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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
Fri'-nris of Dr. Caleb A. Ridley, pa«-
0 f the Central Baptist Church, are
reading with great interest a book
let of his verse which has- jus; been
published.
Ur. Ridley, head of one of Atlan
ta s largest church congregations, has
,.r,; U led his work "Just a Thinkin’ of
My Friends.” and signs it “Caleb Al
fred Ridley.”
As a preface, he admonishes his
readers thus:
if you do not appreciate these
verses 1 lay the blame on you, for I
dul the best I could.” /
Tho work Is for the most part
reir spectlve and carries the plain
tive note of true poesy. There is no
; n . f or ihe reader of the author's
vocation in the verses.
Perhaps the most interesting at
tempt included in the book is a 30-
ne wise entitled "Just Me and You.”
The little poem treats of love, resi
ts, aching hearts, wild delirium
dreams and other things precious to
lovers the world over. Here It is in
full
Just Me and You.
Suppose we stroll this mountain path
and on
To where the sunbeams play along
dizzv heights
As the honeysuckle^hues and waves it
ing Hag
Of a dozen gaudy hues and waves it
day and night
Where life free and the birds and
bees are free
And where the atmosphere is r.ch ana
f roe
lYvm get ms and Death's cold damp
and fitful gleam
The glorious woods where love waus
vou and me.
Sweetest rest, where music sweet, my
dear, , ,
Si. soft and dreamy like that neatn
its spell
Tin 1 restless aching heart revives
And iif its Teckless wild delirium
dreams .
Tnat Time's long finger on Life s
dial plate
Js backward turned for a milLon
years and more,
To wliere the complex struggle and
pain of modern life
Are all forgot as the Lotus' breath
sweeps o’er.
I want no greater joy than this, m>*
if when' \he dewy dawn shall break
and beam
VICTIM OF EMPTY STOCKING TRAGEDY
IN 1864 SEES APPEAL IN XMAS FUND
llarry (J. Wood, at right, and Joseph At. Wustoff, al left, president and secretary respectively of Atlanta .Musicians' I'nion,
who will take part in Emepty Stocking Fund benefit ; and group of dolls dressed for poor children.
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As^myVavished Spirit grips and
holds for ave ,
The Ecstatic Bar and rhythmic ca
dence sweet
Struck from the native song of wild
est bird—
If then you are by me on the moun
tain trail
Hand in hand we'll walk and love and
live
Till the witchery of old days and the j
joys of >otrh
Shall fill and thrill ns again and
again.
Come with me, Love, on this narrow
lonesome path.
And I'll sing my song of the moun
tain trail
Till your heart there gently wakes
the silent notes
Long hidden and hushed 'neath the
dreamy tides
That break against the bulwarks of
your breast.
There is a bit more about that
interesting topic, love, in some pretty
verst s entitled ••Somebody." A few
of them follow :
It makes me weary to wait so long.
For this dirge of sorrow' to turn to
song.
But one o' these days each note of
sadness
Will die away into tones of gladness
For LOVE will hold the shadows at
bay
And I'll be happy. SOMETIME,
SOME DAY.
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’Tis a holy hour when LOVE has
birth —
A miracle of spring on the cold dul’
earth.
Just to be loved because it's you
dVfrrks magic-like as wonders do
The charm will drive the shadow?
away-
And I'll feel the thrill. SOMETIME,
SOME DAY.
LOVE opens a door to the mysteries
of Life
And stands sublime amid the strife
When elements crash and discords
grate *
Friends forget and enemies hate.
And passions fierce hold they swav.
Such LOVE is mine, SOMETIME,
SOME DAY.
LOVE alone sees in-ward-ness.
Its intuition your secrets guess.
It analyzes every tear
That crystals on the face of care
As wearv feet feel their wav
To a genial haven, SOMETIME
SOME DAY.
Of course all the verse isn't about
love, but it’s all of equal merit and
appeal.
THE PLAYS
THIS WEEK
Diamond Said to Surpass Many
Famous Stones for Sale in
New York.
//nr are the weight* of the world -t
mast famous diamond*:
Name—
t'ullinun
Etolle de Sud
Grand Due de Toscane.
Great Mogul ••••
Kohinoor (first cutting)
Kohinoor (2d cutting)..
Or! off
Regent
Hope
Carats.
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. . 279 3-16
279
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194 3-4
136 3-4
44 1-2
NEW YORK, Dec. 18.—A magnifi
cent diamond, said to surpass in size
and quality the famous Kohinoor, Re
gent. Star of the South and other
iarge diamonds, is on exhibition in a.
special .show case at a Fifth Avenue
jewelry store. It weighs 150 karats
and is*said to be absolutely free from
imperfections and to possess unsur-
rassed color and brilliancy.
Ti e stone is valued at more than
*300.000, but the selling price is ex
peeted to be considerably more
diamond was brought to this country
especially for tile Christmas trade,
nd scores of women have visited the
shop to inspect the diamond.
Several names have been suggest
ed for the stone, among these being
Columbia, Liberty and America. The
stone was found several months ago
in South Africa.
THE $2 BROWNIE
The really big present fop boy or
girl. \. K. Hawkes Co., Kodak Dept.,
14 Whitehall.
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“The Girl of My Dreams’' To-night.
At,the Atlanta to-night "The Girl
of Mv Dreams” will be presented for
the first time. This musical comedy
has been given in the important cities
for two years, but has never before
been South. It is clean and pretty,
with music that is about on a par
with "The Three Twins” and “Madam
Sherry,” both of which were written
by the authors of the present piece.
The comedy remains at the Atlanta
all the week and is certain to attract
big crowds, being the first good mu
sical play in pome weeks.
“The Quaker G«rl” Is Next.
Following "The Girl of My Dreams,
the Atlanta will offer "The Quaker
Girl" for four performance*, opening
Monday night. Seats were placed on
sale Thursday morning for the en
gagement. Practically the same com
pany seen here last year returns with
the play, with Victor Morlev in the
leading role. The girl is played by
Bernice McCabe, who was brought
from London for the role. It is a
pleasing production in every sense
and is certain to please.
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‘Kissing Harmless
Says Girl Scientist
NEW YORK, Dec. 18.—"Kissing does
not cause the spread of germs. Love
n.akes a natural immunity for all
germs.
The "germ maniacs" were utterly 1 a tragedy, and you are right,
routed by this statement of Miss IAnd
Af Hageby, the noted Norwegian scien
tist and anti-vivisectionist, when she
addressed the conference of the Church
of the Holy Trinity, Brooklyn.
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Tickets on sale Dec. 20th, 21st and 22d, j
Final Return Limit Jan. 18th, 1914.
Superior Service from NEW ORLEANS]
Daily. Winter Tourist Rates to Many Texas
Points.
Sympathetic Letter Tells of Time
Santa Did Not Come to
Georgia Children.
Adamson Proposes
Military Pike From
Atlanta to Waco
. C. Lewis Again
Heads Masons ’of
Buckhead District
Here's something about Empty
Stockings, and it wasn’t written by
the Christmas Editor, either. The ('.
E. wishes he knew who did write it.
because he owes the writer a debt of
thanks—and so does the entire work
ing staff of the big Anti-Empty
Stocking Army in Atlanta.
This is the good word:
"The memory of tho keen disap
pointment of my little sister and my
self when we found our stockings
imply for the first time, in. 1864-
long time ago—is keen enough after
all these years to give your appeal on
behalf of the poor children of Atlanta
a special significance to me.
"Our father was in the Army of
Norther.i Virginia that Christmas. We
were on a plantation in Southern
(Georgia, and all communication nad
been cut off.
It Was a Tragedy.
"Mother told us it would be useless
for us to hang up our stockings tuat
Christmas Eve. ‘Santa Claus can't
come this year,’ she said; and I can
lemember the queer tug at my heart
when she said it.
"But our childish faith in the mirac
ulous power of the old saint was such
that we insisted on hanging up our
stockings as usual.
"I have never forgotten how we
felt when we strained our eyes to see
the contents of those stockings in the
aim dawn of that long-ago Christmas
Day—and foumMnothing! You call it
The report reached Atlanta Thurs- J. C. Lewis, cltfrk in the court of
clay morning that Representative | Judge Ellis. Is to head, Sardis Lodge.
Adamson had undertaken to obtain j • N 'o, 107 of Masons (Buckhead District)
an improved highway from Fort M
is being contested by John Wills, his
opponent, it: tlie recent primary here.
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hi a beautiful aift case
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O. P. BARTLETT, G. A R. O. BEAN, T. P. A.
D. L. GRIFFIN, C. P. A.
121 Peachtree St. Atlanta, Ga.
Pherson to the official rifle range used
by the troops of that post at Waco,
Ga.
Mr. Adamson's bill provides that
the Secretary of War be authorized
to use the prisoners in the Fnited
States penitentiary and the military
prisoners at the post to do the work.
When the men are on the road too
far away from headquarters to return
at night, the counties through which
the roa.l is being constructed would
bear the expense of housing and
transportation.
A new road would not only be a
convenience to the military, Mr.
Adamson says, but also, and especial
ly, to farmers and merchants.
OBITUARY.
another year. Mr. Lewis was ^-elected
j worshipful master Wednesday night at
the regular communication and annual
meeting in Donaldson Hall at Buckhead
Four hundred members and their wives
attended the installation exercises,
which were conducted by N irlyn B. |
Moore, worshipful master of Fulton I
Lodge. Edgar Watkins was the princi- l
pal speaker. . I
A barbecue supper prepared by Georg 1 ' j
B. Powell. George Donaldson and others
followed the exercises. The Gate City
Quartet sang.
Frank A. Plaster was re-elec,ted s*>- |
nior warden; J. Evans. secretary; |
George P. Donaldson, treasurer
Thomason, tyler: W. F. Burden
lain. New elections were J. I
junior warden; Freeman Salt
T. T.
chap?
Denson,
r. senior
deacon: C. C. House, junior deacon; I. I
L. Austin, senior steward; Ernest i
Cresse. junior steward.
Centenarian Had Blit
25 Birthdays; Dead
The body of Major Jonathan Jackson
McLendon, soldier and planter, was j
buried Wednesday at Oakland Ceme
tery, with Dr. John E. White offi
ciating. The deacons of the Second
Baptist Church cated as the escort
of honor. Major McLendon’s father
was Joseph McLendon; a pioneer of
Coweta County. His grandfather,
Th'omas McLendon, came from Ire
land to North Carolina, and thence to
Georgia. Major McLendon is survived
by one daughter, Mrs. John E. Don
aldson. and a son, John T. McLen-
children. B Mrl br Kfrle “"m "ill" onfAIrt | « as <" » T v
Walter Thomson, Mrs. Harry Clarke, ! 29. and had but ...» actual birthda.vs.
Mrs. Louise B. Marsh. Miss Mabel On his one hundredth
Bigby. Mrs. J. Fowler Richardson.
Mrs.'Charles Wilkins. John Terrell and
Orlando McLendon, of Oklahoma.
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►STATESBORO, Dec. 18. Prigen ,
Beasley, one of the oldest men in !
Georgia, is dead at his home fh this |
county. Mr. Beasley was born in j
Bulloch County and lived on th«* s<ume .
farm for more than 100 years. He I
A Sure-Enough
Kidney Remedy
Stuart’s Buchu and Juniper
Compound Acts Like Magic
on Liver, Kidneys and
Bladder.
"I hope the inclosed contribution
will help to keep some little one from
a similar experience—and I wish that
1 could tell everyone of that expe-
Tl/Tvo PnrlpQATl rience of my sister and myself, for it
lYllOi JDUIlLOUii UbbO might help to recall similar memories
Her Playlet Staged - ,h ^“ d J. n ^r
I Xo use commenting on that letter, j
WASHINGTON, Dee. IS. — Til" ; is mere .’ Its appeal is direct and to I
playlet written by Mrs. Burleson, wife
of the Dostmaster General, was prj-
(iveeti here at Keith's Theater. Mrs.
Burleson and friends occupied a box.
it was well received.
The play deals with the efforts of j
Congressman’s wife to earp a
year as his secretary.
Denver Wants G. 0, P.
Meet: Offers $50,000
Mr. Beasley was given
which was attended by
anniversary
celebration
1,500 people.
is there? Its appeal
the heart, and with it comes the ca
ressing hint of lavender and old lace,
and a diin and haunting fragrance oi
the past.
Christmas was then what Christ
mas is now. And always tile children
are the same. Times change, and cus
toms—other customs. But < hristmas
and Childhood are with us always. A
very good book says the poor are, too.
Maybe this is a good chance to take
care of rhe whole outfit ai once.
Anyway, the Christmas Editor is
getting a lot of help from people like
i ... writer of that letter, and then !
The death of Miss Maud E. Brown, aged
L i. /tecurred U ednesday al her home.
No. L') Sopth Humphries street. The
funeral was held Thursday afternoon
ar the residence, followed by inter
ment at Greenwood. Miss Brown is
survived by her mother, Mrs. Susan
Brown; four brothers, J. H.. C. B.. \V.
K. and J. A. Brown, and two sisters,
Miss Mae Brown and Mrs. L. F.
Shockley
The funeral of Roy Roberts, aged 2i.
who died Wednesday night at a local J
sanitarium, was held Thursday after- !
noon at Bloomfield's Chapel. IJe is
survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Jesse Roberts, of Mansfield. Ga In- 1
terment was at the Mansfield Ceme
tery.
The death of C. E. Brewer, aged 41.
occurred at his home in College I’arl; |
Wednesday evening. The bod> wav
sent to West Point, Ga., for funeral
and Interment. He is survived by
bis wife and two children. Miss John
nie Lee Brewer and W. H. Brewer.
Mrs. Lucy A. Jordan, wife of Elisha
Jordan, of Scottdale, Ga., died Wed
nesday at a local sanitarium The
body was sent to Scottdale’ .-'he is
survived by her husband and three
children.
U. C. V. EDITOR STRICKEN. >
NASHVILLE, Deo. 18.—A. S. Cun- |
ningham, editor of The Confederate*
Veteran, anti widely known to both '
Union and Confederate veterans, is
critically ill. He was found uncon-
scious in his office from a hemor
rhage.
CONTESTS RIVAL’S ELECTION.
DALTON. Dec. IS. -The right of
Counci man-elect Will McNally t-» take
his seat as u member of <’ity Council
DENVER Dec. 18.—Prominent citl
7PI13 of De'nvt-r ar- offerlpp a *".<M>l)(l
bonus If lb*- Republican party will — -
It*c( the <T0I<118<I0 capita] as the sole
of the next national convention.
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headache, puffy eyes, swollen legs, of-
b* 1 -ive urinous odor, diabetes, cloudy
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s offerers where, all other remedies
''^‘ Jailed. Stuart's Buchu and Juni-
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U.S. Employees to Get;
Month’s Pay Dec, 23
WASHINGTON. Dec. IS A
to I’nrlc Sam a thousandH of
emplo'-.es is aa.orxd by the issuarce of
an oilier permitting them to draw full
December nay on December .3.
XMAS RATES
Reducad over N., C. &
L. Ry. and W. & A. R
i.it* writer
there arc a whole lot of various en- /
tertainments to keep things moving. !
Don’t forget then- fiatio. Tin .'re j
Kmpiy Smelting: Fund engagement*,
for you
Two Good Entertainments.
The big concert Sunday at the For- '
gvill Theater, all tiie music ians being |
members of the Atlanta Federation, j
hich is back of the Empty Stocking : The
und movement.
, I’he Tech students' play. "The Mag-
merry j Istrate,” by a corking cast, at t.iej
Grand Friday night.
Every cay is a good day for dress- j
ing Christmas dolls, which me v be j
had at The Georgian office and at the ;
hotels and also for returning the al-!
Iv dressed dolls to the Christmas
The funeral of Miss Sarah E. Clarke.
hged 70, who died Wednesday night,
will be conducted at t!;»- (’hur< h <»f <
the Immaculate Gonceptfon L/idav
morning at '• o’clock. Interment wlh
be at W**: tview.
The funeral of Walter J. A rd. a travel
ing man. who died last Saturday at a
local .sanitarium, wa- Ik Id Thursda y
niornfng at Bloomfield's Chapel..Inter
ment wa.s at Westvit w.
neral of Jack Cheek, who wa*
killed Monday near Augusta b> ne-
gr< was held T1 irsda; morning.
Interment was in Holly wood.
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<!oIian Hawthorne’s
Own Story
Of his experiences and feelings as he entered a
prison cell and the things which happened early
in his sojourn at the
O
Atlanta Penitentiary
Will be told in graphic style by this noted man
of let ters—who has made grave charges against
the methods in vogue /it the institution-
Next Sunday’s American
The tragedy and grim humor which dark
within the noted bastile are portrayed in a vivid
way. which lias never been equaled, in his ab-
SOl lung ta»< , .<i;:Me.Ai-<■. , ...
Within The Gates Where
Men Are Numbered
You will get this extraordinary feature in
addition to numerous others in next Sunday’s
American. < Irder from your dealer or by phone
to .Main 100.