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TOE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
80,000 Packages Handled Mon
day, Doubling Best Previous
Day—Ample Force.
Every record ever set up at th«
v'anta postoffice was broken Monday
Monday night,” said Postmaster
I ;ng H. Jones Tuesday morning
■ handled 80,000 packages, almost
<* as many as we have handled
oth^r day during the Christmas
r and about three times as many
went through the postoffice on any
e day in 1012. The first-class
n was enormous, too, nearly 200,-
• eces being handled. The stamp
i ipts yesterday reached the stu
dious figures of $10,640, and several
housand dollars more were taken in
parcel insurance, money orders
„nd registered letters.”
Although the lobbies of the post-
ffice were thronged with peopl*
Tuesday morning, and there appeared
no great difference between the
crowds of to-day and the crowds of
Monday, the greater part of th*
Christmas rush is considered over,
and it is thought the record of 80,-
000 packages made yesterday will not
e broken. Thousands of people,
owever. will not mall their gifts
ntil Christmas Eve, and the force of
erks will have to work at top speed
for several days more.
Mr. Jones said Tuesday that, al-
lough every man in the postoffice
Rd been required to work long and
nrd hours, there had been conrpara-
•velv little difficulty in handling the
mail, even the tremendous volume
nat was mailed Monday. Every
park age had left the postofflcp when
Mr. Jones arrived at his office at 6
PEARL OPERA GLASSES
for $5 at Jnio. L. Moore & Sons’. Fine
issortment. The Gift that is always
.^predated. Jno. L. Moore & Sons,
12 X. Broad St.—Advt.
German Airmen in
1740-Mile Flight Are
Shelled by Russians
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian, j
PERM, RUSSIA, De". 28.—Three Ger
man aeronauts who landed here yester- I
day after having traveled 1 740 miles
in 87 hours from Bitterfleld, 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 from leav- i
ing the country.
••It was a wild ride, every minute of
which was filled with adventure.’ said
Herr Kevlen. 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 rame close, but we threw out
ballast and rose above the danger zone."
Shoots Beautiful
Wife, Slays Himself
• ■
TULSA, OKLA., Dec. 23.—Louis T.
Rea, 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 Dodg*
County Herald. Eastman’s new weekly
paper, has made Its appearance. O. A.
Gentry is editor, T. P. Carnes associate
editor and A. M. Pace business man
ager.
CLUBS ntlll TO
s ir
SIT
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. Jones declared. “Every piece of
mail that has been placed in this of
fice has been sent out and put on ths
trains, and if there is any delay il
will be at the other end.
“We have had 187 extra clerks
working, and eight rate clerks nnd
weighers in the lobby to facilitate th®
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
MUSIC
ROLLS
and BAGS
DOLL TRUNKS,
MUSIC ROLLS,
LEATHER NOVELTIES
75c, $1.25, $2.00
values at ’
50c. 85c. $1.35
$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’* proclamation
for a sane celebration of Christmas
will make, it one of the “dryest” days
of the year, according to nil indica
tions Tuesday. Those who want to
celebrate to excess will have to gobble
rather than guzzle, as Elbert Hubbard
would say, 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
gome 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 Mayor the following letter:
“It affords me pleasure to state
that 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 menYbers, 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. „
mm
OKU GIRL' IS
stance, Joe Boganny's Lunatic Bak
BY OLD AGE
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 in the
one instance of the “Come to the
Hall” 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 of
the first things that strikes you.
However, since ingenuousness and
shrinking is an attribute of a 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
timate picture of veterans of the Blue
and Gray falls short of the perfection j
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
pretty good entertainment, and the
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
how a sympathy is aroused. George
Neville, Lawrence Eddinger and Neil
Burton are vigorous enough old sol
diers.
The bill offered for holiday week
patrons possesses features that range
in quality from fair to vyy good.
Several are well known, as, for In-
j ers. an established vaudeville act that
! is remarkable as a display of acro-
| hath* talent. The names of Anatol
, Frledland ami Olga Unnever, who
have an act of singing with piano
accompaniment, are 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 Cantw'ell, 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 net 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 nnd Lecper 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 as he
is transported into musical comedy at
the Lyric this week.
Manhandled, pummoled nnd hlack-
jacked wtih the prescribed regularity
by a,n obese policeman, “Happy’s” !ot
is made the least bit tolerable only
from the fact that he is surrounded by
a chorus unusually good to look 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 llvejy appro
bation of his audience, does some
rather clever specialties. Joe J. Sul
livan and Martin Guild—respectively
Irish and Dutch comedian—are well
adapted to the play’s type of fun. The
feminine principals—Celia Mavis and
Vera Franklin—arc 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 as simply an elab
oration of Upper’s brand of humor.
And, again, the maidens of the cho
rus are a few* points above par.
PTQrrT IP Shoots Husband
u I FILL! !u Who Whipped Her
COLUMBUS. Dec. 23. Alexander
Smith is in the Muscogee County Jail
charged with assault with intent to
nmrder, 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
given his wife a terrible whipping and
that she had shot in self-defense
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
Iiumbe.r of years. The funeral and inter
ment took place at Woodstown, in
Henry County.
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 I
be sent from each university to the
other.
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.
BuehlerBros.
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
Currency Bill “Bogey” Removed,
Financial Center Loses Its
Air of Pessimism.
NEW YORK, Dec. 23.—’The note of
pessimism In the holiday sentiment
in Wall street which was in existence
.1 week ago has disappeared, and now'
it Is said that the usual bonuses to
employees will b£ paid by brokers
and bankers generally.
Saturday’s sudden reversal In the
course of prices as a. result of the
passage of the currency bill through
the Senate and the peaceful solution
of the American Telegraph and Tele
phone matter, all with its promise of
on old-fashioned bull movement, ban
ished the pessimism.
There was more happiness to the
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.
299 BALES INCREASE.
COLUMBUS, GA„ Dec 23.—The last
ginners report for Muscogee County,
Including the number of bales that had
been ginned to December 13, gave the
County a total of 7,604 bales, an in
crease over last year of 299 bales.
Will Discuss How to
Check Boll Weevil
Methods of checking the advance and
ravages of the boll weevil will be ona
of the principal topics at the meeting of
the Georgia State Horticultural Society
In Athens January 20 and 21.
Professor W. N. Hutt. of North Caro-
I na, will tell of interesting experiment*
Jn nut culture that he has made In his
Htate. Professor L. C. 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
Society.
$300,000 LOUISVILLE FIRE.
LOUISVILLE, KY, Dec. 23.—Fire
early to-day did $300,000 damage to the
plant of the Laib Company, manufac
turers of mill and plumbing supplies.
GRIFFIN
Special Holiday Prices:-
$10;Jmed 50c up
$3; 50c
Dr. E.G. Griffin's
$1S Cold
Dust Plates
Crown and
Bridge Work
Gate City Dental Rooms
24 1-2 Whitehall
Over Broufn A Allen'■
EXAMINATION FREE
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.
in
J
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Wishing our friends
and patrons a very Mer
ry Xmas and Happy
New Year.
GAMP GROCERY GO.
345 Peachtree St.
C. 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.
ENOUGH L 1 i tlC*
EGG-NOG IjIJIIS
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 94^c
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 dressed while you wait. The best
you can fincT in the city. Also NUTS, FRUITS, RAISINS, E C. Full
line of Christmas “EATS.”
Our Faat De
livery Service
will put all
Christmas
purchases to
you in time.
Gifts bought
now put in
January ac
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'
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.
Umbrellas for Gifts
1,000 to select from and every one
guaranteed by us. Just see the
beauties at
All styles, Gold, Silver, Ebony
and Pearl and Ivory handles. Best
French Silk Covers.
$C.OO
5
Also the $2.50 and $3.00 fine Gloria Silk Umbrellas At
with fancy handles. You can have such a wide choice, ©G
(Main Floor, Rear) To-morrow
Men’s
Pure Silk
50c Socks;
all colors,
Pair 35c, 3
for
$| 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
$^)98
J. M. HIGH CO