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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
BIRMINGHAM MATRON
IS ENTERTAINED HERE
Dinner and Vaudeville Delight|
U. S. Prisoners—Three Are
Rewarded With Parole.
in the midst of the* Hanging of
on doors, the sharp commands of
in* guards and the multitudinous
tsks with which they are confront-
(I the sorrows of Friday are for
gotten by the convicts of the Atlanta
vdrral prison in the thought of *he
.•vs of Thursday, the greatest day
i \ have known since their impris-
>mnent. The humdrum, oppressive
stence of the prison has been up
lifted by the Christmas spirit.
The 900 convicts had a real Christ
as celebration. For years Warden
Mover has exerted every effort to
make Christmas the gala day of the
prison year, and especial prepara-
ions were made that the men might
(now something of the Joys of Yule-
de. The celebration continued from
' .'0 in the morning until late in the
(fternoon. and the spirit of the day
ook wrinkles from the 900 faces and
oads of sorrow from the 900 hearts,
and made them forget they were con-
icts and remember only that it was
hristmas Day.
DUting the morning talent select
ed from the convict rolls gave a
vaudeville performance that was de-
idedly clever, under the direction of
Frederick Clayton, a prisoner. The
show opened with a minstrel first
.art, in. which all the characters were
onvicts. Half a dozen soloists en
livened the show, assisted by an en-
^mbl© of voices. Charles Berger
rave a Hebrew monologue, Frederick
1 Tayton drew some clever cartoons
nd Mitchell Sampson was excellent
n songs and dances. Howard Hobos
delighted the music Iovpts with his
ornet solo, the Toreador song from
«'armen." The show' closed with a
sketch billed as "a routin’, tootin’,
shoutin’” farce in one act and hvo
scehes, entitled ‘ In the Days of '49,”
a skirt based on the adventures of a
■trarlded acted- in the Far West.
During the afternoon an elaborate
''east was served, the menu including
roast turkey, dressing and gravy,
mashed potatoes and the other good
lings that grace a Christmas board.
Three men were paroled during the
ay—two short-term men and a lifer.
They were told of their freedom dur
ing the performance in the morning,
ilid left the hall forever, with the
Deers of their fellow-prisoners ring
ing in their ears.
Mrs T Lester
Fossick, of
Birmingham,
the guest of
Mrs. Allan
Asher.
New-found Raphael
Is Sold for $1.60
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
PARIS, Dec. 26.—A new Raphael,
“The Holy Family,” has just been ac
quired by the Russian connoisseur.
Plochkine, for eight francs ($1.60), from
an impoverished nobleman living in the
country near St. Petersburg. The rlis-
overy of the painting was made tlur-
•ig a Grand Ducal hunt on which
I'lochkine went with Print* Demidoff.
andorato has purchased the picture
thich the Ermitage Museum is now'
-ntemplating buying.
200 Mutineers of
Chinese Army Shot
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
PEKIN, Dec. 26.—Lined up in
squads of ten, 200 mutinous soldiers
nd their commanders were shot to
leatli to-day. As fast as one firing
squad had performed its task another
took its place to send the death-deal
ing missiles at the mutineers.
The men were executed by the or
der of President Yuan Shi Kal for
their revolt against the Government
•ti Kiang Yuan.
Slays Wife and Self
In Child's Presence
INDIANAPOLIS, Det. 26.—In t he
presence of their 12-year-old daugh
ter, James T. Carney, 42, a carpenter,
shot and killed Lis wife yesterday
and then committed suicide.
“Papa came home drunk last night,”
sobbed little Laura Carney, “and this
morning lie accused tnamma of tak
ing a bottle of whisky from liis» pock
et. She said she did not. and he shot
her and then shot himself.”
FORCED TO STAY IN BED.
MEMPHIS. Dec. 26.—H. R. Williams,
of Clarksdale. Miss., was forced to lay
in bed all day Christmas because a
sneak thief entered his room and stole
his clothes, a gold watch and all the
money he had with him.
Many delight
ful entertain
ing given by
Mrs. Asher for
Mrs. Fossick,
during the lat-
ments are be-
ter’s visit in
Atlanta.
$150,000 Skyscraper
Will Rise From Fire
SAVANNAH, Dec. 26.—Construction
will start before January 15 on a new
building to take the place of the one
destroyed by fire last week. IT. C.
Brinckman. the owner, stated to-day
that he was considering the advisa
bility of erecting a fine office building
costing $150*000 with stores in the
lower floors. .
He will start at once clearing the
debris frotn tlie old site.
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ST TEE
Discovery Is Made by Argentine
Astronomer—Professors Try-
. ing to Fix Orbit.
SAN I'RANCISCO, Dei'. 2#.-
There s a new comet in the offing.
Whither it is headed no one knows.
Astronomers at the Yerkcd Obser
vatory hope, if they are able to get
an observation, to determine the orbit
of the new heavenly body.
For nights and nights at the ob
servatory telescopes ha*ve been set.
Trained mei) put their eyes to the
instruments and swept the heavens,
hoping to catch a glimpse of the
comet they knew was somewhere
above them. Soon their labors were
rewarded.
“There it is!” shouted Dr. E. B.
Frost, director of the observatory,
and sure enough, “there it was.’’
Again another fleeting view of the
comet was obtained.
The new comet was discovered by
Delevan, an Argentine astronomer.
Then Professor Graff, of Hamburg,
verified the discovery, and now the
scientists at the Yerkes Observatory,
where there is the most powerful
telescope in the world, have check
ed up.
“The new comet is very dim as
yet,” said Dr. Frost. “It is barely
discernible through powerful lenses
far away to the south. But we have
seen it in fact, have had tw r o very
good views of it.
“The next thing is to determine the
orbit of the new comet. The only
way that this can b*- done is to get
the sights on three successive nights.
Then, by noting the change of posi
tion on these nights we can get at
the orbit. Within a few days# we
shall know' more about the mysterious
visitor, whence it comes and whither
it is bound.
“It is possible that the new comet
may be coming this way and that
sooner or later we will get a better
sight of It. It is possible that it will
soon fade from sight. Comets are
uncertain things.”
Fewer Saloons for
Mobile Next Year
9 Cabinet Children 1 nrr~:~~" ■■ -■ ■ ■■ m
Go to Public Schools [rlJHlmY,7 ;ii%itnjLl
Washington, da, 26 Another n
idem e tbit this is a simple Democratic
administration 1a given by the fact that
nine i’ab!n*»t children attend the public
schools of Washington.
John Bryan, the eight-v ear■•old grand-
j.son of the Secretary nf State, is a third
: grade pupil
Two of the three lively Dan tala
youngsters. Jonathan and Frank, are in
(the grammar grades..but Worth is going
to Western High School.
David Houston, the 14-year-old son o!
the. Secretary of Agriculture and .Mrs
Houston, is also a high school pupil.
Ilia great chum there is Franklin K
iLahe. Jr., son of the Secretary of the
i Interior
j Three of the nine child tan Of Bene-
jtary of Labor and Mrs. Wilson ate in
I Washington public schools Joseph. ’ •
1 Jessie, 11, and James. 15.
Twins Born on Xmas,
95 Years Ago, Alive
| NEW YORK Dec. 26 William ami
Samuel Muncy, twins, born i lui.-tm*''
Day. 1818. near Babylon. L I . and still
living on farms near where they were
born. are. celebrating the ninety-fifth
anniversary of their hirthda>
It is a quiet one. Neither of the met'
ever has used tobacco or alophol. and
to this, and the open air lives tln\\
have led. they attribute their long
lives.
OPTICIAN RECOVERS
BRIGHTS DISEASE
H. W. Smith is a wholesale optician
of Mason City. Iowa. Bearing that he
had recovered from Bright’s disease ivc
wrote him and take the following items
from his letter in reply:
“Specialist.} pronounced my case
Bright’s disease ami incurable and ad
vised m^ to go South to prolong my life
Went to Mineral Wells. Texas. Became
terribly bloated. Physicians there mad'*
tests and found casts and almost solid
albumen Several at the Wells Who hail
been cured by Fultoh’s lltfnal Compound
persuaded me to take it. Dropsv
dropped forty-five pounds in fourteen
days. In three months l was back to
business. * * * 1 continued the
treatment over tW’o A ears and during
the last four years have not found it
necessary to use ahy medicine. I have
received many letters, all of which i
have answered. Through my cor
respondence I have learned of a num
ber of recoveries.”
If you have Bright’* disease do y ou
not owe it to yourself and family to tr*
Fulton’s Renal Compound before giving
up? It can be had at Edmondson Drug
Co.
Ask for pamphlet or write John I
Fulton Co.. San Francisco. Advt.
AWAY ABOVE
E VER Y Tht/NQ
World’s Champion
Wrestler
P'RANK GOTCH. of Humboldt,
Iowa, the acknowledged wrest
ling King, has conquered all rivals.
His victory over the Russian
Lion -*• George Hackenschmidt — at
Comiskey Park in Chicago on Labor
Day, 1911, was overwhelmingly
one-sided.
a£eutd 66 flue
“Aiarnv Ahnvp F.v»rvthin«r” —
Away Above Everything’
I T is the “Soul of the Grain” the acme of distil-
lation; aged in oak and purified by time.
Lewis 66 Rye lias taken first rank as the “Standard
Whiskey of the South.
Case of Four Full Quarts $5.00. Express Prepaid.
For Sale by all leading mail order houses and cafes. Never
sold in bulk. Sold only in glass direct from distillery.
THE STRAUSS, PRITZ CO.
Di$tilltr§
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SHOOTS FOUR NEGROES.
COLUMBUS. Dec. 26.—John Nelson, a
negro, ran amuck with a shotgun, and
before he was arrested bad shot foiir
negroes. Nelson is in jail. He will be
given a hearing to-day.
MOBILE, Dec. 26.—I
ably have less than 52 retail liquor
stores in 1914. according to member* of
the city excise commission, who state
that applications so far received indicat
ed that a number of those holding li
censes this year will not seek new li
censes.
Minister to Quit
To Save Cabinet
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
PARTS. Dec. 26. Foreign Minister
Grenadieff has decided to. resign to
prevent the fall of the Bulgarian
Cabinet, according to dispatches from
Sofia to-day.
irctulafckm
f N a statement, in vvhfch it substitutes fiction for fact, the Chicago Tribune asserts that it ha*?
* larger net paid city circulation than any other Chicago morning newspaper.
BUSINESS NOTICE.
Colds Cause Headache and Grip.
LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE tablets
remove cause. There is only One “BRO
MO QUININE.” It has signature of E.
W Grove oh box 25c.
Lest anybody whom it may concern should be deceived into mistaking bluff fur gentmre
lation. the Chicago Examiner makes the following proposal:
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Dancer Stabbed, but
Fell Goes on Merrily
o*
NEW YORK. Dec. 26— While danc
ing at an East Side hall, Allan Wells
was punched, stabbed and robbed.
The dance went on.
THE PLAYS
THIS WEEK
Many Wonderful Scenes.
Duong the wonderful spectacular
scenes in “The Blue Bird” production
at the Atlanta next week are the Land
1 .Memory, the Fairy Berylune’s Palace,
he old churchyard, showing the trans
formation of gravestones into flowers;
he Kingdom of the Future, with its
dazzling blue radiance of heaven,^whence
the unborn babies come; the. soft
s' lighted Land of Happiness, ihe weird
Palace of Night, ami Tvltyl and Mytyl's
Cottage, which the fairy’s wand causes
> glow with precious stones. On the
construction of these scenes a fortune
yas spent by the directors of the New
Theater, New York. They will be ;
brought here in their entirety, with all
'he pantomime and “trick” illusions for
•' hich the play is famous.
“Happy Hooligan.”
To accommodate the manj patrons
1 '.he Lyric who were not fortunate
’ Hough to secure seats for Christmas
matinee, the management of the Lyric
announces an extra matinee perform
ance Friday afternoon at the usual
"use prices. “Happy Hooligan” and
- s splendid fun makers have scored
eavily this week at the Carnegie
<y theater, and, judging from the
1 ivance sale for the remaining per-
■ ( finances, the week should prove one
f the most successful of the year.
“A Midnight Marriage.”
^ .Midnight Marriage" is eclipsing
former offering of the Jewell
Kelley Company at the Bijou. The
eduction is not only welll staged.
] t tlie players seem to have en-
red into the spirit of the story with
“ result that the performance is
'iiosv meritorious and is pleasing
hably better than anything that
Jewell Kelley Company has of-
‘ “d so far. Capacity audiences vis-
tlie Bijou at Christmas matinee
: night performances. Unusual in-
“St renters in next week’s bill. It
\ Slave of the Mill,” a story of
1 r light between labor and capital.
HRISTMAS GIFTS
which are the pick of
Mew York's Offering
How pleased you would be to find ‘ fust what you want”
for Christmas gifts, as if by inspiration! How much
better than to go through the tiresome process of
elimination to finally decide upon “the only thing left.”
You will find your ultimate gifts in the
December issue of Harper’s Bazar.
Here are four hundred photographs of
new and unusual ones, with the descrip
tion, price of each and where to get it—
gifts that a man is really eager to receive,
silver which Will delight a hostess, gifts
where service and beauty are combined
There is a special page ol gifts for the
“woman who has everything.’’
You will find gifts of lower pricearraaged
conveniently: a page of $1.00 gifts of ex
ceptional value, a page of unusnal ones at
$2.00, for $3.00 an assortment of novelties
that will charm you, and the $5.00 list con
tains gifts that are especially attractive.
The editors of the Bazar took weeks to
look up jo** the things you would decide
upon in the end. Here are the ideas you
have been racking your brain for and
here is the easiest possible rneeos of get
ting the things you decide upon.
Get this issue of the Bazar. Krom it make your choice
—then get the gifts by writing direct to the firm or by
sending in your list to the Harper's Bazar Personal
Shopping Service.
You will save yourself trouble and worry
and will be able to give unusual,
individual articles.
SI
The December
Harper s Bazar
At all newsdealer’s
$1.50 a year
15 cents t
That all the Chicago morning newspaper* open up their circulation books and
record* to the Association of American Advertisers and to such other represent
ative bodies as may be selected. >'
The Chicago Examiner herewith agrees to have this investigation mack- and it
herewith invites the Association of American Advertisers to take the first step
to bring this about.
The investigation, under these auspices, would be fair and square, comprehen
sive and comparative. It would remove ail doubt in the minds of national ad
vertisers and Chicago merchants as to the circulation, particularly the city
circulation, of each of the four Chicago morning newspapers.
The period for this investigation shall be the six months beginning July 1,1913,
and ending December 31, 1913.
If any one of the other morning newspapers of Chicago refuses to open up its
books and records, then the Chicago Examiner agrees herewith to have a joint
investigation made with the remaining Chicago morning newspapers.
If all of the other morning newspapers refuse to open their books and
records, then the Chicago Examiner herewith agrees to submit to this
investigation alone because the Chicago Examiner insists on proving
its own circulation.
* I ^ TI E T IIIC A (A) EXAMINER honestly believes that this investigation will prove that its
city circulation is iar in excess of any other Chicago morning newspaper, both Daily ami
Sunday.
The Chicago Examiner honestly believes that this investigation will further show that the net
paid Sunday circulation of the Chicago Examiner is almost double that of its nearest competitor'
Chicago Examiner
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