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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN,
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SOCIETY
W. C. T. U
Tilt Atlant* Willard Woman's Chris
tian Temixrance Union will meet .is
, a l Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock,
113? tvashincton street Visitor* cor-
dlalh invited.
MRS. M. L. it'I.ENDON.
President.
iirjs J. A. ADKINS.
' rteeordln* Secretary.
.iRg VAN UANDINGHAM
entertains whist club.
wednraday morning In her pr-tty
jp.nment at the Hotel Majestic, Mrs.
Ralt>h Van l-vndlnghnm entertained
!,*„ tv hist club
\ri. r the game a delicious hot lunch-
#.,n 1 ns setved.
Tia. , |cb miiinbers are Mr*. James W.
... e ll,h Jr.. Mis. Lowry Arnold, Mrs.
‘l, tii-Kee, Mrs. Joseph Thompson.
o,5 Ha-vcv Johnson, Mrs. George
Viu'iu .Mrs. Archibald Davis, Mrs.
, ,i,n t. Kitten, Mrs. Louis Oholstln.
Hurry Jackson. Mrs. James H.
vnnnallr, -Mr*. M. B. Parsons. Mrs.
Pol,Hi B. flldley, Mrs. Ralph Van
ijmciingham. Mrs. Hany M. Atkinson,
if" Hbert Howell. Mrs. Clarence
Knotvies. Mrs. Dunhar Roy and Mrs.
j.,!;„ .tloore and Miss Annie Mitchell.
CHRISTENING PARTY.
•pi,., Atlanta friends of Lieutenant
«n,l ili«. Hugh Screven Brown, of Fort
jtn'vanl. Pa., nejll be Interested In the
follow inc. taken from the Chester
Times of Sunday last:
"William Robertson Brown, the In-
run. o" of Lieutenant and Mrs. Hugh
Screven Brown, of Fort Howard, \v_
christened yesterday nftenr.oon at Saint
Pauls Protestant Kpiscopal church by
the rector. Rev. Francis St. Taltt. Lieu
tenant and Mrs. William Wirt Ballard,
*P°n*ors for the Infant.
" Robertson Brown Is command
er in chsef of the home of Lieutenant
Brown and Is one of the handsomest
boys In For( Howard."
brookwooFcard CLUB.
The Brooktvood Euchre Club will
meet Wednesday evening with Mr. and
Mrs. William A. Speer at their home
on Peachtree road.
Those who are members arc: Mr.
and Mrs. John Murphy. Air. and Mrs.
Charley Black, Air. and Airs.' Willis
Jones, All", and Mrs. William Speer,
Air. and Airs. James Nunnally, Air. and
Mrs. Henry Grady. Air. and Mrs. Archi
bald Davis, Afr. and Mrs. Howell Cloud.
Mrs. John B. Roberts. Afr. and Mrs.
William Humphrey. Mr. and Mrs. Eu
gene Black. Mr. and Airs. Hudson
Aloore, Dr. and .Mrs. J. Af. Crawford.
Air. and Afrs. Frederick Seely, Dr. and
Airs. J. H. Crawford, .Vlr. and Mrs,
ANNOUNCEMENT.-
The Atlanta yhaptcr. Daughters of
the American Revolution, will meet
Saturday, December 15.' at 3 p. m.. at
the residence of Airs. H. Af. Patty. No.
16 East Liiplen street.
Thl» Is the last meeting of the year
and a large attendance Is earnestly de-'
sired. AIRS. S. W. FOSTER.
Corresponding Secretary.
PERSONAL MENTION j
J
LEATHER GOODS MAKE
IDEAL PRESENTS
In the whole range of Christmas Presents there is nothing that can compare
in beauty, value or usefulness with articles for the home. Among these leather
goods for the parlor and library are preeminent. In our stock we are now
showing some goods that are remarkable values in leather couches and chairs.
Among them are Turkish Rockers, Genuine Leather Howard Chairs, Morris
Chairs in oak and mahogany with imitation and genuine leather upholsterings.
Our stock is so large that you will be able to get exactly the pattern that will
match your other furniture and at a price impossible to duplicate elsewhere.
ROCKERS
C O U C H E S im COUCHES
tli,. cheston A. King add her slater,
Alim Cura King, of Louisiana, arc visit
ing In G. W. King, at Thomaston, Ga„
fr,r n week. Alls* King, who Is espe-
, jaiit attractive and accomplished, will
return with Airs. King, to be her guest
fin several weeks, at the home of Dr.
mil Mrs. King, at West End.
Mr. and .Mrs. Thomas Scrutchlns
ban returned from their wedding trip
am) are comfortably settled at the
linmc cf Mr. and Mrs. John Ball, in
Riverside, Jacksonville, Fla.
.Miss Emma Robinson has returned
from a visit of several weeks to Miss
I'anm Harris, at Macon. She waa de-
Hghtfullv feted during her stay In Ma-
Mr. and .Mis. James U. Horne have
returned from Washington. D. C., and
nre now at the home of Airs. A. M.
IJurkr, No. it West North avenue.
Sir. and Mrs. L. P. Thomas and Miss
Annie Thomas have Issued Invitations
in an afternoon reception on Thursday,
the 2(tilt, at 43 West North avenue.
Mr. and Airs. Janies Armstrong, of
Montgomery, formerly of Atlanta, are
mending a few weeks In the city, at
Capitol avenue.
.Mi!
Nellie Kiser Stewart, who is at-
Miv, l.ula Alerrlck. who has been
•pending several weeks In the city, left
Wednesday for her home In New York
Air. and Airs. Horace A. Adams,
Birmingham, will spend the holldaA’S
ilie city, the guest of friend*.
Airs. Grant Wilkins will return the
last of this week from New York, where
she has been for some time.
Alisses Elisabeth and Lena White-
head have returned to Alacon. after a
short visit to Atlanta.
Airs. George Cunningham, who has
been the guest of Mrs. Louis Oholstln.'
has relumed to Augusta.
Airs. Frank Sheffield, of Americas,
Is the guest of her sister. Airs. Lott
Warren, 137 Lee street. Went End.
Air. and Afrs. R. A. Johnson w ill leave
In a few days for .Montgomery to spend
the holidays with relatives In that city.
tie daughter,
guests or A
lavannHh, are the
Air. and Mrs. Ed ward S. Gay.
Mrs. Dunbar Roy left Tuesday for
Richmond to visit her father. Mr. T. H.
Ellett.
Airs. Noel. Wright ha* returned "to
Savannah, after visiting friends In At
lanta.
Mrs. C. C. Hanson has returned from
an extended visit to Alemphls, Tenn.
17.50 to $ 100.00.
Imitation’and Genuine Leather
$2.50 to $35.00
Rhodes-Haverty Furniture Co.
SIXTY-THREE AND SIXTY-FIVE PEACHTREE STREET
Mrs. John Barry lias returned Xrom
Ttaleigh, X. C.
has returned
Mrs. Thomas B. Stewart has returned
DO IT NOW!
Leather Goods Make Ideal Gifts.
I land Bags . .50c to $15
Collar Pouches, $1 to $5
.Medicine Cases.
$1.00 to $8.50
Self-Lifting-Tray
Trunks
Music Rolls up from 50c
Glove and Handker
chief Sets $1.75
Military Brushes,
pair . — $1.00
Lieberman’s
Cases
Suit
Are Lasting Reminders
Are Welcome Gifts. of the Giver.
' , Plain or Fitted.
$6.00 to $45.00. $3.00 to $75.00.
"we make the trunks we sell.
< 'ollapsible Cups .. ,35c
i iavoid's’ Flasks up
to $6.00
lap Desks. 65c to $8.50
Bridge Sets
$3.50
ASK OUR GIFT EXPERT, HE’S GOT THE LIST
Lieberman’s Trunk Store
92 V?hitehall Street.
ATLANTA NEWS
BRIEFLY TOLD
Mr. Clarke to Speak.
.Mr. Kdward Young Ulnrke will de
liver another of Ills series of lectures
before the Atlanta Bible School Wed
nesday night. The subject Mill be “A
Uni verso of Wonder*,” lltly following
tho one of ftunday night on "A Great
CTree tor.” The ;-chool Is located on
Cooper street, third block from White
hall, where it Is accessible to great
numbers of Atlanta people. No admis
sion Is charged for the lecture.
New Bank Is Chartered.
The Merchants’ ami Farmers’ Bank,
of Xlcliolls, Coffee county, was granted
a chnrter Wednesday by the secretary
of state. It has a capital stock of $50,-
000 with J. A. Davis, F. G. Jones, D.
Kirk lend and others as Incorporators.
This is the sixty-eighth state bank
chartered during 1906.
Polics Board Msots.
•'or mo hours Tuesduy night the po
lice hoard was in session at the police
barracks for the purpose of oxamining
the medical certificates of applicants
for position^ on the force. The meet
ing was a called one and no other busi
ness was transacted.
Two Mon Injured.
As a ivsuft of Injuries received on the ■
railroad, two men are lying In the Gra
dy Hospitul. where they were taken
late Tuesday ufterneon. One Is Tom
Jones, of lot Davis street, who was
injured about the body and head by a
Central engine, rind other Is A. C. j
Landrum, of Athens, Gu„ whose arm ,
was crushed so badly by a Western and (
Atlantic train under the Forsyth streei
bridge as to necessitate amputation.
Neither of the men la seriously In
jured.
Anti-Saloon League.
The Atlanta Anti-Saloon League will
hold an open meeting at the Young
Men’s Christian Association budd
ing next Friday night, when report« of
committees on prohibition and other
matters will he read and considered.
Tile meeting will oegin at 7:.'JO o’clock
and a full attendance is exi»eeted.
ALLEGED PEONAGE ;
CASES TO BE HEARD
IN FEDERAL COURT
CLEARLY DEFINED
SjsvlnJ m The Henrgtnu.
Charlotte. X. C.. Dec. 12. - Federal
court convened hero yesterday wltn
Judge James E. Boyd presiding.
The cases of alleged peonugc In con
nection with the South and Western
railroad are to he heard at this term
and for that reason tho sessions of flic
court promise to lie full of Interest.
Tlmse alleged cases occurred some
months ago In the western part of tho
state, where the new railroad line was
being constructed.
Judge Boy(4. In his charge to the
gr.iml jury, has laid special stress on
the question of vhut constitutes peon
age. saying that It Is a condition of
compulsory servitude und#r a muster.
It Is an individual or collective action
forcing a man to work under a threat, icorder. lie lined Hchabe $200 and costs
It will also he remembered that sev- I In both cases. It was certlorarled to
A clerk in a pawnbroker’s office can
not l»c held personally liable for fail
ure to report pawned property, as re
quired by city ordinance, such duty
being delegated to the proprietor of
such places.
Such Is tho decree of the supreme
court In the case of David Hchaue.
brought up from the recorder’s court in
Atlanta. From the evidence Sehnne
and Samuel Goldstein were haled Into
court on thd chnrgo of failure to re
port to the police the purchase of a
shotgun from a negro.
The pawnshop was known as the
V’kiduct Pawn Hhop. It was formerly
owned by one Kosentluil. At Ids death
his daughter came Into possession and
her husband, Hamuel Goldstein, oper
ated It. Hchum* was a clerk. The two
caw s wore tried Jointly before the re
GIRLS WANTED
We want three or four
bright, intelligent girls as
salesladies during the holi
days in our retail store at
77 Whitehall St.
Apply with reference to
W. H. Rountree & Bro.
Trunk & Bag Co.,
W. Z. Turner, Manager. 77 Whitehall St.
lines vagrancy In the case of Phyletus j fJIG L088 8U8TAINED
Darby, convicted In the city court of I
oral Italians wore killed hi an encoun
ter with some of the overseers at the
camps, and this served to bring the. al
leged peonage matter to the notfeo of
the state uc.d Italian governments.
superior court, where the recorder
sustained. Now the supreme court
reverses tills decree, because Schniie
wus a mere clerk.
Vagrancy Defined.
The supreme court aguln clearly de-
VERV IMPORTANT
QUESTION DISCUSSED
In Atlanta the Question of Servants Has Become To Be
One of Considerable seriousness.
WISE PEOPLE USE VANTAGE POINTS
THE BEST MAGAZINES
AT THE BEST RATES.
Every one must keep up with dally
events going on so rapidly nil the time.
II you do not read some daily paper
you ore falling behind. If you do
not read some good magazine and en-
joy the literature that Is contained In
these publications every month you
are missing much that Is good. You
can aecurc The Georgian every day id
the year, except Sunday, and one of
the most prominent magazines la
America for a little more than the price
of The Georgian alone, which la only
14.50 per year. Take advantage o.
BARRON IS APPOINTED
ASSISTANT ATTORNEY.
And Generally They Are Doing Economical Things That
Never Appear to Some Less Thinking People.
The Southern people urc uf a disposf- f extremely happy to know of thin mil
lion that defies comparison In the way jehine. Wc \ylll bo glad to demonstrate
of ’’doing things.” For instance. for at any time and to anybody the re.il
many months hack It lias been no easy! beauties and many economical feature-
matter to secure the necessary service °f the Majestic Washing Machine. Till-
machine, the Mojaatlc Washing Mi-
Columbus on a vagrancy charge. The
lower court Is sustained In the follott
ing language:
"Kvldance which establishes that one
is a habitual loafer and loiterer, both
morning and evening, in the tenderloin
district of it city, who Is able to work
and has no property, no reasonably
continuous employment and no regu
lar Income, Is sufficient to support
conviction of vagrancy under the pro
visions of the penal code.”
Judge's 'Charqt Grounds of Re verts I.
Because the Judge in his charge
J stressed the importance to the Jury of
expert testimony In the trial of a man
j charged with arson, and whose plea
was Insanity, the supreme court re-
jveises the conviction In the lower
court.
\V. F. Hmtth was convicted of arson
j in Ware county. Testimony showed
that he burned the house occupied by
; his wife and children. Ilrst firing at his
wife twice with a Winchester rifle.
, Smith had been In the state asylum
: once, but a physician from that Inst I -
I tutlon testified that Hmtth was eccen-
) trie, hut of sound mind. Non-export
i testimony was Introduced to show thot
he was insane.
In charging he jury the judge con
trasted the expert and inexpert testi-
i mony. on this ground the {supreme
! court reversed the lower epurt.
•*-- Local Option Law.
The supreme court Wednesday af
firmed two cases from t’rlsp county in-
. volvlng questions of infraction of the
j local option law. Bryant Smith, of
t'ordele, was tried for ordering liquor
by telephone, hut appealed, after being
I convicted. The supreme court held
that the (.intention that he acted as
agent or buyer and ordered whisky
over the telephone was a mere subter
fuge and pretense to cover up the II-
, legal -ule of whisky.
TO COTTON SEED CROP.
Special to The Georgian.
Qulnesvllle, Ga., Dec. 12.—By reason
of the rainy weather during the au-
tiflnn and fall, the furmers of Hall
county and the proprietor* of tho two
oil mills In the county, one at Gaines
ville and one at Flowery Branch, are
out $2$,750. Last year the oil mills
paid $19 and $20 a ton for cotton seed.
This year the seed yield live gallons
less of oil to the ton, and oil Is worth
from 4 to 6 cents less per gallon. There
is 250 pounds less cotton seed meal to
the ton. and it is 2 per cent off In
grade to what was realized last year:
from 60 to 80 pounds less hull* are se
cured from a ton of seed thun last
year, and the lint from seed Is bring
ing from 2 to 2 1-2 cents less per pound.
All of these items figure up a total of
$6.55 less a ton than Hie oil mHls real
ized last year.
The Plume in’ oil mill, of Gainesville,
usually buys about 1,4o0 tons of seed
each season; and the Flowery Brandi
mill buys about 1,100 tons, making a
total of 2,500 tons of seed annually
sold in Hall county.
of servants. For what reason no one
can just exactly thll. .\ good home doe*
not seem to he any inducement, extra
ordinary high wages counts but little,
so the outcome of It iA’just tills, hun
dreds and hundreds of the best fam
ilies are now doing their own work
and are building an Independent feel
ing on the servant question. For In
stance, the Gas Htove bus worked won
der.'. Tjie prepared foods have cut
down the real cooking proposition, hut
tho last of nil the washing machine lias
come In fox a show of no little Interest.
. We have now for sale In our place tin*
*pc. ini to The Georgian. celebrated Majestic Washing Mb-
Columbia, 8. C., Dec. 12.—Charles { chine. Why, a child can almost do the
. Barron, of the Columbia bar, was j whole family wash and look upon the
today appointed assistant attorney gen- ! occasion us a matter of play,
oral for the 1 imexplred term, vice A lady who has suffered all the a«ro-
Duncnti i*. Bay, ptoinoted from that I nles*of tin* servant mid washerwoman j
position to attorney general.
question con he very much pkuied and 1
chine, saves time, saves labor, save**
clothes, saves money. With it one wom
an can do the washing for a,big fam
ily. It washes the heaviest garments
perfectly and docs not injure the mo-it
delicate fabrics. Ho simple and ho
easy to run that a child can operate It.
Htrong, handsome—will last for years.
With the Majestic Washer and one of
our Peerless Wringers the home is
complete; only $7.5» Is tin* price of tile
Washer, and the Wringers are priced
according to size.
We will be very glad to show any
lady at any time the many great at
tractions offered In these two machines.
They all are now a necessity and - .i
thing of much economy and should In-
adopted by all households.
KING HARDWARE CO..
M Peachtree St., 87 Whitehall SL
Through Special Trains
—via
CENTRAL OF GEORGIA
RAILWAY
BETWEEN ATLANTA
AND ALBANY
-THE WINSTON SERIES
OF ALGER BOOKS,
For boys, with colored illustrations, at
Miller’s. This excellent series of books
comprises all of Horatio Alger’s fa
mous books for boys, printed on paper
of excellent quality In uniform style
of binding, colored frontispiece and col
ored illustration*. The best made,
most attractive Christmas book for
boys. Tile price of Alger's books In
thH series is 50c. We are making the
price of three at $1.00. We mention *t
few: “Adrift In the City,” “Bound to
; itlKe," "Brave and Bold.” ”IM» and
j Dare.” "Facing the World,” “Helping
Himself.” ’’Try and Trust.’* “The Young
. Salesman” and others..
JOHN M. MILLER CO.,
39 Marietta SL
BIQB RAISES KICK
OVER LOSING SCHOOL.
KiTeilive with first train leaving At-
. lanta h;45 a. in. and first train leaving
, Albunjt 3 p. m., December 15, the Cen
tral of Georgia Hallway .will operate
special train to and including Decepi-
. her 25, for the accommodation of holi
day travel.
For detailed Information, apply to
your nearest ticket agent, or commu
nicate with the undersigned.
t W. H. FOGG, Diet. Pats. Agent.
The Georgian.
Macon. Ga.. Dec. 12.—There was a
great deal of disappointment in Macon
vesterda) when it was announced that
Pike county had been awarded the ag
ricultural college for this district, .de-
spite the fact that Bibb county bid
$24,000 more than any other county.
Both J. H. Hall and Governor Terrell
arc lM*!ng roundly roasted by the peop!**
here, they being * bu -get! with the mas
of the college.