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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
SMS FIGHT
Whirlwind Campaign Thursday to
Raise $10,000 in Atlanta.
Leaders Pledge Support.
The Georgia Chamber of Commerce
will conduct a one-day mernbernhip
ampaign in Atlanta next Thursday,
when it is expected to raise $10,000,
representing this city's portion of th<
biff fund which will be used to op
erate the State t'hamber during tV
coming year
H. G. Hastings, of the H G Hav
Inga Company, seedsmen, will .>e
obaJrman of the executive commit! *e
in charge of the campaign, and will
h* assisted by St, Elmo Maxsenga.v
L D Hicks, Harris G. White and Wil
liam F Farkhurat. Officials of ' ne
State Chamber, including President
Charles J. Haden, Acting Secretary-
SHAMPOO
YOURSELF
Manager Gharles D, M<Kinney, Vice
President Herbert F. Maddox and Wi •
mer L Moore, executive committee- I
man. of Atlanta, will assist in i e
campaign. Infinite r.lan. 11 he Iai.1l
at a meeting of the workej« u the
Piedmont Hotel ot 12; 30 o’clock.
Business Men Help.
The following buslnex* men of th*|
city have already sigtiifb . their iii-
tention «»f helping the State 1 hamli*-. :
K. 11. Elrod, Georg- .), Auer, W. I.
Lowenatein, Georg** M Napier, I A.
Burdette, H O. Vl< Uers. K A Mm -
gill, S. A. Kysor. J. K Meredith. <\ H.
Johnson, M. Nabors, Dan *•> Hugh*
Paul P, Rees**. Henry W. Gradv, \V I -
Ham Wilson, S E. Davidson, W. 11 M.
Hamilton, John Bratton, Sam M. < ’ar
son. Fair J>odd, Aw* C. handler, Jr,
.1 it Bachman. J. H Smith, \V. J.
Dabney, <; T. R. Fraser, Craig Co-
Held. .1 T. Oaves, c G. Bradly/,
Charles I) McKinney, c J Ifailen,
A \V. M'K*and, c R < aid well, B M
Lee, R. (J. Bruarh and A M. Smith
NOTED PHYSICIANS FRENCH PROGRAM
DISCUSS SURGERY
Tlie city
committees
factoring p
get her uitli
at ockya rd *«
will be campaigned bv
of two. All tin* muni;*
a n t m will be visited, n-
banka. wholesale house
and other large busine
»n County now has a t
ship of 12f» In the flta
Twenty-sixth Convention Starts
on Three-Day Session Monday.
Social Features for Visitors.
Gounod's ‘Faust' and 'Mignon'
Planned by Channing Ellery.
Free to School Children. .
tlrm«. Fill
ta 1 m* nib*
( a tuber
To Fight Boll Weevil.
The fund now being raised will be
used during the coming year to arouse
all the agric ultural interests of Geor
gia to Hie danger of the boll weevil,
which 1h now preparing to enter the
Slate near the Alabama line
The chamber will raise a fund of
$50,000 in the State before Februarv
1 for operating expenses Macon will
bold a campaign tills week simulta
neously with Atlanta, ft Is hoped 'O
raise at hast $3,500 1n Macon
A membership campaign will be
atarted In Albany immediately af r
the Christmas holidays, and after .he
first of the year membership cam
paigns will become general o i **r the
State
Prisoners Unaware
Of Fire at Station
CUTICURA
SOAP
t onight rub your scalp lightly with
CuLicura Ointment. In the morning
shampoo with Cuticura Soap. These
emollients do much {or dry, thin and
falling hair, dandruff and itching
scalps, and do it speedily, agreeably
and economically.
<'utlrurs Rose and Ointment sold throughout ths
world liberal nmp!* of ouch maiiod with I
32-p booh Address "Outlcsjrs.” Dept 7<«. R os too l
•TMfn who shove sod shampoo with Cuticura
xosp will And It boat for skin and scalp.
Prisoners at the police station did not
learn until Tuesday morning that the
city prison had been afire Monda\
night. Great excitement was caused by
the blare and every downtown company
of the fire department responded to the
alarm, while a great crowd gathered
The blaze started In an anteroom of
the detective department on the third
floor, a box tilled 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 extinguished
before the arrival of the firemen.
Bank to Take Care of
‘Stocking Depositors’
CHICAGO. Pec. 16 The only bank
in Chicago possibly the only one in the
world where women depositors are ac
commodated with a sheltered place in
which to remove currency from its tra
ditional hiding place waa opened in this
city to-day.
Tim citizens' Bank of I^akeview. a
North Shore suburb, lias a room fur
nished for this purpose.
$50,000,000 Sought
For Good Post Roads
WASHINGTON, Dec. 16. A Federal
appropriation of $2.’>,000,000 to be spent
for good post roads, with an equal ap
propriation by the several States, is
proposed in a hill introduced'In the Sen
ate by Senator Swanson, of Virginia.
$100Down---and$26 Monthly
This Bungalow H as
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Electric Lights—City Water
—and Is on a Corner Lot!
A Xmas Gift for Your Wife!
ATITHAT a glorious \n,a> gift, to jroui wife tins new beautiful bun
** galow will make’ «>h. > »•- It - ** within your reach! You can
Bt’V it on our DIVIDED PAYMENT PLAN namely for $100 down,
and $26 a month. No mortgage to assume
This splendid bungalow is on h CORNER la»T, 4oxlo2 feet to alio
It has ELECTRIC .LIGHTS and cit \ water file sidewalks In front and
on side street. Also tile >ard walk.
There are three cheerful bedrooms, a oox> living room, nice dining
room with swinging doors to kitchen China closet in dining room
lairge front veranda Concrete block front wall and concrete block
veranda columns. Latticed hack pore) Prett> electric fixtures Hand
some fumed «>ak mantels Solid plate glass front door
This is one of the handsomest bungalows n CATITOL VIEW
side of Atlanta s city limits)—it's onl> an 18-minute street car
from the post office
Better get in touch wuh us at once!
Are for full information!
(•all at our of-
W. D. BEATIE, 207 Equitable Building
Bell Main 3520 Atlanta Phone 3520
— .NM II-
Attended by notable surgeons and
gynecologists from all parts of Amer
ica, the Southern Surgical Associa
tion opened M.«* twenty-sixth annual
convention at the Georgian Terrace
at it: 30 o'clock Tuesday morning. Dr.
John Young Brown, of St. lxmls
| president of the organization, pre-
de ’
The session will last three days A
i.-..Kiul feature, including theater par
ties, lias been arranged for each
evening, while an automobile tour 10
I the points of interest around Atlanta
is also on the program. The women
members of the families of visiting
surgeons will be entertained at a
luncheon at the Piedmont Driving
Club Wednesday.
The sessions will be free from dis
cussions 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.
Addresi^es will be made by Drs. J
A. Danna, formerly house surgeon at
the Charit} . Hoap tal Na» Oi
Jo n B Murphy 1 Tii< igo; * h irlea
Mover. Rochester; J. M. T. Finney,
Baltimore; James K. Moore Minne
apolis; A Morgan Vance, St. Loui*.
j Henry O. Marcy, Boston; Arthur D.
Be..in, Chicago; .1 Wesley Bovee,
Washington; Rudolpli Matas, New
j Orleans; .1 Garland Sherrill. Louis
ville; J. Shelton Horsley, Richmond;
G. Edward Gavin. Mobile; A. J. Ochs-
ner Mobile: LeGrand Guerry. Co
lumbia; .1 M. Mason, Birmingham,
and Louis Frank, Louisville.
Banks County Man
Held Here as Slaver
John B. Sellers, a Banks County
farmer, is being held In Atlanta by
1
A Federal Department of Justice, on
an indictment of white slavery
brought by a Federal Grand Jury in
Columbus some time ago. Sellers was
arrested in Texas and brought to At
lanta Monday.
The charge is that he eloped with
Susie Coker, a 17-year-old girl, who
resided with ids parents Jn Banks
County, last October. Sellers wits
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
.1 L. McCord, the Pryor street mer
chant, is the new Councilman from t Be
Second Ward, having been elected Mon
day afternoon hv the general Council to
succeed Thomas I. Lynch, who has
moved to another section of the city.
Other vacancies tilled were Marcellus
M. Anderson to succeed J. N. MoEach-
ern as Seventh Ward Police Commis
sioner; George P. Dixon to succeed
Graham P. Dozier as Tenth Ward Police
Commissioner; Forrest Green to succeed
H. M. Patterson as a member of the
Cemetery Commission.
W. Davis, Eighth Ward; Frank G.
Lake, T’ourth Ward, and W. E. Ward,
Third Ward, were re-elected members
..r the Water Board. Mayor Woodward
will All the vacancy on the Sn
Board caused by the retirement of R.
L. Corley.
Boy Jailed for Theft
Of New Pattillo Auto
Unable to make a $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 of larceny In connection with the
theft Sutnrda.v night of u new Hudson
automobile belonging to Howard W.
Pattillo.
Corry was arrested in a drug store in
East Atlanta early Saturday night. He
had driven the machine there and when
arrested denied that lie had stolen ft.
lie charged that another youth had told
him he might run the car until 11
o’clock.
Women Join Move
For New City Park
Women cf 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 in the 1914 budget.
Councilman Ashley secured at l**ast I
a nominal approval of the purchase from
<\*uncil Monday when a resolution of
his providing foi the appointment of a j
real estate agent to negotiate with the i
Georgia Railway and Power Company!
for a purchase price. W. A. Foster, of
the Arm of Foster & Robson, was named.
M. E. Officials Named
As Conference Ends i
The Georgia Methodist EpiscopaJ
Church North lias closed its confer
ence and to-day the delegates are de
parting fir their homes. The confer
ence service at the concluding session
was preached by Dr Frederick D. Ideate,
resident bishop, who ordained three
men as elders and five as deacons It
was decided to hold the next conference
at Tallapoosa
Bishop l*eete left Tuesday for Wad-
ley. Ala . where the Alabama confer
ence is to be held this week
Another free concert to the. school
children of Atlanta will be given this
afternoon. It is ex tied ed that many
thousand girls and boys will be at
tracted by the special French pro
gram. the feature numbers of which
will be Gounod's “Faust” and "Mig-
non " Tickets w ill be distributed at
the schools free to the children
Adults will he charged the Tegular-
ad mission price or 25 cents
The free concert Monday afternoon
to the children filled the Auditorium
with five or six thousand boys and
girls who were delighted with the
band music.
Preceding the concert Channing El
lery, head of the band, made a short,
address on the difference between the
school children of Europe snd those
of America.
The night program drew a large
number of Atlanta’s music lovers.
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 "Mignon” over
ture and the thrilling "Carmen" fan
tasia*. Th> latter number was played
last Saturday evening, bringing forth
storm* rtf applause from the enthusi
astic audience.
Carter, Promoter of
Banks, Gets 2 Years
News ww 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 years in the State
penitentiary for the embezzlement cf
$6,500 in an BUI Jay (Ga.) bank's
stock
Carter was indicted two months ago '
by a. Grand Jury in Bill jay. He lives j
in Asheville, N. C. The prosecution j
resulted from the efforts of five banks. ;
of which he at one time had control —
the North Georgia Bank and the
North Georgia. Trust Company, of i
Blue Ridge; the Gilmer County Bank,
of Ellijay; the Bank of Jasper, and j
the Bank of Dahlonega.
TWO SKYSCRAPERS STARTED.
AUGUSTA, Dec. 16.—Work has
been started by the Whitney Com
pany. New York, contractors for the
Empire Life Insurance Company’s
seventeen-story office building, and
the King Lumber Company, of
(’harlottesville, Va., which will build
The Augusta Chronicle’s ten-story
structure.
Seventh Ward for
Move for City to
Buy Mozley Tract'
Members of the beventh Ward Im- j
provement Club have renewed Their J
campaign for the purchase by the city of i
the Mozley property in that section for!
a city park, following an editorial ad !
vocating this project, which was printed ;
In The Georgian
The club drew up resolutions calling !
upon the members of the Council to give I
their support to this enterprise, and !
heartily indorsing The Georgian's action
on the matter
The resolutions declare that the city
Is ‘-woefully lacking in public parks,
hut on at count of the historic interest
atiache-1 to the Mozley property, it by j
all means should be preserved for the
generations to come.”
Thomas J. Bishop is secretary and
treasurer of the Seventh Ward Club.
DIES AFTER OPERATION.
LUMPKIN. Dec. 16.—John T Patter
son. a prominent citizen of Lumpkin, is
dead at his home here, following an op
eration.
TWO AND A HALF
DOLLAR GOLD PIECE
FOR A CHRISTMAS GIFT
Atlanta’s Oldest Savings
Will Supply You.
Bank
Why puzzle your brain about what to
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 a* small as
$1. will give you a brand-new* Two and
a Half Dollar goldpiece 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 A per cent interest and
would appreciate your savings account.
GEORGE M BROWN, President,
JOHN W. GRANT, V President,
.JOSEPH E. BOSTON.
Secretary and Treasurer
Advt.
MO VING
PICTURE
SHOWS
THE MONTGOMERY
Wednesday.
“In the Jungle.” This great
three-reel Sella will absolutely as
tound you in Its daring production
This is really a great feature.
Lee's Hawaiian Trio and the full
orchestra.
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.
“Uncle Tom’s Cabin,” a two-
reel Kalem. You know the story.
"Buster's Little Game.” a Sellg
comedy that is a laugh - provoking
production.
The Monarch Four.
VAUDETTE
Wednesday.
“The Open Door," a two-reel
Broncho that will hold you
throughout.
“The Lawyer, Dog and Baby,"
a Thannhauser that will plea,e
The Steinway Four.
the: elite
Wednesday.
“Zuzu. the Band Leader,” a two-
reel Keystone that is a corker.
“The Law of Humanity,” an In
teresting Princess drama.
ALCAZAR THEATER
To-day.
“The Girl 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*
nlng to end with the most Intense
Interest.
GRIFFIN
Hours:
Daily 8 to 7
Sun. 9 to 1
$15 Gold
Dust Plates
Special Holiday Prices:-
$10* fhi«mj 50c up
50c
Dr. E.G. Griffin's
Crown and
Bridge Work ipO,
$8
i
Plates
$5
Fit
Guaran
teed
Gate City Dental Rooms
24 1-2 Whitehall
Over Brown & Allen'a
EXAMINATION FREE
CHENEY’S
EXPECTORANT
Cures Croup. Whooping Cough
Fifty year* on the market and sol.I «*rervwhere j
f-'r I’V He«t medicine for croup, colds and sore j
throat affection* Don’t he led by new and .
untried remedies Stick to Cheney * Expectorant.
It Is sure -—CAchrt.)
5 Little Rock
3 ssu Hot Springs
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.
VMI
■
XMAS RATES
Reduced over N.. C. & St.
L. Ry. and W. & A. R. R.
Apply any Agent.
Trains leaving Memphis at
11:00 a. m., 12:01 midnight
run through to Oklahoma
and Texas.
Get all information from
H. H. Hunt, District P»*»enf.r Agent.
IS 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
$2.50 Check
as a Xmas Gift—if
you ’ll call for
it at our store
INTRODUCTORY OFFER
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On* door from Whitehall
Atlanta. Ga \Q/3
t. Tire GOOD VAl.CB BANK
•» ATLANTA. aROMIalA.
ON ANY PURCHASE Of FORTY DOLLARS OR OVTR
S-MU
^dollars'
, M/EJBS-MIULER FURNITURE CO.
Gills lor Adults and Kiddies
At the MYERS-MILLER Store
Of f* store is now brimful of USEFUL Gift Articles for men, women anti 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 hut 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!
GO CARTS
AND SULKIES
We are showing splendid
values in pretty GO-
CARTS and SULKIES at
prices ranging from
$2.50 to $20
Worth 52.00
Doll Bed
With Mattress ODC
Thi« In sn «Taet
plctur# of the "cute”
DOLL’S BED and
MATTRTCkS which
we are aeHing. Four-
Post Colonial—just
like the grownups.
Well made and fin
ished of solid oak in
D U h b golden or
fumed. A big $2.00
value for yon at our
special price of.. -9bc
Myers-Miller
Kitchen Cabinet
A most gratifying Christ
mas gift for the house
wife is a M M KITCHEN
CABINET It is better
and 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
$15 to $65
$6.00 |
Rocker
efrerdsw**Shi''
57.50
LADY S DESK
We have a splendid as
sortment of Ladies
Desks, priced from $7.50
to $30—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
Earlv English Oak, at
$7.50.
Davenport or
Davenette
We offer an excellent
DAVENETTE or DAV
ENPORT, frame finished
in Fumed. Golden or Ear
ly English Oak or Ma
hogany—at an attrae-
1 rkB .. $30
Cotton Mattress for $5
extra.
Cutting Table
Buv the housewife one of
these CUTTING TA
BLES Yard measnre is
printed on top. Made of
white Maple tfL ^ O C
Priced only *** x
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Toy Wagons
Oet the child a 1
wagon. u> have
best-made, painted
and in four sizes Pr
$iV 0c ' i, - 2r " $1 ' 75
Cfaifforobe
$42.50
This beautiful Chiffornht
Shown here is in Goider
Oak. Height 5 ft :
inches Width 3 ft. :
inches. Mirror is 16 h>
48 inches. Price Is vert
reasonable at $42.50.
We have other Chlffo-
robes. In Circassian Wal
nut or Mahoganv— som#
,U,Va,. $17.75
This Rocker in DULL Mahogany Imish is ex
cellently made—it’s a fine Xmas gift. It’s a
SURE-ENOUGH $6 value—but our price is
only $3.75.
Library Table
Here are elegant IJ-
BRARY TABLES, made
of Early English, Fumed
oak and Mahogany. We
have a large assortment.
Special values from
$6 to $45
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
Mattress 10.00
Restwell 50-lb. Felt
ed Mattress 12.50
Luxury 55-lb. Felted
Mattress 15.50
Hugs are ideal as Xma* girts.
We have a great assortment of
9xl2-foot. rugs in beautiful de
signs. rlrhly colored. Brussels.
Velvet, Axminster and Wilton.
Priced from $9.50 to $50- A very
special value is our t?Q cn
9xl2-foot rug at v«/«wu
$15.95
M-M Sleepwell
The "M-M SLEEPWELL” Out
fit consist* of a splendidly finish
ed White Enamel or Vends Mar
tin Bed. with two-inch posts and
ten fillers. Furthermore includes
a FI1UJT QUALITY National
Spring and a 35-lb. cotton mat
tress. The entire outfit for
only .. $15.95
Card Table
Why not a CARD TA
BLE as a Christmas
gift? This high-grade
Card Table is In Mahog
any or Fumed Oak, with
Pantasote top. Light
weight. Has rubber tips
on legs. Very (to CA
special at
Oil
Heater
“PERFEC
TION” on
Heaters are
smoke less
and odorless,
inasmuch as
they are in-
d i s pensable
in every
home, they are USEFUL
gifts. Buy a “PERFEC
TION” Oil Heater at this
store
at
ater at this I
$3.50
Costumer
We have
COST UM-
ERS In Gold
en, Fumed
or Early
English Oak-
Mahog
any at
$ <>00
Others, in
o o d or
brass, up to
1
1
12
£0
There are many other desirable Xmas qifts for you to see in our assortment,
including MUSIC CABINETS, SMOKING STANDS, CELLARETTES, etc.
Myers-Miller |
FURNITURE COMPANY
Successor to C. H. MASON.
6 and 8 West Mitchell St. 2 Boors Irom Whit^al!