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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN, \Vr*l •••••••••••< 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.