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1Ji It ATL/AJYl'A (i£ J UKUlA> A NI> NEWS. UST CALL FOLKS! 200 Cashier of Failed Bank Defendant in Bankruptcy Action lunta filed j AUGUSTA. Deo 23.--An i>etitIon In bankruptcy ha* J with the Clerk c? the United StateH Court against Cannier .lame* I' Arm strong. of the failed Irish-American j Hank. The three creditor* filing the ! petition ami the amount* involved are \ndrews Bro* . $559.56. .1 H White N jCo., 114 50. ami the Hill Grocery Com FIGHTS TO LEIF FROM HOTEL II Newsboys to Join In Carols at Great One-Air Xmas Fest Prof. Gerard-Thiers, teaching the newsboys carols. Last call, good friends- last call on the Christmas Spirit! We set out, you know, to All the empty stockings in Atlanta this Christmas of 1913. We re GOING TO DO IT. you know*. But right at the last moment, the eleventh hour, comes an appeal from a new r quarter—and more than 200 little chaps that had been overlooked now are turning their big eyes won- deringiy, hopefully toward the mys terious realm of Santa *Claus I*and and the coast of the bright Christ mas Country. Are THEY going to he passed by this Christmas? Come on. good friends of all the world-—don’t pass up this pitiful lit tle 200. Tl ank goodness, we re g<*t to the stage of civilization where < ’hr. st mas doesn’t seem like Christ mas simply because the stockings of our own kids are filled to running over. One Final Spurt, Now. We’ve got to fill the other kids’ stockings too. or it can’t he a really Merry Christmas. One short, sharp rally, folks good friends of the children. Let’s whirl in and settle this thing RIGHT NOW, for we haven’t much time to think about it. AND WE DON’T NEED TO THINK ABOUT IT’ You know what the empty stock ing means to a child. You know, for we've just been telling you that there fire more than 200 little helpless chaps fa rim? that tragedy of child hood next Thursday morning and you know what to do AHol T IT Bring in that subscription you were thinking about making. If you’ve made one already, stretch it a bit. IT’S FOR THE CHILDREN, GOOD FRIENDS’ The merrv Yuletide is now upon us -although it didn’t look like it Tues day and it isn’t clouded by any im pending Empty Stocking tragedy for Atlanta childhood, either, if you do your part and if you do— We are going to celebrate a lit tle, and The (J^orgian is going t> play host, in a wa> of speaking, al though it really is Just a great, big. | out-of-doors ChrlstmAs festival, for a great, big, happy family, happy over a cood Job, mighty well done The Georgian isn’t assuming any credit for this splendid. generous work of filling the empty stockings of Atlanta The Georgian merely suggested the need of those poor lit tle patched and yawning stocking? The Good Fellows — the big-hearted men and women and children of At lanta—did the rest For a Royal Good Time. So now- we’re all going to get to gether and have a royal good time— t w ire. The first time is at 5 o’clock Wed nesday afternoon. The place is In front of the City Hall, where the great Christmas tree has been raided, towering ns a monument to the good will and love Atlanta bears its less fortunate children Everybody is Invited and The Georgian feels it a privilege to foot the bills. There will be an open-air concert hv Wedemeyer's Band. There will be Christmas carols and special songs Twenty-three Beer Dealers Under Warrants and Seven Places Enjoined Under Tiger Act. SAVANNAH, Dec. 28.—With 23 near-beer saloonkeepers under war rants charging them with violations of the prohibition act and seven in junctions to close places under the old blind tiger nuisance act, the anti saloon movement that sprang Into existence after the recent lecture of Seaborn Wright to-day is assuming large proportions. \ W. 3. Stubbs, the man at the head, made the statement that he would not stop until every place in the city was closed. He acted, he said, in time to save large quantities of whisky being shipped out of the city to country places in the two States. It is the first time since the prohibi tion act was enacted that the saloon men of the city are. genuinely alarm ed. They have retained Osborne & Lawrence, prominent attorneys, to defend the first 50 cases that will be made, and when the injunctions come up for a hearing December 24 they will ask that the court make the prosecutor, Stubbs, give them an in demnity bond for the losses while the cases are pending and the places closed. * Should the judge rule that the pros ecutor indemnify the keepers it will be a serious blow to the prosecution, as it will take several thousand dol lars. Education i : you’ll see what they the general liveliness RESINOL CLEARS BAD COMPLEXIONS Quickly, Easily and at Little Expense. Pimples and blackhead* disappear, unsightly complexions become « loan. Hear and velvety, and hair health and beauty are promoted by the regular use of Uesinol Soap and an occasional appli- «ati**n of Kesinol ointment. These S' > thit c healing preparation* do their work easily, quickly and at little cost, w hen even the most expensive cosmetics and complicated "beauty treatments" fail. \nd the best of it i* you need never hesitate to use Kesinol Soap and Hesi- vol Ointment There is nothing in them 10 injure the tenderest surface Resi- rw'i s * doctor's prescription whicl rot- eighteen >ears ha* been used n> care ful physicians for all kinds of skin af fections They prescribe Kesinol freely, confident that its soothing, healing ac tum is brought about by medication so bland and gentle as to be suited to the moat delicate or irritated skin Resi- r< ; Soap i-oo) and Ointment (50c and * > are sold by practically every drug g«t in the United States For trial free, write to Dept 27-R. Kesinol. Bal timore. Md. Avoid so-called "substi tutes" for Kesinol. which ar« generalh of little value Buy In original blue package Advt on hand to—wc j will do tow ard of the occasion. Great Tree to Glow. j The great cedar tree -the moat perfect of it* kind ever raised in a j Christmas celebration will glow with I hundred* of colored electric lights and (the brand of decoration the weather j can’t subdue. No gifts there just a | rollicking good time, and an overflow of good fellowship, and the real Christmas spirit. A Christmas festival. That’s what ! it i*». Everybody welcome—everybody in- \ ited. That’* Christmas Eve, at 5 o’clock. Remember. Then tnc next day, and that’s | Christmas Day, the festivities will be on again, about the same time in the evening The Wedemeyer Rand, and the newsboys and the orphans, nil mixed up with their loving friends and well-wishers in a big celebration i of the biggest dav In all the year, In tiie true spirit of its memories, and j associations. Come on. everybody! The Empty ! Stocking Blight ha> been lifted from j the Atlanta Spirit. Let’s get together i and celebrate the event. Everyone Join In. It doesn’t seem to be exactly a time ! for a preachment, as Elbert Hubbard j calls it. When the people of a great city are i happy* and well fixed; when they have I just finished putting over a great | project like Oglethorpe University, | and times are good, and the idea is to ; whack up on the good cheer business with those who live on the Seamy ! Side win. that’s a good time to get I together and hear some good music, and sing some good ulii songs, and shake hands, and slap one another on the baekt and- Wcll, you remember what Tiny Tim said in that wonderful Christmas Carol of Charles Dickens? Teacher Gives Xmas Dinner to Negro Boys A free Christmas dinner for the ne gro newsboys of Atlanta will be given in Bethel Church, colored. Wednesi- day at 3 p. m. under the direction of Alice D. Cary, a teacher in tho Mor ris Brown University, Houston street and Boulevard. This is the ninth m- nual dinner given by the teacher. 1 The Georgian’s big Christmas treo on the City Hall plaza will be trans ported Friday to the campus of the Morris Brown University, and there will bo used as a Christmas tree for the poor negro children Friday and Saturday. Duke Sees Rebellion If'Home Rule'Passes The Demand for Rooms Is greater now than at any time dur ing the season. If you have a desir able room, let the public know it through the “WANT AD" COL UMNS OF HEARST’S SUNDAY AMERICAN AND DAILY GEOR GIAN. Phone The “Want Ad Man” Main 100. Atlanta 8000. NEW YORK, Dec. 23.—A rebellion in Ireland if the home rule bill is passed was predicted to-day by the Duke of Manchester, who arrived here on the liner George Washington with the Duchess, who formerly was Hel ena Zimmerman, of Cincinnati. The’ Duke and Duchess will be guests of Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Vander bilt on a yachting trip. 150 Express Faith in Friedmann's Needle Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. VIENNA, Dec. 23. Dr. Friedmann, on the visit just ended here, inoculated 150 tuberculosis patients with his serum, lie told the Mayor of Vienna that 6.200 patients were now being treated with the serum and not one was showing any but good results. I Shakespeare Theater Site Costs $300,000 l Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. LONDON, Dec. 23. The Shake spearean memorial theater committee Uas acquired a site in Gower street, on the Duke of Bedford's Bloomsbury es tate, for the proposed theater. The cost was about $300,000. Miss Dorothy Eaton Has 19 Proposals BOSTON, Dee. 23. Miss Dorothy Ainsworth Eaton, the dramatic figure In the sensational trial of her mother on the charge of murdering Rear Ad miral Joseph Giles Eaton, has received nineteen proposals for marriage and has declined them, >Jbecause she has "yet to see her ideal of a husband." Welcomes Missing Wife With ‘Hello’ CLINTON. MASS., Dec 23.—When Mrs. Paul Casanova, reported missing several weeks ago. returned home, her husband said casually, "Hello.” He later said it would be all right if his wife wanted to remain. ers rushed to hi?? room and found the door locked. "What’s the matter?” shouted one of the crowd that had gathered. "They're killing me!’’ screamed Ivey. "They’re going to hang me! For God’s sake help me!" While some of the guests of the hotel telephoned the police, others broke open the door and entered Ivey’s room. When they entered Ivey was frantically tearing at the win dow. and wielding a heavy chair in his efforts to break the iron bars. Failing in that, he thrust his head be tween the bars and tried to wriggle through, but was caught as his shoulders went through the opening. Tells Weird Story. When the policemen came Ivey told a weird story of a midnight assault that he dec lared was directed against his life. ‘‘I’ve been heartily in favor of Chief Reavers’ vice crusade.” he told the police, "and the evil element of the city have got it in for me and are pursuing me. They followed me home last night and after I went to bed they knocked on my door and wanted in. I told them to get away, and a great crowd of them came in through the keyhole. They carried ropes, and said they were going to hang me. I begged them not to do it, and they finally* decided that they wouldn’t. They left the room then, and later another crowd came in and saicl^hey guessed they’d shoot me. I couldn’t talk them out of it, and when they started after me with their guns 1 tried to get atfay from them.” 2 Escaped Felony Convicts Captured AUGUSTA, Dec. 23.—J. W. Watson, alias Jim Jenkins, alias Sam Jones, serving five years from Chatham County for forgery, and Charlie Jones, alias Bud Jones, alias Courts Smith, serving a life sentence from Emanuel County for mur der. both negroes, who escaped from the Screven County chaingang some time ago and for whose capture regards had been offered, were arrested near Blythe. Richmond County, by Deputy Sheriff Gary Whittle, of this County. The negroes were returned to the Screven County authorities. Shoots Husband Who Whipped Her COLUMBUS, Dec. 23. —Alexander Smith is in the Muscogee County jail charged with assault with intent to murder, the charge having been made by his wife. Dora Smith, after she had shot her husband. Those who hastened to the home after the shooting learned that Smith had i given his wife a terrible whipping and that she had shot in self-defense. Typewriters rented 4 mos. $5 up. Am. Wtg. Mach. Co. Plan 'Conference' On ‘The Blue Bird’ A dramatic conference on Maeter linck and "The Blue Bird” w ill be held I at the Carnegie Library next % Tues- j day afternoon at 4 o’clock. It will be imitative of the novel "confer ences dramatique” of the Sarbonne of Paris. This decision was made by the executive committee of the At- j lanta Center of the Drama League of America. The management of the Grand Theater has offered the use of the stage and the settings for the cot tage scene. Mrs. William C. Spiker presided at the meeting of the execu tive commit tee of the Drama League at vthich plans wen made. East Atlanta School Seeks Improvements — Improvements for the East Atlan- j ta school and the present insanitary ' and unsatisfactory conditions will be discussed by the City Council early j in January, when the apportionment I sheet is submitted by the Budget Committee. Miss Rusha Wesley, principal, has ! made complaint to tho Atlanta Board ! of Education. No improvements, she ’ says, have been made on the building \ since it was built many years ago j and it now is lacking in sanitary 1 conveniences and also is crowded • badly. Yacht Burns When Fuel Tank Blows Up SAVANNAH, Dec. 23.—The trim little yacht Gertie, which Thomas H. Mc Millan, Jr., built and named for his mother, w as destroyed .by fire yesterday when the gasoline tank exploded. W. B. Boyle, who was on board, barely escaped, with his life. “ What made you reject that man?” I asked an army sergeant on recruiting service, as a broad shouldered would-be soldier was turned away. “Bad teeth!” replied the ser geant. You would be surprised to know that from six to eight percent, of the recruits apply ing for enlistment in the U. S. Army within one year were re jected because of defective teeth alone. And that thirty-five per cent, of the catarrhal cases in the U. S Army were directly trace able to diseased oral conditions." Perfect cleanliness of the teeth is absolutely essential to Good Health. A pleasant, sure way to perfect cleanliness is the twice-a-day use of Colgate’s Ribbon Dental Cream, and the twice a year visit to your dentist. Ybu (do should use COLGATE’S RIBBON DENTAL CREAM ’Tis that Dominion of the South that ranks fourth in the Union in the value of her agricultural products—exceeded only by Illi nois, Texas and Iowa. Good Roads ’Tis that progressive South At lantic State that stands only sec ond to New York in the matter of good roads construction. ’Tis that land of diversified soil, wealth which gives more to public schools from the State Treasury than any other Southern State, and maintains entirely by State aid twelve Agricultural Colleges. ’Tis that Empire of the South east which guarantees by Consti tutional provision the imposition of a State tax of not over five mills, the most moderate in America. Soil Diversification ’Tis th atland of diversified soil, with its mountains and rich val leys of the North, its undulating hills of the middle section, and its broad alluvial coastal plains of the South. Wealth of Products XMAS RATES Reduced over N„ C. & St. L. Ry. and W. & A. R. R. Apply any Agent. (T HEADQUARTERS FOR GIFTS OF QUALITY See Our 1 hree Window Displays There is no reason for you to dread your Christmas shopping. An inspection of our three window displays Avill suggest any number of appropriate gifts which are sensible, serv iceable anil certain to be appreciated. ARRANGEMENT OF STOCKS. Our many lines of stock have been carefully arranged with your convenience in mind. On the first floor of the main store we have Diamonds, Platinum and Gold Jewelry, Sterling Silver flat and hollow- ware. Rich Cut Glass, Sheffield, Umbrellas, 'toiletware, Sil ver Deposit, clocks and sundry lines. For Electroliers, Fine China, Pictures, Marble and bronze stationery, thin Glassware, Art Goods and Bric-a-Brac visit our Art Department, which adjoins and connects with the store proper. In our Novelty Room (downstairs) we have a wonder ful assortment of inexpensive novelties of all kinls. Goods from 20c upward are well displayed and it is truly an “economy basement.’’ We are headquarters for gifts of quality. Remember, you can get lasting gifts here at a wide range in price —and they are appropriate and sensible gifts. If your gifts come from us the recipients will know you wanted them to have the best. Shop early—early in the day. Write for 160-page illustrated catalogue—which brings your shopping to you. Open Evenings. MA1ER & BERKELE, Inc. Gold and Silversmiths Established 1887 31 Whitehall Atlanta, Ga It Awaits You I Information Furnished ’Tis that rich country where the Cornucopia of Plenty pours into the lap of Industry its wealth of cotton, corn, potatoes, vegetables, fruit and nuts, enriching the grow ers during 1913 an afriount ex ceeding $300,000,^00.00. ’Tis that hospitable land that awaits your coming to stir its vir ginal soil, to fallow the earth, to sow and to reap a bountiful har vest. If there is anything yon would like to know about Georgia, a let ter to the Farm Land Expert of Hearst’s Sunday American and Daily Georgian will bring just the information you desire without cost to you. Come to Georgia, where life’s worth living! REAL ESTATE INFORMATION BUREAU Hearst’s Sunday American, or Atlanta Georgian.