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i T HIS old reliable floral establishment Is magnificently ready to supply all its patrons with holiday plants, cut flowers, ar tistic designs, boxes, etc. Dainty special Xmas boxes are a strong feature of our holi day display. We advise All out-of-town orders will be carefully packed, cards inserted and shipped on designated date. Call, write or phone your orders this week if possible to avoid any possibility of disappointment. 01 Peachtree PHONES: Ivv 2879 All. 4 to the treat of treats— always welcomed, by all everyhere— Sparkling with life—delightfully cooling- supremely wholesome. Delicious—Refreshing Thirst-Quenching Demand the Genuine— Refute Substitute*. 11 KARST S SUNDAY AMERICAN. ATLANTA, GA„ SUNDAY, DECEMBER 14. 101ft. BRARY HEAD PLEADS nn Extension of Reading Rooms for Children Who Now Are in Peril in Reaching Downtown Dis- rict Needed, Declares Miss Katherine Wooten. e need of more library stations „,, the increasing danger, owing to . ested traffic conditions, to chil- who come to the main library is ,/iphasized in the annual report of Misu Katherine Hinton Wooten. 11- • an of the Carnegie Public LI- . which has been received by Mayor Tames G. Woodward. Miss Wooten declares it will be only « ew years until children can not be permitted to come alone to the libra- nd urges “it is up to the city to ike the library to the people.” •The need for convenient library v ons 1s becoming greater as the .' of the city increases.” says the report, "and it is hoped that we can pnon have a library center within unliving distance of every home, •rre books are supplied free with- • the expenditure of time and mon- (xv needed to come to the present sta tions, to the citizen whose taxes sup- • ,rt the public library, but who are ften prevented by distance from us- !'g the books himself or allowing hi* lildren to use them. Can Be Placed in Stores. "This will not necessarily mean the erection of costly buildings,” the re port says, “for ideal library stations be placed in a comer of the store of a friendly shopman, who will j.o veiling to give the space free for trade it will bring to his store. Then when a neighborhood has ed its need for a library, it will me to consider the erection of a nllrlng.” e great Increase during the past • in both the membership of the brary and the volume of work done shown by interesting figures con- • Vd in the report The membership 1913 numbers 61,172, an increase f 8,230 over 1912; the number of oks in the library is 62,060, an in- n ise of 4.668, and the circulation for ' :> was 331,987 volumes, 8.593 more In 1912. During the year 17,308 •rsons were served in the reference iom, and 84.583 came to the read er room. Branches Are Popular. V'\e books are. issued now out of main library, ono branch library used in its own building, two nch libraries in loaned buildings, I nine deposit stations. Pile total appropriation for the ar was $28,469. of which $7,925 was nt for books and periodicals, the ayw'e going for salaries, mainte- aand incidental expenses. There ftarned into the city treasury ugh fines and fees the sum of *07.07. h^e popularity of the branch libra s’ is shown by the fact that during e 21 days the branch- at the Uncle mus home has been open. 1,192 vol- nes have been issued from it. This robably is the most successful of branches, considering the short me it has been in operation. From the main library 290,623 vol- ines were issued; from the Anne W allace branch. 33.463; from the Oak- and City branch, 8,709, and 2,000 vol- imes were sent to the various deposit tations. No records were kept of the irculatlon of the latter. New deposit stations have been opened during the year at the Wesley House Settlement of the Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills, the Stewart Ave nue House of the Atlanta Woolen Mills, the Atlanta Paper Company and several schools. Interesting Incidents Told. The establishment of the latter was the result of a visit of a member of the library staff to the various play grounds of the city, where it was found that many' children have never been in the section of the city where the main library is located, and live at remote distances from the branches. The report contains many interest ing tales of the benefits people have derived from the library'. There la the story of the young man who ask ed for “something on homesickness.” The report states that he later re turned and told that the book he got —letters to a young girl suffering her first attack of homesickness —- strengthened his determination to stay in Atlanta. The library’ Is also used extensively by students prepar ing for debates. The various uses the reference room is put to are illustrated by r the stories of the two old men who p ay ed chess in a corner, and of the young sculptor who came there day after day to model Ills clay. Changes in Staff. The “story hours” at the main li brary and the various branches are also hoted In the report, with an ac count of the greatly increased inter est shown by the children. The re ceipt of many valuable contributions is acknowledged, most of them being additions to the Atlanta History col lection. There have been a number of changes in the library' staff during the year. One of them was due to the invasion of Cupid. Miss Fanny* Cook resigned to become the bride of F Graham Williams, while Miss Mabel Jones and Miss Gertrude Ryan re signed to accept positions in other cities. Thomas Oalphin was added to the staff for night duty- in the circu lation department. Bell To Be Federal Attorney January 1 BIRMINGHAM. Dec. 13.—Robert N. Bell, whose name was sent to tbe Sen ate Wednesday by’ President Wilson for the position of Unite*! States District Attorney' for the Northern District of Alabama, expects to take his seat short ly' after January ]. He says that O. D. Street, the Repub lican officeholder, will be ready to turn over the office then. Mr. Bell will not relinquish his position with the firm of Allen & Bell, in Birmingham. Did Tom Heflin Steal Thunder? -!•••!• ‘Better Control Voter Than Vote’ +•+ •’.••v Pet Phrase,It Seems, Is Woman's Mrs. W. L. Shepherd, from whom Congressman Heflin bor rowed his ‘‘anti*’ speech, if the suffragettes* suspicions are correct. COW BREAKS WORLD RECORD. EAST LANSING, MICH., Dec. 13- College Bravura II, a 9-year-old brown Swiss cow, owned by the Michigan Agricultural College, has established a new’ world’s record for milk production by her breed. In the year just ended she yielded 19,304.6 pounds of milk, which tested 4.102 per cent and made 1,000.5 pounds of but ter. SOCIETY VAUDEVILLE Given by the S. V. D. Fraternity, in co-operation with 150 Atlanta so- -fcty people, for the benefit of the INDUSTRIAL IIOMFl FOR THE BLIND. ATLANTA THEATER, WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 17 8:30 m. Latest dances by some of Atlanta’s younger set. * New Spanish Dances. Broadway’’s latest son e hits. At the Cabaret—Musical comedy, with 40 pretty society girl? Raffles, alias Warfield, Richard Mansfield’s famous sketch. What Happened at Silver Lake—Musical comedy, with 60 people, in- luding the tango dancers. For tho Love of Marie—A new' sketch, never seen on any stage before. Tickets on sale Monday', Tuesday and Wednesday' at the Atlanta The ater, Tumlin’s cigar stores, Medlock’s Pharmacy, and all hotels. Prices: 50c, 75c and $1.00. Reservations by phone. FDR GEMS LOST IN HOTEL FIRE Salesman Whose $1,000 Jewels Were Burned in Macon Marvels at Guests’ Escape. Adolph Barondes, claiminK to be mimta the *10.000 worth of diamonds arid Jewelry with which he started Jioni New York a few weeks ago arrived in Atlanta Saturdav night from Macon. The costly jewels, according to Barojjdes, are lying in the ashes and ruins of the Williams Hotel in Ma- can. which burned to the ground early Thursday morning and he already has retained Newman & Newman, of Macon, to institute suit for the re covery of their value. Barondes said Saturday night that he is a salesman for the wholesale jew'elrv firm of J. H Mils. No. 54 Malden Lane, New York, and that he registered at the Williams Hotel Wednesday night at 8 o'clock. Only the fact that he threw his windows wide open w'hen lie retired and consequently was aw'akened by the smoke blowing in saved his life, he believes. “‘The place was a veritable fire- trap.” the salesman exclaimed in tell ing his story. “T didn’t see a fire es cape in the w’hole place, although there may have been one there. The inside was simply a tinder box. If there was any real steel or iron used in the construction. T did not see it. “Even the meams and girders were wood. One of them fell not more than a foot from me as I was making my escape. As soon as I awakened 1 rushed down stairs from the third floor without stopping to dress. T had hardly reached the bottom before the stall's fell with a. crash. “f don’t see how all the people escaped alive. 7 would be inclined to believe that there have been people burned to death in the fire, but T understand there is no one miss ing. The flames spread just as though the building had been saturated with oil. “I left tbe grip containing tbe dia monds and jewels with the night Clerk. He gave me check No. 84 for it. The lawyers that T have consult ed say that the hotel is responsible and that T can recover. There were 200 lavalHeres. some of them set with diamonds, and many gold cuff links, fancy buckles, gold combs, set with Jewels: hat pins, diamond stick pins, gold fobs and so on.” Barondes is staying at the home of his cousin. MaVtin K. Berger, No. 145 East North avenue, until he gets his loss settled or receives instruc tions from his firm. Girl Toasted as Fiance Is Killed ASHEVILLE, Dec. 13.—While ad dressing Invitations to her wedding to take place on the night of December 30, Miss Elizabeth Williamson received a telegram telling of the death of her fiance. Lane Davis, of Oak Park, Ala. She had just returned from a card party, the first of a series of prenup tial affairs arranged by her many friends. Mr. Davis was killed in an automo bile wreck near Mobile, and compari sons indicate that at the time of his death Miss Williams was being toasted as one of the city's most popular brides-to-be. Beautiful Christmas Flowers Suffragettes, in Glee, Point to Mrs. Shepherd’s Talk as Congressman’s Possible Model. MONTGOMERY, Dec. 13.—Alaba ma suffragists want to ask a ques tion of Congressman J. Thomas Hef lin, fearless firebrand of anti-suf frage. They are wondering whether his latest attack on the women w’hc want to vote, delivered last w’eek in Washington, was not adapted, con sciously or unconsciously, from an in terview given out by a mere woman, Mrs. W. L. Shepherd, of this city. Congressman Heflin’s valiant speech against woman suffragists bristled with epigrams, the most oft- repeated of which was: “It is better that a woman control a voter than a vote.” The doughty gentleman from the Fifth Alabama District so proclaim ed, over and over again. Right proud he was, it seemed, of his bon mot. Now', it happened that, a day or two before the Alabama Congress man added to his fame by declaration that the ballot belonged to men and the home and kitchen and cradle to women, Mrs. Shepherd, a young woman popular in Montgomery so ciety, returned home after a trip to the East, where she was the guest of friends in Boston. New’ Haven and New York. Mrs. Shepherd is some what of a thinker herself, and talked to newspaper men both in the course of her trip and at home. And this is what she said; “It is better that a woman control a voter than a vote.” In spite of the fact that Mrs. Shep herd is opposed to the cause, suffra gists of these parts rather welcome her declaration, because it gives them an opportunity to entertain the sus picion that the oratorical gentleman from the Fifth District, with all his vigorous talking against their work, has drawn something of his fire from the despised weaker sex. Mrs. Shepherd, the young Mont gomery woman of the incident, spoke of her belief in the orthodox system of government, much along the lines of the Congressman’s speech. “It is the concern of every woman, particularly every married woman, that she be able to influence and con trol her voter, rather than her vote,” she said. “There is a very’ marked sphere of usefulness In the home.” Seaboard May Erect Big Office Building JACKSONVILLE, Dec. 13.—It is j reported here that the Seaboard Air Line Railway has about completed plans for a big general office build- j ing in Jacksonville. High officials of the road w’hile in this city are said to have discussed plans for this improvement to be begun next spring. No one has been appointed as yet to succeed Traffic Manager Prince, who goes to Norfolk January 1 as assist ant to Vice President Capps. PERMANENT XMAS TREE. STAMFORD, CONN., Dec. 13 — Stamford is to have a permanent mu nicipal Christmas tree, to be located In Central Park. It is of Norwegian spruce. Thomas' Friends Sure He Will Get P. 0. Job NEWBERN, N. C., Dec. 13.—The delegation of 21 prominent Newber- nians who on Thursday went to Washington to confer with Senator F. M. Simmons, urging that he ap point John Thomas as postmaster here, returned to-day. | While Senator Simmons made no promises further than to say that the appointment would be made next week, the delegation is confident that Thomas will be selected. At Soda Fountains or Carbon- atcd«in Bottler THE COCA-COLA COMPANY, Atlanta, Ga. Dogs and Cats Will Die by Electricity BIRMINGHAM, Dec. 13.—Dogs and cats taken up by the dog catcher in Birmingham and Impounded will here after be electrocuted when their time is up and they are ordered killed. This plan of death for the dogs and cats was suggested by the Birmingham Humane Society and a patented “elec troouter” will be installed. Birmingham makes way with several hundred dogs per annum. KEELY CO DOLLS? Mayor of St. Louis Forbids Cigarettes ST. LOUIS, Dec. 13— Mayor Henry ! W. Kiel, who enjoys a good cigar, i issued an order to his confidential j secretary to request all visitors to the * Mayor’s office to refrain from smok- I ing cigarettes. Mayor Kiel recently revealed his attitude toward ciga- I rettes when a newspaper reporter j smoked a cigarette In ,the Mayor’s i office. “Here, if you want to smoke, smoke j like a man,” said the Mayor, as he pushed a box of cigars toward the I scribe. DOLLS ,<FV_ l s c* <L EYv-izi: THE HOME STORE” McCLURE TEN-CENT CO. “SAVE THE DIFFERENCE” Visit Our Many Departments—The Store Where Santa’s on the Job for the Whole Family—Big Store With Little Prices BASEMENT -China Shop OBITUARY. Mrs. Virginia Lenora Huie, of Forest Park, died Saturday' afternoon in an Atlanta private sanitarium. Fu neral services will be conducted Sunday afternoon from the Phila delphia Church, at Forest Park. Mrs. Hule is survived by her husband, five sons, three daughters and two brothers. Friends desiring to at tend the funeral services may take the Central of Georgia suburban train, leaving the Terminal Station at 1:15 p. m., and get off at Kimsey, where private conveyances will be waiting to take them to the-church. Mrs. M. E. Warner, of Stillmore, Ga. # aged 65 years, died Saturday' after noon in an Atlanta private sanita rium. She is survived by' her hus band. i Thomas R. Camming. 2-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. B. Z. Gumming. No. 271 South Humphries, died Satur day night. The body will he sent and interment Steals Two Eggs and Gets Year in Prison HUNTINGTON, W. VA.. Dec. 13.— For the theft of two eggs Charles H Thumel was sentenced, in the Crimi nal Court here, to serve a y'ear in Hie penitentiary. It was his second con viction of petty larceny, and the Staff statutes provide the second offense amounts to a felony. The theft occurred several weeks ago. when the defendant was paint ing a sign for a local meat market. «>ur are i the Girls Sell Candy to Fight White Plague SAVANNAH, Dec. 13.—Savannah so ciety girls will invade the shopping dis trict for four days before Christmas to sell candy in the principal stores for the benefit of the Margaret Bottome fund to fight tuberculosis. A number of the younger set is al ready more than ordinarily active In selling the Christmas seals and a new supply was ordered from the general of fice at Atlanta tills week. WEDS NURSE WHO SAVED HIM. I FULTON, MO., Dec. 13.—Robert W. j Banker, a young farmer, near this city. I has married Miss Frances Genevieve , Howard. Two years ago Backer was i nursed back to health by the bride, who j is a trained nurse, j Buy. an Open- Stock Dinner Pattern — the Ideal Xmas gift, selections all good and prices are reasonable. Buy as many' or as few pieces as like and match here any time. tor Child’s Silver-plated Set, Knife. Fork and Spoon, in Buster Brown or Cher ub design; boxed 25c vou Herman China Tea Pot. Sugar and Cream Set, 50c Salad large < ’hlna or Unfit Bowls, assortment, In 15 and 25c Main Floor 9 Teeming With Christmas Specials For men—Japonette Handkerchiefs, with silk initials, 10c each, $1.00 dozen Men's Four-in-Hand Ties, fancy col orings, In holly' box; special.. .. 10c Ladies' Handkerchiefs, sheer linen, with Imitation Armenian lace bor ders; a. big v&ltte 10c Ladies’ Neckwear Our specialty’, the season’s latest, also sample lines; good values at 50c, for 25c Christmas Post Cards . . . . 10c dozen M’CLURE’S XMAS CANDIES. Fruil Department (Basement.) Buy now’ at these prices; Sweet Florida Oranges 1c each Pecans and Walnutu .15c tb Layer Raisins 12'/2C tb Dates 5c and 10c package Apples, fancy 15c dozen Malaga Grapes 15c fb The Toyland ol the South Pianos, Rose wood Finish. 6-Key Piano.. 25c 8-Key Piano. 50c it and 14 Key Piano $1.00 Baby Grand. $10.00 Piano Stools . ...25o Work Boxes For Dolly's Little Mother. Containing Thread. Needles, Buttons, Scissors, Etc 25c Mechanical Trains —Engine, two cars, tender, stopping de vice. signals, etc.; 28 - inch oblong track $1.00 Brass Folding Doll Beds. 18-Inch Long Chintz Covered Pillow and Mat tress Like Pic ture 2flo T^arge Bede With Canopy Top...$1.00