary methods are used
in the preparation of the milk diet 1
for tiie youngster. Physicians and ■
trained nurses will adopt the course
pursued by Mr. and Mrs. Gash in
their recommendations for the care
of infants
Pastor Saves Child
When Clothes Ignite
SPARTANBURG, S <’., Dec 12.—
Joseph, the 3-year-old son of the Rev.
J. K. Harmon, the new pastor of the
Duncan Church, narrowly escaped
I burning to death to-day. While,
! standing in front of an open grate fire
1 his clothes ignited and he was soon
in flames
The presence of the child’* father
probably saved his life, as he smoth
ered the flames, sustaining painful
i burns on the hands in doing so. The
j child was uninjured.
Traction Company to
Make Improvements
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GADSDEN, ALA., Dec. 12.—After
being in session two days, the stock
holders and directors of tne Gadsden,
Bellevue and Lookout Mountain Rail
road adjourned to-day. U. J. Virgin,
of New Orleans, was elected presi
dent; Tx)uis Hart, vice president, and
R. Brindley, secretary and treasurer. I
1 T. J. Simpson, of Rome, Ga.. was |
elected to the board of directors.
The company decided to purchase
ifour additional street cars, build 50
residences on Lookout Mountain and
extend the line eight blocks on Sixth
street.
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 President
Wilson, walking in Rock Creek Park
saw a riderless horse. Nearby be found j
a little girl on the ground. She was j
Ruth Donaldson, IS, who had been j
thrown trying to take a hurdle.
‘ s Are you hurt?” Inquired the Preei- ,
dent.
‘‘Oh. no.” she replied, smoothing her (
i tousled hair ”1 am used to that; I’ve
! ridden a long time.”
Miss Donaldson was slightly bruised, .
but mounted her horse and rode away.
$1,200 'Snap' Awaits
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Bright Young Man
WASHINGTON, Dec. 12.—Any
i young man of good habits can get a
| position at 51,200 a year as Govern
ment petrographer. In addition to
good habits, he must have an educa
tion equivalent to that of a college
graduate and he versed in chemistry,
mathematics, geology, pyrology, Ger
man. French. Spanish. Portuguese.
Russian, English.
Who wants the Job?
Killing of Merchant
Accident,He Declares
GADSDEN, ALA., Deo 12.—The
case of Oner Coffey, chanted with
killing: George Burgess, an Attalla
hardware merchant, went to the jury
this afternoon.
When Coffey took the stand in his
own defense he said he went into the
store to buy some pistol cartridges
and while there Burgess showed him
a pistol and offered to sell it to him.
He grasped the handle, while Burgess
held the muzzle, he said, when the
weapon accidentally discharged, kill
ing Burgess.
John Babbage Heads
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Lanett Boys Going to
U. S. Training School
| COLUMBUS. Dec. 12—Deputy Mar-
; shal W. D. Owens, of the United States
j Court, has carried Allie Griffin, Daly
1 Monroe and Eugene Cox, white boys, to
1 Atlanta, where he will turn them over
; 10 the Federal authorities to be taken j
to Washington and placed in the Na- j
» tional Training School.
The boys, who are from Lanett, Ala.,
were convicted in the United States
Court here on charges of car-breaking
and sentenced to terms of two years
each in the training school.
Loses $11,000 Trying
To Trap Swindlers
CART, IND., Dec 12.—William
Clee. of Greencastle, Pa., to-day was
1 out $11,000 following a Coast that he
| could trap three faro swindlers in a
I local hotel.
Clee, when he went into the gam
blers' room, staked $2,000 and in a
few minutes he had won $0,000. The
gamblers pleaded that they were un-
I able to pay his winnings. When Clee
! went out for a policeman the three
j gamblers fled with Clee’s $2,000.
Houston to Form
County Chamber
FORT VALLEY. Dec. 12.—Follow-
| ing a visit here by B. M. Lee, field
j representative of the Georgia Cham
ber of Commerce. representative
I business men have determined to hold
l «*i mass meeting of citizens of Hous-
I ton County on Thursday. December
! IS. at a place to be selected and an
nounced later by Judge A. C. Riley.
The object of the meeting is to
j form a county chamber of'commerce.
I LAURENS TEACHERS ORGANIZED.
DUBLIN. Dec. 12.—Laurens County
I school teachers have organized the Lau-
| rens County Teachers Association,
electing County School Superintendent
/. Whitehurst president and Miss Nan-
; uie Fletcher secretary.
John D. Babbage. Jr., was elected !
president of the Alumni Association I
of Sewanee at a meeting of former .
students of tne University of tho I
South Thursday night at the resi- \
donee of R. Cr DeSaussure in Linden j
street.
Beverly Du Bose was elected vice I
president Frank AT. Gillespie, secro- J
tayr, and Earle R. Greene, treasurer, j
Harris Slayer Held
In Muscogee’s Jail
COLUMBUS. Dec. 12.—J. E. Melton. 1
who is in Muscogee County jail, i
charged with killing Mans Teal, ar j
Jackson’s Mill, in Harris County, will
not be taken to Hamilton for the pres
ent. The jail at Hamilton is undergoing
repairs and is not considered safe
Melton still maintains that he had to
kill Teal in self-defense.
Wireless Sent From
Germany to Africa
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
BERLIN. Doc. 12.—Wireless mes
sages. transmitted a distance of 3,348
miles, were received by the Govern
ment wireless station to-day at Ka
rri ina, W. Y.. German West Africa.
They were sent from the station at
Nauen, near Berlin.
Unfit for War, He Has
52d Wedding Fete
DELAW ANNA, X. Y., Dec. 12—Jno.
W. Richardson, rejected because of
a weak heart during the Civil War,
celebrated to-day the flfty-»econd an
niversary of his wedding.
NURSE DIES OF BURNS.
Raleigh, n. c.. Dec. 12.—Miss
Flossie Barnes, head nurse at tire
Maxton (X. C. ) Hospital, died to-day
as the result of burns sustained when
a gasoline burner exploded. She was
an orphan. 23 years old
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CEREMONIAL BY "DOKIES."
| COLIMBIH. Dec 12 "Dokies
1 I’.rouehout this *ectlo:i sr? I.'"king for
' U .",1 L. lil» r .TI IllOliia! i" night S1, ‘
bad Tempi#. Knigliis of cChorassan.
Ladies ! Men ! Here's the Quick
est, Surest Dandruff Cure
Known.
Thin, brittle, colorless and scraggy
! air is mute evidence of a neglected
scalp: of dandruff -that awful scurf.
| There is nothing so destructive to the
i air as oandruff. 11 robs the hair of ils
pistei Its strength and it« verj life;
eventually producing a feverishness and
* itching of the scalp, which if not reme
died causes the hair roots t 0 shrink.
• loosen and die then the hair falls out
fast. A little Danderine to-night- now
I -any time—will surely save your hair.
Get h 25-cent bottle of knowlton’s
i Danderine from any drug store or toilet
j counter, and after the first application
your hair will take on that life, luster
and luxuriance which* is so beautiful.
It will become wavy and fluffy and have
the appearance of abundance: an in
comparable gloss and softness, but what
will please you most will be after just
a few weeks' us. when you will actual
iv see a lot of line downy hair new
haii trrouime all over the ?c»ln - Advt
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