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Mass Meeting Assures New$IOO,-
000 Building, Leaders Assert.
$5,373 Raised at Once.
Workers for the new negro Y. AI.
C. A. building: declared Monday that
the project was assured as a result
of the demonstration by the negroes
at the Auditorium Sunday night.
Called to redeem their subscrip
tions of $."0,000 to the $100,000 build-
ng, 7,000 negroes packed the 'Audi
torium. Before the meeting was over
they had subscribed $5,373 and
pledged them'-elve^i to raise the reat.
The men hark of that meeting claim
a far greater significance for It than
•he incident of building a new negro
Y M. C. A. It was one of the first
times in the history of the South that
leading Southern white men have
made a really serious effort, to get
the negroes n.° a whole interested In
the construction of h greater race
White Leaders Encouraged.
The appeal wa* made through the
tiegro churches That tremendous
response, said Marlon Jackson, the
Men and Religion Forward Move
ment leader, who was one of the
speaker- was another step In the
great march that has been going on
through the centuries—the great pro
cession of the world's pitogress.
Still lending their aid, a number
of prominent Atlanta white men.
headed by \Y. Woods White, see in
that meeting the beginning of a de
velopment of the negroes into bettor
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, he explained, it Is time for
the Southern w hite man to show his
interest in his own section and in the
humanity about hiai: and the success
of the meeting Sunday night shows
that his efforts will be well rewarded.
Project Is Revived.
Three years ;tgt* the negroes of
Atlanta subscribed $50,000 to a $100,-
000 Y M. C A. building. Julius Ros
en wa Id, of Chicago, and the white Y.
M. C. A. of Atlanta subscribed $25,000
each.
A few months ago the project seem
erl doomed, for the negroes had paid
hut 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 be obtained.
Besides Marion Jackson, Governor
Slaton, Recorder Nash R. Broyles, Dr.
John K. White, John Temple Graves,
William Randolph Hearst's personal
representative in Atlanta, and Woods
White spoke, representing the white
people.
Ovation for Broyles.
The negro speakers were Dr. H. H
Proctor, Dr. J. P. O’Connell, the
Rev James Bryant and the Rev. W.
11. Moses.
The good humor of the meeting was
shown when Judge Broyles was in
troduced.
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 I look over this audience 1 see
many familiar faces
The crowd interrupted him with
loud applause and laughter.
‘‘But speaking seriously,” he con
tinued. "I believe that yo have as
sembled at a gathering fraught with
great significance.”
Steamer Sinks at
Docks in Memphis
MEMPHIS, TENN., Dec. 15.-The
steamer Shiloh, operated by 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 hank 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.
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 lintel 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. 15.—After fifteen
years of litigation over a building,
Mrs. Helen Linder won her suit wh?n
she hired Miss Winnifred Sullivan, a
woman lawyer, after several ma'.e
barristers had failed.
(Sidelights
GEORGIA
POLITICS
JAMES B.NEVIN
A
The impression that it makes some
different • somehow whether a profit
is made in handling liquors in clubs
or near-berr saloons which impres
sion seems to he more or less wide
spread in Georgia -is rather 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 i» whether
they are intoxicating—or, to be pre-
use. and follow the letter of the law,
whether they are of such a character
that, 'when drunk to excess,’ they will
'produce Intoxication.’
“Prohibitionists generally appear to
think that Georgia has on its statute
books now all the Isw It needs In re
spect of prohibition. The present
machinery is, we think, effective
enough for all purposes, and attempts
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 Assemblv. 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.’ tiie prohibitionists will win.
We have the votes—I think there js
no doubt of that!
"It is a mistake to believe that pr>-
hibltion may he separated from poli
tics it can not. That’s all! And pro
hibitionists know' it, well and good!”
A curious mix-up has bejn
straightened out or rather will he —
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 a portion of the boundary be
tween the two counties for the first
time since the Legislature defined Jt
in 1859.
The tine was easily located, hut
proved to be so unusually crooked
and crossed the Wadley Southern
Railroad in such a manner that th ■
representatives of Montgomery ma le
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 exten I
across into 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 t j
the two counties, and would result lr
each having about the same amount
of territory as before.
The sections of the counties in
volved 4n the exchange will not
amount to more than 3,000 acre* al
together.
Must Wed for Love
To Inherit $500,000
CADILLAC, MICH , Dec. 15. Chal-
letta Hall, aged 19. will receive the
$500,000 estate of her greatuncle, Jo
seph Snyder, who died In San Fran
cisco, If she marrle; for love within
the next year.
Pay $4,725 for Fine
Chippendale Chair
J/)NDON, Dec. 15. The highest
price ever known to have been paid
in England fora single piece of furni
ture, $4,725, was paid for a chair of
the Masters of Fruiterers Company
at Christie’s. It was a magnificent
Chippendale with wonderful carvings.
1 III SEAL SALES
Atlanta Red Cross Campaigners
Expect to Make Great Show
ing This Week.
The ambition of the Atlanta Red
Cross Christmas seal committee this
year is the disposal of 1,000,000 seals
in the city and surrounding territory.
Approximately one-fourth of this
number has been Sold to date, which
is considered a splendid start toward
the goal.
Atlanta’s public school children hav*e
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 nojn
she had some 50 or more young worn,
en aiding her. There will be a num
ber of schoolgirls added lo 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 has 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. f 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-
telR 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’Donned,
$13.17; Mrs. F. J White and Miss
Vera Hawke, $20; Mrs. W. M. Mans
field and Mrs. D. I. Carson, $17.15;
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 lime to it during
the past four days, and expects to
keep a t it again this week. Saturday
her sales amounted to $11.35, and her
>• cord for the four days is $4*.65.
The thermometer over Folsom’s Ho
tel shows sales of 260,000 seals, and
it Is expected to make it take a sub
stantial rise very day this week.
Judge Fines Grandpa
$5 for Being Drunk
Hi XTINGTON. W. VA„ Dec. 15.—
Samuel E Null, arrested on a charge
°f ’■'Jnkenneas, was fined $5 by his
*n»rr . , n city Magistrate Null.
CHATSWORTH jobs unsought.
Dm.TON, Dec. 15.—With the ejection
'or iricipal nfTiicals just three vreks
vJv', rn one has as yet announced in
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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 2Vfe grains to the cup) 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 try POSTUM.
After a few days the hahit-forifiing 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 in Postum. 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 comes 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, cup, instantly.
The persoiv 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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On Christmas Elbe....
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Only the First Nomination Blank Cast for Each Candidate Will Count
as 1,000 Votes.
Don’t
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Start
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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
Estell Price 18,000
Mary Jenkins 16,000
Mary Cloud yj 500
Howard Roberts 18,500
Beuford McDennwood ip, non
Clyde Wood !.!.16J)00
Harry Gilen 17,000
Archibald Little 39 qqq
W - R War e 19,500
Davis McCollough 16,500
DISTRICT NO. 2.
Frank Lichtenwalter 14,500
Morgan Roberts 1.000
Charles Felix 1,000
Inez Britton 1.000
Elizabeth Carr 16,500
Sam Gotlieb 1,000
Addie Lautzk 12,500
Arthur John 1,000
Laura May Garner 1,000
Charles Jones 16,000
Charles Stanton 15,500
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 Heck 1,000
J. C. Edwards 17,500
Hubert Whidley 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 L000
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 laacoff 14,500
Leroy Mandle 1,000
Nathan Fagle 1,000
Lavine Stone 19,000
Vellie Epstein 18,500
DISTRICT NO. 3.
Mary Whelcss • 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
Irene Georgia 17,000
Mary Whellis 1,000
Elizabeth Bender 18*500
Doris Fresh 17,000
Frederick Schoen 15,000
Jimmie Warner 14,500
Annie Bell Long 1,000
Jack Roaker 1,000
Eddie Sinclair 18,000
Erma Fisher 16M00
DISTRICT NO. 4.
Annie Grady McDade 15,500
Thomas Crow *. 3 6,000
Frank Holloway 17,500
Fred Lyon 15*000
Frank Alwise 1,000
Ellis Alexander 14,000
Rolland Goodroe 12,000
Heggie Evans 15^000
Nell Brantley 19,000
Katie Barrett 15,500
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 L000
Mattie Simmons 1,000
Fred Pittman 14*500
Ruth Ham 16,500
Nellie Hawkins 17*500
Earnest Pratt, 18,000
Estelle Tinsley 16*000
Helen Peavy 16*500
DISTRICT NO. 5. *
JohnL. Harper 16,000
Wright Hudson 15*500
Ganovieve Stranger 1,000
Florence Simonson 18^500
Ann Mayer 16*500
Mary Harman 1000
Garnet Foreman l’ooo
Helen Haug ....17*500
Mattie Warren 16,000
Miss Mary E. Pingston 19,500
Beatrice Goldsmith 19,000