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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-17
MORE BANK DATA
IS PREP AIRED
FOR BOARD
Local Committee Works on Sup
Elementary Summary-Success
in. Fight Predicted.

The Atlanta regional bank COM
mittee started work Monday on a
final brief" embodying facts and
figures requested by the national or
eanization committee at it's hearing
here. which will be forwarded to
Washington when completed, as the
Ia ct word in what the committee
members believe to be strong and
convincing case for Atlanta.
We are far from counting our
chickens yet" stated J. K. Orr, chair
man of the joint committee, who
made a brilliant address before the
national board in opening the argu-
ment. But without undue Boosting,
I may say that we ali feel confident
that Atlanta will land the reserve
bank for the Southeastern territory,
and that the district will be substan-
tally as outlined in our case"
ottey Hopeful of Success.
John K. Ottley, another member of
the joint committee, stated that he
regarded Atlanta's chances as good.
Better than we thought before the
hearing" he said. And / may add
that the more cities heard after ours
was presented, the better our own
rase looked. When the hearing closed
Saturday afternoon Atlantas stock
was well up
John w. Grant, also a member OF
the joint committee, was in New
York while the hearing was being
held here.
81 find on my return very tired
but thoroughly hopeful bunch of
workers. Mr.. Grant said. I'm New
York the big business men and bank
ers seem generally of the firm convic-
tion that Atlanta is the logical place
for a reserve bank in the Southeast"
Board to Get More Data.
The six arguments heard, for At
lanta and the eight briefs filed with
the national board are to he supple
mented, at the request of the board,
by the brief now in process of con-
struction. When it has been COM
pleted and filed with the national
board at Washington the case will
rest entirely with the national COM
mittee. which is expected to make it's
decision in several months.
1t is necessary to go over thor
oughly all the evidence submitted,
after it has been transcribed by the
official stenographer of the court"
and printed in the most available
form.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-17
A[CAzAR MOVIE
To Be REBUILT
BY OLDKNOW
New House in Central Location
Will Seat Fifteen Hundred.
Search On for Site.

Atlanta's first modern moving pic
ture theater-the Alcazar at No. 80
Peachtree street-unable to keep up
with the rapid development of the
business in its limited quarters. is
being dismantled, and within a few
months will be re- established in a
specially constructed building which
will be the home of the largest NOV
ing picture house in the South
William Oldknow, owner of the the
alter and president of the Consolidated
Film and Supply Company. an
nounced Monday that his lease would
expire March l, and that work al
ready had begun on the removal of
the fixtures and equipment.
Ready to Start Building.
He said he had begun negotia tons
for site on which to build another
theater to seat from 1900 to 1000 per-
sons, and that as soon as the deal
was completed work would be started
on its construction.
The Alcazar Theater, besides being
the first modernly equipped moving
picture house in the South. was the
first in the world to install a pipe or
gan as a part of It's equipment. Mr..
Oldknow withdrew from the active
management of the theater soon after
engaging in the film exchange busi-
ness, and J. r. Jackson took his place.
Because of the phenomenally rapid
strides of the moving picture business,
the day of the small theater has gone, -
said Mr. Oldknow. Instead of stores
seating 300 to $50, one now must have
genuine theaters which will accom-
modate 900 to 1000 persons.
Rent Getting Too High.
The Alcazar has been a remarka-
bly, successful house. Hundreds of
thousands of Atlantans have seen the
pictures displayed there Yet. in the
brief space of time that l have had
the lease of the property there, the
theater has been outgrown by the
business, and it is necessary for me
to seek new quarters. 1t is a valua-
bic location, but the fact that the
theater is small one makes the rent
prohibitive, in view of what may be
expected in the development of the
business in the next few years
81 am figuring on 99-year lease of
some property in the central part of
town. | will erect my own building
on this site"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-17
Tiff County Truckers
Form Association

TIFTON, Feb. 16.-Permanent or
sanitation of the Tiff County Truck
ers' Association was perfected at the
meeting in Triton Saturday with
nearly 200 farmers present. II. H.
Tiff, .Er.. was elected president; J. L.
Herrings, secretary; w. S. Harlan,
manager of the packing house; w.
l.. Hartman, w. S. Harlan, j. T. Da-
Wis. p. l.. Hutchinson and j. w.
Hollis were elected executive COM
mittee
The purpose of the association, as
outlined by President Tiff, will be
to establish a packing house, furnish
eartes to truckers and employ ex-
perienced truckers to prepare the
products of the growers for the. mar
ket in such a manner as to secure
the best possible prices.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-17
$4,000 for Road to
Vanderbilt Estate

ASHEVILLE, N. c., Feb. 16.-Ashe-
vile and Buncombe County. acting
in conjunction. have authorized the
construction of a s47, 900 boulevard
between Asheville and Biltmore VII
iage. The county appropriated $4,000
and the city will furnish the balance.
The boulevard will be two miles long,
40 feet wide. of the best grade of
bitulithic and will be the finest in
this section of the State.
Three main sectional highways en-
ter the city over this road and 1t COW
ers the entire distance from Asheville
to the entrance gate of the Wander
bit estate. Work will begin soon.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-17
OSCAR WEST.

Oscar West, who has been identi-
fled with the clothing and mems fur
nishing trade OF Atlanta for many
years, is now connected with the Es-
sig Bros 81 Co, the Whitehall street
clothiers.
Mr. West has been in the mercan-
tile business since boyhood, begin
ming as a stock boy in dry goods
house and working his way up until
he has had charge of departments in
some of the largest houses in the
city He knows the business from
every angle. and he has an acquqaint-
ance that few statesmen in Atlanta
can boast, and he is popular with all
who know him.
Essig Bros. Go. is to be congratu-
lated in the addition of this popular
Albanian to the force that has made
Essig Bros. so popular and successful.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-17
VAST HORDE Of
IDLE IS NORMAL,
SAYS WILSON

WASHINGTON Feb. 16.-President
Wilson is optimistic over business
conditions in the United States. He
told the newspaper correspondents
to-day that reports received by him
showed that conditions were improv-
ing. He stated that these reports
were almost unanimous. He does not
regard the conditions OF unemploy-
other cities as being at all unusual
for this period of the year.
The President let it be known to-
day that reports of 100000 men being
out of employment in New York were
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-17
Candidates Endorse
April 6 for Primary

ANNISToN, ALA, Feb. 16.-Both
fied L. Blackmon and w. B. Craig,
Candidates for Congress in the Fourth
congressional DiDstrict went on rec
ora as being unalterably committed
o. the date Of April s for the Fourth
district primary, and this was the
uI!aE selected at the meeting of the
foufth District Democratic Executive
ommittee Monday at noon in the
OdIhoun County Courthouse here.
he meeting was presided over by
nairman A. p Agee, of Admission,
with r. L. L. Mel, of Selma. acting
as secretary.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-17
SUGAR
IN DIABETES

To prove that sugar can be reduced in
many cases of Diabetes in people past
so we will mail on request formula for
cumulative test for sugar that will
show the percentage from day to day.
Diabetes are largely on Codein, adj
mitted to be hopeless. Under Fulton s
Diabetic Compound the thirst often be-
gins to abate and the strength to in
crease before the sugar shows much de-
cline, thus patients often know the case
is responding before the tests show II.
If you are of middle age or over and
have Diabetes, do you not owe ir to
yourself and family to try Fulton's Dia-
bette Compound before giving up? II
can be had at Edmondson Bros drug
store.
Ask for pamphlet or write John J..
Fulton Co, San Francisco -Advt
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-17
Pastors Plan Action
On Divorce Problem

WILMINGTON, n. c., Feb. 10
The divorce evil was the subject of
the principal paper read before the
weekly meeting of Wilmington Minis
terial Association this morning by
the Rev. William E. Cox, rector of
st. Johns Episcopal Church.
The ministers expect to adopt reso-
iutlons at a subsequent meeting out
ming some definite policy for all
members with regard to marrying
persons who have been divorced. 1t
IS likly that all will refuse to marry
divorced persons.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-17
Man Who Wanted to
Pay Fine Acquitted

LOUISVILLE, KY, Feb. 1.-THE
State lost $1,000 when it refused to
compromise on a fine and a plea of
guilty with Joseph +. Burghard, who
ran down and killed man after a
New Years celebration. The prosecu-
tor forced Burghard to trial for the
death of Edward Messmer.
Burghard admitted that he had
sped away after the accident, but the
jury acquitted him.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-17
Matches Ignite as
Teacher Whips Boy

wAYCROSS, Feb. 16.-One Of the
teachers in the public schools here re-
Gently whipped a boy "afire." A box
of matches the youngster had in
back pocket ignited from one of the
blows given by the teacher.
The fire" quickly was extinguished,
good scare.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-17

hearsay and indicated that the state
ments Of Frank p. Walsh, chairman
of the Industrial Relations Commits
sion, showing conditions of unemploy-
ment existing in New York were NOT
based on an official investigation.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-17
Man Near Death of
Gun Battle Wound

LAKE CITY, FLA, Feb 16.-Wil-
liam Cook, who was shot through the
lung in gun battle last Wednesday
in which Hayne Hunter was killed, is
near death, pneumonia having set in.
He has been moved to doctors
home in this city.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-17
April 6 Day Set for
Primary in Alabama

COLUMBUS, Feb. 16.-The Demo-
cratic Executive Committee of Rus
sell County, Ala, has set April q
as the date upon which the primary
will be held to nominate county Of
fcers. The date is the same as that
on which the State primary will be
held 10 nominate State officers.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-17
Marines to Aid in
Mobile Mardi Gras

MOBILE, ALA, Feb. 16.-The Mo-
bile Carnival Association has been
notified that the United States trans
port Prairie, carrying 500 marines
of the Second Regiment and their
band. will reach here Thursday to
participate in the Mardi Gras fes
tivities.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-17
NEW LYONS BUILDINGS.

VIDALIA, Feb. 1.-two new brick
stores are to be erected at Lyons by
a hardware firm of that place. The
buildings are to be two stories high,
practically FIRE proof and metal cell
lhgs. me buildings will occupy lots
near the Toombs County Bank.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-17
Brunswick Staying
Suspect in Ware

"AfcROSS, Feb. 16.-Julian scott.
"N' Of several negroes suspected OF
" murder OF j. r. Mclntire, white
,,"'u; or Brunswick. is being held IN
w ware County Jail for safe keep
+ tending further Investigation OF
'"' case at Brunswick.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-17
Material Comes for
Towns Water Tank

COLUMBUS Feb. Material for
erecting the Hurtsboro. Ala, water
tank. from which the town Will OBJ
tain It's water supply, has arrived In
that town and Will be put 8p by the
of Newman,
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-17
Slayer of Brewer Is
Indicted for Murder

II. MOBILE. ALA, Feb 16.-Clay
iHSlngs Morse, who shot and killed Carl
iiedhoif, a brew master, January IA,
ny hrlng over the shoulder Of the
laughter of the latter, and was re-
leased on $1,000 bond on the charge
E -, murder in the second degree, was
iHulcted by the Grand Jury that adj
burned for murder in the first de-
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-17

LYONS X. P.'S TO CELEBRATE.
VIDALIA, Feb. 16.-The Lyons
Lodge, Knights of Pythias, have
planned a public celebration which
will take place February 10, COM
memorating the golden jubilee of
their order
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-12-15

cell of silence and shadows in New
York, day after day, eating his heart
out with Impotence for the word that
his vengeance had been consummated
by the daughter whom he had inspired
to execute it.
An hour late, IN dusk of evening,
the train numbered into Portland sta
ton; and, heart in mouth, Alan helped
Rose from the steps, shouldered way
for her through the crowd, and almost
lifted her into a taxicab
BEST hotel in town. he demanded
"And be quick about it-for a double
tip"
He communicated his one desperate
scheme to the girl en- route, receiving
her Endorsement of it. So, having reg
istered for her and seen her safely to
the door Of the best available room in
the house within ready call of the pub
lie lobby and Office, he washed up,
gulped a hasty meal-which Rose had
declined to share, pleading fatigue
and hurried away into the night with
only the negro driver of public hack,
picked up haphazard at some distance
from the hotel, for his guide.
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three of us aboard Now you'd best
turn in. This is evidently to be your
stateroom, this one to port, and you'll
have a long nights sleep to make up
for what you've gone through-dear-
est"
He drew nearer, dropping his voice
tenderly. And of a sudden, with a
little low cry, the girl came into his
arms and chung pasionately to him.
But you?" she murmured. you
need rest as much as Il What about
your"
ooh, no 1 don't" he contended. BE
sides I'll have plenty of time to rest
up once we're fairly at sea. Barcus
and l stand watch and watch, Of
course. There's nothing for you to
do but be completely at your ease.
But-you must let me CO."
Eyes half-closed, her head thrown
back, she seemed to suffer his kiss
rather than to respond, then turned
hastily away to her stateroom-leav-
ing him staring with wonder at her
strangeness.
By midnight the Seaventure was
spinning swiftly south-southeast, close
reefed to a snoring sou'West wind
the fixed white eye of Portland head
light fast falling astern.
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ment when they were congratulating
themselves upon the approach of a
respite!
The sheer insanity of the whole
damnable business
The grim, wild absurdity of 1t!
To think that this was America, this
the twentieth century, the apex Of the
highest form of civilization the world
had ever known-and still a man
could be hunted from pillar to post,
haunted with threats, harried with at
tempts at assassination in hundred
forms-and that by slip of a girl
with the cunning of madwoman, the
heart of a thug, the face of charm
ing child-the face of the woman that
sat beside him, duplicating its every
perfect feature so nearly that even he
who loved the one could scarcely dis
tinguish her from the other but by in
stinct, intuition, blind guesswork.
He nodded heavy-hearted conf1rma-
ton of surmise slowly settling into
conviction in his mind, that such cum
ming, such purpose aid pertinacity
could not possibly spring from a mind
well balanced, that the woman, Judith
Urine, sister TO the Rose he loved so
well, was as mad as that monomaniac,
her father. who sat helpless in his
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Copyright, 1914, by Louis Joseph Vance

This time misguided consideration
induced Barcus to let his crew sleep
through the first afternoon watch. Six
bells were ringing when, in drowsy ap-
prehension that something had gone
suddenly and radically wrong, Alan
walked.
He was on deck again almost before
he rubbed the sleepiness from his
eyes, emerging abruptly from the half
light Of the cabin to a dazzle of sun
light that filed the cup of day with
rarefed gold, even as he passed from
conviction of security to realization of
immediate and extraordinary peril
His first glance discovered the wheel
deserted, the woman with back to him
standing at the taffrail, Barcus-no-
where to be seen. The second con-
irmed his surmise that the Seaventure
had come up into the wind, and now
was yawing off wildly into the trough
Of a stiff If not heavy sea. A third
showed him, to his amazement, the
Gloucester fisherman overhauled
with such ease that morning and now,
by rights, well down the northern hori-
zon-not two miles distant, and stand
ing squarely for the smaller vessel.
Bewildered, he darted to the girls
side, with a shout, demanding to
know what was the matter. She
turned to him a face he hardly recog-
nized-but still he didn't understand.
The inevitable Inference seemed a
thing unthinkable; his brain faltered
when asked to credit it. Only when
he saw her tearing frantically at the
painter, striving to cast it off and with
1t the dory towing hundred feet or
so astern, and when another wonder
ing glance had discovered the head
and shoulders Of Mr. Barcus rising
over the stern of the dory as he strove
to lift himself out of the water-only
then did Alan begin to appreciate
what had happened.
Even so, 1t was with the feeling that
all the world and himself as we'll had
gone stark, raving mad, that he seized
the girl and, despite her struggles, tore
her away from the rail before she had
succeeded in unknotting the painter,
"Rose!" he cried stupidity. Rose!
What's the matter with you? Don't
you see what you're doing?"
Defiance inf1amed her countenance
and accents. Cant you ever say any
thing but Rose! Rose! Rose!' Is
there no other name that means any
thing to you? Can't you understand
how intolerable it is to me? / love
you no less than she-better than she
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CHAPTER xl.
Blue Water,

Blue w dlcFs
Anxiety ate like an acid at Alans
heart If this shift to the sea might
be thought a desperate venture, he
was weathered saltwater man and
undismayed; nothing would have been
more to his liking than a brisk coast
wise cruise in am able boat-under
auspices less forbidding
But when he re-entered the hotel
one surprising thing happened that
gave him new heart-momentarily it
seemed almost as IL his luck had
turned. For, as he paused by the desk
of the cashier to demand his bill, the
elevator gate opened and Rose came
out eagerly to meet him with an eager
air Of hope that masked measurably
the signs of fatigue.
II worried so I couldn't rest" she
told him guardediy as he drew her
aside; so l arose and got ready, and
watched from the window till I saw
you drive up"
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ever dreamed of loving you-because
l hate you, too! What is love that
is no more than love? Can't you I'M
derstand?"
Judith" he cried in voice of stu
pefaction. "But-Good Lord!-how
did you get aboard? Where's Rose?"
where you'll not find her easily
again." the woman angrily retorted.
Trust me for that"
What do you mean?" Illumination
came in, binding flash. do you
mean it was you-you whom I brought
aboard last night?"
"Who else?"
"You waylaid her there in the hotel,
substituted yourself for her, deceived
me into thinking you-!"
"Of course" she said simply. why
not? When l saw her sleeping there
the mirror Of myself, completely at
my mercy-what else should | think
of than to take her place with the man
1 loved? 1 knew you'd never know the
difference-at least l Was fool enough
for the moment to believe 1 could
stand being loved by you in her name!
1t was only today, when I'd had time
to think, that l realized how impos-
sible that wasi"
A sudden slap Of the mainsail boom
athwartships and simultaneous cry
from over the stern reused Alan from
his CONSERVATION to fresh appreciation
of the emergency. With scant consid-
Grafton he hustled the woman to the
companionway and below, slammed it's
doors and closed her in with the slid
ing hatch-all In a breath-then
sprang to the taffrail, just In time to
lend helping hand sorely wanted by
Mr.. Barcus in his efforts to climb
aboard, after he had pulled the dory
up under the stern by it's painter.
He came over the rail in towering
temper.
II hope you'll pardon the apparent
impertinence," he suggested acidiy,
as soon as able to articulate coher-
ently-"but may I inquire if that
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as 1t grew still more dark she lowered
swung in davits. A little later faint
humming noise drifted across the tide.
Power tender" the owner of the
Seaventure interpreted. Coming to-
call, l presume. Sociable lot What
can't make out is why they seem to
think 1t necessary to tow our dory
back. Uneasy conscience, maybe
what?"
He lowered the binoculars and
glanced inQuiringly at his employer,
who grunted his disgust, and said no
more.
Don't take it SO hard, old top" Bar
Gus advised with a change of note
from irony to sympathy. Then he rose
and dived down the companionway,
presently to reappear with a mega
phone and double-barreled shotgun.
No cutting-out parties in this out
fit," he explained, grinning amiably.
None Of that old stuff revised to suit
your infatuated female friend-once
aboard the lugger and the man is
mine!"
Stationing himself at the seaward
rail, where his figure would show in
sharp silhouette against the glowing
sunset sky, he brandished the shot
gun at arms length above his head,
and beloved stertorously through the
megaphone:
Keep off! Keep off! This means
you! Come within gunshot and III
blow your fool heads off"
Putting aside the megaphone, he sat
down again. mot that I'd dare fire
this blunderbuss," he confided with
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CHAPTER XIII.
No Quarter.


yes, yes" said Mr.. Barcus indul-
gently, breaking long silence. Very
interesting. Very interesting indeed.
I've seldom listened to a more enter
tanning life-history, my poor young
friend. But 1 tell you candidly, as
man to man, I don't believe one word
of it. It's all d-n foolishness!"
His voice took on a plaintive &C
cent. Particularly thisi" he expos
tulated, and waved an indignant hand,
comprising their plight.
"The rest of your adventures are
reasonable enough" he said, they
won my credulity-and I'm a native of
Missouri. But this last chapter is i'm
possible And that's fat. 1t couldn't
happen-and has. And there, in a
manner of speaking, we are!"
Against the western horizon long,
low-lying strip Of sand dunes rested
like bar of purple cloud between the
crimson afterglow of sunset in the
sky and the ensanguined sea that mir
rored it.
The wind had gone down with the
sun, leaving the Seaventure becalmed
her motor long since inert for want
Of fuel-in shoal water a mile or SO
off the desolate and barren coast that
Barcus, out Of his Astounding knowl-
edge of those waters, named Nauset
Beach.
Still another mile further off shore
the so-called Gloucester fisherman
rode, without notion waters as still
and CLASSY. Through the cleaning,
with the aid of glasses, figures might
be seen moving about her decks; and