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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN Davison-Paxon-Stokes Co, Davison-Paxon-Stokes Co, Dress Goods Sale at 39c Stylish All- Wool Fabrics of Much Better Value, I his is an assortment of Dress Goods, plain and fancv, that we have selected from dif ferent lines for a special sale, and reduced to 39c yard. The styles are new and in the va riety will be found suitable fabrics for about every popular use. Practically all our regular 59c Dress Goods are included, while among them are many even finer than this. Plaids are prominent—particularly shadow plaids—in gray-and-red mixures, gray-and- brown, gray-and-wlute, red-and-green. Scotch mixtures are shown in small checks and large overlaid plaids—blue, red and green combinations. There are also 25 pieces of stylish Albatross—the favorite shadings. Perhaps the last of this kind that we shall be able to get to sell at 39c, because of the advance in prices. Dress Goods—-Suit and Skirt Lengths, We’ve a great many lengths of Dress Goods, in the best styles, that contain only enough for one suit or skirt. If you can find what you want among nnv of these, you will save a good sum in the price. There are plain and fancy weaves in black and colors; all from this season and what might be expected, among the most popular and best selling styles. More Crepe de Chines atSOc Useful for dainty waists and dresses for evening and social wear, of course. But many arc buying Crepe de Chines at this time especially to make up into beautiful evening scarfs and ties. These at 50c a yard are exactly suited to the purpose. Pure silk, the right weight, beautifully finished weave, strong and full of wear; 24 inehes wide, in white, black and about every good color. Not the usual 50c kinds—better. Wc sell them regularly at 59c and 75c. Stylish Silks in Waist Patterns. •lust enough in each case for a waist—31-2 to 5 yards. Something suggestive of a gift in Silks like these. Beautiful in weave, color and pattern. Plain Silks, but mostly fancies—plaids, stripes and checks—stylish two-tone Taffetas and Louisines—also a variety of handsome patterns in black, Aripures, Surah and India Chinas. All are priced below value—considerably un der what they sold for when we had full pieces. Holiday Novelties in Leather and Velour, As a handsome gift—something really useful and ele gant—scarcely anything near the price will surpass these beautiful art pieces of leather and velour. There are Mats and Centerpieces, round and oval, for use in halls, libraries and offices, long Scarfs for pianos and also tops for sofa pil low's! ‘ ' ' / The work is done in leather on soft, rich velour—the designs appliqued on fields of olive green and red. The beauty’s in the novelty, and the peculiarly striking, antique effect. Something finer and different from what is usually seen. % These are fit associates for the most expensive furni ture. They are refined and very attractive, at the same time protecting whatever they adorn. Not expensive, either —nothing like as much as you would at first expect. Small Matt at $1.25 Center Pieces at $4.50 Larger Sizes $5 to $7 Sofa Pillow Tops $5.00 Outing Flannels for Special Sale at Sc a Yard. Here’s a whole center counter full of these soft, fleecy fabrics, in checks and plaids of popular de sign and color. 8 l-2c qual ity, at 5c yard. Eiderdowns. Beautiful wool - face Eiderdowns, soft and fine, for smoking jackets, wrappers and comfort able robes of different kinds. 50c a yard, 36 inches wide and in every wanted shade. Wavelet Eiderdowns, 60o. Krinkledown — a new fancy weave in the Eider down family, all colors— 50c yard. Davison-Paxon-Stokes Co. Store of Many Departments. Mis. Mitchell Rogers, of Macon, Is ,tl * *u<?« of Mrs. Dobbs. York. ;‘ :| d -Mrs. Joseph Emerson Brown. ‘ ’yMamasoo, Mich., will arrive next «k to be the guests for a few days •Li i'. and J,r *- George M. Brown. Mr. Mrs. j. K. Brown will spend the mnuias holidays at Belton. 8. C’.. re- - ’ early In January to Atlanta. M ’ J. Fleming Van Renesalaer is i, of Miss Roberta Burbrldge at Jacksonville, Fla. lilts Katherine Miller has returned [^Mai-on after a short visit to Atlanta Mi and Mrs. Drury Powers have re- , from Macon, where they attend- o th» Malone-Slmpson wedding In that fro 1 ' 8 ’ Annie Flynn and Miss Mary “rlen have returned from New York. .Mr. Clarence Blosser has returned New York. ^Columbus" Ba *‘* y U vWUn * friend * Miva Bernice Brown, of Denver, is " *u«st of Miss Marts Sclple. I .'iu, William A. Baggett has re- - ne<i to her home In West End after '“ “ac'r her sister, Mrs. J. C. Hanse, U, " ’ 'any Atlanta friends of Miss I •' Alien, of Macon, will r»tr« to learn she Is quite 111 with "grippe" at her home on Walnut street. Miss Ida Ruff is the guest or Miss Clifford Williams, at Oxford. Mrs. Katherine (Dover will spend the Mr. and Mrs. DeSales Doonan, of Boston, are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Doonan. MOTHER’S GLASSES. Don't let mother wear nn old cheap pair of glasses. Gladden her heart Christmas with a beautiful gold- rlmraed pair. We will put In the proper lenses after the holidays without extra cost. A. K. Hawkes Company, 14 Whitehall street. UNCLE REMUS ’ BOOKS At Miller’s. Can you think of anything more appropriate for a Christmas or holiday gift for the young or old than one of Joel Chandler Harris’ quaint books? We have a large number of these books, elegantly bound In cloth and profusely Illustrated by Frost, Verbeck and Conde. Regular price, 12.00. Our price. $1.40 In the city; *l.»0 postpaid to any address. JOHN M. MILLER BOOK CO., JI Marietta Street. Atlanta. Go. FAILED TO LOCATE GUILTY PARTIES IN MACON, GA., MOB Special to Ths Georgian. Macon, Ga., Dec. 11.—The grand Jury to Investigate the mob that stormed the Rlbb county Jail early in October and the alleged lawlessness In connec tion with the street car strike, reported to Judge Felton yesterday that they had failed to locate the guilty parties In both Instances. In reference to the breaking open <if the Jail, the statement was made that all the responsibility that could he Placed was upon the shoulders of a few drunken and youthful offenders. In reference to the street car strike, the body declared that organised labor had been as bsdty disgraced as the community in the'lawlessness which was committed. Judge Felton thanked the members of the Jury for their work and asserted that the motes In both Instances had not acted In accord alth the general sentiment of the community. SOCIETY WITH OUR NEIGHBORS NASHVILLE, TENN. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Thompson, of * New York, who were married III that city last Friday evening, nre popular visitors In Nashville this week. They are the guests of the former’s relatives here, and last night were given a family dinner at the home of Mrs. W. L. Horn. Tonight Mr. L. W, Hall will be host of a dinner for them. Mr. Thompson’s mother and sister, Mrs. Theo Hamlin, will return East with them after a two months’ visit here, on Saturday.. Mr. Thompson Is the originator of the Hip podrome. In New York and of Lunar Park on Coney Island, and he has made a large fortune by his ventures. His bride was formerly Mabel Talla ferro, |he creator of the role of ’’Lovo Mary" In “Mrs. Wlggs." She was one of the best-known stars In the theatrl osl world, despite her extreme youth Her romantic marriage to Mr. Thomp son, who Is a member of n prominent local family, followed a romtanlc love affair, begun only thirteen days before their marriage. Miss Louise Frith, one of the most popular girls of the younger set In Nashville, goes to Atlanta December 26 to be the guest of Miss Ethel Huff. Mrs. Emmst Craddock, of Columbus, Miss., who has spent the past two weeks In Nashville as the guest of Mrs. M. Marshall Morgan, leaves tomorrow tor Atlanta, to be the guest of her brother. Mr. Robert Hopkins. Mrs. Richard C. Plater will give an afternoon reception December 1\ honor of her guests, Mrs. M. Clark Wil liams and Mrs. Kitty Cheatham Thompson, of New York. The latter, who Is one of the most celebrated ac- tresse In the country, lived In Nashville before her stage career. Misses Nell and Buford Corbett and Evelyn Hessle have returned from At. lanta. An Informal two-step will be given at the University Club Saturday night. Mrs. M. M. Gardner will give a mati nee muslcale Saturday In honor of Miss Anna Kllbreath. of New York, who Is the guest of her aunt, Mrs. E. S. Gardner, Jr., In Neshvllle, and at the Gardner home at Avondale. Mrs. Gull- ford Dudley, who was so popular In Atlanta society as Miss Anne Dallas, gave her a box party Thursday after noon. Mrs. Samuel Pritchett entertained 40 guests at a luncheon Tuesday, and a whist luncheon was given by Mrs. E. S. Gardner the day following for the Colonial Card Club. Popular visitors In Nashville at pres ent are Lieutenant Commander Thomas Francis Ruhm, U. S. N., and Mrs. Ruhtn, a recent bride and groom of Seattle, Wash., where Lieutenant Ruhm has been stationed for several years as superintending constructor of the Ne braska, Just being completed. Thurs day In Mount Pleasant. Mrs. John Ruhm, Jr., gave a large bridge party for her bride sister, and Thursday her Nashville hostess. Mrs. Thomas Tyne, gave a handsome luncheon for her. To day they were tendered an automobile outing to the Hermitage, where a picnic menu was served ,ln the kitchen of the historic homestead. Mrs. M. 8. Lebeck was hostess of a bridge breakfast on Wednesday for Miss Hortensc Lebeck, and her guest. Miss Intia Blnswanger, of Baltimore, who was the honoree of a dance at the Standard Club Tuesday evening. A pretty girls’ luncheon was tendered Miss Ludle Landis and her visitor, Miss Mary Morton, of Louisville, at the University Club yesterday by Mrs. John F. Landis. Colonel and Mrs. Van Leer Kirkman will entertain the executive committee of the Tennessee Centennial Exposition, which has a yearly reunion dinner at Oak Hill December 15. Mrs. Philip L. Hoyte will give two afternoon receptions In December, one on the ISth for the married element, and another the day following for MIsb Margaret Day. of 8t. Louis, who will be her guest at that time. Lieutenant and Mrs. Kirby Smith, the latter formely Miss Maude Tomp kins, have gone to Sewaneo. after a visit here to her aunts, Mrs. G. N. Till man and Mrs. D. Shelly Williams. They leave for San Francisco later In the month. MARTIN, Mrs. H. C. Verner has retumsd from Bowersvllle, where she has been visit ing her son. 8. A. Verner Miss Janie Maxwell, of Elberton, vis ited Miss Mabel Verner. on Avalon street, Saturday and Sunday. Mrs. Susan Bond, of Oglesby, Is vis iting the family of William Bond, on Mitchell street. C. L, Mlase, of Toccoa, was here Tucs. day on business. W. J. Hayes, of Toccoa, was In town Thursday on business. Tom Mlsc, of Toccoa. was here Wed nesday and Thursday on an Inspecting tour. _ _ . _ _ , J. H. Brown, of Pelser, S. C., Is spending this week In and around Mar. 1 Joe T. Stovall, Jr., was in Lavonla Wednesday. D. A. Garner is moving to Goodwill and A. C. Looney Is moving Into the house vacated by him. .Mrs. Pearl Gary, of Anderson, S. C„ haa returned to her home after a pleas, ant visit to Mrs. T. H. Lyon, on Childs Mrs. T. H. Lyon Is now visiting friends and relatives In Anderson, S. C. SOUTHERN BAPTIST SECRETARIES TO MEET. Buy Now and Pay After Christmas Our generous credit system relieves the strain of heavy expenses usual at this season when so many wants are to be satisfied—we invite you to select what you wish from this magnificent stock and have the payments divided to suit your convenience. Nothing gives more lasting pleasure and comfort than a useful piece of furniture. Many novelties are added at this season from which selections can be made for any member of the family. f \ LADIES’ DESKS, $6.50 to $75.00. MUSIC CABINETS, $6.50 to $40.00. SEWING TABLES (Solid Mahogany), $15.00 to $25.00. DRESSING TABLES, $11.00 to $75.00. FANCY ROCKERS, $2.50 to $25.00. MORRIS CHAIRS AND ROCKERS, $8.50 to $35.00. CELLARETTES (For gentlemen, with bot tles and glassware com plete), $9.50 to $45.00. OHIFFOROBES (For Gentlemen), $45.00 to $90.00. SHAVING STANDS, $11.00 to $25.00. CHILDREN’S ROCKERS AND HIGH CHAIRS, (In Rattan, Oak, Mahogany and Bent Wood), $1.50 to $6.50. VM 3moking Cabinets, Chafing Cabinets, Chiffoniers, Mirrors of all kinds, Dutch Pic tures and many unique pieces of furniture made by the Grafters. We would be pleased to show you through our stock. You Are Invited to Use Our Lib eral Credit Sys tem. Carmichael - Talman Furniture Company. ‘The Store That Saves You Money." 74-76 Whitehall Street. Have Purchases Charged and the Payments Divid ed to Suit. HOI SHOT FOH Reasons Why Policyholders Should Not Support It ARE VERY VIGOROUSLY GIVEN Old Clothes Pressed and Repaired by Tom Weaver. THROUGH SLEEPING CAR LINE TO MEMPHIS Over the nhort-iine. Dining car serv ice. Leaves Atlanta every day at 4:4i I>. m„ arriving Memphis 7;25 o, ro, HE ABOARD. Special to The Georgian. Montgomery, Ala., Dec. 11.—Tomor row there will be a meeting of the state secretaries of the Baptist denoml nation In the Southern States, In thin city and the meeting promlaen to be Important. There will be a special and public meeting when Dr. B. D. Gray, aecre- tary of the Home Mission Board, will make an address. Not 8o Much. From The Manchester Guardian. Tourist (In retired village)— So that’s the oldest Inhabitant? One hundred and four years old. No wonder you are proud of him. Native—I dunno; he ain’t done noth. In* In this yer place, 'cept grow old, and It's took him a sight o' time to do that. Lost. From The Woman’s Home Journal. '•Have you lost anything, madnm?" asked the polite floor-walker <tt the square-jawed, austere-looking shopper who stood before the "lost and found” window of the large department store. “Yes, sir,” she replied, *Tve lost 114 pounds of husband. In a light brown suit, with black derby hat, small tuft of hair on its chin and a frightened look. I lost It in a crush at the fancy goods counter. It's probably wandering through the building In search of me, and I thought perhaps you could find It easier than I can. I want It on account of a bundle It Is carrying under its arm.** In Letters From G. R. Scurgham to Col. A. M. Shook, the Former Merci lessly Scores the Peabody Manage ment and Makes Salty Charges. Miration ticket of the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York being Bent out by two prominent Atlanta pollrj.holdera. Col. A. M. Hhook, of thla " , n meuilwr of the International Policy* Jars’ Committee, has received a very onlty communication from G. It. Hcurgbaui that will prove nn Intcrcatlug contribution to the Inaurnnce literature of the time. Tbo Because they repreaent the present administration, which haa nlready demon strated It la running the company in the In tcrest of the company. That ineana In your Intercut, by caving more than three millions of dollars lu the first six months of thla yenr, ns compared with the same period or 1906. In the face of auch n record na thin we a cbnnce to con - .— , “3. The election of uuy other ticket sa a whole would mean nn entire reorganlxa* t(on and occasion n temporary aetback for the company. "Please bear In mind you arc not lectlng the Administration ticket for life, only until June. 190s. The United Commit* tee ticket names t'ol. W. L. Peel. He la an excellent gentleman nnd would mnke n moat creditable trustee. We. therefore, f>uagent that yon erase one name from the Administration ticket; erase all the iiniuea except that of Col. Peel, on the United Committees' ticket; erase all the names — the Fusion ticket.’’ The letter to Col. Shook taking Issue with the authors of the above It as tol* lows: DEFINITION OF GOOD MEN. "Col. A. M. Shook, Nashville, Term.-Dear Sir; The writer's attention has 'been called to a circular letter sent out to policy holders of the Mutual Life Insurance Com pany. under ilate of November 19, 1906, Kfgticd by John K. Ottley and Frank How- klus. of Atlanta. Ga., In which they any •The administration ticket la eompoi * ' " - * iido l.» Ml WHICH mr/ ticket la composed of good men. Wc have taken the trouble to In Tg:»te them/ In f*' - " ‘ !d say that the N« vepffgnfc them/ fn fhfa connection oulu say that the New York legislature the ‘Arm- -iron* Committee,' who also Investigated these men. probably with mure authority than vested fit the Individual policyholder, and they found among other things that these men of 'high standing’ had lM*en luh tly engnged hi looting |J» depart years. They had a very fascinating way of padding bills In the stationery depart ment. of creating yellow dog fumin' Jri the i Flnaueu Committee, Of different states was one • of creating 'joint amounts' by which tho members of the ‘Inner circle/ who are atlll in office will continue. If by any chance the admiuletrntlon ticket should succeed. This Moiut amount’ achemo wae one In which Mutual. Life put up the money and the "Thefts gentlemen give as their reasons for luuorelng the B<linlnlatrattou ticket, first, ‘because, they are good men.’ Thla statement might have goue unchallenged a few short years ago, hut It would In? very difficult to make policyholders be lieve It at this time. Hecond, they say ‘•he present administration has already demonstrated It It running the company In the Interest of the company. Well If the of ficers of the company arc the company theVu "HANG TOGETHER.” -open HUtg tonK. . ever, this Is n mutual company, and tho policyholders nre financially Interested, atnl are entitled to correct statements and not the misleading ones that havo been sent broadcast nt their expense In the forth of a circular Issued over the signature of President Peabody, lu which bo takes credit for saving $3,712,693.43 In the .first eight mouths of 1906. "Of this vast sum 'saved' by comparison with 1906 $3,167,804.80 la a ’saving' on busi ness not written. On the same plan a man can save an equal amount by not going to the races and not betting on the horses. If buslnese Is not written, coramts- alona to agents, medical examination fees, etc., arc not paid. Another 'saving* Is tin* sum of $144,000, eight months salary of the two McOurdya (who arc sojourning in Paris*, and Vice Presidents Grannie and Gilletttc, who were Indicted by the New PIKE COUNTY WINS SCHOOL IN THE SIXTH AFTER HOT CONTEST Pike county won tbe agricultural school priie (or the Sixth district after one of the ino.t memorable. lights yet resulting In the competition for thesa Institutions. Not until neur midnight Mohday waa the Issue decided. Pike won with a bid of J51,500 cash, JSu acres of land near Bamesvllle, llahts, water, sewer- are and telephones. Schools have been located now in every district except the Ninth and tills will be determined In February'. Governor Terrell did not return to Atlanta until noon Tuesday. DRAGGED TO DEATH AT HORSE’S HEELS Little Rock. Ark., Dec. u.—A party of men called Scott Smith, a wealthy farmer, of Woods county, Oklahoma, from his home last olrht and tied a rope around his neck. He was fasten ed to a horse and dratred across a freshly plourhed Held until killed. There Is no clew to the identity of the assassins. r ,Pt7."LM;dV I £l j EXPRESS MONEY departments through which the system off XT A Q TlTQ \ T>T>L padding bills and tbc legislative depart ment w*na financed. Mr. Peabody can tnlnly claim no credit for thla saving, the whole. It la a known fact that the Mu tual Life Is being operated at a cost ex ceeding tbe year 19.14 ami that fact will be proven to every policyholder when the next annual statement Is made. "Third, these gentlemen say that the election of any other ticket would menu nn entire reorganisation nnd occnalon it temporary netback for the company. Not only the iHdloyholUer* and the entire bu*l- ness world, but oven the good name of America Is nt stake on this very question of reorganising these inaurnnce companies. Anyone nt nil familiar with life inaurnnce will know that If the policyholders will uao their right to lutllot nnd oust tbe present dlft'redltcil management, who have done so much to disgrace the very name of Ilf.* Inaurnnce, that It will be the only sal vation of thla company. Theae gentlemen recommend that C'w, W. L. Peel, a fellow- Georgian, Ik* voted for. Mr. Peel or any other .minority would find theinaelrea lu ex- acGy the position that Nfiiyvensut Fish found himself when he attempted to se cure a real Investigation and not a white wnah of tbe officers and director* of tbe Few (loUcyhotdera should be lu- by men who they know has not had the opportunity to Investigate the In ner workings of this company and It Is sa ls at stake and the pnllcyL . to overthrow It wbeu they rote the adminis tration ticket or to sustain It when they vote the policyholders' ticket. Yoira very truly, "G. U. fiCTRGUAM. Manager." HAS DISAPPEARED Sharon, Pa., Dec. 11.—An express package estimated to contain from $5,000 to $10,000, shipped. through the Adams Express company, ts report cl here . to have disappeared. Distil. t Superintendent HaUton Is said to have a clew which will lead to an arrest. THE BEST MAGAZINES AT THE BEST RATES. Every one must keep up with dally events coins on eo rapidly all the time. 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