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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
Big Situations Save Play Replete
With Glaring Faults—Play
house Is Crowded.
By TARLETON COLLIER.
The modern drama—a platitude
with a punch. Sometimes that punch
Is delivered pacifically and the pa
trons of the box office sniff. Some
times it comes in a shouting series
of “big moments/* and from orches
tra to gallery there Is enthusiasm
Crudities are forgotten, faults are
overlooked. That punch has stag
gered popular criticism.
So it happened in "Within the
Law,” which played to crowded
houses at the Atlanta Christmas Day,
afternoon and evening. The punch
was there, written indelibly into the
lines by the playwright so that the
veriest beginner of an actor could
voice it after a fashion. Outside the
big situations, there are glaring
faults, crude contrasts, character de
lineation attempted in single brusque,
unsubtle strokes, and slang, slang,
slang, ephemeral <harlvari, every
where.
Audience Sat Unblinking.
But so forcibly did the punch strike
when it came that tho big audience
sat unblinking through the lesser
moments, .'Apparently convincing it
self that its anticipation of the com
ing climax was really interest, and
that its delight in the picturesque
vernacular of crooks and policemen
/was really an appreciation of con
temporary conditions. Everybody
talks in platitudinous epigrams, and
you are flattered into feeling that you
are a sly dog. Indeed, so easily you
grasp th** quick-flung shafts of wit.
Behold the modern drama!
But so much talk of shortcomings
is hardly fair to “Within the Law/'
Probably with Its most capable inter
pretation the keenest critic might sit
through the four acts, actually and
undeniably thrilled, and unable or un
willing to point out a single fault
However, the performance that At
lanta saw Christmas Day was not by
far the most capable interpretation
And it was because the actors fell
short of developing full possibilities
that the undesirable qualities of Bay
ard Veiller’s “play of American life'
are presented. And if carping criticism
is unfair to the play, so is a mediocre
company unfair, because "Within the
Law" is undoubtedly one of the best
of the up-to-the-minute school of
■ on temporary punch-filled drama. It
is an excellent melodrama that would
i»e entertaining, to say the least, even
in the hands of a party of actors
much less capable than those who are
•it the Atlanta tills week.
M'ss Joel in Heavy Part.
Miss t’lara Joel, the Mary Turner
'if the play, was at times equal to the
demands of her exaotlnglv heavy part
But for a figure of deop-dyed tragedy
she was rather nonchalant and smil
ing now and then, when It seemed she
unconsciously relaxed the strain of
being Mary Turner.
Miss Helen Vallel.v. who played Ag
nes Lynch, the “sweet girl" crook,
has a wonderful opportunity for clev
er work. Her lines made a groat hit
with tjTc generous Christmas audi
ences.
A. young man bearing the imposing
name of Thomas Jefferson Evans
played Richard Gilder, and a very
tillable hero he was. In fact, being
too palpable was the one fault of the
company, probably.
Frank Hilday and T. M. Morris,
playing Edward Gilder and Inspector
Burke, physically are able to Invest
their parts with an appearance of
realism. Franklin George was pre
vented by a painful stage hearing
from being a pleasing Joe Garson,
the wielder of the silent revolver.
"TH© Haunting Melody” at Lyric.
When George Cohan wrote “The
Haunting Melody" he expressed ably
in a song the power of a little air to
linger In one’s memory and haunt his
very soul. The audiences w'hioh wit
ness Norman Hackett's great play, “A
Double I>eceiver." at the Lyric The
ater next week will find a fascinating
Spanish tune running through the
play, which illustrates Cohan’s idea.
!» Is quite as pleasing to the ear as
the beautiful South American scones
of the new play are to the eye. It is
ailed “Mi Lolita," and was written
especially for “A Double Deceiver"
b\ Otto Kruger, a talented member of
Mr. Hackett’s company, who plays
the important part of Casa-Reales In
the production.
"Neptune's Garden” Coming.
A powerful act is this week head
lining the bill of selected acts at the
busy Forsyth. "Sergeant Bagby" is a
story of Civil War veterans on Re
union Day, when some very interest
ing and entertaining events take
place. A runaway couple also make
their wav Into the place, creating a
l it of exciting diversion. The re
maining acts which surround this
headliner serve to make up a very
good holiday entertainment. Next
week the management will present
me of the largest acts in vaudeville
and one of the most expensive also,
“Neptune’s Garden."
Many Wonderful Scenes.
Among the wonderful spectacular
scenes in “The Blue Bird" production
at the Atlanta next week are the Land
of Memory, the Fairy Berylune's Palace,
the old churchyard, showing the trans
formation of gravestones into flowers,
the Kingdom of the Future, with its
dazzling blue radiance of heaven, whence
♦ he unborn babies come; the soft
ly lighted Land of Happiness, the weird
Palace of Night, and Tyltyl and Mytyl s
C Mage, which the fairy's wand causes
to glow with precious stones On the
construction of th: se scenes a fortune
was* spent by the directors of the New
heater, New fork. They will u
brought h‘»re In their entirety, with all
ihe pantomime and “trick'' illusions for
which the play is famous
“Happy Hooligan/’
To ac onunodate the many patrons
of the Lyric who were not fortunate
enough to secure seats for Christmas
matinee, the management of the Lyric
announce.** an extra matinee perform
ance Friday afternoon at the usual
house prices. “Happy Hooligan" and
his splendid fun makers have scored
heavily this week at the Carnegie
way theater, and, judging from the
advance sale for the remaining per
formances, the week should prove one
of tha most successful of the year.
SIDELIGHTS
GI0RG1A
POLITICS
iiY jamis b.nivim
Recent agitation of a movement in
Congress looking to the establishing
of a new Federal judgeship in Geor
gia, which is a serious proposition,
has renewed ta'.k of Congressman
Hardwick’s fitness and availability for
the office, If it 1s created.
Discussing the proposed new judge-
ship, The Augusta Chronicle outlines
its purposes thus:
The bill calls for a "floating"
Federal Judge in Georgia, who
shall reside in Savannah. It was
Introduced in tne House Friday
by Representative Edwards. The
measure embodies the ideas of the
Savannah committee which set
forth the draft and arguments
for It following a visit to the
Capital last summer. Judge Svn*
tiei B Adams was chairman of
the committee, which consisted
of leading members of the Savan
nah bar.
The bill has not been agreed
upon by the members of the
Georgia delegation Some want
to divide the district, others
seem more or less apathetic and
some reserve their opinion. Ac
tion seems hardly likely until the
disposition of the Speer investi
gation.
It is argued by Savannah in
terests that the Georgia judges
have more than they can handle,
and that Savannah In particular
needs more attention on account
of its admiralty business.
The bill provides that the third
judge shall hold the district
courts in the Eastern Division of
the Southern District, but that in
addition he may be assigned to
preside In any other division in
either district in Georgia when
ever the public interests may re
quire. •
It is very well known that Presi
dent Wilson feels a deep interest in
Mr Hardwick, the Congressman from
the Tenth District, and has urged him
not to retire from the House at the
end of his present term, as It has
been suggested he m»".
Mr. Hardwick has never said defi
nitely that he will retire from Con
gress at the expiration of his present
term of service, but It Is well known
that he desires to do that, if he may
in justice to his constituents. He
has served in Congress about twelve
years, at a genuine financial sacrifice
—as most Congressmen do, as a mat
ter of fact. Hardwick knows he can
double his Income, or more, practicing
law, and that Js the moving circum
stance behind his proposed with
drawal.
President Wilson, however, will
name Mr, Hardwick to practically
any post he might ask, and it has
hern stated, with some degree of au
thority, that the Congressman from
the Tenth would like to be a Federal
judge.
It is an open secret in Washing-
‘Newlyweds' Throng
Atlanta Hostelries;
14 Pairs Here Xmas
Away up on Mount Olympus
Christmas night Dan Cupid must
have grinned his pleasure and Hymen
ordered up another bottle of Nectar
to drink the health of Atlanta as
"The Mecca of the Honeymooners."
for the signatures of fourteen bridal
couples from seven States graced the
registers of the WinecotT and Ansley
Hotels Christmas Eve and Christmas
Day, more victims of the bow and ar
row and the marriage license clerk
than have ever before been registered
at Atlanta hotels the same time.
The brides and bridegrooms came
from Georgia, Alabama, North Caro
lina, Mississippi, Florida, the District
of Columbia and Kentucky. Here is
the list;
E. M. Howell and w’lfe, Zebulon,
Ga ; James F Weber and wife. At
lanta; Alden R. Potter and wife,
Washington, D. C.; S. H. Thompson
and wife, Washington, D. C.; T. T
Anbury and wife, Jacksonville. Fla.;
A. N. ('happell and wife, Birming
ham. Ala . C. L. Grigsby and wife.
Asheville. N. C.; J. B. Fuller and
wife, Newnan, Ga.; J. H. Hudson and
wife, Rome, Ga.; W. H. Davis and
wife. Paris. Ky.; J. G. Terry and wife,
Atlanta; S. D. Cherry and wife, Cov
ington. Ga.; R. E. O’Brien and wife.
Columbus. Miss.; W. E. White and
wife, Comer, Oa_
ton that Mr. Hardwick may have
Judge Speer's position, when that
Judge retires, and now it Is being ru
mored that lie may have the proposed
new Judgeship. If it is created and he
wishes it.
Mr. Hardwick is an able lawyer and
Is fully equal to the assignment, If
the President should make it.
Congratulations and very best
wishes will be extended from hun
dreds of Georgians in public life to
Jesse G. Perry, the Governor's pri
vate secretary, now that he has join
ed the ranks of the Benedicts.
Perry is genuinely popular—Is real
ly a “good fellow,” and numbers his
friends just inside the limit of hie
aequo inta nee.
Everybody will wish both Mr. and
Mrs. Perry a large measure or happi
ness all through life.
Old Clayt Robson, of Milledgevilie.
who knows more folks in Georgia
than most, anybody, has temporarily
quit his usual place of abode in At
lanta, and has forsaken the wilds of
the Kimball House for "the old folks
at home" during the holidays.
Clayt Robson is an institution
around and about Atlanta, and Is
never happier than when playing
Santa Claus to somebody
This year he has played the part of
the whiskered and merry old saint to
•ome.hing like five or six score of
people and when he gets through
with the Milledgevilie contingent he
will have swelled the total several
score more.
Governor Slaton will name a judge
of the Court of Appeals from South
Georgia, to succeed Judge Robert Pot
tle. who hails from that section.
Judge Pottle was appointed to the
bench by Governor Slaton during the
seventy-five days term that Slaton
served as Acting Governor In succes
sion to Governor Hoke Smith, and the
appointment was made by the then
executive upon the theory that this
position belongs to South Georgia, as
a matter of falrnerss In the distribu
tion of Judcal appontments.
Judges Russell and Roa* hall from
the upper end of the State, and the
Governor thnks It nothing but right
that the other judgeship, at least,
should go to the lower end.
It was rumored that Judge Samuel
Bennett, of Albany, was to succeed
Judge Pottle, and he was heavily in
dorsed to the Govern r, but Judge
Bennett has announced that he wi 1
not accept the appointment, even if
it were tendered, and so that removes
him from the list of possibilities.
The Governor has not made up his
mind as to Judge Pottle’s successor,
and will not give the matter particu
larly serious thought until after his
resignation Is in hand.
Two Shot in Pistol
Battle Near Dublin
DUBLIN, Dec. 26— Only one
Christmas shooting has been report
ed in.Laurens County so far. and that
came from Cadwell. a few miles from
Dublin, where Marshal John Owen
and Henry Mullis were shot during
a free-for-all battle.
According to reports from Cad
well. Owen arrested one of Mullis'
relatives and the latter attempted to
liberate the prisoner, shot at Owen,
who returned the fire. Several others
then joined In the shooting Mullis
claims he was shot by some one in
the crowd, and not by Owen The
wounds of both are serious. F. M
Joiner was arrested by Sheriff Flan
ders for connection with the affair
and is now out under a bond of $1,000.
1 Dead, 3 Dying, From
Devils Creek Battle
BRISTOL, TENN., Dec 26— In a
battle at Devils Creek, in Unicoi
County, a remote section of East Ten
nessee. Jack Edwards was killed, E.
E. Gillie Deputy Sheriff. was
stabbed; Harris Tilson was phot
through the head, and Sam Grind-
staff shot through the breast. The
three will probably die.
Edwards was under arrest and in
the custody of Deputy Sheriff Gillis
when Tilson and Grintjstaff. two
friends, attempted to rescue him. Th$j
officer opened Are on the three men
one of . whom stabbed him.
Italian Blackmailer
Trapped by American
Girl Detained as Spy
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
TARANTO, ITALY, Dec. 26. -Dorothy
McVane, the American opera singer,
who was recently under surveillance by
the Italian Government on suspicion of
being a spy, to-day invoked the aid of
Government officials and trapped a man
who sought to blackmail her.
The man. who gave the name of In-
nocenzo Cicala and said he was a news
paper correspondent, called on the sin
ger and informed her that he had been
ordered by his editor to send in a story
attacking the character of the young
woman. He demanded money in return
for suppressing the story. Miss Mac-
Vane consulted with the officials after
inviting Cicala to return, and when he
come back the blackmailer was trapped
with marked money and arrested.
Miss MaeVane is also to-day without
her costumes. Jewels and furs, which
were seized by on Impresario because
the singer failed to perform her con
tract.
Tailor Charges Theft of Pocket-
book With $40—Slapped on
Accusing One of Party.
Three women instead of two will
face the Recorder Friday afternoon
in the case of W. F. Williams, a tailor,
w ho charges the robbery of his pock-
etbook containing $40 to the trio in
the course of an extensive and some
what adventurous motor car drive
Christmas afternoon.
Two of the women, Mrs. May Logan
and Mrs. Carrie Clarke, of No. 402
Whitehall street, were arrested at th* 1
termination of the drive, when Wil
liams ordered the chauffeur to hold
the car while he telephoned to head
quarters, lie having missed his pock-
etbook on the return drive.
The third woman, with whom Wil
liams was waiking when the other
two, in the machine, stopped and in
vited them to join the party left the
car and disappeared while Williams
was telephoning the police.
Early Friday morning the missing
member of the trio was arrested. She
was Mrs. J. C. Metcalf, of No. 406
Whitehall street. The three were re
leased under a bond of $100 each, to
appear at the trial Friday afternoon.
Williams tefid the police Thursday
afternoon that the two women in the
car appeared to be friends of the
woman he was walking with, but that
he never had seen them before. The
drive itself was a pleasant affair.
Williams said, until, on the way back
to the city, he missed his wallet and
the $40 it contained.
Williams*was uncertain which one
of his hosts to accuse,.but Anally de
cided ori Mrs. Clarke, who promptly
slapped him.
This method of reciprocity aroused
Williams’ anger, and as soon as the
car reached the business district of
the city he got out and telephoned
the police.
(’barges of disorderly conduct were
made against the two women who re
mained to be arrested. One of them
had $50 in bills, but Williams’ pocket-
book was not found.
Dinner and Vaudeville Delight
U. S, Prisoners—Three Are
Rewarded With Parole.
Boy Hunter Drowns
As Leaky Boat Sinks
FITZGERALD, Dec. 25.—Woodson
Johnson, of this city, a youth about 15
years of age, was drowned In the
Ocmulgoe River near Bow'ens Mill,
where he had gone with companions to
hunt squirrels.
The information that has reached
here is that the boys attempted to
cross the river In a leaky boat and
when about midstream the boat sank.
Young Johnson was not able to swim
out. However, his companions escaped.
In the midst of the clanging of
iron doors, the sharp commands of
the guards and the multitudinous
tasks with which they are confront
ed. the sorrows of Friday are for
gotten by the convicts of the Atlanta
Federal prison in the thought of 'he
joys of Thursday, the greatest day
they have known since their impris
onment. The humdrum, oppressive
existence of the prison has been up
lifted by the Christma* spirit.
The 900 convicts had a real Christ
mas celebration. For years Warden
Moyer has exerted every effort to
make Christmas the gala day of the
prison year, and especial prepara-
j tions were made that the men might
know something of the joys of Yule-
tide. The celebration continued from
9:30 in the morning until late in the
afternoon, and the spirit of the day
took wrinkles from the 900 faces and
loads of sorrow from the 900 hearts,
and made them forget they were con
victs and remember only that it was
Christmas Day.
During the morning talent select-
j ed from the convict rolls gave a
vaudeville performance that was de
cidedly clever, under the direction of
Frederick Clayton, a prisoner. The
show opened with a minstrel fir9t
part, in which all the characters were
convicts. Half a dozen soloists en
livened the show, assisted by an en
semble of voices. Charles Berger
gave a Hebrew monologue, Frederick
Clayton drew some clever cartoons
and Mitchell Sampson was excellent
in songs and dances. Howard Hobos
delighted the music lovers with his
cornet solo, the Toreador song from
"Carmen." The show closed with a
sketch hilled as “a routin’, tootin’,
shoutin'” farce in one act and two
scenes, entitled "In the Days of ’49,”
a skirt based on the adventures of a
stranded actor in the Far West.
During the afternoon an elaborate
feast was served, the menu including
roast turkey, dressing and gravy,
mashed potatoes and the other good
things that grace a Christmas boar i.
Three men were paroied during the
day—two short-term men and a lifer.
They were told of their freedom dur
ing the performance in the morning,
and left the hall forever, with the
cheers of their fellow-prisoners ring
ing in their ears.
Festival Chorus of
400 to Sing in Xmas
Concert in Armory
The Atlanta Music Festival chorus,
composed of 400 members, which was
heard in a big Christmas concert last
year by more than 6,000 persons, will
appear in a Christmas concert again
this season on Sunday afternoon at the
Auditorium-Armory at 3:30 o'clock. Ad
mission is free.
During the last month the Music Fes
tival chorus has been rehearsing under
the direction of Herr WoUlungen, the
noted singer, and he will be the direc
tor at the concert Charles A. Shel
don. Jr., will play the organ.
The vocal soloists will be Mrs. Car-
thew Yorstoun and Herr Wolffungen.
Mrs. Yorstoun is known in the operatic
world as Madame Esther Boone. She
possesses a voice of magnificent range
and power.
‘Bill Posters’ Trust'
Plans to Dissolve
CHICAGO. Dec. 26.—The so-called
"BUI Posters' Trust” Is negotiating
with the Government to follow the
example of the American Telephone
and Telegraph Company and dis-
aolve.
Suit was begun here recently, but
the association Is said to be willing
to conform to every wish of the
Government without further court
procedure.
Husband of Slain
Woman Arrested
TAMPA, FLA . Pec. 26.—When his
car refused to respond to full current,
Motornmn H. A Strong made an exam
ination, finding a mangled body clog
ging the running gear
The body was identified as chat of
Mrs. Constantine Gonzales, of No. 1905
Twenty-second street The dead worn
an’# husband and three suspects are
under arreet.
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,
Ploohkine. for eight francs ($1.60). from
an impoverished nobleman living in the
country near St. Petersburg. The dis
covery of the painting was made dur
ing a Grand Ducal hunt on which
Plochkine went with Prince Doth id off.
Sandorato has purchased the picture
which the Frmitage Museum is now
contemplating buying.
Yale Entertainers
Score Big Success
The combining of the spirit of the
Yale Bulldog with the spirit of Christ
mas gave the concert by the Yale
Banjo, Mandolin and Glee Clubs at
the Grand Theater Christmas night,
added vim and vigor which scored a
tremendous hit with the good-sized
audience.
The songs were about the same old
college songs that#iave been sung by
college men from time immemorial,
and they were sung in the inimitable
Yale style, with plenty of dash and
ginger, that brought back many fond
memories to the scores of Yale alum
ni and made many new friends for
Old Eli.
Admiral Dewey 76,
But Doesn’t Feel It
WASHINGTON, Dec. 26.—“Yes, 1
am 76 to-day, but I certainly do not
feel it,” said Admiral George Dewey
as he greeted callers at his office to
day. The hero of Manila was early
at his desk and looked over numer
ous presents and messages -that came
to him from all parts of the United
States.
“If a man is as old as he feels.”
continued the Admiral. “I am at least
a score of years younger than the
record in the old family Bible.”
Collegians to Stage
Book of Job as Drama
MADISON, WIS. Dec. 26.—“The
Book of Job” will be staged by the
University of Wisconsin Dramatic So
ciety. This probably will be the first
time “Job” ever has been given on
the modern stage.
That it was presented by the an
cient Hebrews is the contention of
H. M. Kallen. instructor in philosophy
at the university.
BUD TB LOSE
REV. E. H. PEACOCK
Pastor Who Organized Church
and Aided Industrial Home Ac
cepts Knoxville Call.
The Rev. E. H. Peacock, for several
years pastor of the Buckhead Baptist
Church, has resigned his pastorate to
accept a call as assistant pastor of
the Broadway Baptist Church, of
Knoxville, Tenn., where he recently
assisted Dr. H. C. Risner In a revival
meeting. He will preach his fare
well sermon to his present congrega
tion Sunday night, when a special
service has been arranged. At that
time the notes given for the new
building will be burned, and there
will be talks by some of the prom
inent members of the church.
The Buckhead church is the direct
result of the coming of Mr. Peacock
to Atlanta. Two years ago he was
invited to conduct a series of tent
meetings at Buckhead, and out of
these meetings grew the enthusiasm
that resulted in the formation of the
church and the erection of the build
ing. Since the formation of the con
gregation Mr. Peacock has organized
a large Sunday school class and has
conducted the work of the church
along the recognized missionary and
evangelical lines.
Mr. Peacock was also interested in
charitable work, the Harriet Hawkee
Industrial Home for Girls having been
organized largely through his efforts.
He interested A. K. Hawkes. who do
nated the tract of land on which the
home is to be erected, and then had a
great deal to do with the securing of
the public subscriptions necessary to
make the institution a reality.
Convict Wounded by
Bartow Sheriff Dies
Authorities at Cartersville, cl
have been notified that Bei Kei'v
the convict shot three weeks ago hy
the Sheriff of Bartow County, dlej
at the Grady Hospital Christmas
Day.
According to the information at the
Grady, Kelly snapped a pistol at ih £
Sheriff and dashed for liberty while
with a squad of convicts at work n n
a road. The Sheriff fired with deadly
aim.
Pair Fined by Phone
For Kissing in Street
YONKERS, N. Y.. Dec. 26.-J U dg e
Joseph H. Beall fined Joseph Bush, 28
and Anna Wood, 26, $3 each by tele
phone for kissing too loudly and lone in
the street.
The pair was In court, but the judge
telephoned from his home.
KILLED BY SKYROCKET.
LEXINGTON. KY., Dee. 26.—W. M.
Watts, aged 40. County Attorney for
Jessamine, and one of the best known
Democrats in the State, died In a hos
pital here to-day of injuries from the
premature explosion of a skyrocket he
was preparing for his little son last
night. His head was torn open.
OPTICIAN RECOVERS
BRIGHTS DISEASE
H. W. Smith Is a wholesale optician
of Mason City, Iowa. Hearing that h*
lad recovered from Bright's disease we
wrote him and take the following items
t om his letter in reply;
“Specialists pronounced my case
Bright’s disease and incurable and ad
vised me to go South to prolong my life
Went to Mineral Wells, Texas. Became
(Terribly bloated. Physicians there made
(tests and found casts and almost solid
albumen. Several at the Wells who had
teen cured by Fulton’s Renal Compound
(persuaded me to take it. Dropsv
dropped forty-five pounds in fourteen
rays. Tn three months 1 was hack to
(business. * * • 1 continued th#
t'catment over two years and during
I the last four years have not found it
recessary to use any medicine. F have
j received many letters, all of which [
have answered. Through my cor
respondence I have learned of a num
ber of recoveries.”
Tf you have Bright’s disease do you
rot owe it to yourself and family to try
Fulton’s Renal Compound before giving
up? It can be had at Edmondson Drug
Co.
Ask for pamphlet or write John .T,
Fulton Co., San Francisco.—Advt.
Slays Wife and Self
In Child's Presence
INDIANAPOLIS, De.. 26—In the
presence of their 12-year-old daugh
ter, James T. Carney, 42, a carpenter,
shot and killed I is wife yesterday
and then committed suicide.
"Papa came home drunk last night.”
sobbed little Laura Carney, "and thl3
morning he accused mamma of tak
ing a bottle of whisky from his pock
et. She said she did not. and he shot
her and then shot himself.”
Atlantans Go to Sign
Goethals to Lecture
Russell Bridges and Wayne P.
Sewell left Atlanta Friday for New
Orleans and will sail from there Sat
urday for Panama.
They will combine pleasure and
business on the trip and have an en
gagement with Colonel Goethals, th°
chief engineer, to arrange the details
of a lecture tour of the United States
by him next season under the direc
tion of the Alkahest Lyceum System.
Dancer Stabbed, but
Ball Goes on Merrily
NEW YORK, Dec. 26.—While danc
ing at an East Side hall, Allan Wells
was punched, stabbed and robbed
The dance went on.
Shot Each Other Dead
While ClaspingHands
LEXINGTON. KY.. Dec. 26.—Clasp
ing left hands and each with a pis
tol in his right hand, Solomon Jack-
son and Fate Souders killed each
other in a Christmas duel at Pine-
ville. Ky.
An officer reaching here to-day says
the men had had trouble over a law
suit and suggested that they clasp
left hands and "shoot It out."
Policewoman Jails
Street Car Fighter
CHICAGO Do 26 -Losset Wendt,
a janitor, was fighting—and whip
ping—a street car conductor whet
Policewoman Mary Boyd yanked him
off the car and arrested him.
Low cost ? Why, a Ford
recently averaged twenty-
five and a third miles to a gal
lon of gasoline—for thirty-
three hundred miles! And
this is not an exceptional
Ford performance. Ford
economy is a big reason for
Ford popularity. Buy yours
now.
Five hundred dollars is the new* price of th®
Ford runabout; the touring car Is five fifty;
the town car seven fifty—f. o. b. Detroit,
complete with equipment. Get catalog and
particulars from Ford Motor Company, 311
Peachtree St„ Atlanta, Ga.
Every Su
it and Overcoa
t Must Go!
400 fine hand-tailored Suits. Fine selection of pin-striped Suits.
Blues and grays, ranging from $15.00 to A p*>
SI 1.45
A Few Fine Chinchilla Overcoats ir
$1.50 Shirts, fast colors
All Holiday Goods Greatly Reduced.
Marcus Clothii
This Sale
95c
ner Co.
75 Peachtree Street
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World’s Champion
Wrestler
J^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.
66 ftue
“Away Above Everything” ^
ASTHMA
RELIEVED IN 2 MINUTES
Or Money Refunded 50c Pkg. by Mail
Isn't Our Offer Fair? Send for
“Thomason’s Famous Asthma Remedy” to
AMERICAN ASTHMATIC CO. Inc., ATLANTA, GA.
TT is the “Soul of the Grain" the acme of distil-
c[ lation; aged in oak and purified by time.
Lewis 66 Rye has 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.
DittilUrt
Cincinnati
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