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THE ATLANTA GEORG UN AND NEWS. 80,000 Packages Handled Mon day. Doubling Best Previous Day—Ample Force, K\pry record ever set up at the ^ lanta postofUce was broken Monday nr i Monday night,” said Postmaster Bolling H. Jones Tuesday morning. We handled 80,000 packages, almost •wire as many as we have handled any other day during the Christmas rush, and about three times as many as went through the postoffice on any single day in 1912. The first-class mail was enormous, too, nearly 200,- 000 pieces being handled. The stamp receipts yesterday reached the stu pendous figures of $10,040, and several thousand dollars more were taken in for parcel insurance, money orders and registered letters." Although the lobbies of the post- dice were thronged with people Tuesday morning, and there appeared no great difference between the crowds of to-day and the crowds of Monday, the greater part of the Christmas rush is considered over, and it is thought the record of 80,- 000 packages made yesterday will not be broken- Thousands of people, however, will not mail their gifts until Christmas Eve, and the force of clerks will have to work at top speed for several days more. Mr. Jones said Tuesday that al though every man in the postoffice had been required to work long and hard hours, there had been compara tively little difficulty in handling the mail even the tremendous volume that was mailed Monday. Every package had left the postoffice when Mr. Jones arrived at his office at 8 PEARL OPERA GLASSES for $5 at Jno. L. Moore & Sons’. Fine assortment. The Gift that Is always appreciated. Jno. L. Moore & Son#, 42 N. Broad St.—Advt. German Airmen in 1740-Mile Flight Are j Shelled by Russians j Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. PERM, RUSSIA. De". 23.—Three Ger man aeronauis who landed here yester day after having traveled 1 740 miles in 87 hours from Bitterfield, Prussia, a new long distance balloon record, are under surveillance of the Russia mili tary authorities. As no photos or maps were found In the balloon, it Is not believed that the aeronauts will be prevented front leav ing the country. "It was a wild ride, every minute of which was filled with adventure," said Herr Kevlcn, one of the trio. "But the climax came when we were passing over Odessa. The garrison evidently thought we were spies and they turned loose their long range artillery, some of the shells came close, but we threw out ballast and rose above the danger zone." HELD TO Shoots Beautiful Wife, Slays Himself TULSA, OKLA., Dec. 23.—Louli T. Rba, banker’s son, 21 years old, early to-day shot his beautiful wife and then turned the revolver upon him self. Inflicting a wound from which he died two hours later. Mrs. Rea may recover. Mrs. Rea had been choked violently before the shooting and had a bad gash on the side of her face. NEW PAPER AT EASTMAN. EASTMAN Dec 23. The Dodge County Herald. Eastman’s new r weekly paper, has made its appearance. O. A. Gentry Is editor. T. P, Carnes associate editor and A. M. Pace business man ager. o’clock Tuesday morning, with the ex ception of the few that had been mailed during the night. "We have got through the rush n much better shape than I expected,” Mr. Jone# declared. "Every piece of mall that has been placed in this of fice has been sent out and put on th? trains, and if there is any delay it w ill be at the other end. "We have had 187 extra clerks working, and eight rate clerks nnd weighers in the lobby to facilitate the work and make mailing packages con venient to the patrons of the office. We have twelve tables at different points in the lobby, where people can place their packages while sticking the stamps on, and eight stamp win dows open to sell stamps.” BIG REDUCTIONS IN DOLL TRUNKS, MUSIC ROLLS, LEATHER NOVELTIES DOLL TRUNKS MUSIC ROLLS and BAGS 75c, $1.25, $2.00 values at 50c, 85c, $i.35 $1.00, $2.00, $3.00 values at 65c, $1.35, $2.00 Work Boxes 25c up Tie Cases $1.50 up Toilet Cases $2.50 up Collars Bags $1.00 up Suit Cases, Traveling Bags, Trunks At Reduced Prices Wednesday the 24th LIEBERMAN’S The Trunk Store 92 Whitehall LEATHER NOVELTIES ALL REDUCED Organizations, Soon Up for New Permits. Are Willing to Sub mit to Request. Mayor Woodward's proclamation for a sane celebration of Christmas will make It one of the "dryest" day# of the year, according to all indica tions Tuesday. Those who want to celebrate to excess will have to gobble rather than guzzle, as Elbert Hubbard would #ay, for Mayor Woodward's Instructions about the sale of Intoxi cating drinks will be pretty closely followed. The “near-beer” saloons have to close by his order, and the purely locker clubs are now skating on such thin ice politically that most of them have decided not to ignore a request from the chief executive of the city. Some of them have engagements to face Recorder- Broyles on charges of violating the prohibition law. The police claim that their cases are so strong that the Recorder is certain to lay fines on them in keeping with the generous spirit of the season. Policy to Be Good. The new Police Committee Mayor Woodward is to appoint will pass in a few weeks on the merits of the appli cations of these organizations for a renewal of licenses. Much depends on the temper of this Police Commit tee as to whether some of the clubs shall be allowed to continue in busi ness. Forced to run such a gamut, most of these clubs are advising their members to get their packages on Christmas Eve, as they probably will close their doors on Christmas Day. The formal decisions will be made by officers of the clubs Tuesday. The social clubs of the city will serve eggnog and have special Christ mas dinners, as usual. Mayor’s Policy Surprise. Mayor Woodward’s advice to the clubs was received with surprise in political circles. The gossips have it that Mayor Woodward has been very much interested in the Georgia Anti- Saloon League’s agitation against the present methods of enforcing the pro hibition law in Atlanta—that Is, in terested to prevent a disturbance of the city’s general policy. The Mayor has advices that an un usual amount of whisky has been shipped into the city to individuals, such quantities, in fact, as to arouse suspicion that the "blind tigers” ex pect to do a large business. Friends of the clubs against which accusa tions have been made say it would be for their own good to close Christ mas; else they might get the credit in some quarters for dispensing the liq uid that is being received by individ uals. The Christmas "lid request” by Mayor Woodward to the locker clubs of Atlanta met a courteous and ready response from the Mechanical and Manufacturers’ Club, which, through its manager. B. H. Turner, sent to the M#yor the following letter: "It affords me pleasure to state thai. your official request regarding the closing of clubs on Christmas Day will be observed by this club. "From 11 a. m. to 3 p. m. we will serve a special complimentary din ner to our members, but no drinks will be served from our buffet during the 24 hours. "We commend your suggestion along these lines and hope you will find a ready acquiescence among the other clubs.” Kansas City Uses ‘Movies’ in Schools KANSAS CITY. MO., Dec 23.—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. Harvard and Chile In Exchange Plan BOSTON. Dec. 23.—Harvard Univer sity and the University 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 he sent from each university to the other. In Thorough Accord with the Currency Bill The officers of the FUL TON NATIONAL BANK are in thorough accord with the Currency Bill, which they believe will benefit the country at large and work to the interest of the banks. The Board of Directors for this bank will vote to take stock and go into the Re serve Association as soon as it is started. L [II Wishing our friends and patrons a very Mer ry Xmas and Happy New Year. GAMP GROCERY CO. 345 Peachtree St. G.D. KENNY GO. Extend heartiest Xmas greetings to its friends and patrons. Special Xmas prices on Teas and Coffees 82 Whitehall St. Phones: Main 559 200, Atlanta 559, 'QUAKER GIRL' IS BYOLDAGE Victor Morley, However, Is En tertaining and Saves, Single- Handed. Diluted Production. By TARLETON COLLIER. It is considerably to the credit of “The Quaker Girl,” as presented at the Atlanta Theater Monday night, that it leaves a pleasant Impression in spite of several decided handicaps. How this is done it is hard to say, except that Victor Morley is there to accomplish a large bit of the salva tion single-handed. Naturally enough, the first handi cap you would think of is that “The Quaker Girl'’ is here for its second season. However, that is not to be deplored altogether, for there is mu sic in the show of quality sufficiently robust to stand repetition The real burden which "The Qua ker Girl” must bear is a lamentable lack of good voices. Except lit the one instance of the "Come to the Ball” song, there was no volume in either the solo or the ensemble sing ing. Altogether. It is a rather diluted production that is here this week. The plaintive puerility of Miss Bernice McCabe, the Quaker Girl, is one '>t the first things that strikes you However, since ingenuousness and shrinking is an attribute of * maiden of the Friends, this is not altogether unfortunate, perhaps. And Miss Mc Cabe is pretty and a fair dancer. It stands without danger of con tradiction that Victor Morley is an excellent comedian. Monday night he was a joy even to those who saw him and laughed with him last season. Mr. Morley, being a versatile person, can entertain and delight with his non sense even while he plays the admir able hero, In swagger hero clothes. His dancing is excellent. "The Quaker Girl” will be at the Atlanta for performances Tuesday and Wednesday evening and Wednes day matinee. Clever Sketch Feature Of New Forsyth Bill. Bozeman Bulger’s attempt at an in- I timate picture of veterans of the Blue and Gray falls short of the perfection achieved by Irvin Cobb at the same task in his "Back Home” stories. However, Mr. Bulger’s stage version of Sergeant Bagby’s doings, drawn from one of the Cobb stories, makes I pretty good entertainment, and the I Forsyth audience seeing the sketch Monday, applauded generously. The stage picture of the Blue and the Gray veterans is rather fanciful, and unfortunately is drawn inciden tal to a plot of no weight; but some- i how a sympathy is aroused George Neville, Lawrence Eddinger and Nell Burton are vigorous enough old sol- I diers. The bill offered for holiday week patrons possesses features that range in quality from fair to very good. Several are well known, as, for in- ; stance, Joe Bogannx s Lunatic Bak ers, an established vaudeville act that i is remarkable ns a display of acro batic talent. The names of \natol Friedland and Olga Unnever, who have an act of singing with piano accompaniment, arc well knnwn Mr. Friedland, the composer of a number of well-known song hits, plays the choruses of several in the course of the act. Well-deserved applause was that which came for the act of Rosa Crouch and George Welch, acrobatic dancers of more than ordinary abil ity. Burton. Hahn and Cantwell, a trio of capable singers, won a great deal of the commendation of Mon day’s generous audiences also. The bill Is opened by the act of Count Beaumont, a magician whose palming is the best feat in his reper toire, although there are unique fea tures in other stunts he presents. Burton and Lemer are billed as "The Melba and Caruso of vaudeville.” Happy Hooligan Runs True to Form. "Happy Hooligan," Invariable vic tim in the myriad misadventures pic tured by F. Opper in the Sunday com ic sections, runs true to form a# ho is transported into musical comedy at it ho Lyric this week. Manhandled, pummeled and black jacked wtih the prescribed regularity by an obese policeman, "Happy's” lot is made the least hit tolerable only from the fact that he is surrounded by a chorus unusually good to took upon. It follows that the sympathy for him In his misfortunes is not at all times unmixed with envy. Harry Lamont has the part of this incarnation of Hard Luck, and. be sides carrying it to the lively appro bation of his audience, does some rather clever specialties. Joe J. Sul livan and Martin Guild—respectivelv Irish and Dutch comedian—are well adapted to the play’s typo of fun. Th ■ fominine principals—Celia Mavis and Vera Franklin—are capable. The singing Is a little better than the average for popular-priced musi cal shows. The production has its own style of comedy, which almost might be described a# simply ar elab oration of -Opper’s brand of humor And. again, the maidens of the cho rus are a few points above par. AGED INVALID DIES. JACKSON. Dec. 23 —At the age of 81 years, Mrs. Adeline Woods died at the home of her son. Dr J. E. Woods, in this city from a complication of dis eases, she having been an invalid for a number of years. The funeral and Inter ment took place at Woodstown, in Henry County. SARTORIUS CAKESHOP 129 SOUTH PRYOR, Purveyor* to Particular People. Home-Made Cakes Our Specialty. Fruit Cake Angel Cake Pound Cake Raisin Cake Marble Cake Citron Cake Sunshine Cake Salmagundi Cake Pecan Nut Cake Black Walnut Cake Lady Balti more Cake Pineapple Cake Cocoanut Cake Tuttl Fruttl Cake Lemon Cheese Cake Chocolate Cake Also a full line of Fancy Cakes, Bread and Rolls. Phone Main 3407-J, Atlanta 3970. BueiilerBros. 119 Whitehall St. See our special prices on fresh meats, ham and bacon. Give us your order for Christmas Turkeys atlowestmarket prices. Open Xmas Eve Main 3938 Atl. 887 Sh if (T 6 EGG-NOG Hi LFlfflS 35c Dozen Sweet Florida Oranges, doz 12y 2 c Extra Fancy Mixed Nuts, lb 15c Solid Carload Fancy Baldwin Apples, pk 45c Indian River Grapefruit, 5c or 6 for 25c No. 10 Pail Pure Leaf Lard $1.22V2 No. 10 Pail Best Hogless Lard 94V2C Full Line of Christmas Candies, Fruits, etc. Solid Carload Turkeys, Chickens, Geese and Game. Dressed on premises. Sewell Commission Co. Wholesale and Retail. 113-15 Whitehall St. 164 Decatur St. Before You Do Your XMAS Shopping Be Sure to Visit the FORREST MARKET Ivy 486. 117 N. Pryor Street, Opposite Candler Bldg. Atlanta 269 Home-slaughtered TURKEYS dreseed while you wait. The best you can find in the city. Aleo NUT S, FRUITS, RAISINS, E C Full line of Christmae “EATS.” Ml I CTprCT 1C Shoots Husband UllflLL U I MLLI Id Who Whipped Her Currency Bill “Bogey” Removed, Financial Center Loses Its Air of Pessimism. NEW YORK, Doc. 23.—The note of pessimism in the holiday sentiment in Wall street which was in existence a week ago has disappeared, and now 1* ’s said that the usual bonuses to employees will be paid by brokers and bankers generally. Saturday’s sudden reversal in thel course of prices as a result of the passage of the currency bill through the Senate and the peaceful solution J of the American Telegraph and Tele- j phone matter, all with its promise of ; an old-fashioned buli movement, ban - ! ished the pessimism There was more happiness to the j square inch on the New York Stock Exchange in one minute to-day, as one of its members expressed it, than there had been to the whole securi ties market in any one month earlier in the year Paying of Christmas bo nuses by the big banks has already begun. One bank. with many branches throughout the city, started the ball rolling by distributing $38,000 among its employees COLUMBUS. Dec. 23. Alexander Smith Is In the Muscogee County jail charged with assault with Intent io murder, the charge having been made by hia wife. Dora Smith, after she had shot her husband. Those who hastened to the home after the shooting learned that Smith had given his wife a terrible whipping and that she had shot In self-defense 299 BALES INCREASE. COLUMBUS, GA.. Dec. 23.—The last glnners’ report for Muscogee County. Including the number of bales that had been ginned to December 13. gave the County a total of 7,504 hales, an in crease over last year of 299 bales Will Discuss How to Check Boll Weevil Method# of checking the advance and ravages of the boll weevil will be ons of the principal topics at the meeting of the Georgia State Horticultural Society in Athens January 20 and 21 Professor \V. N. Hutt, of North Caro lina, will tell of Interesting experiments Jn nut culture that he has made In his Ftate. Professor L. U. Corbett, Assist ant Chief of the Bureau of Plant In dustry, will also speak Short courses in horticulture will be gin Immediately after the holidays and will continue until the meeting of the gociety. $300,000 LOUISVILLE FIRE. LOUISVILLE. KY . Dec. 23. -Fire early to-day did $300,000 damage to the plant of the Lalb Company, manufac turers of mill and plumbing supplies. GRIFFIN Hours: Daily 8 to 7 Sun. 8 to I $15 Gold Dust Plata* Special Holiday Prices:— $10; Fined 1 50c up 50c Dr. E.G. Griffins Crown and (ft. Painless Bridge Work Extraction $8 Plates $5 Fit Guaran teed Gate City Dental Rooms 24 1-2 Whitehall Oaar Brown A Allan'* EXAMINATION FREE Our Fast De livery Service will put all Christmas purchases to you in time. Gifts bought now put in January ac- i count, paya ble February. Why Not Start for High’s Right After Breakfast To-morrow? Why not a Rain Coat for your girl? They love them. The “Bestyette” the thing— with cape, hood and bag $3.75 regular value. To morrow $2.98. Second Floor. LOOK HERE! All Single Pieces Persian Ivory To-morrow 1-4 Off Clocks, Combs, Brushes, Puff Jars, Hair Receivers, Clothes Brushes. (Main Floor, Opposite Elevators) Sale of Scarfs Pretty Knitted Silk Scarfs, Persian Lissa Silk Scarfs, Spangle I Head Scarfs, Opera Scarfs—all colors, all | new, values $1.50 to $2 Phoenix Mufflers 35c 3 for $1.00. Tomorrow 50c RAINCOATS Ladies’ and Misses’ Rain coats make good gifts. Sale to morrow. Tan color, double sur face, full length. Absolutely waterproof. $5.00 Quality $2.95. $6.00 Quality $3.95. Third Floor. T / Umbrellas for Gifts 1,000 to select from and every one guaranteed by us. Just see the C beauties at v All styles, Gold, Silver, Ebony and Pearl and Ivory handles. Best French Silk Covers. 5 .00 Also the $2.50 and $3.00 fine Gloria Silk Umbrellas At with fancy handles. You can have such a wide choice, SI.69 (Main Floor, Rear) To morrow Men’s Pure Silk 50c Socks; all colors, Pair 35c, 3 for ’ $ J 00 All Furs 1-4 Off All Cut Glass . . . 20% Off All Spring Hobby Horses and Dolls’ White Furniture 1-2 Off All Pictures . . . .1-3 Off All Furniture . . . 20% Off J. M. HIGH CO. Men’s Fancy Blanket Bath Robes, with Pocket Cord Tassels, for $ 2’ 8 J. M. HIGH CO.