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f ■ J ... - mr. a i IjAA i a ur.u a ». 11 a a a a i » .\ r, w «. oTATE CHAMBER STARTS HGHT rKlnn* Ijh i>rk> V (Irm Business Men Help, The following butlnes* m city lmv<* already slgnlrt/ . tentlon of helping th< State ( K if. Elrod, G/<>rge J. An- Seventh Ward for Move for City to Buy Mozley Tract «*n» d*tt< Whirlwind Campaign Thursday toi Raise $10,000 in Atlanta. Leaders Pledge Support. gill, S. A. Kysor, J. R. Mei JofMTSon, M. Nabors, Dan Paul P Becaz*. H/nry VV. Ham Wilison, S. E David*- tlami The Georgia .Chamber of Commerce will conduot a on#.day membership campaign tn Atlanta next Thursday, wnen It is expected to r?ii«e $1 u out, representing thin city's portion of th* big fund which will bo ,‘#d to op erate the State Chamber during th coming year H (J. Hastings, of iho H O Hast ings Company, aeedarmn, will o# chairman of the executive committ-*# in charge of the campaign, nd will be assisted by St, Elmo Massengaie, Ta D. Hicks, Harris O. \\ bite and \\ :!- llsm F. Parkhurst. officials of »u# State Chamber, including President Charles J. Haden, Acting fv< retary- flel ton, John Bratto 'a'r Dodd, A»« < Bachman, J R. v , <; T. R. Fra j. T. Daves, r •n I» McKlnnex Be . McKeand. H. O. Brunt ommlttces of rtcturlng plant* ft \nn getbar nam her: W. J. r, I A. A. Ma li, C. H. H ugh**a, ay, W! 1 - w h. a. M. Car. ; 1 '.indler, Jr, Smith, W. J * r. Craig Co il Bra die/, < J. Haden. .'dwell, B M A. M. Rmlth. ampafgned bv Ml the mom:* be visited, 10- oleaala houses, large business now has a to- » In the State stockyard a and o firm". Fulton Cot Chamber. To Fight Boll Weevil. The fund now being raised win be used /luring to /-(lining year to arouse nil the agricultural Interests of (loot- girt to the <1,infer of the boll weevil, will* h 1 n- preparing to enter the Slate n»ar the Alabama line. The rhomb/ r will raise r. fund of $r,o,0oc In the State before February 1 for of**rating i xpenaes. Macon will hold n campaign this week simulta neously with Atlanta ft is hoped • ) ral»e at least $3,500 In Macon. A membership campaign will -j»/* started In Albany Immediately af r'-r the Christmas holidays, an/1 after .he first of the year membership cam paigns will become general over the State. Twenty-sixth Convention Starts on Three-Day Session Monday. Social Features for Visitors. YOURSELF ! Prisoners Unaware Of Fire at Station With CUTICURA SOAP Prisoners nt the police station did not learn until Tuesday morning that the city prison had been afire Monday night. Croat excitement was caused by th** blaze and every downtown company of the tire department responded to the alarm, wi.il/* a great, crowd gathered. The blaze started In an anteroom of the detective deportment on the third floor, a box filled with newspapers catching fire from a gas heater. The door to the room was closed, and when It was opened by one of the attaches of the department a great cloud of smoke burst forth. The blaze was exl ingulshed before the arrival of the firemen. Attended by notable surgeons and gynecologists from all parts of Amer ica, the Southern Surgical Associa tion opened its twenty-sixth annual convention at the Georgian Terraco at M 2m o'clock Tuesday morning. Dr. John Young Brown, of St. Bouts president of the organization, pre sided The session will last three /lays A social feature, including theater par ties, has been arrange/1 for each evening, while an automobile tour to the poihta of Interest around Atlanta is a bo on the program. The women members of the families of visiting surgeons will he entertained at a luncheon at the Piedmont Driving Club Wednesday Th/* sens Ions will be free from dis- cusslona of other than Important work of the convention The president s opening address was on a technical subject Dr. Brown used a number of interesting lantern slides in this talk Addresses will be made by Drs. J A. Danntt, formerly house surgeon at the Charily Hospital. New Orleans; John B. Murphy, Chicago; Charles Mayer, Rochester. J M. T. Finney, Baltimore, James K Moore. Minne apolis. A. Morgan Vance, St. Louis. Henry O. Marcv, Boston; Arthur D Be van, Chicago; J , Wesley Rove#, Washington; Rudolph Matas, New Orleans; J. Garland Sherrill. Louis ville J. Shelton Horsley, Richmond; O. Edward Gavin Mobile; A. J. Ochs- ner. Mobile; LeGrand Guerry, Co lumbia; J M Mason, Birmingham, ami Louis Frank, Louisville. Banks County Man Hold Here as Slaver Bank to Take Care of ‘Stocking Depositors' Tonight nib your scalp lightly with Cuticura Ointment. In the morning shampoo with Cuticura Soap. T hese emollients do much for dry, thin and falling hair, dandruff and itching scalps, and do it speedily, agreeably and economically. Cutteur* Roeyand Ointment eold throughout the world. Llber&l **mpl* of each mell/vl trne. with 39-p book. AUdrtM "Cutlo|iri," Dept. 7Q. Bonbon. •rMfn who ehavt* A/vl nhampow with CuUouie Roap will And It beet for nkln end boaId. CHICAGO, Dec ifi The only bank In Chleag/r possibly the only on# in the world where women depositor*/ are ac commodated with a sheltered place in which i<* reniovo currency from it* tra dttlonal hi/llng place whs opened in this city to-day. Tho citizens' Bank of Lakprlew. n North Shore suburb, has a room fur nished for this purpose. John B. Seller*, a Banks Count> farmer. Is being held In Atlanta b .] L. Baley, local representative of th'* Federal Department of Justice, on a Indictment of whit* slavery tn blight by a Federal Granfl Jury In Columbus some time ago. Kellers was arrested In Texas and brought to At lanta Monday. The charge Is that he eloped with Susie Coker, a 17-year-ol/l girl, who resided with his parents in Banks County, last October. Sellers was married and had four children. He lived on a farm adjoining his father's plantation, and eloped In an automo bile at night. J, L. McCord Goes to Council From Second $50,000,000 Sought For Good Post Roads WASHINGTON, Dec. lit A Federal appropriation of $25,000,000 to hr spent for good post roads, with an equal ap propriation by the several States is propose/1 in a bill Introduced in the Sen ate by Senator Swanson, of Virginia. $100 Down---and$26 Monthly This Bungalow Has Electric Lights—-City Water —and Is on a Corner Lot! - i, Xkm it .1 L. McCord, the Pryor street mer chant, is the new Councilman from the Second Ward, having been elected Mon day afternoon by the general Council to I succeed Thomas I. Lynch, who has moved to another section of the city. I zither vacancies filled were Marcellus M Anderson to succeed J. N. McEach- ern as Seventh Ward Police Commis sioner; George P. Dixon to succeed Graham P. Dozier as Tenth Ward Police Commissioner: Forrest Green to succeed M. M. Patterson as a member of ttie Cemetery Commission. W i Davis, (Clghth Ward; Frank (J. I akc. irth Ward, and W K. Ward, Third W ard, were re elected members I of the Water Board. Mayor Woodward will til! the vacancy on the Smoke Board caused by the retirement of R. L. Corley. Boy Jailed for Theft Of New Pattillo Auto Unable to make ti $1,000 bond im posed upon him by Recorder Nash R. Broyles Monday afternoon, C. Frank Corry, a 17-year-old youth of 237 Cen tral avenue, is in the county Jail on a charge ,»f larcen> in connection with the theft Saturday night of a new Hudson automobile belonging to Howard W Pattillo. Corry was arrested in a drug store in Last Atlanta early Saturday night He had driven the machine there and when arrested denied that he had stolen it. He charged that another youth had told him ho might run o’clock. the car until 11 Women / f the Fourth Ward are plan ning to support Councilman Claude L Ashley's move to purchase the old Ponce DeLeon amusement park for a city park and playground. They will go before the new Finance Committee to urge that an appropriation for its purchase be included tn the 1914 budget Councilman Ashley secured at least a nominal approval of the purchase from Council Monday when a resolution of hie providing for the appointment of a i.-m estate agent to negotiate with the Georgia Railway and Power Company | for n purchase price. W A Foster of | .tie firm of Foster & Robson, was named. M. E. Officials Named As Conference Ends A Xmas Gift for Your Wife! tirUAT a glorious Xma gift, to y nr v. •. i •/ r.ew beautiful bun »» galow will ma’-< *h. \ «**. * within v ur r**:tch' u can BUT it on our DIVIDED PAYMENT PLAN namely for $l(k> down, and $26 a month. No mortgage to assume This splendid bungalow <* on a /'OltNKU L«>T. 45x152 feet to alley It has ELI-CTRIC LIGHTS and city water. Tile sidewalks in front and on side street. Also tile >ard walk. .There are three cheerful bedrooms, a cozy living room, nice dining room with swinging /loots to kitchen. China closet in dining room. Large fr> nt veranda Concrete block front wail . nd concrete block veranda columns ]jitti<'ed b;>< k no-* h. l'retfy electric fixtures. Hand some fumed oak mantels Solid plate glass front door Gounod’s ‘Faust’ and ‘Mignon’ Planned by Channing Ellery. Free to School Children. Another free concert to the whool children of Atlanta will be given this afternoon. It Is expected that many thousand girls and boys will be at tracted by the special French pro gram the feature number* of which will be Gounod's "Faust ' and "Mig- non." Tickets will be distributed at the schools free to the / hildren. Adults will be charged the regular admission price of 25 cents. The free concert Monday afternoon to the children filled the Auditorium with five or *ix thousand boys and girls who were delighted with the band music. Preceding the concert Channing El lery, head of the band, made a short ad ress on the difference between the school children of Europe and. those of America. Th/* night program drew a large number of Atlanta* music lexers. The Ellery Band will render Tues day night a program made up entire ly of French compositions, among them being the entire fifth act of Gounod’s "Faust,” the “Mlgnon" over ture an/I the thrilling "Carmen” fan- tasie This latter number was played last Saturday evening, bringing forth storms of applause from the enthusi astic audience. Members of the Seventh Ward Im- ! pr/*vement Club have renewed their ! campaign for the purchase by the city of the Mozley property in that section for | a city park, following an editorial ad voeatlng this project, which was printed , In The Georgian. The club drew' up resolutions calling upon the members of the Council to give their support to this enterprise, and heartily indorsing The Georgian's action on the matter. The resolution* declare that the city 1* “woefully lacking In public parks, | but on account of tlie historic interest attached to the Mozley property, it by j all mean* should be preserved for the generations to come Thomas J, Bishop Is secretary an/1 I treasurer of the Seventh Ward Club MO VING PICTURE SHOWS Carter, Promoter of Banks, Gets 2 Years THE M3NTGOMERY Wednesday. "In the Jungle." This great three-reel Seliq will absolutely as tound you In Its daring production This is really a great feature. Lee's Hawaiian Trio and the full orchestra. News was received Tuesday in At lanta that John H. Carter, who near ly organized a mllllon-dollar bank in Atlanta some years ago. had been sentenced to two yearn In the State penitentiary for the embezzlement of $♦1,500 in an Kllijay (Ga.) bank s stock Carter was indicted two month* ago by a Grand Jury in Kill jay. He lives in Asheville, N. ('. The prosecution resulted from th/* / fforts of five banks, of which he at one tim<- had control — the North Georgia Bank and the North Georgia Trust Company, of Blue Ridge; the Gilmer County Bank, of EIHJay; th/* Bank of Jasper, and tho Bank of Dahlonega. ALAMO NO 1. Wednesday “Falling In Love With Inez." an Edison comedy that will make you forget dull care. "Hello Trouble," an Essanay comedy that Is a scream. Eddy Clarke. ALAMO NO. 2 Wednesday. Tom’s Cabin," “Uncle Tom’s Cabin," a two- ree* Kalem. You know the story. “Buster's Little Game," a Selig comedv that Is a laugh-provoking production. T he Monarch Four. TWO SKYSCRAPERS STARTED. AUGUSTA, Dec. 16.—Work lias been started by the Whitney Com pany, New York, contractors for the Empire Life Insurance Company's seventecn-story office building, and the King I.umber Company, of Charlottesville, Va., which will build The Augusta Chronicle's ten-story structure. VAUDETTE Wednesday. “The Open Door.” a two-reel Broncho that will hold you throughout "The Lawyer, Dog and Baby." a Thannhauser that will please The Stein way Four. TWO AND A HALF DOLLAR GOLD PIECE FOR A CHRISTMAS GIFT the: elite Wednesday. "Zuzu. the Band Leader," a two- reel Keystone that is a corker. "The Law of Humanity," an In teresting Princess drama. Atlanta’s Oldest Savings Will Supply You. Bank Why puzzle your brain about what t*> give for a Christmas present? Some people suffer a nervous breakdown and almost go crazy in solving this problem. The Georgia Savings Bank and Trust Company, the bank that makes saving easy by accepting deposits as small as $1, will give you a brand-new Two and a Half Dollar goldpieee of the 1913 coin age for its equivalent In any other de nomination. A passbook would also be a nice thing to put in the stocking This bank pays 4 pz*r cent interest and would appreciate your savings account. GEORGE M BROWN. President, JOHN W GRANT. V. President. JOSEPH E. BOSTON. Secretary and Treasurer. Advt. ALCAZAR THEATER To-day. "The Qirl o’ the Woods," a two- reel Victor, featuring Florence Lawrence. This is one of the great productions and will delight you. SAVOY THEATER To-day. "Time is Money." This two-reel Universal will hold you from begin* ning to end with the most intense interest. Women Join Move For New City Park Hours: Daily 8 to 7 Sun. 9 to 1 Special Holiday Prices.- Filled 50C UP Painless r|j„ Extraction dvL Dr. E.G. Griffins $15 Cold Dust Plates Crown and Bridge Work Phone Main 1708 Gate City Denta! Rooms 24 1-2 Whitehall Over Brou'n & Allen's EXAMINATION FREE The Georgia Methodist Episcopal Church North has closed its confer ence and to-day the delegates are dc parting fer their homes. The eonfer- ence service at the concluding session I was preached by Pr Frederick D. l.eete. i resident bishop, who ordalne/l three ] men as elders and five as deacons. It was* decided to hold the next conference at Tallapoosa. Klsh/>p I^eete left Tuesday for Wad- h*y. Ala., where the Alabama confer- ' eiice is to be held this week. TRAINS DAILY TO Little Rock TRAINS DAILY TO rings CHENEY’S EXPECTORANT Cures Croup, Whooping Cough This Is one of the handsomest bunga side of Atlanta's city limits)—it's only from the post office. • m CAPITOL VIEW * in - IS-minute street car ride ! Fifty y<*»r» on tt,« market and sold ererywhere I for Cj, Bent medicine f<*r croup, roldn and •ore ; *hmat affections Pan i he led away by new and .'rtod remedies SUck U> Cheney • Expectorant : U is sure. — (AdrtJ Better in V ’• with as at once' tee for full irf TPiurlon! • ■no us or < all at our of- W. D. BE ATI E, 207 Equitable Building Bell M»;n 3520 Atlanta Phone 3520 XMAS RATES Reduced over N., C. & St. L. Ry. and W. & A. R. R. Apply any Agent. i. Leave Memphis 7:00 a.m., 9:45 a.m., 11:00 a. m., 2:30 p.m., 12:01 midnight Modern equipment and polite employes make the short trip one of pleasure and comfort. Trains leaving Memphis at 11:00 a. m., 12:01 midnight run through to Oklahoma and Texas. Get all information from H. H. Hunt, Di.trict Pas.enger Ag.nt, JV Kititri 18 North Pryor St., Atlanta, Ga. A. L MYERS MYERS-MILLER Will Divide Your Payments ANDREW J. MILLER Myers-Miller $ will give you the original of this DIES AFTER OPERATION. LUMPKIN. Dec. 16.—John T Patter-II ■on. a prominent citizen of Lumpkin. Is dead .<■ his home here, following tn op eration. $2.50 Check as a Xmas Gift- you’ll call for ^ it at our store ® INTRODUCTORY OFFER /(•■all* •nils S BMlIf | 6 «4 S West MRchell Strsel. Out door from Wblfehall P r TO TH« yeFn^L_-«^ oftocii Atlanta. Ga — 19/<? on ant rukCNAH or forty ooluins on ovkn ^DOLLARS t. Tire good val.ce bank ) M/f ,9^-MILLER FURNITURE CO. Gifts lor Adults and Kiddies At the MYERS-MILLER Store O' 'R store is now brimful of USEFUL Gift Artieles for men, women and children! This is a new firm—and, therefore, we are making an EXTRA effort to please you. On this basis we have made SPECIAL prices on brand-new, highly desirable gifts! To make use of an old but true saying: “The BEST ADVERTISEMENT IS A PLEASED CUSTOM ER’’—you will be so thoroughly pleased if you buy Xmas gifts at our store that you will become a PERMANENT customer! w GO CARTS AND SULKIES w> are showing splendid values in pretty GO- CARTS and M'LKIES at prices ranging from $2.50 to $20 Worth $2.00 p 0 || g ec J With Mattress Thin tn nn exact ptetur# of the “cute" DOLLS BED end MATTRE8H which we are eelling. Four- Post Colonial—Just like th* grown-ups. Well made and fin ished of solid oak in DULL golden fumed. A big $2.00 value for you at our special price of.. -9fto 90c Myers-Miller Kitchen Cabinet A most gratifying Christ mas gift for the house wife Is a M Af KITCHEN CABINET. It is better an,l larger than any other kind that’s made- and it saves hundreds of steps and lots of valuable time. No kitchen is complete without one! Priced from $6.00 Rocker $15 to $65 - i * r K.«. $7.50 s in w h 1 d 1 ' II l" 1 , k, nl 1|" —T LADY’S DESK , We have a SDleiglid as- 1 sortment of "Ladies Desks, in-iced from *7.50 to made of Fumed. Golden and Early Eng lish Oak or Circassian Walnut. Bird’s-eye Maple or Mahogany. A remark able value is the Lady’s Desk of Fumed Golden or Early English Oak, at This Rocker in DULL Mahogany finish is ex cellently made—it’s a fine Xmas gift. It’s a SURE-ENOUGH $6 value—but our price is only $3.75. special at. Davenport or Davenette \\ . offer an excellent I > A V K N KTTE or D A V- KNPORT, frame finished in Fumed. Golden or Ear ly English Oak or Ma hogany —at an attrac tive price $30! Cotton Mattress for $5 extra. u Library Table ui LI- legant HILARY TABLES, made of Early English, Fumed Oak and Mahogany. We l ave a large assortment. Special values from 9x12 Rug’s Oil Heater $6 to $45 Rugs are ideal an Xmas gift*. We have a great assortment of 9x12-foot rugs In beautiful de signs, richly colored. Brussels, Velvet, Axminster and Wilton. Prleed from $9.50 to $50- A very special value Is our 9xl2-foot rug at home, gifts. TION store at ... Costumer $9.50 Cutting Table Fuv the housewife one of he's/ CUTTING TA- Yar.i measure .. printed on top. Made of w hite Maple. $1.25j Priced only Mattress Progress 35-lb. Cot ton Mattress . $ 5.50 Queen 40-lb. Felted Mattress 7.50 M-M Leader 45-lb. Felted Mattress ... 8.75 Ideal 45-lb. Felted MittfNI • 10.00 Restwell 50-lb. Felt ed Mattress 12.50 Luxury 55-lb. Felted Mattress 15.50 $15.95 We have COSTHT ERS In Gold en, Fumed or Early English Oak Mahog any at $ *500 M-M Sleepwell The “M-M 8LEEPWELL” Out tit consists of a splendidly finish ed White Enamel or Vernis Mar tin Bed. with two-inch posts and ten filters. Furthermore includes a FIRST QUALITY National Spring and a 35-lb. cotton :n*t- tresa. The entire outfit for only SI5.95 Others, in wood or brass, up to 12 EO There are many other desirable Xmas p.ifts for you to see in our assortment, including MUSIC CABINETS, SMOKING STANDS, CELLARETTES, etc. Myers-Miller FURNITURE COMPANY Successor to C. H. MASON. t> and 8 Wes! Mitchell St. 2 Doors from Whitehall Toy Wagons Get the child a TOY WAOON. We have the best-made, painted red and In four sizes. Prices $20O 9 ° C ' * 1 ' 25 ' ,1 ’ 75 and 1 Chifforobe $42.50 This beautiful Chifforobe shown here is in Golden Oak. Height 5 ft. 2 inches. Width 3 ft 7 inches. Mirror is If! by 4“ inches. Price is very reasonable at $42 50. We have other Chiffo- robes, in Circassian Wal nut or Mahogany--some little*as... $17.75 Card Table Why not a CARD TA BLE as a Christmas gift? This high-grade Card Table Is in Mahog any or Fumed Oak, witn Pantasote top. Light weight. Has rubber tips on legs. Very $3.50 “PERFEC TION" Oil Heaters are smoke less and odorless. Inasmuch as they are in d i b pensable In every they are USEFUL Buy a “PERFEC Oil Heater at this $3.50