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'HE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
STATE CHAMBER
SITS FIGHT
IS
Whirlwind Campaign Thursday to
Raise $10,000 in Atlanta.
Leaders Pledge Support.
Manager Charles D. McKinney, Vice
I President Robert F. Maddox and Wll- ;
mer I-. Moorf*. executive committee*
I man, of Atlanta, will assist in ti e
I campaign Definite nlana will be iatl I
I at a meeting of the worker - at the I
I 1'jedmoht Hotel at 12:30 o'clock. .
Business Men Help.
The following business men of tlrs j
city have already iitgnlfh i their in-|
tention of helping the State Chamber:
K II. i'.irod, George .1 Auer, W. J,
Lowenateln, George M Napier, J. A.
Burdette, S O Vickers, R A. Ma-
Kiil, 8. A. Kysor. .7. K. Meredith, <H.
.TolTnson, M Nabors, Dan .v Hughes,
Paul P # Henry VV Grady, Wil
liam Wilson, S. E. Davidson, W. H. S.
Hamilton, John Bratton, Sam M. Car.
son. Fair Dodd, Asa G. handler, Jr,
.1 R Riii’hman J. R. Smith. W. I
The Georgia Chamber of Commerce
will conduct a one-day membership
.'tmpaign 1n Atlanta next Thursday,
when It Is expected to raise $10,000,
representing this citv's portion of the
big fund which wll be used to op
erate the State Chamber during the
coming year
H. G. Hastings, of the H G. Hast
ings Company, seedsmen, trill he
chairman of the executive committ-e
in charge of the campaign, and will
b# assisted by St. Elmo Massengaic,
D Hicks, Harris G. White and Wil
liam F Pa.rkhurst. Officials of tne
State Chamber, Including Pregjdent
Charles J. Haden, Acting Secretary
SHAMPOO
YOURSELF
With
CUTICURA
SOAP
Tonight ruh your scalp lightly with
Cutitura Ointment. In the morning
shampoo with Cut icura Soap. These
emollients do much for dry, thin and
falling hair, dandruff and itching
scalps, and do it speedily, agreeably
and economically.
Cutteur* Ba»p »n<1 Ointment sold throughout fh«
world Liberal of rarh mallod froo, with
.12-p hook AddrOM" ■( ‘utleura,’ Oopf 70. Hon'on.
•TMei who shave and shampoo with ('uttrura
soap will And It boat for akin ami scalp.
Dabney, <L T. R. Fraser, Craig Co-
fleld. I T. Daves, c. G. Bradl«7,
Charles 1> McKinney, < J. Haden,
A \N M Keand. « R Caldwell, R M.
Use, R. C Brusch and A. M. Smith.
Tile city will be campaigned by
committees of ‘ vm> All the manu
facturing plants will be visited, to
gether with hanks, wholesale houses,
stockyards and other large business
firms Fulton County now has a to
la' membership of 12a 1n the Plate
To Fight Boll Weevil.
The fund now being raised will he
us.-d during the < oming year to arouse
all the agricultural interests of Geor
gia to the danger of the boll weevil,
which Is now preparing to enter the
State near the Alabama line.
The chamber will raise a fund of
$.’>o,ft00 In the State before February
1 for operating expense*. Macon will
frold it campaign this week simulta
neously with Atlanta. It Is hoped to
raise at least $3,500 1n Macon
A meml>ership campaign will be
started In Albany Immediately after
the Christmas holidays, and after .he
first of the year membership cam
paigns will become general over the
State
Prisoners Unaware
Of Fire at Station
Prisoners at the police siation did not
learn until Tuesday morning that the
city prison had been afire Monday
night /Jreat excitement was caused by
the blaze 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, r box filled with newspapers
catching fire from a gas healer. 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, Dec. 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
dlttonal hiding place was opened in this
city to-day.
Tho Citizens' Bank of I^keview, 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 $25,000,000 to be spent
for good post roads, with an equal ap
propriation by the several States, is
proposed In « bill introduced in the Sen
ate by Senator Swanson, of Virginia.
Twenty-sixth Convention Starts
on Three-Day Session Monday.
Social Features for Visitors.
Attended by notable Burgeons and
gynecologists from all parts of Amer
ica, the Southern Surgical Associa
tion opened Its twenty-sixth annual
convention at the Georgian Terrace
at H:3 f i o’clock Tuesday morning. I>r
John Young Brown, of St. Douis.
president of the organization, pre
sided.
The sesirion will last three days. A
social feature, Including tneater par
ties, has been arranged for each
evening, while an automobile tour to
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
Addresses will be made by Drs. J
A. Dan hr, formerly house surgeon at
the Charity Hospital, New Orleans;
John B. Murphy, Chicago; Charles
Mayer, Rochester, J. M. T. Finney,
Baltimore; James K. Moore. Minne
apolis, A. Morgan Value, Sr. Louis,
1 Henry O. Marry, Boston; Arthur D.
| Be van, Chicago; J. Wesley Bovee,
Washington; Rudolph Matas, New
j Orleans, J. Garland Sherrill, Louis
ville; J. Shelton Horsley, Richmond;
G. Edward Gavin. Mobile; A. J. Ochs-
ner. Mobile; LeGrand Guerry, Co
lumbia; J 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
J. L. Raley, local representative of
the Federal Department of Justice, on
an indictment of white slavery
^fought bv 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 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-
hile at night
J. L. McCord Goes to
Council From Second
$100Down---and$26 Monthly
This Bungalow Has
Electric Lights—City Water
—and Is on a Corner Lot!
A Xmas Gift for Your Wife!
117HAT a glorious Xmas gift, to y • ur w :*> this new. beautiful bttn-
galow will make' Oh. > vs lbs within vour reach' You can
HI Y it <>n our DIVIDED PAYMENT PLAN namely for $100 down,
and $26 a month No mortgage to assume.
This splendid bungalow s on a CORNER LOT. 45xU>2 feet to alley.
It has ELECTRIC LIGHTS and «• ity water. Tile sidewalks in front and
<>n side street. Also tile \ard walk
There are three cheerful bedrooms, a oozy 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
\eranda columns, latticed back port'll. Pretty electric fixtures Hand
some fumed oak mantels Solid plate glass front door
This is one of the handsomest bungah-w
side of Atlanta s city lirrtitar it’s only an
from the postoffice.
tn CAPITOL VIEW
18-minute street ear
«in -
ride
Reiter r.
bee for full
information!
th us at once.’ Phone us
♦•all at our of-
W. D. BFAT1E, 207 Equitable Building
Bell Main 3520 . Atlanta Phone 3520
J. I j. 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
succeed Thomas J. Lynch, who has
moved to another section of the city.
Other 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
H. M. Patterson as a member of the
Cemetery Commission.
W. J Davis, Eighth Ward; Frank G
Lake, T'ourth Ward, and W. K. Ward,
Third Ward, were re-elected members
of the Water Board. Mayor Woodward
will All 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 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 Saturday night of a 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 he had stolen It.
He charged that another youth had told
him he might run the ertr 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 least
a nominal approval of the purchase from
Count'll Monday when a resolution of
his providing for the appointment of a
real estate agent to negotiate with the
Georgia Railway and Power Company
for a purchase price W. A. Foster, of
the tlrm of Foster & Robson, wgs named.
M. E. Officials Named
As Conference Ends!
The Georgia Methodist Episcopal
Church North has closed its confer-
i enoe and to-day the delegates are de
parting fer their homes. The confer
ence service ut the concluding session
! was preached by Dr. Frederick D. la*ete,
I resident bishop, who ordained three
men as elders and Are as deacons. It
was decided to hold the next conference
at Tallapoosa.
Bishop Leete left Tuesday for Wad
ley. Ala., where the Alabama confer
ence is to be held this week
Gounod's ‘Faust’ and ‘Mignon'
Planned by Channing Ellery.
Free to School Children,
Another free concert to the school
children of Atlanta will he 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 he Gounod's "Faust’' and “Mig
non.” Tickets will be distributer] at
the schools free to the children.
Adults will he charged the regular
admission price of 25 cents
The free concert Monday afternoon
to th< children filled the Auditorium
wjtn 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 thp difference between the
school children of Europe and 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
Idem heirtg the entire fifth act of
Gounod’s "Faust,” the Mignon” over
ture and the thrilling “Carmen” fan-
tasle. This latter number was played
last Saturday evening, bringing forth
storms of applause from the enthusi
astic audience.
Carter, Promoter of
Banks, Gets 2 Years
News was received Tuesday In At
lanta that John H. Carter, who near
ly organized a million-dollar bank in
Atlanta some years ago. had been
sentenced to two years in the State
penitentiary for the embezzlement of
$6,F>00 in an Ellijay (Ga.) bank's
stock
Carter was indicted two months ago
by a Grand Jury in Ellijay. He lives
in Asheville, N. C. The prosecution
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
Blue Ridge; the Gilmer County Bank,
of Ellijay; the Bank of Jasper, and
the Bank of Dahlonega.
1
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
Charlottesville, Va., which will build
The Augusta Chronicle’s ten-story
structure.
Seventh Ward for
Move for City to
Buy Mozley Tract
Members of the Seventh Ward Im
provement Club have renewed- Their
campaign tor the purchase by the city of
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
their support to this enterprise, and
heartily indorsing The Georgian s action
on the matter.
The resolutions decUre that the city
Is “woefully lacking in public parks,
but on account of the historic Interest
attached to the Mozley property, it by
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 1*.—John T Patter
son. a prominent citizen of Lumpkin, is
dead at his home here, following an op
eration
MOVING
PICTURE
SHOWS
A. L MYESS
MYERS-MILLER
Will Divide
Your Payments
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
wtlUa * lr«a data •'
• «■< • W*#t Mltekcll Stmt. Ob* door f*os Whitehall
ANDREW J. MILLER
■ 1
ArwNTfc GA._A^fc£^_^L-r x _iaA?
rOOLLARS
THE MONTGOMERY
Wednesday,
“In the Jungle." This great
three reel Sellq 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 Clarks.
Gilts lor Adults and Kiddies
A1 the MYERS-MILLER Store
Ou’R store is now brimful of USEFUL Gift Articles 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!
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 please.
The Stefnway Four.
GO CARTS
AND SULKIES
We are showing splendid
values in pretty GO-
CARTS and SULKIES at
prices ranging from
$2.50 to $20
Worth $2.00
Doll Bed
With Mattress
This is «b exact
picture of th* "cute"
DOLLS BED and
MATTRESS which
we are selling. Four-
Post Colonial—just
1! m the grown-ups.
vsTIl made and fin
ished of solid oak In
D fT L L golden or
fumed A big $2.00
▼alne for you at our
special price of....86o
TWO AND A HALF
DOLLAR GOLD PIECE
FOR A CHRISTMAS GIFT
Atlanta’s Oldest Savings Bank
Will Supply You.
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 Ravings Hank 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 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 4 per cent Interest, and
would appreciate your savings account.
GEORGE M HliDWN. President,
JOHN W. GRANT. V. President,
JOSEPH E. BOSTON.
Secretary ami Treasurer
Advt.
THE
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' ^he Woods,” a two-
reel Victor, featuring Florence
Lawrence. This is one of the great
productions and will delight you.
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
$9.75
(Tii
SAVOY THEATER
To-day.
"Time is Money.” This two-reel
Universal will hold you from begin
ning to end with the most Intense
Interest.
GRIFFIN
Hours:
Daily 8 to 7
Sun. 9 to 1
41ft» Teeth
$1U, Filled
Special Holiday Prices:-
50c up
50c
Dr. E.G. Griffins'
$15 Gold
Dust Plates
Crown and OO,
Bridge Work tpOy
Painless
Extraction
$8
Plates
$5
Fit
Guaran
teed
LADY'S DESK
We have a splendid as
sortment of Hadies*
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
Early English Qak. at
$7.50.
Gate City Dental Rooms
24 1-2 Whitehall
Over Brown «£ Allen’a
EXAMINATION FREE
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 attrac
tive price $30
Cotton Maitress for $5
extra
CHENEY’S
EXPECTORANT
Cures Croup, Whooping Cough
Fiftv years on the market and sold everywhere
I for 25c Best medicine for rrnup. colds and sore
I throai affections Don't he led swsv by new and
untried remedies. Stick to Cheney % Expectorant.
It ts sure.— lAdtt.)
XMAS RATES
Reduced over N., C. & St.
L. Ry. and W. & A. R. R
Apply any Agent, I.
5 »•“ Little Rock
3. 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.
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 Passenger Agent,
e 18 North Pryor St.,
Atlanta, Ga.
Cutting Table
Buy the housewife one of
these CUTTING TA
BLES Yard measure is
printed on top Made of
white Maple \ O CT
Priced, only
This Rocker in DULL Mahogany tmish is ex
cellently made—it’s a fine Xmas gift. It’s a
SURE-ENOUGH $6 value—but our price is
only $3.75.
Id
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 ... $ 6.90
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
9x12 Rugs
Rugs are Ideal as Xmas gift*.
We have a great assortment of
9xl2-foot. rugs In beautiful de
signs, richly colored. Brussels,
Velvet. Axminster and Wilton.
Priced from $9.50 to $50—A very
special value is our CQ Cj»
9s:12-foot tug a 7»0*J
$15.95
M-M Sleepwell
The "M M SLEEPWELL" Out
fit consists of a splendidly flnLsh-
ed White Enamel or Vends Mar
tin Bed. with two-Inch posis and
ten Alters. Furthermore includes
a FIRST QUALITY National
Spring and a 35-lb. cotton mat
tress. The entire outAt for
only $15.95
90c
Toy Wagons
y.et I he child a
M AGON. We hav
best-made, painted
and in four sizes i
$2.00 ' $1 - 25 * $1 ' 75
TOY
the
red
Prices
and
h
Chifforobe
$42.50
This beautiful Chifforobe
shown here is | n Golden
Oak. Height 5 ft. a
inches. Width S ft 7
inches. Mirror is 16 bv
is inches. Price Is very
reasonable at $42 50
We have other Chlffo
robes, in Circassian Wal-
nut or Mahogany—some
tf.V-Is $17.75
Card Table
Why not a CARD TA
BLE as a Christmas
gift” This hlgh-grad«
Card Table Js in Mahog
any or Fumed Oak, with
Pantasote top. I^ight
weight. Has rubber tips
on legs. Very $3 5Q
special at.
Oil
Heater
f
home,
gifts.
TION’
store
at
“PERFECT
TION" Oil
Heaters are
smoke less
and odorless.
Inasmuch as
they are in
d 1 s pensable
• in every
they are USEFUL
Buy a "PERFEC
Oil Heater at this
$3.50
ts
Costumer
We have
COST UM
ERS in Gold
en, Fumed
or Early
English Oak
or Mahog
any at
$ ^OO
Others, in
wood or
brass, up to
J
There are many other desirable Xmas gifts 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 Whitehall
■mm