Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page.

ijLxixi mix/ xi You’ll be sure to please the man if you buy his gifts here This is a man's store all the year; but a woman’s store at Christmas-time. The ladies are re ceiving our very particular attentiop now and we’re helping them to make their men relatives and friends happy this Christmas. • , You’ll find here just the sort of gifts that men will appreciate most-sensible, practical, useful things that they ■vyould buy for themselves. You can’t make a mistake in choosing here. Following are mere hints of what the stocks include;Xhere are scores of other good things for giving. Smoking Jackets Very handsome Smoking Jackets of flue brocaded silk, silk-lined, $12, $15, $18 Of plaim and fancy all- wool cloths, $5 to $15 Stylish Waistcoats White washable Waist coats in newest styles, $1.00 to $5.00 Exclusive designs in the famous Yeska Vests, $2.00 to $8.50 Lounging and Bath Robes Lounging Robes of eider down and blanket fabrics, $4.00 to $15 Bath Robes of fine terry or crash cloth; real $5.00 and $6.00 values— Special—$3.50 and $4 Handkerchiefs and Mufflers Fine white cambric and pure linen Handkerchiefs, plain, hemstitched and with initials, 10c to $1.00 Plain and fancy Silk Muf flers, 75c to $3.50 Holiday Neckwear Four-in-Hauds at 50c; finer qualities in single boxes, at 75 cents New Fold Cravats in handsome patterns; each in nice gift box, $1.00'—$1,5Q—$2.50 Store Open Evenings Until Christmas Daniel Brothers Co. . L. J. DANIEL, President 45-47-49 Peachtree—Opposite Walton Street SANTA CLAUS LETTERS TO GO TO CHARITABLE BODIES Santa Claim lias been officially recog. nixed by the postofflce department In Washington. Therefore, how can that good old, Jolly old man be a myth? Orders to officially recognise Santa Claus were received 6y Postmaster Blodgett from Wanhlngton In the dally bulletin Issued by the depurtipent. This recognition'!* to the effect that all letters received at thB postoffice clearly and unmistakably addressed for the old gem lemon shall be turned over to gome regularly organised charitable society. Here Is the order signed by Postmaster General Meyer: "Ordered, That hereafter and until Ibe clone of the nrst day of January, Him, pnstniasterM are directed to de liver a!| letters arriving at their re spective postofflces addressed plainly and unmistakably to ‘Santa Claua' without any other terms or expressions Identifying the person for whom such letters are Intended, to any -regularly organised charitable society In the city or town of address, to be used exclu sively for philanthropic purposes. In the event, that claim should be gtade by more than one such society for let ters so addressed, such fetters will be equally divided according to number between or among the societies making such claim." There are hundreds of these fetters now being received at the Atlanta post, office and Postmaster Blodgett will car ry out the orders from Washington by turning them over to the Associated Charities, the Salvation Army and oth er charitable organisations. HUNDRED SLAYERS SUPREME.COURT STILL AT L List of Men Wanted To Be Posted With Au thorities. During the past ten dr twelve years sbout 103 murders have been commit ted In Fulton county, the perpetrators of which have never been reached by the law and are now roaming at large. In seventy-il* of these cases, suspects have been Indicted who were never ap prehended, and In twenty-nine of them the murders were shrouded In my. tery. These facts were given Wednesday The weather: Probably rain Wednesday. "THE DAYLIGHT CORNER" A few barrels of rain are of slight importance to, the man who is raincoated—no shower . can dampen his ardor. He can pursue his voca tion without having to pur sue the doctor afterwards. A good raincoat is os nec- essary as food. We sell good Raincoats from $12.00 up to $30. Get Wm a Raincoat or something else good to wear for his Christmas. Get it here and you’ll be sure that It is right. Eiseman & Weil • Only 7 day s before Xmas. Come today. Ill UATE CASE Former Governor Aycock Appears as Attorney For the State. ) Washington, Dec. 18.--The famoue North Carolina railroad rate contest case came up In the United Statee su preme court .today. Arguments were made In the case of Sheriff Hunter, of Bhncombe county, against James It. Wood, atatlon agent of the Southern railroad. This Is the litigation In which Judge Pritchard, of the United States district court, lost summer liberated Wood on habeas corpus proceedings, from the charge of selling tickets at a higher rate than the state law prescribed, holding that the eystem of penalties provided In the law made It uncon stitutional. Speaker Justice, of the North Caro llna legislature, nnd ex-Oovernor Ay cock were among the prominent at' torneys representing the state, while General Counsel Thom nnd a corps of assistants took care of the Southern’s Interests. ' Voluminous briefs were prc. sented by both side*, end oral argu ments followed, consuming most of the afternoon. • F IDENTIFY LOOT IN m HOME Say Young Man Robbed Of fice Bililding of Fur- nishigns. ' , Aroused of having systematically robbed the big office buildings of the city during the past seven weeks. J. Q. Cash, of 33 Lar kin street^ A neatly-dressed young man who has been married but six months, was esp* tured lu the, Kiigllsh-Amcrlenn building Into Tuesday afternoon and Is held prisoner In the police station. Detectives Lockhart, Roberts. Doynl nnd . B. Lanford senrehed the young man's home Tuesday night nnd recovered stolen goods valued at between $200 and |300. These goods, consisting of rugs, pictures and a variety of smnll articles, were removed to the police station, and already much of It has Item Identified by occupants of the office buildings. Cash wns captured In the Bngllsh-Amerl- can building with n bundle of pictures under his arm by It. F. Hhcdden and Howard Gel* dert. Cash tried fo get away and his cap- tors bad to throw him down nnd hold him until the arrival of Policeman (lib Davis, who sent hint to the police station. The prisoner denies that he Is guilty of the thefts, declaring he bought the various articles from n man named Hugh McLrnii, who, be says, Is connected wtth the South ern railway. The detectives put uo stock lu this story, bcllevlug McLean Is mersly s mythical character. Mrs. Cash, bride of the prisoner, Is almost rostrated over the predlcainsntw her him. ..and. She Informed the detect no Idea the goods were stolen. WROTE RESIGNATION OF SUCCESSFUL OPPONENT. Special to The Georgian. Valdosta, Go., Dec. 18.—In the Fed eral court yesterday Thomas W. Wea ver, of Thomaavllle, was fined $260 and given a severe reprimand by Judge Speer. Weaver was charged with forg ing the names of a number of cltUena to a letter written to the rural carrier examining board at Washington. It appears that he was an applicant for a place aa rural mall carrier, and In the examination made a poorer record than hla competitor. Afterward^, It la charged. Weaver wrote a letter to the examining board and signed his com petitor’s name, tendering the latter’s resignation. TOLD OF MAN’S LARGE FAMILY, JUDGE REMITS SENTENCE. Special to The Georgian. Valdosta, OsC, Dec. 18.—Charles"Rich* ter, of Colquitt county, who ^as laat week sentenced by Judge Speer to'pay a fine of $100 and Jerve one month In Jail, had the Jail sentence remitted by the Judge yesterday. Richter Is the father or nine children, and when this was brought to the notice of Judge Speer he was released. ■\ 8TRUCK WITH BILLIARD CUEs MAN DIES FROM INJURY. Tampa. Fla., Dec. 18.—After being .tabbed In the back with a file by Thoinaa I louse, manager of a pool room at Plant City, Will Hobbs, recently from Georgia, struck House over the hend with a billiard oue, fracturing hi. ■kull and causing death three hour, latqr. Book on Georgia Marbles. A handsome book on “Marbles of Georgia” has Just been Issued by the state geological department. It 'll very . fully Illustrated with half-tone., .bow ing the great marble quarries and va rious buildings erected of Georgia mar ble. The state capitols of Rhode Island and Minnesota are built of tnnrble from Georgia. The compilation I. the work of Assistant'State Geologist 8. W. Mc- Callle. Publications on manganese and water courses of the state are now In ccurae of preparation. A KIMONO SPECIAL stating tlu them at has been connected with the office of Solicitor Hill for several years. "I do not know that these are the exact figures," said Captain Monaghan, "but they approach near enough to be taken aa correct. In all. between 200 and 300 murders have been committed in this county during the period refer, red *°." . , ' , Upon the Suggestion of several offi cers, Captain Monaghan will prepare a list of the parties who have been in dicted for murder but who were never brought to trial, and will post their names with Chief Henry Jennings and Sheriff J. W. Nelms. This .action will be. taken for two purposes. That the city and county au thorities may be on the lookout for the parties marked "wanted," and that the officers may be on their guard In case they ever run across such a person. It being recognised that a man, know ing he Is wanted for a murder and even when arrested for a small offense, will take no chances with an officer and Will shoot to kill.. GAS COMPANY PAYSJTS TAXES The tax assessors received Wednes day morning a check from the Atlanta Gas Light Company for $18,750 In pay. ment of all taxes of that company for the year. The other public utility corporation* which have paid their taxes are: North Georgia Electric Company. $211.75; American Telephone and Telegraph Company. $100.42; Southern Bell Tele phone and Telegraph .Company, 111. ns the stolen goods represent nisnjr fine and beautiful pictures. With these he hail nitorned the walls of his home. Among llie other srtlelei were a womsn‘1 tint and veil, supposed to have been stolen from some stenographer: eleven rugs, one nrt square, two soft pillows, a cloch, a piece of lironse statuary and a variety of other things. ... The following people railed at' the police station Wednswtar and Identified articles aa having been utoleti from.office hultdlnn: Dr. W. L. Champion, Prudential bnlld- “ft.WttSfw Austell building, art Dr.O. Adolphus. 71! Austell building,■ "Yir? JO'. Beamans, 612 Century building, i, one piece of liand-palnted china ■ “ * sofa pillow. ry, Kngll.b-Americau bnlld- lng. pictures and clock. A fter being clonely questioned by de tectives, Cash Wednendny afternoon made a full confession, admitting h. had been robbing the various office buildings. He offered a. his excuse that he was drunk. He first denied hie guilt. FIREWORKS—Farlinger, 80 and 82 N. Broad. LIQUOR IN LOCKED MAY GIVE TROUBLE Will locker clubs hare a rocky road to travel next year? From high authority It Is learned that these organisations will be watched closely, and the slightest deviation from their legal rights will meet with prompt legal action. Heven clubs la Atlanta art preparing to pnt in locker systems, an agreement baring been jointly reached to that end. It Is pro. noMul for club members to hare Individual lockers, In which their own private stock Is Tl, said that If nucb clubs heap open nndays and me the locker, that nnder a strict Interpretation of the, law they &n be prosecuted for running s tippling house. Aa yet rumor regarding attempts to pre vent flubs from operating lockers la vague, but developments Within the first few montbe of the new yeer will be watched with keen latertst. POLITICIAN GIVEN TWO YEARS IN PEN Louise Dec. 18.—William R. Coyne, once a prominent local politi cian. has been found guilty of perjury In connection with the famous boodle Sf3J; ^Caehvlil^'chattanooga a’nd St. £"’y£ra Vn"the"AnUe‘onThl ^'KVl Southern rail- .eland he he "cou.ffiPt remember'- Outmg~ fl annel Kimonos, full length, Persian and pompadour patterns with solid color batiste borders,—a very good and comfortable garment—m dozens of pretty colorings. Qpl Our regular $1.50 value . Eiderdown Kimonos, soft and Warm, well made, figured pat terns and in an attractive variety of colors. Regu larly, $2 and $2.25, And a really elegant Kimono, our regular $3 quality, full, liberal cut, soft pretty material . Crepe Kimonos m many pretty colors, not too heavy m weight yet exceedingly effective . . . TERRY CLOTH LOUNGING ROBES: unusually full and strong line, and there’s a great demand for them for Christmas gifts. They have warmth without excessive wei ght, they are light, comfortable, washable, and come in a wide range of , women " $3.65 and $5.75 New line of Lounging Rohes in many materials, giv- tL ing you an ample variety from which to choose .... New silk Kimonos plenty of gay, Japanesey effects; some m her tones, others severely simple in $5 to $10 $2.39 $2.19 Thi is is an, more style SOI >econ i Fl OOl Louis way, $7,$11.07, 'many things be was asked about, I Chamberlin-Johnson-DuBose Company.