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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-18
TO BUILD BIG RESERVOIR.

COLUMBUS.-The Columbus Wa
ter Supply Company announces that
it has purchased land on Factory
Hill. north of Columbus, where il will
construct a 5000, 000-g gallon storag,
reservoir. a filtering plant, settling
basin and pumping station.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-10
MINIS PARK To
Be BEAUT|F|ED
Plans Under Way for improve
ment of ChiIdren's Play
ground at Early Date.

Active plans are now under way for
play ground for the children of the Da-
Wis street school. with the $500 bequest
left for this purpose by the late Mrs.
Livingston Minis.
The matter has been taken in hand
by the Mothers auxiliary of the school,
which has just been organized, and no
pains will be spared to beautify the
park and give the 400 children a model
spot on which they may romp and play
to their hearts content
The Mothers auxiliary starts with
more than 100 members and will be-
come affiliated with the National Moth
ers congress. Mrs. j, w. Frye is presi-
dent of the auxiliary, Mrs. Clifford Har-
ris, first vice president; Mrs. w. f.
Mills. second vice president; Mrs.
Claude B. Nealy, secretary, and Mrs.
c. E. Courtney, treasurer.
A committee, of which Mrs. NeaIy is
chairman, was appointed to draft reso-
buttons on the death Of Mrs. Minis. to
express appreciation for the bequest of
$500.
At the organization meeting several
enthusiastic speeches were made, one
by Walter Rich, of the board Of educa-
ton, who paid splendid tribute to Miss
Julia Riordan, principal Of the school
and her corps Of teachers. The children
of the school also came in for words OF
praise for their good work, both in
studies and in beautifying the school
grounds
Mrs. James Little discussed the work
of the Mothers congress, and Miss Mar
garet Laing, one of the probation Off
GERS of the children's court, spoke on
the Girls Campfire club. DR.. j. Conklin
told of the growth and benefits of the
boy scouts.
The Mothers auxiliary expects to
send delegates in May to the National
Mothers congress in Boston.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-10

Gresham to her strange actions. The
policeman approached the girl and
started to question her. She tore the
partially written note into bits before
the patrolman could take it from her,
and. weeping, said
That's my last letter to mother, and
now I'll not be able to send It."
The policeman then discovered the
knife at her side, and the girl is alleged
to have said: That's for me. That and
the letter l was writing mother"
When taken to the police station the
girl denied she sought to end her life,
but smilingly said she had bought the
big knife to make a change of scene"
for her husband.
Pending information from Clinton,
the girl will be detained at the police
station. The police are searching for
the husband but as the girl refuses to
disclose his identity the search may
prove fruitless.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-10
VETERAN WHO RAN
"MERRY-GO-ROUND"
is FREED FROM JAIL

BARLEY, GA, Feb. 10.-H. H. Beech
er, the Confederate veteran who was
put in Jail by order of Mayor Dave M.
Parker for running a merry go-round,
in violation of city ordinance, is now
a free man. He carried his case before
Ordinary A F. Byrd on habeas corpus
proceedings, and Judge Byrd set him
free on the ground that the ordinance
Is void The city has served notice Of
certiorari and that proceeding will be
reviewed by the higher courts.
In the meantime Beecher has left
Baxley, declaring that he will return
when the courts decide the case. The
city council at regular session has
frightened the ordinance against run
ming flying jennies" and like amuse-
ments, and Beecher will find other OBJ
structios in his way when he returns.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-10

gian's School Editor will make the
award, and will be the sole judge of
the merits of all contributions.
The competition is open to students
of the fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth
grades of the graded schools, and to all
students of the high and preparatory
schools. The range of subjects on
which the stories may be written in
cludes anything that is news and that
may properly appear in home news
paper. A few suggestions for topics
on which interesting stories may be
written are offered here:
Accidents or unusual Incidents wit
messed on the way to and from school.
Progress of any of this years classes,
as compared with last years class in
the same grade.
Any unusual achievement of an indi-
viduaI student in securing higher mark
ings than his fellow students.
Descriptions of general conditions of
school or class, as related to efficiency
in study, provision for recreation, ath-
Ietic achievement, etc.
Personal mention. The entrance of
new students, or leaving of old ones.
ChronicIns the events that affect the
lives or careers of fellow students.
Send in your story. If it ranks among
the best of those sent in, tt Will be
printed in The Georgian on the day aft
er 1t reaches this Office. If it is the
best of those printed in the judgment
of the School Editor, you will win the
dollar prize.
Stories should not be more than 200
words in length, and should be neatly
written on one side of the paper only.
State to what school and grade you
belong.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-10
DAYLIGHT HOLDUPS
ROB CHICAGOAN OF
$2,0OOIN CITY STREET

CHICAGO, Feb. 10.-Two thousand
dollars in currency was taken from a
clerk employed by Abraham Nelson, a
wine dealer, as he was leaving the ele-
waited station near Clarinda street
Despite the fact that many pedes-
TRANS were in the vicinity, two hold =
up men thrust a revolver into the
clerks face, compelled him to hold up
his hands. while they went through
him. The clerk was returning from a
bank where he had drawn the curren-
cy for use in the days business.
After securing the cash, the bandits
quietly slipped away, leaving the mes
senger with his hands in the air, too
frightened to even scream for aid until
they had disappeared.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-10
GIRL WITH KNIT
IS ARRESTED IN
R.R. STATION
YOUNG Woman Writing Note
to Mother Is Nabbed by
Policeman.

Pretty Della Evans, just %, has man
good 10 crowd into her score and twain
oars marriage and divorce. Today
che added to her store of worldly expe-
renee what the police say is an at
tempt upon her own life and the threat
70 slav her former husband.
The girl came here two weeks ago
from her home in Clinton Tenn. Early
today Policeman Gresham saved the
Young woman, who is a mother, fror
what he declares would have undoubt-
adlv been a successful attempt upon
her own life, as he found her in the act
of writing farewell note to her moth
or At her side lay an ugly looking
knife with a heavy blade.
The girl is now being held in the
matron's department at the police sta
ton pending a probe into her story and
communication with her mother in
Tennessee.
Protects Husband, Though in Trouble
Miss Evans. as the girl calls herself
refuses to disclose her married name
saving that her husband is here in At
ldnta ana enBdSeu III puSlHeSSJ dllu
though she is not now his legal wife
vet she does not wish to bring his posi-
ton into jeopardy.
The girl says she came here some
two weeks ago to seek work. The po-
lice claim she told them at first that
she sought a position with musical
comedy company. For several days the
girI looked for employment, she says, to
no avail Saturday she saw her former
husband on the streets of the city,
Then. she says, she bought the knife
taken from her in the railway station
The girl declares she sought ven
geance for the husbands desertion two
years ago in the little Tennessee town
The police claim she sought self-de-
structon.
Talks Of "Chanqe" For Husband.
When the young woman appeared in
the Union depot today she approached
gateman and said: You don't know
my name, do you? You don't even
know where l live. do you?"
The gatenan started to reply, but
before he could do so the girl was gone
Walking directly to the waiting room
of the station, Miss Evans sat down
and producing note paper and a pencil
started to write a letter. The gateman
called the attention of Policeman
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-10
Youthful Reporters for Georgian Write Well
ROBT. FOREMAN, JR., WINS|

The school boys and girls of At
lanta have made a brave response to
The Georgian's invitation that they be-
come reporters for the paper. Quite a
number of interesting and well writ
ten letters have been received. but the
first of the prizes to be awarded must
go to Robert Foreman, Jr., 99S Peach
tree street, who turns in a real news
item. His STORY follows
Hamilton Douglas, Jr., scout mas
ter of Troop No. 1. Atlanta Boy
Scouts, has secured a cabin three
miles from Buckhead for the boys.
The cabin has been cleaned, repair
ed and fumigated by the scouts,
and has two rooms When the
hunks are completed. it will ac-
commodate fifteen boys. 1t is To-
Gated in a field surrounded by
woods, and has fine spring near
by.
The scouts spend all their spare
time at the cabin, some of the
most enthusiastic ones sleeping
there on Friday and Saturday
nights They look forward to weeks
of camp life there next summer
Young Mr.. Foreman comes naturally
by his newspaper ability, for he is the
nephew of Clark Howell, editor of The
Constitution. He is member of First
Grade A, Boys High school
The Georgian invites students of the
public, private, parochial and other
white schools to send in stories" of
events that come to their notice, either
in or out of school, and whether con-
nected with the school or not
The Georgian will pay a cash prize
of one dollar to the writer of the best
story published each day. The Geor-
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-10
PROMINENT MEN SPEND
VACATIONS IN AUGUSTA

AUGUSTA, GA, Feb. 10.-Ex- Mayor
Rolla Wells and a number of other
prominent st. Louis men are stopping
in Augusta for a few weeks. Mr.. Wells,
who was treasurer of the national
Democratic committee, is playing golf
and motoring over the splendid roads
of this section. George F. Baker, pres
ident of the First National bank Of
New York. who testified before the
Pujo investigating committee of con-
gress. is also here.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-10
LOVELY ONION SCORES
KANSAS COURT VICTORY

lola, KANS., Feb. 10.-The onion
won a legal sl1irmish here when County
Attorney Forrest refused to issue a war
rant for Willis Thompson, charged by
Miss Lucretia Campbell, a neighbor
with permitting the cooking of onions
in his home, the odors from which filled
her rooms, causing her great discom-
fort. THE state of Kansas will not
lend its aid to Danish the onion from
the home" said the county attorney.
Mr.. Forrest paid high tribute to the
healthful properties of the onion.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-10
TEACH BABIES TO LISP
"V0TES FOR WOMEN

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 10.-That
their babies shall hereafter be taught
to lisp votes for women" the very next
thing after they have learned papa"
and mamma" has been agreed upon
by members Of the Pennsylvania
League for the Advancement of Woman
Suffrage.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-10
MURRAY ROAD TAX S..

DALTON, GA, Feb. 10.-The board
of county commissioners of Murray
county has placed the road tax at SIS,
with the alternative of working five
days on the county roads. AS an en-
couragement to the recently appointed
road overseers, the board has offered a
prize of IS to the overseer who makes
the best showing during the year.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-10
MURRAY WIDOWS WE'D.

DALTON, GA, Feb 10.-The IRE
sistible widows" were in evidence in
Murray county last week when Ordtna-
ry ]. NJ. Campbell was called upon to
perform a double wedding service.
Both of the brides were widows, Mrs.
Fannie Patterson becoming Mrs. w. II.
Morrison and Mrs. TeXie Crawford be-
came the wife of Mr.. G.. w. Dyer.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-10
AUTHOR CHARLES MAJOR
is DYING AT HIS HOME

SHELBYVILLE, IND, Feb. 10
Charles Major. author of when
Knighthood Was in Flower" and other
novels, is critically i'll at his home here
and is not expected by his physicians to
live throughout the day Early today
he had not rallied from a relapse which
left him unconscious. Mr. Major has
been suffering with liver trouble for the
past several months.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-10
S6 BathrobeS 1898

Women's So to $3.50 bath
robes, some of solid color elder
down, others OF Indian blanket
robes in characteristic colors.
Sandals to match some. Neatly
trimmed.
Floor)
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-10
LONG HOURS AND NIGHT
SESSIONS TILL MARCH a

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1O.-Long
hours, with night sessions, are to be
the lot of members of the house from
now until March 4. The meeting hour
today was 1920 o'clock, with a special
agreement that the house recess from
o'clock to o'clock in the evening,
when private bills will be considered.
The unfinished business Is still the ag-
ricultural appropriation bill.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-10
So Kin1onos CSC

Women's kimonos, fleeced on
inside, hard twilled surface on
outside. Can never roughen.
Neat Empire styles in pretty
Persian effects.
(Muslinwes
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-10
MARRIES MAN WHOSE
BLOOD SAVED LIFE

PROVIDENCE, r. l., Feb 1O-Miss
Elizabeth Mullen and Frank Degnan
who saved her life by giving a pint of
his blood for TRANSMISSION, were married
tOday
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-10
movies" REACH AsHBURN

ASHBURN, GA, Feb. 10.-The peo-
pie of Ashburn are at last enjoying a
first class moving picture show. The
Palace theater has just been opened
with ]. S. Shingler, Jr, manager.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-12-18

haun at this OF the year IN the IerWah
colonies under tropical sun, where the cactus must
perorce replace the native fir Christmas celebrations are
held and the same songs sung home i'm eben Water
land
Naturally when all Germanys children are celebrat
ing her model family leads the way. AT the Imperial
court Christmas celebrated in exactly the same way
as in every other household throughout the empire Two
especially fine specimens of fir selected by the royal
oresters for the emperor and and other trees
in diminishing for the numerous other members Oh
the emperors immediate family that is his six sons and
one daughter wives of his three married sons and MIS-
two grandsons latter being favored with proportion
ally tiny The whole number are set up In the smell
hall of the palace at Posdam where the kaiser al
ways spends Christmas and the various gifts about
which the same secrecy is observed in the families OF
the bourgeois disposed at the foot OF each separate
tree But imperial family celebrates the feast
the emperor and attend the "Bescherung, or
presentation of gifts to the members OF the imperial
household chambre personal attendants lack
eys, and footmen
On the afternoon of Christmas the emperor, &C
companied by adjutant whose pockets stuffed with
newly ve three and two mark pieces takes the
traditional walk through the park of the palace and
distributes the beggars who rally in great force
has kind word cordial greeting for them all, nor
he forget the guard at the gates of the palace
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-12-18
Trap Nests.

is one that Is not laying. II remained
for a man by the name OF Albert
Angel, Jr., to strike the proper idea
In this direction.
Briefly stated, this system consists
of house and yard divided into two
unequal parts. One side is large
enough for - hens, and the smaller
side Is for the cock. In the house are
trap nests with two openings. Every
night the hens are put In the larger
house. The cock stays permanently
in his own quarters. Every hen that
lays an egg or enters trap nest
goes out into the apartment with the
male. When night comes, the laying
hens are all with the male and they
then are returned to their own side OF
the house and yard, to go through the
same process each day. In the morn
ing the male bird is alone. The trap
nest is made by simply fashioning
two light doors, using one-inch mesh
wire netting. The door to the nest
which the hen enters to lay is hinged
from the inside, and is pushed open
by the hen, and closes behing her.
The door in the rear of the nest open
ing out into the cocks yard, is hinged
from the outside. When the hen en-
tiers the cocks pen she can not re-
turn, as will readily be seen. These
doors, or gates, are light, and work
easily, and should be the size OF the
entrance OF the next box and hinged
to the top.
The illustration, a popular make or
trap nests, such as is used on many OF
the large poultry farms. A shows
trap nest turned to open nest.
b shows nest closed after hen
has entered. C shows trap set.
When a hen is through laying she
will stick her head out OF the nest
and cackle, and should then be re-
! leased.
On the leg of each hen is placed
an aluminium band on which is stamp
ed a number Upon opening the door
of the trap the hen is picked up and
her number ascertained. This is then
written on the egg, and at night a
record is made of these numbers.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-12-18
FOR SUCCESS WITH POULTRY
Practical Way Of Building Up Laying
strain Of Hens 10 TO Breed Those
With Best Records.

Trap nests are the best guide-posts
to success. They point out the hens
that are doing good work, and expose
the drones. They not only tell you
how many eggs each individual hen
laying In year, but they also point
out the color Of the shell and the
shape Of the egg.
The time is near at hand when hens
will be sold on their egg records, and
prices governed accordingly.
It is an excepted fact that the only
way to build up a laying strain OF
hens is TO breed from those giving the
best records, says the Farm Journal.
BY annually picking out the best OF
the flock, 1t is possible each year to
increase the average of the flock.
In line with the introduction OF
trap nesting came the question of the
laying hens giving a better percent
age OF fertile eggs, as we'll as receiv-
ing an extra allowance of feed. 1t Is
more difficult to overfatten a hen
that is doing steady laying than 1t
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-12-18
|DOULIR NOIE(|
EegrsszF5s ssz,,sssEns.sss=n Nj
E6IgSS S@&z-AJU|

The buster the hens the better they
will be.
Guineas are in great demand. Why
not buy few?
Never expose fowls in blustery,
snowy weather.
Sunshine should have a large place
In the ration of every hen.
Roots of all kinds can be fed cooked
or raw, but they should be chopped
fine.
Grit and shells are cheap, neverthe-
less very important in the proper care
of poultry.
Don't forget to sprinkle lime on
drop boards, not too much for 1t is
hard on the chickens feet.
The poultry houses must be a scene
of constant effort to prevent lice and
vermin from this time until spring,
When wood ashes are strewn over
the hen house floor the manure VIII
lose much Of the ammonia by the mix
ture
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-12-18

beginning December the feast they devote
siderable portion Of their to Christmas baZars
where imagines ones self transported to Toyand
There tremendous set pieces with electric trans air
ships and railway trains careerng about amid wonderful
papier mache mountain ravshng Visions of fair
dol-women and army corps army corps of the most
gallant tin soldiers that manned fort The air is
rent with ear-splitting cacophony of noise emitted by
mechanical and the atmosphere reeks with the smell
Of shavngs and glue that peculiar pungent odor of the
shop which brings back the old fogies the myster
delights of the birthday table.
On Christmas every German must have his
Christmas tree. When passes through the streets
wet Christmas eve-the sparkling frost and snowy
mantle of the feulleonst rarely put in appearance
before Januaryone has the curious feeling being in
the midst of 600O0000 of people all engaged in doing the
thing One imagine the traveller looking the
thousands of Mohammedans laboriousy threading their
the desert of Mecca to win the title Had
regarding the with similar emotions. For when
every German, it is literally true The streets of
Berlin deserted for the and omnibuses and
cabs and an occasional policeman, and from behind the
blinds of the windows the candles the Christmas trees
throwing out their little beams into the darkness
night did the star to the shepherds nearly two thou
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-12-18

You need a new hat"
I'm"
You need a new suit"
I'm"
You need shoes. Man alive, your
feet are on the ground!"
Quite true" admitted Wombat,
with a sigh.
Then take this weeks salary and
spruce up"
Cant squander any money on my
self, old man. My wife is worse off
than | am"
Dear me, How Is that?"
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-12-18

Some of these associations
look to physical development,
others to mental and moral,
and still others to both. In
a little book prepared by an
association of the last named
class, the writer recently
found this statement: Par
ents are as much responsible
for the selfishness OF their
children as they are for their
existence" This rather en-
phatic statement led to quite
a discussion Of the matter
with the mother OF several
children, who told the writer
that she had been engaged
ever since her first born in
combating selfishness and
developing generous impulses
in her children. In relating
her experiences she told this
little story:
AT this season OF the year
my children got into the habit
OF expressing their desires
for particular Christmas gifts,
/ did not tell them that II
they would he Pnnd hnYs and
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-12-18
MIX for Gloves.

A simple and effective way to clean
kid gloves is to draw them on the
hands and 90 over them with a clean
cloth dipped in skim milk Wear them
until quite dry. or molsten a small
sponge or piece of cloth in skim milk,
rub it on a cake of CASTLE soap and
with this sponge the gloves until they
are quite clean. Wear until they are
dry.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-12-18

girls they would receive these gifts, rather tried to i'm
press upon them the idea that If they did not ask for
than they should receive, that is not selfish
they might get them With this admonton coupled
the idea that Santa Claus needed help especially In reach
Ing the poor the sick and the unfortunate. told my
children to help Santa Claus all they could and
year they have managed to discover child
sick unfortunate boy girl for whom they have
provided gifts In thus helping Santa Claus they have
found pleasure that they have quite forgotten
their desires beyond the expression of them.
They have at least curbed their selhshness and think
that have led them to be generous to some extent
In this womans experience lies of practical
value than be found in all the books that be pub
shed by all the associations in chrstendom She got at
the root of the whole matter and she applied the
remedya remedy that did not directly curb. that did
not punish but effected by indrecton the very result
that she wished to bring about How many parents
today treating the sefshness of their children in the
way? How many need to treat their children in the
same way? And how many easily begin even now by
encouraging their children to help Santa Claus?
My ideal Christmas: Home the country, snow, holly