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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN,
MONDAY, D1
HBBB 10, 1900.
Our Stock-Reducing Sale Continues Tomorrow
On Account Of The Inclement Weather Of Today All Specials Advertised For Monday's Selling Will
Be On Sale Again Tuesday
The continued mild weather has retarded sales of winter goods so much that we have found it necessary to take strenuous measures to
quickly reduce stocks throughout the entire house. To this end we had arranged a grand cut-price bargain sale for today, offering sensational
specials 111 every department. Hundreds of wise buyers responded, but thousands were kept away by the inclement weather. So we will con
tinue the sale tomorrow with the addition of even more attractive specials. Brief hints of the various offerings are given below; note them.
Stock Reducing Bargains
Dress Goods, worth to 75c
at
.25c
.*1.00 to $1.50 Dress Goods at.48c
Dress Goods, worth to $3, at .98c
Vard-widc Black Taffetus .. ,69c
lac Flannelettes and Outings. 5c
4rte .Mercerized Sateens at .. .10c
5c to Ifle Mercerized Madras.lOc
lemmed Table Napkins 3c
■>!)e Table Linens ut 25c
bleached Domestic 3 7.8c
bleached Sheets 39c
bleached I’illow Cases 9c
Men's 10c Handkerchief 5c
.allies' plain Handkerchiefs . lc
On First Floor. •
$3 to $4 Silk Umbrellas ... .98c
Men's $1.00 Underwear ... ,39c
27-ineh Silk Mufflers 50c
Spachtel Squares and Scnrfs.25c
Ladies’ $1.50 Kid Gloves 50c
Babies' Crib Blankets 29c
Large white or gray Blank
ets 98c
Finest $8 to $10 Blankets, $3.90
$10 Eiderdown Comforts $3.98
$1.50 Marseilles Bed
Spreads 69c
Extra size Sateen Comforts.98c
Ladies’ 25c Belts 10c
$5 Beaded Bags 98c
Ladies’ 50c Collars 25c
Stock Reducing Sale on Second Floor.
Ladies
Ladies
Ladies'
Ladies
Ladies
Ladies'
Misses’
$5 ..
$10 Raincoats at . .$2.98
$10 50-inch Coats . 3.98
$12.50 to $15 Coats. 5.00
$20 to $25 Coats . .10.00
$25 Tailored Suits.$9.90
$30 to $40 Suits.. .15.00
Skirts, worth up to
1.08
Ladies’ $6 and $7 Skirts. .$2.90
Ladies' $5 Silk Waists .... 2.90
Misses’$4 Coats 1.98
Children’s $5 Bearskin
Coats $2.49
Infants’ Long Cashmere
Cloaks 98c
Ladies’ $10 Silk Etons at $4.90
Babies’ Silk Caps, 50c
value 25c
Fnscinators and Opera
Shawls 60c
Ladies’ $2 Petticoats at ... .89c
Ladies’ $10 Trimmed Hats $2.98
Ladies’ $3 to $4 Hats at .. .98c
Misses’ and Children's Hats 60c
Children’s 50c to 75c Caps . .10c
$20 Fur NeckpJhces at ... .$4.98
$5 to $10 Fur Neckpieces.$2.98
Children’s $2.50 Fur Sets . .98c
Boys’50c Knee Pants 19c
Boys’ $2 Wool Suits 87c
Boys’ $4 to $5 Suits $1.90
Boys’ $3 pvereoats at ... .$1.39
Men’s $10 Overcoats nt . .$5.00
Children's $1.00 Sweaters . ,39c
Ladies’ Union Suits 19c
Stock Reducing Specials
In Basement.
WE GIVE
GREEN
TRADING
STAMPS
BASS'
18 WEST
MITCHELL
NEAR
WHITEHALL
Cane seat Rockers 88e
$5 Parlor Rockers $1.98
$6-Willow Rockers $2.98
$35 Bed Davenports $10.90
Handsome Oak Chiffoniers $6.85
Large Kitchen Tables 98c
Large Kitchen Safes .$1.98
30 by GO-inch Axniinster
Rugs $1.50
18 by 40-ineh Smyrna Rugs.39c
0 by 12 Wilton Art
Squares $18.90
!) by 12 Smyrna Art
Squares $7.90
Heavy Iron Beds..., $1.50
40-pound Mattresses $1.25
Full size Bed Springs $1.25
$1.00 Lace Curtains at ...
..,39c
$1.50 Lace Curtains at ...
59c
$2.00 Lacc Curtains at ...
$3.00 Lace Curtains at ...
..$1.15
$4 and $5 Lace Curtains .
. .$1.95
Children’s Roekors
Babies’ High Chairs
...49c
Children’s $1.50 Rockers .
O
CO
CO
High Chairs with shelf ...
$1.25 Parlor Tables at...
...69c
$1.75 Parlor Tables at ...
...98c
$2.25 Parlor Tables at ...,
, .$1.35
$3.00 Parlor Tables at...,
. .$1.95
$20 Leather Lounges
. .$8.50
BIG RAILWAY SYSTEMS
TO BE “INVESTIGATED”
BY U. S. COMMISSION
Sweeping Probe Is
Planned by Knapp’s
Boar 4 .
ST UV VESA XT FISH
TO BE A WITNESS
Met hods of Doing business
By Roads Is To Be
Laid Bare.
Washington, Dee.'io.—Plans arc un-
dH consideration by the interstate
commerce commission that content-
l-latc th-- most sweeping, comprehen-
mw* nnd far-reaching Investigation Into
thf management 6f the railroads of the
I'nited States. All the great systems
will he the subject of inquiries such ns
hn been ordered In the ease of the
Harrlmnn lines and such as will soon
i»' ordered In relation to the roads
o*.ntrolled and operated by James J.
Hill.
V.’hiic the members of the commls-
•i »n are not inclined to discuss their
ii is known that practically every
r ’dr. .id in the United States suspected
• f working in combination with coin-
roads, will have the searchlight
" f publicity thrown upon it.
Probe for New York Central.
I i addition to the Hariitnnn and Hill
* .-''••ms, it is understood that the com
a i in is quietly locking Into the op-
•rations of the Now York Central and
th- various lines controlled by It. That
jla New York Central will eventually
l. Li ought face to face with an Inves-
tKati.n by the commission Is the be-
b is true.” said Chairman Knapp,
l » ' hove in mind nn inquiry into
th 1 ration of the Hill roads. It
do He of the same general chor-
t l»c one we are about to make
tilt* management of the so-ralled
lines. Stuyvesant Fish has
system of railroads has been ordered. It
was conjectured that Fish had come
to Washington on preliminaries con
nected with the work. Hitt assistance
would he of great Importance to the
commission. The commission is expect
ed to begin its work during the holiday
weeks, and Its first hearings will be
held In New York.
Whether Mr. Fish will be called as
a witness or will simply bo asked to
suggest fruitful lines for the commis
sion to pursue is not know, but it Is
thought that he will be asked to tes
tify.
JAMES R. M’KELDIN
HAS PASSED AWAY
GEORGIA NEWS
IN PARAGRAPHS
May Build Girls* School.
.Special to The Georgian.
Columbus, Uu., Dec. 10.—The <40,000
that Columbus offered for the state
agricutur.nl school for the Fourth con
gressional district may be used ns the
nucleus of a fund for the establish
ment of a first-class college for young
ladies in this city. Such a suggestion
has been made, and the movement may
tuke definite shape.
ini ,
Her
iiilL. .1 Hi,, matter over with us. He did
not i r.rije lure by appointment, but he
• rf.* 1 «-,] us benefit of his knowledge
rn»lroa<l conditions in the event that
"" way need him."
Thorough Probe Planned,
is the belief of the commission
v ‘\ ht ‘ thorough insight Into the tneth-
"'.s ..f the railroads will tend to a more
,!I * H ut administration of the rate law
' i; if It does noi: disclose violations of
'inch as discriminations against
‘fi*.i\i.juals and communities.
* t d.*r the interstate commerce act. as
f i 'i d last winter, the commission
mihority to examine all books nnd
•»f railroad companies. For-
' it was limited to a search for
* iii:i.* items. Under the changed order
,' h *ngs it may scrutinise every rec-
' »n ihe books of the company. This
i i iluftv feature win nld the eomniis-
J" M in their investigation upon which
■' 6 bout to embark.
THEY may call fish
AS IMPORTANT WITNESS-
" .’slilngton, I tec. 10.—stuyve.mil
< f irmer president of the Illinois
ntral rallro*d, who was recently de-
j "d by the Harrlnmn Interests, and
r , '* 1,a 'l conferences with President
i‘< f ».»**'veit an, l Chairman Knapp, of the
vr.-, r, i' te .commerce commission, left
- , Uv ' iy . for N *w York.
•'* an investigation of the Harrlnian
Lid on in Americus,
Sjiecial to The Georgian.
Americus, Ga., Dec. lo.—Drug stores,
fruit stands rind nil places of business,
except hotels, in Americus were closed
.Sunday. The purchase of cigars, or
any article, in fact, was un impossi
bility. Numerous Indictments returned
by the grami Jury the past week pro
duced the unusual calm in every line
yesterday.
Depot for St. George.
Special to The Georgian.
St. George, Ga., Dec. 10.—The depot
proposition in St. George has been end
ed by the railroad moving the old de
pot to the foot of Florida avenue, In
a more central and higher place. An
addition will be built which will give
St. George a neat depot.
Masons Elect Officers.
Special to The Georgina.
Hartwell, Ga., Dec. 10.—The annual
election of officers of the Masonic lodge
was held on Saturday night, which re
sulted in the selection of William E.
Meredith as. worshipful master; Mar
tin M. Norman ns senior warden; Jas.
E. Carter, as Junior warden; Judge J.
M. Thornton, as treasurer; Mayor Wil
liam T. Johnson, as secretary; William
Temp ley, ns senior steward; James A.
W. Brown, as Junior deacon, and A. E.
Skelton, as senior deacon.
Association Disbands.
Special to The Georgian.
Washington. Ga., Dec. 10.—Discour
aged tjv the lack of Interest which the
farmers generally have manifested In
organisation dunng 1906, the
Wilkes County Cotton Association, at
ts regular iiKiitlily imetfng for Dc-
ember. de< Ided that Its usefulness to
the farmers during a period of pros
perity was at nn end. The meeting ad
journed sine die, to be called again
whenever cotton reaches 5 cents per
pound.
ATLANTA NEWS
BRIEFLY TOLD
JAMES R. M’KELDIN AND HIS LITTLE SON, JAMES R., JR.
VIVA
Was Saving Lift.
H. Shropshire, a negro chauffeur, os-
caped a fine In police court Monday
morning on the charge of exceeding the
automobile speed limit on the ground
that he was performing an act of hu
manity, taking an Injured white man
to the Grady Hospital. The white man
was injured whfb* at work on a build
ing in North Pryor street and the ne
gro was asked to take him to the hos
pital In an aut«». Judge Broyles held
th- negro technically guilty, but dis
missed the case because of the circum
stances under which the law was vfo-
Prominent Merchant
Made Brave Fight
Against Death.
After battling several weeks bravely
against death, Mr. James R. McKeldln
succumbed Sunday morning at 2:4
o’clock at his home on East North av
enue.
Ho was purrounded by members of
Ills family when the end came. For
two or three days prior to death Mr.
McKcldiu had rallied considerably, nnd
his loved ones felt hopeful that he
would recover. Saturday evening,
however, he began to sink and Dr. W,
S. Elkin announced that there was nr
hope.
Funeral services were held at the
home, 15 East North avenue, Monday
afternoon at 2 Vclock, conducted by
Rev. Richard Orme Fllnn, and the In
terment was In Oakland cemetery. The
groomsmen and ushers who attended
the wedding of Mr. McKeldln and Miss
Bessie Draper some years ugo, served
as pallbearers and honorary escort
Mr. McKeldln was a member of the
governing board of the Capital City
club, and a large number of the mem
bers attended the funotal.
Was a Tennessaean.
James R. McKeldln was born In Ath
ens, Venn., about 48 years ago, where
ills boyhood was passed. Early In life
he evidenced the traits that made him
later In life a man of large business af-
faits end fine social qualities.
He was one of the many Tennessee
ans who came to Atlanta nnd who form
some of the finest citizenry of the Gate
’Ity. He was a young man when he,
came here, nnd he began his work ns a
clerk with the ardor nnd earnestness
that characterized his career. His
mind was clear, logicul nnd keen for
the larger affairs of life. He saw in
those cat Her years the possibilities of
Atlanta'tond read then the great future
of Ills adopted home.
Some twenty years ago he- became
the senior member of the firm of Mc
Keldln & Cprlton, retail shoe dealers.
His genial personality, fair business
dealings and progrtsslveness brought
to the house a very large and profita
bio patronage.
Seven years ago Mr. McKeldln re
tired from the shoe business and be
came Identified with the wholesale hat
house of Atkins, McKeldln *& Brown,
of which firm he was n member at tne
time of bJs death. During business
hours lie was absorbed in building up
his house, but when the cares of tlie
day were ended he became the courte
ous social man. He was prominently
Identified with tho Piedmont Driving
Club, of which he was formerly presi
dent, and the Capital City Club, in
social life of Atlanta be was one of
the most popular tner. In the city.
He married Miss Bessie Draper, the
beautiful and popular daughter of Cap
tain W. \V. Dra|>er. His widow and one
son survive him. His mother Is Mill
living nnd one sister, Mrs. Pettus. of
Athens, and two brothers, Mr. Hugh
McKeldln, of Allans, and Mr. John .Mc
Keldln, of Knoxville.
Polict Deny Charges.
Norfolk, Va., Dec. 10.—The police
department has issued a vigorous de
nial of the allegations of Rear Admiral
Berry, commandant of. the Norfolk
navy yard, to the effect that naJlorn
ire badly treated by the police. The
ommandant made his complaint In u
letter to the board of control.
YOUTH AND HAPPINESS
tCopj right, 1W6, by Aiuerlc
suilner.l
N ALL ogee men nnd women have be
moaned the passing of time nml re
garded youth as tlie only *>*uium of
happlueas.'
poets nml authors have expressed this
Idea In words, nnd pnluters nnd »<*ulptur*
oiutMMlIed It in works of art so ofteu
that to question it seems almost it eotifea-
sloii of utter lark of Ideality.
t not only do I question It: I ojm'uIt
refute the assertion of ages nml of iny stipe-
rlors In Intellect that there is “nn time
youth.” ami that during a brief w ore
and it half of year* are the l>e»t of life’s
happiness and Its k'*«*m>»t enjoyment to In*
I recall a tiny lir early youth
looked out on n colorless nrosptvt
Iniked Fate for delayiug enjoyment,
ore only u few more years left for me to
enjoy pleasure nml amusement.” I skid.
•**rt„r they pass there will be bolhluz but
By ELLA WHEELER WILCOX.
-Jourunl-Ex* duty nnd nmhitlon and usefulness—but the
power to enjoy the g»wd thing* of life will
have gone with youth. In> not chest me,
<l Fate, of my little share while I am tilth*
to grasp It.”
Ami then 1 shaped the imdunchidy
thought in Terse and sent it out to depress
other lives mid other hearts.
It wns something nhont the cruelty of
Fate which sent Joys too late. ,iud these
final words wen* used ns a requiem oter
the grn\es of hope sml happiness.
That was long ago. nml I have lived to
learn that nothing eoiues too late, unless
We • Iknnw* to Iwlleve that all happlties lies
within a circumscribed perl<Mj of years. It
Is the mind of man, not the Irony of Des
tiny, which makes delayed desires disap
pointing. •
Keep the emotions alive with sympathy,
keep the ambitious nll\e with ho|M>. keep
the neilt(ties alive with piirtHMtr. and the
seemingly e|o*>* boundaries of youth recede
as we Journey onward, and lo! In*fore we
reach the border we are face to fact*
That Fifteenth Amendment.
Henry Peck Fry, a member of the
Chattanooga bar, has published a book
let entitled “The Voice of the Third
Generation,” which Is nn Appeal to the
young men of the South to get their
friends In the North to co-operate with
them Jn securing the repeal of the ilf-
teonth amendment.
Mr. Fry writes fluently of the rela
tions of the white man to the negro,
and pleads earnestly for the repeal of
the fifteenth amendment ns the only
solution of the* race problem.
A Misting Woman.
Mayor Woodward has been asked to
dxert his effort* toward finding Mrs.
Rosella de Brueys, who has been miss
ing from New Orleans, Iter home, 1
years, und who is supposed to he In At
lanta.
The mayor received a letter Monday
morning from her son, E. L. de Bruey
of 1730 Terpfschore street. New Oi
leans, asking that efforts be made to
locate her.
Univarsalitt Missionary.
Rev. Dr. Q. H. Shinn, of -Boston,
.Mass., preached an interesting sermon
Sunday night at the Unlversallst
church to u congregation which filled
that edifice. Dr. Quinn Is Southern
missionary for the Unlversallst church,,
and Is one of the most eloquent and
best known preachers in the country.
Shot tho Nsgro.
Robert Pruden, a negro driver for
the Muliinax Grocery store, at Peach
tree and Ivy streets, was shot and se
verely wounded Saturday afternoon by
A. C. Perryman, a butcher for the same
firm. The negro Is said to have cursed
In the presence of ladles nnd to have
made a move as though to strike the
butcher, when the latter remonstrated
with him. Tho caso will probably be
tried Monday afternoon.
WOMAN WANTS TO SELL
HER BRAIN TO BU\ FOOD
, Richmond, Va., Dec. 10.—Mrs. M. L.
Francis, of Venable street, this city,
who has offered to sell her brain and
her body niter her death to medical
universities nnd hospitals In this city,
Philadelphia. Chicago nnd New York
*o the Irghest bidder, was seen at her
home nnd questioned regarding her
ustouudmg proposition.
Tiie v/c.man said she was driven to
thnt course by poverty. She said that
sljo did not care what 'was done with
her body after her death, but that she
needed money at this time and Is will
ing to sign papers bequeathing her
head and body to whatever Institution
offered her a sufficient sum to keep her
in comfort for the remainder of her
years.
The woman, who is 40 years of agf. Is
broken In health and dependent upon
the small salary which receives as a
clerk In a department store. She" In
cultured and refined and has evidently
seen affluent circumstances. She Is tho
fourth wlfo of her husband, who sev
eral years ago was Incapacitated for
work on account of an accident.
Mrs Francis said she had heard that
students had access to the bodies of
criminals, but had bought the head ami
body of no intelligent person.
UNCLE REMUS' B1RTHDA Yi
BUT HE ALMOST FORGOT IT
“Uncle Remus” had a birthday Sun
day.
• Perhaps It It had been "the little
boy’s” birthday, or the anniversary of
the tar baby episode, Joel Chandler
Harris might have remembered It, but
a llttjo thing like his own natal day
slipped by in tho ordinary course of
events.
Late In the afterncon a relative, who
had kept tab on "Uncle Remus’” birth
days, dropped in und presented the au
thor with an unique present. Tt wes a
copy of the old Atlanta' Herald, pub
lished In 1874 and edited by Henry
Grady. The old sheet looks queer!y
today beside a modern newspaper, but
it was a .splendid specimen tff a dally
paper In Its own period.
Mr. Harris spent the day In his study
as quietly as nil the other three hun
dred and sixty-four days in the year.
One of his sons had got his dates mixed
on birthdays last year and had sent hls
father a present Just a month previous,
and ’’Uncle Remus' refused to acknowl
edge Its receipt until the proper data
arrived.
How old Is "Uncle Remus?” Wall.
In years he has Just reach
ed f>8. In spirits he Is some
thing !!ko 21. In his intimate sympathy
with the heart of little boys he Is. Just
7—and every little boy and little girl
In America who know* "Br’er Rabbit"
and "Br’er Fox" hopes that he win
never grow older though he Uvea to
the hundred mark.
Holloway la Found.
It was reported Monday morning
that \V. G. Holloway, «»f MeansvlHe.
Ga., for whom the police had been
asked to search, had been found alive
and well in one of the south Georgia
towns. As Holloway had a considera
ble sum of money with him It gras fear
ed at first he might have met with foul
play.
the other shore, where life begins over
iignin under new nml higher conditions—
new nml hitcher conditions. If we sought for
them here, for only ns we have bulld**d by
our desires nml thoughts nml efforts In this
graded school of enrth life will we In* nlde
to dm! better surroundings oa the other
side.
Immortality must be earnest. Heavens
must be built while on enrth. Not by the
mumbling of formulas nml adherence to
trmlitloiinl creeds, not by long prayers for
God to do work for us. but by our eon-
luu.il nppllcntlon of the G«s| given quailtiiu*
Mil.
elf-control,
h*»ti I
There
f*«e nr*• the qualities which produce
i*iis ou enrth nnd in the realms beyond,
•v do not depend u|h>ii youth for their
Ity. But youth depends upon them,
tile they lust youth lusts. Every day I
III tlm stitching. Even If we
marred the design, we have the nddei
perlence which >«»uth lacks, nml wean
pans! to do better work on the next ii
given by the Great Artist. Too late!
Ii thing us any knowledgi
Stabbed a Prisoner.
As ttic result of a fight between two
negroes in the police station Saturday
night. Warren Murdep was seriously
stabbed in the temple by John Daniel.
Daniel says he acted in self-defense.
Munion wits taken to tho Grady Hos
pital.
Old Nagro Attacked,
Wlille walking along the Marietta
road, five miles out, Hunday night.
Prince Pattllla, an aged negro, was as
saulted by a negro, who attempted to
rob him. The old negro made hls es
cape nnd R. <Campbell, a merchant,
captured Robert Hayes, a negro, who,
ft is alleged, committed the crime.
Lieutenant Dunbar and County Pollco*
man Whitfield registered the negro for
attempted highway robbery.
R. F. Lyon.
The funeral services 6f R. F. Lyon,
who died Sunday afternoon, were con
ducted at his late residence, 262 Chero
kee avenue, Monday afternoon. He Is
survived by hls wife, three sons, three
daughters, two brothers and one sis
ter. The Interment was In Westvlew
cemetery.
i -■
“Holiday
Shoes
The
ecu* «r linpplin*** coming t«N» lat<
There ir*' no such thing
our own ImngiuHtlou.
It Ik all eternity. It Is
Loginning or ••ml.
\V.* have nlwaya lived.
time, aave in
circle without
d will alwnys
I of letting your Inxly,
“ _ zr'
tells yo'« that youth has
There Is
your heart
c«u*e a fe
tradition o
passed.
Keep e\|H*etant. keep hopeful, keep sym-
twithetle and ambitious, and be ocrnph*d.
The best Of life is before yoo-wbether
here or hereafter does not mutter, so long
as you lose tio hour of happiness ami use-
fulness by mistaken ideas gnlu«*<l from mis
taken traditions.
Discard them!
Bight alNiiit faee! March!
Ladles' Shoes in the dressy styles, Just the thing needed
for the social festivities of the Christmas season. Parties,
receptions, dances and other functions will claim the at
tention of many during the next few weeks. You must bo
appropriately shod.
Sec our new line of ORES8 SHOES. It is replete with
tasteful styles nnd really beeuutlful footwear..
Soft, flexible leathers, thin soles, French heels, grace
fully shatied lasts—enter Into the makeup of these smart
effects.
Prettiest Shoes for dressy wear In town.
Dainty Hosiery of Every Style
$3.50 to $6.00.
Dainty Hosiery o? Every Style.
25 Whitehall Street,
rite for catalogu e.