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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
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PLEDGES FIB
¥. M. G. A.
Mass Meeting Assures New$IOO,-
OOO Building, Leaders Assert.
$5,373 Raised at Once.
Worker* for tlin new nejrro Y M
C. A. building: declared Monday that
the project was assured as a result
of the demonstration by the negroes
at the Auditorium Sunday night.
failed to redeem their subscrip
tions of $50,000 to the $100,000 build
ing. 7,000 negroes packed the Audi
torium. Before the meeting was over
they had subscribed $5,373 and
pledged themselves to raise the rest.
The men bark of that, meeting claim
a far grent<v' significance f<*r it than
the incident of building a new negro
Y. M. f. A. It was one of the firs.*
times in the history of the South that
leading Southern white men have
made n really serious effort to get
the negroes as a whole interested In
The construction of a greater race.
White Leaders Encouraged.
The appeal was made through the
negro churches That tremendous
response, said Marlon Jackson, the
Men and Religion Forward Move
ment leader, who was one of the
speakers, was another step \r\ the
great march that has been going on
through the centuries—the groat pro
cession of the world’s progress.
Still lending their aid. a number
of prominent Atlanta white men,
headed by W. Woods White, see in
that meeting the beginning of a de
velopment of the negroes into better
citizens.
Mr. White explained that the
larger aspects of the negro race prob
lem In the South had been neglected
by Southern white men and left to
Northerners. Little progress has been
made.
Now, be explained, It la time for
the Southern white man to show his
interest in his own section and in the
humanity about him; and the success
«»f the meeting Sunday night shows
that his efforts ta ill be well rewarded.
Project Is Revived.
Three years ago the negroes of
Atlanta subscribed $.'.0,000 to a $100.-
000 Y M. (\ A. building. Julius ftos-
cnwald. of Chicago, and the. white Y.
M. f. A. of Atlanta subscribed $25,000
each.
A few months ago the project seem
ed doomed, for the negroes had paid
but a few thousand dollars of their
subscriptions.
Through the pastors of the negro
churches, Mr. White and others, in
cluding many of the leading pastors
of white churches, took up the mat
ter. Now $16,877 has been subscribed
and there is assurance that much
more will bo obtained.
Besides Marion Jackson. Governor
Slaton. Recorder Nash R. Broyles, Pr.
John K. White. John Temple Graves.
William Randolph Mearst’s personal
representative in Atlanta, and Woods
White spoke, representing the white
people.
Ovation for Broyles.
The negro speakers were Dr H H
T’roctor, Dr. J. P. O’Connell, the
Ron. James Bryant and the Rev. W.
)l Moses.
The good humor of the meeting was
shown when Judge Broyles was in-
t reduced.
I want to introduce a man with
whom a large element of our race is
already familiar," said Dr. W. A.
Fountain.
Judge Broyles arose and said:
“As 1 look over this audience I see
many familiar faces —’
The crowd interrupted him with
loud applause and laughter.
“But speaking seriously,’’ he con
tinued. “1 believe that yo^ have as
sembled at a gathering fraught with
great significance.”
Steamer Sinks at
Docks in Memphis
MEMPHIS. TENN.. Dec. IB.—The
steamer Shiloh, operated hv the Delta
Navigation Company, sank while tied
to the Mempnls wharf this morning
All the passengers had left shortly
after midnight, and those of the crew'
aboard reached the bank In safety'.
Officials of the packet company are
unable to assign a reason for the
sinking of the boat. She was valued
at approximately $45,000.
Sidelights
GEORGIA
POLITICS
. Jr JAMES B.NEVTN
A
"The impression that It makes sonic
difference somehow whether a profit
is made in handling liquors in clubs
or near-beer saloons—which Impres
sion seems to he more or less wide
spread in Georgia—Is ratlur hard *o
account for,” said a well-known ad
vocate of strict prohibition in Geor
gia to-day. "There is nothing what
ever in the idea, of course.
“The sole question in the dispensing
of liquors in this State is whether
they are intoxicating -or, to be pre
cise, and follow the letter of the law,
whether they are of such a character
that, ‘when drunk to excess,’ they w ill
‘produce intoxication.*
"Prohibitionists generally appear to
think that Georgia has on its statute
books now' all the law It needs in re
spect of prohibition. The present
machinery is, we think, effective
enough for all purposes, and attemp*s
to get further statutes enacted are
favored generally by those interests
opposed at heart to prohibition.
"There are signs that there may be
some modifications of the present law-
undertaken in the Legislature to be
elected next summer not the present
General Assembly. It should not sur
prise me to see prohibition made an
•issue in a great many counties. How
ever, I have every confidence in the
world that, when it comes to a ‘show
down,’ the prohibitionists will win.
We have the votes—I think there js
no doubt of that!
"It is a mistake to believe that pr >-
hibition may be separated from poli
tics it can not. That’s all! And pro
hibitionists know' It, w'ell and good!"
A curious mix-up lias hem
straightened out or rather will be —
In Laurens County, and a railroad is
to become the boundary line between
Laurens and Montgomery.
The discussion of the matter was
brought about this week by the sur
vey of n portion of the boundary b »-
tween the two counties for tlie first
time since th< Legislature defined U
in 1839
The line was easily located, but
proved to he so unusually crook'd
and crossed the Wadley Southern
Railroad in such a manner that the
representatives of Montgomery ma !e
the representatives of Laurens a prop
osition that the counties make the
Wadley Southern road the boundary
line, Laurens to have the two arms of
Montgomery County that ex ten 1
across in»o Laurens now and Mont
gomery to have the arm of Laurens
that extends into Montgomery.
The change would give a perma
nent straight line between the two
counties, would simplify matters a
great deal in the collection of the cor
poration tax paid by the railroad *.j
the two counties, and would result ir
each having about the same amount
of territory as before.
The sections of the counties in
volved in the exchange will not
amount to more than 3,000 acres al
together.
Must Wed for Love
To Inherit $500,000
CADILLAC, MICH.. Dec. 15.—Cha!-
letta Mali, aged 19. will receive the
$500,000 est ate of her great uncle, Jo
seph Snyder, who died in San Fran
cisco, if she marries for love within
the next year.
Pay $4,725 for Fine
Chippendale Chair
LONDON, Dec. 15.—The highest
price ever known to have been paid
in England for a single piece of furni
ture, $4,725, was paid for a chair of
the Masters of Fruiterers Company
ai Christie’s. It was a magnificent
Chippendale wMth wonderful carvings.
mom SEIL SftLES
Atlanta Red Cross Campaigners
Expect to Make Great Show
ing This Week.
The ambition of the Atlanta. Red
Cross Christmas seal committee tills
year Is the disposal of 1,000,000 seals
in tho city and surrounding territory.
Approximately one-fourth of this
number has been »Jd to date, which
is considered a splendid Sturt toward
the goal.
Atlanta’s public school children have
taken up the work this week, in ad
dition to the general street sale, and
there is no doubt that their efforts
will add materially to the sales for the
week.
The special chairman for Monday
was Mrs. Leo Grossman. By no >ji
she had some 50 or more young worn,
en aiding her. There will be a num
ber of schoolgirls added to the force
in the afternoon. One of these young
workers, Miss Jeannette Samuels, of
No. 301 South Pryor street, deserves
special mention. She is not yet S
years old and already ha9 sold $6
worth.
Mrs. D. R. Bootes. Saturday’s chair
man, was assisted by 30 or more
women, and some of the best work
of the day was done by members of
the Woman’s Relief Corps of the G. A.
R., of which organization Mrs. Bootes
is president. The sales Saturday net
ted $242.86. Three sisters took in
$35.41 on Whitehall street—Miss Es-
teiL Lindsey, $10.01; Miss Jennie
Lindsey, $16.40, and Miss M. A. Lind
sey, $9.50. Other splendid sales for
the day were Mrs. James O’Donnctl.
$13.17; Mrs. F. J. White and Miss
Vera Hawke. $20; Mrs. W. M. Mans
field and Mrs. D. I. Carson, $17.'5;
Mrs. Briars, $10; Mrs. Eliza.Morton,
$10.70, and Mrs. Collins, $10.90.
Miss Laura Johnston has been so
interested in the work that she has
given most of her time to it during
the past four days, and expects to
keepatit again this week. Saturday
Her sales amounted to $11.35. and her
record for the four days is $48.55.
The thermometer over Folsom's Ho
tel shows sales of 250,000 seals, and
it is expected to make it take a sub
stantial rise very day this week.
Lawyer Leaps Seven
Stories to His Death
NEW YORK. Dec. 15.—Bevier Hall,
a lawyer of Bay City. Mich , commit
ted suicide to-day by leaping from
the window’ of his room on the sev
enth floor of the Hotel Marie An
toinette. His son was sleeping in the
room.
Cocking Law Author
Is Arrested at Fight
MILWAUKEE, Dec. 15.—Among
the 65 men arrested at a cock fight
in an old mill north of Milwaukee
was State Representative Jacob
Litza. author of the law which makes
cockfighting a criminal offense.
Men Give Up Old Suit:
Woman Lawyer Wins
NEW YORK. Dec. 3 5.--After fifteen
'ears of litigation over a building,
Mrs. Helen Linder won her suit wh n
she hired Miss Winnifred Sullivan, a
woman lawyer, after several male
barristers had failed.
Judge Fines Grandpa
$5 for Being Drunk
HUNTINGTON. W. VA Dec. IV -
S muel E Null, arrested on a charge
of drunkenness, was fined $5 by his
tiar.dson. City Magistrate Null.
CHATSWORTH JOBS UNSOUGHT.
DALTON. Dee. 15. With the election
fO r municipal offtleals ”ist three w^eks
< iTT Pm nr\A Vl a a a B i at a nnr.im.iA.1 in
Some Can
And Some Cannot
Drink Coffee Without Dangerous Results—
Rut if you intend to win out in life you will need a clearer head and steadier nerves
than the coffee drinker usually has.
Coffee contains caffeine, a subtle, poisonous drug, and its use as a daily routine bever
age causes more or less disturbance of nerves, heart, stomach, liver or some other organ.
This may not show for a time, but the coffee drug, caffeine (about 2’7 grains to the eup) is
a cumulative poison and, for most persons, a day of reckoning will surely come.
But why wait, until Nature drives home her arguments against coffee? Try this easy
test quit coffee 10 days and tr\ POSTUM.
After a few days the habit-forming drug, caffeine, will be eliminated from the system,
and the gradual return to old-time comfort will be the best evidence that coffee was
“getting you.”
There’s no headache or pains of any kind iu Post uni. It is a pure food drink, made only
of choice wheat and a little New Orleans molasses, and is absolutely free from caffeine or
any other drug.
Postum now conies in two forms.
Regular Postum—must be well boiled to bring out its delicious flavour and food value.
Instant Postum—(the new form is a soluble powder, A spoonful stirred in a cup of
hot water, with sugar and cream added, makes a perfect eup, instantly.
The person who has to bother with coffee aches and pains is badly handicapped, but
it s easv to shift to
POSTUM
And the change works wonders
“There’s a Reason”
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.... Will Be Awarded Free....
To Hustling Girls and Boys
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There is still time to enter and win if you’re hustlers. Make the little tot happy
with a $25.00 Doll, Big Teddy Bear, a Train or a Rocking Horse. 1,500 votes given for
each contract subscription.
No Money To Be Collected
Is Your Child’s Name on This List? If NOT, WHY NOT?
DISTRICT NO. 1.
Fred .Moon 15,000
Carl Young 12,500
Paul Phillips 10,000
Estel! Price 18,000
Mary Jenkins 16.000
Mary Cloud lj’siH)
Howard Roberts 18 500
Beuford MeDennwood 16,000
Clyde Wood 16,000
Harry Gilen
Archibald Little
W. B. Ware
Davis McCollough
17,000
19,000
19,500
16,7)00
DISTRICT NO. 2.
Frank Lichtemvalter 14,500
Morgan Roberts ] 000
Charles Felix 1,000
Inez Britton 1,000
Elizabeth Carr 16,500
Sam Gotlieb 1,000
Addie Lautzk 12.500
Arthur John i 1,000
Laura May Gamer 1,000
Charles Jones 16,000
Charles Stanton 15,7)00
Harry Hill 16,000
Morris Cumberworth 15,000
Gertrude Scott 1.000
Lewis Seigle .' 1,000
Joel Rogers 1,000
Eugene Walker 14,500
Howard Bussy 1.000
Reginald Rives 17,000
Neville Young 18,500
Emory Welsh 1,000
Edwin Welsh .’...14,500
Joe Robkins 1,000
Mabel Hartsfield 1.000
Rebecca May Moses 11,000
Dorothy Lawshe 19,000
Evie Lee Rasser 1,000
Margareita Heek 1,000
J. C. Edwards 17,500
Hubert Whidlev 1,000
Marion Smith 1,000
Charles Hall , 16,500
Sadie Gordon 1,000
Gaines Mann 1,000
Joe Deitch 17.000
Morris Everett 1,000
Ruth Allen 1,000
Paul Briggs 1,000
Margaret Miller 19.000
Lucille Mann 1.000
Herdon Thibaldian 18,000
Gussie Dash . . 19,500
Marguerite Martin 15,000
Gertrude laae.off 14.500
Leroy Mandle 1.000
Nathan Ragle 1,000
La vine Stone 19,000
Vellie Epstein 18.500
DISTRICT NO. 3.
Mary Wheless 19.000
Evelyn Burke 19,500
Wymer Marion 1,000
James E. Hudson 1,000
Julia Bogwell 12,000
Edna Bradley 1,000
Lillian Greye O’Connor 18,500
Eva Adams 15,500
Ruth Sorrows 16,500
Howard Park 1,000
Fred Liehtenwater 1,000
Willie Lee Wilson 17.000
LeGrande Murphy 17,500
Virvial Baxton 16,500
Clara Adams 19,000
Rosalyn Macks 1,000
Trene Georgia 17.000
Mary Whellis 1,000
Elizabeth Bender 18,500
Doris Fresh t 17,000
Frederick Sehoeu 15,000
Jimmie Warner 14,500
Annie Bell Long 1,000
Jack Roaker 1,000
Eddie Sinclair 18,000
Erma Fisher lo’oOO
DISTRICT NO. 4.
Annie Grady McDade 15,500
Thomas Crow r 16,000
Frank Holloway 17,500
Fred Lyon i f^oOO
Frank Alwise 1,000
Ellis Alexander 14,000
Rolland Goodroe 12,000
Heggie Evans Is’oOO
Nell Brantley 19 000
Katie Barrett 15/»00
Olivia Watkins ,.14,500
Willie Mae Watson 1,000
Harry McLaughlin 18,000
Carl England 1,000
Nellie Kate Butler 15,500
Ward Dimsey 14,000
Mrs. McMaulding 1.000
Mattie Simmons 1,000
Fred Pittman 14,500
%th Ham ........ le’soo
Nellie Hawkins 17 500
Earnest Pratt 18,000
Estelle Tinsley 16,000
Helen Peavy 16^500
DISTRICT NO. 5.
John L. Harper 16,000
Wright Hudsoh 15,500
Ganovieve Stranger 1 000
Florence Simonson 18,500
Ann Mayer 16^500
Mary Harman 1 000
Garnet Foreman 1.000
Helen Hang 17,500
Mattie Warren 16,000
Miss Mary E. Piugston 19,500
Beatrice Goldsmith 19,000