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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
« KU.VKKflAV, DKCKiU
W. C. T. U.
Tlit Willard Woman’s Chris-
11.111 Temparanee Union will meet as
ua l Thursday afternoon nt 3 o'clock,
, j;9 Washington street. Vlettors cor
dially irnl, j|p gi M L M’l.BXOON,
President.
A. ADKINS.
Recording Secretary.
MR>
MRS . VAN LANDINGHAM
ENTERTAINS WHIST CLUB.
wv-dii. sdav morning In her pretty
siiuii'i!»nt at the Hotel Majestic, Mrs.
"itnlflr Van Utndlngham entertained
)ie , whist club.
U'trr the game a delicious hot lunch-
,..,s seved.
tv drb iti' tubers are Mrs. James W.
a || 4 h, Jr.. Sira. Lowry Arnold. Mrs.
I lush McKee, Mrs. Joseph Thompson,
,,,, Harvey Johnson, Sirs. George
Brown. Sits. Archibald Davis, Mrs.
s I'ltten. Sirs. Louis Obolstln,
'll- Harry J.cltson. Sirs. James H.
Nunmillv. Sira. SI. B. Parsons. Sirs.
Itobert B. Ridley, Mid. Ralph Van
I andinghani. Sirs. Harry 51. Atkinson,
■,h- Albert Howell. Sirs. Clarence
knowIrs, Mrs. Dunbar Roy and Sirs,
j.-hn Aloore and Miss Annie Slltchcll. #
CHRISTENING PARTY. .
The Atlanta friends of Lieutenant
ami Mrs. Hugh fecreven Brown, of Port
II .ward. Pa.. Ill 11 be Interested In tile
following. taken from the Chester
nut' of .Sunday last:
William Robertson Brown, the ln-
-on of Lieutenant anti Mrs.'Hugh
Screven Brown, of Fort Howard, was
Christened yesterday afternoon at Saint
Pauls Protestant Episcopal church bs
tho rector. Rev. Francis M. Taltt. Lieu-
tenant and .Mrs. William Wit t Ballard.
wore the sponsors for the Infant.
\\ ill lam Robertson Biown is command
er In chief of the home of Lieutenant
Brown and is one of the handsomest
boya Jn Fort Howard.”
brookwooeTcard CLUB.
Tho Brookwood Kuchre Club will
meet Wednesday evening with Mr. and
Mrs. William A.' Speer at their home
on Peachtree road.
Those who arc members are: Mr.
and Mrs. ^obn Murphy. Mr. and Mrs.
Charley Black, Mr. and Mrs. Willis
Jones, Mr. and Mrs. William Speer,
Mr. and Mrs. James Xunnally, Mr. and
Mrs. Henry Grady. Mr. and Mrs. Archi
bald Davis, Mr, and Mrs. Howell Cloud.
Mrs. John B. Roberts. Mr. and Mrs.
William Humphrey. Mr. and Mrs. Eu
gene Black. Mr. and Mrs. Hudson
Moore. Dr. and Mrs. J. M. Crawford,
Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Seely, Dr. and
Mrs. J. H. Crawford, Mr. and Mrs.
Claude Buchanan, Miss .Lucy Harri
son.
ANNOUNCEMENT.
The Atlanta chapter. Daughters of
the American Revolution, will meet
Saturday, December 16, at 3 p. m., at
the residence of Mrs. H. M. Pafty, No.
16 East Linden street.
This is the last meeting of the year
and a large attendance is earnestly de
sired. MRf4. H. W. FOSTER.
Corresponding Secretary.
PERSONAL MENTION
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
Chest on A. King andher sister.
Cure King, of Louisiana, are visit-
(j. W. King, at Thotnaxton, Ga.,
week. Miss King, who f.s espe-
at tractive and accomplished, will
Mrs. Grant Wilkins will return the
last of thisweek from New York, where
she lias been for some time.
Misses Elizabeth and Lena White-
i with Mrs. King, to be b^r guest p eaf j p ave returned to Macon, after
\cial weeks, at the home of Dr. s p ort V | s tt to Atlanta.
I i s. King, at West End. t
and M
.\[i. and Mrs. Thomas Scrulchtns
l:;;vreturned from their wedding trip
.miI arc comfortably settled at the
ljMino -.f Mr. and Mrs. John Ball, in
UivciMdc. Jacksonville, Fla.
Mis- Emma Robinson has returned
fi.mi n visit of several weeks to Miss
•; ntiv Harris, at Macon. She was de-
i.'hifully feted during her stay in Mc-
.Mr and Mrs. James l\ Horne have
fturned from Washington. D. t\, nnd
if now at the home of Mrs. A. M.
Suikc. No. it West North avenue.
.Mr. and Mrs. L. P. Thomas and .Miss
.\w)ic Thomas have issued invitations
m an afternoon reception on Thursday,
the juth. at 43 West North avenue.
.Mr. and Mrs. Janies Armstrong, of
Montgomery, formerly of Atlanta, are
pending a few weeks in the city, at
"A avenue.
Mis Nellie Kiser Stew ait. who Is at-
i- :idiiig Lucy « *obb Institute in Athens,
in < .r-nci the holidays at her home In
Atlpnto.
ML? Lulu Merrick, who has been
several weeks in the city, left
U>Unc*(iay for her home in New York
. and Mrs. Horace A. Adams, of
linghom. will spend the holidays in
ity the guest of friends.
Mrs. George Cunningham, who has
been the guest of Mrs. Louis Gholstin.
has returned to Augusta.
Mrs. Frank Sheffield, of Americas,
Is the guest,of her sister. Mrs. Lott
Warren, 137 Xec street, West End.
Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Johnson will leave
in r few days for Montgomery to spend
the holidays with relatives in that city
Mr. und Mrs. Sidney Stubbs and lit
tle daughter, of Savannah, arc the
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Edward S. Gay.
Mrs. Dunbar Roy left Tuesday for
Richmond to visit her father, Mr. T. H.
Eliott.
Mrs. Noel Wright luf.« returned to
Savannah, after visiting friends In At
lanta.
Mrs. C. C. Hanson has returned from
an extended visit to Memphis, Tenn.
Mrs. F. Van Rensselaer is the guest
of relatives In Jacksonville, Fla.
Mrs. John Barry lias returned from
Raleigh, N. C.
Mrs. W. R. Joyner, Jr., has
from Marietta.
Mrs. Thomas B. Stewart bus returned
DO IT NOW!
Leather Goods Make Ideal Gifts.
I laud I Jags .,50c to $15
< 'iliar Pouches, $1 to $5
Medicine Cases.
$1.00 to $8.50
Self -Lif ting-T ray
Trunks
Music Rolls up from 50c
Glove and Handker
chief Sets ...... .$1.75
M ilitary Brushes,
pair ..$1.00
Lieberman’s Suit
Cases
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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.”
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Travelers’ Flasks up
to $5.00
l ap Desks. 65c to $8.50
35c
Collapsible Cups
Bridge Sets $3.50
ASK OUR GIFT EXPERT, HE’S GOT THE LIST
92 Whitehall Street.
17.50 to $100.00
COUCHES
Imitation and Genuine Leather
$2.50 to $35.00
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Rhodes-Haverty Furniture Co.
SIXTY-THREE AND SIXTY-FIVE PEACHTREE STREET
from Athens'.
ATLANTA NEWS
BRIEFLY TOLD
Mr. Clark, to Sp£ak.
•Mr. Edward Young Clarke wilt de
liver another of bis strict ot lecture,
before the Atlanta Bible School Wed
nesday flight. The subject will be "A
’niverse of Wot,dels," fitly following
the one of Sunday night on "A Great
Creator.” The school is located on
ALLEGED PEONAGE
CASES TO BE HEARD i CLEARLY DEFINED
IN FEDERAL COURT 1 BY SUPREME COURT
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The 'I’vorginn.
Charlotte*. X. <\. Doc. 13.—Federal
court, convened here yesterday witn
Judge Janies E. Boyd presiding.
The cases of alleged peonage in con-
('ooper street, third block from White- t nectlon with the South and Western
USle^^AU”.a a ^r‘e b,C NA 0 atfnr If/?? ™ to ^ TT”
fllon is charged for the lecture. | ami for that reason the sessions of the
—-- | court promlso to be full of interest.
Ntw Bank Is Chartered. J These alleged cases occurred some
The .Merchants’ mid Formers’ Bank, months ago in the western purt of the
of Nicholls, Coffee county, was granted
a chsrter Wednesday by the secretary
of state. It has a capital stock of
000 with J. A. Davis, F. O. Jones, D.
Kirkland and others ns incorporators.
This is the sixty-eighth state bank
chartered during 1906.
Police Board Meet*.
1 For tnci hours Tuesday night the po
lice board was in session at the police
b&iracks for the purpose of examining
the tnedicpl certlfier.tex of applicants
for positions on the force. The meet
ing was a called one nnd no other busi
ness was transacted.
Two Men Injured.
As n result «»f injuries received on the
railroad, two men are lying in the Gra
dy Hospital, where they were taken
late Tuesday afternoon. One Is Toni
Jones, of 104 Davis street, who wus
injured about the body and head by a
rent nil* engine, and other Is A. C,
Landrum, of Athens, Gn.. whose nrm
was crushed so budly by a Westcrn % and
Atlantic train under the Forsyth street
bridge as to necessitate amputation.
Neither of the men is seriously in
jured.
Anti-Saloor. League.
The Atlanta Anti-Saloon League will
hold an oprn meeting at the Young
Men’s Christian Association build
ing next Friday night, when reports of
committees on prohibition and other
inattcis will be read and considered.
The meeting will begin at 7:30 o'clock
and a full attendance is expected.
stale, where the now railroad line
being constructed.
Judge H»yd, In his charge to the
grand jury, has laid special stress on
tlie question of what constitutes i*»oii-
age, saying that it is a condition of
compulsory servitude under master.
It Is an individual or collective action
Viaduct
owned by one Rosenthal. At his death
ills daughter came Into possession and
her husband, .Samuel Goldstein, oper
ated It. Hchane was a clerk. The two
cases were tried jointly before the re
forming a man to work under a threat, fcorder. He fined Schano $200 und costs
A clerk in a pawnbrokers office can
not be Jiold personally liuble for fail
ure to report pawned property, ns re
quired by city ordinance, such duty
’being delegated to the proprietor ’of
such places,
Such is the decree of the supreme
court In tlie case of David Schane,
brought up from tlie recorder’s court in
Atlunta. From the evidence Schane
and Samuel Goldstein wore haled Into
court on the charge of failure to re
port to the police the purchase of a
shotgun from n negro.
The pawnshop was known ns tlie i fines vagrancy in the case of Phyletus
Shop. It was formerly I Darby, convicted In the city court '
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.
It v. ill also be remembered that sev
eral Italians wore Killed in uu encoun
ter with sonio of the overseers at tin*
camps, nVid this served to bring the ui-
leged peonage matter to the notice of
the state and governments.
in both cases. It was certlorarled to
superior court, where tlie recorder was
sustained. Now the supreme court
reverses this decree, because 8chane
was it mere clerk.
Vagrancy Defined.
The supreme court again clearly tie-
VERV IMPORTANT
QUESTION DISCUSSED
In Atlanta the Question of Servants Has Become To Be
One of Considerable seriousness.
BIG LOSS SUSTAINED
TO COTTON SEED CROP.
WISE PEOPLE USE VANTAGE POINTS
THE BEST MAGAZINES j And Generally They Are Doing Economical Things That
‘ Never A PP ear t0 Some Less Thinking People.
AT THE BEST RATES.
livery one must keep up with daily
events going on so rapidly all the time.
If you do not read some daily paper
you are falling behind. If you do
not read some good magazine and en
joy the literature that Is contained in
these publications every month you
ftebplv
The Souii
tlon that dell*** comparison in the way
of “doing •thing.*.” For instance, foe
many months back it lias been no easy
matter to secure the necessary service
of servants. For what reaxon no one
can just exactly tell. A good home does
•eni to be any inducement, extra
Columbus on a vagrancy charge. The
lower court Is sustained In the follow
ing language:
•’Evidence which establishes that one
is a*habitual loafer and loiterer, both
morning and evening, tn the tenderloin
district of a city, who Is able to work
and lias no property, no reasonably
continuous employment and no regu
lar income, 1* sufficient to support a
conviction of vagrancy under the pro
visions of the penal code.”
Judge's Charge Grounds of Revtrtel.
Because tho judge In ills charge
! stressed the importance to the jury of
: expert testimony In tlie trial of a man
charged with arson, and whose plea
■ was insanity, the supreme court re
verses the conviction In the lower,
i court.
\V. F. Smith was convicted of arson
1 in Wan* county. Testimony showed
! that ho burned tlie house occupied by
j Ids wife and children, first firing at his
• wife twice with n Winchester rifle.
■ Smith had been in the state asylum
j once, but a physician from that instl-
i tutioii testified that Smith was eccen-
trie, but of sound mind. Non-expert
testimony was Introduced to show that
he was Insane.
In charging he jury the Judge con
trasted the experts and inexpert testl-
ttnony. On this ground the' supreme. rp-rj-ri WlUra’I'niY GPDTPC
court reversed the lower court. j AH£i WinoiUn 0£jXV1£j0
Local Option Law.
The supreme court Wednesday af
firmed two ruses from t’rlsp county In
volving questions of infraction of the
local, option law. Bryant Smith, of
Fordele. was tiled for ordering liquor
by telephone, but appealed, after being
convicted. The supreme court held
that the contention that he acted as
agent or buyer and ordered whisk)*
over tlie telephone was a mere subtev
i fuge mid pretense I
I legal sale of whisky
Mpeclal In The Georgian,
Gainesville, Ga., Dec. 13.—By reason
of the rainy weather during the au
tumn und fall, the’ farmers of Hall
county and the proprietors of the two
oil mills In the county, one at Gaines
ville and one at Flowery 'Branch, are
out $28,750. Last year the oil mills
paid *19 and $20 a ton for cotton seed, j
This year the seed yield five 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 t,o ,
the ton, and It Is 2 per cent off In
grade to what was realised last year;
from 60 to 80 pounds less hulls ure se
cured from a ton of seed tlmn 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 u ton than the oil mills real
ised lost year. .
Tho Planters’ oil mill, of Gainesville,
usually buys about 1,400 tons of seed
each season: and the Flowery Branch
min buys about 1,100 tons, making a
total of 2,500 tons of seed annually
sold in Hal! county.
OF ALGER BOOKS,
are missing much that is good. You | ordinury high wages counts but iittle,
can secure The Georgian every day tn
the year, except Sunday, and one of
the most prominent magazines in
America for a little more than the price
of The Georgian alone, which Is only
$4.50 per year. Take advantage ot
For boys, with colored Illustrations, at
Miller’s. Tills excellent series of books
comprises all of Horatio Alger's fa- .
mous hooka for boys, printed on paper
of excellent quality in uniform style
of binding, colored frontispiece and col-
ored illustrations. The best made,
most attractive Christmas book for
cover up the II- ; boys. Tlie price of Alger’s, books In ’.
j this series is 50c. We Ure making tho '
„ .«■**. 1 Price of three at $1.00. We mention a
Through Special Trains \ ■ Adrift m the city,” "Bound to
i Rise.'’ “Brave end Bold,” "Do and
Dare,” "Facing the World,” "Helping
Himself,” "Try and Trust,” **TJie Young
_ „ ; Salesman” nod others.'
CENTRAL OF GEORGIA john m.^jiller^co..
bibb raises kick
OVER LOSING SCHOOL.
-via
RAILWAY
Jisposl* f «xtremol> happy to know of thi
chine. We Hilt be glad to demon
at any tlnn* end to anybiMly Ihc re.if
beauties and many economical fouturc-
«f tin* Majestic Washing Machine. This
machine, the Majestic Washing Ma
chine. saves time, :u\«s labor, save,
clothes, saves money. With it one worn- j
an cun do the v. ashing for a* big fam-
so the outcome of it Is Juftt this, hun- !■>*- It w aalws tlie heaviest garment a {
•beds ami hundred* of the best farn- perfectly and docs not Injure the rno-fi
Hies are now doing their own work {delicate fabrics. Ho simple ami so <
and ate building an Independent feel- | easy to run that a child can operate It. ■RptpW'Pp.’M’ ATT.ANTA
ling on the servant question. For In- Htrong, handsome— will hist for yeaw. ” IiIiB I. A .
‘ stance, the Ohs Stove has worked won- | With the Majestic Washer ami one of; ANP ALBANY • **p«*«*i*i
| .let s. The prepared foods have cut our Peerless Wringers the home Is ... _ . . . . . '
down the real cooking proposition, hut complete; only $7.5o is tlie price of the Effective with first train leaving At-
BARRON 18 APPOINTED j the lust of all the washing machine has | Washer, and the Wringer* are piled' 8: '{ , » u * m ’ JJP**
ASSISTANT ATTORNEY, t m tor a »h»» ot no Hair litteiw. | to M 2 <-. Albany i p. in.. l^«n;>Kr
- 1 HV have now rot- .-tile in our place tlie! We will he veij p-Itul t„ .how eny tfal of tleergla Railway Pill operate
i-elebratetl Stajeetie W.mltlnt; Jta- j lady at any time the many Breal nt- "P*™ 1 1
■hfne. Why. n ehllil can almost tlo the! traction* offere.1 In the-e two machines
Whole famllv wash nn«l loolt upon the 1 They nil ure not* a necew.lty and .1
K'oasion ns tt matter of piny. | tit Inc of much economy md should Ik
A Indy v ho ha* suffered nil the a to- adopted bv nil households,
ales of the servant and washerwoman; .KING. HARDWARE CO.,
tuestiott ten he very much plot—tl and * 53 Peachtree St. f 87 Whitehall St.
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Special »o The Georgian.
Columbia, H. ¥*., Doc. 12.—Charles
. Barron, of the Columbia Imr, wax
today apixdnied axsixtant attorney gen-
I for the unexpirrd term, vice
Ihincnn i\ Ray. promoted from tjuit
position to attorney general.
„ and including Decam-
. her 25. for the accommodation of holl-
, day travel.
For detailed information, apply to
your nearcHt ticket agent, or commu
nicate with the undersigned.
i W. H. FOGG, Dill Past, Agent.
The Georgian.
.Macon, Ga., Dec. 12.—There wa
great deal of dixappolntment in Mi
yesterday when It waa announced
Pike county had been awarded the
rfculturai college for this district, ue
fplte the fact that* Bibb county bir
$24,000 mote than ahy other court>
Both J. If. Hall and Governor Terrel
are being roundly roasted by the pc«»pl>
Here, they being charted with the 1- -
•*f the college. t
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