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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 ■■■■■b wmmmmmmanBBmaaajm mmmmtm 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 IWwatUt wllkia a MMlfc* f ««>46 Weft Mitchell 9tr«ct. D> T T tr o m 4m f mi 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 J! i i w ih % i i 1 'n 1 •l, i ii 1 Hi jl 'it ll ii t ill ikl ■I iPj llfi 90c 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!