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1 THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEW*. CURRENCY BILL IT Conference Completes Compro mise in Session Lasting Till 3 o'Clock Monday Morning. WASHINGTON. Dee. 22 -The Ad ministration's currency bill probably will bo enacted into law before night. The last obstacles in its path were swept away at a long night session »»f the House and Senate conferees, which ended at 3 o’clock this morn- ing The only action necessary to make the measure a law is acceptance by th# two houses of the conference re port and President Wilson’s signa ture. Important action was taken by the conferees in the closing hours of their long session. In which they were aided bv the advice of Secretary of # he Treasury McAdoo. The House con ferees triumphed on two big points of d ffrence when an agreement was reached to drop the provision provid ing for the guarantee of national ban* deposits and to eliminate the clause permitting the use of reserve notes as t•« serves of member banks A compromise was reached on a matter that has caused bitter fighting when it was agreed that the Comp troller of the Currency shall be a member of the Federal Reserve Board, but that the Secretary of Agricultrt? > hall not serve on the board. The House had fought to have boih officials made ex-officio members of the board, and succeeded in securing an agreement to have them made members of the organization commit tee The question of retiring 2 per cent bonds ( Bused sharp discussion, and it whs finally decided to retire them two years after the Inauguration of :he new system, $26,000,000 worth to be retired annually. They shall be taken over from national banks by reserve ba nks. For one-half of the bonds so taken reserve banks w ill issue notes similar to those of national banks. The conferees were w r orn out bv their arduous work, but stuck to the task until it was finished, having re solved to complete the work so that Congress might adjourn over the hol idays. As fast as an agreement was reached on the various provisions and i page of the bill disposed of it was rushed to the Government prlntery for preparation. Express Officers Are Ready for Final Rush The express offices in Atlanta started the week with cleared decks, everything having been put In ship shape by 6 o’clock Sunday afternoon. To accom plish that a force of 200 extra men. 25 additional wagons and a dozen extra trucks were added to the force With the local office completely up with the work Monday morning. Agent Klder. of the Southern Express Com pany, stated that he expected to handle the last of the Christmas rush with the utmost dispatch. The amount of busi ness handled by he company in the past ten days breaks all records for the At lanta office Krazy Kat Oopynghi. IBIS. International Ssrrlc* In High Society Iowa Congressman Dies After Operation CLINTON, IOWA, Pec. 22. - -Congress man Pepper, of Iowa, died to-day fol lowing an operation for peritonitis. He was recovering from an attack of ty phoid fever when peritonitis set In. He represented the Second District of Iowa in Congress and was considered a likely candidate for United States Sen a tor. Dalton Women Send Unknown Boy Watch DALTON. Dec. 22.—The Dalton chapter. Order of the Eastern Star, has forwarded to Wilburn Lancaster, a boy inmate of the Masonic Home at Macon, a handsome watch and chain as a Christmas gift. The little fellow is unknown to the members of the Dalter Chapter. This Santa Claus Travels in Airship CORNING, N. Y., Dec. 22.—Local business men have hired an aviator to distribute gifts to the city's chil dren as he flies low over the streets. Tuesday and Wednesday, Fancy Atlanta Dressed TURKEYS 25c Lb. Fat Tennessee Turkeys being dressed daily. The Woodall kind. Large white Celery Stalks, 7 \z Come early and get the best. WE DELIVER WOODALL’S 815 Peachtree Phone Ivy 7629, 7630. 7631. Hecco, is TwTsTwTi DuKe or DucKVAfew-tw >_ UiPtc tm'3 >s tftraiy Ktr; - hcw AecuT A tin Cf 1 A tr/tMES Cfy /)t The. i Koi/Afrey Kcur * * f <b. If AT FUEL R/N& Tre Ds/)o ' Duchess *ccnc, fiin D At so Th/st I DEAR. PR/Mcess MEGGIE. I 5URE ' x I (MOULD Eme To H^(/e) \ A CUPS Op JbAr- ' \ (aiiYx Twexi r 1 (-ADI&5 < fAkd Also DukEF J old Kids you I/Must REAtEMate. UkJG <SOttA D*TL- , loitH The Wing foa. A Game jK Auction Pep ajucrle' -VftXT IcfsP^y/ x 3o Good Bye [UJeu. , l Gotr^N 0t 'TSpih.img AtOMG * *4 \ r '^A BUSINESS NOTICE. To Cure a Cold in One Day Take LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE Tablets Druggists refund monsv if it fails to cure E W GROVE'S signa- tura iaxm each box. 25c. Forsyth Gets Record Crowd—Hel en Keller’s Appeal Inspires. Christmas Fund Increased. Continued From Page 1. dience to a groat admiration for the woman who had overcome obstacle* that had seemed insurmountable, who had broken the whence that lasts with others similarly aCfficted to the grave The waves of applause and cheer ing were a tribute to her personality and to her almost miraculous achieve ments, as well as to her sentiments of carrying the spirit of Christmas into one’s everyday life, into legisla tion and into civic reform. She spoke with some effort, a cir cumstance that heightened rather than lessened the interest In her ad dress The marvel was that she could articulate at all. By her side stood the faithful teach er. Mrs John Macy, to whose efforts, coupled with the indomitable per severance of the pupil, is due the re markable accomplishments of Miss Keller. Gives $10 to Fund. Mrs. Macy repeated after Miss Keller the sentences that she^ittered In order fhat those in the furtherest parts of the house might not miss a word. Occasionally in her eagerness to say the words that were in her heart, she hurried on for several sen tences and Mrs. Macy had some difficulty in catching up. And then, after Miss Keller had finished her appeal for the little chil dren of Atlanta and for their moth ers and had showed the sincerity of her spirit by contributing the first $10 to the Empty Storking Fund, ushers went about the crowd with children’s stockings strung on wire loops. There was an instant reaching for purses and pocket hooks. No one wished to he missed. Chil dren In more fortunate circumstance^ than those for whom the fund is being raised put in their pennies and nick els, while their parents looked on In proud approval. It was a general and cheerful response. One Man Gives I. O. U. Within a few minutes the toes of the little stockings were weighted with coin and stuffed with bills. Every denomination was represent ed One man put in an I. O. L T . for $1. *1 had only 20 cents In-my pocket." he explained, "and no one could think of paying less than $1 for that con cert, leaving out the charitable mo tive entirely.” * And he was right. The orchestras and bands probably never played any better in their careers. The singers outdid themselves in their efforts to please and entertain the crowd. They were doing it for the little ones, and they were doing it right. They were contributing their ser vices without a cent of return, and they appeared to be getting as much pleasure and satisfaction out of it as the highly delighted crowd. Players Score “Hits." There were encores and encores. The orchestras and hands of C. E. Barber. J. IV Matthleson and Fred Wedemeyer were forced repeatedly to boy to the will of the great crowd and play again. Bee’s Hawaiian Trio, with their setting of tropical scenery and tfV*ir curious Hawaiian harmonies proved high favor Ires and they were called back, singly and together, time and again. Then there was the talented Stein- way Quartet from the Vaudette Theater and the Monarch Harmony Four fro mthe Alamo. The quartets made a hit with their selections. They sang with all their heart and with all their ability. Boy Musician Gets Ovation. One of the prettiest of the musical selections was the cornet and trom bone duet by Messrs, (’ox and Bar ber. The cornet solo by brilliant young Leon McConville also was a feature. He received an ovation before be ever began to play, and this was re doubled when be had shown his skill The lad demonstrated a talent that many musicians of years of expe rience lack and found a warm place in the htfirts of each of the 2,200 per sons who heard him. And what an inspiration the musi cians had! Not only were they play ing for the poor children of Atlanta, but they were being cheered and ap plauded by one of the largest crowds ever inside the Forsyth Theater. Every seat was filled. Before them in the parquet the performers saw a sea of faces. Where these left off the balcony began, and up, up into the gallerv they continued. Theater Is Packed. People sat on the stairs in the rear of the building. They would have stood in the aisles had the watchful police and firemen let them As it was, they leaned against pillars and covertly found places of vantage where they could see the stage as well as hear the music. Where the seats ended in the rear of the building people stood packed from there to the doors. It was the same in the balcony, and in the gallery there were probably a hundred who were unable to find seats. Outside there was a crowd Insist ing on getting in. The doors opened at 2 o’clock. Scores Turned Away. The place was taken by storm Within a few minutes a person had difficulty In gaining entrance At 3 o’clock, when the concert opened, it was an impossibility The doormen were obdurate. All varieties of pleas were made for per mission to enter. Most of them failed, but occasionally some fortunate per son with a little more recourse was able to get the door opened to him. For half an hour after the concert began the vestibule of the theater was packed with persons who had ar rived too late. A half hour later they had left in despair, but as many more had taken their places. N. Y. Gives $26 Each To 603 Blind Persons NEW YORK. Pec. 22 Every blind person in New York City has received the annual contribution which the mu nicipality makes to its blind residents A total of $15,678 was distributed to 603 men, women and youths. Twenty-six dollars was paid to each applicant. J!., 11 T T K -B STORIES af : ifae TOWN Sometimes it seems there is a good deal to the Christmas shopping spirit, besides the accustomed hurry and worry, the bustle and crowding, and frazzled nerves, and snappy tempers. There was a woman shopping in one of the big department stores Fri day, and the harried shopgirl made a mistake in adding up her bill. The mistake amounted to a dollar, and it was the wrong way—for the store. "There’s a little mistake In that, isn’t there.'’’ the woman Inquired, kindly. The girl was In a hurry, and didn’t seem to think there was a mis take. She said so, rather briskly. But the woman, instead of being nettled and taking advantage of the store's error, patiently showed the girl where the error was. Then the girl showed her side of it, Impulsively. "I don’t know how to thank you," she said. “That dollar would have come out of my wages, and a fine be sides—and, goodness knows, 1 can’t afford to lose it. It’s awfully good of you to take the trouble to see that the ticket was right. So many peo ple don’t and we girls have to stand it if we make a mistake. I just wish there were more shoppers like you!" Here’s a story, so old that it prob ably Is new again, connected with that grand old pioneer of Southern edu cation. Jess* Mercer. The Rev. John F. Purser, pastor of th^ West End Baptist Church, brought the story hack from a little pilgrimage he has been making In Wilkes County. "They tell me." said Mr Purser, "that Jesse Mercer, the founder of Mercer University, married a widow, a Mrs. Simons. And the story is about her first husband, who must have been a very odd character. “Mrs. Mercer was a woman of pro found religious convictions, but it seems her first husband, Simons, was extremely unsettled in his ideas on the subject. “In fact, from all I can learn, Mr. Simons’ only fixed conviction was an abiding, faith in the evil and threat ening personality of the devil. He was so afraid of the devil that his an ticipation of a life beyond the grave was inextricably mixed up with a dread of a personal attack by His Sa tanic Majesty. "So he provided in his will that he be buried in an upright position, with a loaded gun at his side, and his right hand on the gun—he wanted to be ready to defend himself." And Dr. Purser says that every body around there believes the provi sion’s of the will were duly carried out. The course of commercial empire, having progressed westward, as sug gested in the time-honored adage, now is proceeding southward at a rapid rate, with special consideration of the silk manufacturing business. In Atlanta’s department stores to day you will find exquisite fabrics made in America, quite supplanting the former French designs, and of fered at an amazingly lower cost. "These remarkable kimono patterns were woven in Paterson, N. J.," said the head of the silk department in one of the big stores Friday. “The cost? A dollar a yferd. Aren’t they beauties? Perhaps you didn’t know that our American silks had been tak ing blue ribbons at all the big inter national exhibitions for the last three >ears. Well, It’s a fact. "And the silk factories are begin ning to move southward. There’s a fine one now at High Point, N. C. turning out silk that equals the best that can be imported—surpasses It, 1 believe. "That will be a great thing for the South. The class of labor employed In silk manufacture Is far superior to the cotton mill class, and, aside from Its vast commercial benefits, the com ing of silk factories to the South is regarded as of great advantage to the section." The trial of Leo M. Frank, notable in many other respects, has been re markable for the maze of relation ships of various sorts between the attorneys and others closely inter'^ted that have developed out of it. a sit uation that has been made more pro nounced by the recent hearing before the Supreme Court. When Luther Z. Rosser, chief of counsel for Frank, and Solicitor General Dorsey arrayed their forces. It was relative fighting relative. Rosser’s son having married a sister of Dorsey The case was brought to trial. Sitting on the bench was Judge L. S. Roan, a former law partner as well as business associate of Attorney Rosser. The interlacing of relations was Increased during the trial when Arthur Heyman, a law partner of Dorsey, was called by Ros ser as a witness for the defense A few minutes later Max F. Goldstein, one of the law partners of Frank A. Hooper, associated with Dorsey In the prosecution, also was called as a witness for the defense. Then came the appeal to the Supreme Court and it was recalled that Justice S. C. At kinson one of the three judges who heard the appeal, was related by marriage to Governor John M. Sla ton, who is one of the law partneic of Attorney Rosser. LOT CHOSEN FOB FIRE STM PROTESTED City Officials Against West Peach tree Site—Chief Puts Ques tion Up to Council. Since the assurance that Council will provide for a new' fire station for the Ansley Park and Brookwood sec tions. Councilman-elect Frank H. Reynolds and Alderman-elect John S. Owens have Joined in a plan to pro test against the location for the sta tion that has already been selected in the purchase of a lot. The lot is on West Peachtree street between Fourteenth and Fifteenth streets. “There are no houses to speak of west of this location and in every other direction there are steep hills to be climbed," said Mr. Reynolds. "There have been complaints from residents all over that section against the location. I don’t see why it ev£r was selected. "A location that appeals to me is the abandoned tennis courts which the Piedmont Driving Club built in Piedmont Park opposite the junction of Piedmont avenue and South Prado. The Park Board was strenuously op posed to the location of a school in the park, and I think the members were right. But a bungalow fire engine house would be attractive to look at and would take up very little space. We could sell the West Peach tree lot and build the station with a few’ thousand dollars extra. “With an automobile engine the w’hole North Side could be easily cov ered. The location is high and there are good streets leading in every di rection." Fire Chief W. B. Cummings said Monday that if Council wanted a new' location it would have to select the lot arid buy it. He said he spent two years trying to do this, and the West Peachtree lot was the result of his best efforts. "People want fire engine houses, he said, “but they want them next to somebody else’s house.” TO DAY’S MARKET OPENINGS. NEW YORK COTTON. Dec. * . Jan. . . . Feb . . . Mch. . , April . . May . . . June . . . July . . . Oct. . . . | | j |First! Prev •Open'High Low ICall 1 Close 12.18 12718 1 2718 1 2718 1 2.27-28 12.24 12.25 12.24 12.24 12.29-30 12.35-37 ' 12.40 12.40 12.40 12.40,12747-48 '12.47-49 11.50 ll.51Tl.50 Iff.51 12.58-59 12.58-60 12.62-63 1 |11.50 LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET. Futures opened easy. Rang- 2 p. m. Dec. . . . 6 60 6.75 Dec-Jan. . .6.61 6.59 6.<5 .(an.-Feb. . . .6.61% 6.62 6.76% Feb.-Mch. . . .6.65 \ 63% 6.78% Mch.-Apr. . . .6.69 0.65% 6.80% Veteran Weds After One Day’s Courtship DALTON, Dec. 22.—Joe Harris, an atred Confederate veteran of Murray County, after one day's courtship, was married to Miss Seney Ledford. The bridegroom is over 70, and his bride many years his junior. Breaks Her Leg in Difficult Tango Step NEW YORK. Dec. 22.—While dancing a difficult step in the tango, Mrs. Grace F. Conger slipped and broke her leg near the hip. .First! 1 *r« •Or »en H *h Low i Cal! 1 CUsf Dec. . .12 15 12 15 12 11 12 11 12 10- 11 Jan. . . 11 83 11 85 11 82 11 84 1 1 92- 93 Feb. . ..Tl 95- 98 Mch . 11 12 11 i2 ii io ii 10 12 20- 31 April . . . 12 19- 31 May . .ill 1 Ml 12 11 nil 12 12 19- 20 June . . . 12 17- 19 July . .11 10 11 12 11 10 11 10 12 17- 19 Aug. . . 11 96- 98 Sept. . ... 1 60- 62 Oct. . .Ti 4o 11 44 11 to 11 44 11 48 50 NEW ORLEANS COTTON. A pril-May May-June*. June-July . July-Aug. . Aug.-Sept . Sept.-Oct. . Oct.-Nov. . .6.68 % . 6.68 . 6.62 . 6.4® .6.31 .6.20 6.971/2 6.64% 6.79 6.62 V 2 6.76% 6.59% 6.74 6.48% 6.62 6.41 6.20% 6.31 NEW YORK STOCK MARKET. Stock quotations to 10 a. m.: 10 Prev. STOCKS- High. Low AM. Close. Amal. Copper. 71U 71% 71% 71% Am. Car Fdy. 44% 44% 44% 44% Am. Locomo.. 29% 29*.* £9% 29% Am. Smelting. 63 63 63 62% Am. T.-T. ... 122% 122 122 122% Anaconda ... 34% 34% 34% 34% B. and O 92% 92% 92% 92% B. R. T 87% 87% 87% 87% Can. Pacific... 216 215% 215% 218% Cen. Leather.. 26% 26% 26% 26% D. and Ii. ... 151% 151% 151% 151% Distil. Secur.. 19 19 19 19% Erie 28% 28% 28% 28% do, pref... 44% 44% 44% 44% L. and N. ... 133% 133% 133% 133% Mo. Pacific.. 25% 25% 25 North. Pacific. 108% 108% 108% 108% Pennsylvania 108% 108% 108% 108% Reading 164% 164% 164% 164% So. Pacific... 87% 87% 87% 87% Tenn. Copper. 30 30 30 30% Union Pacific 154% 154% 154% 1547-g U. S. Steel... 58% 58% 58% 58% do, pref... 105 105 105 105% Utah Copper.. 48 48 48 48 West. Union.. 57 57 67 59% LIVERPOOL COTTON. LIVERPOOL j. Dec. 22.—Due 9% points lower on December and 17 points lower on January and 13% to 15 points lower With 616—Methodists Are Third in Race. Though the Sunday schools of At lanta are not in the midst of a mem bership campaign, those Sunday schools which continue to report their attendance show a healthy increase over the same tlays of last year. Sun day was featured by the jump tp the front taken by the Tabernacle Bap tist, w’hich wore the winning colors until the sensational race between the First Christian and Second Baptist Sunday schools last summer. The Second Baptist was second in attendance Sunday and St. Paul’s Methodist third. Following are the attendance fig ures reported: At- At- Church tend - tend ance ance YearSun- Ago. day. Mem ber ship. St. Paul's Methodist.1,800 First Methodist. . .1,400 Tabernacle Baptist .1,300 First Christian . . .1.200 Second Baptist . . .1,200 First Baptist . . . .1.100 Jackson Hill Baptist. 750 Central Congregatio’l 244 English Lutheran 300 1913 to Set Wedding Record for Dalton DALTON, OA, Dec. 22.—Marriat, license records will be broken here this year, according to present Ind - cations. With the annual Christmas rush not yet started, 199 licenses |,;n> been issued. The highest mark made in 1907, when 209 licenses issued. JURY OF PHYSICIANS "They were not genuine ca^e. Bright's disease." Then how about like this: R. C. Pell. cor. Broadway and Bat lery streets, is manager of one of Sar Uranolsco's big corporations Hi. „„ had Bright's disease The father hat two different physicians, one of them an Army Surgean on the case Patient was greatly swollen with dropsy aid the doctors declared the case Bright . and incurable. He theerupon put die patient on Fulton's Renal Compound ii, began to mend and in six months m, well The father could hardly credit'll and tiad two different physicians exam ine the patient and analyze the sam ples. Both reported it normal. Thus a jury of physicians decided that the patient had Bright's disease and was incurable and another jury of physicians later determines hts recovery. ' As m permanence, this was eight years ago and the patient is now in business In San Francisco. if you have Bright’s disease do you not owe it to yourself and family to try Fulton’s Renal Compound before giving up? It can be had at Edmond son Drug Co. Ask for pamphlet or write John J Fulton Co., San Francisco.—Advt. on later positions, this market opened easy at a net decline of 11 to 1" points. At 12:15 p. m. the market was quiet. 14 to 15% points net lower on near months and 8% to 12 points decline on late po sitions. Later the market advanced % point on July-August from 12:15 p. m. Spot cotton quiet, at 16 points decline: middling. 6.92d; sales, 7.000 bales, in- ! eluding 6,500 American bales. MOVIE'S LURE Jyf Movie's Lure Forces Church to Suspend WEST ORANGE, N. J., Dec. 22.— liable to compete with a nearby moving picture theater, the Rev. Ed ward E. Lowans has closed down the Emmanuel Baptist Church. The pew r s have been deserted since the opening of the movie. TomThumb,2 1-4 Lbs. Born in Ills., Will Live DTTQOIN, ILL.. Dec. 22.—The small est baby ever born in this part of the country came to Mr. and Mrs. Isom Brown, at Christopher, east of here. The boy weighed 2 1-4 pounds. Physicians say the child will live. Farmer, 101, Bets He Will Plow in Spring PATERSON, N. J., Dec. 22. Charles O. Shafer. 101 years old, has wagered he will plow his 50-acre farm next spring. Typewriters rented 4 mos., $5 up. Am. Wtg. Mach. Co. Christmas and New Year Holiday Fares You can buy ROUND TRIP TICKETS at reduced cost from one place to another within the Southeastern territory, December 17 to 25, inclusive, December 31, 1913, and January 1, 1914, good for return to reach starting point by midnight January 6, 1914. From principal places in Southeastern ter ritory to principal places in Arkansas, Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklaho ma, S. Dakota, Texas and Wisconsin, on Decern ber 20, 21, 22, good to return to starting point by midnight January 18, 1914. THE RIGHT WAY Service of the Central of Georgia will enable you to go home and re turn quickly, comfortably and safely. For additional information ask NEAREST TICKET AGENT. Central of Georgia Ry. The Right Way Service r ATLANTA to 8 n 1 ' 5 ght Tues.Wed. Mat. andWed. Nigh* THE CHARMING MUSIC PLAY THE QUAKER GIRL WITH VICTOR MORLEY AND 69 Nights: 25c to $2. Mat. 25c to *1.50 XMAS: FRIDAY & SATURDAY Matinees Xmas & Saturday WITHIN THE LAW THE GREATEST OF ALL PLAYS SEATS NOW SELLING. Nights and Xmas Mat 25c to $1.50. Saturday Mat. 25c to $1 00. ATLANTA'S BUSIEST THEATER FORSYTH Dally Mat. 2i30 Evanlngs at B:3Q •SERGEANT BAGBY" Irwin Cobb * Comedy Gem Jo Boimny't Trouso— Crouch L Welch, Unsever L Frtodtsnd. Burton Hahn A Cantwell. Burton L Lrraor. Count Beaumont. Next Week NEPTUNE’S GARDENS. 25 PEOPLE. A Hotel Home Rooms that are Large and Airy Steam Heat Furnishings in Good Taste Beautiful Dining Room Every Modern Convenience IMPERIAL HOTEL On Peachtree St., at Intersection of Ivy Very attractive rates given on the Ameri can or European plan Every Sunday Special Table d’Hote Dinner From 6 to 8, $1 Inspection Invited L. A. DENECHAUD, Mgr. A New Rex Beach Novel R EX BEACH, virile and forceful, writes a story that throbs with the teaming activity of our great metropolis. When he tells you of New York life, he shows you the people who actually walk Broadway. That is why his latest novel, ‘' The Auction Block is so intense, so realistic. That is why the next five years of Rex Beach’s work has been contracted for by Cosmopolitan. Charles Dana Gibson. whose dashing pen has so well caught the charm of the youthful heroine, is drawing the illustrations. Lorelei, dainty, piquant, and unspoiled, seeking recognition on the stage of a greedy city. If she were your own daughter, you would follow her fortune no closer than you will when you read this story. Get it in January it# A /g. % * Cosmopolitan Magazine This Sample Copy is FREE Send us tout name on a postcard and present you abso lutely without charge a sample coov of Cosmopolitan Maga zine. Address Now — I) 1 atribution Dept.. Cosmif- pu titan M&ga- aine. 119 W. 40th Street. New York City. 15c of Any Dealer January Cosmopolitan