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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.