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THK ATLANTA (i LOW > 1 AN AND NhWS. Illinois Family Gets Annual Letter From Man Who Went to Alaska in 1894, I'tiSTr.M. TLU, Dpi 23. Will Montsvillp Woolwnrth return from •hi* North to eat hi* Chri*tm/»«* dinner with his family or are they again to bo doomed to disappointment ? Woodworth diaappeared in 1894 TCarh year his wife receives a letter from him, inclosing a draft for $1,000. stating that he i» well and prosperous *n<1 hat he will be home in time for (Duiitmai. TCarh year she prepares for his com ing. but he neveT comes This year's letter was written from V/moottver. British Columbia. No al lusion was made to his previous dis appointments, and the tone of the communication w’as »o positive th^t the wife and children are encouraged to believe that he will surely arrive his season. One night in August. 1894 Wood worth arose before daylight anti* without awakening anyone, left. He had threatened many time* to go to Alaska to seek his fortune, hop ng thus to better provide for his wife and twelve children Woodworth was 80 when he lef'. and Is 79, while his wife la 68 A m.i Joritv of his children are married and taking care of themselvea. as well as their mother. Two years ago he wrote that he had staked a claim that had proven rich and that his fortune was made. He announced his intention of coming home, but. he failed to come A tear ago Inst August he sent hi* wife $1,000 and told her to meet him :n Fleming. <’al.. at the home of a relative. He failed to appear, and Mrs. Woodworth returned. She re- eived several letters apologizing for his non-appearance. Hip wife derided to send her grand son lid ward Wool worth, to the gold fields The youth made the trip and found the missing man The latter i s not pleased to see the boy and <{: sa ppeared Whether his fortune is a myth re mains to be seen. Sidelights GIORGIA POLITICS ig/ Jakes b.ntvtn on ei*f> it may be Centrally t degen erates into an egg flip, as aforesaid "If one really withe* to enjoy the delight* of eggnog he should treat hlmaelf to real eggnog it is very easily made and pass up all drink* with milk additions Milk makes the mixture sloppy, for one thing A real eggnog is a thing of beauty and a | joy forever why spoil it by putting I in11k in it? will the Executive Mansion in Peachtree I street; Secretary and Mr> l 1 in are I in Augusta.. Mr. Him'* old home, and i Secretary Jesse Perry, who is a j bridegroom-elect, will spend (*hrist- l mag in J.avonia. where the future Mrs. Secretary Perry resides. Harvard and Chile In Exchange Plan The Dalton Citizen, which in one of the highest-class weekly newspapers in the South, beautiful typographical ly and edited with tare intelligence, is very earnest and vigorous in Its op position to capital punishment in Georgia, and rarely loses a promising opportunity to cry out against it. Making note recently of Some prog ress in Georgia of a movemert’ I Governor and Mrs. Slate against capital punishment that i* | spend the Christmas holidays sure eventually to crystallize Into . compelling force inside the Legists tore. The Citizen says There are five States in the t’nlon that have abolished the barbarous custom, and the dev is coming when all o # them will do the same thing The State in hanging a crimi nal, but imitates his crime, ex cept as to methods employed, and In so doing seta an example that encourages the criminally In clined to murderous daeds as much as doe* the same kind of a crime committed by the individ ual "Like begets like." Murder breeds murder, whether commit ted by the individual or by the State under the guise of law. The great teacher, Christ, In veighed against th“ old Mosaic injunction of "an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth," and yet Christian people stand up for a custom that should shame the civilization of a Hottentot May the day speedily arrive when judicial murder will be at an end in this great Common wealth, and also in this great na tion!** Capital punishment probably will be abolished In Georgia eventually-- just as it will be abolished every where in the civilized world—and al ready the sentiment against'it is very strong. One need only listen to the striking of a jury in a murder case in Georgia to realize how many people even now will not qualify because of their opposition to this form of pun- ENOUGH Tl PBH ALL; PRICE cm Boston. Dec. *23. Harvard t nlver- sity and the ( niversity of Chile are con sidering an annual exchange of profes sors and students, which it is expected will begin with the next academic year. One professor and two students would be sent from each university to the 01 h*r Kansas City Uses ‘Movies’ in Schools KANSAS CITY. MO., 1 »ec 2.3 A moving picture machine to teach the pupils geography, natural history and other subjects has been installed in Morse School, the first of Kansas City's schools to adopt this method of education. Ishment for crime It does not seam likely that capital punishment for all crimes will be abolished at one sweep in Georgia — but after a while there likely will be introduced and passed through the Legislature a bill sharply clrcum- /ni i ti n t*t scribing it. and that will be followed L;tlfiCK boll Weevil la "“ r b > a la " "topping It altogether viiKuiv xjyjn ,,uu,u That, at leait, la what a great man Intelligent observers now believe Will Discuss How to eJSli wMWJ ftOQO MijUw <s£ Modem Iftattroed! Methods "f checking the advance and ravages of the boll weevil will be one of the principal topics at the meeting of the Georgia State Horticultural Society j in Athens January 20 and 21 Professor W N Hutt, of North Caro lina. will tell of interesting experiment* n nut culture that he has made in his State Professor I- (V Corbett, Assist ant Chief of tho Bureau of Plant In dustry, will also speak p tfhort courses in horticulture will be g:n immediately after the holidays aixl will continue until the meeting of the society. Shoots Beautiful Wife, Slays Himself TFI^A, ("VKLA , Dec. IL^-LouisJT ReA, banker's son. 21 year* old. early to day shot hi* beautiful wife and then turned the revolver upon him self. inflicting a wound from which he died two hour* later. Mrs Rea may recover Mr*. Rea had been choked violently before the nhooting and had a bVd j^ash on the side of her fare. Woman Found Lying- In Stupor in Theater BALTIMORE. Dec 23 Mrs Annie Hughes Lawless, daughter of a wealthy Last Buffalo commission man. was found lying In a stupor in Ford's The ater In a chamois t>ag on her person was found $2,000 worth of Jewels She 8 being held until word is re- eived from East Buffalo. Logan Bleckley. who probably knows whereof he speak*, thinks the I Supreme Court of Georgia is about i the real solution of perpetual motion. "That court," said Mr Bleckley to day. "rarely gets much recess on Christmas w-eek—and once it actually j sat to hqpr arguments on Christmas Day! "Sunday* it doesn't work, and now ' and then an occasional hoi-day 'finds it not on it* job, but generally speaking it is grinding all the time. It hears arguments, then consults, and then divides to write its opinions, which are gone over by the court as a whole "The present court will not sit on Christmas Day this year but it will come mighty near doing it!” When Judge Robert Pottle leaves the bench of the Court of Appeals, which he will do shortly, he will at once enter actively into* the practice of law in partnership with I. J. Hof- j mayer. of Albany. The judge has had this arrangement under consid eration for several months, and hast freely discussed It with a number of his closer friends Judge Samuel S. Renpett. of Albany. • w ho has been indorsed to the Govern or rather heavily as Judge Pottle's j successor on the Court of Appeals, is j a law partner of John D. Pope Governor Slaton has not made up j 1 his mind who shall have Judge Pot tle’s place on the Appellate bench, and it is well known that it is his | intention not to take that matter up ! for serious and Anal consideration ! until after Judge Pottle s resignation ! actually' has been filed. Foremost Transcontinental Train Jo California The'‘Golden State Limited” Via Direct Route of Lowest Altitudes A train of all-steel Pullmans, luxurious library- buffet-observation car and handsome modern diner. Through from Chicago, Saint Louis and Kansas City. . Through Tourist Cars Daily from Memphis and Saint Louis in connection with the "Californian,” another high class trans continental train via the same route. Rock Island Passenger Trains Cover over 50,000 miles everyday Finest modem all-steel passenger equipment TWO AND A HALF DOLLAR GOLD PIECE FOR A CHRISTMAS GIFT Atlanta's Oldest Savings Will Supply You. Why puzzlo your brain about w hat to give for a Christmas present” Some people suffer a nervous breakdown, ami almost go crazy In solving this prob lem The Georgia Savings Bank and Trust Company, tin- bank that makes saving « asy by accepting deposits as stnall as $1. will give you a brand-new Two and a Half Dollar gold piece of the 1913 coin age for its equivalent In any other de nomination A passbook would also be a nice thing to put in the stocking. This bank pay s 4 per cent interest atui would appreciate your savings account. OKI >R< • : M BR< >\\ N President JOHN \Y GRANT. V President: JOSEPH E BOSTON. Secretary ami Treasurer. > Advt. Commissioner of Agriculture James D Price has departed the Capitol for the remainder of the holiday sea son. and has left Assistant Commis sioner Dan Hughes in charge Mr. Price owns and operates most successfully a big farm in Oconee County, and will make it his par ticular business to see that every man. woman and child on It has a Merry Christmas and h Happy New A'ear if it be within his power to | bring those things to pass Bank A*si»#ant Commissioner Hughes I will leave Atlanta Wednesday to spend the holidays with his home folks in Amerlcus. returning, how ever. to the Capitol immediately aft er Christmas. H. H. HUNT Dial. Pasa'r Agent For detailed information call or write 18 N. Pryor Street Atlanta, Ga. There will he plenty of turkeys !. everybody that want* the lordly bit for his Christmas dinner But ther are enough people wanting turke>st maintain a rattling good price, righ around 30 cents a pound, for the sal ioi 11 \ birds in Atlanta. That is to say, the supply is g“ and the demand is keeping step Big dealers said Tuesday morn.:, that the rush was on and was heit: met without any greaL difficulty On produce company received Mond . morning a solid carload of turke from Rogersville. Tenn. "it was some shipment." said •! head of the firm. "Thirteen thousand pounds— 1,3b. individual turkeys. One of them \v;u quite a bird. He weighed exactly 61 the hoof, after hi- lon. ftOH £ pound* Journ ey." He was quite sure this monster w a not an ostrich in disguise, hut h hadn't decided what to-do with him I guess we'll have him diesse and put on exhibition t<>r a da* ■ two." he said. •The McMillan company was at ranging to deliver to the commissary f»C the Seventeenth Regiment at For McPherson 3,000* pounds of dresse turkey, purchased a week ago for ilir Christmas dinner of the American Tommy. AJtkins. CHENEY'S EXPECTORANT Cures Running of the Nose Cold, ••hilly filings, sniffling. sore thro*!, lung trouble*. opprt-ftslve feeling In the best. Try Ch*ney'g Kxpeotorant next time you need a rem edy for colds. 25c at drug stores. Advt. A HUNDRED HOMES c*- > m fe m Advertised For Sale Or Rent IN TO-DAY’S REAL ESTATE SECTION & HOMES in all that the word means to the discriminating home hnyer. HOMES at all prices from $1,000 to $50,000—well built, well located, of latest design and modern‘construction. HOMES on hill and in dale, that appeal to tho business man or his clerk who seek rest and contentment for themeelves and heir families after the day’s work is over. HOMES in all the wonderfully beautiful suburbs of Atlanta. In HearstsSunelav American Real Estate Section $ $ you have spread before you, for careful consideration, hun dreds of homes, sorpe with illustrations, bnt all with full de- scription*—a wealth of'information it would take weeks to collect. Have You A Room To Rent? A little "WANT AD^in The GLeor g-ian will ring the bell and take down the sign. These ads bring results, as the people read them every day. EARSTSSUNDAY AMERICAN is the Real Estate Medium of the . South. It is read by a half million persons each issue — covering the entire Southland. Ill i I i Will 11 HI mini—■ Most Talked-0t Book of the Year Sent ? Cf Retail Price An Postpaid Everywhere, DR. HARVEY W. WILEY, the Noted Food Expert, And Thousands of Women Enthusiastically Praise The Economy Administration Cook Book XMAS RATES Reduced over N., C. & St. L. Ry. and W. & A. R R. Apply any Agent. "Presumably, eggnog is not t fashionable In Georgia nowaday* as formerly," said a well-known Capitol attache and authority on fancy drinks, discussing Christmas to-day, "but 1 hear frequent references to that very palatable concoction, nev ertheless. as the holidays come on. "As a matter of fact ami this is particularly true in the clubs—while everybody talks eggnog, few. indeed, really get any of it during the Christ mas season! "Nine times out of ten. eggnog promised turns out in the consuming to be eggflip only. And there never was a day that an eggflip was as good as an eggnog, although there are worse things than eggfllps, of course’ . "There is never any milk or cream used in a real eggnog once either at these things is added, the mixture ceases to be an eggnog, whatever YOU CAN HAVE IT REPAI RED JUST LIKE NEW AT A VERY MODERATE COST The Georgian’s Repair Directory gives all the principal places where ild an article can be repaired, and should bs guide. ^reserved in every home as a THE PIPE HOSPITAL For oil kinds of Pipe Repairing ITUMLIN BROS. 50 NORTH BROAD S A CHEERFUL XMAS 1b there anything so cheerful for a Xnraa gift a* a Singing Hirdt We have a number of guaranteed Singing Canaries at $2 75. Clasps from 60c up. j. c McMillan, jr.. seed co. 23 S. Broad St Main 940 ALL MAKES OF TYPEWRITERS ^Repaired and Re- *B u I It. Prompt aer- 77> vice. Thorough work. Reasonable charges. American Writing Machine Co. Phon* Main 2626. 48 N. Pryor St These Ads Bring Results. See Ad Man or Call Main 100. All Kindi of FURNACES Repaired. Tho Only Place to Get MONCRIE. FURNACES Repaired. Prompt Attention. MONCRIEF FURNACE CO. Phones Main 285; Atlanta 2877. 139 South P'yor Street. SCISSORS AND KNIVfv OF ALL KINDS SHARPENED BY EXPERTS' MATTHEWS & LIVELY 21 E. Alabama St. Phone, 311 ATLANTA. GA. STOVES of AM Kinds REPAIRED THE ATLANTA STOVE SUPPLY CO. Phone Every Kind 101 N Forsyth St. Ivy 1240 Stove Supplies of Contributors Mjv Wanton Wten Mrs Timas 1 Itor&sL Mr. wshm l inw Mn Sima Clark Mr JauptaB Ontoft Mn. Mat 8. Baton Mn. toe k ODanifi Mn. Ltodiey M. Garrison Mr WUtaa C. Redfie e to. 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It ^ me.«/the moM wen-active and eseful Christmas or Hew Yeer 1 , presents yofc can »*lect W estern Merchandise & Supply Company 326 West Madison Street, Chicago, Illinois Do You Know That the Sunday American Is Already the Leading Paper of the Whole Southland ? They’ re Wanting far It m Every Capital and « N i Comer of Dixie u i