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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-09
3 PER CENT DIVIDEND
ALREADY DECLARED
BY TRAVELLERS BANK

At the first annual meeting of the
stockholders of the Travellers Bank and
Trust Company much qualification was
expressed at the progress made by the
institution. The success was such that a
first dividend of per cent was declared
which is a remarkable record for a new
bank.
The old officers were e-elected as fol-
lows: John F. Cone, president; w. S.
Lounsbury, vice president; Allen NJ
Schoen. vice president; Grover Megahee
cashier; ". II. Pickett, Jr., assistant
cashier; Henry w Todd, Jr., assistant
cashier.
The members of the board of trustees
were reelected as follows Ivan f. Al
len c. d. Montgomery, NJ. c. King w. S
Lounsbury, II. S. Johnson, James H An
drews, John F. Cone, Allen NJ. Schoen,
George c. Spence, o. K. jerks, Grover
Megahee.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-09

AWFUL THOUGHTS
QUICKLY BANISHED
Thought, at Times, that
She Would Die. Saves
Herself, Also Young
Girl Whose Troubles
Were Similar to
Hers.

Clarksvile. Tenn.-Mrs. H. L. Ma
son, of this place, writes Il want
to write you few lines in regard to
your medicine. Cardui, the womans
tonic.
Before my marriage I lived in
Evansville, Ind. I suffered very
much with womanly trouble. [
thought, at times, that I would near
ly die with pains in my stomach and
backache.
II saw your medicine advertised
and sent and got bottle The first
bottle helped me, and I haven't been
bothered with any Of my Old troubles
since
After my marriage ! lived in MI.
Vernon. Ind, and one Of my neigh
boris girls suffered like / did. told
them to give her Cardui, the wom-
ans tonic, as it would help her, and
it certainly did, right away.
Il will surely recommend Cardui
to all women, for ] think it is a good
medicine for all kinds Of womanly
trouble"
If you are suffering from any Of
the ailments peculiar to weak wom-
en-, such as headache. backache,
sideache, nervousness, sleeplessness,
etc, we urge YOU to give Cardui. the
woman's tonic, a trial.
1t should surely do for YOU what
1t has done for thousands Of others
in the past half century who suf-
fered with similar troubles.
Begin taking Cardui today Your
druggist sells IT,
n B-Write TO: Chattanooga MedI-
cine Co. Ladies' Advisory Dept. Chat
tanooga, Tenn. for Special Instructions
on your case ana 64-p page book. clone
Treatment for Women, sent iu plain
wrapper
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-09
Fashion WhirIing Back to
Period of the French Re-
construction.

NEW YORK, Jan. 9.-Ever- changing
fashion is whirling backward to the pc
riod known as the French Reconstruc-
ton, in the early part of the last CEN
fury when women abandoned corsets
and wore gowns that were made to
eliminate all lines.
At Philadelphia's annual assembly
ball, held recently in the Bellevue
Stratford hotel fashions latest decree
was observed and stays" were scarce.
The great change in costumes since the
first assembly ball, In 1749, was further
accentuated by the absence Of the hoop
skirts which, almost forgotten, have
been laid away in the closet with the
corsets which were absolutely demand
ed by the fashionable gowns of last
season.
Now milady, II she obeys the 1913
decree of Dame Fashion, must wear a
gown that, to the uneducated eye OF
mere man. looks as though it might
have been modelled after a stove pipe
without even a joint to relieve the abso-
lutely straight lines. At the bottom 1t
comes together so close around the an
kles that one wonders how it is posi-
BILE to dance or even walk.
Day of the "Iron" Corset.
The new costume. In a great many
RESPECTS. corresponds to the one which
was worn by women of fashion during
the Renaissance period.
Chroniclers of fashion history are Of
the opinion that the corset first became
popular during the reign of Queen
Elizabeth, from 1853 until the early
part of the next century. The stays
worn in those days are referred to as
iron" corsets. They held the form
rigid and straight and We're laced SO
tight that the wearer was a willing, if
uncomfortable prisoner.
Gradually the corset waned in popu-
larity and was discarded in the early
part Of the last century. During the
days before the war, however, it won
its way back into popular favor, and
the fashionable woman of 1856 not only
wore corsets which pinched her at the
waist, but she also adopted the hoop
skirt. These skirts grew and grew in
circumference until finally they were
so large that the wearer found 1t i'm
possible to enter through an ordinary
doorway.
Say It's Here to Stay.
There We're many changing fashions
after that but all of the fashionable
gowns until this year demanded cor
sets In 1910 the straight front was
popular, but this year the tendency
is to eliminate all lines.
The "corsetless gown" the new style
is called, and fashion experts say it has
come to stay. Maybe it has and
maybe
Nineteen hundred and fourteen will
be another year.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-09
GEN. 0BEAR TO ATTEND
MILITIA CONVENTIONS

General William G. Obear, quartermas-
ter of the state militia, left today for
Washington, where he will act as Adju-
tant General Nash's representative in the
conventions of National Guard officers
and the National Rifle association Jan
uary 10 and II.
General Nash sent General Obear on
this mission, not only as a compliment to
him, but because he is SO well informed
in matters coming before the conventions
that General Nash thought him peculiar
ly fitted to represent the state military
department.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-09

aa water and would scab over. We had her
treated aud used every remedy we could
Aea' Of; nochtng did her any good. Finally
s'ady to!d rs her baby had the same trouble
Ind was cured from Cuttcura Soap and Oint-
aent' 50 at once ordered Csc. cake OF
0aac'fa Sosp and one box Of Cutictwc.
Ointment, The Cuticura Soap and Oint.
4ent began their good work at once, and she
vas completely cured.
.onrother child, when she was three days
aa' was taken in the same way. She had
inc Eczema all over in small red pimpleg.
9'e was as raw az piece Of beefsteak. She
was very fretf1l and had sores all over her.
II would itch and she would scratch and cry
marry all the time. The Cuticr1ra Soap and
ointment Cared her" (Signed) B. H. Tur-
ner, Mar. II, 1912.
OuHcEa Soap 25c, and Cuticura Ointment
'0V, are sold everywhere. Liberal sample Of
'1'n mailed free with 32-p. Skin Book. Ad-
u'eSs postcard "Cuticura, Dept. T. Boston. ."
y" iender-faced men should use Cuticura
s'ap Shaving Stick, 25c. Sample free.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-09
NEGRO WHO KILLED
HIS MOTHER-IN-LAW
ASKS CONTINUATION

Solomon Williams, Savannah negro,
has a petition for executive clemency
pending before the Georgia prison com
mission.
solomon is under sentence of death for
killing his mother in-law, and so far the
commission has experienced difficulty in
finding any good reason for recommend
ing clemency
"Of course" said Commissioner Patter-
son. some people will think the fact that
Solomons victim was his mother-in-law
may entitle him TO consideration at the
hands of this commission. But that is
carrying an old joke to grim length
hardly to be commended
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-09

The Woman's Alliance of the Unita-
rian church invites all their friends to
a church supper and social tomorrow
evening at 7 o'clock
There is to be a tempting menu and
Il social hour afterwards Miss Viola
Barili will give a reading. Mr.. Farm
ham, of New York, a magazine writer
and traveller will give an informal talk
on his experiences and impressions
gained while travelling along the coast
of Labrador.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-09
ANNOUNCEMENTS

The Girls club of Inman Park will
Give q stlve. ten tomorrow afternoon at
IL. nom. of Misses Marian ana Tom
mic PaIue 7o3 Edgewuod avenue, from
10 in the afternoon and s to 10
clock at night.
Tea will be served by Miss Lucy
,.acEa-4 and Miss Fannie Tutwiler, of
Savannah Serving coffee will be Miss
9a-y Goodrich and Miss Martha Smith
Receiving with the Misses Perdue
u.r be Mrs. john Perdue and Mrs. S. A
Do15s.
Assisting 10 entertaining will be the
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-09

in pimples, and she
would look as red as IL
she had fever. 1t con
tinued to spread until
she was almost a solid
sore all over. She
would scratch and cry
and We could not ge5
any rest for three
months. The pimpIes
bagap r., rim n Nyell,Nu
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-09

An afternoon tea will be given to-
morrow at 3 o'clock by the ladies OF
Mission Study club, No. 3, of the First
Methodist church. at the home of Mrs
E. NJ. Underwood 391 East North ave-
nue.. to which the members Of all other
study circles Of the church will be in
vitcd. The guests of honor will be Mrs
H. NJ DuBose. wife of the new pastor
and Miss WI, of Shanghai, China, who
is studying kindergarten methods In
Atlanta. The young Chinese woman
viii make talk and there will be
musical numbers.
Presiding at the tea table will be
Mrs. A. NJ. Lloyd. Mrs s. c. Baker
Mrs. w. e. Richardson, Mrs. II. f. w
Palmer Mrs. w. r. Howard, Miss Mary
Miller. Assisting in entertaining will
be Mrs R. 7. Milan. Mrs. Beckham and
Mrs. Stone
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-09
ERUPTION SPREAD
ON BAbY'S ACE
Chest and Lower Limbs. Broke Out
in PimpIes, Would Scratch and
Cy Cuticura Soap and Cuticura
Ointment Cured.

Turkey. Texas At SIX months old our
.e girl baby's face, chest and lower limbs
-. Nm hrnslt ont liLsR heat II hrnIre nut
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-09

other members of the club. who include
Misses Julia Harper, Jennie Sue Bell,
lnez Pirkle, Mary and Nettie Brooke,
Martha Smith, Pauline Coulter, Manner
Hardin, Lucille Dennis, Lucy Mather,
Rosa Belle Chapman, Daisy Dennis,
Louise George Mary Bedinger. Mildred
Harris, Mabel Lawrence Lucille Good
rich, Eula Hancock, Lois Pattillo, Lu-
ellie Daley, Louise Nell. Lima Andrews,
Marie Nixon, Hattie Patterson, TheIma
McCollum, Maude Brown, Ruth Rock
more, Mary eagle and Mildred Dobbs,
and Mesdames George Clayton and Ray
Pattilo
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-09

The Ladies' Auxiliary to the Young
Mems Christian Association will hold
its regular monthly meeting tomorrow
afternoon at o'clock Besides cleo
ton of officers for the ensuing year,
present officers will make their yearly
reports
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-06

almost unknown. To-day how great the
difference, A chemist is no longer a mere
analyst. but an architect and builder. able
to manipulate the plastic molecules-to
Initiate and even to improve the structure
and physiological action o. natural prod
ucts. To the chemist to-day knowledge
or almost every department of natural
science is indispensable. If I NAV look
forward as well as backward / should say
that the practical side of the chemistry OF
the future will be synthetic. Already We
have synthetic drugs, synthetic scents and
essences, synthetic rubber, synthetic dyes.
synthetic foods. and alas, synthetic drinks.
But we have not yet achieved synthetic
beef nor synthetic mutton. l fear l shall
not be present at an Old Students Banquet
where these delicacies are served! On the
philosophic side of chemistry I predict the
greatest progress will be made in INQUIRIES
into the constitution of Matter. Even now
We are beginning to prick the bubble of
those variable, mysterious and complex
things called Elements. At the present
day the ideas of the non-elementary char
aCter of elements ideas which have
been floating about in our minds, inter
GpicsS philosophers like helium in the sun-
may now cOnceivably be tested in mundane
laboratories and used as working eyplaua-
lions OF undoubted facts. Science grows
and grows. There is no high-water level.
no terminal pillar marked FINS" Our
feet will never fully tread The PATHWAY
TO Reality" ! exult in the glorious achieve
ments OF Science. and when can no longer
take an active part I still may dream o.,
wonders 20 come, Of future conqueSJS tc bv
Won By others.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-06

successful result by Ed. BecquereL
Those who. like myself, had the advantage
of seeing BecQuereI's color photographs in
their early perfection will agree that they
did not fall far short OF the recent pro
auctions of Lippman. Unfortunately. these
reproductions could not be handed down
TO the present generation. The means of
permanently fixing them had not been dis
covered. Increased sensitiveness induced
by slight chemical alterations in the ordi-
nary sensitive surface had been discOy-
cred. and in the early ffties / saw the
photographing Of a rapidly moving wheel
in about the 1OO,O0Oth of a second. every
spoke in the picture being sharp and dis
tinct as if it had been stationary.
But this extreme sensitiveness was not
a general rule. Some of my friends whose
portraits l wished 10 secure were victim
lied by fve-minute sitrings in full sun.
took some Of the early stereoscOpic photo
graphs for Sir Charles. WheatstOne, and
for nearly sixty years I have seldom gone
on holiday without stereoscopic camera.
Many a time my lifelong companion on
these excursions sat for her portrait
against a tree for ten. fifteen or twenty
minutes TO give life to a landscape.
In the fifties Becquerel and ROentgen
rays were unknown. but Niepce de Saint
Victor discovered one Of the fundamental
properties of uranium He drew a design
on card with a solution OF uranium nitrate
and exposed it 10 the sun. After insulation
he placed % In the dark. face downward.
on a sheet OF sensitive paper. wi-H the
result that the uranium design impressed
its own image
In those days organic chemistry vas
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-06
By Sir WILLIAM CROOKES

THE state OF Science when ! was a
student was not quite so back
ward as is generally supposed.
Wireless telegraphy and bacteriology.
spectrum analysis and radium were un-
known. bur other discoveries of world
wide Importance were AT least IN en-
hryO Whoatstouc was at work on the
electric telegraph. and Faraday. earnestly
ou the track OF magueto-crystalljc force.
was graphing with the magnetic electric
machine parent of the modern dynamo
and of electric lighting Faraday was first
10 draw attention OF physicists to the high
Iy insulating properties Of Eutta- percha.
Hr said it was equal TO that OF the trans
parent cutiCle left behind when an ethereal
solution Of Euu-corton was allowed to evap-
crate on glass plate. The same great
chemist was experimenting in low tenn
peratures. ] remember seeing him freeze
mercury i'm a red-hot cruCible. throw the
solid lump on 70 an anvil and hammer ii
out before it melted. Grove. also in the
held. had Gecomqosed water by heat alone
INTO its constituent gases. and Joule was
determining the mechanical equivalent OF
neat. Eaelman was making synthetic M
b.es by crysta'.zing alumma under great
heat from a CLASSY solvent. and 10y suitable
modification ot r.N and c0lored oxides.
either ruhg. sapphire or Oriental emerald
.u... .. u.... sa.a wla IT'S own true
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-06

Societys rooms in Somerset House in 1850,
when Faraday demonstrated the magnetic
character of oxygen gas. Few Royal So
ciety announcements excited so much en-
rhusiasm as did that paper. I'm the same
year I was ar one Of Mr. Barlow At
Homes" after Friday evening lecture at
the ROYAL Institution My host introduced
me 10 a Young man who had made some
interesting discoveries in the high ultra
violet end of the spectrum. He had re
Gently been elected TO Newton's Chair OF
Mathematics in the University of Cam
bridge. and as we both had been working
on similar spectrum phenomena, he visual
ly and I photographically. the lifelong
friendship between Sir George Stokes and
myself dates from that evening.
Pasteur had already discovered and sepa-
rated dextro-and laevo-tartaric acid. and
started that brilliant series of researches
on microbic life researches which have
revolutionized the science or medicine. In
directly Pasteur solved the famous me-
diseval problem, How many angels can
stand on the point Of a needie2" Altering
the word angels" TO devils. I have
found that Of one Of the deadliest diseases
that has ever sceurged mankind, no less
than 500 Of the maletcent microbes-veri-
table deylls-could. without OveTcrOwding.
ind place on the point of the finest needle.
And az that early date scientific men
were investigating the chemistry and ply
sizes of photography when mad recently
been started by DagueTre and Njepce De
Saiur-NictCr IN France. ami Fox Talbot ia
England The rCsuctOn o. photographs
of natural objects and gf ile solar spec
$40 Ja-ir .tr ."t"5~ N4~ brought TO
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-06

ages of custom The people wear their
clothing as if it was part of them, and the
other Yorubis freely admit that the in
habtants of life are different from them
selves. saying: They are as yellow as
the Kukuruku" II is very easy to recog-
Mise the nobility among the inhabitants Of
the city for they wear no ornaments. some
thing very strange in West Africa or a
line is drawn under each eye Only these
are permitted to visit the Most Holy Place
of life.
The massive walls of the Palace of Oni
strike every beholder as wonderful. es-
pecially here. The front is imposing.
looking out over a broad open place The
present Oni, or Prince, is a young man
between twenty and thirty. who has been
ruling since 1910. He says little, but
holds his court in the palace, receiving the
worship of his people, surrounded by his
lllari, attendant priests The organization
OF the religion is remarkable, with its
prelates and patriarchs seventeen
princes Of the church in all But what
best proves the old organization and high
civilization of the people of life is the
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-06
The Noted German Explorer Tells of His Re-
markable Discoveries Among the Strange Yo-
rubis of the West Coast of Africa, and Why
He Believes He Found There the Remains of
the Legendary Lost Continent.

system and wealth of artremains which
more than prove the great age and ciyili-
cation Of the settlers of this great centre
The very location Of the city of Ilifa Is
remarkable II lies near the sources OF
the Oni River, TO the west of "A range Of
granite hills II is surrounded By mo
rasscs and 5wamps and itself stands upon
the great elevation which alone makes
human existence possible in this country
All around are the sWamps which serve
as protection from invaders. making il al
most uconquerable by an attacking foe
But just because of the water and the fer
tile fields near it the country is the most
productive possible. The modern city is
q struggling town, with two main parallel
streets, at times broadening into market
places. The abUdos of the divinities are
near the walls of the town, as guardians
of the place. The palace Of the rulins
prince the Oui-Palace, as it is called, is
ia the centre of the city, and around It
must there be no trading. No one is al
lowed TO sit down on the place in front OF
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-06

-HE leader of the official German expe
dition to the interior OF Africa, Prof
i Leo Frobenius. claims TO have dis
covered remains of the lost Atlantis IN
the western part OF Africa. lie announced
this fact at a late lecture in the German
Colonial Office. when the Kaiser was pres
ent Kaiser Wilhelm. Immediately after
the lecture, upon being presented TO Fro
beaius. urged him TO continue his work in
Africa. promising the royal patronage and
support.
In his first expedition TO this wonder
full district and its capital which he finds
10 have been named life Frobenius
brought back an enormous quantity of
statues. masks. ornaments and pottery
proving the wonderful civilization OF the
people whom he had found
II Frobenius has indeed discovered any
remains of Atlantis or of its civilization he
will have solved one of the oldest and most
puzzllng Of all historical problems.
The story OF Atlantis was related first
by Plato, the Greek philosopher, who told
most enchanting tale of wonderful
western island, which hc called Atlantis
far out IN the Atlantic ocean. where
wealth peace and civilization had pre-
vailed for many ages This tale has been
repeated by many writer's since that tlmo
and expeditions were fitted out IN ancient
and modern times 20 search for this tabled
lslI1 l. Il Is even question whether
ColbAbus was not actually IN search Of
Atlantis when he sailed west Some have
believed that Central American ciyiliza-
ton as developed by the Incas really
came from the lost Atlantis. and Frobeuius
appears to share this idea.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-06

To the Right--Bronze Heads from the
Yorubi Race in Africa Which Professor
Frobenius Believes Are Relics of AT.
lantis '.
To the t-Sculptured Portal OF
The Palace of the Prince of lido, Showing
the un-African Character of the Orna-
nentation.
mass of remains of ancient times which
were brought to light.
The natives hold that life is the oldest
city in the woodland this means at least
their world. Here the people come to
worship, and here are found clay and
bronze relics of the past which astonish
the European who expects to find only
the rude and the crude in Africa In the
shrines are stone images of various ages
and degrees of perfection, and monoliths
which are not unlike those found all over
Europe. The hair is straight, showing no
trace of negroid character, on many sta
tues, and the features are not at all Afri-
can. Elephant tusks all carved are called
"Sceptres of the Gods" by the natives,
who have forgotten their origin. The old
workmen were most skilful, for they han
died quartz artisticaly carving it into all
kinds of figures They knew time and how
TO measure it, for from the position Of
some of the monoliths il is plain that they
were used as sunclOcks or dials.
They believed that the god of the sea,
OlolIun did not live there any more but
had taken up his residence on their hill
and they made great bronze images of
him. They brought rich offerings to this
god, and other divinities were set up cs-
pecially Schango, the Thundergod Many
gifts were showered upon this and the
other diyinities, especially the glass
pearls, which the inhabitants of the sacred
city had learned how to manufacture in
great quantities. The advance in the art
of terra Gotta making is best exemplifed
by the diadem of the god Olokun, as per
feet as any that the ancient or modern
world has produced
Another most important discovery |
made was that iron was freely used for
ornamentation, showing that the Worship
pers and makers of these idols were then
passing through the iron age and that
they knew how to handle the ore and the
metal
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-06

the extreme Ceremonlalism OF the inhabi-
tants for whether it be a bow OF greeting,
or kueeling or placing the forehead TO the
earth before a prince, all is done with
great reverence and the fixed solemnity OF
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-06

the palace Here and there i'm the city are
isolated Holy Palm Trees" but the build
ings are irregular, and aually covered
with a thatCh of leaves.
One popularity strikes every visitor;
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-06

Drawing of Two Masks in the Possession of theYorub Show
ing Entire Absence of Negrod Characters. Frobeniu
Thinks the Models for Them Were Ancient Alanteans