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TH I I, A !\TA I i I'.UUU 1 A.\ AINU iNJli VVSS. I I, u I BO? SHOT FOR BURGLAR 'Santa Claus m»/i# mp steal!” That was th** xplanation offered Tuesday by Raymond Sisson. the 12- yrar-nld son of Councilman J. O. Sis son, of the Fifth Ward, for his pres- j enie Monday n the More of <\ C j Walker, of No. .356 Marietta street, | w here he wa« shot by Mr. Walker j while attempting to rob the place "Santa made me do it." the boy sa d. '1 didn t intend to be a bad boy; I just wantf^l some candy and nuts for ('hristmas I wasn’t going to steal any money, because 1 can yet all that I want from my papa. I don't rare for money, anyway. "I've been thinking of all the candy and nuts I’m going to get for Christ mas for a long time, and when papa and mamma went down town last night to give Santa Claus our ad dress and tell him what to bring me, I thought so much about it that I couldn't stay in the house. "1 started walking along Marietta street, and when 1 passed Mr. Wal ker's store I saw a pane of glass had been broken out of the window. The window was filled with just the kind of candy and nuts 1 like, and I wanted some Couldn’t Wait for Santa. "Of course, I knew papa would see Santa all right, and that he would bring me lots of them, but 1 couldn’t wait. "I tried to go away from the store, but 1 couldn’t It seemed that every thing was just fixed for me. There wasn't anybody in the store, and the more 1 looked In the window the more I wanted Bom« of the candy and nuts. So I slipped in through the window and was starting to fill my pockets with the candy and nuts when 1 heard a noise. I turned and saw a man. He kicked at me and I started to run Someone shot me as 1 tried to climb t trough the win- I dow ' Young Sisson is at Grady HofrpR^h where he was taken Immediately aft er the shooting He Is not seriously hurt. The bullet entered the left shoulder and canto out under the left arm. inflicting a painful hut not dan gerous wound. He probably will be able to leave the hospital In a fovv days, and when he does he says ho Intends to be the best boy In the world Going To Be Good, Now. Tm ging to mind my papa and mamma." he said, "and be a good boy. Maybe Santa Claus won’t come to see me now that I've been so bad, but T guess I deserve It. I'm going to sell my two rifles, because I might shoot someone some time, and I'm going to keep away from the crowd of bad hoys I've been running with, too.” The bov’s father was notified of the shooting by Mr Walker, who Is n warm personal friend of Mr. Sisson, just ns the latter wai leaving hi* borne to search for bis son. Tuesday morning Mr Siason declared bis be lief that his son was led into the burglar' by a crowd of older boy* MOVING PICTURE SHOWS VAUDETTE Wednesday. "Her Father’s Storv." a two reel Broncho drama of Intense In terest Stemway Quartet. This Is the last week of this splendid quartet. THE ELITE Wednesday. "The Whirlpool of Deapalr," a great Warner feature filled with human tnterest and pathos. ALAMO NO. 1 Wednesday. "The Sheriff and the Rustler,** a two ?*ee: Selig drama that is said to be better than "The Law and the Outlaw." Eddy Clarke. ALAMO NO. 2. Wednesday. "The Hon Algernon," a strong V'tagraph drama. • A Dip in the Briny," a Selig comedy that is a scream. Tom Kane, the Irish Caruso, and Cliff Winehall. the peer of Jewish character entertainers. ALCAZAR THEATER To-day. "The Raid of the Human Tigers " One of the really great features of the Christmastide. Hughes and Lange, highbrow en tertainers. SAVOY THEATER Today. "The Jew's Christmas,' featur ing Philip Smalley and Lois Weber, n a three-reel Universal that Is as odd as it is Interesting. THE MONTGOMERY W ednesday. "The Bia Horn Massacre." a great feature :n two parts that will rest all. he Berman Trio, the Juvenile 'rtainer* LURES HIM with whom he ha* been contorting for the last few days, and declared that j h c* intend* in investigate thoroughly i t\ 11h a view to rounding up the boys he say* arc really responsible for th* robbery. "Raymond N not a bad boy." Mr. Sisson declared, "but of late he bn* been running around with some boys who do not bear good reputations. He ha* only been doing this for a week or so. I went to Newnan sev eral days ago for a few days, and when I returned I learned that Ray mond had been staving out late and consorting with some bad boy* "I told him not to, and lie said he. wouldn't Last night Mrs. Sisson and myself went downtown, telling Raymond that we were going in wee Santa Claus and tell him our stree; address. We told Raymond to stay at home, and he promised. 1 think he nas been led into this by other bo$ -, and I’m foln* to And th<m Mr Walker expressed great regret that he had shot the boy, and de clared that be would not have used a weapon had he known the intruder wan only a child. "If was dark in the store,” said Mr. Walker, "and I thought the bur glar was one of the negroes who have been trying to get Into my place for several weeks. I've been sleeping in the rear of tile store in the hope of catching some of them and when Raymond came into the store I thought It was one of them, and tire 1." It is understood that the police will take no action against the boy be cause of his youth and the circum stances surrounding the affair. Masons of Hapeville Elect New Officers Thomas Lewis, as worshipful mas ter. Is to head the Hapeville Masonic Dodge, No. 690, following the regular election of officers Monday night. Other officers cho5*cn were S. Du rand Adam*, senior warden; H. D. Heery, junior warden; J. A. Wise, treasurer; H. A. Coleman, secretary; D. R. Evan*, tyler. W. S. Wells, senior deacon: W. T Akin, junior deacon; L. T. Carter, senior steward; W. C farter, junior steward; Dr. Samuel Hnpe. chaplain, and L. F! Mann, as sistant cha-plain A handsome Masonic jeweled em blem was presented to Past Master D. B. Evans. Cashier of Failed Bank Defendant in Bankruptcy Action A ICC ST A, I>ee 23. An involuntary petition In bankruptcy has been filed with the Clerk 9 the Cnited State* Court against Cashier James P Arm strong of the failed Irish-American Rank. The three creditor* filing the petition an<l the amount* Involved are Andrews Bros. $669.60. J. R White ,*■ Co., $14 5ft, and the Hill Grocery Com pany. $25.13 The petition alleges that Armstrong committed act* of bankruptcy when he gave a security deed to the Citizens and Southern Rank on Derember 3 on his I nl estate holdings and equities >n prop ertles which he did not <iwn outright and when he paid in full on December 10 a hill he owed Castleberry A Wilcox. Turnverein Plans Big Christmas Tree Kris Krlnglc Is the same sort of jolly old soul as Santa Claus, and the members of the Atlanta Turnve rein. organized in 1873, will introduce to their children under 15 years of age a regular Kris Krlngle and a loaded chariot of toys at 8 o’clock Christmas Eve in the auditorium of the Turners, on South Pryor street. There will be a great tree there, and Wedemeyer* Hand, and gifts for the children and then an evening of dancing for the older people New man Lasser and C. C. Gillett have prepared the program. Lecture Pays Church Debt toDr.MacArthur Dr. ldncoln McConnells lecture on "Colored Folks," delivered Monday night at the Tabernacle to defray a debt of unpaid salary to the former pastor, Dr. Robert MacArthur, real ized $900 from the ticket sale, practi cally covering the church's indebted ness. The lecture, one of Dr. McConnell’s regular lyceum addresses, proved highly entertaining and extremely in structive. 300 Children Help S. C, Orphans' Fund A Christmas entertainment for the benefit of the Thornwell Orphanage, of Clinton, S. C., will be held in the Sunday school rooms of the Central ITesbytertan Church Tuesday at 7:30 p. TU. Nearly 300 children, none of whom were admitted above the age of 13, are irt the school this year. About 50 have been taken in during the last few months. S. A E. FRAT MEETING. COU'MBI'S, Dec 23. The Province convention of the 8. A E Fraternity will meet in Columbus December 29-30. with visitors from the leading colleges of Georgia and Alabama. J. D. Mc Cartney is president. FOR ALL: PM There will be plenty of turkeys for everybody that wants the lordly bir 1 for his Christmas dinner But there are enough people wanting turkeys to maintain a rattling good price, right around 30 cents a pound, for the said lordly bird* in Atlanta. That is to say, the supply is gooo and the demand is keeping step. Big dealers said Tuesday morning that the rush was on and was being mel without any great difficulty. One produce company received Monday morning a solid carload of turkeys from Rogersville, Tenn. "It was some shipment." said the head of the firm. "Thirteen thousand pound*—1,306 individual turkeys. One of them was quite a bird. He weighed exactly 61 pounds on the hoof, after his long journey." He was quite sure this monster was not an ostrich in disguise, but he hadn't decided what to do with him. "I guess we'll have him dressed and put on exhibition for a day or two,” he said. The McMillan company was ar ranging to deliver to the commissary of the Seventeenth Regiment at Fort McPherson 3,000 pounds of dressed turkey, purchased a week ago for the Christinas dinner of the American Tommy Atkins. Strange Sights in Bog Seen by Capitol Men The wonders of the Okefenokee swamp were being recited Tuesday by State Entymologist Lee Worsham and Gov ernor Slaton’s executive secretary. Hardy Ulm. who have just returned from a trip to the wilds of Georgia. At their offices at the Capitol they told stories of strange insects, birds and fish and some strange fish tales, too, after the fashion of true nature lovers. The two Cornell scientists who accom panied them went on to Ithaca. The Atlanta "nimrods” brought back a hear skin which they admitted under pressure had been given them by a huntsman of the swamp district. Horace Vose, ‘Friend Of Presidents,' Dies WESTERLY, R. I . Dec. 23.—Horace Vose. a poultryman, who since the days of General Grant had sent a prize tur key to the President of the United States every Thanksgiving day, is dead. Mr. Vose had been id the last six months. He was born in Westerly on Majt 12. 1849 He married Susan Ches- bro. and two children survive. They are Charles Vose and Mrs. Otis. Mrs. Ft. E. Kolger, wife of a build ing contractor, and her pretty daugh ter, Irene, of No. 14 Hood drive, were in the court of Recorder Broyles Tuesday to tell of a aavage attack they said had been made upon Mrs. Folger by L. C. Todd, a young man in the employ of the Excelsior Btoam Laundry. Todd, they testified, had struck at Mrs. Folger and then had choked her and brandished an open knife before her, threatening to end her life. None of the testimony satisfactorily ex plained the motive for the alleged at tack. Todd was fined $C5.75 by Re corder Broyles, and was bound over to the City Criminal Court under $1.- 000 bond. The young man is a second cousin of Mrs. Folger's husband, who is ab sent in Florida on business. Four sears ago he began rooming at the Folger home. Mrs. Folger testified in court that he had not been staying at her home for a year, but fre quently had visted there, against bet wishes, and had made numerous threats Against her life. Todd declared that he was still a boarder there, but that Mrs Folger and her daughter were simply en raged at him and were trying to get him into trouble. He denied that he had choked or slashed at Mrs. Folger with his knife, but admitted that he had slapped at her. He said that she had dodged the blow Mrs. Folger and her daughter told the court that they had been shop ping in town Monday, and that Todd met them on the street and followed them home, boarding the same street car#wlth them. They declared that aft^r they had left the street car, he engaged in an angry dispute with them, and suddenly seized Mrs. Fol- ger’s throat with both his hands and began choking her. When she broke away. Todd drew' his knife, according to their story*. The cayse of the altercation was not explained, and Todd refused to throw any light bn it when he was interviewed after his hearing. ’Todd stayed at the Folger home Monday right. Early Tuesday morn ing Mrs. Folger called the police de partment. Call Officers Jones and Gorman found Todd in bed and placed him under arrest. TWO AND A HALF DOLLAR GOLD PIECE FOR A CHRISTMAS GIFT Court Clerk Dies in Motorcycle Crash Burglars Pass Up Christmas Presents MILLEN, Dec. 23— CandeD Parker, ! lerk of the Superior Court of Jenkins county, was killed and Thomas Aarons, a nephew of former State Senator O. B Aarons, was seriously hurt in a motor cycle collision on the outskirts of Mil- rn late Monday. Both were riding rap idly without lights. Mr. Parker was a son of H. W. Par ker, one of the wealthiest men and larg- j st property holders of Jenkins County. 'He leaves a wife, formerly Miss Flor- nre Chance, and two small children. The Christmas spirit has got into the porch climbers' association. At a morning burglary, perpetrated in broad daylight Monday at the home of J. H. Hall, No. 820 Hill street, about $500 worth of clothing and valuable articles were taken, but special care evidently had been used by the thief to leave an assortment of Christmas gifts. For example, a cut glass punch bowl had been moved about the house WHITLOCK’S FATHER DIES. CLEVELAND, Deo, 23.—The Rev. Eduard D. Whitlock, father of Mayor Brand Whitlock, of Toledo, and now Minister to Belgium, died here to-day of pneumonia. XMAS RATES Reduced over N., C. & St. L, Ry. and W. & A. R. R. Apply any Agent. as if in contemplation of its stand and when the burglar decided it „ a Christmas gift he left it. 1 NEW MUSICAL COMEDY COMPANY AT DUTCH MILL MAKES BIO HIT A new musical comedy , with new faces throughout and semblance of a plot, la the offering at the Dutch Mill this week judging from the many encore, e was a decided hit. Tile, chorus’ u J composed of girls who are not onu ’ fascinating, but who can sing and dance as well, and the leads are alt above the average. It is the polj, v of the new management of ,h« Dutch Mill to give good., clean shows—one that women snd chil dren can see and enjoy If want to sos a real clean good show, go to the Dutch Min. If business and distance 1 combine to keep you away from the family gathering at Christmas, why not take your place in the family circle by telephone? Send your voice and make Christmas Day brighter and happier for all bee ause of thoughtfulness. your Atlanta’s Oldest Savings Will Supply You. Bank Why puzzle your brain about what to give for a Christmas present? Some people suffer a nervous breakdown, and almost go crazy In solving this prob lem. The Georgia Savings Bank and Trust Company, the bank that fnakes saving easy by accepting deposits as small 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 pays 4 per cent Interest an/i would appreciate your savings account GEORGE M. BROWN. President: JOHN W. GRANT. V. President; JOSEPH E. BOSTON. Secretary and Treasurer. Advt. Gifts for Men At Reduced Prices Owing to our reorganization sale all Holiday gift goods must be closed out by Wednesday night. This is positive—the goods must go and prices have been named on Christmas gifts of every description that will surely move them if you only take the trouble to look. We needn’t dwell on quality, you know full well what to expect at this shop—the prices are eye-openers. Here are a few suggestions: Smoking Jackets, Bath Robes, Lounging Robes, Umbrellas, Walking Canes, Silk Mufflers, Handker chiefs, Neckwear, Hosiery, Combination Sets, Gloves, Belts, Suspenders Garters, Novelties, Link Buttons, Scarf Pins, Tie Clasps, Sweater Coats, Tuxedo Suits, Dress Suits, Overcoats, Raincoats, Clothing of every description. All gift articles packed in handsome individual boxes Cloud-Stanford Co. 61 Peachtree Street Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company Special Notice Hearst’s American and Atlanta Georgian's Christmas Distribution and School Children’s Con test will close promptly at 9 o'olock to-morrow night, Wednesday, December 24th, Warning All subscriptions must be verified by the circu lation department before prizes can be distributed, Turn your subscriptions in early and aid us in mak ing the awards at an early date,