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TFTTC ATLANTA C.KORGTAN AND NEWS
OF PROTEGTIDN
Commerce Head to Carry Out Old
Policies—Home Important
Meeting Place.
Wilmer L. Moore Thursday will
quit the presidency of the Atlanta
Chamber of Commerce In favor of his
successor, Mell R. Wilkinson who was
chosen to head the organization at the
recent election.
Mr. Wilkinson was vice president
and has been in frequent conference
with Mr Moore familiarizing himself
with the details of the high oflT e.
T e new president has announced
that his first concern will be to carry
out the projects already launched by
rhe outgoing administration He Re
gards the completion of the new home
for the members as one of the moat
important.
Mors Must Help Chamber.
I believe that wh.n the building s
finished it will be a great factor in
stimulating the interest cf the mem
bers in the undertaking^ of the or
ganization." he said. “ \s it is now,
there arc a few men bearing the bur
dens The rank and file do not oft°n
find occasion * > visit headquarters
With the new tome completed, they
will have a p.ace to congregate ns
their leisure hours. They can eat
iheir noon luncheons there and talk
over business topics and tne enter
prises which the chamber has oh foo<-
"Every member has got to put his
shoulder to the wheel during the j
coming year. I am sure that wi h
everyone working for the growth an I
prosperity of Atlanta It will be tFie
banner twelve months in its history."
Mr. O’Dell Comes with Exhibits.
The visit of Ralph M. O’Dell to At-
;«nta under the auspices of the
< hamber of Commerce will he of par
ticular interest to persons engaged in
The cotton industry. Mr. O'Dell will
arrive Thursday and will be the guest
of the chamber during his stay here.
He is a special agent for the Bureau
of Foreign and Domestic Commer
and has made a thorough investiga
tion of trade conditions In South
America, with a view of ascertaining
exactly what the importers there want
in the way of cotton products. He
will speak in the Chamber of Com
merce rooms at noon Saturday.
He will have with him trunkfuls cf
samples that will cover half a dozen
tables. They will illustrate the nature
of the demand In other countries and
will furnish a basis on which Ameri
can manufacturers may pattern their
products.
F. B, Gordon, president of the Cot
ton Manufacturers' Association, has
issued a special call to the members
asking them to be present at the
meeting.
Mrs. Blake, Pioneer
Suffragette, Dies
ENGLEWOOD, X. J.. Dec. 30 —
Mrs. Lillie Devereux-Blake, one of the
pioneer suffragists In the United
States, died here to-day, aged 78. Mrs
Blake has been ill for several weeks.
She was president of the New York
Woman Suffrage Association for
eleven years.
Tight Money Sends 2
N. Y. Stores to Wall
NEW YORK, Dec. 30.—W. A. Mar
ble and John A. Sheppard to-day were
appointed receivers by the Federal
Court for the Fourteenth street Store
and the Simpson-Crawford Company,
big department stores, which were
forced into receivership because jf
the money stringency.
Hunting a Wife by
Mail Has Its Perils
rATCHOGtK, X. Y.. Deo 30. A
woman who sa>s she is of “colored na-
' «»nality has offered herself as wife of
George H Yale, who asked Justice
Green to get a mate for him
Typewriters rented 4 mos.,
$5 up. Am. Wtg. Mach. Co.
Note of Politics Creeps Into
Scientific Address Before
Economic Section.
Politics is conspicuously lacking in
! the addresses delivered before the va
rious sessions of the annual meeting
of the American Association for the
Advancement of Science* held this
week in Atlanta.
But the vice presidential address
of John Hays Hammond, of the eco
nomic section, delivered Tuesday
morning at the Georgia School of
Technology, progressed from majestic
figures on the volume of trade to a
distinct statement that the "principle
of protection should be maintained in
the revision of the tariff."
There was no criticism* one might
say no suggestion, in the calm, dis
passionate address of the famous ec
onomic expert. But he drew a dis
tinct picture of the probable reuslts
of partisanship In the matter of tar
iff tinkering, and especially stressed
the protective feature, "to prevent
oflr country from becoming the
dumping ground for the surplus prod
ucts of nations competing with us in
foreign trade."
Foreign Trade Figure*.
"The total foreign trade of the
world for 1911," Mr. Hammond said,
"is estimated at $26,000,000,000. Great
Britain’s share was $5,515,000,000.
Germany was next, with $4,239,000,-
000. Tlie ('tilted States was third,
with $3.540,000,000.
"While third In the importance of
foreign trade, our export trade, $2,-
013,000,Otto was in excess of Germa
ny's and almost equal to that of
Great Britain.
‘In the year 1?ti the domestic com
merce of the United States amount
ed to upward of $25,000,000,000
seven times as great as our foreign
trade, and nearly equal to the com
bined foreign trade of all the nations
of the world.
Look to Home Market, He Say*.
"It Is the home market which sus
tains the prices of farm products by
developing a demand created in a
large measure by the requirements of
manufacturing industries. Then, top,
all manufacturing centers obtain a
reciprocal advantage by reason of the
accessible of sources of relatively
cheap foodstuffs and raw material.
"The policy of preserving unim
paired the purchasing power of our
domestic markets must he the key
note of our economic and fiscal legis
lation.
"The tariff problem, which so vi
tally affects the welfare of our na
tion. should be entirely dissociated
from our partisanship, and should be
regarded as purely an economic Is
sue. In the revision of the tariff the
principle of protection should be
maintained, since by that policy we
would he able to establish the prin
ciple of reciprocity in making com
mercial agreements with other na
tions and at tlie same time prevent
our country from becoming the dump
ing ground, as 1 have said, for the
surplus products of nations compet
ing with us In foreign trade."
Mr. Hammond spoke feelingly of
the "sentimental side" of foreign
trade.
"Sympathy and understanding ad
mittedly are essential to binding na
tions together." he said, "and 1 can
not apprehend how r they can be de
veloped without that intimate Inter
course which results only from com
mercial relations. * • * In short, it
Is a community of in* rests above all
else that fop the peace of the
world."
Other Section* in Session.
While the economic section was
meeting at Tech the botanists and the
geologists were holding their session
at the State Capitol. The zoologists
and the entomologists were at the At
lanta Medical College; the mathemat
ics and astronomy sections were at
Tech, nlf*> the physicists, the chem
ists, the mechanical scientists and the
anthropologists.
Papers of from 10 to 30 minutes
were read, there was open discussion,
presentation by lantern slide?—all the
possible ways of Imparting informa
tion, divided among the 500 scientists
who are striving to advance the com
mon good.
The social features of Tuesday be
gan at 1 o’clock, when the Sigma Yi
delegates had their luncheon at the
Piedmont Hotel. From 5 to 7 o’clock
Governor Slaton and Mrs. Slaton are
to hold their reception at the Gov
ernor’s Mansion on Peachtree street,
and at 7 o’clock the annual dinner of
the Sigma Xi Society and their guests
*s to be held at the Piedmont Driving
Club.
Destructor Concern
To Insist That City
Test New Plant Now
The arrival of W. E. Dowd. Jr., the
sales representative of the Destructor
Company, of New York, Ir. Atlanta
Tuesday, developed the fact that the
Destructor Company would Insist on the
city making a test or the new crema
tory.
In addition the company will announce
Its readiness to build for $110,000 an
electric power plant In conjunction with
the crematory capable of generating
1.600 kilowats of electricity. Agents of
the company claim that the steam sup
ply from the burning garbage already
is 16 per cent above the guarantee
They will ask the new finance com
mittee to Include in the budget $135,-
000 as a final payment on fhe crematory
and $110,000 for the municipal electric
plant.
Major Woodward and Councilman
Claude L. Ashley will continue to op
pose a test being made at this time.
Conference Likely
To Clear Way for
Howell Mill Bridge
At a meeting between President
Arkwright, of the Georgia Railway
cmd Power Company, and a commit
tee of Howell Mill road citizens to
be held Tuesday in President Ark
wright’s office the last points of dis
agreement are expected to be cleared
LOCKER CLUBS
ALL OUTLAWS.
away from the proposition that the!
Seaboard Air Line build a new bridge ;
over the Howell Mill road at the in- (
tersertlon — a bridge to take the place
of the present condemned structure
and strong enough to carry the heav
iest type of electric cars.
The only difference at present Is In
regard to the flooring of the bridge
and its preparation to carry street car
tracks, 'fhe railway company declines |
to do this on the ground that it is
strictly the work of the street rail
way company. It is expected an
agreement will be reached.
East Atlanta to
Demand Share of
Citylmprovements
Fast Atlanta came out Tuesday
with the announcement that It had a
brand-new improvement association, 1
and that it proposed to gets its share
of the appropriations doled out by !
Council.
The East Atlanta Improvement
Club had Its origin at a meeting Mon- ;
day night In the Ninth Ward. The j
officers are: President, W. S Loftis: i
secretary, F. M. Kirkpatrick; treas- j
urer, J. L. Carpenter.
A committee was named to go be
fore the street ra lway company and j
ask for better schedules on the line 1
to the Soldiers’ Home. Another com
mittee was appointed to go before the
Finance Committee of Council and
ask for a new East Atlanta school-
house.
Still other committees were named
to see that the streets are cherted and
that an adequate sewerage system is
installed.
Record Shipment
Of 17 Carloads of
Autos to Pass Here
A record shipment of automobiles
of one make to a Southern city—sev
enteen carloads—will pass through
Atlanta Tuesday night at 10 o’clock
en route to Jacksonville, Fla.
The local offices of the Georgia
Southern and Florida Railroad re
ceived advices of the shimnent Tues
day and were requested to assist in
making it a record shipment also in
point of time. The seventeen Tars
are filled with Fords from the Detroit
factory for L. C. Oliver, a Jackson
ville agent. They are moving bv
way of the Michigan Central and Big
Four to Cincinnati, the Louisville and
Nashville Cincinnati to Atlanta, the
Georgia Railroad from here to Ma
con, and the G. S. * F. the remainder
of the trip.
This is said to he the largest ship
ment of automobiles to any Individual
in the South.
Realty Trust Firm
Declares Dividend
Come to
Allen's To-morrow
No Goods Exchanged or Taken
Back in This Sale
FINAL DECEMBER CLEAN UP SALE
OF ODDS AND ENDS.
Ladies’ Fancy Silk and Pique Vests,
were $1.00 and $3.00, at 49c
Maline and Silk Ruffs, were $1.50 to
$3.50 $1.00
Boys’ Rough Rider and Scout Gloves,
were 50c 39c
Pearl and Fancy Hair Bands and Or
naments, were $1.00 to $5.00 50c
Odds and Ends of Jewelry, worth up
to $1.00, at 10c
Net and Lace Plaiting, 35c to 65c
values, at 19c
Sterling Silver Novelties, 50c and 25c,
at One-half
./. P. Allen & Co.
~)l-53 Whitehall St.
T ~
At a meeting of the board of trus
tees of the Realty Trust Company a
dividend of 6 per cent upon the capi
tal stock was declared, payable semi
annually, 3 per cent on January 1
and 3 per cent on July 1. 1914.
The hoard directed that the stock
books be closed December 26 and re
main closed until the close of busi
ness December 31, and that the divi
dend be paid to the registered stock
holders as of noon December 26.
4,000 Citizens Fail
To Make Tax Returns
Councilman Charles W. Smith, chair
man of the Council tax committee, de
dared Tuesday that there were 4.000
citizens in Atlanta, a record number,
who had failed to make any tax returns
and that special instructions would be
given Immediately to the marshal's of
flee to collect personal taxes from these
people, charging the regular fee against
defaulters.
"It probably will require special col
lectors." said Mr. Smith. "We will Issue
fl. fas. and try to get what Is due the
city.”
Fair and Warmer Is
Outlook for Atlanta
Forecaster Von Herrmann quieted
] apprehension of another cold wave
Tuesday by announcing there is none
in sight.
He admitted that it might be a lit
tle colder Tuesday night, but prom
ised fair and warmer weather for
Wednesday. Rains have been gen
eral In the eastern part of the cotton
belt The weather remains generally
cloudy over much of the country east
of the Rockies.
Side Trip to Tuskegee
Via The West Point Route,
January 3d.
For parties of ten or more travel
ing together. $6.30 round trip. For
i this trip please register with Secre-
; tarv, American Association for the
Advancement of Science, at Piedmont
i Hotel.—Advt.
The Georgia Anti-Saloon League,
through its executive chairman, the
Rev. H. M. DuBose, made another
protest Tuesday against the con
tinued existence of the locker clubs
which are claimed to be defying the
law as much by selling liquor to
members as by selling to non-mem
bers.
Dr. DuBose asserted that one of
the greatest evils of the locker clubs
was that young women were in the
practice of visiting the clubs with
escorts and becoming shamefully in
toxicated.
Here is his formal statement, in
part:
"Atlanta enjoyed this year some
thing of a ‘sane’ Christmas. Law
breaking and crime were curtailed
one-half. The record is encouraging.
This record is encouraging. The
conclusion is inevitable that, had
ALL the locker clubs of Atlanta
been closed on Christmas Day, along
with their allies, the near-beer sa
loons, the record would have been
another 50 per cent better. Out of
experience comes judgment. Atlanta
does not need locker clubs (as she
does not need near-beer saloons).
They are the fly in her social oint
ment, and this I propose to make
plain.
Testimony Damning.
"The locker clubs have persistently
flouted the law of the sovereign State
of Georgia. Testimony as damning
as it is dismal may be had first hand.
A business man recently observed
two young women as they emerged
from a locker club in a skyscraper
and entered the elevator. So heavy
were the fumes of liquor on their
breath that doubt was impossible. A
young woman, late a servitress in a
locker club, is now reported in a,
house of rescue. Another place is
alleged to be constantly frequented
by young women. Who are they?
They are daughters and sisters—and
there’s the pity of it! These are hut
a few of the dozens of stories of like
tenor. Shame burn to cinder the
cheeks of men when such things can
be!
"The law of Georgia forbids the
sale of intoxicating liquors, absolute
ly. Judge Russell, whom nobody will
accuse of being a prohibitionist, de
clared !n a recent high court decision
that IT IS AS UNLAWFUL FOR A
LOCKER CLUB TO SELL TO ITS
MEMBERS AS IT IS TO SELL TO
NON-MEMBERS. Yet every locker
club in Atlanta is selling whisky, and
there are those who would have these
conditions perpetuated.
Likened to Plague.
"There is no mistaking the voice
of the street. And to what end? ‘For
the city’s good—for its commercial
well being, and for Its name abroad,’
is the bold and factitious answer.
Locker clubs have wrought irrepar
able moral and commercial hurt to
several cities of Georgia. Every-
where they have been a moral infec
tion and a commercial reproach. Good
for the city! If a shower of plague
germs or a simoon of Chagres fever
could be counted good, then ore might
he justified in appraising as good the
festering, polluting, damning work of
the average Georgn looker dub.
“The demand made by the Chris
tian public of this city is distinct:
I*et the City Council provide for the
automatic and irrevocable cancella
tion of the licenses of every near-
beer saloon and every locker club
whose managers or responsible agents
are convicted of violating the law.
Evidence of such violation is plen
tiful.”
Steal Mule, You’ll
Get 4 Years-Auto,
12 Months Is Limit
An odd discrimination in law’ be
tween the theft of a mule and wagon
and the theft of an automobile was
brought to light by Recorder Broyles
Tuesday in Police Court in the case
of Henry Matthews, a negro, charged
with stealing a mule and wagon. Hr
was bound over on a $1,000 bond.
"You should have stolen an auto
mobile," said the Recorder. "The theft
of an $8,000 limousine is a misdemea
nor and punishable by a sentence of
not over twelve months while the
stealing of a $40 mule and wagon is
a felony and makes you liable to a
penitentiary sentence of four or five
years.”
The negro was charged with taking
the mule and wagon from before the
Temple Court Building to Jonesboro,
where lie was arrested.
So Many Call on Him He Threat
ens to “Hide Out” to Finish
Message.
AT CHARLESTON'.
FIRST—Three-year-olds and up. sell
ing, purse $300. 6 furlongs: x Incision
110. Clem Beachy 115, Troy Weight 115,
xCynosure 110. Concurran 116, Gerrard
110, Berkley 115, xMiss Primity 110,
Beverstein 115, xGagnant 110, Pike’s
Peak 110.
SECOND—Three-year-olds and up,
selling, purse $300, 6 furlongs: Camel
118, l*ord Wells 118, Flying Yankee 115,
Semiquaver 116, Kiva 110, xToddling 110,
Golliwog 116, Daddy Glp 115, Premier
115. xVolthorpe 113.
THIRD All ages, selling, purse $400,
5$3 furlongs; Lady Lightning 116. Silas
Grump 102. xBulgar 84. Harry McIn
tyre 104, Rolling Stone 112. Yonghee 108,
Ann Tilly 106. Loretta Dwyer 104, xBlack
Chief 97. xRye Straw 102, Armor 109,
xOtranto 90.
FOURTH—All ages, harulicap. selling,
purse $400. 7 furlongs; Pardner 111,
Feather Duster 108. Ixmn Shark 98, Coy
111. Duquesne 104.
FIFTH Two-year-olds. Orangeburg
handicap. 6 furlongs, purse $450: Brave
Cunarder 115, Gordon 113. Deposit 103,
Ivan Gardner 90, Boly Hill 85, Charles
tonian 118
SL # .TH Three-year-olds and up. sell
ing. purse $300, mile and 70 yards: Flo
ral Crown 117. Sager 117. Batwur 113.
Barn Dance 114, Bernadotte 112. xSir
Denrah 112. xKeno 104. Jim Caffrey 114,
xHans Creek 104. x Uni on Jack 109. Sun
Guide 112, Tay Pay 109. Yorkshire Boy
117, Sherlock Holmes 117, xPort Arling
ton 109.
xApprentice allowance claimed.
Weather cloudy; track muddy.
AT JUAREZ.
FIRST—Selling. 2-year-olds, 6 fur
longs: Claribel x95. Christinas Eve 100,
General Warren 100, Kiltie 100. Trans
act 102. Kodotuio 103. Mystic Boy 107,
Violet May 107, Attica 107, Irish Ann
107. Vava 107, Hester 107, George 107,
Hyki 110, Stevesta 107.
SECOND Selling. 3-year-olds and
up. 6 furlongs: Kali Inla x99. Stone-
man xlOS, Star Berta 103, Daylight 103,
Anne McGee x!03. Mandadero xlOS.
Quick Trip 108. Ever Ran 108, Visible
108. Commendation 112. Ormonde Cun
ningham 112.
THIRD—Vietorlano handicap, 2-year-
olds, 5 Vi furlongs: Milton Roblee 97,
Any Time 102, Bing 102, Ratma 108,
Scarlet Oaks 115.
FOURTH All ages, Monterey handi
cap. mile: Transparent 95. Sonada 102.
Truly 102, Brookfield 103. Henry Wai-
bank 105. Colonel Marchmont 105
FIFTH Selling. 3-year-olds and up.
5M* furlongs: Colquitt 102, Dominica
x104, Seneca 105. Cross Over 107, New
Haven 107. Hardy 109. Royal Dolly
109. Parlor Boy xl!4.
SIXTH—Selling. 3-year-olds and up.
6 furlongs Kid Nelson x101. Janus 107,
Eye White \107, Cool 108. Muff 108.
Palatable 110. Collnet 111. Evelinia 112,
Stanley S. 112. Acumen 112
x—Apprentice allowance claimed.
Weather clear; track fast
4-Foot Rattlesnake
Killed by Pet Cat
BAYONNE. X. J.. Dec. SO.—A pet cat
at the Rergin Point Iron Works killed
a 4-foot rattlesnaVe.
The filing of a petition for divorce
in the Atlanta Superior Court Tues
day by Mrs. Ella L. Aikens against
Samuel C. Aikens formed a sequel to
the appearance of the latter at police
headquarters Monday afternoon, bad
ly disfigured, and charging two of his
sons with ‘assaulting him near his
wife’s home at No. 8 Mell avenue,
Edgewood, and also with kidnaping
his two youngest children.
In her petition Mrs. Aikens charges
her husband with having an ungov
ernable temper, with aause of her
and her children, and with having
shot at one of his sons.
On July 12, 1908, the petition
charges, he went to Mrs. Aiken's
home and with-a loaded revolver took
possession of the house, while the
family fled to the house of a neigh
bor; that he followed them, and,
threatening them with the revolver,
lined them up and "marched them
back home like so many prisoners.”
Shortly afterward he packed his suit
case and left home.
He returned January 1, 1909, and
"after a violent outbreak of temper
shot at one son."
Mrs. Aikens also charges that he
coerced her into signing a warranty
deed giving him her interest in the
property hi No 8 Nfelt avenue; that
she received no consideration for this,
but tii.it he forced her to do it by
playing on her feelings and by creat
ing anxiety for her children.
Aikens is said to possess property
worth from $5,000 to $7,000 and to
earn a salary of $200 per month. An
order was granted by Judge George
L. Bell restraining him from dispos
ing of any of his property or molest
ing Mrs. Aikens. A hearing on this
temporary injunction will be given
January 6.
Solution of Rosier
Mystery Near; Victim
Of Hold-up Revives
City detectives declared Tuesday
they were near a solution of the Ro
sier mystery. The confectioner who
was attacked and robbed Saturday
was conscious Tuesday. He could not
talk, but wrote a question for the de
tectives:
“Did you get that cabman?’'
Rosier had written the number of a
cab before, and the detectives ar
rested the negro driver, Ed Bowen.
Chances for Rosier’s recovery were
brighter Tuesday following opera
tions. His left eye was removed and
u broken jaw bone set.
HoosiersFormSociety
And Will Feast Jan.20
The first annual dinner of the Hoosier
Society will be held at Hotel Ansley,
January 20. More than 100 Indianians
answered the call for the formation of
the society Monday night.
The executive committee is composed
of W. L. Halstead, chairman; F. W.
Greene, J. J. Lautey. J. R. MacEachern,
Frank B. Jameson, Byron Saunders. W.
H Harris. Joseph Brown, W. S. Kin
caid. Jr., Charles F. Reno. C. E. Shep
herd. George M Ryan and M. H. Swain.
These will meet at noon, January 12,
in Hotel Ansley.
Mayor Woodward Tuesday threat
ened to hide out until he could write
his: annual message and make up his
committees for the new- Council be
cause of constant interruptions.
He held a conference Tuesday with
Alderman J. H. Harwell, Councilman
Claude L. Ashley, Councilman Charles
W. Smith and Councilman A. R. Col-
cord. Committee appointments were
discussed. It was pretty well under
stood what these men would get.
Harwell likely will be chairman of
the Board of Fi’-e Masters; Ashley
will be reappointed chairman of the
Sanitary Committee; Colcord will be
renamed chairman of the Police Com
mittee, and Smith chairman of the
Tax Committee—that is, if the gossip
can be relied upon.
Mayor Woodward is leaving all of
his friends more or less in the dark
about his appointments. He discusses
the matter with them and listens to
w hat they have to say, but what he
is going to do he keeps to himself.
Doubt has arisen over the appoint
ment of the chairman of the Finance
Committee. A few days ago it was a
foregone conclusion that Councilman
W. G. Humphrey would be renamed.
Now it is uncertain. The chances are
Mr. Humphrey will get the place, but
Alderman C. H. Kelley and Alderman
Harwell are being considered.
The fact is, if Mayor Woodw’ard
should carry out his threat of going
into seclusion until the meeting of
the City Council Monday, when he
will deliver his message and make his
appointments, the members of Coun
cil would not be left much more in
the dark than they are at present.
Pennsylvania Line
Opens Bureau Here
For Georgia Traffic
Atlanta is one of three Southern
points at which the Pennsylvania
Railroad System is to open special
offices January’ 1 to care for the
growing volume of traffic originating
in this section.
William S. Franklin, Jr., has been
appointed Southern freight agent in
Atlanta. J. T. Wray, who has been
in Atlanta a number of years, will
become district freight solicitor. J.
G. Parnell will be traveling freight
solicitor. Both will have their head
quarters in Atlanta.
Charlotte, N. C., arid Jacksonville
will be the other Southern points at
which the Pennsylvania will estab
lish agencies.
R. Alan Turner is to be district
freight solicitor at Charlotte, and W.
R. O’Hara will have the same office
in Jacksonville. All the newly ap
pointed officials are Southerners.
For 3d Time Turner
Seeks Salary Raise
City Electrician R. C. Turner will
have introduced at the meeting of Coun
cil Monday a new measure increasing
the salary of his office from $1,800 to
$2,400 a year. At the same meeting the
Council "graft” probe committee will
make its report on Electrician Turner.
Though nothing more severe than a
reprimand is expected from the probe
committee Mr. Turner wants complete
exoneration in an increase in salary.
This has been twice refused by Coun
cil within the last two months.
Turkey’s $15,000,000
For Brazil’s Warship
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
FRANK FORT -ON- MAIN. GERMANY,
Dec 30.—A Constantinople dispatch to
The Frankfurter Zeitung to-day states
that Turkey has concluded negotiations
for the purchase of the battleship Rio
De Janeiro from the Brazilian Govern
ment for $15,000,000.
The warship is Brazil’s newest. It
carries fourteen 12 inch guns, lesser ar- i
maments and torpedo tubes and a com
plement of 1.100 men.
Knights Groom ‘Goat’;
For Use at Decatur
The Knights of Pythias are busy pre
paring for the ceremonial Wednesday
attending the installation of a lodge at
Decatur. A picked team of Uniform
Lodge, No. 123. will have charge.
The grand lodge of the order will he
represented by H. M. Stanley, grand
vice chancellor, and John Davis, State I
deputy for Georgia.
Augusta Southern
Re-elects Officers
AUGUSTA, Dec. 30.—At the annual
meeting of the stockholders of the Au
gusta Southern Railroad held here, di
rectors were chosen who then re-elect
ed the following officers: President, A.
B. Andrews, Raleigh, N C.; treasurer,
N. B. Ansley, Washington, D. C.: as
sistant treasurer, E. F. Carham, Wash
ington. D. C.; auditor, A. H. Plant,
Washington, D. C.; assistant auditor, J.
A. Scrivener, Augusta; superintendent,
J. A. White, Augusta.
The directors are: A B. Andrews,
Raleigh; Hamilton McWhorter, Athens;
Frank R. Clark. Augusta; Thomas W.
Loyless, Augusta; W. J. Wren. Wrens;
J. W. P. Whitely. Gibson; E. B. Rogers.
Gibson; Macon Worthen. Worthen, and
W A. McCarty, Sanaersville.
Laborer Would Sell
Children for $3,000
ST. LOUIS, Dec. 30.—Stephen
Godo. a laborer who earns $10 a week,
advertised that he would sell his
daughter, Margaret aged S. for $2,000.
and his son, Stephen, aged 6. for
$1,000, because he can not give them
the comforts he thinks they deserve.
XMAS RATES
Reduced over N„ C. & St.
L. Ry. and W. & A. R. R.
Apply any Agent.
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The Kind You Have Always nought has borne the signa.
tnre of Clias. H. Fletcher, and has been made under his
persona) supervision for over 30 years. Allow no one
to deceive you in this. Counterfeits, Imitations and
*« Just-as-good” are but Experiments, and endansrer the
health of Children—Experience against Experiment.
What is GASTORIA
Ohstoria is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Fare-
gorio, Drops and Soothing- Syrups. It is Pleasant. It
contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other liarootic
substance. Its age is its guarantee. It destroys Worms
and allays Feverishness. It cures Diarrluce and Wind
Colic, It relieves Teething- Troubles, cur< Constipation
and Flatulency. It assimilates tlie Food, regulates the
Stomach and Bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep
The Children’s Panacea—The Mother's Friend,
The Kind Yon Have Always Bought
Bears the Signature of
In Use For Over 30 Years.
THE CENTAUR COMMN,'. TT MURRAY STREET, NEW YORK CITY.
$100 Downcmd $25 Monthly
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Buy This Pretty Home!
It Has Electric Lights and City Water
D ON’T RENT a house! You can just as easily BUY the hand
some home pictured above! We will SELL it to you on our
DIVIDED PAYMENT PLAN—$100 down and $25 a month. No
mortgage to assume.
This cozy Five-Room House is on a level lot, 100 by 130
feet. Has ELECTRIC LIGHTS and city water. Plenty of shade
trees. There’s a reception room, large dining room with bay win
dow and art glass, kitchen with swinging door, and two bed
rooms. Large veranda on front and side, and latticed porch in
back of house. Good-sized china closet. Golden oak mantels and
* tile.
This house is at CAPITOL VIEW, a nice residential section,
inside of Atlanta’s city limits—only an 18-minute street car ride
from the postoffice!
We shall gladly give full particulars—if you will phone us
or call at our office!
W. D. BEATIE. 207 Equitable Bldg.
Bell, Main 3520 Atlanta Phone 3520
Georgian
Want Ad:
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at Sale
About 150 splendid Hats in Soft and Derbies—Black and Colors—to close
out quickly—
At 95c Each
Regular $3.00 and $3.50 values. These are just odds and ends left from a sea-
son’s selling.
Essig Bros. Co.
Correct Dress for Men
26 Whitehall St.