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Being the News of Each Day of the Week in Condensed Form Specially For the Busy Man and the Farmer
VOL. VI. NO. 1
*c A MONTH, 36c A YEAH
ATLANTA, GA., WEEK ENDING DEC. 23, 1913.
Entered at the Atlanta. Ga.. Postofflce as Second Class Mall Matter.
Published Weekly By
THE GEORGIAN COMPANY
20 E. Alabama st., Atlanta. Ga.
GREAT CHANGES ARE
E IN CURRENCY SYSTEM
PUPIL-CORESPONDENT
MARRIES ARMSTRONG
Illinois Family Gets Annual Let
ter From Man Who Went to
Alaska in 1894.
POSTL'M, ILL., Dec. 23.—Will Monte
ville Woolworth return from the North
to eat his Christmsa dinner with his
family or are they again to be doomed
to disappointment?
Woolworth disappeared in 1894. Each
year his wife receives a letter from
him, inclosing a draft for $1,000, stat
ing that he is well and prosperous and
that he will be home in time for Christ
mas.
Each year she prepares for his com
ing, but he never comes.
This year’s letter was written from
Vancouver, British Columbia. No allu
sion was made to his previous disap
pointments. and the tone of the com
munication was so positive that the
wife and children are encouraged to
believe that he will surely arrive this
season.
One night in August, 1894, Woolworth
arose before daylight, and. without
awakening any otic, left.
He had threatened many times to %o
to Alaska to seek his fortune, hoping
thus to better provide for his wife and
twelve children.
Woolworth was GO when he left, and
is now 79, while his wife is 68. A ma
jority of his children are married and
taking care of themselves, 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 an
nounced his intention of coming home,
but he failed to coezn.
A year ago last August he sent his
wife $1,000 and told her to meet him in
Fleming, Cal., at the home of a rela
tive. He failed to appear, and Mrs.
Woolworth returned. She received sev
eral letters apologizing for his non- I
appearance.
His wife decided to send her grand
son, Edward Woolworth, to the gold
fields. The youth made the trip and
found the missing man. The latter was
not pleased to see the boy and disap
peared.
Whether his fortune is a myth re
mains to be seen.
THREE COLLEGES TO DEBATE.
OXFORD, GA., Dec. 23.—Emory Col
lege, Oxford; Wofford College, Spartan
burg. S C\, and Emory and Henry Col
lege, Emory, Va.. have arranged for a
triangular debate to take place the first
Saturday in April. Each institution
suggested three questions from which
the following'was decided upon for de
bate; ^
“Resolved, That the system of direct
legislation known as the initiative and
referendum should be generally adopted
in the several States.’’
Emory teams have defeated the other
institutions in the debates heretofore.
GETS RHODES SCHOLARSHIP.
ACWORTH, Dec. 23.—Howard S. Hil-
ley, of Acworth, 20 years of age, has
won the Rhodes scholarship from Ken
tucky to Oxford University, England.
He first won the scholarship through
competitive examination ’in December,
1912. after only one day’s preparation,
but on account of his youth was not ap
pointed. This year he again won.
Mr. Hilley graduated from Transylva
nia University. Lexington. Ky., with
M. A. degree last June, and has been
acting pastor of the Christian Church at
Acworth.
SHOOTS HUSBAND.
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
given his wife a terrible whipping and
that she had shot in self-defense.
Mrs. Paul Armstrong, who, until her marriage a few days ago to the
playwright, was Katherine Calvert, actress and protege of Armstrong. She
acted in “Deep Purple” and other Armstrong plays. She was named as a
co-respondent by the former Mrs. .Armstrong, who was granted a divorce
recently.
AY LIFT BAN ON POTATOES.
ASHINGTON, Dec. 23 —The Fed-
Horticultural Board, following pro-
i against the potato embargo from
a^3a, Newfoundland, Great Britain,
,nd and Continental Europe, has Lhe
:er of raising the embargo under ad-
3 Quarts of Whisky
Greet Pastor's Eye
COLUMBUS. Dec. 23.—A ioke has
l aked out on Dr B. W. Bussey, ona»of
tie best known Baptist ministers in west
Teorgia, who passed through Columbus
from his home in Cusseta en route to
Midland, where he went to fill an ap
pointment. „
While in the T'nlSn Station in Co.um-
fcus Dr. Bussey's grip, which contained
several sermons and paraphernalia
adapted to a minister's use. was ex
changed for another one and he did not
discover his mistake until he arrived at
Midland and was ready to fill his ap
pointment, when, on opening his grip,
he found a No. 18 collar and three quarts
of whisky.
Will Discuss How to
Check Boll Weevil
Methods of 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
in Athens January 20 and 21.
1 Professor W. N. Hutt, of North Caro-
;lna, will tell of interesting experiments
'll nut culture that he has made in his
.State. 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
I society.
CURRENCY BILL
Measure, Accepted by Joint Con
ference Committee, Passes
House at Midnight.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 23.—The Ad
ministration currency bill became %
law Tuesday.
The bill, as accepted by the joint
conference committee, passed lhe
House shortly before midnight last
night. The Senate agreed to take t
final vote later. When the upp r
House officers signed the passed meas
ure, it went at once to President Wil
son for his signature, making it ef
fective.
Congress will take a recess until
January 12.
The House passed the conference
report by a vote of 298 to 60. Pro
longed and uproarious cheers from
the Democ rats greeted the announce
ment of the vote by Speaker Clark.
The Final Vote.
On the final vote ST Rtptfbilca»9, 12
Progressives and one independent —
Kent, of California—voted with the
majority for the report, and two Dem
ocrats—Callaway, of Texas, and With
erspoon, of Mississippi—Joined the
opposition.
The vote followed ... debate of near
ly three hours, during which the gal
leries remained crowded with specta
tors, including many prominent fig
ures in official life. The House ad
journed until 2:30 p. m. to-day, when
the leaders hope to put through a
joint resolution for a recess until Jan
uary 12. *
Senator Owen announced that a
separate bill to provide f - guaranty
of bank deposits w'ould be considers 1
in the near future. This had been in
timated in debate by Chairman Glass,
of the Htrase Banking Committee.
The new bill affecting the currency,
banking and finances of the country is
one of the most far-reaching meas
ures relating to finance that has b« u
enacted in many years.
Important Measure.
The magnitude of the subject tho
diversity of interests affected and the
length of the debates in both branches
of Congress—has made it difficult for
the ordinary observer to follow the
changes and grasp the essentials of
this highly technical measure in Its
important bearings on money, finance,
banking and the entire ranke of fiscal
subjects, public and private, which ft
affects.
The first steps to be taken to bring
into operation the nation’s new finan
cial system will be through an or
ganization committee consisting of riie
Secretary of the Treasury, Secretary
of Agriculture and Comptroller of the
Currency. Banks have 60 days with
in which to tile their applications for
membership in the new system, and
one year’s time is allowed before t ie
Government will compel the dissolu
tion of any national bank that refuses
to join.
DUKE SEES REBELLION.
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 Duch
ess, who formerly was Helena Zimmer
man. of Cincinnati.
The Duke and Duchess will be guests
of Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Vanderbilt on a
yachting trip.
DONT’S TO GIRLS FROM COUNTRY
CHICAGO, Dec 23.—These Instruc
tions for the girl who comes alone to a
big city were given by Mrs. Nan Sper-
ty, Assistant Labor Commissioner of
Missouri;
Don’t come to cilles if you can Leip it.
If you must come, don’t ask any
stranger for information.
Find a policeman, go to a police sta
tion or the Y. VV C. A.
Ke#*i> your money in your stocking
Go back to the country as soon as
you can. x