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VOL. XVI
BAPTISTS WILL CELEBRATE DRIVE VICTORY SUNDAY
By CORINNE CHISHOLM,
Several hundred dollars increase is
promised the Empty Stocking ¥Fund
this week as the proceeds of enter
tainment features being presented on
the streets of Atlanta by Jimmy Mec-
Gowan in Leo Feist's latest song
hits, and bv little Miss Margaret
Mozley, who is presenting a program
of songs and dances at th Alamo
Theater for the benefit of the fund.
Several other schemes for helping
the fund are 'in the offing, Herbert
and Lillian Varner having planned a
# ckildren’s party to which they will
# charge admission, and W. A, Hug
ggins. the lightning cartoonist, hav
!? ing offered his services to “go any
i where and draw as many pictures as
- you may wish, that there may not be
s+ an empty stocking in Atlanta.”
¢ Among the large subscriptions just
received is one from John A. Man
gei, accompanied by this letter: 5
“Of all the charities I am inter
ested in, I think your annual cus
tom of making Christmas bright for
the poor and needy is the finest.
Inclosed please find check for SIOO,
Assuring you of my deep appreciation
of this splendid work, I am, very
truly yours.
(signed) “JOHN A MANGET.”
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Safety Supervisor
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Visitor in Atlanta
H. A. Adams, region supervisor of
sofety for the Central-Western Re
gion, with headquarters at Chicago,
was a business visitor in Atlanta
Wednesday. He held a conference
with Charles M. Anderson, regional
safety supervisor for the Southern
Region, at Mr. Anderson’'s offices in
the Healey Building.
The Central-Western Region rank
ed next to the Southern Region dur
ing the recent national railroad ac
cident prevention drive, the Southern
Region leading the entire United
States in actual jperformance.
S. 8. Morris, chairman of the gen
eral safety committee of the Illinois
Central Railroad, headquarters at
Chicago, and Robert Scott, superin
tondent of the safety department of
the Atlantic Coast lines, headqparters
at Wilmington, N. C,, also were in At
larta in conference with Mr. Ander
son .
D. H. Beatiy, superintendent of
safety for the Southern Railroad
lines, conferred with Mr. Anderson
relative to grade crossing matters.
Mr.' Beatty is a member of the grade
crossing committee of the railroad
administration’s safety department.
Mercer on Job as
s ¢ .
Georgia ‘Dry’ Officer
Col. Jesse Mercer of Fitzgerald, re
cently appointed chief inspector for
Georgia under the national prohibi
tion act to assist in the enforcement
of the prohibition laws in this State,
arrived in Atlanta from Washington
Wednesday afternoon to assume his
new duties.
Colonel Mercer will work in co
operation with John M. Vandiver of
Rome, supervisor of prohibition en
forcement for Georgia, and left Wed
resday night for Rome to hold a
conference with Mr. Vandiver.
Colonel Mercer announced that a
conferegce on prohibition enforce
ment w&l be held Saturday morning
‘ in the dffice of A. O. Blalock in
ternal rdvenue collector in the Fed
" eral Building, which will be attended
by Mr. Vandiver, Mr. Blalock, D. J.
Gantt, federal supervisor for prohi
bition enforcement in the Southeast,
and Colonel Mercer.
Two assistant inspectors to assist
in the work, one resident in North
Georgia, and the other in South
GGeorgia, will be appointed soon by
Commissioner Roper, Colonel Mercer
announced.
Macon Alderman Would
Enforce City ‘Blue Laws’
MACON, Dec. 4.—Luther Williams,
alderman, the only anti-administra
tion member of city counecil, has
started ‘a movement to have the
“blue laws” more rigidly enforced in
Macon. He favors closing everything
on SundayY except a few necessary
drug stores where drugs only can be
sold. G. P. Rankin is backing him
in his efforts to have the “lid" put
on. .
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Lew-i;lerwl Machine
¢ n Shown on Street
The Lewis aerial machine gun
that has been on display at the
United States navy recruiting of
fice has been moved to the street
in front of the Savoy Theater, where
it will be exhibited for several days.
It was brought here by Lieutenant
Matteson, a naval flyer during the
war, from the station at Pensacola,
and is like all of the machine guns
that wera used on army and navy
planes during the war,
S. Dakota Legislature
Ratifies Suffrage
(By International News Service.)
PIERRE, 8. D., Dec. 4.—The State
Senate ratified the suffrage amend
ment at 12:01 a. m. today. The House
passad the amendment late vesterday.
Thhe vote in both the House and
the Senate was unanimous.
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! Action of the State Federation of
’Women‘s Clubs in indorsing suffrage
at its recent meeting in Columbus is
expected to be a heated issue at the
meeting of the executlve board in
January.
Adoption of a resolution favoring
suffrage has aroused the ire of sev
‘erul prominent leaders in the federa
|tion. especially the Macon delegation,
and they have ‘sent open letters to
all federated club presidents urging’
that they withdraw from the federa
tion.
Leaders in this movement in the
Sixth District are Mrs. J.. H. Riley,
president Jones County Federation;
Mrs. A. O. Murphey, president Barnes
ville Civic League; Mrs. Walter D.
Lamar, vice president Macon City
Federation and Macon’s Clubs; Mrs.
D. C. Horgan, corresponding secretary
to the committee, Macon; Mrs. Wal
ter Grace, Mrs. R. T. Taylor and Mrs.
E. W. Gould of the Macon Rotary
’L‘lu'l) and Mrs, Bruce Carr Jones, cor
responding secretary of the Georgia
Federation of Women'’s Clubs.
The women have as their reason
for withdrawing from the rederation
an open gpposition to suffrage, claim
ing that suffrage has no part in the
{ plans and works of the Georgia Fed
eration of Women’s Clubs, which
should be non-political and non-sec
tarian.
A majority of the leading women of
the Georgia Federation of Woman's
Clubs strongly favor suffrage, it is
said.
I Mrs. J. E. Hays, the new State
president of the federation, will be
lusked by a few of the clubts of the
federation to rescind the action of the
federation at the Columbus conven=-
tion when the board meets in Jan
uary.
Mrs. Bruce Carr Jones, former
president of the Sixth District
of Women’s Ciubs, said she, could no
longer remain in the federation and
Iknop faith with the eclubs she has
brought into the federation since the
lfederation has become a political ma
chine.
Atlanta Hotel Men Go
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To Convention at Macon
Twenty Atlanta hotel and restau
rant men, headed by Y. C. Royer
and Fred - Houser, left Atlanta at
7:50 o'clock Thursday morning for
Macon, where they will take part in|
the program of the thirteenth annual |
convention of the Georgia Hotel
Men’s Association. Mr. Royer |is
president of the organization. ‘
Among the Atlanta men who left
on the trip were W. C. Royer, Fred
Houser, J. E. Raley, Frank T. Rey
nolds, Charles Loridans, A. H. Waite,
Ansley Hotel; H, A. Tisdell, Aragon;
J. F. de Jarnette, Cecil; J. N. Couch,
Georgian Terrace; Hugh Galvin, Im
perial; C. 1. Dinkler, Kimball; Gus
tav Kuhn, XKuhn's; J Lee Barnes,
Majestic; J. G. Brown, Marion; J. P.
Stewart, Princeton; Henry Silver
man, Silverman’'s Restaurant; E. W,
Pressler, Pressler's; Bruno BuKofzer,
Terminal Restaurant; Wallace Boyd,
Terminal Hn?ol; E. L. Thornton, At
lanta Athletic Club; A. B. Moody,
Winecoff; Will V. Zimmer, Kimball
House Farm; IL.eo M. Jordan, attor
ney.
Mayors of Suburbs |
| Opposed to Merger
| EAST POINT, Dec.-4.—Judge R.
| . Thompson of East Point, Dr. W,
!l-‘. Wells of Hapeville, and S. A, John
{son of College Park, the three south
'side mayors, are opposed to the pro
posed merger 2f the Multon County
government with the government of
‘lhu city of Atlanta. The mayors say
|they are satisfied, and they believe
[the people are satisfied with the con
|ditions, since they have almost all of
the conveniences. ; 1 L
(Va‘n Valkenburg Wins |
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Over Long in Decatur
1 J. B. Van Valkenburg Jr. 'was suc
-1('1-5:&1‘11] over A, W, Long in Decatur's
|one councilmanic contest Wednesday
{in the general election. Van Valken
il.ur;: received 146 votes, and Long
121.
. Without opposition L. J. Steele was
;ro-vlt-(‘ufd as mayor and W. W, Free
born, N. G. Goss and John A. Camp
‘hvll as councilmen,
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Rome Elects Hamilton
.
To Succeed Vandiver
l ROME, Dec, 4-—Judge Harper
| Hamilton was elected successor to
| John M. Vandiver on the board of
| city commissioners from the Second
| Ward, defeating Samuel M, Lowry
|by a vote of 129 to 84, Judge Hamil
| ton will take office at the meeting
of the city commission Thursday
lmght.
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Miss Willie Maude Ballenger,
formerly nurse in an Atlanta hos
pital, and who was bequeathed a
large sum of money in the will of
the late Charles E. Currier, for sev
eral years president of the Atlanta
National Bank, has been made de
fendant in a suit for $200,000 for
alienation of her husband’'s affec
tions, filed in the Supreme Court of
New York by Mrs. Adele G. Sea
mans, wife of Merritt G. Seamans,
formerly of Atlanta.
The three principals in the suit
are well known in Atlanta. Miss Bal;
lenger was popular and stood higa
in the estimation of the nurses cos
Atlanta. She was engaged as nurse
for Mr. Currier during, his last ill
ness and performed her duties ¢o
faithfully that in his will he left her
the bulk of his estate.
Relatives of Mr. Currier threatened
to contest the will and a compromise,
variously estimated to involve from
SIOO,OOO to $250,000 as Miss Bal
lenger’'s share, was agreed on.
Mr. and Mrs. Seamans came to At
lanta from Barnesville several years
ago and Mr, Seamans was branch
mgnager *for Ballard and Ballard,
flour dealers, 290 Marietta street, un
til July, 1915,
Miss Ballenger, it is said, became
acquainted with the Seamans family
when she was engaged as a nurse
for Mrs. Seamans. Mr. Seamans dis
appeared from his home March 28,
1917, it is said, and Mrs. Seamans
heard nothing from him until June,
1918, when he is reported to have
sent her a message to join him in
Washington, with their young
daughter, which she did and a recon
ciliation was effected.
According to reports from New
York, Mr. Seamans again left home
last July and Mrs. Seamans, with
the aid of detectives, traced her hus
band and Miss Ballenger to 334 West
Fifty-eighth street, New York. ‘
In her suit against Miss Ballenger
the wife says that she and her hus
band lived happily together until
1917, when Miss Ballenger “by means
of wiles and money,” alienated his
affections. She also charges the
nurse induced Seamans to desert his
wife and child last July. |
Act‘or?ing‘ to the New York dis
patches " Miss Ballenger was servedi
with notice of the suit while she!
was dining with Seamans in a res-|
taurant at 354 West Fifty-eighth
street, Mrs. Seamans taking her law
yer there and witnessing the serv~‘
ing of the papers.
At the same time notice was
served on Seamans, directing him to 4
appear in the court of domestic re
lations and show cause why he could
not provide for the support of his
wife and 13-year-old daughter.
Seamans, it is reported, did not
appear in court to answer the sum
mons and at the house where it was
alleged he and Miss Ballenger lived,
it was said they had left in a taxi
cab. .
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U. S. Expert to Aid in
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Timber Tax Vauation
(arl Stevens, forest valuation en
gineer in the government service,
is in Atlanta until December 6 to
assist taxpayers in th.e timber in
dustry.
Lumbermen and all taxpayers
having anything .to do with forest
product work may have the assist‘-
ance of Mr. Stevens in listing their
properties for tax valuation, He
will remain at the internal revenue
collector’s office in the TFederal
Building during his time in At
lanta.
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Civil Service Exams
To Be Held January 6
Two examinations to be held Jan
nary 6 were announced Wednea(!ay
by the Fifth Civil Service District,
room No. 514, Postoffice Building.
They are for a mechanical engineer
at a salary of $7.28 daily, and an as
sociate physicist qualified in aero
nautics at a salary of 33.0‘07‘7)_‘_\!0‘1!'_1_)'- =
17 More Days to Christmas
Department
And Big Store Help
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{The best of them 'd'?(’“ they
X want employment w" “for it
\ under « (g“« hoadifig" 4\""‘
Wiapteaw rin % the * Wapt i
eolumng 6. The Gedrgian, gpd
v ! Amerigan, - 1 feed ffog, u
«to run shboeiMahded, el
these » mtelllum ‘worlgers ‘yaqu
have ' ' pesitions " f& them
through THWe Georginon and
American’s Want Ad columns.
Many employers have discovs
ered that they can easily ob
tain competent help through
The Georgian and American—
the newspaper that goes into
more than 60,000 worth-while
homes daily, over 100,000 Sun
day.
These messengers will quickly
bring vou desirable people,
l.eave an ad describing your
needs with, or
Telephone It to The
Georgian and American
! Bell Phone Main 100.
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Mrs. Victor Kriegshaber, president of the Y. W. H. A, admiring her loving cup. On her right is Miss
Gertrude Bergman, and on the left Is Miss Esther Boorstein, in costume.
An unprecedented lack of interest
in the general election of Wednesday
was revealed:by figures announded at
noon Thursday by City Clerk Walter
C. Taylor, showing that only * 366
persons of more than 16,000 qualified
to vote cast their ballots.
The vote was heaviest in the Fifth
Ward, where fifty-five votes were
cast, There were no opposition can
didates to those named in the Sep
tember primary, but several candi
cates’ names- were scratched on in
ldivldual ballots, ’
From the opening of the polls un
til well past 2 o’clock hardly more
than the managers and clerks at the
polling places had voted. Various
persons about the City Hall, upon
hearing this became active and there
were numerous* telephone calls so
that the waning hours were marked
by increased balloting.
The usual election day rumor was
current that an effort would be made
late in the afternoon by designing
persons to holt the primary and put
over irregular candidates. But, as
usual, it proved to be unfounded.
Half of the 1920 general council, a
member of the Board of Education
and a general manager of water
works, all primary nominees, were
elected. They were:
School Commissioner — Paul T.
Fleming. General Manager Water
works—W. Zode Smith. Alderman
Third Ward—Charles L. Chosewood.
Alderman Fourth Ward—Alderman
David R. Wilder. Adderman Seventh
Ward—Alderman W, 8. Richardson.
Alderman Eighth Ward--E. Harry
Goodhart, and Alderman Eleventh
Ward-—Councilman J. L. Carpenter.
Councilman First Ward-Council=-
man T. A. Conger. Councilman Sec
ond Ward-—Councilman Al H, Mar
tin. Councilman Third Ward—Fred
R. Wooddall, Councilman Fourth
Ward—Councilman I. Ashley. Coun
cilman Fifth Ward-—Councilman Dr.
J. B. Golden, Councilman Sixth
Wgrd—Alvin L. Richards, Council
ma‘?n seventh Ward--C, C, Baggs.
Councilman Eighth Ward-—Council
man W. D. Hoffman. Councilman
Ninth Ward--Robert H. Jongs,
Councilman Tenth Ward—Frank
Qalloway. Councilmen From Elev
enth Ward—J. C. Murphy and J.
H. Olson.
Stone Mountain Plans
$50,000 Bond Issue
Stone Mméwu'uu will vote next
A
h op “"“9'00%","’?‘," Jdssie. for
Whigrworks tand “severage’ #ystéms,
and hegi‘)u‘;pnew mevement, to put
herself. Son the fmapy? ,it ‘:}’m an
nounted ".I‘h\xrl’difil‘ by {(faty N fapess,
Atlapta lawylgr and Stone Mountain
rogldent, who'on ‘Wednesday wasd
eleeted mayor.
Mr., Guess had no opposition, nor
did the other candidates, who were
J. D. McCurdy, alderman; Dr, V. H.
Osborn, E, D, Jordan and P, E. Mec-
Curdy, councilmen,
.
Jury Trials Suspended
In Ireland, Says Dublin
I.ONDON, Dec. 4 —The cabinet has
suspended jury trials in all cases of
’vmlem‘o in Ireland, substituting
[(hren judges to hear all such charges,
said a Dublin dispatch to the Dally
| Express today.
|" The cabinet is now more concerned
|in ending the wave of viglence which
| followed the proclamation suppressing
| the Sinn Fein than in finishing the
Home Rule bill, aceording to |the
Daily Express,
Mrs. Vietor Kriegshaber Is Given Beautiful
Token of Esteem by Y. W. H. A, Girls.
Mrs. Victer Kriegshaber, president
of the Young Woman’s Hebrew As
scciation, is proudly exhibiting a lov.
ing cup given her Wedanesday even
ing at an entertainment under the
auspices of the association.
The cup, which was presented to
Mrs. Kriegshaber by the girls of the
association, bears the following in
scription: g
“Te Mrs. Victor Kriegshaber. from
I'er loving girls, Young Woman's He
brew Association, December 3, 1919,
Atlanta, Ga.”
The entertainment Wednesday
night was one of a series hegun last
summer in the interest.of a cam
paign to raise sufficient funds to
erect a permanent home for the as
sociation. The girls of the Y. W.
H. A. were active in all war work in
Atlanta, and it was the intense in
terest shown in this cause which in
srired the leaders to launch a cam
paign for their home. -
The entertainment was given at
the Jewish Kducational Alliance
quarters, and opened with a musical
relection by Miss Evelyn Rubenstein.
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, Dee. 4-—lnvesti
gation of charges made by Senator
Watson, Republican, of Indiana,
against the Federal Trade Commis
sion will begin before the first of
the year.
The resolution passed by the Sen
ate provides investigation of the com.
mission’s general activities as well as
alleged spreading of Socialistic and
bolshevik propaganda,
The investigation will be exhaus
tive, according to Senator Watson,
who will be chairman of the sub
committee oof the Interstate Com
merce Committee to conduct the in
vestigation
“The probe will take at least two
months,” {Watson.said todgay.;, “We
are going intg évery phase vs she dit
natlon. . Employees ¢f ' the 'Federal
*rm.gh»'(‘ummluflfon are ln:c:uf-d in (*hi
t‘i}'xu. The committeg may, g 0 there
‘Yo jnvestigate the detivities.: !
“T am in #Hctord with the amend
ment to my resolution introduced by
Senator Cummins, It broadens the
scope of the investigation to every
activity of the Federal Trade Cem
mission.”
“The Federal Trade Commission
welcomes the investigation” Commis
sioner William B, Colver declared to
day, “and the more thorough that in
vestigation i 8 the happier it will make
us all. The commission can lose
nothing by it and can gain much. It
will set us right before the people”
Charges had been leveled at the
commission, Colver said, by various
big business organizations, The com
missioners had been charged with
being conservatives, radicals, reds
and bolsheviki and now, he said, he
and the other memberg of the com
mission feel g:r the time for vindi
cation has corhe.
Miss Ceha Weinstock, *vice president
of the association, was chairman of
the entertainmient committee.
Popular songs were sung by Hy
man Cohen and J. McGowan. Mr.
Cohen was accomranied on the piang
by IMiss Sarah Cohen. M. Green
blach also appeared on the program,
and Charley Miller presented the cup
t 0 Mrs. Kriegshaber., The presenta
tion was preceded by #* mock presen
tation, which c¢aused many {(ears
amcng the girls. Only a few persons
were let in on the secret. and when
the girl bearing a silver waiter on
which was placed a gléss dish stum
bled and fell, breaking the gish, fol
lowed by a reprimand from Mr, Mil
ler, many of the girls hegan to cry.
Their joy on learning that this was
done only through fun amply paid
o6r their sorrow.
The entertainment closed with
darcing and the serving of refresh
ments.
The other officers of the associa
tlon are Miss Edith Cohen,. corre
sponding secretary; Miss Bertha
Sherman, recording secretary, and
Mrs. Hyman Jacobs, treasurer.
Official word reached the mayor's
office Thursaay from Washington
that all of the government's surplus
store of frozen beef, amounting to
34,215,000 pounds, will be disposed of
by the war department to retailers
and others dealing directly with the
public.
The agencies agreed to by the gov
ernment are municipal governments,
community buying organizations, mu
ileipal, county or State institutions,
hotels: or restaurants, retailers, ‘‘or
any otHer buyers who purchase for
Immediate domestic distribution or
consumntion.”
It will be sold at 20 per cent less
ttan the Chicago quotations on
dressed beef, medium steers and
lx'hlu{l) will be shipped f, o, b, Chi
cago. After January 15 all remain
ing beel will be disposed of “to the
‘lwsl :ul\':nnl:mvfl the government,”
presumptively {6 whelesalers
l Mayor Key announced his willing
ness to det As agent for any person
ar codeern . which s qualified. No
Hmit "apparently js- placed on -the
!uu:ultitwu which may be purchared
gther than a minimum of a‘carload
~ul',:m,()ml pounds. , The sale is ' de
clared to e general, rather than sec
| tional, and that all might be pur
| chared in any one locality or region,
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' Ohio’s Vote Will Not
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Delay Dry Enforcement
(By International News Service.)
WASBSHINGTON, Dec. 4.--Ohio's
|\m»- against ratification of the pro
!h;’hill’nn amendment will not delay
| tl e enforceinent of that law, the de
|p.|r!m--nl of Justice announced today
The fact that the secretary of state
included Ohio among states as hav
ing ratified the amendment in the
proclamation of the law will not
| make .t necessary for a new procla
| mation so be issued, Assistant At
‘lnrvu-y Cereral Friersgon said, Suffi
cient States have ratified the amend
ment to make the proclamation legal,
it was sald.
Issue<d Dally, and Entered as Becond Class Matter at
the Postoffioe at Atlanta Under Act of March 3, 1879
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Cheer Up!
By JOHN KENDEICK BANGS.
THE INNER SPARK.,
Way down deep inside o' you
Beyond- the outer pride o' you
There lies a spark of lighi
That spite of all the clod in you
Is evidence of God in yo
To lead yot to the height.
It matters little what you are,
If 'mongst the great or not ye i
are, ¢
That spark divine is there,
And if you'll let it burn away,
And never from it turn away,
"T'will lift you from your care.
And place you on ‘he heights of
earth,
Among the shining lights of
earth,
A Leader of your Day,
And on some{morn.victorious -
Life's laurel green and glorious
Will crown your upward way.
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The executive committee of the
Mayor's Citizens’ Commission in
charge of General Pershing’s racep
tion will meet at 10 o'clock Friday
at the Chamber of Commerce to go
over the program arranged Wed
nesday and complete details. ‘
But little remains to be done, it
was said Thursday by Mrs. Samuel
M. Inman, vice chairman of the com
mission. Decoration of the city is to
be launched. Finances are to be ar
ranged by speclal committees. Mayor
Key Thursday renewed his request
of merchants to place bunting and
flags lavishly on the fronts of their
business places. The streets also are
to be decorated,
General Pershing will e greeted
l”“ his arrival December 10 by Brig.
Gen. W, P. Richardson of Camp Gor
don, and his first public appearance
will be at the Elks’ banquet whare
John 8. McClelland, exalted ruler,
will be toastmaster,
1 He will inspect Camp Gordon, re
turning to the Georgian Térrace for
Ilhv parade which starts at 11:80
o'clock December 11, ‘The line of
march extends to Fort McPherson,
Police and members of the American
Legion will be drawn up downtown,
and several blocks will be rescrved
for the school chidren.
There will be a formal reception
in the evening at the Piedmont Driv
ing Club,
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State Delays Action in
o
Wilcox County Taxes
Comptroller General Willlam .
Wright will take no action against
W. N. Hutchinson as tax collector of
Wilcox County. . ‘
The commissioners of \mlcoxi
(’;unty have applied for an inJunc-‘
tfon to prevent Hutchinson from col
lecting the 1919 taxes. The applica- |
Itinn is scheduled for hearing Thurs
day at Abbeville
Comptroller Wright recently re
ceived a report from the auditors
who checked the books of the county
collector, which shows that Hutch
inson owes the State $4,207.50 in
special back taxes since 1915, This is
based on the record of registration
in the ordinary's office of Wilcox
County.
Comptroller Wright has demanded
payment. He received a letter in
reply from the office of the collector
saying that Hutchinson had begen
very ill and would attend to matter
as soon as hz was able.
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Dykes in Conference
.
' On Illiteracy Program
l A conference for furthering the
work against illiteracy in Atlanta
'Thursdly afternoon between W, F,
[l)ykpx, superintendent of the city
| school systemn, two representatives nf;
the State educational department‘andi
'a number of persons. |
It was likely the location of the!
lromnlning two negro schools to be
opened in Atlanta would be settled
' and also many questions of procedure.
”l‘hore now are four white schools |
and two negro schodls open at n&ghtj
| for illiterates. |
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It [s the Kiddies™
Universal Love for Dolls
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dolls that they can dress-~papa dolls; mama Al
girl and boy dolls--thaf has {inpelled . The S
American, at-great expense, to inaugurate the greatest
feature of the age— :
DOLL CUT-OUTS -
FOR THE KIDDIES ;
A Whole Page, in Four Colors .
FREE - X
With The Sunday American Every Sunday. ¥
The kiddies must have them. It is a part of their
little lives—their great amusement. ‘
Give Them the Doll Cut-Outs FREE \xlth
The Sunday American Next Sunday = = |
'SECONDNEWS|
SECTION
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Baptist churches in all sections oF¥
Georgia will celebrate their vietory
in the Baptist $75,000,000 campaign
with appropriate services Sunday. Of
ficials are confident that by Sunday
supscriptions amounting to $10,000,-
000 will have been reported. The to
tal amount subscribed up to Thurs
day amounted to something over
$9,000,000 and there are yet 350 of
the 2,500 Baptist churches yet to be
heard from.
Although Georgia's subscriptions
will go to $10,000,000 or $2,500,000
more than its quota and the cam
paign officially ends Sunday the field
representatives will be kept busy
throughout the month, L D, Newton,
State publicity director, announced
Thursday. o
“We are not going to let up a bit
just because we have made such &
good showing and every section Of
the State will be checked to see that
no church has been left out,” Mr.
Newton said.
While no definite steps have beem
taken to hold a general jubilee servs
ice following the campaign it is vir
tually ‘assured some get-together
meeting for the Southern division
will be had, officials say. s
It was announced by Mr. Newton
that the District of Columbia had
oversubscribed its quota and had ae
cepted Georgia's challenge to put the
South's total at $100,000,000 or s2§,-
000,000 above its quota. .
Georgia is still leading the South
in subscriptions, according to reports
from Dr. L. R. Scarborough, director
of the campaign in the South, and
Dr. Arch C. Cree, State director, I 8
‘determined that Georgia will con
tinue to lead. ;
The work of the women of the
State under the direction of Mrs
Kate C, Wakefield is proving 10 b 8
one of the features of the ('ampawfi.i
Following are some of the figurés
showing what the won °n of the va
rious churches have given: v
Atlanta, First Church, $67,000; At
lanta, Second Church, $90,000; Ats
lanta, Capitol Avenue, $45,000; Las
Grange, $26,000; West Point, 817,0N:f
Kilpatrick Association, $14,000;
Norcross, $3,866; - Gainesville, $18.«
785; Central, Atlanta, $2,5600; Des
catur, $7,000; Douglasville, $2,300;
Dallas, $1,677; Dahlonega, $1,062; Cars
rollton, $10,538. %
Atlanta, Baptist Tabernacle, SZ‘.}.
000; Cedartown, $11,947; Clarkess
ville, $2,018; Valdosta, $13,844; Lée
Street, ss.‘jfix; Baxley, $3,995; LI
thonia, $3,000; [Eatonton, $10,000;
Covington, $5,600; White Plains,
$5,160; Ashburn, $4413; Oak Hill,
$3560; Hebron Association, $46,114;
Commerce, $13,000; Commerce Suns
beam Band, $750; Newnan, First, $20,~
000; Newnan, Central, $25,000; Grant
ville, $660; Harrison County, $4,048%
Milledgeville, $8,765; Elim, $150;
Bradley, $1,275; Gray, $1,457; Deou
glas, $1,100; Rosehill, Columbus, $14,-
773; Middle Association, $9,309; New
Hiloh, $1,136; Rising Dawn, $116;
Tabernacle, Waycross, $8,836; Ways
cross, Kirst, $17,222; Augusta, Fisst,
$7.000. " !
More Enlistments »
In Army Announced
The following men have been @¢-
cepted for enlistments in the U :
States army: R
Gilbert B. Norris, Me¢Donou :
Juliug King, Donalsonville; ‘hatles
Newman, Cincinnati, Ohio; Wilborgl J.
Meers, Varnells: Harmon L. Hatton,
Senoia; Jessie C. Glover, Bainbr m
William R. Batts, Damascus; Robest
L. Lawler, Richmond. Va.; Leon €.
Reese, Modoe, 8. C.: George A, John
ston, Camilla; William H. Astor,
Bainbridge; Underweood R. Clayton,
Colquitt; Lucius Poovy, Gayl z
Ala.; John H. Martin, Forsyth; Cars
roll A. Barnes, Brinson; Sam E. 4
Colquitt; Bascom Harrington, Colum
bus. ’
NO. 108.