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BELGIAN KING AND QUEEN LIKELY TO VISIT AMERICA
IL.OS ANGELES, Dec. 13.—Affording
an qbject for deep study by psychol
ogists and criminologists, Gilbert
Gardner, aged 14 gears, has been re
vealed by probation officers as a
£IOO,OOO burglar and one of the most
unusual youthful offenders, in the
history of the 18cal courts.
* Gardner was dechared to have start
ed his career in Venice in 1914, when
bt 10 years old.
Stnce then, money and valuables
stolen by him in nearly every State
of the Union was declared to total
approximately SIOO,OOO in value.
Gardner and his “buddy” of the last
vear, Ernest Randall, 18 years old,
are In custody of Juvenile officers,
However, it was stated that Randall
never took part in the burglaries, but
alded in disposing of loot and in
helping Gardner escape from of
ficers,
Three times the youthful burglar
has eseaped from fails. His ficst es
cape was made from the Alabama
Reform School at Fastlake, Ala., when
13 years old.
Several months agp he was arrest
ed in 101 Paso, but escaped from jafl
The last escape was made from the
'Los Angeles city jail on September
28, The lad is a puzzle to the author
ities. He has freely confessed, they
aay.}Lb a long lits of offenses.
The desk of County Probation Of
ficer J. W. Pibby is piled with letters
received from officers throughout the
Past telling of the activity of Gardner.
Father Was Officer.
- QGardner is the son of a man now
Jiving in Alabama. In 1914 the fam
ily lived at Venice and for a time the
father was a police officer.
At Venice the lad began his career
by stealing several hundred dollars
from stores and concessions. About
this time he went to Pasadena on a
burglary tour and stole some jewelry
from a room in the Maryland Hotel.
He was arrested, but placed on prb
bation. The farhily then moved to Al
abama. N
Next the lad was arrested at Mo
bile, Ala., for burglary. Other thefts
were uncovered there, and he was
sent to the reform school, from which
he escaped.
A letter from \detectives in Bir
mingham said Gardner was ‘‘one of
the cleverest sneak thieves in the
United States.” It told of the theft of
several thousand- dollars’ worth of
jewelry and money there.
Randall’s Story. /
Randall, in his statement, said he
met Gardner in Chattanooga, Tenn.,
and they immediately decided to be
come “buddies.” The next few weeks
took them through Cowan, Nashville,
and Memphis, Tenn. Then they went
through Alabama, where burglaries
were committed in several towns.
Next the lads reached Atlanta, Ga.
and from there went to Jacksonville,
‘where an SBOO diamond ring and other
dewelry were saidto.have been stolen.
On through the South the lads trav
eled. and a short time later were ar
rested in Kansas City. There Ran
@all said he “stalled” the officers and
obtained his “buddy’s” release. y
As the lads walked from the Kan
sas City jail, it was saild, Gardner
went into a near-by rooming house
and robbed several rooms., A few
hours later he obtained $45 from the
safe of a creamery company. ‘
They went to Texas and when Gard
ner was arrested in El Paso the yoiths
became separated. Randall sald he
next heard of Gardner when the lad
escaped from the lLas Angeles city
Jail, |
Gardner was arrested when he ap- |
peared before Juvenile Judge Reeve
in an attempt to obtain the release
of Randall, officers sald
London Paper Sees '
Another German Trick
(Bg International News Service.)
LONDGN, Dec. 13.—The Evening News
,uterday. under a streamer which reads
“Huns' Latest Confidence Trick,” sags
“The German armistice delegates’ re
quest for an extension of the armistice
and the strengthening of the area by
Allleq occupation in order to assist the
authorities is more camouflage. The
real %urnmw is to induse the Entente
to embark upon a wider military scheme
‘yvith rexul!my complications and dif
culties, but tfie reply of the Allies will
be the strict execution of the armistice
terms and guarantees for security of
payments of their claims "™
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Soldiers’ Aid Bureau
Head Is Appoinited
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, . Dec. 13.—The ap
pointment of« Harold le‘m-, of Roches
ter, N. Y., a 8 national .\\uwrinh-nd.-m‘
of all bureaus for aldipg returning sol
diers, sallors and matines In securing
employment, wag announced Thursday
by the Labor Department ldward’
Easton, Jr., of Albany, N. Y., wus ap
pointed assistant superintendent
Four Skate Into Air
Holes and Are Drowned
: (!;ln(omnionnl News Service.)
VANCOUVER, B. (', Dec. 13 -—-Miss
Mny leatherdale, Miss KElia Johngon, |
LesHe Todd and William Southam are
dead at Vernon, B, O toflay a® a resylt
of sWating into air holes in the ice cov
ering Goor Tanlie The soung people
~were skating in the :mrt* and sank
ms the les.and periehfd before a!d‘
Full International News Service.
Deputy Lost Hi
eputy Lost His
Hat and Thief, But
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He Got, Experience
(By International News Service.)
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL., Dec. 13,
Lou McKelly, deputy sheriff at Kel
cyville, L.ake County, came to San
Francisco to have the police here
help him find some c¢racksmen who
robbed the postoffice there,
’McKelly wore a big broad-brim
med white hat with a rattlesnake
skin for a hand. It is a hat he was
proud of. ~ Said he to Detective
George Hippeley:
“TI have shown some of you fel
lows how to hunt for big game up
there in the summer time. Now
you show me about your hunting
ddwn here.” ;
Then they went to dinner in a
fashiohable case. McKelly hung up
his rattlesnake skin hat. They sat
down and ate turkey, while Mec-
Kelly explained about the way the
cracksmen did the job in Kelcy
ville. -
When they had ‘finished McKel
-I¥'s big rattlesnake hat was gone.
There was a row, but it was no use.
The best that Hoppeley could find
out was that 24 woman at the next
~ table had been heard to rémark:
“T woild’ Hk( to have that hat
over there to decorate John's den.”
. McKelly bought a brand-new hat,
called a “beanny,” and went back
| to Keleyville without the cracks
. men, A
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SAVANNAH, Déc. 13.—Four soldiers
now stattoned at Camp Hancock have
mapped out an interesting world tour
which they will undertake upén being
discharged from the army, friends in
Savannah have been advised. Advices
were sent here because the quartet
plans to start upon this tour from Sa
vanah, probably shipping here on some
cargo vessel for some undetermined port.
The four men are F, C. Weld, Walter
R. L. Blackwell, Alvah W. Young and
Walter L. Murphy.
~ According to tentative plans, béside
‘mllling in moset of the civilized partsof of
;»the world, including thesOrient and the
'Occident, the intend to try living on’
some of the uninhabited islands, on
‘which they will grow such foodstuff as
they- may be able to produce. En route
on this tour they will earn their way by
such employment as they may be able
to find.
Frederick Coldon Weld, of New York
City, studied at the Chicago Art Univer
sity, and also the Washington Univer
sity at St. Louis. Prior to his enlistment
he had a studio at Riverside Drive, New
York City.. He took a course in camou
flage work at the State School of Mili
tary Camouflage, New York <ity, and,
entering the service May 6, he came to
Camp Hancock to engage in camouflage
wonk in eonnectjon with machine gun
nery. He is a member also of the Sev
enty-first New York National Guard
Reglment.
Walter R. L. Blackwell hails from Pe
terboro, Ontario, (_'?mum. He is a grad
uate of the University of Toronto and
‘also of Columbia University, New York
City, He is an architect, and at camp
is. in the experimental section. He join
ed the colors May 30,
. Alvad W. Young, of Boston, Mass,,
was employed as a secretary at the time
of enlistment, May 10. For a year prior
t) joining the service he acted as a chief
clerk in the War Department. He was
for four years an assistant movlie direc
tor with the Universal Film Company at
Los Angeles. He is in charge of publi
cations for operations sections at the
machine gun center.
Walter L. Murphy comes from Two
Harbors, Minn., and has a Ph. D. degree
from Hamline University at §t. Paal,
Minn., For six years he was a theatri.
cal manager, operating his own theater,
He also was an inspector of safety and
welfare for the Duluth and Iron Range
Rallroad. At Camp Hancoek he is in |
charge of publications at division head
quarters. ife joined the servite April 16, |
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Forsyth to Get Next ‘
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Baptist State Meeting
MACON, Dec. 13.—Forsyth was se
lected for the next session of the
Georgia Baptist convention at the
closing of its annual convention here.
Efforts to make Macpn the perma
nent meeting place were defeated, as
was the plan to pay delegates,
The Rev. O. C. Gilbert, of Bruns
wick, was electhed to preach the con
vention sermon next vear, with the
Rev. J. M. Haymore, of Jamesville,
alternate.
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Tunnel Bill Not 0. K.'d
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By Senate Committee
(By International News Senvice.)
WASHINGTON, Dec, 13.~The Senate
interstate commerce committee has de
clined to approve the Caller bill for the
construction of a tunne! between New
Jersey and the island of Manhattan,
partly at Government expense.
While refusing to report the bill In its
present form, the committee indicated
ity willingness to approve a measure
that would give permission for the con
struction of the tunnel If the States of
New York and New Jersey wished to
undertake the work entirely at their
own expense. |
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Bayer’s Aspirin Plant
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Sold by Government
(By International News Service.)
ALBANY, N. Y. Dec. 13.-~The Bayer
Company plant in Rensselaer, manufac
turers of Aspirin, was sold Thursday at
auction to the Sterling Remedy Com
pany, of Wheeling. w. Va. This is one
of the German-owned concerns that was
taken over by the Government, and its
snle wig opdered by A, Mitehell Pal.
mer, custodion of alien property, Other
hidders included a number of New
‘}York bankers and combinations of drug
men
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AMERICUS, Dec. 13.—Although
Miss Monica Hill, a pretfy voung
ywoman of New York City, raced 1,500
miles on fast trains to be with the
man she loved, she arrived at the
post hospital at Mouther [‘eld, the
aviation training camp here, only a
few rours after he had diea of influ
enza-pneumonia.
Agiiey Leonard and Miss Hill were
engaged to be marrie when this
country entered. the war with Ger
many, but the wedding wast post
poned, that he might serve his coun
try.
After being sent to Americus for
training as a military flyer, he was
stricken with influenza, which deve!
oped serious (-nnwh-'u.rme\.\ His
fiancce was telegraphed for, and hur
ried southward to be at his bedside.
\\‘thl shie alighted from the train at
Arles, the liailroad station _for the
camp a military gward informed her
Cadet leonard was dead, and an
army automocbile brought her to
Americus, where she viewed the body
repesing in a catket and covered with
a silken flag.
Miss Hill accompanied the body,
which '‘was sent' yesterday to New
Bedford, Muss.,, while a squadron of
airplanes hovered above the traip
bearing the boay away from Ameri
cus.
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) CAMP “GORDON, Deé. 13.—The de
mobilization of the colored casual troops
stationed here, which begliul last Mon
day, reached its heifiht hursday aft
ernoon\when 1,000 colored” soldiers who
had received their discharge papers
congested the street railway traffic for
several hours while leaving the camp
for Atlanta, from where they entrained
for their homes in various parts of the
State.
The physicat examination of she col
ored c?sual troops has been completed
and eXamination’ of the white casyals
was started on a large scale Wed‘*«i—
dy morning. All of sshe white casuals
who live within a radius of 350 miles
of Camp Gordon are being examined
physieally and all vsv}m are in as good
physical condition as”when they entered
the service, will be given discharge
papers beginning next Monday. N N
A large number of Georgia, Florida,
Alabama - and Tennessee men will be
affected by the order for immediate de
mobilization, all men in classes A, B
land C who pass the required physical
condition being eligible for discharge.
This means that all Georgians in this
cantogment whose physical condition
has not deteriorated since entefing the
service, will be discharged in ,ample
time to spend Christmas day at home
and that the old slogan of qettinz the
boys ‘‘out of the trenches by Christ
mas’’ will be made good, at least for
the boys stationed at this camp.
No definite information has been re
celved with réference to dates for the
transfer of other casual troops stationed
here to the cantonments from which
they will be later demobilized. A large
number of lowa, Illinois, Ohio and New
York men are still here and they will
be transferred to the cantonments near
est their homes before being discharged.
It is assumed that this movement will
begin as soon as the discharge of all
local casuals has been completed.
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Commissiongr Can Not
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~ Remove oOil Inspectors
j The office of oil {nspector has been held
'by the Supreme Court to be a public of
fice, although secured by appointment,
and that the holder is not subject to re
moval without official procedure
. This decision was rendered in the case
of Ledbetter va. -Reese, the plaitniff claim
ing that he had been appointed for a term
of two years, and was removed in favor
of Reese when a new Commissioner of
Agriculture took office The plaintiff de¢
clared that /he had complied with the law
in every respect, and his contention that
the commissioner should not have removed
him, was upheld by the Supreme Court
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Y. M .C. A. Plans Feast
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For Gymnasium Classes
The big Y. M. C. A. gymnasium will be
the scene of & banquet and entertainment
for the men’s classes of the association on
the eveping of Thursday, December 19
Arrangements are under the nup-r\isufnl
of Physical Director Barber and an elal- !
orate program of varied stunts is promised. |
An anticipated attendance of over 200 and |
the marked interest which is being mani
fested render it certain that this yoear's
occasion will be the most successful of its |
kind. |
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Dr. J. Sprole Lyons Gets |
Good News From France
. Dr. and Mrs. J. Sprole Lyons had re- |
ceived pleasing informatton Friday con
cerning their two sons in Kurope, lu!
the effect that Chaplain J,. Sprole t._\ ons,
Jr., of the<llßth Infantry, has been dis
charged from the American base hos
pital 19 London s and soon will start
home, &nd that Second Lieutenant Wil
lam. Wallace Lyons has been promoted
to a first lleuetnancy
Lieuetnant Lyons graduated from vh--’
first officers’ tralning school at Fort
McPherson, and has been overseas {m]
the past yegr He has seen muchyac- |
tive servicés, ag has also (‘hnp?mnl
Lyons
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Narcotic Fiend Gels |
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Advice, But No Dope
(By International News Service.)
AKRON, OHIO, Dec, 138 Declaging
he was in torment, an 18. year-old Méxi
can lad who had traveled all the Wiy |
from Kl Paso, Texay appealed to Health
Officer Nésbitt for ?wrmlnslun to obtain
hix customary daily supply of dope, Good |
advice was the pubstitute given the boy I
ALABAMA CONFERENCE CLOSES, 1
COLUMBUS, Dect 13.—A unanimoug
declgion that the next session wit bnl
held at Lanett, Ala,, where couférence
was postponed this vear on account of |
influenza there, and the reselection of
the Rev. J W. Hldre, of Richland, as
presiding clder. closed the annual ses
sion of the Alabama Christian Confer
ance, h"dd at she North Highlands Chris
tian Mhures Lo
ATLANTA, GA.,/FRIDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1918
By JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES,
Staff Representatives of The Atlanta
Georgian,
NEW YOREK; Deec. 13.—Just as
Carter (3lass is made Secretary of the
Treasury in recognition of his expe
T =) rience and ability
ol ,':fir-’*_ as chairman of
§. \\M\,@;\ the banking and
?’(;\,(gv) 5% | currency commit.
$. ¢ B {tee of the House
X B 0 ! Representa
SR ko q tives, Senator
f#% | Robert L. Owen,
@ S ] o f Oklahoma,
8 : ’\*) chairman of “the
i ks] committee on
R By banking and cur
& rency of the Unit
{ ed States Senate,
| is oh his way to
| 3 i} urope to study
| f’ international fi
nanee.and the re
construction prab
e ‘/_r\»/ lems which must
b/ -..'\/ 29 follow peace.
- The FFederal re
serve aat, Kknown as_the YOwen-
Glass Act,” has pfoved %to ,be
the greatest financial gvstem in the
world! It was this act which enabled
the United States to finance the Allies
on“a gigantic scale and to mobilizé
the industries and resources of Amer.
ica at a time vital in the great war
for the liberfies of the world. ~
Senator Owen has just written the
history of the Federal reserve act, in
which it appears that the principles
6f this act were advocated by him in
the public press in 1889, and very
elaborately presented by, him on the
fiodr of the Senate just after the pan
ic of 1907. .
Big Factor in War. 3
The Comptroller of the Cuirency
recently stated_that-this one Measure
won the war-——certainly it was @ pows
erful factor in mobilizing the re
sources of America,
Senator Owen, as chairman .of the
committee on banking and currency
in thd Senate, and Carter Glass,
chairman of the committee on bank
ing apnd currency of the House, engi
neered this act to compiaetion in 1913,
T met Senator Owen at the Astor
Hotel and asked him his purpose in
visiting Europe.
He replied that he was going to Eu
rope to study international finance
with’a view to proving the necessity
for a Federal reoserve foreign bank;
that such a bank was needed to fur
nish banking accommodations to
American ecommerce throughout the
world, and to establish the American
dollar at p?r in the financial centers
of the world, o as to make the Amer
ican dollar the preferred measure of
international contracts, and make
New York what it ought to be, the
great financial world center
He said he Intended also tq study
the methods of (heat Britain and
France ift their_reconstruction plans,
s 0 as to bring so America some con
crete suggestions that might be use
ful in establishing' and maintaining
American prosperity, in keeping men
‘prnm:nhl_\' employed, and 4 prevent
ing fallen prices or industrial de
! pression.
| Not Partisan Problem.
lafikf.\«?tho Senator what would be
the effect orr his plans of & Republi
can Congress coming in affer the 4th
,us March., He replied the reconstruc
' tion problems ought not to be treated
| in a partisan way; that he could gol
| laborate and would be glad to eollabe
orate with the Repoablican Progres
| sives indoing the things necessary to
| keep American lahor profitably em
f ployed.
i I asked €im what he thought was
the cause of the defeat of the Demo
erats in November? He replied that
there were sevaeral contributing
causes: First, the people had been
greatly irritated by Garfield, Hoover,
by the war trade board, by priority
orders, by interferencé with indus
tries through the stopping of non
essential industries, and while these
measures seemod to be unavoidable
for proper concentration for war and
to give the right of way for war ma
terials, nevertheless it offended many
men who could no* realize th®™wrgen
cy of the wag A>mands,
Morecover, 1o said, the Repubhicans
had been carrving on a qiuet but
skilful campaign with th» usual ar
guments of clever politctens, whieh,
to a considerabl extont, misrepre
sented the administration
But the great factor in the defeat,
e sald, was the letter 6f President
Wilson and his interference in va
riovs States with local elections
Incerised Republicans.
He thought the President's letter
greatly incensed «the Republican u.;x-i
zeng, who, until that time, were quies
cent” or friendly to the .administra |
tion; but, rightfully or wrongfully, |
they regarded the President’s u-rl'vl
as unappreciative of the loyal support
they had given *‘he administration in
the great war meaSures, LThe Sena
tor sald:
You will remember thar the comn
try was under the impression that the
President had declared polities ad
journed, and it had interpreted this
phrase as meaning that partisanship
would be avoided during the period of
the war,
“When he made a partisan appeal
within the last week preceding the
election and sopght the election of
Democrate on the gole ground that
they were Democratio candidates and
opposed Republicgns on the ole
sroungd that they were Republicgns
without digeriminating as to u\,nl
they stood for, it naturally incen MS‘
the Republicans and even offended |
many Dermeerats
“T know a number of Democrats
who dellberately voted the Republi
oan ticket hecause of their dnger at
this letter, and the Republicans oub
West heeame intensely active in the
laxt woeek before the elegtion
1 greatly regretted the |~.~«n.mrfil
[P thiu Intter hesniiea in mv .own
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Don’t let thig happen in Atlanta this Christmas, fellows! It will, though, unless Atlanta
opens its big heart and its purse to the greatest apepal in the world—the appedl o boys and girls
whom Santa Claus is likely to forget, unless he is remmded by your dimes and dollars,
The spirit of the Little Boy has
come again to bless the Emgpty
Stocking Fund and make it a holy
and tender thing. v
You don’t know ahout the Little
Boy? v
' Here is the story, reprinted from
The Georgian of December 15, 1917,
when it appeared In the Saturday
Evening eolumn of James B. Nevin:
A LITTLE BOY.
Along about this time every-year
there comes to The Georgian office &
letter containing a ¢heélk for $lO, and
a slip upon which is written, *“ln
memory of a little boy,” 4
The check' is for the Empty Stock
ing Fund, and the name of the sender
Is not known to any person in The
Georgian office, \
Somehow we have come to center
pretty much the whole spirit of the
Empty Stocking Fund about this an
nual remombrance. It seems to carry
within itself alone just about ali tßers
is to be said in bebalf of the work,
The money Is assembled entirety
and wholly for the sake of little boyp
and girls—thal they may know some.
thing of Ranta Claue, We geareh out
the very, very poor- generally speak.
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State, | had dppealed to the Defmo
eratic organlzation to raise no par
tisan issues in the State, and to
avold all partisan bitternesg, for the
réagon that our boys, regardless of
political ospinfons, were fighting «ide
by side the batties of liherty and elv
thization, and cur prople at home
should not be embroiled in partisan
M"Hfl- A wine thn wae it
Tasued Daily and Hhtered as Second-Class Matfer at
the Postoflice at Atlanta Under Act of March 3, 1879
ing, the homes wek enter with thls
sunshine and Christmas Jaeer are
homes that otherwise would know
nothing of the game, :
You see little boys and little girls
are pretty much the same the worlo
over. The little boy of the poor s
Yjust a little boy the same as the little
boy of the rich] enjoys the same
things/and plays ‘ln the same way.
He wants o grow up and be a big
man like his daddy the same as the
little rich boy wants to grow up and
be a big mian like HIS daddy. In the
eyes of all ligtle boys their vory‘ywn
‘daddies are the best agd most won
derful daddies to be found anywhere,
The Way It Should Be.
: 'rm:f'.- one of the nn% and dandy
thingd the very own da dulyl of this
world have the privilege ind oppor
tunity of being proud of,
If_you had had a little boy, a very
little boy, possibly with #rluht blue
eves, and mayba curly hafr—and one
day he passed away and . left you
wondering why,"all unable to under
stand, you would miss his ‘precious
little presence along about Clwistmas
‘e ¢ taere than you ever had, per
haps. And when you saw other little
boys, bright-eyed and hapny, romp-,
iner and making themselves rackety
and noisy all over creation, it would
ralse w mighty - big lump in your
throat when you reculled your OWN
little boy of the long ago and happy
yesterday. There would be an'added
and emphasgized gtief in your heart ts
'mur‘,nmu private and intimate grief
kept!quite te yourself far the most
ety for you couldn't make anyhody
really understand, anywny.
. Froct n«q;«‘{yfic sAR By nbbn e
EEEENE)
SECTION)
bad, so heartbhreaking, If, in the phys
jeal absence of the dear, dewd little
one of your very owr you could onca
more recall his sweet spirit to yvour
gide and have him contemplate with
you in silence the joy a little bit ot
that thing we cxll “money” hgd pro
dueced for a lot of little boys here on
earth,
3 Whose Boy?
"1 do not know whose dear little boy
it was that is called to memory
through our Empty* Stocking Funa
every vear sg t¢nderly, but 1 am sure
he was a sweet and precious little
boy, and I know his mother and his
father loved him very, very much and
are sad and lomely without h to
day.
Put I also feel that the day-will be
made brighter for them in the knowl
edge that the bit of money they in
trusted to our care “in memory of a
little boy” will be very tenderly and
very carefully placed where, it will
make old Santa Claus a reality, a joy
end undigputed fact
To this lonely mother and father—
“somewhere In Atlanta”--The Geor
gian gives assurance that their Httfi'
memaory hoy's spirit, in all of its qua
ity of brightness and gladnbss, shall
be roaming among the very poor lit.
tie children on Christ's birthday to
make that day brighter and more
Joyful for them. ‘They may be wure
ok that.
It's the hest work The Georgian
does of the three nungred and sixty
five days of the yéars-the very hest
this Kmpty, Btocking Fund 3 :
And it I\ft pretty well all done “in
memory of a “P’ hoy'' whose name
wn My b ssinm ey % =
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By JOHN T. PARKERSON,
Staff Carrespondent of the . N, 8.
LONDON, Pec. 13.~~America mMay
be visited by «King Albert gand Quecn
Klizabeih, of Belgium, next veir,
While no defini irrange.nenté have
, heen made, "It is expected that f
Pregident Wilson - visit Brussecls,
which Belgians are taking for grant
cd. Jormal annonns "l’i\l‘hl Wil b made
that the Belgian raler will retury
the visit :
King Albert is l'nown o e desip
ous of persenally «xpre inr his grats
itude for’ Nierica’s aid. He often
referg to hi Vvisit to Americn as
Leporter, befor iscending Vu.l throne;
15 one of the mu pleasant ovenis ol
his life
Both King Albert end «powen Elis
beth areé keenly interested in Ameris
can attivities, They ars famil a
with the literature of the conniry Yad
enjoy reading . American newspiipers
and magazing
' The éntife time of the King now s
ml\n:n\np with problems of recon
struetfon, to which he ‘has devoted
special study, even while leading his
armies diiring the latten days ol the
war. -
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Hotel Men to Meet in
3 ] S
Atlanta Next Summer
COLUMBUS, bec. 13 A degision’ to
hold the midswmmer session at Atlanta,
bul no agreement as to the next annusi
meeting place, although Americus,” Ma-
L con and- Gainesville ' sent invitations,
were outstanding features of the ses
sion of the Georgia Hotel Men's Assogia
tion, which €losed late yesterday. The
following committeess were appointed
Legislative, T. W, Hooks, of Maecon
chaitman; J. Lee Barwes, Atlanta; LJ,
Durken, Atlanta; J. W. Andrews, Las
Grange; J. A. Hobbs, Gainesville. Kx»
ecutive, C. A. Creighton, of Allanta,
chairman; G. ‘Kuhn} Atlanta; Homee
Geiger, Savannah; O. W, "Uunnell. Co
jumbus; 8. J. Newecomb, Augusta; K ¥
Powell, Macdn
' B C lu
Grant Buys Connatly
Property on Broad St.
Owneiship of the entize block bounded
by Alabama, Broad and Whitehall streety
and the rallroad, with the exception of
three puildings, has been obtained by Jehu
W. Grant through his purchase of the hals
interest of Mrs Mary V. Connelly in ths
property at Nos.' 2 and 4 sSouth Broad, K
was announced Friday I'he three exceps
tions are the bujldings occupied by Wools
worth's store, the Liggett Drug Store, wnd
the Lipen- Store :
Mr., Grant paid $2,000 a front foot for
the Broad street property, or a tolal of
$65,000 He gave as part payment a log
in’ Peachtree road, valued at 37,000, The
sule was made by Thomas W, Connatlyy
acting for his mothe
Tick ¢ tine F
Tick Quarantine Frees
”~ » ¢ .- 5 ' .
7,186 Miles in (reorgia
David Houston, Secretary of the
United States Bepartment of Agriculs
ture, has ongratulated Georgia,
through Governor Dorsey, for its good
secord im fighting the cattle tick, with
especial elerence to the action gs (})h
veterinarian a week or so ago in hft
ing the quarantine from twenty ‘coun
ties The' Nfting of the Quarantine
has freed 7,186 square miles of land
in the State for free q\ttlp develop
ment
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Brown Declares Cotton
A » .
‘ Estimate Too High
| The Government estimate Axing
the South’'s cotton crop for 1918 at
11,700,000 bales is too high, in the
cpinion of J. J. Brown, who declares
that the crop will not run more than
11,500,000 bales, As head of the Cot
ton States Advisory Marketing Board,
- Mr. Brown has had ample opportunity
to get inside Information on every
phiase of the cotton hdustry,
y ¢ 4
Flag Raising Day Is
Observed at Benning
COLUMBLUS, Dec. 13.-—An +inspiring
address by George O, Palmer and music
by the Fort Benning band fegtured flag
day at Fort Beanning ywtpr&ug Miss
\nna Caroline Benning, daug ‘ter of
General Benning, for whom the camp
was namaed, raised a beautiful American
flag at the eamp, following Its pre
entation by Mrs. Rhodes Hrowno.(gren
tdent of the Women's Federated Clubs,
and an address of acceptance by Colonel
Bames, commandant of she camp.
$4,000,000,000 Unaudited
~ Accounts ,Says MecAdoo
(By International News O_Kv‘mo.) -
i WASHINGTON, Dec. 13- re Are
in_the acconnts division of the
‘fur the War Department ’
lln unaudited acoounts, with more
to com ccording o correspondence
submitted to the House 'nmnd:{ by
Secretary MeAdoo nm:crdlv:# war claims
civil und mdlitary <mmcluding those of
soldiery’ relatives
.
Talbotton Man Dies
y
Suddenly at Columbus
COMUMBLUS, Dee 11-1, R, Catler,
60, fell on the strepl here today, deing
two hbuge fnter o' the City Hespital
i x\ymP‘-u Snsciousness, o
onight the police fout (% 4
was a W e‘!x .
"ot "1 e o o » *-!mm