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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 24. 19C6. 3 A Thursday and Friday Bargain Sale at Bass’ You Should Be Sure to Attend This Great Event Whether it Rains or Shines. . Sale of Dress Woolens. New plain and fancy Wool Dress Goods, 36 to 40 inches wide and worth 50c to 75c; in g* this sale, per yard ,\ jZ&C Finest West of England Broadcloths, Chiffon Panamas, Meltons, etc.; fabrics worth g-v q $3.00 to $4.00; per yard ^OC Other First Floor Specials. TABLE DAMASK, full bleacbed, 60 Inches wide; good 2{)C BABIES’ CRIB BLANKETS, white and colored; good quality; very special, QQ. per pair C«C BLEACHED SHEET8, full size, hemstitched, ready for use; In this sale, / OD#» each .'. OwC PILLOW CASES, full bleached, good size and welt made; special, each 10c patterns; yard TABLE NAPKINS, full bleached, nicely hemmed; best value In town, at ... TOWELING CRA8H, heavy da*, ine; worth 10c a yard; In this sale, 47m at OsC 4c Be Sure to See These Silks. Tomorrow we will offer sevefal thousand yards of new plain taffeta and fancy Novelty Silks, worth up to $1.25, at ♦ *)VC We Give Green Trading Stamps BASS No matter what the weather you cannot afford to miss the money-saving opportunities we will offer you in this special Thursday and Friday sale. Come! Bargains in Rugs and Made Up Carpets. Tomorrow morning we put ou sale several hun dred 18 by 36-inch Ax- minster, Velvet and Body Brussels Rugs, 39c 20 by 4J3-inch all-wool re versible Smyrna Rugs in new, bright patterns, will go on sale to morrow at, CQa choice A new line of good, heavy 30 by 60-inch all-wool Brussels Rugs that would be cheap at $2.50; in this sale 98 C 6 by 9-foot Reversible Smyrna Carpets in very attractive patterns and colorings; verv special; a?*;....$4.95 Very handsome Reversi ble Smyrna Ready-Made Carpets, size 9 by 12 feet; all new patterns; $20.00 to $25.00 values... Exquisite designs in finest Wilton Velvet Ready made Carpets; size 9 bv 12 feet; real $35 value, at.. . $9.90 $19.95 Lace Curtains: Door Panels: Fancy Tables 600 pairs of, odds and ends, broken lines, etc., of fine Imported Lace Cur tains, worth up to $5.00; will be closed at choice, per pair, 98c Very pretty designs in Lace Door Panels, worth 50c; choice at 25c Many other Bargains not mentioned here will be seen in the store. 300 Fancy Parlor Tables of solid polished oak; ex tra strongly made in gdod designs; worth up to $5.00, at, choice $1.50 Ladies’ and Misses’ Suits. Ladies* handsome Tailored Suits, including Aronson Models, worth $40 to $50; all in this d* j A AA great sale at, choice I VF#V/V/ Misses’ Tailored Suits of new all-wool fabrics, with sat in-lined coats; worth up to $15; in this sale at . $6.90 Stylish Coats and Skirts. Ladles' and MiBses' Coats of all- wool Kerseya, smart English mix tures, etc.; made In newest style, and wnrtb up to $15.00; choice In tbls sale, $5.00 Ladles' and MIsaeB’ Broadcloth, Panama and novelty plaid Sklrta, excellently made In new style.; worth $5 to $7.50; In this sale, $2.98 Great Sale of Ladies’ Hats. Ladies’ stylish Ready-to-Wear Hats, “Peter Pan” and “Cigarette” Hats; real $2.00 to $3.00 Afirt values, a't, choice .... . VOv BASS ■ 18 West f Mitchell, Near Whitehall. GOES TO HIS REWARD Ferdinand KJrcher, a pioneer German ci-izen of Atlanta, died Monday morn ing after an Illness of several weeks. At the beginning of the civil war he enlisted In the Third Georgia regi ment. He was severely wounded in battle and before his wounds were healed he was back In the ranks and remained In active service through' out the war. He was a shoemaker by trade and labored for hi. supoprt after passing 70 vears of age, too proud to accept the pension that Georgia gives her old sol diers. The funeral services of Mr. Klrcher. who was a pioneer, German citizen of Atlanta, were conducted Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock. In the chapel of Hall & Bond Co. The German-Amer- Ican Society took charge of the fu neral. The German Lutheran pastor. Rev. Vollbrecht, was in charge of the service. The body was laid to rest In the Confederate Veterans' lot In West' view cemetery. RUSH TO MARKET NEW COTTON CROP CAUSES CONGESTION Special to The Georgian. Newberry, 8. C„ Oct. 24.—Saturday wan the banner cotton day in New' berry, more being brought to this city that day than on any one day within the pact few yoars. Owing to the blocked condition of the cotton yards, caused by the scarcity of cars and la bor to handle it, not nearly all of the cotton could bo stored on the platforms and large loti were thrown on the ground. Wagons, loaded with cotton, stood on all the streets several blocks from the yards. It being a matter of Impossibility to throw o(f their loads before their "turns." Many remained In line during which time the weigh ers at both yards were doing all they could to relievo the congestion. Find ing It Imposelble to get their cotton weighed and placed on the platform, a great many farmers, who had arrived In the city early in the morning, hauled It out to the suburbs and threw It off to stay until they had the opportunity to get iuweighed. It is estimated that there were more than one thousand bales hauled to this market Saturday, of which 805 were weighed. The market was off. the best cotton bringing 10 1-2 cents. Many refused le-s than 11 cents and either stored or carried It back home. twins found dead BY THEIR MOTHER New York, Oct. 24.—When Mrs. Kate M' Elroy awakened today she noticed that her two little twins, Charles and •Vary, were strangely quiet. She put her hand out toward thetr little crib alongside her bed and touched Charles, rho baby was cold to her touch. Mary died later. The twine had been weaklings slnco [heir birth, and last night they seemed ln The mother gave them each a spoonful of an old east side remedy, r?'d to be harmless, and known as Italian Tea.” BANQUET AT NE W KIMBALL; BARBECUE, THEATER PART Y WILL FIGHT PLAN TO TAKE CHILDREN New York, Oct. 24.—"Those women shall not take my children. 1 shall fight, them to a finish." This Is a decision of Lieutenant James W. Graydon, ' once a tinned States naval officer and now and for years past an Inventor who lays claim to the title of originator of that deadly explosive, cordite. He le living with his five children In the rear of 6$ Gregory street, Jersey City, on $S a week. The women to whom he refers are of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children and the Organized Aid Society. They have been paying the rent for the Graydons for a-tlme, but they want to take the children away from the father and And homea for them. Woman Who Figursd in Weight mah Will Gse THINK FIVE MEN WERE SLAUGHTERED Richmond, Va„ Oct. 24.—Within ten 6uys five men have mysteriously dlS' appeared from Richmond. It was warned today that they all probably hue been slaughtered. Philip E. Ed- V*™"' who lives with his wife and children In this city, hae just escaped Ir " m the pirates In Chesapeake Bay. £°°OO0OO0O00O0OO00OOO0 OQOO ° WORK HOUSE DOORS E NO BAR TO CUPID. O ° - - 0 5 , •'"ew York, Oct. 24.—The strong O E , , r " " f the work house on Rlkors O “ island were as straws to Dan Cu- O “ Plo, who entered there on August 0 2 Pretty 17-year-old Rose Tooher, O ? 'laughter of Warden Daniel O. O „ Jooher, becoming the bride of O “ Keeper Patrick F. Cummings. The O "hjection of the warden was on O S ‘‘T »unt of the youthfulness of the O1 ? girl. O ® 01 ' °°OOOO0000000000000009000' Entertainment Feat ures for Convention Thursday. Thursday will be a day of fun and pleasure for the convention visitors. The "ticket," Issued as a program by the hosts of the convention, contains coupons for a borbecue at Piedmont park, a theater party for “Zasa" at the Grand at nlglit and a big banquet at the Kimball. The ladles will see "Zaza' while the men will attend a feast of post-prandal eloquence, such as only Georgia can otter. The banquet will be the great enter, talnment feature of the convention, Covers will be laid for as many as the big dining room will hold, and a num her of speeches by well-known ora tors will be delivered. Following are the speakers and the toaits they will respond to at the ban quet of the Carriage Builders' National Association at the Kimball house Thursday night: First Speaker, Hon. Sam D. Jones, president of the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce—"The Manufacturers." Second Speaker, Hon. F. X. Schoon- maker, of Cincinnati—"The South, the Coming Commercial Aseet and the Present Political Hope of the Repub- n." Third Speaker, Hon. John Temple Graves, editor of The Georgian—"The Bandwagon." Fourth Speaker, Hon. Lon F. Living ston, congressman of the Fifth congres sional district—"Georgia.” DF IN WASHINGTON Deaths ahd Funerals. Washington, Oct. 24.—The People's Savings bank, of Washington. D. C„ has been closed by direction of the controller of the currency upon the re port of National Bank Ezamlner Owen T. Reeves, Jr., showing the Institution to be In an Insolvent condition. The People's Savings bank was In corporated under the laws of West Vir ginia. It has been doing business In this city since June, 1805, and was or ganized by S. J. Masters to succeed the People's bank, also organized by the same party and operated In this city under an Oklahoma charter. Until recently Mr. Masters was pres ident of the failed bank, but was suc ceeded by Wilton J. Lambert, the pres ent president. Like other banking institutions op erating In Washington, It was placed under the supervision of (the comp troller of the currency by act of con gress, approved June 25, 1806. BRODiFirro pat TOR FLYER IN COTTON EXHIBITION HALL THROWN OPEN FOR PUBLIC RECEPTION The big ezhlbltion hall at Piedmont park will be thrown open to the At lanta public Wednesday evening, and a general reception will be eztended. Over $150,000 worth of exhibits are displayed; the hall Is brilliantly light ed and a visit will prove of Interest. Nearly every exhibitor will give away souvenirs of the occasion. The ladles will be served’cake .and punch by the local ladles' committee, and the Atlanta Vehicle Club. Clgara, sandwiches and liquid refreshments will be plentiful for the delegates and visitors to the convention. No speeches will be made on this occasion. Gtorge Dis.-ner. The funeral services of George Dls- mer, aged IS years, were conducted at 10 o’clock Wednesday morning at the residence, 70 Conrptlly street. The In terment was at Oakland. C. W. Stephens. The funeral service* of C. W. Steph ens sere conducted Wednesday morn ing at 10 o'clock at his late residence In Bonnie Brae with Interment a. Oak land. The deceased was 58 years of nge and is survived I)V a wife anil set - en children He war a member of the West End Odd Fellows. Miss Martha Dailey. Funeral services ot .Miss Martha Dailey, who died from Injuriea receiv ed In an accident Monday, were con ducted Wednesday morning at the res idence. The body Will oe taken to Fnlrhurn, Oa., for Interment. PRESBYTERY MEET8 AT STATESVILLE, N. C, New York, Oct. 24.—A verdict for $4,800, the full amount claimed, was rendered by a Jury In the supreme court against Broille L. Duke, of the tobacco manufacturing family, and In favor of A. Norden & Co,. cotton brokers, who sqed to recover what they alleged It coat them to close out a flyer Duke took In March cotton three years ago. Duke denied that he was speculating In the staple, and set up that his for mer secretary, Bramhall, had acted without orders In sending Instructions to the brokers to trade In gotton for Duke's account. BIRD CONNECT8 CIRCUIT” BADLY SHOCKING WOMAN. Picture of Mrs. Jones-Wlster, daughter-in-law of the late William Welghtman, Philadelphia multi millionaire. who tried to break Welghtman's will, which left the bulk of estate to his own daughter. Thr suit was brought to a sudden end when the defense produced a mys not read In court. Mrs. Wlster'z lawyer, at her request, withdraw ing from the contest. It later developed that the scrap of paper was a aworn ante-mortem state ment from Welghtman that Mrs. Wister had tried to force him to marry her. Special to The Georgian. Charlotte, N. C„ Oct. 24.—The 83d session of the synod of the Presbyte rian church of North Carolina conven ed Tuesday morning in Statesville, with a large attendance of ministers and lay delegates of the church. The opening sermon was delivered by the president of the synod, Rev. E. It. Rayburn, of Durham. The synod was called to order by the retiring moderator, George W. Watt, of Durham, N. C. one hundred and twenty-live delegatee answered to their names at the opening session. Rev. R. Y. Duncan, of Llncolnton, and Rev. Mr. Vnrdell, of Red Springs Seminary, nominated as the newonod- eratnr Rev. W. R. Copperedge, of Rock- . t . ept.| u , PlHKir ncv. n. UI ivitn- terloiiB scrap of paper. This *aa *| nffham . j. r. Howerton, of Char- : lotte, nominated Rev. E C. Murra>, of Graham. The former nominee was elected. i The address *»f welcome wss deliv- ! ered by Profenaor J. H. Hill, of States- ! vlUe. j The remainder of the day's seeafon wan «*nn>*un.ed largely with routine biUFintas, HtMM-lnl to The Georgian. „ Gadsden, Ala., Oct. 24.—Mrs. L. Appleton, wife of a prominent physi cian of thin city, ha* Hied malt against the Alabama City, Gadnden and Atlallu Street Railway Company for '‘$25,000 alleged damage?. She .was severely shocked In a most peculiar manner some weeks ago. She was putting a buggy In the bum when her hand came In contdct with a live wire which had been chirrged by a bird alighting and placing Its foot on a live wire, thus ceauslng.a deadly circuit to be formed. The bird was found In this position. MURDER OF ENGINEER CHARGED TO NEGROES, ANNA HELD SAYS SHE WASJRACKED The Detectives and Police Search for Actress” Stolen Jewels. Cleveland, Ohio, Oct.’ 24.—The police and a well-known detective agency are bending every effort to discover the whereabouts of the Jewel, valued at $150,000 and' money, bonds, deeds -and paper, representing almost as much more, which Anna Held says were stolen Monday morning from the state room occupied by the actress and her husband on a Pennsylvania railroad train. Today Miss Held gave to Chief Kohl er a description of the men she sus pects of the robbery. Miss Held said she believes she was followed by the two men from Baltimore.- SCENE OF RACE RIOT gpecfal to The Georgian. Gadsden. Ala., Oct. 24.—The coroner'" Jury, which has been Investigating the murder of Joe t'obb, the engineer al the Southern 8tcel Company Saturday night have reported and fixed the guilt upon John Moseley and Monroe Shock, both hegroes. Moneley 'as arrested shortly after the crime was committed and Shock was arrested yesterday morning. 000O000O0000000000O0O00000 o . O CLANSMAN”BARRED 0 BY MAYOR WEAVER. 0 0 0 O Philadelphia, Pa.. Oct. 24.—May- O Special to The Georgian. New Ortcana, La., Oct. 24.—Reports come from Ferrlday, La., that another disastrous lire visited tolvn last night, and that three negroes were lynched. Detail, are not obtainable front this point. Telephone and telegraph wire, are down In the vicinity of Ferrlday. The murder of James E. Little, u railroad engineer, Monday by negroes, la said have inflamed the white popu lation against the blacks. BELIEVED TOWN”FIRED TO CONCEAL CRIME hpet-liil to The Georgian. Natchez, Miss., Oct. 24.—William Boyd, water service superintendent at Ferrlday, I,a.. ten miles from here, was cremated in a hotel at that place on Monday night, C. J. Little, a yard engi neer, was murdered by being struck in the buck of the head, both the Johu- son and Cochrane hotels and seven cottages were destroyed by Are, entail ing a toss of $60,000. It Is believed that a negro who mur dered the engineer for his money set Are to the hotel to conceal the evidence of his crime. Little's body was found under a shed In the switch yards by three railroad men, who were attract ed by hla groans. He lived but a few minutes after being found nnd was unable to tell the name or eolor of hie assailaqf. The pay car of the New Orleans and Northwestern railroad passed through Ferrlday Monday and Little was evi dently murdered for his mqney. Boyd was asleep In the hotel and was burned to death. No further details of the disaster are known here. ROBBERS ARE CHASED BY DOGS AND MEN Guthrie, Okie., Oct. 2J|—The state bank of Sparks was entered, by rob bers, who secured $2,000, by blowing open the safe, and escaped after ex changing over ino shots with angry citizens. The thieves headed for the Creek country and were pursued by ofAcers with bloodhound, from Shaw nee. CHARGED WITH USING MAIL8 FRAUDULENTLY. Special to The Georgian. Macon. Oa.. Oct. 24.—On a charge of working crooked achemea through the United States mails, Remus E. Gordon, brought to Macon from McRae, was held under a $500 bond yesterday by United States Commissioner Erwin to await the action of the Federal grand Jury. It la charged that Gordon solicited loans through the mallB, to be made by an Investment company, and after collecting the premiums, for got all about the people dealring to bar- row the money. POPULAR PHYSICIAN DIES OE PNEUMONIA Spwlol to The Georglnn. Rome, Ga., Oct. 24.—Dr. J. C. Mull, a leading physician of Rome, died this morning at 6 o'clock, after an illness of five days of pneumonia. He was a member of the board of county com missioners and was very popular throughout the city and county. He leaves a wife and nine children. GEORGIA NEWS IN PARAGRAPHS CARNEGIE MEDAL AND ITS DONOR Big Copper Cable Stolen. Hpccinl to The GtHtrzisn. . Gadsden, Ala., Oct. 24.—A copper ca te, weighing 1,200 pounds, was stolen from the plant of the Southern Steel Company a few nights ago and so far no trace has been found of the thieve*. The cable Is quite an expensive one. being made of many small wires wound together. 0 or Weaver Issued an order ye«- O O terday suppressing the further O 0 production here of the drama, O O "The Clansman.” which opened O O Monday night for a week’s en- O O gagement at the Walnut Street O O theater. The mayor's action was O O prompted by a demonstration at O O the theater by several thousand O O negroes. O O 0 000000000000000000O0Q0000O decide udud leaving time, The Carriage Builders’ National As sociation special will leave Atlanta Fri day afternoon about 5 o’clock on Its return trip. Saturday will be spent In Chattanooga, Chlckamauga and Lookout Mojmaln. The train Is sched uled to arrive In Cincinnati Sunday morning. This train will be composed of about seven sleepers of delegates and visitors, the majority of whom are members of the Cincinnati Vehicle club. The Cin cinnati party was called to ipct at the Piedmont Wednesday afternoon to Jonea Memorial Service. Special to The Georgian. Huntsville, Ala., Oct. 24.—A memo rial service will he held In the First Methodist church here nest Sunday afternoon at 3 o’clock In honor of the memory of the lqte Rev. Sam P. Tones. ' Copelan Bank Organized, bpeelal to The Georgtau. Greensboro, Ga., Oct. 24.—The Cope- tan National Bank of Greensboro was organized October 22 with a 250.000 paid in. capital, to begin business Jan uary 1. The officers art a* fellows: E. A. Copelan, president; E. W. Cepe- Ian, vice president; J. B. Williams, sec ond vice president, and E. A. Klmbro, cashier. Mayor Pro Tem. Resigns. Special to The Georgian. Macon, Ga., Oct. 24.—Alderman W. Jordan Massee, a member of the coun- * ell from the Third war, tendered hla resignation last night to take effect as soon as his successor can be chosen on November 6. His reason for re signing is moving from the Third to the Fourth ward. Alderman Leon S.. Dure, of the Third ward, was unanl-1 mously elected mayor pro tem. as his successor. Negroes Want Hospital, hpeolal to The Georgia o. Columbus, Ga., Oct. 24.—The negro physicians of the city have begun a movement to have the old city hospital | turned over to them in caee the city builds a new one. They say It would result In saving embarrassment to 1 both races If the negroes are separat- ; ed from the whltee In the charity as well as the pay warde. Hospital Movement Started. Special to The Georgian. Columbus, Ga., Oct, 24.—The move- i ment here to establish a new and up- j to-date hospital materialised fully at J a meeting of physicians..ministers and] other clttxens held last night at thaf hoard of trade room*, when It wax re- ' solved that a hospital to coat not less than $40,000 was needed and the pre liminary steps were taken to bring about this result. Conductor’s Hand Broken. Hporlsl to The Georgian. Columbus, Ga., Oct. 24.—Conductor Ward of the Southern railway on hla trip! from Atlanta to this city yester day, was quite seriously hurt Just be- 1 fore’leaving that city. An engine back ed suddenly Into the train which had Just been made up and as Captain Ward was standing In the baggage car a pile of trunks came near falling on hltn. In his efforts to stay the danger his hand waa struck by a falling trunk and the bonee broken‘so badly they prntruded through the back of that member. GIVES UP THE LAW TO ENTER MINISTRY. New Carnegie medal, which has juat been awarded to sixteen peo ple. one of them an orphan boy of thirteen years. K)*>ctal to The Georgian. Salisbury, N. C., Oct. 24.—Solicitor Allen Fort, Jr., of Amerlcus, Ga., has arrived in the city and will In the fu ture be with Rev. R. E. Neighbour In his evangelical w;ork for the Baptist church. Mr. Fort waa, before giving up his legal profession for the i>ilnl-- try. one of the Empire State's meet brilliant young man and gave great promise as a lawyer. He resigned re cently to Governor Terrell and decided to begin his work here.