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TI1K ATLANTA CI'OUCJ.VX ANO NEWS
SAVING SECRET a^ll -STAR SHOW ADDS GOOD SUM TO XMAS FUND
IF SUCCESS
SHIS PEEL
Comparing Assets of East and
South, Banker Declares Much
Is Wasted Here.
"The latest banking reports," said
TV. L. Peel, president of the American
National Bank, "show that the State
of Massachusetts has 880 millions of
dollars in savings deposits. Georgia
has eighteen millions."
And from that text Colonel Peel
made a little sermon.
Me talked less from the standpoint
of a banker than that of a kindly,
thoughtful man who has seen much
of life.
"Of course, that's an evidence of
New Kngland thrift,” Colonel Peel
said. “And yet I suspect the staid
New Englanders are saving the same
thing we are saying down here—that
all the tendency of the age is to
spend, and spend, and then spend
some more.
"I have observed the way most
modern patents train their children;
or, perhaps, 1 had better say, the
"ay they do not train them. To the
average child of to-day a penny, or a
nickel, or a quarter, is merely some
thing which it can take to a store and
exchange for a whim of the moment
—candy, oranges, a toy.
Parents Set No Example.
“There is little or no regard for
saving taught the children, even when
the parents are hard put to it to/sup
port themselves—and they are set
ting no example of saving, for with
every increase of income there is a
proportionate or an excessive increase
of expense.
“And I have seen these children
glowing into young men, and the
young men going to work—and the
habit is exactly the same. A dollar—
ten dollars—fifty dollars—means the
equivalent, of a certain amount of
pleasure or recrealion» They live up
to their salaries. Some of them live
beyond. They continue working for a
living, because they do not save
enough to engage in any business of
their own.
“And what is the future? It is
-something hard to contemplate and
harder still to endure. I wonder they
never seem to think of it.
"1 will say frankly, I do not see
anything more alarming and more
distresisng in all our modern ways j
and mode of life than this same ex- j
travagance."
Then Colonel Peel spoke a little of
bis ow n experience.
$200 and Suit First Year.
"It wasn’t so much fun at first.* he j
said. "The first year I worked 1 got 1
$200 and a suit of clothes. I saved ;
nearly every cent of the $200, and l
was very careful of the clothes. 1 was
living at home, and that enabled me
to save the money.
"When I came to Atlanta in 1876 I
was married and my family was
started. I was getting $3,000 a year,
and there is an old account book in
the vault over there that shows my
total expenditures tor the first year to |
he not more than $700. including rent
It didn’t take very long for me to
save enough to buy my Peachtree
street home. I guess it’s worth $100.-
000 to-day."
Colonel Peel laughed a little as he
told about a coachman he had years
ago.
"I got that fellow to start a savings
account, and pretty soon lie had
enough money to carry him to Wash
ington, where he got a good job. Now
he’s a real estate operator in New
York, and owns his own home, and is
well off.
"It isn't so much earning' as sav
ing that does it.” Mr. Peel concluded.
Paul Armstrong’s
Wife Gets Divorce
NEW YORK. Dec. 13.—Mrs. Bella
Abe 1 Armstrong, wife of Paul Arm
strong. the playwright, has been award
ed a final decree of divorce by Justice
l^ehntan. She received $7,500 annual
alimony and the custody of her three
children.
C*3
Forrest Adair,
Empty Stock
ing Fund
Auctioneer,
buys handsome
one himself.
Doils dressed
by society
women bring
$37.
If Little Stomach Is Sour, Liver
Torpid and Bowels Clogged.
Col. Graves in Eloquent Speech
Stirs Audience at the Atlanta
Theater.
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Sour Stomachs
Cures Sick,
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aocrnesd in five minutes—that—just
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getsi selling stomach regulator in tne
world. If what you cat ferments into
tlibbern lumps, you bek.li gas and
•-nictate sour, undigested lood ano
acrid* head is dizzy and aches: breatn
foul; tongue coated; your insides tilled
with bile ami indigestible waste, re
member the moment "Pape s l.nauep-
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A large 50-cent case of Papes ’■*-
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IPs worth its weight in gold to men
and wonim who can’t gel thrir siurn-
».dis reflated. P helrngs in your
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• a'c of a sick. sour, upset siomach
ifg thr da i or :*t night. It’s the "
c i. surg'd and most harmless stomach
• • *-tor in the world - Advt.
The Empty Stocking Fund is sev
eral hundred dollars larger Saturday
as a result of the benefit show' at the
Atlanta Theater.
It was one of the finest combinations
of talent ever assembled in Atlanta.
The audience thought so. and dis
played its feelings by demanding nu
merous encores.
Above all the spirit that was im
pressed will cause other plans for the
Empty Stocking Fund to succeed,
and Atlanta will have a happier
Christmas.
If all the people of means in At
lanta had heard one feature on that
bill there would be no want and suf
fering in the city this Christmas.
Eloquent John Temple Graves
struck the best note of the Atlanta
spirit when he introduced Forrest
Adair in a doll auction that proved
to «be inimitable. His expression of
the spirit back of the Empty Stock
ing Fund will long be remembered.
Bidding Was Exciting.
It developed exciting bidding for
the dolls, and the four so beautifully
dressed by Mrs. Wilmer L. Moore,
Mrs. George M. McKenzie. Mrs. Wil
liam A. Speer and Mrs. Joseph
Rhodes brought $37.
A. B. Steel bought one. Mr. Adair
himself outbid the entire audience on
another. Mrs. Carrie Rosser took
another and tne buyer of the fourth
wishes his name withheld.
The spirit with which the high-
salaried artists entered into the af
fair was inspiring.
The bill opened with an overture
by the Atlanta Theater Orchestra.
Then followed Ellery’s Royal Italian
Band that is playing at the Audito
rium under the auspices of the Atlan
ta Music Festival Association. That
start assured the success of the show,
and it was strengthened by solos by
Thomas Wallace, tenor, and Bayne
Young, baritone.
The band played the overture from
Wagner's "Tannhauser” and the solos
were CldV’s "I’ll Sing Thee Songs r.f
Araby” and “Dio Possinte” from Gou
nod's "Faust.”
Boy Scouts Pleasing.
Next came the Australian Boy
Scouts from the hi 1 ’ at the Forsyth
Theater. The act was signally appro
priate for a Christmas benefit, for \v il
a c they acted the boys were not much
beyond the age of hanging up stock
ings themselves.
Ai’.riema, the «ensatio.i of th«
"movie” theaters, came next. He « 1
well, indeed, and in a letter to The
Georgian showed wiiat .. pleasure it
wis for him to apoeay at the matinee
•j think the idea of a Chrstmas
benefit for such a -universal charity as
that which will fill otherwise em '
Pretty array of
dolls dressed
for Christmas
Fund, and
child who will
get one of them.
GOLD SPECTACLES.
Keep father and mother young w.rh
old gold
i pair m a ueaum-ui « a.n ■ the gift
1 f or them. Si-lf-l ilio flames and
,-ase now and K>- will lit Hie correct
, " r - I |eii«r*T*fter Hie holidays .without ex-
I I,a charge. A. K. iiawlc. <>„ Op-
f. :an.. H Whilehai
stockings is a beautiful idea and om
for which The Georgian can not b.
too highly commended.” his letter
said in part.
Lackaye and Miss Coghian.
As fine a treat as lovers of dra- |
matic ability of the first order could
wish to hear were the numbers of
Wilton Lackaye and Rose Coghian.
stars of "Fine Feathers.” The real
Lackaye and the real Coghian gave
monologues that revealed art that
would bring them praise in any play.
Mr. Lackaye recited "King Rob
ert.” Miss Cqghlan recited from Ste
phen Phillips’ "Ulysses” and the
"Charge of the Light Brigade.”
House and Francis, the best acro
bats in the Atlanta Athletic Club, did
a great tumbling act.
Then came the doll auction.
The close of the bill was the charm
ing act of Yvette, that wonderful lit
tle violinist who plays, dances and
sings all at the same time. To make
her act even better J. P. Matthieser.
brought his orchestra over from the
Forsyth Theater, where Yvette ;s
playing this week.
Thanks for Managers.
After she had responded lo encor«
after encore, Yvette came out a nek
stopped the orchestia with the re
mark that she was going to make y
speech.
"If you have enjoyed my act as
well as I h:*e enjoyed playing fur the
poor children I am glad indeed." she
sank
Too much appreciation can not be
i k pr«s seel for the co-op< ra t ion ojf
Hugh Cardoza, manager of Jake
Wells’ theaters in Atlanta, who man
aged the show, and Homer George
manager of the Atlanta Theater.
'Five LaGrange Stores j
Bum in $25,000 Fire
age direction was 1 is tic* ah]
if Frank Standard, of tii
Theater, and It. Lee Smit
•d lite numbers.
LA GRANGE, GA., Dec. 13. -Fire that I
threatened to sweep through the entire
business center of LaGrange binned
five stores on the old postoffice block
before it was gotten under control after
desperate efforts by the local tire de
partment.
The blaze entailed a loss of approx- I
imately $35 00b. The buildings were oc- j
copied by Smith A- Smith, gTocers; City
Bakery, T. L. Caudle, grocers; Reid, |
Strong A- Robinson, millinery; Johnson t
Produce Company and the Grand Then- j
ter. About two-thirds of the loss is
covered by insurance.
Many Encores Greet
Tabernacle Recital
The recital at he Tabernacle by the j
Riheldaflfer-Gailey Company Friday j
night was greeted by a large aud;- !
ence, while the program was one of
unusual merit.
Mrs. Grace Hall Riheldaffer, as-the
j soloist; Miss Grace Dennison Gailv.v, j
j violinist, and Miss Ruby Askew, >l-
1 a nisi, formed a pleasing combination.!
j which brought encore after encore.
Maxwell Dealers to
Meet Sales Manager
Maxwell automobile dealers in Georgia *
w 1 ga'iier ai the Hotel Nnsley for a 1
luncheon Saturday io meet c K Redden, :
i cetrral sales manager »»f the Maxwell;
* Motor Companj Mr. Redden is in-
• -iiost of • 'hnrios \V. Booth. Sou; hern
district manager, lie is making a. to'.-
f tiie .Southern Sia.cs. i
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back on the way. Everyone was n-
tercsted. Some of the time 1 had a*
many as GO cars going along with me
as an escort. they listened to the
project as I outlined it on my way to
California, and, if they had not al
ready begun the improvements in th*
interval, they arranged meeting.*
when I reached there on my way ba<k
and voted the money.”
Mr. Ferguson, leaving Atlanta Au
gust 18, reached New Orleans August
30. Houston September 9. Dallas Sep
tember 30. F.l Paso October 4. Yuma
October 10 and San Diego October
12. From there he went northward
several hundred miles, remaining ir:
California about two weeks, and then
starting on his return trip.
He will be in Atlanta several days
and then will return to his home near
Boston.
11 Persons Living
In One Chicken Coop
NEW YORK. Dei-. 13.—In a chicken
coop G feet wide and 20 long five wom-
en and girls, four 'men and two chil
dren were rounded up at Pequanack,
near Paterson, X. J.
The children were taken to the So
ciety for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Children Home in Paterson. All the
others were held for the Grand Jury.
HI
SPECIAL
Wreck Victim Gets
Verdict of $22,500
Against Ga. R, R,
Attorneys in railroad circles were
discussing Saturday one of the larg-
I est verdicts for injuries ever granted
against the Georgia Railroad, It was
for $22,500, awarded to J. E. Helton,
of Augusta, a.s a result of injuries re
ceived m a head-on collision near
Decatur April 18. 1912.
Mr. Helton claimed damages for
severe burns and injuries that caused
him to undergo three operations.
Eight physicians were called to tes
tify concerning the injuries.
The trial was hard-fought and re
quired two days in the DeKalb Coun
ty Superior Court. The plaintiff was
i e presen ted bv E. R. Hill, of Augusta;
Westmoreland Brothers. ( *f Atlanta,
and P «O’Gorman and Wallace D.
Pierce, of Augusta. John E. i'an-
cHot\ of Atlanta, and Bryan Gum
ming. of Augusta, represented the
road.
'Woman Badly Burned
In Pursuit of Mouse
SUCCASUNNA, X. J . Dec. 13. Dash
ing into the house in pursuit of a
mouse, two dogs upset Mrs Henry YV'.
Berryman, who was tarrying a lighted
kerosene lamp. The lamp exploded and
she was frightfully burned.
I Bronzed by his 8,000-mile auto trip!
I across the country and back again,
E. I.. Ferguson, pathfinder for the
All-Southern Transcontinental Hlgh-
j way, told Saturday of the success ih.n
j had attended his remarkable tour over
j the roads of the South.
He was well rested from the rigors
jf the road, although he had been in
Atlanta only overnight, having arrived j
here Friday. He left Atlanta August j
IS on his journey to the Western |
coast.
"Tin* trip accomplished far more
than I expected," said Mr. Ferguson,
"arid it accomplished it in ‘jig’ time.
Some of the benefits of the trip which
are already apparent I had not antic
ipated for months.
“Of course, the real purpose of the
HpH.etacuiar journey, which was un
dertaken at the Instance of the papers
of Mr. Hear.it and other publications
in tiie South, was to blaze a highway
from Atlanta to the Far Western
coast. This has been done.
Great Enthusiasm Ower Trip.
"We expected, naturally, that the
improvements on this great national
highway would follow in tne course
of time, but, to our surprise, the en
thusiasm over the project was so
great, and thf* various counties ail I
States through which the path find
ing automobile passed have taken up
th - work so energetically, that the
undertaking is already far progressed
and thp improvements are under way.
"Do you know that fully 45 per cent
of the road over which my automobile
pas*s<d on its trip from Atlanta to the
Pacific Coast had been improved
had had some work done on it by the
lime we reached it on the return
trip? In many of the counties where
the road had not received any atten
tion in the interval money had been
voted for the needed improvements
and wtork was to begin within a shox t
time. I can say. without exaggera
tion, that the return trip was fully
100 per cent more comfortable than
the journey West a.s a result of the
sentiment that the cross-country tour
had stirred up.
$7,250,000 for Good Roads.
"More than $7,250,000 in bonds ;’*r
road improvement was voted in the
counties through which 1 passed.
Much of this will be expended on the
lung strip of roadway reaching from
Atlanta to the « oast, since the coun
ties appreciate the fact that this ; s
the bond which unites them with the
districts East and West
s only a question of a short
time before there will he a continu
ous highway that will compare favor
ably with the paved street of a city,
so far as automobile travel Is con
cerned. that vvi 1 unite the East with
tiie West by an All-Southern route.
"The All-Southern route should be
the best in . merica. It will not have
to contend with the snow and eoi.l
weather and frosts that make t
Northern route of very little practical
use in the winter.
Mass Meetings Held.
"I would have made the round-trip
three weeks sooner had it not been
for the receptions and mass meetings
and things of that sort that held me
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If your little one is out-of-sorts,
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that its little stomach, liver and bow
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Mothers can rest easy after giving
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it never fails to cleanse the little one's
liver and bowels and sweeten the
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children of all ages and for grown-ups
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Beware of counterfeit fig syrups. Ask
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"California Syrup of Figs:" then see
that it is made by the "California Fig
Syrup Company." Don’t be fooled!
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