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* ii i\ y i i * * \ • »’ r Hit Ilf I I A V itwua v t\c/~i i. -1 THE ATLANTA GLORO [AN. IATUUUAY. DECKMIJKk 1. THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN .f MS UUPLS GRAVIS. Hit*’ t. L SUIT. Preside*? Published Every Afternoon. •Except Sunday) 3y THE GEORGIAN COMPANY. At 28 West Alabama St., Atlanta. Ga. Subscription Rates. One Year H.Sfl Six Months 5.89 Three JJoi tly Cartel leleiMimiPS connecting aH-depf rtmeut*. Long qietnuv* terminals. * ~ * -guilttr & Thompson. HflvertTflne rep- resentafives for all territory outside or ^Gforgia. . . , Chicago Off!re .....Tribune Bldg. New S’ork Office Potter Uldg. If you bare nny trouble getting TUB 'JBQIICUAN, telephone the Circulation Jtapsrltuenf nnd nave It promptly rpm* edied. .Telephones: Hell 4IC7 MA)U. Atlanta' 4401. It hr desirable that- nil eomnisntcn- • lions Intended for publication An TUB •.GEORGIAN be limited to 400 .wards In length. It Is Imperative that they be signed. ah on evidence of food faltb. though fire name* will be withheld If - reopeatedt Rejected; msbuscHpts WJ1I -bet be returned uniAa ala nips art sent ..for the .purpose. *./ /* • does M print, whisky Or any. liquor ads. stauds for Atlanta's owning Ita own gas and elccttic light plants, as It now owns Its waterworks. Other cities do he done at once. The Georgian he* here. But we do not believe this can I** done now. and It nmy be some years before wo are ready for so big an un dertaking. still Atlnutn should set its fact in tint dlroctiou NOW. Heinze's Check. F. Augustus Heinz, Is one of the 57 human varieties, all right. Depicted vividly In Tom Dawson's Active history as a sort o' combination bunco ateerer anti gentleman of the road and generally classed by con temporary historians as one of the most shady Of the captains of Indus try, here ho comes and docs a stunt that would make old Diogenes adjust hts bulls-eyo and fumble for Ills tdnee-nez. F. Augustus has sent a check for 9100.000 to the receiver'of n busted . bank ont In Unite. F. Augustus was president of the tank till 1903. Subsn- 'Pienfl.v it exploded. • Along with the check for 1100,000 tlclnso sent' a letter saying that ho feared many of the depositors may have, lost tlielr money through coofl ■ deuce born cl bis connection with the Institution, llouce be contributes thin mile toward Its assets. Some of the cynical may suy that this Is a grand-stand play by F. Au gustus. If It be. It Is just about the ilearest on record. Organized Charity. The activity of the Associated Charities of Atlanta, and the Imiietus given hero recently to organized char ity have made many of us reflect up on the meaning of true charity. Char ily, we were told many centuries ago. la greater even than the faith which holds ont to sorrowing mortals the so lace of Immortality, or the hope which throughout the ages has kept ho heart of a world young. It la both Interesting and slgiilfleant to note, therefore, the something like odium which nttachea to tho word 'barity In this twentieth century of ‘ ours. The beueflclnry of an act of charity I so-called I, If he be a self- * reapectlng person Is forever burdened ' by a sense of humiliation. The term "object of charity" auggests all that \ . is weakest and most pitiable In hu manity. while the mention of alms (. bring* to mind the class of people we may most pity, but do certainly most / despise. The word carries with It something like n stigma, and Ihore 1' has come about a revolution In Ita meaning which denotes that our con- * ceptlon of It haz undergone a radical change. So long has indiscriminate and thoughtless giving played Into the hand of the Impostor, the Indolent, and the vicious, that men uow de mand that the dispensing of charity entail a responsibility, and tho re ceiving of it an obligation. Instead of tho so-called charity which ha* j been at best a disorganizing agency, we are corolug to demand the charity, which, by helping the individual to help himself, shall he a constructive force that works for the good of so ciety. We are beginning to feel too much respect for our fellow man to give him alms. The basic principle of organized charity is to intelligently help every j man. to help himself, and so "to make the vetty best out of every indi vidual. to make him superior even to the full measure of his capacity.” Or ganization does not take the heart out of charity, and reduce giving to a mechanical system. It only brings in telligence to bear upon the philan thropic Impulse, which, when guided by emotion alone, could never .work toward the practical good of the world. And to know that we are doing otir iwrt. however humble. In supporting Intelligently organized and wisely dis pensed charity is surely almost as compensating as the thrill of tnagna- Imlty which come* to us when we mid a poor devil a flnartcr. ( FIRST STEP FOR MUNICIPAL OWNERSHIP. It is to be hoped by all who have the Interest of Atlanta at heart that council will approve the recommendation of thp special committee ask ing for an appropriation of |500 to defray the expenses of a thorough in vestigation as to the practicability of municipal ownership of gas and electric plants. f A fair and square and careful Investigation into the matter Is. all that the most ardent advocate of municipal' ownership asks. If this Investigation proves what The Georgian has contended all along, then appropriate action should bo taken' toward putting the plan Into operation. If, after fair and thorough Investigation, It is reported that the plau Is not feasible, then there Is nothing that can be done. But the Investigation must he complete, it must be made with abso lute fairness, without bias of preconceived Ideas. IHsewhcre on this page fs printed a summary of the success that mu nicipal ownership of gas and electric plants has achieved In Danville, V«„ where light Is furnished to citizens at a remarkably low rate and profits are turned Into the city treasury every year. It It can be done In Danville, etcu under tho natural handicap! existent there, why cannot It be done In Atlanta? SATURDAY EVENING. iKditoriaj Correspondence by John Temple Graves.) "* "How far that little candle casts its flickering light! So shines a good deed In a wicked world!" .Hut the best deeds sometimes go softly In silence and the dork, and do not shine st all, : unless, In the strange way's of Providence, they aro discovered and related for the good that they may do. That charity Which does not let Its right hand know what its left hand doeth is nigh akin to the chief of all the Christian graces, and In the honest Judgment of the satuts who are as well philosophers, it Is not far off from God. Prone are we Pharisees to whisper to our friends, If we do not boast It on the street corners, of the good that we have done, and the alms wo have dispensed. Applause is sweet to all of us and whether It rings for mortal deeds and great achievements, for the big benevolence of gifts nnd endowments,*or for the smaller alms which may relieve a widow's need, we are rather glad than otherwise to take the world Into our confldcnce about It, and we sometimes also Anil as strong an Inducement to charity ln the world's approving smile, as in the drying tear upon the cheek of suffering, or In the Attshltig Aesh once pinched by want and hunger. But the world Is always better, when over the sweet silence of the lic-lpcr. there creeps out of tho moist thsnkfulnoss of the helped, a little story which tells of a faithful struggle and a noblo sympathy—a touch of charity which makes the whole world kin. It Is so true that a man's sins are sure to And him out, that his good deeds ought to bo sometimes exposed. • I fell upon a bit of a story the other day In Arkansas whose dramatis personae belong to us at home. Ten years ngo a young couple were married In Atlanta. They were young, they were lovers, and they were happy. The boy was gentle, kind and Industrious, touched with some human faults, hut capable of good, work pud filling to do all things for his little wife. And the girl was a streak of sunshine—not beautiful, perhaps, but with a sun-lit face 'that carried cheer and comfort Into every day. and a courage that never failed. She loved her young husband after the old-fashioned way. and was happy Hr every day and hour of her married life. The Arst years proHifornd them In their modest line of struggle and when a little girl came to bless them, there whs never a palace that could have bartered its happiness for theirs. But there came misfortune to the little home, ami a shadow fell through unjust suspicion upon tho good name of the husband that par alyzed his work and pinched his Income to a suffering verge. Bravely and with unflagging faith the little wife stood by him In his hour of gloom. There was never a shadow on her faith In him. or a troubled note In her cheery voice. Sho was the genius of his defense, and to her wlso little head and her womanly wit and her tireless efforts must bo credited the vindication that placed him once more with head erect before the world. During this gieriod of tlielr trial and sorrow, there was an Atlanta preacher—a strong and brilliant man to Whose congregation they had Joined themselves, and this big man was nover so busy that ho could not help with counsel nnd with money when the need was great. He was not rich, for no tight preacher Is ever rich, but the pulse of his life was strong as the curreut of his brain Is clour, and knou-Ing the gallant grace of this youthful struggle he unloosed his heart strings ami his purse utringmto help, them-with their battle for another chance. Whou It was all right the little family went to Florida to begin again, the'patient 1i|9Jhjua youth, serious and steadied to his work, and the bruve little Wotidjii with the crlckot singing always on her hearthstone and n perpetual lleAlro In her glowing heart. Things went well. There was now vigor lit the young man's work. His employer ptglsed him, his comrades liked hint, and the future was rosy to front of them, and the sunshine of his home was deepening from morning to the steady glow of noou. But another shadow fell—and a deeper shadow this than Ihe other. There grew a hectic Hush on the young,husband's cheek, Ills step lagged and the/esh wasted from his frame. "t give hint two months to live. If he stays In Florida,” said tho doc tor, "perhaps six months if he goes to a higher latitude." "Wo leave tomorrow," said the young wife, and that night u transfer of business was secured for Atlanta. For a week the change did good. Then the hectic flush grew deeper and the cough consumed the night. , “He must go farther west," said the new physician. -"He needs a dryer climate. If he doesn't get to Colorado he will tile in four mouths." "He shan't die," said the little woman with a mist veiling the sun shine of her eyes. "I love him and we will go West together." There was no money tq go, no work the boy could do, no rich friends to help. The great preacher had been called to a greater city in the West. But lore and a dauntless little woman would not be denied. The few ef fects ihev had were sold. The wedding ling was kissed and put In pawn against the life of, the lover who gave it, and the start was made. A distent relative In Mississippi Invited them to n month's visit. They paid ror that by assistance In dairying and In such work as the man nottld do upon the farm. But the climate did not stilt, and they roust move on. There was a day's Journey Into Arkansas across the river, and the same experiment was tried. But the feverish lungs kept up tho cry for dry air. The money was all gone now save Just enough to carry the little tragedy Into the heart of the Ozarks at Fayetteville. And there the little woman drew out her needle and set herself down at the feet of a dress maker to learn and to labor. The Providence that helps those who help themselves Inspired her unskilled Ungers and she became speedily expert and her work was In demand. The one little room fur the three of them was made warm and comfortable, the meals were three a day and the huaband, now past working, had his medicines as of yore. lie had more than that. If God Almighty cured such ailments with sunshine, he had given to this smitten youth a store of It that did not die at evening. All day tong and far Into the night the brave spirit of this woman kept cheer In that little circle. There was laughter and courage and hope and confldencc breathed through every hour, and If there were ever tears and sighs they wet the pillows of midnight and were sobbed Into the silences when all else was still. But Fayetteville would not do. The busy needle 'had solved the prole lein of bread, but the remorseless coughing still pointed to the softer West. The last hope was Colorado. The wise physician who saw hint shook his head and said that the quiet young fellow was past Abe balm of Colorado now. The air might hold him a little longer, but it could not give him hack to the bcrolno who was lighting at bis side. It was sim ply non- a light for time. There was only a chance In a thousand. But the little woman shook the tear* from her etsrtlod eyes, ami cried, "111 take the thousandth chance, lie *halt go to Colorado.” And there I left them at Fayetteville—this Georgia boy and girl light ing Ihe bravest and most unequal contest ever entered against death. She was only waiting until her longer snd later hours of sewing could earn for her a llllle more—enough to pay the fare to Trinidad, and she had set the time when heroic labor snd heroic saving could buy Unco ticket* to that last retreat—the last hope of a loving heart. There was one friend, Bhe told me. who had never failed to send her messages of cheer, and a little money out of his slender store— the. pastor who had led them Into old Trinity church In Atlanta. They had long since passed out of his pastorate apd beyond his official respon sibility. But the great preacher knew a great heart and n great tight when he saw It, and he honored It with his heart nnd with his hand. Stiles Bradley never knew that I or any other man would hear In this strange and out of the way place of the unchanging sympathy which he has expressed la silence and In generous unfailing kindness to thcBe young people so much In need. But I am glad to discover him and glad to expose' him here. Dike many others I have been all too' wont to measure him by his big brain alone. It Is no small joy of comradeship to-record this one expression of hiB large and noble heart. By this new measurement l rate him higher than I ever did before, and by this tender portent I forecast for him a grander usefulness than any cold intellect can ever reach. I am wondering it this simple tale might move some generous soul to stretch out a right hand of helpfulness to this brave'battle in the Ozark hills. ' ' ' In all my life I bavo not known a braver battle or seen a spectacle that touches more nearly the chords of tenderness and admiration than the pathos of this Georgia girl with a lump In her throat and a laugh on her lips, with lead In her head and sunshine In her eyes; with her fast flying needle fairly ptltchlng its way across a continent to buy one last chance for her lover husband and tho breath of life. . ‘ , The little heroine does not dream that l am writing her brave histo ry here, and t am not nsklng any alms for the brave wouiau who has fought her way alone. • But If any big heart that can read through thesd awkward, blundering Hues the epic of sorrow and struggle which they touch, should, of Its own free will, desire to help Stiles Bradley In his clandestine charity, I will guarantee to make one last and happy Christmas for the bravest little wo man I have ever known. Jackson, Miss.. Nov. 29. DANVILLE DEMONSTRATES SUCCESS OF MUNICIPAL OWNERSHIP. From tho prosperous town of Danville, Va., comes, In the shape of an animal report of the city water and light departments, n practical demon stration of the ecouomy and value of municipal, ownership. Danville, Va., Is a city of about 25,000 Inhabitants and possesses only fair natural advantages In tho way of location and railway facilities. And. for that reason-, success In the municipal operation of public utilities Is all the more creditable In view of the fact that the rate to the consum ers of gas, electric lights and water Is far below the average of other cities more advantageously placed. Danville has for a number of years _ owned Its Water department. During tho Ascal year of 1905-6, water was furnished the citizens at the rate of |0 a year on the sewered, streets, and 91 a year on the unsewerod 3treots, all meters being furnished and main tained free of coBt. In other words, the maximum charge for water Is 50 cents a month to the average consumer; to many It Is lcs3 than that. Ev olutive of the sums spent during the year In construction, the total re ceipts of the water department during tho year paid all expenses and a balance,of 9409 was left In favor of the department. This sum Is small only because of the exceedingly low rate charged for water, The operation of the gas plant has been a glorious success. Because of Danville's location the management has had to pay an unusually high price for gas coal, but the product was furnished to all citizens last year at the rate of 9100 a thousand, and all connections were made free of charge. The service Is declared by the dally papers to havo been exceed ingly good as the public has had no reasonable cause for complaint. The operation of the plant for tHe year shows a net profit of 95.750 over and above all expenses. Of course this shows capable management, but there Ib no reason to believe that economy may not be n virtue of munic ipal administration as well as of private corporate control. This proflt of 95,750 Is exactly a proAt of one-seventh of the total receipts. This sum would havo been much larger but for the fact that Danville is the victim of an unjust coal freight rate, the remedying of which Is now being sought before the state corporation commission. Tho city of Danville also furnishes Its own electric lights, and fur nishes lights nnd power to private citizens. It has been doing tills for twenty years. The Ananclal statement for 1905-6 shows « net profit of IT,730, a proAt 6f one-third of tho total receipts. So satlsAed are the good citizens of Danville with their municipal own ership of utilities that they arc making great Improvements In the mechanical equipment of all departments, nnd they purpose keeping these departments as thoroughly up-to-date as would any private corporation owning them. The plan has been a huge success In Danville and Its working should prove n lesson to other cities who are either timid and afraid to strike out for themselves, or else are lu the grasp of private corporations. • TOJUJTE BANK Amount Is To Pvotect De positors of Con cern. Butte. Mynt.. Dec. 1.—Receiver Wil son, of the Aetna bank of Butte, an nounces that he has received a check for $100,000 from Augustus Helnxe formerly president of the bank. Helnze believed that many depositors had not known of his wltdrawa! In 1903, so ho made the contribution. It will In crease the bank's assets 30 per cent. NEW CHIEF TIKES E OF OEPT, SATURDAY "Cap" Joyner has stepped down and out of tho fire department, and It !s now ‘‘Chler* Cummings In name and in reality. •'Cap" will not find It hard getting work enough to keep him busy until tho first of January, when he succeeds Mayor Woodward. Getting his Insur ance, business Into good, easy working ■der will occupy about as much time i a man wants to devote to business. Chief Cummings, while not having given out a statement to that effect, will probably follow the some general lines as ‘'Cap” Joyner In running the tire department. ! GOSSIP! FOOTBALL STATISTICS* One of our esteemed contemporaries takes occasion to give u meed of praise to tho good accomplished by the changes In Ihe football rules, hut nevertheless Ands that further reform la needed, the conclusion be ing based on some statistics which show that eleven were kilted In the game this fall. Now, these statistics were compiled by some zealous person on The Chicago Tribune. They are examples of the mendacity of Agures not put together right. Of those eleven fatalities.'two were In Canada, where they play a game of football not much more like our game than tennis resembles base ball. Two of the remaining nlno deaths ,!n the list were due to heart dis ease and two more to blood poisoning, all of which might hare occurred to the victims In any athletic sport. The Aral two were physically unfit for strenuous exertion. The doath of the other two was merely conse quent to minor Injuries received on tho football Acid. That brings the reel death list of football down to Ave. One of these Arc was a player on a town team, which had neither roach nor efficient training. Two were boys, aged 16 and 17 years, re spectively. , , Compared with the great number who participated In the game this fall—hundreds In every college and university In America, hundreds In every city an^ town, nnd scores In every high school, the fatalities are very few. The new rules have proved to be a tremendous success In every detail. They have taken from football practically all of the brutality existed under the old scheme, they bare made the game of far more in terest to the spectator anil they have seemed to foster a Aner and better sportsmanship than qxlsted before. For the elimination of chances of fatalities. It remains necessary, however, for those who play It to be subjected first to careful physical examination. It Is a bard game—a game for those who aro strong, and none should be allowed to participate tn It who has a constitutional weakness. Young boys should not bo allowed to practice or play without the presence of a capable coach or Instructor. Injuries and fatalities result ing from these haphazard mlxups of boya on corner lota arc always at tributed to the brutality of football, whereas tho scramble they partici pate In Is no more football than It Is dancing. From every part of the country comes Indorsement Of the new rules. They have reformed and saved a grest anil a good game, the Chicago statistician lo the contrary notwithstanding. AHE TORN TO PIECES 01 DELAYED BUSTS -II RAILROAD TUNNEL Bristol, Va., Dec. 1.—An a result of two dynamite blunt* that exploded un expectedly dt the Clinch mountain tun nel near Cllnchport, Va., on the .South and Wen tern railway. last Thursday Afternoon, four men and ‘one woman were Instantly killed. The bodies were tom to piece* by the force of the ex- plosion, which curried with It un Im mense <|uuntlty of stone. The dead are all foreigners and their name* have not been reported. A number of blasts had been explod, ed simultaneously at one end of the tunnel, the workmen, thinking that every blast had been discharged, re turning to the entrance of the tunnel and were killed by two delayed blasts. PRAISE PRESIDENT Many Indorse the Dismissal Of the Negro Soldiers. Wnsblugtou. Dec. 1.—Many letter* uud telegram* have reached the president, com mending hi* course In dismissing. without honor, tho members of tbo throe companies of the Twetity-flrth Infantry, some of whom were engnged In tho trouble at Browns- villa, Tex. They come mostly from the .North, and Include many civil war veterou* ‘who havo served with negro troop A resolution may bo introduced In con gress ctlltug for all the information lu the war deportment regarding the case. NEGROES IN '?HE~CmES TO CARE FOR EX-80LDIER8 By CHOLLY KNICKERBOCKER. New York, Dec. 1.—Owing* to the able plea- of his 12-year-old $on, Thofn- as Maloney Is in jail at Wllkesbarve, Pa., and his family at peace. The child, James Maloney, called on Alderman Donohue and asked that hla father, who had been drunk and was abusing his wife- and children, be sent to Jail. He produced his statement of the case, laborously written out. It was as fol- Iowr: "Thomas Maloney Is drinking over two weeks the worce kind of people could bee. Mamina her face swelled out too much to go down please sepd a constible up to ashforts quarry. "They have 4 cags of beer up the river day. •“He keeps his pay and never gives a cent to mamma. “He near killed the baby In her arms Mary Maloney. When we came from work at 8 on Saturday night he was fitlng. "He broke the dishes and the door. Mamma dont want to punish him ?.o much. Put him in jail tonight because we cant go to bed to 3 or 4 o'clock cause he is out drinking. “JAMKB MALONEY.* It took Donohue less than a minute to get a constable started after Ma loney, and having no ball, the man was quickly sent to Jail. Hebrews of Philadelphia and of the country at large tomorrow will pay a notable tribute to the memory of Sec retary John Hay. whose friendship for the race nnd his repeated official and private efforts In Its behalf are well known. The tribute takes the form of u memorial window, which will be un veiled In the new synagogue of the Congregation of Keneseth-Israel, the largest Hebrew congregation In the United States. The action In placing a memorial In a Hebrew synagogue to the memory of a non-Hebrew Is said to be without precedent. Secrotary Hoot. as.Mr. Hay's successor In office, has accepted an invitation to deliver an address at the unveiling. Oscar Btraus. who Is to be secretary of com merce and labor, Is. to be another of the upeakers. f The navy department has directed that, beginning with this date, an Identification record, consisting «*f ' Anger prints and personal description, shall be made and forwarded to the bureuu of navigation In the case of every maft enlisting or re-enlistlng in the navy. The system of Anger prints will be practically the same as that al ready employed In tho army. Tomorrow Will be th* anniversary *>f Emperor Francis Joseph's accession to the throne of Austria, and on that day he shall have rounded out the fifty- eighth year of his reign. This Is a record of sovereignty greater than any Of his contemporaries. King Leopold of Belgium has occupied tho throne for forty yearn and King Oscar of Sweden comes next with a record of thirty- three years. Adam Swohe, 99 years old, who joined Trinity Methodist church In Trenton, N. J., on Ids confession of faith a week ago. and who said then it was the first time he had ever been connected with a church, *,<1 hero Wednesday night. THIS DATE IS BISTORT. DECEMBER 1. IMS—Commodore Joshua Harm"' Aoi.erk-.in nnvnl officer, died. lk»rii July 0, 1*59. 1S23— Nicholas ! succeeded to the throne of Ilusuln. 1841—Colossal statue of Washington placed hi the national eupllol. 1844—Queen Alexandra of England born. lfiS—Joint French mid Hpnulsh expedition to Cochin. China, unuouuced. PC.*—llnhca* corpus nek restored In the Northern states. 1801—Ktlntnnd DeLeon. e%-l'nlt*d Htntcs eon* *nl general In Egypt, died. 1892—Henry M. Hoyt, ex governor of Penn- GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM. New York, Dzo. 1.—Here ore some of Ihe visitor* In New York today; ATLANTA—I.. Cloodyenr. R P. Mum, 8, T. Hughes, Jr.. Dr. XV. A. Bytf*. MACON—C. V. Allen. HIS BEEN MARVELOUS Special to The Georgian. Jackson, Miss., Dec. 1.—Next year promises to be quite a* good a year for railroad building an the one which Is drawing to a close. Quite a number of new roads are being promoted, for the most part in south Mlftslssippf. It I* expected that during the year a number of tnterurban railroads. Which have lieen hanging fire for pome time, will be built. The promoter* of the V -kxburg and Jackson Intel-urban road In the spring. Other cities have railroad projects which they ore work- Ing on. The racord In railroad build ing In Mississippi during the past year has been marvelous and several million dollars have been invested In the state by outsider*. 8TATE8BORO~EL6CT8 ‘ - „ Nev !' CITV officers. Hpeciai to The Georgian. Statesboro, Oa.. Dec. I.—-In the prl- mary for the selection of officer* for the city of Ktateaboro. the following men were chosen: • Mayor. R. I*ee Moore. . t’ouncllmen. Perry Krnned\| J. l» Bllteh, J. H. Donaldson. J. K. hrannen, F. X, Grime*. The only change in the ||at of officer* lioycfoi of vailing lo work on the ta the election of Mr. Donaldson. New York, Dec. 1.—Negroes lu New York, J l*hlladelpliin*aud Chicago, working together. i| plan to bring to the three rltlcs mentioned ouii company each of the three discharged companies of the Twenty-fifth (negro) in fantry. This new* was confirmed today by the pastor of one of the lending negro house* of worship of New York, who, however, would not permit his name to lie used. Hu snys the negro imputation In the three cit ies will be expected to care for the soldiers until tlielr appeals to Washington nro t tied. The plan Is under the active direction the Coastltatoual League, an organization •oiuposed of both white* nnd negroes. TWO NEW PASTORS TO Initial sermon* will be preached bun- day morning by two of the new pa*torn of the North Georgia conference who were recently transferred to Atlanta charges. % These two pastors who will appear before their congregations for the Arst time Sunday arc Rev. Dr. J. H. French, of the First Methodist church, who suc ceeded Rev. Dr. C. E. Dowmon, who went to the Oxfortl district as presidiAv elder. Dr. French came to Atlanta from Chattanooga and in that city he dem onstrated that he is an eloquent speak er and a profound thinker. The other pastor who will preach for the first time under hi* new assignment l* ReV. S. R. Belk, who now occupies the pulpit of St. Mark Methodist church. Dr. Belk-came to Atlanta from Augusta and for the past fifteen years he has been a prominent figure In the North Georgia conference. He suc ceeded Rev. Dr. «'buries O. Jones, who went to the First Mclhodl.-it church in Roma. NOTICE TO KODAKERS If you have a kodak, or even a supply of kodak pic tures, and want to make some cute Christmas gift*, come in and see some of our new calendars with a blank space for the differ ent site pictures, from a Brownie up to the big Gxf. The richest Inexpensive present you can pcssibly make. To see them Is to buy. Look In our window and see samples or come In and ask to see them. Keep your mind fixed on that kodak for Christmas. They cost front one dollar up, and .‘emrmber a child can handle one successfully. Conic- In and nee the kodak line. A. K. HAWKES CO. 14 Whitehall Street.