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i 3 A TTEARST S SUNDAY AMERICAN, ATLANTA, OA . SUNDAY HECKMBER 14. 191(1 IS CREDITED Col. John Temple Graves Makes Principal Speech at Banquet Closing Convention of State Association at the Ansley. Declares State's Hostelries Have Attained Success Because the Owners Meet Needs of Travel ers—Tribute to Slaton. Ascribing the “raps" and ''knocks'' of the Commercial Traveling Men’s .Association aS the “inspiration by “which the hotels of Qeprgla have a I talned a degree of convenience unri valed tn any other State, Colonel John Temple Graves, the noted Georgia statesman and editor, made the prin cipal address of the evening at the banquet given by the Georgia Hotel, Men’s Association at Hotel Ansley ►Saturday night. Colonel Graves spoke as the repre sentative of Governor Slaton,- who wo? prevented from being present by a business engagement. The banquet brought to a close the most success ful annual meetirig in the history of the association. “I suppose,” said Colonel Graves, “ that I have been the guest at Geor gia hotels more times in my 'fe than any other person, and the puzzle of t is that I am still living. Obligation to Travelers. ‘I measure my escape by the breadth of a hair, and yet 1 continue 10 patronize these hostelries. But times have changed them—times, and the Commercial Traveling Men’9 As sociation. "To the traveling men who traverse this State Georgia owes an obligation which can never be paid in the mak ing of its hotels. These men, by their continual hammering, have driven tJhe scanty meal, .the hard bed and the tin washtub from Georgia hotels. ‘The drummer, as he is sometimes called, has made the public hostelries of this State institutions which can not be equaled in the United States.” Colonel Graves naid a touching trib ute to. H. 1. Kimball, builder of the Kimball flouse, and pioneer hotel man of Georgia. Kimball the Leader. “To H. I. Kimball,” said, the orator, 'the hotel men of this State should attribute a great place in their profes sion as the man who llrst responded tq the demands of the commercial traveler and *et a pace which his made our hotels what they are to day. "In closing,” said Colonel Graves, ‘ 1 want to express- my pleasure at b-*- ing here as the representative of tl. man who is the life, the spirit and the great leader of this Empire Stale -onward in its path to the leadership of the nation in patriotism, production and commercial activity—Governor John Al. Slaton.” The banquet hall on the eleventh, floor of the Ansley was beautifully decorated in holly and roses. Columns along either side of the great ro>m formed a pagoda, which at the far ehd was latticed off for a platform for the musicians. Miss Mamie Cly- burn rendered a program of solos throughout the meal. Array of Good Speeches. J. P. Letton, manager of the Ans- ley, presided as toastmaster. Others who spoke were Uce Al. Jor dan. attorney for tb'* association, whose subject was "Hotel Legisla tion:" Colonel K. J. Paxon. former president of the Chamber of Com merce. who took the place of Al* II R. Wilkinson, president-elect of that' organization, ATr. Faxon’s subject be ing "Civic organization:" Charles K. Gehring. editor of The New York Ho tel Register and Review', of New York, who spoke on "Hotel Publicity;’’ Ivan E. Allen, president of the Atlanta Convention Bureau. "The Value of Or ganized Effort in Convention Work,” and Henry J. Bohn, editor of Th > Hotel World, Chicago, "The “Hotel Press as an Allied Interest of Ho tels.” 2 Dead, 1 Hurt in . Tunnel Collapse ASHEVILLE, Dec. 13.—Sheririafi Miller, aged 33, foreman for Barhardt A Dennis. Contractors, and a negro laborer were killed to-da5' at Palmer- viiie when a tunnel used by a "con struction train collapsed. Another man lost both arms and had both legs fractured. About 75 feet of the tunnel, 30 by 40 feet in size, caved in, • atching the workers. The tunnel is one of two being con structed to convey the waters of the Yadkin River while a dam is being built for tlie Southern Aluminum Company. The bodies were soon re covered "from the huge mass of stone that fell from the mountain above. Typewriters rented 4 mos. $5 up. Am. Wtg. Mach. Co CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY EXCURSION FARES • _________ Tickets on sale December 17 to 25, inclusive. Also December 31. 1913,1 and January 1, 1914. All tickets lim ited to expine midnight January 6 1914 Ask the Ticket Agent Central of Georgia Railway | Cones~500 Boxes ofInitialed 50c Stationery, 3 7c-Cones 11 is Berlin’smake, than which there is no liner. Ami let us say that we looked long and far before we finally decided that this was the best value that ">0<* could buy. For this week this best 50c stationery is 39c a hox^. Look at it,.feel tlie fine linen surface; notice that the envelopes are those that the woman of refinement would choose and the initial, a gold leaf letter, heavy, put on by hand-worked steel die process. And the additional care that has been taken shows very plainly—the initial is a Colonial style. 1'he boxes contain'one quire of paper and two dozen envelopes, or two dozen correspondence cards and envelopes—all initials, to begin with—a condition that will hardly last long—Berlin’s Best 50c Stationery is 37c. The Cone Service - --Do-yon get The'Cone Service, the little magazine Issued irbgu- larly to exploit the facilities of "A Good Drug Store " for serving you with pure drugs and good merchandise at reasonable prices? Incidentally it contains inter esting and valuable information along other lines. If you do not recelve-it, give us your name and address, we shall be more than pleased to send it." to you—free." Gillette Razors Standard Morocco-Cov- A(lyer . ered Case — Razor, tised dozen blades and case Price. for dull blades $ 5.00 Empire Pattern Pocket Edition, in metal case. Razor and doz en blades 5.00 Pocket Edition in Leather. Razor and dozen blades 5.00 Standard Combination Set in Seal Leather. Razor, Soap, Powder. Dozen Blades 6.50- Combination Set in Mo rocco Covered Case. Razor, Brush, Soap and Dozen Blades. . . 0.00 Combination Set with Mirror, i n Pigskin Case. Razor,, Soap, Pojwder and Dozen Blades 9.00 Gold Combination Set. "The most beautiful shaving outfit made." 22-k. gold.- Beauti fully hand-engraved Razor, Brush, Soap and Blades. On order only. Not stocked . . . 50.00 Cone’s Price. $ 3.75 Undoubtedly makes the- best choco lates in the country. They make the best white nougat (called Hofiev Nougat, because- you -can tr.ste the honey). They make the best Jordan Alnjonds. Their Milk Chocolates, Bitter SweetB and Chocolate Cara mels are famous. The Fussy Pack age assortment of hard and nut cen ter chocolates without cream centers is a favorite with many All these and .many others will ar rive this week in Whitman’s won derful gift packages fresh for Christ mas Gifts. Whitman's candies are carefully graded and each grade is the best sold for the price. Whitman's '‘Victoria' - 'Chocolates, 50c pound. Whitman's "Fine" Chocolates, 60c pound. Whitman's "Super Extra" choco lates, 80c pound. Whitman Fussy Package $1.00 pound. Gift packages, $1.00 upward Candy packed and expressed. City orders delivered at the hour you may direct on Christmas morn Exclusive agents in Atlanta The Flowers of France in These Perfumes for Milady’s Christmas There are some things we accept as authoritative ami final Among them must be listed the perfumes that bear such nanfes as Coty, Rigand. Miro-Dena, lloulu- gant, Roger & Gullet—and perhaps a half dozen or so more. They have excelled—They have succeeded in giving 1o the world as no others have, the true odors of French flowers. They are here for mil$dy's Christmas in bottles and boxes that onlv the artistic " French would ever conceive. A daintier, a more pleasure-giving gift would be hard to imagine * or the woman who does not the tine delicacy and the purity and fragrance of such superior perfumes is a very unusual woman Will you see this display ? Will you lei us lay before von the world’s finest laboratories? These are but a few of them: And still this is but ono of the attractive features of'Cone’s Christmas Sta tionery, which, we are told, is the most elegant in the city—we planned with that idea in mind when collecting it. Ho those who would give stationery (what could be more useful at the Christmas season^) will find the kinds that are correct, that the “etiquette” of stationery would demand. The prettiest gift boxes are those hand-painted by t,lie Japanese, beautiful ly done, artistic, worthy of the quality of stationery the boxes contain. The price range i> 4 $1.00 to $10.00, with great varieties at almost any in-between price. . y . .. - r „... A New Syphon that Makes Car bonated Drinks a Home Luxury It Is Giftv i he masterpieces of Coty’s Jasmine, ill original triangle boltle. -at $4:60. Roger A Galtet's Cigalia toilet water iu an Egyptla-n bottle, at $5.00. Houbigant’s Quelques Fleurs, in original bottle, at $7.00, Rigaud’s Lilac, in original bottle, at $4.00. Coty’s L'Orlgan Odor Set, tAo bottles of extract, four sachets, one full package of face powder In a leather case, $12.00. Rigaud’s Mary Garden-Odor Set, the favor ite of most women, the rich, crimson satin case in which are nestled the wonderful ex tract, toilet water, soap and face powder It is $13.60. • Coty’s La Rose Jacqueminot toilet water at ^ nf j th( . Edition De Luxe, by Roger & * 5 - 00 ' Gallet—The Fleur D ’Amour. The case is aSSSissHss Who Roger A Gallet’s Wonderful Narkiss, a min iature of the $100 bottle that has caused so much comment this Christmas season,. $12.50, and two of the extract. It is the one of its kind in Atlanta, will give It? Who will get It" The price is $35.00. ILL'S Fill it with, fre*h water, attach the “carbonet”—the .cartridge that car bonates: the water—"operate as yob would any syphon". It is a fine luxury that you will not he without once "you have used, Jt. Makes it possible to have carbonated Water at any time. No syphons to be sfent to town to be refilled. ,/ y. Bottle rein forced with n matted steel Wire: A great improvement over the, oy^tyhvjwicker. Trice $3.50, Tljq silver mounted Style is $5.00, ? A gift for hfm afid'fris eellarefte. jf A-gffft for the housowy/e. . .. „ I he Smoker s Christmas 3.75 3.75 5.00 The One Day in the Year You Won’t Need a “BIG BEN” So Give One That Day 4.70 6.90 % 37.50 This line of Gillette Razors is brand-new stock, clean and fresh. Xo shopworn or out-of-date styles. A man's gift in every sense of the word. „ .. ...... ,i Scented daintily with vR> ll performs an unthankful duty well... No j e , s _ j n purple boxes of Four give it credit and admit its usefulness, for its duties extend further than rousing one from peaceful sleep. A splendid timepiece—iTfifj>r- tunately all alarm clocks are not!. An ornament in its bright nickel plate. It and its little brother, "Lit tle Ben,” are $2.50. We have other alarm clocks as low as 59c, but we can not speak so well of them as we ban of Big and Little A woman's gift cigars were once a joke. Nor so here in Atlanta now. We have seeu to that. We expect the gift cigars bought from Cdne’s to bring us customers for other days, than just one Christinas. So here you will only be shown cigars of standard brands and quality. Cuesta Rey, Rembrandt, Cortez, El Principe, a s It Is. we sem Gonzales and Sanchez and others Packed 25 In a box $2.25 Packed 50 in a box 4.50 We have all these brands In higher-priced shapes and sizes in Christmas packages. All cigars are kept in perfect condition, which means that the true Havana flavor has not been lost. fGOOD7 )C) Guest Soap, 4c Our Own Importation Small across to France to get It— to Boujols, the man of Hose Pon Pon fame. Palmolive Week The national favor in which Palm olive Soap and Cream are held testi fies to their merit and worth at reg ular prices. changes the This Week Cone's prices very radically. The advertised price of the soap is 15c a cake, here iflcr The advertised price of the cream is 50c here 39c. face cakes wrapped separately and neatly. A much finer soap than the price would suggest —a miniature 25c cake. * A soap a good housekeeper would be proud to have the guest discover lit the bath room Also a sweet little remem brance for a child to gike. h\>r the man who smokes, you will find at Bone s scores of I it 1 lc things ranging in price from 25c to $10.00 that will make most acceptable gifls. Silver cigarette holders, for the new way the host "serves cigarettes, $1,00. If he smokes a pipe, lie will enjoy and appreciate a jar of Prince Albert tobacco, 75c. Hut-- 3 cakes of Palmolive Soap t valne 30c one jar Palmolive cream Is 50e. 50c) for,..-,.....-.. 39c Rubber Toys Half Price Ben The Victor Auto matic Safety "Blade Siropper. Puts a head-barber edge oil any style ra zor blade. A suitable gift for any man who uses a safety razor — and most men use one. . Regular price, $2.00: rone's price, $1.00. A Mail Order Brings Anything Advertised Here. Dependable Leather Goods to Give Gifts in leather will always be popular.* There is- perhaps uo product made that wears as well as leather, considering the service required. For that reason we arc particular »o carry leather goods of standard makes. The temptation to buy leather lines for show is great. They look very much like th6 best, cost less and sell easily at Christmas time. The trick is cutting the leather thin and making two pieces where one ex isted before. Of course the finished product is inferior. You have eonfi- dence in our"stores. We propose to strengthen that confidence by offering you in season and out dependable merchandise. Herewith are a few numbers out of a hundred and fifty in our stock—all useful and serviceable—as low as 25c and on upward to $30.00. Something for anyone at a price that meets the amount you have decided to spend. Collar Bags, $1.00 to $7.50. Bill Books a great variety „ _ ... . $1.50 to $8.00. Fitted Traveling Cases (Mens Card Case9 and Wa „ ets 25c t0 and Women's l $2.50 to $25.00. * 5 - 00 - _ . , Paper Sets, Drinking Cups. Scarf Cased Military Brushes,,. $2.00 t0n o i(j ers Pullman Slippers. Special. $10.00. 98c Let’s AH Use Red Cross Seals This year and thereby hold up the arms of that splendid organlza .lion, the Antl-Tubercu- losis Association At lanta is expected to bin i,000,000. Let’s not fail to live" up to what is ex pected of "ns, Bufit means we must every one put. a Red Cross stamp on every card, letter and pack age we send. One thing we are . glad to sell at cost. • . - v . J \ M v-. r-cr 1 U-.1? 'itfry . iijLkfcl Y‘ V •i'.A ", >;; j •*- . *.v V / Sr -“Tver-*-. •- :>, v£-i -- f ' _ Rubber Toys are the joy of parents and babies. Made from pure red Hanover gum I'll is eliest will hold., an rubber, iu animal shapes, poodle or iginal box of fifty cigar>....jj.pgs, terriers, horses, sheep, cgtf?, It is copper lined, aiidfil- pigs anil whal hot.. ted with a nroiaieper M maintain the original good condition iff Hie cigars. Handsomely" finished and provided with lock arid Iti-.v. Price $6.00 The first thing the chficj will sec on the Christmas tree, and he will take it to bed .with him. Indestructible. • '■ Regularly now, for the first time in Atlanta, 2 for 25c, An Ansco ( amera Is a Real “Spug’ Toy L Speaking of Gifts For Boys A special purchase of .70c and 75c pearl and stag handle pocket knives, two and four blades, to be sold at It delights, instructs and preserves the momen tary scenes in ti way that interests the- elders equally as much as the child. \ -- Any child eight or oyer is n+d enough to operate an Ansco Camera, and with a little care obtain etear, sharp pictures. It’s a Kewpie Christmas Ki mi It is well that you who would give the BEST should know that there is hut one genuine Parisian Ivory It is made by Chas. Loonen, of Paris, France, and is the superior of them all. You will find the genuine in Atlanta at Cone's, The vogue of Parisian Ivory toilet articles this season is a splendid trib ute to its beauty—the soft whiteness of which seems to attract the woman. Gioe a single piece, give a set. $1.50 upward. The genuine all bear the Loonen mark• Make selections now, that the engraving may be done in good time. A Gift for a Man—a Shav ing Set This year the shaving sets are more attractive and Ingenious than ever. Prices begih at $2.00 for a silver mug and silver-handled brush and go gradually to. $15,00, so gradually that before the rich silver set at this price is reached the most com prehenslve assortment has been shown. You will find one lo your and his liking. We-name two jtopular miin&ers. ()t hers at. most any price up to $100.00. The Ansco \’-P—a gift for the person who has a camera that is not of the vest pocket type. Its con venience of loading and unloading is so simple and accurate that no description is has reached 11s in time for -(.he Christmas shopper. You know them, no need to tell of their attractiveness, doubtless your list calls for one. Now you will turn to Cone's to get it—for the prices have been enL In this jeweled CBrdeaSC than a fashion: The red peep-hole is the Some are dressed, some are indicator. necessary, folded it no focusing, dpks more like 75c Kewpies . . $1.00 Kewpies undressed )akBS a picture 2 i-4 by 3 1-4 ,c inches and costs $7.50 postpaid The Buster Brown Camera for 21c $2.00 is designed with special ref . erence to the wants, capabilities 17c KewpieS 29c and alms of boys and girls It is >r • ■ . . essentially a camera tor snap-shot -DC Kewpies 44C photography, requiring no focusing oc: „ TVo-ouTvica 4.Qr> It must not be thought that because oo ivi vvjji s • • • • .wot the p r j ce j g so moderate that it. Is 50c Kewpies 63c not a practical instrument in every fifle KewpieS 79c Takes a picture 2 1-4x3 1-4 inches. Thermos Bottles at Cone’s Prices 1-2 pint, new style . 1 Pint, new style . 1 Quart, new style Adv. Price. $1.50 . 1.50 . 2.50 Cone'* PHCe. $1.10 1.10 1 87 Cone Adv. Price. Uo Pint, adjustable style. .$2.50 1 Quart, adjustable style. 3.50 2 Quart, carafe 3.50 u A Good Drug Store 60 Whitehall St. and ... _ Kimball House Block