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Miss Mary King Entertains.
The afternoon bridge which Miss
Mary King gave Friday was a de*
Ur: tful compliment to her sister, Miss
Louise King, who is at home from
ol in Washington, D. C.. for the
and to Miss Louise de Ver-
*r: <t Bainbrldge, the guest of Mrs
jam A. Wimbish, and Miss Bon-
christine Barnard, of San Fran-
rhe guest of Mrs. B. M. Boykin.
Holiday decorations were used
i ughout the house, and the prizes
ere a dainty piece of lingerie for
of the three honor guests, and a
siroiiar prize for top score.
Following the game, tea was served
the dining room, where a tall silver
of American Beauties formed a
retty decoration for the tea table.
Mrs Lillian King LeConte, Mrs
George E. King, Mrs. Irving Thomas
in ■; Mrs William Akers assisted in
. r. ertaining, and the guests were
Misses Mary Hines and her guest,
Mill Me Morton, of Tennessee; Lawson
Hires. Grace LeCraw; Virginia. Hoff
man. lane Walker, Grace Sims, Helen
v ullough, Wyckliffe Warm, Mary
Mun'hey, Helen Stewart, Kate Coop
er, Aline Fielder, Bertha Moore, Jane
' -oper, Alice Parks, Anne Patterson,
M>ra Glarke Scott, Lucy Roberts,
Marie Dinkins, Louise Parker, Dolly
'V 'npr. Margaret Moore, Estelle Fort,
Mdse Hansell, Dolly Blalock, Mrs.
..re Holliday, Mrs. Carl Florin New
Baltimore, Mrs. Howard Lyon of
Baltimore, Mrs. William A. Wimbish
qnd Mrs. B. M. Boykin.
Miss Dargan Entertains.
Miss Helen Dargan was hostess at
a beautiful bridge party Friday, after
noon, complimenting Miss Margaret
;rant and Mias Katherine Ellis, tw’o
debutantes. Twenty-four members of
;he debutante set were invited, and
:e game was played in rooms bright
p.nd fragrant with poinsettia blos-
- ms. Christmas greenery and Christ
mas bells.
Handsome prizes were awarded for
tor score at each table, and after the
game tea was served in the dining
room, where the table was decorated
with poinsettia blossoms, red unshad
ed tapers, and all minor details in red
and white.
Miss Dargan was a charming host
ess in a handsome toilet of royal blue
'n rade, the draped skirt of black
< harmeuse, having a tunic of cream-
colored shadow lace.
Mrs. Milton Dargan, Jr., assisted in
entertaining. She wore a handsome
afternoon toilet.
At the Driving Club.
The “dansant” arranged for Friday
:K the Piedmont Driving Club will be
a delightful event of the late after
noon, and will be attended by hun
dreds of club members and their
Friends. The next “dansant” will be
given Monday.
The reservation^ for the dinner-
: ir.ee Saturday evening include sev
eral large parties and other parties
•tr - still being arranged.
Miss Helen Atkinson to Entertain.
■Miss Helen Atkinson will give a
umcing party Tuesday evening, De
rnier 30, in honor of Miss LaGrange
■ ohran. of Rome, the guest of Miss
Louise Couper. Fifty members of the
college set will be invited.
Miss Jane Walker to Entertain.
Miss Jane Walker will entertain at
:ea on Tuesday afternoon, December
30, at the home of her parents, Dr.
and Mrs. Hugh Walker. The young
girls who will assist her in the after-
lied by an equal num
ber of young men for an informal
evening party.
Miss Mallard to Entertain.
Miss Mary Brock Mallard will give
n tea Tuesday afternoon, December
-L her guests to include members of
the schoolgirl set.
Miss Marion Fielder to Entertain.
A.'iss Marion Fielder will give a
’ ncheon Tuesday for Miss Aline
‘•’der, who is at home from Win-
ton-Salem for the holidays.
Miss Virginia Farr to Entertain.
Mass Virginia Farr will give a danc.
ng party New Year Eve for mem
>crs of the college set.
Spelling Bee and Bazaar.
The members of William Hurd Hill -
' rr * s Sunday school class of the Sec
ond Baptist Church will give an old-
iashioned spelling bee and bazaar
Priday evening at 8 o’clock at the
Lurch. Some of the city’s best spell-
' r ; s will be present. Dr. John E.
White will conduct the match. Ad
mission. 1ft cents. Refreshments will
served by the young women of the
lass, and the public is invited.
Sponsors for Basket Ball Game.
Miss Mary Butler will be sponsor
f ° r the Athletic Club and Miss May
’•^He Hlxon, of Gainesville, w r ho is
’ he ffuest of Mrs. Russell Bridges, will
be the Augusta Y. M. C. A. sponsor at
■ ne basket ball game Saturday even-
at the Athletic Club. An infor
mal dance will follow the game.
Cake Sale.
Circle No. 10 of the Woman’s Mis-
• ionary Society of Druid Hills Meth-
ist Church will have a sale of home-
r| 1e cakes Tuesday at J. P, Allen’s
; partment store on Whitehall street.
( rs ’ A. J. Paxton, Jr., is chairman of
tnis circle, and has received a num-
Girl Overcome by
Heavy Perfume of
Magnolia Bouquet
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 19.—
Poisoned by the perfume of a large
bouquet of fragrant magnolias,
Miss Lovell Alice Taylor narrowly
escaped suffocation in her apart
ments in the Hotel Oakland. Miss
Taylor is under the care of Dr. D.
D. Crowley and is slowly recover
ing.
Missing her at the breakfast ta
ble yesterday morning, Miss Tay
lor's sister entered the room to
find her in a stupor from the
heavy fumes of the flowers. Dr.
Crowley worked an hour before
completely restoring her.
ber of contributions already, besides
a great many orders for cakes.
Burge- Minor.
Miss Annie Marie Burge and E.
Welborn Minor were married Thurs
day evening at 9 o’clock at the Meth
odist parsonage in East Atlanta, the
Rev. C. V. Weathers officiating. Those
present were Miss Lillian Everett,
Mrs. C. V. Weathers, George Lyle and
H. Noble Weathers. The couple will
reside at No. 88 Haas avenue.
Children of Confederacy Sell Stamps.
Miss Mary Butt Griffith will be
chairman of the sale of Red Cross
Christmas stamps Saturday, with Miss
Lillian Mathis, Miss. Louise Massey
and Mrs. W. C. Warfield as vice chair
men. Other members of the Julia
Jackson Chapter. Children of the
Confederacy, will assist.
Miss Louise Dobbs to Entertain.
Miss Louise Dobbs will issue cards
Saturday to a tea on Tuesday after
noon. December 3ft, from 5 to 7, her
guests to include members of the col
lege set.
Mr. and Mrs. Richardson Entertain.
The dinner-dance at which Mr. and
Mrs. Hugh Richardson entertained
Thursday evening was one of a series
of elaborate parties tendered Miss
Margaret Grant since her debut in
October. Twenty-six guests were in
vited to the Richardson residence, and
throughout the house there were
Christmas decorations of brilliant
red poinsettia* blossoms, red-shaded
tapers, and handsome palms and
ferns.
Dinner was served at two tables,
each having an artistic arrangement
of poinsettia blossoms, with a border
of ferns and narcissi. An orchestra
played during dinner and for the
dance that followed.
Mrs. Richardson was charming in
black charmeuse satin with corsage
and tunic of gold-threaded lace over
white. Miss Grant wore a dancing
gown of pink silk chiffon with cor
sage of lace and garniture of rose-
colored velvet.
Friday evening Mr. and Mrs. Rich
ardson will give a family dinner par
ty in honor of the two grandsons of
the Grant family, who are at home
from school for the holidays. The
honor guests are Hugh Inman Rich-
Church Folk-Start Campaign for
Prohibitive License—Deal
ers Now Pay $6,000.
GRIFFIN, Dec. 19.—If plans of the
ministers and leading laymen of Grif
fin churches go through, Griffin will
next year have the highest near-beer
saloon license probably In the United
States—$15,000 per year for the city,
$200 for the State and county, and
the usual Government beer tax.
A mass meeting, called by pastors
of twenty churches and by Judge T.
E. Patterson, State Prison Commis
sioner and husband of the Georgia
W. C. T. U. president, representing a
congregation temporarily without a
pastor, was held at the City Hall last
night, when the high license cam
paign was launc* ed and steps taken
to organize a Law Enforcement
League tc aid city, county and Fed
eral officers in running down “wild
cat” distilleries and “blind tigers.”
The near-beer saloon license here
this year is $6,000. Last year it was
$8,000. There wa s one saloon *ast
>ear and two this year. The pro
posed $15,000 tax is believed to be
high enough to be prohibitive.
Officers have been active here in
the last 30 days, eight or ten distil
leries having been rakled and be
tween 20 and 30 blind tigers arrested, i
I’ll Drive Gambling
Out/ Declares Chief
BIRMINGHAM, Dec. 19.—"Don't
say I am going to try to put out gam
bling in Birmingham; say I am going
to do it.” This is the admonition
given to newspaper reporters by Sta-
ven Wiggins, chief of the detective
department of Birmingham, who has
declared that he proposes to run gam
bling out of Birmingham.
He says he is satisfied that the big
houses where gambling is conducted
have not closed up their doors, and
that every effort will be made to bring
to justice the men who persist in vio
lating the law.
Miss Dorothy MacVane, daughter of Prof. Silas MacVane,
of Harvard, was put under police surveillance at Taranto, Italy,
where she was singing with an opera company, suspected of espi
onage. It is expected she will be released to-day and an apology
made to her. Ambassador Page took up her case.
All Is Quiet After
FearofLynching Well Now gpU p lies
Charity Gets $25 for Hardaway Young
Coupons Girl, 4, Saved Granted New Trial
SAVANNAH, Dec. 19.—Margaret
Naylor, 4, has originated an effective
method of raising money for charity.
She collected 5,000 cigarette coupons
and donated them to the society that
keeps up a fresh air home at Tybee.
They were turned into $25 cash.
The society was so pleased with
the venture it will put boxes in all
stores where cigarettes are sold in
an effort to collect thousands of the
coupons.
MOBILE. ALA., Dec. 19.—The Court
of Appeals to-day reversed the case
of Hardaway Young, former presi
dent of the Southern Hardware and
Supply Company, which since has
gone out of existence through bank
ruptcy, the former official having been
convicted in the Mobile City Court on
June 29 of the embezzlement of notes,
drafts and checks to the amount of
$125, with a sentence of three years
in the State penitentiary.
IS SHE POINTS
PISTIL
Macon Chief of Police Knocks
Mrs. W. P. Flahive Down
Stairs in Whisky Raid.
MACON, Dec. 19.—'When Mrs. Mar-
garet P. Flahive, a stalwart widow
of 35, pointed a pistol at Police Chief
George 8. Riley to-day and threat
ened to kill him if he entered her
room, he struck her in the face with
his fist and knocked her down a
flight of steps.
Mrs. Flahive conducts a grocery
store on Cotton avenue, and also runs
a saloon, though she has neither a
city, State nor Federal license. She
has been repeatedly indicted and
once convicted.
Accompanied by two detectives,
Chief Riley raided her place and
found a stock of whisky. She ran
upstairs to a bedroom, the chief fol
lowing her. Her children took one
revolver from her, but she. procured
another, and thrusting it into the
chief's face, said:
“If you enter this room I’ll kill
you.”
“Then you’ve got me to kill,” said
the chief as he entered.
He struggled with Mrs. Flahive and
in the encounter struck her in the
face. Mrs. Flahive will be prose
cuted for pointing a pistol, as well
as for violating the city blind tiger
ordinance and the State prohibition
law’.
Macon Contractor
Dies in Auto Crash
MACON, Dec. 19.—W. T. Amerson,
a Macon contractor, was killed last
night when an automobile, was over
turned near Smarrs Station, in Mon
roe County. He left Macon after
supper for Smarrs in Bob Bar-field’s
machine, and just as they reached
their destination the accident oc
curred.
Bob Barfield and George Atwood,
w T ho also were in the car, escaped in
jury. Amerson’s neck was broken.
RALEIGH. N. C., Dec. 19.—Adju
tant General Young telephoned act
ing Governor Daughtridge from Lum
ber Bridge to-day that everything
was quiet there following the killing
of Muck Brown, a prominent white
man, by a negro named Dupree.
It was feared a lynching would
follow the capture of Dupree, and the
Adjutant General hurried to the
scene yesterday afternoon to take
charge of f he militia,
Dupree had not been captured at
noon to-day.
Soldiers Slip Up
Gainesville Water On Charleston Folk
Society Girls Sell
Candy for Red Cross
SAVANNAH, Dec. 19.—Society girls
to-day took positions behind the can
dy counters in a number of the down
town stores to sell sweets.
They will reap a percentage from
the sales, which will be added to the
fund raised by the sale of Red Cross
stamps fight tuberculosis.
GAINESVILLE, FLA., Dec. 19 —
Although the city has not accepted
the new municipal water plant from
the contractors, the water mains have
been supplied by the new plant from
the 350-foot well furnishing 1,600
gallons per»minute.
The change was made in order to
remove the fire pump from tho old
waterworks to the new plant.
Deserter From Navy
Gives Up to Police
JACKSONVILLE, Dec. 19.—Albert
M. Woltz, Jr., of Greensboro, N. O.,
walked into police station and de
dared himself deserter United States
Navy at the Norfolk navy yard.
Woltz said that on sober after con
sideration he had decided to go back
like a man and asked the police to
notify the proper officials.
CHARLESTON, S. C„ Dec. 19-
Stealing a march on Charleston, 325
Fort Moultrie artillerymen slipped
across Ashley River from Yemassee
and crossed to Sullivans Island when
very few people knowing the “army”
had pierced the city.
The soldiers passed through here
following maneuvers of a week. They
marched back in half the going time.
No Empty Stockings
For Dalton's Xmas
DALTON, Dec. 19.—Dalton Lodge.
No. 1267. B. P. O. Elks, the Barnca
class of the First Baptist Church and
a special empty stocking fund com
mittee will see that there are no
empty stockings In Dalton on Christ
mas.
The work will be started by the
Baracas Sunday, when each member
will take something to the class with
him, a special committee to distribute
food and clothing Sunday afternoon.
The others will wait until Christmas
Day .
Council Rejects
Bond Board's Men
JACKSONVILLE, Dec. 19.—P. H.
Odom, for city attorney; Max Myer-
son, for hack Inspector; J. W. Ingram,
for license inspector; H. C. Sloan, for
eleotrical inspector; Thomas Cahill,
oil inspector, and R. E. Merritt, for
inspector weights and measures, all
failed of confL.natlon, when their
nominations were presented to city
council.
The bond trustees must make new
appointments, the present incumbents
meanwhile holding over.
Wilsons to Teach
Schoolgirls How to
Live on $9 a Week
WASHINGTON, Dec. 19.—Girl
pupils of the Washington public
schools will be taught how to keep
a family of father, mother and
three children on $9 a week in the ,
new model house just arranged by (
the Neighborhood House Settle- -
) ment workers
The Misses Margaret and Elea
nor Wilson, Miss Genevieve Champ
Clark, Mrs. Barney Hemmick, Mrs.
Walter Tuckerman and Mrs. John (
Jay White are prominently inter-
( ested in this work. They attended
a special reception at Neighbor
hood House, when the Model
House was opened to the public
for the first time.
Brantley New Head
Of Alabama I.O.O.F.
MOBILE, Dec. 19.—Announcement
has been made of the result of the
canvass of returns for the election of
officers of the Alabama Grand Lodge
of Odd Fellows, as follows:
R. L. Brantley, Vernon, grand mas
ter; George Huddleston, Birmingham
deputy grand master; George Ste :
felmeyer, Uullman, grand warden; H
C. Pollard, Huntsvill, grand secre
tary; J. C. Dowie, Talladega, gram
treasurer. Walter K. McAdory, Bir
mIngham, and the Rev. George L
Jenkins, Talladega, grand representa
tives to the Sovereign Grand Lodge.
New Trial Motion
For Mrs. Godbee
Rests With Judge
AUGUSTA, Dec. 19.—Judge Henry
C. Hammond, after hearing arguments
on a motion asking for a new trial
for Mrs. Edna Perkins Godbee, re
served his decision.
The State’s attorneys answered tho
attacks of the defense on three Ju
rors who were alleged to have been
biased when they entered the Jury
box, and also the criticism of tho
court’s charge to the jury. Affidavit**
by Foreman S. W. Palmer, of the
Godbee Jury, and Olin B. Brown, C.
A. Matthews and C. A. Boston, of
Stellaville, denied that Palmer said
Mrs. Godbee ought to hang, as E. S.
Alexander had declared.
CASTOR IA
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
Bears the
Signature of
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RUTLEDGE ELECTS.
RUTLEDGE. Dec. 19 —H. L. Vin-
Ing, Mayor; VV P. Wallace, E. C
Ponder, .1. M. Nunn and H. F. Bon
ner, Councilmen. was the winning
ticket for city officers for 1914.
FATHER OF DISPENSARY DEAD.
GREENVILLE, S. C.. Dec. 19.—
David Henry Traxler, organiser of
the South Carolina dispensary sys
tem, died of Bright’s disease at a
sanitarium In Virginia.
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CAREFULLY TREAT
CHILDREN’S COLDS
{ Neglect of chi'dren's colds often J
) lays the foundation of serious lung
> trouble in later life. On tile other j
( hand, it is harmful to continually j
! dose delicate little stomachs with in- )
\ ternal medicines or to keep the chil- i
l dren always Indoors. The Ideal way J
' to avoid colds is to keep p'enty of i
\ fresh air In the bedroom and at the <
' first sign of trouble apply Vick’s j
j "Vap-O-Rub” Croup and Pneumonia )
> Salve over the throat and cheat, cov- i
\ ering with a warm flannel cloth, j
, The body heat releases antiseptic )
j vapors that are Inhaled all night /
long, opening the air passages and
; healing the inflamed membrane. In ;
;> addition Vick's is absorbed through .
the skin, taking out the soreness >
; and tightness. Vick’s contains no .
f harmful drugs whatever. At drug- j
. gists’—26c, 60c and $1.00.
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Woman Died Here and
Buried at Huntsville
HUNTSVILLE. Dec. 19.—The fu
neral of Mrs. Susan H. Hunt, wife of
Ben P. Hunt, a prominent citizen of
Huntsville, who died in the Grady
Hospital in Atlanta where she had
been under treatment for two weeks,
was conducted here.
Air8. Hunt was one of th leaders in
the organization that maintained tho
Huntsville Hospital and \ as an un
tiring charity worker.
Jailed Without Bail
For Housebreaking
RALEIGH, N. C., Dec. 19.—Albert
Phillips, a young white man, was ar-
'rested at Rocky Mount, N. C., on the
charge of entering the home of Mrs.
Martha Gay there for the purpose
robbery.
Burglary is a capital offense in this
State, and Phillips is being held with
out ball.
Just: what I want!
That’s what the chil
dren say, every time
they see it. It is tooth
some, wholesome,
healthful. The very
sweet that’s best to eat—
It’s the Little Things
that tend to give one that well-groomed appearance.
Your gloves if kept well cleaned will help you in
finitely.
The Trio Laundry
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clean# gloves to get out the dirt and grease. They
are returned to you in a spotless condition the kid
being soft and pliable.
E. H. WILSON. Phone 1099. W, H. HARRIS.
Chamberlin=Johnson=DuBose Co.
ATLANTA
NEW YORK
PARIS
Personal Mention
Nothing adds more to the
enjoyment of waffles and
battercakes than ALAGA.
makes wonderful
gingercakes, puddings
) and candies. It is
Nature’s best sweet
Sold in sealed tins
by your grocer
ALABAMA-GEORGIA
SYRUP COMPANY
MONTGOMERY. ALABAMA
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Master and Miss Van Dusen=Doll,
of Amsterdam. Holland
Have arrived in Atlanta for the holidays. They are visit
ing in Chamberlin-Johnson-DuBose Company’s Bazaar
prior to taking up their permanent residence with the
lovely Miss Atlanta.
The above snapshot shows them as they were look
ing about at the wonderful toys and the crowds of happy
children that fill the Bazaar these days.
ChamberIin=Johnson=DuBose Co.
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The Grand Canyon is a m
mile deep, miles wide and P
painted in sunset hues.
A short and inexpensive side trip
from main California line of the
Santa Fe. In a Pullman all the way.
Cl Tovar Hotel, management Fred
Harvey, provides high-class accom
modations.
All you would like to know about
the Canyon is told in our booklet,
“Titan of Chasms.’’ Ask for it
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