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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 24. 1906. 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 this sale, per yard Z. >C Finest West of England Broadcloths, Chiffon Panamas, Meltons, etc.; fabrics worth aq _ $3.00 to $4.00;,per yard. VOC Other First Floor Specials. BABIES’ CRIB BLANKETS, white and colored; good quality; .very special, OQ« per pair Xtfw BLEACHED 8HEET8, full size, hemstitched, ready (or use; In this sale, 4Q A each - OJJC PILLOW CASE8, full bleached, good size and well 4 A. made; special, each TUG TABLE DAMASK, full bleached, 60 Inches wide; good 25C patterns; yard TABLE NAPKINS, full Bleached, nicely hemmed; best J. value In town, at . *»G TOWELING CRASH, heavy flax- lne; Worth 10c a yard; In thla sale. 31c Be Sure to See These Silks. Tomorrow we will offer several thousand yards of new nlain taffeta and fancy Novelty * Silks, worth up to $1.25, at OVC 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. in Tomorrow morning we put on sale several hun dred 18 by 36-inch Ax- minster, Velvet and Body Brussels Rugs, 39c 20 by 40-inch all-wool re versible Smyrna Rugs in new, bright patterns, will go on sale to morrow at, CQa choice v A new line of good, heavy 30 by 60-inch all-wool Brussels Rugs that would be cheap at $2.50; in this sale 98c 6 by 9-foot Reversible Smyrna Carpets in very attractive patterns and colorings; very special; in this sale .... $4.95 Lace Curtains: Door Panels: 600 pail’s 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. Very handsome Reversi ble Smyrna Ready-Made Carpets, size 9 by 12 feet; all new patterns; $20.00 -$9.90 Exquisite designs in finest Wilton Velvet Ready made Carpets; size 9 by 12 feet;- real $35 £"'...$19.95 Fancy Tables 300 Fancy Parlor Tables of solid polished oak; ex tra strongly made in good 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 great sale at, choice. lining $10.00 Misses’ Tailored Suits of new all-wool fabrics, with sat in-lined coats; worth up to . rt* HA $15; in this sale at Stylish Coats and Skirts. Ladles' and Misses' Coats of’all- wool Kerseys, smart English mix tures, etc.; made In newest styles and worth up to $15.00; choice In this sale, $5.00 Ladles' and Misses' Broadcloth, Panama and novelty plaid Skirts, excellently made In new styles; worth 65 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 QQ/-r values, at, choice BASS’ 18 West Mitchell, Near Whitehall. GOES TO HIS REWARD Ferdinand Klrcher, 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 hts 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 his supoprt after passing 70 years of age, too proud to accept the pension that Georgia gives her old sol diers. The funeral services of Mr. Klrcher. who wa. a pioneer German cttl.cn of Atlanta, were conducted Wednesday afternoon at T O'clock, In the chapel of Hall A 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 Newberry, S. was the banner cotton day In New berry, more being brought to thin city that day than on any one day within the past few years. 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 be stored on the platforms and large lots 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 off their loads before their "turns." Many remained In line during which time the weigh ers at both yarda were doing all they Could to relieve the congestion. Find ing It Impossible to get their cotton neighed and placed on the platform, a great many fanners, who had arrived In the city early In the morning, hauled It out to the auburba and threw It off lo stay until they had the opportunity «> get it weighed. It Is estimated that there were more than one thousand bales hauled to this market Saturday, of which 805 were weighed. The market was oft, the best cotton bringing 10 1-2 cents. Many refused less than 11 cents and either stored or carried It back home. BANQUET AT NEW KIMBALL-, BARBECUE, THEATER PARTY L FIGHT TO TAKE CHILDREN New York, Oct. 24.—"Those women ahall not take my children. I shall fight them to a finish."- This la a decision of Lieutenant James W. Graydon, once a United .States naval officer and now and for years past an Inventor who lays claim to the title of originator of that deadly exploalve, cordite. He la living with his five children in the rear of 61 Gregory street, Jersey City, on $2 ■week. Tho women to whom he refers are of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children and the Organized Aid Society. i They have been paying the rent for the Graydons for a time, but they want to take the children away from the father and find homee for them. Woman Wh° Figursd in Weightfnah Will Gse TWINS FOUND DEAD BY TIIEIR MOTHER New York, Oct. 24.—When Mrs. Kate MeElroy awakened today she noticed that her two little twins, Charles and Mary, were strangely quiet. She put her hand out toward, their little crib alongside her bed and touched Charles, i, baby was cold to her touch. Mary QiP’l later. ,, 1 ' he , twins had been weaklings since in r i lrttl . ® n ' 1 I®* 1 night they seemed The mother gave them each a ep'ionfu! of an, old east side remedy, ram m be harmless, and known as Italian Tea." THINK FIVE MEN WERE SLAUGHTERED Richmond, Va.. Oct. 24.—Within ten days five men have mysteriously die •rr-eared from Richmond. It was [earned today that they all probably have been slaughtered. Philip E. Ed- „V!r. 1 " ho Uvea with his wife and children In this city, has just escaped 1 ,m *be pirates In Chesapeake Bay. 2 W0RK HOU8E DOORS O 2 NO BAR TO CUPID. 0 2 . ■'•’aw York, Oct. 24.—The strong O bars of the work house on Rlkors O n ,,, were as straws to Dan Cu- O a bin, who entered there on August O • pretty 17-venr-nld Rose Tooher. O 2 ' .aagliter of Warden Daniel O. O Tooher, becoming the bride of O v Keeper Patrick F. Cummings. The 0 ' ojectlon of the warden was on O 0 -iri ' Unt of ”** youthfulness of the O 5eoOCKJO0O0O0000OOO0pl>0000a' Entertainment Feat ures for Convention Thursday. Thursday will be a day of fun and pleasure for the convention visitors. The "ticket,” lesued as a program by the hosts of the convention, contains coupons for a barbecue at Piedmont park, a theater party for “Zaza" at the Grand at night and a big banquet at the Kimball. The ladles will see “Zssa 1 while the men will attend a feast of post-prandal eloquence, such as only Georgia can offer. The banquet will be the great enter tainment feature of the convention. Covers will be laid for as many as the big dining room will hold, and a num ber of speeches by well-known ora tors will be delivered. Following are the speakers and the toasts 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 Aaset and the Present Political Hope of the Repub lic.” 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." OF Deaths ahd Funerals. George Dit.'ner. The funeral services of George DIs- mer, aged 12 years, were conducted at 10 o'clock Wednesday morning at the residence, 70 Connolly street. The In terment was at Oakland. C. W. Stephens. The funeral services of C. W. Steph ens were conducted Wednesday morn ing at 10 o’clock at his late residence In Bonnie Brae with Interment a: Oak land. The decensed was 58 years of nge and Is survived by a wife and sev en children He was a member of the West End Odd Fellows. Miss Martha Dailty. Funeral services ot Miss Martha Dailey, who died from Injuries recelv ed In an accident Monday, were con ducted Wednesday.morning at the res idence. The body will oe Jnkcn lo Falrhurn, Ga., for Interment. PRESBYTERY MEETS AT STATESVILLE, N. C ORDERED CLOSED Washington, Oct. 24.—The People's Savings bank, of Washington, D. C.. has been closed by direction ot the controller ot the currency upon the re port of National Bank Examiner Owen T. Reeves, Jr., showing the Institution to be In an Insolvent condition. The People's 8&vlngs bank was In corporate,d under the laws of West Vlr- f lnln. ' It has been doing business In his city since June, 1905, and was or ganized by S. J. Masters to succeed the People's bank, also-organised by •he same party and operated In thla 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, 1906. BROOIE DUKE TO PAY FOR FLYER IN COTTON EXHIBITION HALL THROWN OPEN FOR PUBLIC RECEPTION The big exhibition hall at Piedmont park will be, thrown open to the At lanta public Wednesday evening, and a general reception will be extended. Over $150|000 worth of exhibits are displayed; the hall Is brilliantly light ed dnd 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. Cigars, sandwiches and liquid refreshments will be plentiful for the delegates and vlsltora to the convention.- No epeeches wilt be made on this occasion. ANNA HELD SAYS she was;:::::: The.Detectives and Police Search for Actress’ Stolen Jewels. LOUISIANA TOWN SCENE OE RACE RIOT New York, Oct. 24.—A verdict for $4,900, the full amount claimed, was rendered by a Jury In the supreme court against Brodle L. Duka, of the tobacco manufacturing family, and In favor of A. -Norden A Co., cotton brokers, who sued to recover what they alleged It cost them to close out a dyer 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, Bratnhall, had acted without orders In sending Instructions to the brokers to trade in cotton for Duke's account. BIRD C0NNECT8 CIRCUIT BADLY SHOCKING WOMAN. Picture of Mrs. Jones-Wlster, da'ughter-ln-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. The suit wae brought to a sudden end when the defense produced a mys terious scrap of paper. This was not read In court. Mrs. Wlster's lawyer, at her request, withdraw ing from the contest. If later developed that the scrap of paper was a sworn ante-mortem state ment from Welghtman that Mrs. Wlster had tried to force him to marry her. Special to The Georgian. Charlotte. N. C„ Oct. 24.—The #3d session'of the synod of the Weabyte- rlon 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 aynod. Rev. E. R. Rayburn, of Durham. The synod was called to order by the retiring moderator, George W. Watt, of Dfirham. N. C. One hundred and twenty-live delegatee answered so their names at the opening session. Rev. R. Y. Duncan, of Llncolnton, and Rev. Mr. Vardell, of Red Springs Seminary, nominated as the new mod erator Rev. W. R. Copperedge, of Rock ingham. Dr. J. R. Howerton, of char lotte, nominated Kev. E C. Murraj, of Graham. The former nominee was elected. I The address of welcome waz deliv- i ered by Professor J. H. Hill, of States- I villa. I The remainder of the day’s session was consumed largely with routine business. Special to The Georgina. Gadsden, Ala., Get. 24.—Mrs. L. L. Appleton, wife of a prominent physl- clan of this city, tins filed suit against the' Alabama City, Gadsden and Attalla Street Railway Company for $26,000 alleged damages. She was severely shocked In a most peculiar manner some weeks ugo. She was putting a buggy In the burn when her hand came In contact with a live wire which had been charged by a bird alighting and placing Its fool 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. Special to The Georzlsa. Gadsden. Ala., Oct. 24.—The coroner'? Jury, which has been Investigating the murder of Joe Cobb, the engineer at the Southern Steel Company Saturday night have reported and fixed the guilt upon John Moseley and Monroe Shock, both negroes. Moseley was arrested shortly after the crime was committed and Shock was arrested yesterday morning. O00O000O0000000000O0O00000 ° CLANSMAN”BARRED O BY MAYOR WEAVER. O O O O Philadelphia. Pa., Oct. 24.—May- O O or Weaver Issued an order yee- O O terday suppressing the further O O production here' of the drama, 0 0 "The Clansman,” which opened 0 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 0 O the theater by several thousand 0 O negroes. O O O Special to The Oeorglsn. New Orleans, La., Oct. 24.—Reports come from FeFriday, La., that another disastrous fire visited town lost night, and that three negroea were lynched. Detalla are not obtainable from this point. Telephone and telegraph wires are down In the vicinity of Ferrlday. The murder of James E. Little, a railroad .engineer. Monday by negroes, Is said have Inflamed the white popu lation agdlnst the blacks. BELIEVED TOWN”FIRED TO CONCEAL CRIME Special to The Georgian. Natchez, Mias., Oct. 24.—William Boyd, water service superintendent at Ferrlday, lau. ten mile* from here, was cremated In a hotel at that place on Monday night, C. J. Little, a yard engi neer, was murdered by bejng struck In the buck of the head, both the John son and Cochrane hotels and seven cottages were destroyed by fire, entail ing a loss of $60,040. It Is believed that a negro who mur dered the engineer for his money set fire to the hotel to conceal the evidence of his crime. Little's body wa* found under a shed in the switch yards by three railroad men, who were attract ed by his groans, lie lived but a few minutes after being found and was unable to tell the name or color of hts assailant. The pay car of the New Orleans and i Northwestern rullroad passed through Ferrlday Monday and Little was evi dently murdered* for bis money. Boyd ryes asleep In the hotel and was burned to death. No further details of the disaster are known here. Cleveland, Ohio, Oct. 24.—The police dnd a well-known detective agency are bending every effort to discover the whereabouts of . the Jewels valued at $160,000.and .money, bonds, deeds and papers reprssemlng almost as much more, which Anna Held says were stolen Monday morning from the state rooiii occupied bY the actress and her husband on a Pennsylvania railroad train. Today Miss Held gave to Chief Kohl er u description of the men she sus pects of the robbery, bliss Held said she believes she was followed by the two inen frpin Baltimore. BOBBERS ARE CHASED BY DOGS AND MEN Guthrie, Okla, Oct 24.—The state bank of Sparks wa* entered by rob bers, who secured $2,000, by blowing POPULAR PHYSICIAN DIES OF PNEUMONIA Specie! to The Georgian. Rome, Ga., Oct. 24.—Dr. J. C. Mull, a leading physician of Rome, died this morning at 6 o'clock, afteP an lllnees 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 Special l 1 Unnl CHARGED WITH USING MAIL8 FRAUDULENTLY. Special to The Georgian. Macon. Ga.. Oct. 24.—On a charge of working crooked achemea through the United States malls, Remus E. Gordon, brought lo Macon from McRae, was held under a 2500 bond yesterday by United States Commissioner Erwin to await the action of the Federal ad Jury. It Is charged that Gordon cited loans through the malls, to be made by an Investment company, and after collecting the premiums, for got ail about the people desiring to bar- row the money. CARNEGIE MEDAL AND ITS DONOR Big Copper Cable Stolen. Special lo The Georgia*. Gadsden. Ala., Oct. 24.—A copper ca ble, 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 thieves. The cable le quite an expensive one. being made of many small wires wound together. The Carriage Builders’ National As sociation special will leave Atlanta Fri day afternoon about 6 o'clock on It* return trip. Saturday will be spent In Chattanooga, Chlckamauga and Lookout Mountain. The tralipls 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 meet at the Piedmont Wednesday afternoon to O00000O00000000OO000O0O00O decide upon leaving time. Jones Memorial Service. to The Georgian. Huntsville, Ala.. GCL 24.—A memo rial service will be held In the First Metpodlst church here next Sunday afternoon at I o'clock In honor of the memory of the late Rev. Sam P. Jones. Copelan Bank Organized. Special to The Georgian. Greensboro, Ga., Oct. 24.—The Cope lan National Bank of Greensboro was organized October 22 with a $50,000 paid in capital, to- begin business Jan uary 1. The officers are as fellows: E. A. Copelan, president: E. W. Cepe. Ian, vice president; J. B. Williams, sec ond vice president, and E. A. Klmbro. cashier. Special I Macon, Ga., Oct. 24.—Alderman W. Jordan Massee, a member of the coun cil from the Third war, tendered his ■Vslgnatlon 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 tern, as his' successor. Negross Want Hospital. Special to The Georgian. Columbus, Ga., Oct. 24.—The negre physicians ot the. clty^have begun a movement to have the old city hospital; turned over to them In case the city builds a new one. They say It would result III saving embarrassment to both racee if the negroes are separat ed from the whites In the charity as well a* the pay wards. New Carnegie medal, which has Just been awarded to sixteen peo ple, one of them an orphan boy of thirteen year*. Hospital Movsiffent Started. Special to The Ueorgian. Columbus, Ga, Oct. 24.—The move ment here to establish a new and up- to-date hospital materialized fully at a meeting of physicians. ministers and other citizens held last night at th« board of trade rooms, when it was re solved that a hospital to coat not less than $40,000 was needed and the pre liminary steps were taken to brlnff about this result. Conductor’s Hand Broken. H|mh-IsI to The Georgian. Columbus, Ga., Oct. 24.—Conductor Ward of the Southern railway on his ' trip’from Atlanta to this city yester day, was quite seriously hurt Just be- | foreleaving 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 cam* near falling on him. In his efforts to stay the danger his hand was struck by a falling trunk and the bones broken so badly they protruded through the back of that member. GIVES UR THE LAW TO ENTER MINISTRY. special to The Georgian. Salisbury. N. C.. Uct. 24.—Solicitor Allen. Fort. Jr., of Amertcus, Ga, has arrived In the city and will In the fu ture be with Rev. R. E. Neighbour In Ills evangelical work for the Baptist church. Mr. Fort-was. before giving up hls legal profession for the minis try, one of the Empire State's meet brilliant young men and ga\-e great promise as a lawyer. He resigned re cently to Governor Terrell and decided to begin his work here.