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THE ATLANTA < l EOT? 01 AN AND NEWS
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|. earns Begin Whirlwind
One-Day Campaign of the
Business District.
..and dollars is the goal
workers of the Georgia
commerce will set to
i-iiy afternoon and Fri-
n a J4-hour whirlwind
p onpaign for the State
... Twenty teams of work-
,, n at 2 o'clock from the
Hotel to secure subscrip-
imsiness men of the
.'Ll" « 1 report the results of
, j, „|, o-ning at a luncheon at
i , .,),.iii Friday at 1:30 p. m.
| i ,..|i Temple Graves made
, In .'S at Thursday after-
in at the Piedmont and
ow'd by General Chairman H.
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•ampa’gn committees are as
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iasi.ng, general chairman;
[j n . , \i -t ngale. chairman first
i;. .1. Auer. Asa G. Can-
i R Hughes, Harry J.
E i' lvmtz, W. H. Xacahy, W.
ihwen-tf'in. I*. C. McDuffie, J. R.
,i Metz. R. 1. Guinn, Frank
, js, Edgar Dunlap,
lliam F Parkhurst. chairman
J..f ,i;vi: :on: I I^#ee Barnes. Joel
11 x. Dutton, E. K. Elrod,
V Gindy. J. F. Belton, A. O.
- .l.ihn S. Carroll. W. E. Har-
,,, ,i U. Compton, William Hurd
il|rpr. i V. Itaiawater.
1) lic ks, chairman third di-
.1. i; Bachman, John Brat-
M Carson, S. E. Davidson, G.
W. B. Carlton, Frank O.
i,i M. Greene, .T. I). Kear-
i: i Perry and V. H. Kriegs-
| 11 White, chairman fourth
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[ I R. A. Hobson, W. FI.
-n. 1 ;.•»i. P \. Magill. S. O. Vick-
William Wilson. 13. Mifflin Hood.
i ;< >rge Eubanks, W. R.
mith and C. G. I3radley.
qharles I* .McKinney, chairman
division; H. C. Blake. J. A. Bur-
W. I. Dabney, Fair Dodd,
e firm of Dunson &
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Nabors, member of
firm of Cornell Sessions;
ok* Morgan, W. R. Massengale,
W. itamspeck, A. M. Smith, A.
McKeand.
11 < J. F’ishi r.
E. Watkins. \V. E. Richards. W. M.
jtchinson and J. R. Padgett.
Sidelights on ^
GEORGIA
POLITICS •
, Jjr JAMIS B.NLVTN
The Augusta Chronicle ventures
the opinion that Mayor Bridges
Smith, of Macon, "is nopmar with
the newspaper men of the State," and
believes that popularity may be more
than a municipal asset by and by, s »
fur as its political value is coneerncl.
It appears to be a fact that Bridges
Smith is “an approved proposition,’
as Harry Fisher would say, with the
newspaper outfit Georgia, but
whether he evt will undertake to
cut a figure in State-wide politics is
rather problematical. Of course, if he
should, he, being himself an old news
paper man, might look for much sym
pathy among the press contingent in
Georgia.
Be that as it may, however, the
real secret of Bridges Smith's un
doubted popularity with the news
papers generally :s that he is such a
good fighter!
He lights fair and square enough,
and he fights hard—to win! If he
loses, or even seems temporarily to
lose, he doesn't "holler.”
That is a quality of statesmanship
much admired in Georgia, especially
among the newspaper men. Maybe
it is because the good fighter makes
for good "copy” on the desk, and
maybe it is because all the world
loves a good fighter, even as it loves
a lover. Whatever may be tl\e big
cause behind the many causes of
Bridges Smith’s popularity in the
State, certainly his perfect willing
ness to give and take is one thing
that has made him many friends!
At present something of an effort
apparently is being made in Macon
to "trim tlie old man and reduce Mis
power.” That is none of the outside
world’s business, of course—and yet,
if it be true that Smith’s Strength is
his popularity with the people, the ef
fort to "trim him” likely will result
only ii\ making him stronger.
Anyway, it generally works out aft
er that fashion!
From all over Georgia come ex
pressions of extreme gratification
that. Judson G. Clements is not to
be dropped from tile Interstate Com
merce Commission 10 make room for
former Governor Glenn or anybody
else.
Much genuine resentment has been
manifested in this matter as it first
shaped up, and there is no doubt
whatever that i goodly measure of
it filtered through to Washington.
Georgia evidently was not going to
see Clements dropped without letting
it he known, even ! n the White HoU/' .
that the proposition met with sefint
favor.
Not that Georgians have anyth'og
in particular against Governed Glenn
—far be it fro such—but that Jud
son < ’. Clements is. and ha: been for
years, recognized as .one of the able :,
purest and most truly constructive
statesmen the State ever produced.
It is Butts County’s time to name
the Senator in the Twenty-sixth Dis
trict. and already numerous candi
dates are coming forward, after a
tentative sort of fasnion.
Representative Mills is "being urged
to enter the field," Judge FI. M.
Fletcher is "in the hands of his nu
merous friends," and one or twi
more are about to be "mentioned.”
It is evident enough, even this ear
ly, that there is to be no lack of
Senatorial timber i t ady for use in
that neck of the woods when election
day comes along.
Editor Townsend, of the esteemed
Dahlonega Nugget, has his troubles
and vexations, the same as any other
editor.
In the current issue of his sprightly
Weekly he says:
"On Saturday ..ight a party took
advantage > f the darkness and rain
and threw a brickbat against one of
our office doors where we sleep, after
we had retired, breaking the lock, the
bat passing on nto the back room,
where it struck the wall and fell to
the floor. Why was this done? Simply
because during our two years as
Mayor of Dahlonega we have been
endeavoring to hew to the line re
gardless of where the chips flew, in
accordance with the oath we took.
Of course, we have no positive evi
dence against the fellow just now.
and will give anyone $."0 with suffi
cient proof to convict, and in the
meantime have arranged to mirk
this party or any one else, shouid
they try such a thinr again, and
maybe save any expense or trouble of
an investigation. A little more than
50 years ago a man killed another
just a few steps from where this.of
fice is located while rocking his
house. We hope such a thing will
: n'-t be repea tec, but.w
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Colonel Wright Willingham, one of
! the- ver\ lives: wires in all North
Georgia, or any other part of Georgia,
lor that matter, has a most outspoken
; way with him now and then, and j, -t
now his pet ole-, .sum is the l.aw Kn-
; force-ment League of Koine
Mr. Willingham’} uncle, Seaborn
W right, is the- h . *!• .-no front of tin*
I league, and Mr. W'Ulingkam is the
j president cf thc, w local Chamber >f
! Commerce, lienee they both cut ct»n-
i slderable ic< around and about Rome,
| and when they lock horns the fur
or something, whatever it i. -likely
I will fly. Indeed, :t may be said "al-
! ready to .have flown!”
Mr. Willingham recently denouin ol
| the I.iAw and Order Leaguers in the
: Hill City as a lot of "Oink pots;" and
lie put that right that way in Tin
I Rome Tribune-Herald, and he let it
i go at that!
I He thinks the league busies itself
'with "dago" soda pop venders who
| operate on Sunday and lets all sorts
| of big and influential whales slip
l through with all sorts of Sabbath of-
j fendings!
The Law Enforcement League has
I not yet expressed its syndicated md
'amalgamated opinion of Mr. Willing
ham. but those who keep tab on
things in Rome opine that that opin
ion, when it does corne forth. Is go
ing to be something almost un pleas -
| anti
Awaits Third Hearing
Alter Two Mistrials
\ SAVANNAH Dec. 20.---Following
his second trial and mistrial within
three weeks for the niurdt r of Mari ni
Lanzy, a negro. Edwin Wall is back
in the county jail to-day awaiting the
next term of the Superior Court,
when he will probably face a jury for
the last time on this charge, for a
third mistrial would automatically r e _
| lease him.
Collie Wall, Edwin’s older brother,
(•who is the principal witness for the
defense, took the stand at both trials
and declared that it was he and n >l
his younger brother who killed the
negro.
Scottish Society
To Meet on Friday
The Atlanta Scottish Association,
A. Cruiekshank. chief, has called a
meeting for F'riday night at the
Burns Clubhouse.
The gatherings will be the semi
monthly social session of the clan.
2 DEAD FROM CAR CRASH.
KNOXVILLE. Dec. 18. J. Y. Con
ner, a Southern Railway fireman, and
Henry Roberts, a motorman, are
dead following a collision of subur
ban trolley cars in a fog here yes
terday.
!SIX HELD IN AUTO
THEFT CRUSADE
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Three Men Bound Over Thursday
‘ Believed by Police To Be
Last of Gang.
As a result of the crusade against
.immobile thieves in Atlanta, six
> cung white men have been sent to
' < county jail under heavy bond
:arged with thefts of cars.
The latest additions to the colony
the Tower are C. O. Hagln, «l
("atuffour: Thomas Brown, of No.
1 l-i! Whitehall street, and C. Ft.
1! of No. 500 West Hunter street,
win were bound over under $1,600
i-« nd each for tno t lie ft of Joseph W.
H "s machine Thursday. The police
had nothing to d»» with their capture
except to bring the men here
This last round-up, the police He -
vc, has effectuhII.\ suppressed the
katig which has kept automobile own
er- in fear for several weeks.
in addition to these three. Frank
Curry, of No. "37 Central avenue, is
held under Si.000 bond f«.r the thefi
of the <ar of Howard Pattillo, and
Edgar Sentell, of East Point, and
Glennie Bristol, of No. 324-A Deca
tur street, are held under bonds of
^LOOC each for the theft of a car be
longing to Wiley WeHt. of the Fire
stone Tire and Rubber Company.
In every instance the men are
charged wiih larceny and operating
• n automobile without the consent of
the owner. Hagan is also char Ted
with burglary in connection with th*
robbery of a store. He confessed tc
trie theft of the Hill car.
High School Debates
Capital Punishment
Preparations for the debate to lie
held at Taft Hall F'riday morning by
:he AIciphronian Literary and Debat
ing Societies of the Boys’ High School
are complete.
The subject chosen will be: "Ro-
solved, That capital punishment
should be, abolished.” Gordon Week-
lev, Willie Rhodes and Walter P.
Birins have the affirmative, while
Marvin McFail. W. A. Little anti
Charles Henry the negative.
Schmidt Has Vision
Of His Being Freed
Of Slaying Charge
NEW YORK, Dec. 18.— Declaring
that he has had a new vision from
heaven. Hans Schmidt, accused of Ui»
murder of Anna Aumuller, told h’s
lawyers to-day that if he is acquitted
soon in Iris trial he would become a
misslona ry.
"As I lay on my cot in the Tombs l
saw a wonderful visidn,” Ire said. I
saw myself take the stand in my own
defense, tell a story that made me i
free man and later go among tlv
peoples of the earth as a missionary.
lt,. v s possible tile case will go to
the Jury late to-morrow.
Boy Shot Stepfather
And His Half-Brother
COLUMBUS, Dec. 18 At the prelim
inary hearing of I VV. Bonds, on a
charge of assault and battery, it devel
oped that Aubrey Brewer, the lt-year-
old stepson of Bonds, was the one who
allot. Bonds and the little boy’s half-
brother Saturday night.
The first accounts were that Doc 11c-
Christlan shot Bonds and his little son.
but the confession of the Brewer boy
exonerates McCbristian who fled im
mediately after the shooting and has
not been apprehended.
Wounded Merchant
Dies; Slayer Shot
COLUMBUS. Dec. 18 -Norwood Bick-
erstaff. the liatchechubbee, Ala . mer
chant who was shot at that place and
rushed to this city on a special train,
for an operation, died to-day.
The wounds of Dyke Pelacev, who
shot Blckerstaff, and was in turn shot
by Frank Blckerstaff, brother of Nor
wood, are not considered serious. Dela
cey is under guard at the home of his
sister in Seale, having been taken from
the jail for treatment.
Tor infanta and Children.
The Kind You Have
Always Bought
Bears the
Signature
Alligator Pear Tree
Insured for $30,000
1X)S ANGELES, Dec. 18. An alligator
pear tree, owned by H. A. Woodworth,
has been insured for $30,000 by IJoyds
of London against fire or frost.
Use For Results
;Georgiami Want Ads
Sterling Silver Vanity
S | Card Cases
For Christmas presents
we recommend Vanity Card
Cases in Sterling Silver.
You will find here the big
gest variety in the South at
prices ranging from $10 up.
You are cordially invited to-call and inspect our stocks,
[whether you have a definite purchase in mind or not.
If you haven’t a copy of our 160-page illustrated cata
logue, a postal request will bring you one by return mail.
Mail orders shipped prepaid. Safe delivery and satis-
Iaction guaranteed.
Long distance phone Main 3161.
MAIER & BERKELE, Inc.
Gold and Silversmiths
Established 1887 31-33 Whitehall St. Atlanta, Ga.
THE UPSTAIRS JEWELER
A BONA FIDE
CLEARANCE SALE
Ladies' and Misses' Raincoats, Tan,
Black. Blue and Gray. Not the old style
gum coats, but water ■ proof, cravenetted
Serges and Poplins. (bn AC
Regular $5 values 'litJ
NECKWEAR 19c.
One lot of Lace Jabots and
Collars—25c, 35c and 50c
values-—choice of lot, now 19c.
Waists of Taffeta, Chiffon, plain and Per
sian nets; cream all over lace and Messa-
lines, in black and colors. Values to
$5.00. Special
Price
$2.45
DAINTY CAMISOLES
In allover laces, chiffon, Jap
silk and crepe de chine,
$1.25 ami up.
FINE FOR XMAS
PRESENTS.
DRESSES $5.95
Made in silks, or wool serges, poplin, honeycomb cloths:
all colors and black. Many styles to select from. The
materials alone used in these dresses would cost you
more. Former prices, $7.50, $8.50, $9. $10 and $12.
CHILDREN'S FUR SETS.
Brown, white and brown and
white combinations. Muff and
neckpiece. For two-year-olds
and up—
$1.25, $1.50, $1.98 Set.
Gift Umbrellas
10% off 10%
After you have looked over ev
er v thing else—give an I mhrella.
Always useful and appreciated.
Always in style. We have a hand
some stock of umbrellas with gold
and silver handles, very reasonably
priced. We are deducting 10 per
cent of their value. Look at them,
cent of their former value. Look at
them.
, M. GREER. The Pearl Specialist.
M.'Greer, “ I he Upstairs Jeweler, ’ kfiown through-
| out the South as the best authority on PEARLS of all grades
' and sizes, makes PEARLS of all kintjls/ a specialty. Mr.
Greer, in his well-known upstairs establishment is ready
I to serve his patrons, old and new, with\a complete line of
| i high-grade jewelry and novelties, as well as the largest
stock of PEARLS he has ever shown. C/pQn every night
till Christmas.
M. GREER, THE UPSTAIRS JEWELER
Corner Peachtree—Entrance 2 1-2 Walton St.
SILK PETTICOATS
In all Silk Messaline—all colors . .. $1.98
Silk Jersey top, Messaline—black and colors $2.50
Heavy Peau de Cygne, in fan cy styles $2.98
Crepe de Chine, l«tce trimmed, light colors $3.50
KIMONOS $1.00
One lot of full length and full w idth; in fancy crepes and
warm, serviceable flannelette and outing cloth. Floral and Per
sian designs. Fine assortmen t in all sizes $1.00
LADIES’ SUITS
Remarkable values for fresh, new Suits,
this Fall’s latest cut.
Every Suit
LOT 1. values to $20, NOW
$10.00
LOT 2, values to $25, NOW
$12.00
LOT 3, values to $30, NOW
DON’T MISS THESE VALUES.
$15.00
LADIES’ COATS
AT TEMPTING PRICES.
First assortment, worth up to $10.00
... $6.95
Second assortment, worth up to $12.50
.. $8.95
Third assortment, worth up to $18 00
, . $10.96
Fourth assortment, worth up to $20.00
$12.50
Fifth assortment, worth up to $25.00
.. *15.00
I he Edgewood Ave. Jeweler. |
A. M. BALDING
17 Edgewood Ave.
SPECIAL HOLIDAY HATES
To TEXAS
VIA
Southern Pacific Sunset Route |
Tickets on sale Dec. 20th, 21st and 22d, |
Final Return Limit Jan. 1Sth, 1914.
Superior 3erv!ce from NEW ORLEAN -
Daily. Winter Tourist Rates to Many Texar j
Poinis.
The Exposition Line=-!9!5=£To California and Pacific CoaslJ
The Sniisel LinutedHVo Extra Fare—The Sunset Expi
Oil Bun in? Locomotives- So Soot, Dust nr findm-s.
< '»ii on us or information, literature and raser .itions.
O. F. BARTLETT,. G. A. R. O BEAN. T. P. A.
- GRIFFIN. C. P. A. Sj I
Atlanta. Go. «'
Ladies’ Dress Skirts, black, blues, brown and honeycomb
checks and stripes, $5.00 and $6.00 skirts, only $2.98
FUR SETS—$8.75
300 NEW FANCY WAISTS
For one ciay only, we wi II place on sale 45 fine black,
China Lynx sets, beautifuly lined and trimmed with long
silky t; iIs. These are our regular $12.50 fur sets. Worth
fully $15.00. For one day only, set $8.75
New Spring Models, made in cotton Voiles and
Lingerie cloths. Put up in p retty holly boxes. All sizes.
You can’t beat these at $1.00.
46-48
Whitehall
THE MIRROR
46-48
Whitehall
D.
121 Peachtree St.