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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-07
MERCHANTS WAR
On MUD NUISANCE
Marietta Streeters Appeal to
Mayor to Remedy Condition
of Miry Thoroughfare.

Following an Indignation meeting Of
the merchants and property owners on
Marietta street, a committee called on
Mayor Winn today to urge that some,
thing be done Immediately to relieve
the citizens of the nuisance caused by
the terrible condition of that street.
The merchants declared at the meet
ing that the mud in the street had
blocked customers from entering their
stores. The work of widening and re-
paving this street has been under way
for many months and the citizens have
borne patiently the Inconvenience I'M
til the street and sidewalks have be-
come absolutely impossible.
Street Railway Delays Work.
T. d. Meador, the contractor, told the
meeting that he had $4,000 worth of
material on the grounds and that he
was losing money every day that he
wes kept from proceeding with the
paving work. He said Chief of Con-
struction Clayton told him that the
Georgia Railway and Power Company
was delaying the work on account of
the readjustment of it's tracks and con-
Quits.
DR.. R. w. Weaver and F.. ]. Chappe-
lear composed the committee that call
ed on Mayor Winn. Mayor Winn took
the matter up with Chief of Construc-
ton Clayton and the county commits
sioners and Preston Arkwright, presi-
dent of the Georgia Railway and Pow
er Company, in an effort to hasten re-
lief to the Marietta street citizens.
Planning relief from the congested
traffic on Peachtree street, the West
Peachtree Improvement club met last
night at the Piedmont hotel and adopt
ed a petition which will be submitted to
the new council urging that the West
Peachtree street grade be raised and
a smooth pavement put down.
Judge Atkinson Leads Move.
The paving on this street is rough
cobble stones and has been down for
years. on account of the steep grades
on the street most of the traffic is
forced into Peachtree street
The petition for this work will be
signed by several hundred citizens and
property owners.
AT the meeting last night Judge Spen-
Ger Atkinson was made permanent
chairman of the club and DR.. William
owens, secretary. Among those who
spoke of the great need of this i'm
provement were DR.. J. c. Peck, w. r.
Coleman, Louis Gholstin, Harry L.
Schlesinger and DR. w. C. Hardin.
The club will hold other meetings be-
,,ouy ond tho making I'M of the
1913 city budget. The county commits
sioners will be urged to cooperate in
this work.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-07
Fear Reaction Some Dav.
BAXLEYS NEXT MAYOR
TO Be CITY'S YOUNGEST

BANLEY. GA, Dec. After one Of
the most spirited contests in the history
of BaNey', municipal politics, the fol-
lowing were declared the nominees in a
Democratic primary held here yester-
day. For mayor. Dave NJ. Parker; for
councmcn G.. w. Melton, R. L, Cham
hers and W. F. Brigham Two mem
hers OF the old council. Ed Jarman ana
J.. Branch. hold over for another year.
The candidates backed by the present
administration We're: For mayor j. F.
Uyasreet and councimen, G. \.
NeahegN II. j. Jenkins and b. W.
TAYLOR
Mr. Parker win be the youngest may
since Bailey was Incorporated He
Is The SON of Judge r. \. Parker. of
Nay@oss and n prominent young at
toney.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-07
NEWSB0Y QUITS TO
ATTEND COLLEGE

MILWAUKEE. WIS. Dec. AFTER
spending five years at a street corner
in Milwaukee selling newspapers. Jo-
seph Eisenberg has sold out his share
in the business to his brother, and will
use the proceeds with other savings,
to pay his way through Yale.
Eisenberg was forced to leave school
to aid in. the support of other members
of his family. He studied in night
school and, by taking two classes in
Marquette university in the hours when
sales We're slow, he fitted himself for
entering the big Eastern university.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-07
FORSYTH VOTERS ELECT
MAYOR AND COUMClLME

FORSYTH, GA. Dec. Voters of
Forsyth have formally elected as city
officials the nominees Of the recent city
primary, Since there was no opposition
there was little interest manifested.
Those elected are: r. .. Rudisnl,
mayor and George Il. Thweatt. O. II.
Is. Bloodworth Jr and W. G. Hin, al
dcrmen.
At the game time the executive COM
mittoc for the coming year was chosen
as follows j, O. Elrod, C. h. AlcXan-
der r. T. Brooks r. b, Stephens and
D. L. Carson.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-07

campaign with enthusiasm and went
after results. They got them. too.
Bank depositors were halted right and
left, coming and going, and just could
not resist, through purchase of the
seals making their contribution to the
anti-tuberculosis fund.
Young women from the seminary in
automobiles also spent the day in dis
tributing advertising matter and Red
Cross seals in all the drug stores in and
around Atlanta.
Among those participating in the
days campaign, which was in charge
of MIS-. J. Wade ConklLng, of the Anti
tuberculosis association, were Misses
Helen Douglas, Louise Santell Mar
garet Frazier, frankie and Werner Nc
Kee, Martha Whdden. Rachael Beck,
Mary and Adelaide Carmly and many
others.
Reports from all the committees en-
gagged in the work, made at headquar-
ters today, showed gratifying results,
and Mrs. f. G. Hodgson, Atlanta chair
man, feels confident they will have no
trouble in disposing of the entire $780,
GOO Red Cross seals allotted to Atlanta.
Plague Claims Hundreds.
In Atlanta yearly IN the Sums of
the city and in the squalid mill sec
tons hundreds Of persons die of the
white plague" More than three-quar-
ters of them are little children who
never really had a chance at life. They
were doomed at birth and the plague
marked them for its own at the born
ing.
In the Sums they know the alleys
better than the streets. and in the mill
sections they know the hum of the
machine better than most children
know the runes Of the fairies Frail
little bodies at the best, underfed lily
clothed, reared in fetid rooms, in chok-
ing factories and filthy streets. they
go as poverty's yearly toll and more
as the price of Indifference.
1t is to stop all this, or at least
check it, that the smartly dressed young
woman and many of her kind stand in
the doorways of downtown office build
ings now and bid the passers to buy the
Red Cross stamps.
In Atlanta this season Red Cross
stamps will be used more extensively
than usual, and the women hope the
time may come when no other Christ
mas seal will be seen.
Headquarters Opened,
With r. c. BusCh as business man
ager the Atlanta Red Cross seal com
mittee has opened permanent head
quarters on the eighth floor of the
Hillyer building in Peachtree street
and the sale of seals will continue until
Christmas.
The working committees are to he
in charge of wen known Atlanta socie-
ty women, and the actual sale of stamps
viii be handled by the following
Mrs. S. r. Barnett, fertilizer and
packing companies.
Mrs. Cam Dorsey, department and
clothing stores.
Mrs T b. Fielder and Mrs. Elizabeth
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-07
COLLEGE GIRLS AID IN
RED CROSS SEAL WAR
ON THE WHITE PLAGUE

Before the drab doorway of down
town office building a young woman.
smartly attired, with a glow of health
in her cheek and a deal of elasticity in
her step, alighted from an electric
brougham drawn close to the curb this
morning.
In her gray-gloved hand, half hid
den by. films of lace that fell on her
fingers. she carried numerous sheets of
stickers looking for all the world like
exotic foreign stamps.
Against the crowd that came stream
ing through the doorways she took
her hand stemming perceptibly the
rush that went on around her. The
sheets of stamps she fiuttered in her
fingers were Red Cross stamps, and
she purposed to sell them to every
passerby as Christmas seals, so that
the nation wide fight against the
white plague" could go on.
She's Pleading For Lives.
1t was hers to plead with the hurry
ing, Indifferent crowd that went cease
lessly in and out, to spare life; to give
just a fighting chance to those who
must battle with the terror always;
children of slums who breathe only
fetid air in the novels they call homes
and those that bend, it seems forever,
over whirring machines.
Each stamp may mean a life" she
said beseechingly holding forth the
sheets of the little red and green stick
ers, as if by the gesture to emphasize
the great import of her mission.
And she spoke meaningly for it is
true that each little fiuttering sheet of
stamps she displayed may mean life.
1t may mean the life of the child,
pale faced little girl ready to go down
in the hopeless fight for air and food
and sunshine.
The crowd passed her after the
divers ways of humanity. Some went
by grimly, some indinerently, some
turned a quick, curious head and hur-
ried on, but a few smiled, stopped and
gathered up a sheet of stamps.
Yearly Toll Here Hundreds.
You really don't know what it all
means" said the young woman to
brisk, well dressed business man who
stopped long enough to demand his
quota of stickers and bolted.
some time ! will tell you all about
it," she called after him.
And she was willing TO tell Of the
work TO those who would listen. Her
story was simple and direct, but it told
Of suffering beyond the ken of half the
crowd that bought her wares. It's end
ing most always was death.
Committees of young women from
the Washington seminary had charge
Of the Hobbies in the Third National,
Fourth National, Lowry National and
Atlanta National banks today, and II
was seldom that a depoStor got by
them without making purchase Of
Red Cross seals.
The college girls entered into the
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-07
HOLIDAY PACKAGE RUSH
BEGINS AT POST0FFICE

The holiday rush has begun at. the
Atlanta postoffice, especially in the for
eIgn parcels post department. and from
this time until the-end of the Christ
mas season the clerks in the big build
ing Will be worked hard.
Packages in the foreign parcels post
have been coming in steadily since the
beginning of the week Most If them
are consigned to Greece, Russia and
Italy. although practically every coun-
try in Europe is represented to a great
er or less degree. The internal parcel.
post will not begin operations unit,
January 1
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-07

Winship Bates, the Equitable building
and the entire block in which it stands
Mrs A. w. Stirling, wholesale gro
GERS.
Mrs Phinizy Calhoun, banks.
Mrs. John Hill, florists and candy
manufacturers.
Mrs Oscar F. Elder hotels
Council Of Jewish Women, in charge
Of Mrs. Leo Grossman, jewelers., whole
sale dry goods companies furniture
manufacturers and dealers, Forsyth
building, automobile dealers, Decatur
and Peters streets merchants,
Mrs. f. O. Foster gas and electric
companies, glass and paint stores.
Mrs. Arthur Powell and Mrs. Uric
Atkinson, Insurance companies and in
surance agents.
Mrs. w b. Price Smith, dry clean.
ers and laundries
Mrs. Frank owens, books and sta
tionery
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-07
BIBLE CONFERENCE AT MERCER

MACON, GA, Dec. THE annual
convention of the Georgia Students
Bible conference is now in session at
Mercer university, with about 40 PREF
schools and colleges represented.
Messrs. Conner and Montgomery, OF
Vanderbilt, and Turner, Of Tech, will
be the speakers this afternoon. and to-
night Rev. Ashby Jones, of Augusta,
will make the principal address.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-07
FISH HE DIDN'T GET
UPSET THREE IN BOAT

ROSELAND, N. J., Dec. IL. G.,
Kent entered the Fish Story club" to-
day by telling about a fish he hooked
(but did not land) that jerked SO Wig
orously it upset the boat from which he
and three companions in Split Rock
pond were angling.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-07
SLAYER REsENTENcED TO HANG.

SAVANNAH, GA, Dec. 7.-Solomon
Williams, a negrod convicted of the
murder of his mother in law, has been
resentenced by Judge Walter G. Charl-
ton in the superior court and will be
hanged on January II. Williams killed
his wifes mothers in the home of the
two women and seriously wounded his
tarifp
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-07
Jusr ONE RACE TO RUN.

WAYCROSS, GA, Dec. alderman
Fred Brewer is now the Third ward
nominee, his opponent for the second
primary having withdrawn in his ia
vor The only ward contest not yet
settled is that of the First ward,
where j. A. Lott and c. c. Buchanan,
Jr, are opponents.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-07
BUTTS COUNTY REALTY
BRINGS SAT PER ACRE

JACKSON, GA, Dec. AT public
sale here about $4,000 worth Of Butts
county real estate changed hands. Most
of the property was sold by administra-
tors The administrator of d. n. Car
michael sold 583 acres of farm property
and some valuable city property belong
ing to the estate. The highest price paid
for any land was $47 per acre.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-07
1FNDCRATS WILL
APPROVE TAT 7 8
APPOINTMENTS
Compromise To Be Reached
Whereby Only a Few Names
Will Be Held Up.

,- ~ Efforte arc
WASHlN'l ~ - :. oo,,,r,on,ise he
being mace 10 e i,,l... and democrats
tween the AeI,"u''or''l I'M ,oroa n tbo
Whereby t''e '.',,- .,aio,, ,ortion of
confirmation o' CIV. +rants
the president 5 i'' w 49,, ,lyosa,t session
At the ou's', 49,, r,a,aoorats were in
some OF jl7 'o'',',' ~ IF tba nresi-
favor OF nouns r,os+ If them,
dents aP.'.''' - ,,,iabt ha-n,ora ME
in order s'.'' '.,t.a,,. ,,-,an Woodrow
for their o"" p',' .,,i,+,, i,o,,.a
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-06-06

When John Barton Payne was on the
bench he was considered purist and
showed Impotence If lawyer slipped
a cog and committed grammatical er-
ror. On one occasion he called coun-
sci for an assault upon the kings Eng
lish with intent to MAIN and took up
the examination Of the witness him.
self. Later in the trial the attorney
had considerable difficulty in bringing
out the location of a certain ash box,
and Judge Payne turned to the witness
to say sharply:
"You knew this ash box. didn't your
mo, your honor" answered the wit
ness, "but knew of it."
zone on the court" observed Judge
Payne. Proceed with the case."-Chi-
cago Post
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-06-06

I'm banking, as in personal finance"
remarked suburban banker the other
day, ''the old adage, Take care Of the
pennies and the dollars will take care
Of themselves holds good. Just to
illustrate. I've been banker for thir-
ty years. Courtesy made my success
largely. A couple Of years ago wo-
man whose brothers were depositors
with us dropped in to see me and said
she wanted to open an account. | ar
ranged everything and then asked how
much her initial deposit would be.
When she said SIS never quavered.
took it. Two days later she deposited
$4,000. That account has never ay-
eraged less than $1,000 from that day.
See what she was up to? She wanted
to know how courteously small depos-
itors were. treated. New York TriD-
une.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-06-06
Ohio and tho Buckeys.

The name Buckeye, though Of ear
Her origin, became indelibly affixed to
Ohio in the fire eating campaign of
1910, when General William Henry
Harrison started out as the Wing can
didate for the presidency and shortly
became the LOG cabin and hard ci-
der" candidate. He was pictured sit
ting in rough cabin, barrel OF cider
handy to his elbow and strings of
buckeyes upon the wall at his back
Cabins of buckeye poles were erected
upon wagons and carried In Wing pa
rades- One Of the songs Of the cam
paign ran:
Well wheel it to the capital and place 1t
there elate 1873 4t'
For a token and sign of the bonny
Buckeye State 4at, se.s
IHie predecessors of the. modern but
ton men were a credit to the trade. In
the Harrison campaign they sold Ohio
! buckeyes throughout the country. canes
frorn the buckeye tree and woven EN-
blems In the shape Of the buckeye leaf
Thenceforth Ohio was the Buckeye
State. .t..,4
The unassertlve tree, with its worth
less nut and fetid bark, is not, it Ii
true, anything to take vast pride in
But there's no escaping the sobriquet
That is established-possibly for a.
long as Ohio is state.-Toledo Blade
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-06-06
a Parable.

Two men stood watching steam
shovel at work. With clatter and
roar the shovel bit into a steep bank.
closed on a carload Of earth and
dumped it onto a waiting freight train
ut drives me Wild" said the first
onlooker. ito see that monster taking
the bread out of good mems mouths.
Look at It'll Why. it's filling up those
fat cars faster than a hundred men
with picks and shovels could do~it-"
But the other onlooker shook his head
and answered:
"See here. mister: If it would be bet
ter to employ Il hundred men with
picks and shovels on this job wouldn't
it be better still. by your way of think
ing. to employ thousand men with
forks and tablespoons"-New York
Tribune.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-06-06
4 cooks Accidental Discovery.

One of the best ways of cooking po
tatoes was accidentally discovered
through the unpunctuality OF train.
When the line from Paris to st. Ger
main was opened the first train car
ried an official party for whom lunch
was ordered. The meal was fixed for
noon. and shortly before that hour the
potatoes were put on to fry. A few
minutes afterward message came
that the train would probably be de-
layed for an hour, so the potatoes were
taken off the fire. but left in the pan.
Then came a second message. Train
just arriving" and the potatoes were
hurriedly put back to fry again. When
the party sat down to lunch the pota'
toes were brought on with the steak
Each chip was then found to be blown
out like a small. crisp. golden balloon,
to the delight of the guests: The cook
without knowing it had invented
pommes de terre soufies.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-06-06
His Hold on Fame.

Sir Henry Irving was playing his an
nual London engagement once when
hansen. then in the height of his fame
as an arctic explorer, came back from
an expedition in search of the north
pole. The. curtain was just about to
rise one evening when Stoker came be-
hind the scenes with news that Nan
sen was sitting in the royal box. Irv-
ing received the news ip, silence.
A few minutes later one of the mem
bers OF the company hustled up to the
star to tell him the same thing. Irving
merely grunted And right on the heels
Of this up came fiuttering woman
super and said. 'st'A .'f.0
"Oh, Sir Henry, did you know the
great hansen was out frontT vas
"Nansen7 Nansen" said Irving as
though he were trying to remember
who this person hansen might be-. "Oh
yes-the chap who stands the cold sc
wellp-Saturday Evening Post. ~
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-06-06
Greenland's GIaoisrs.

The iceberg has its birth In the rocky
foods of western Greenland. Under
the ever present and irresistible pres
sure Of "Greenland's Icy, mountains"
the great ice cap, the remnant Of that
which once extended down over the
northern part of the present United
States, countless glaciers move toward
the sea from an elevation of 5000 feet
This sheet Of ice covers an area esti-
mated to be from 100000 to 100000
square miles or from six to eight
times that of New York state. 1t is
believed that its depth In some parts
is more than 5000 feet. The ice grad
ually moves down the flords to the sea
level, having greater or less speed.
according to the season of the year,
some of the glaciers travelling In the
summer time as much as fifty or sixty
feet day.-Exchange.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-06-06
aarrioks Wonderful Face.

Garrick had poor opinion, OF the
French actors q his day. and when IN
Paris for six months In 1853 to.show
what he could do~without the aid Of
the usual accessories of the stage he
gave private performances to audi
ences that quickly succulnbed to the
spell of his art He told stories. gave
scenes sfrom Shakespeare and acted
dramas in dumb show. There are ia
miliar tales CONCERNING his wonderful
mobility of features and body. of his
power to create Il new physlognomy
which his friends did not recognize.
There is the story. for Instance. that
GaiTick posed to Hogartlf'for the por.
trait Of Fielding after Eielding's death
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-06-06
FoRFFITuRE NOTICE.

TO Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Carpenter, your
heirs, executors, administrators and
assigns:
You and each of you are herebysnoti-
fed that have expended during. the
year 1911, the sum of five hundred
dollars ($500) in labor. and improve
ments upon the following named lode
claims, situate in the Ten Mile Mining
District, Idaho county, State Of Idaho:
the Standard No. 5, the Standard No.
6, recorded in book 81, pages -433, and
434; the Standard No. 7, the Standard
No. and the Standard No. 9, recorded
in book So, pages 455, 456 and Asst of
the records of Idaho county, State of
Idaho, in order to hold said claims under
the provisions of section 1924 of the
Revised Statutes of the United States,
and the amendment thereto approved
January %, $780, concerning annual
labor upon mining claims, being the
amount required to hold said lode claims
for the period ending on thes31st day of
December, A, D.. 1911. And if, within
ninety days from the personal service
of this notice or within ninety days
after the publication thereof, you fail
or refuse to contribute your proportion
of such expenditure as cc-owners, your
interest in lthe claimsswill become the
property of thee subscriber, your CO.
owner who, has made, the required ex-
penditure by the terms. of said section,
80 JAMES e. PAUL.
: First publication March 81, 1912. @N
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-06-06
Boat RACING In the Old DAYS.

Boat racing was very different af-
fair from what 1t is now. when the
first boat race between Oxford and
Cambridge came off at Henley in 1879
Oxford won. wearing blue checks
and sporting black straw hats with Il
broad blue ribbon. while Cambridge
was in white with pink waist bands
and high hats. The weights Of the
racing boats used ut TINS time may be
judged from the fact that when they
were converted from Fights. to six
oars, with seats for passengers added.
they could easily carry twenty per
sons.-London Chronicle.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-06-06

When Charles Mathews the elder
was lying upon his deathbedAa friend,
intending to give him a doset,of medi-
cine. handed him by accident some ink
from a small vial. On discovering
when too late the mischief he said,
Good heavens. Mathews, have given
you a dose Of inkv'
"Never-neyer mind, my boy" was
the faint reply. "Pll swallow Bit of
blotting paper"
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-06-06
FORFEITURE NOTICE.

To VIM. Longley, your heirs, execu-
tors, administrators and assigns.
You are hereby notified that l have
expended during the year 1911, the
sum of one hundred dollars ($l00) in
labor and improvements upon each of
the following named lode claims, situate
in Elk. City Mining District, Idaho
county, State of Idaho; the Lewiston
and the Portland quartz claims, of
which the location certificates are
found of record in book H of Mining
Claims, pages 1886 and 1886 respectively
of the records of the District Deputy
Mining Recorder, of Elk City Mining
District, and also of Idaho County,
State of Idaho, in order to hold said
claims under the provisions of section
2}24 of the Revised Statutes of the
United States, and the amendment
thereto approved January %, 1880, con-
corning annual labor upon mining
claims, being the amount required to
hold said lode claims for the period end
ing on the 3lst day of December, A. D.
1911. And if, within ninety days from
the personal service of this notice OF
within ninety days after the publica-
tion thereof, you fail or refuse to con-
tribute your proportion of such ex-
penditure as a co-owner, your one
third interest in the claims will become
the property of the subscriber your CO.
owner, Who has made the required ex
penditure by the terms of said section
C. II. SCHOFIELD.
First publication. Feb. %, 1912.