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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN,
9
NEW DEPARTMENT STORE TO RIVAL
ANYTHING IN SHOPS OF THE EAST
M. Rich & Bros. To
Open New, House
Early in Year.
MOST SPLENDID
BUILDING IN CITY
Every New Idea of Modem
Salesmanship Installed in
Big Building.
A department store equalling any In
the East for comfort and convenience,
for both patrons and employees, will be
thrown open by M. Rich & Bros. Co.,
shortly after New Year's, and the shop
per* of Atlanta will be invited to in
spect a 1100,000 building, the details
and equipment of which will be as com
plete as is possible to be made.
To begin with, the customer will not
be aggravated by having to wait for
change. A National Four Hundred
cash register, a wonderfully organized
system, with telephone attachments,
will be installed and so arranged that a
purchase and change will be returned
at the same time. Whether the custo
mer Is trading on credit or for cash the
transaction Is made Within a remark
ably short time. The telephone is used
to consult the "credit man." Fifteen of
these registers will be Installed.
Lounging Rooms.
In the basement of the new building
lounging rooms will be provided for
both men and women and rooms for the
350 employees are being fitted up. The
basement will be exceptionally well
lighted and a portion set aside for re
serve stock.
Those employees, who must eat their
lunches up town will have a cooking
and lunch room provided In the base
ment for tliefr convenience. This plan
has been the subject of an experiment
by the firm, and. when the plans for tho
new building were being drawn up this
feature, also adopted by department
stores In the East, was provided by the
architects. Elaborate equipment will
lie provided for the women and girls
employed In the store to cook and pre
pare their lunches. This is a conven
ience for them, and also serves to save
time and labor to the management.
Large Sods Fountain.
A large soda water fountain elabor
ately designed, will be Installed for the
convenience of the employees and pat
rons of the store about half way down
the first door. This idea has proved to
be a necessary one In large department
stores and this fount will bo one of the
handsomest In the South.
Another convenience for both patrons
and employees will be the three large
safety passenger elevators. Little time
"111 be lost by shoppers In reaching
certain departments on tho upper floors.
Two mammoth skylights will furnish
light fur the lower floors.
A customer entering the large heavy
doors of mahogany and plate glass will
find the vestibule comfortably heated
and handsomely (lied, furnishing a
cheerful place In which to wait for
friends. Entering the store three large
rectangles open to view and wide alal 's
running the entire length of the build
ing will afford ample room for shoppers
even on bargain days.
Mahogany Fittings.
r 'n the street floor the furnishings
"ill be of mahogany throughout, pre
siding a handsome picture In the ar
rangements of different shades. The
*how cases will have marble baeee with
clamped plate glass, affording an un-
ehstructed view of the Interlore and
displaying their contents to the best
advantage. The shelving will he of
mahogany finish and the railing of
metal and handsomely designed.
The second tlonr will be handsomely
dMlgned In oak and neatly finished In
nark shades. The coalk, suit, muslin,
underwear, corset, Infants' and chll-
CHRISTMAS
CLOTHING
OUTFIT
$15.00.
DRESS YOUR SON
OR BUY AN ENTIRE
OUTFIT FOR
YOURSELF
Send us $15.00 for a suit that Is well worth that
amount and we will give you FREE the following
outfit:
h
Suit $15.00
Underwear 1.00
Top Shirt ...: 1.00
Collar and Cuffs .... 40
Neck Tie 50
Pair of Sox 25
Handkerchief 25
Pair Suspenders 50
Pair Hose Supporters 25
Collar and Cuff Buttons ... 1.50
Total value of outfit. ...$20.65
ALL FOR $15.00
SEND THIS AD. WITH
COUPON PROPERLY FILLED. 1
Nam* Exprez* Office [ 1
Length of Trouaer*
No. of Sex
.No. of Cuff* 1 1
If this outfit is not satisfactory we will
gladly return money.
EMPIRE CLOTHING COMPANY,
62 WEST MITCHELL STREET,
ATLANTA. GEORGIA.
B
IS CAUSE OF SUIT
Jlrpn'H goods departments will havrf
nil! Nway on this floor and will he
PBRiiy accessible for the little folks amt
incn parents.
Lounging rooms will be fitted up for
‘Of* comfort of the ladles on this floor,
an-l rurrylnjr out a genera] schema
pursued by the management In making
•hopping a pleasure, and providing all
,n, ‘ pleasant features possible for the
tonvenlence of the public.
P* offices of M. Rich & Bros. Co.
»iii ho located in the rear of the build-
15* "»> the second floor. Overlooking
the otJU'e will be a gallery tor the use
"f Inc offirp ncnnl. A .nnc e\f IS hv
one of the most complete furniture
displays in the Bouth.
Private offices and a telephone ex
change will be located on the second
floor of tho Hunter street annex. The
alteration and sewing rooms will also
be located on this floor together with
sample rooms and the headquarters of
the advertising department. The sew
ing rooms are conveniently located near
the suit department on the second floor
of the main building.
100,000 Feet Floor Space.
The space of the new building will
be nearly four times that provided by
the older one. It will provide 100,000
square feet of floor space, and will be
fitted with the latest automatic sprink
ling systems, reducing the probability
of Are to a minimum.
All the labor ami time saving devices
to be secureU will be Installed, these
extra appliances and fixtures being a
$20,000 Item, outside of the eost of the
new building, which will be $100,000.
Began Forty Years Ago.
Forty years ago M. Rich came to At
lanta and opened u modest store on
Whitehall. He Is now associated with
his brother, llan Rich, and the firm has
prospered since the stpre was first
"f office people. A space of 25 by
■ feet will be enclosed by a partition
providing adequate quarters for head
quarter*.
Antique brass, another specialty of
' it" firm, draperies, carpets, ruga, mat-
upholstered and similar wares
"111 lie attractively displayed on the
third noor. The fourth floor will be a
"now room for furniture together with
nve doors of the annex. It will have
opened, forty years ago.' Honesty and
integrity In dealing with their custom
ers has gained the confidence of the
Atlanta people. The member* of the
firm have always beer Imbued with
tho “Atlanta spirit” and have always
responded liberally to any movement
looking to tho upbuilding of the city.
The opening of the new department
store wilt be un event of interest to the
shoppers of Atlanta. The management
expect to announce the opening about
January 15, or sooner If possible. The
construction of. tho new building has
been under way since June 15 and the
work is Irelng rushed In order to allow
the Installation of n complete new
stock for an opening In January. When
the blit doors are thrown open the pub
lic wlil find many new departures from
old established lines and shopping will
bq both pleasant and profitable.
MORE COMPACT BALE
IS IDEA OF BRITONS
Chairman of English Cotton Investigation
Committee Talks of Needed Reforms in
Handling of Staple.
Hotel Will Opsn January 1.
Special to Tho Georgian.'
Brunswick, G a., Dec. 20.—Messrs.
Harvey and the Atlanta hotel
men who have leaned the Oglethorpe
hotel here, have made announcement
that they will assume charge of this
hostelry on January T.
Hotel Marlborough
| Broadway, 36th and 37th Sts., Herald Square, New York
Mo»t Centrally Located Hotel on
Broadway. Only ten minute* walk
to 2S leading theatre*. Completely
renovated ami transformed in every
department. Up-to-date in all re
spects. Telephone in each room.
Four Beautiful Dining Rooms
with Capacity of 1200.
The Famous
German Restaurant
iflk Broadway’* chief attraction for Spe-
»‘ cial Food Dishes and Popular Music.
2*4 Baths.
Esrs*ss Ms*.
fa* Room. $1.50 sod upward. $2.00 »p4 vessel with talk. P«A». Bairamn sod Bsth
$1.00 mi uprad. $IJCimvt«t"r"naira»TnU|»s«s
- WRITE roil BOOKLET.
SWEENEY-TJERNEY HOTEL COMPANY
E. M. TIERNEY. Miruiw
Washington, Dec, 20.—H. W. Msc-
allster, chairman of the Lancashire
(England) cotton Investigation com
mittee. who came to this country ear
ly In November to make further In
quiry into methods of baling and trans
porting cotton, made a statement In
relation to thfs general matter which
will be especially interesting to those
engaged In the cotton Industry.
Referring to the scarcity of freight
cars to conduct the business of the
country, Mr. Macalls'er said this scar
city was a very serious matter to the
business Interests generally as well ns
to the railroad companies. To the
latter It was a matter of great con
cern by reason of the enormous capi
tal that would have to be expended to
supply the deficiency In cars, and It
was of great concern to the traders In
cotton anil gruin because of the serious
delays'and losses which would be in
curred, coupled with the general dis
organization of their business.
Mr. Mnnillster Is of the opinion/that
the only cure for the condition of af
fairs Is the Initiation of a scheme to ef
fect an Improvement In the baling of
cotton. The form of the bale of cotton
ns at present made Is so Irregular and
Its density so light that It occupies too
much space. A standard freight car
will, under present conditions, carry 25
planters’ bales from the gin to the
point of discharge at the compress, and
after compression the same car will
curry 60 bales to the shipping point.
Mr. Marallster advocates the estab
lishment of presses at the gins which
are capable of baling cotton to a den
sity of $5 pounds per cubic foot and of
making the bale Into such standard
dimensions as will enable a box freight
car to carry 100 bales of cotton.
Secondly, It Is admitted generally
that there Is no crop In the country of
such value which Is treated so badly
In tlte matter of exposure to weather
as the cotton crop, and attention v aa
drawn to this at the meeting of the
cotton spinners and planters, which
took place in Washington on May 1
and-2. when the members of the South
ern Cotton Association and others ex
pressed their Intention to take meas
ures to remedy the evil by building
warehouses. If the question of saving
space is considered In the light of the
comparative space occupied In a
freight car. the saving of cost lu ware
house accommodation must- be patent
to all concerned.
He is persuaded that very much bet
ter presses could be adopted at the gin
at a very small extra cost over the
present system. East Indian cotton Js
at present shipped to England in bales
compressed to a density of 54 pounds
per cubic foot. Egyptian cotton Is
compressed to $7 pounds per cubic foot
the average, while American cotton
Is only compressed to 23 to 231-2
pounds per cubic foot. A very moder
ate density advocated by Mr. Macalls-
ter could, therefore, be adopted with
out uny injury to the staple.
Mr. Marallster explained that the
charter of the association only author
ized that association to plant cotton In
British colonies. This, therefore, would
prevent the association planting cotton'
In the United States, however willing
the association might be to do so.
The object of the British cotton as
aoelatlon Is not the production of cot
ton, but the education of the natlvo
people under British control, but at
present growing cotton for the use of
their families, to the fact that If they
grow more than Is necessary for them
selves, a market Is open to them for
the sale of their product, which, In
turn. Is a means of establishing new
markets for tho British manufacturer.
Notwithstanding reports which have
been circulated with regard to the re
cent purchase of cotton land In quanti
ties varying from 100 to many thou
sands of acres, Mr. Marallster said that
nothing In this direction had as yet
taken definite shape.
Will Give Banquet.
Special' to The Georgian.
Griffin. Ga., Deo. 20.—The local order
of the J. O, U. A. M. wilt on tho night
Cox Asks $15,000—Says He
Was Hurt Wfyen Spen
cer Was Killed.
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12.
38.
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Lv. Atlanta (O. T.).
Ar. Toccoa (E. T.).
Ar. Snartauburg
Ar. Cnarlotte. ........
Ar. ltlehmoml
Ar. Washington
Ar.* New York
12:00 nlg’t
3:23 a.tn.
6:43 a.tn.
9:20 a.m.
7:W) p.m.
9:20 p.m.
6:80 a.m.
7:50 a.m.
12:07 p.m.
3:65 p.m.
6:40 p.m.
IrtOp.m.
12:00 noon
3:36 p.m.
6:08 y.m.
8:13 p.m.
6:68 p.m.
6:43 a.m.
13:48 p.m.
IpsT
u‘!8g:£:
uVoSalml
Washington, Dec. 20.—Samuel Cox.
who alleges he was -Injured in the
wreck oh the Southern railway in
which President ' Spencer was killed,
Thanksgiving day, has begun suit In
the courts here against'the railroad
company to recover $15,000 for personal
Injuries.
SOUTHERN RAILWAY.
The follow lug schedule figure* puldisUwd only a» luformatlon, and art* not gnwnntwA
IlfogS
lli £
15.
,
Lv. Atlanta . • .
Ar. Chattanooga.
At. Cincinnati. .
Ar. LoulsvIUo. ...»
Ar. Chicago . . . .
6:30 a.ui. I 7:66a.m.
9:46 a.m. 1:00 p.m.
8:00 p.m. 1
7:10 a.m.)
4:60 p.m.
9:56 p.m.
t:10s.m.
3:46 a.m.
6:20 p.m.
JACKSONVILLE. BRUNSWICK. ETC
IS. I 8. 1 19T
14.
lit
Lv. Atlanta. . .
Ar. Mneon. . .
Ar. Cochran.
Ar. Jesup .
Ar. Brunswick .
Ar. Jacksonville
6:15 a.m.
9:20 a.m.
10:80 a.m.
2:26 p.m.
4:25 p.m.
6:20 p.m.
12:15 p.m.
2:40 p.m.
4:10 p.m.
7:10 p.m.
8:46 p.m.
11:15 p.m.
I:*) e.m.
JsJtSjE
8:80 a.m.
10:30 p.m.
12:40 a.m.
2:00 a.m.
5:49 a.m.
8:00 a.m.
8 JO a.in.
HOLIDAY TRAVEL
L»
1 Lv. Atlanta
L Ar. Wllllamaon
; Ar. Fort Valley
4:® p.m. 1
6-A p.m.
8:25 p.m. |
Ar. Colomboe | 10:00 a.m.
ilS
Tho Atlanta terminal station and the old
union depot presented luiay scenes all day
Thurmlny, and both plncca wore almost Jam
med with people coming Into the city to
do their Chrlatinus shopping, returning by
the afternoon trains to their homes ladonod
with bundles, bngx and holldny purchase*.
Kvery train coming Into Atlanta Thurs-
iroutfht hundreds of people, and rli
wero hardly scats enough on tho car* to _ -
commodate the crowds, l'niwengcr truffle
was never heavier on Atlanta roads than It
Is nt present.
Thursday the holiday rates of one and
le-third faro" plus 'St cents went Into ef
fect. These rntes apply on nil Southern
roads, and will be effective with a fliml
limit to Jnmmry 7. Since It has been built,
the
The union de|M>t Is still doing the best
It can under the circumstances to provide
comfortable quarters for prospect*tfe pas*
sengers.
As a rule, the local trains run close to
the published schedule time, and rotnfui
Southern from Chattanooga, _ .
inlugham. Mount Airy, Macon and Fort
Valley, thejr brought loads of prospective'
many prominent speakers will
heard. Several members of the Atlanta
lodge are expected to be present
THE CENTRAL BANK
& TRUST CORPORATION
OFFERS TO DEPOSIT
ORS EVERY FACILITY
WHICH THEIR" BAL
ANCES, BUSINESS AND
RESPONSIBILITY WAR
RANT.
31-2 PER CENT COM
POUND INTEREST PAID
IN SAVINGS DEPART
MENT.
CAPITAL - - - $500,000.00
West el
• morning trains on the Gen*
West Point, Seaboard nnd
i and Atlantic were nil crowded.
and Including
men are straining every point to an
Christmas with their families, and ft
Monday until New Year's day the railroad
men expect a lull.
Lv. Atlanta
Ar. Austell
Ar. Tallapoosa.
Ar. Anniston
Ar. Binning ham. . . , , ,
BIRMINGHAM, MEMPHIS AND THt WEST.
jj-
4:00 a.m.
4:SS a.m.
6:20 a.m.
-jr
4:* p.m.
ar—;
P.m.
7.115 p.m.
Fawnger sad Ttck.t office, 1 i'cacntr,. gt. i'b'oa, 141. Tlcit.t Office
aaaenror still Tlcknt Office, 1 Pescktrss Stmt, 'Plums lO. Ticket t
I Htstlon. Phone 4900.
Paaaeni
mtnnl
CALHOUN STREET HAS
The eighth grade of'Calhoun school
haa a literary and debating aoclety that
holds monthly exercise* tor the cultiva
tion of its members In declamation, de
bate and music.
Tho Christmas meeting differs from
other meetings of tho year, because of
the fact that only the debate nnd some
music is presented by the pupils of the
eighth grude, while every other grade
in the school sends one of its best rep
resentatives to furnish a number on
the program.
Tho following Is the program which
will bo given on Friday, December 21,
beginning at 11:30 o'clock:
Eighth grade Literary and Debat
ing Society.
Recitation—The Shepherd's Won
drous Tale—Hal Hulsey, seventh grade
RAILROAD SCHEDULES
B.
-Ten
Li
E NO DEAL
Washington, Dec. 20.—Soon after the
recent election a report reached Wash
ington from Ohio that Representative
Nicholas Long worth would not bo a
candidate for a fourth term because
the Republican organization of Hamil
ton county had placed no obstacle In
the way of hfs third nomination.
This rumor was handed around
among a few of the prominent mem
bers of the Buckeye delegation In con
gress, by whom It won accepted as
authoritative. But last evening Julius
Fieischmann, former mayor of Cincin
nati, declared there tvas no foundation
for the story, and that no such com
pact had been entered Into between
Mr. Longworth and the organisation of
which George B.' Cox was formerly the
leader,
M I know that no such bargain wax
made,” said Mr. Fieischmann. ‘'No
tftrlng was attached to the nomination,
and Longworth had to make hfs can
vass the way the average man does
who goes after a nomination.”
Song—You Can't Hold Hands
children of the first-grade.
Recitation—How Santa Claus Came—
Mariano Cook, fifth grade.
Recitation—The Dream—Six children
of the second grade.
Semi-chorus—Holy Night—Twenty
children of the eighth grade.
Recitation-—A Child's Dream of a
Star—Dorothy High, seventh grade A.
Recitation—Seeln* Things—Anderson
Drake, fourth grade.
Song—Rock-u-By Baby—Nine pupils
of third grade.
Recitation—Much Trouble Before
Christmas—Mary Murphy, sixth grade
VIVA
Dialogue—A lessen In Manders—
Nine puplla of sixth grade A.
Debate—Resolved, That the World
Owes More to Navigation Than to
Railways—Affirmative, Fred Rlseman,
leader; Dean Paden, Harold Aronson;
negative, Waldo Slaton, leader; Edwin
Herrington, John Boyd.
Showing th. Arrival aul Dcpnrtur. of r»».
Mo(.r Train* of th. Kollo win* Boad*:
WESTERN AND A
No.—Depart To—
2. Nashville.8:15 a.n
92. Nn*bvlJJe.4:£0 p.n
72. Rome 5:10 p.n
4. Nashville.8:50 p.n
All trains dally.
TIjANUC RAILROAD.
§bafe
. L NaabrUi.. 7;K p.m.
CKNTHAL OF GEORGIA.
Arrive From—
Savannah ... 7:10an
Jacksonville . 7:50 an
Macon .......11:40an
Savannah ... 4:15 pn
Macon ....... 8:20pa
Albany ......10:20 pa
.. Depart To—
Marou 11:40 pm
1 Httraansb- (too am
Albany *:45um
Maron 4:>mi j„„
i Nnr*un»b 1:15 pm
Jarkaonrlll* .. «:30 pm
ATLANTA ASU^VMT KOI NT HAIL.
Arrlr, From-- 1 ' D«part To-
.Jr'ira .ntfomory 5:M am
•Montgomery. .7*9 pm)*Mpotg'm'ry.l2:46 pm
;*•]*»• 14* pmf*Belma 4:20 pm
UGrange. 8:20 amILaUrange.... 6:30 pm
tt?J U K A .l Un . ta T #r ®lnal station, cornar of
Mitchell street nnd Mantann avenue.
GEOttOIA ilATMtoAD.
Arrive From—,
•Augusts .... 5.-00 an
Conyers 6:46 ntn
Covington ... 7:46 am
•Augusta ....12:46 pm
Llthonla 3:26 pm
•Augusta .... 8:20 pm
•Daily. Ail other
day.
Depart To—
•A»jf«*u 7:fi am
Uthonla 10:06 sm
• \o*n»ta s.a pm
Conra* H:<-> bm
Covington ... 4:10 pm
‘Auguatn 11:45 pm
mine (tally except Sun-
SEABOARD AIR LINE RAILROAD.
Arrive From
Washington . 7 JO am
Athens 8 J6 am
Memphis ....11:46am
New York.... 8:66 pm
Clinton ...... 7:63 pm
Birmingham; 7:45 pm
Shown In
»rmin»n*m . 7:C aq
Clinton T:3) am
hew York....l?:iO n'n
Athenn 4:»i poi
Memphis 4:45 pm
Washington .. $.110 pm
antral Tim*.
SNOOK’S STORE
SHOPPERS’ MECCA
to be delivered the day before Christ*
man.
The 8nook Company announce they
are relling at price* that positively
cannot be duplicated elsewhere.
GEN. WEST SUGGESTS
A CHANGE IN DATE
Thousands of Christmas shoppers are
thronging Atlanta’s business section
looking for Just tho right thing to buy,
the glf(*that will be the,most accepta
ble and at the same time the moat
useful.
This Is a day of useful nnd practical
presents and one of the most popular
gift suggestions Is furniture. _
P. H. Snook Furniture Company, one
of the oldest and best-known furni
ture concerns In the city, are showing
hundreds of beautiful holiday articles
In everything that goes to beautify
the home.
Christmas shoppers are flocking to
this popular store, which Is located at 3 , J|IIM » , 2 and s. nnd n is on tu.* int
5* North Broad street, and are buying oay that the inooumei.t President JeV«r-
change lu tbe date for Georgia day
at the Jamestown exposition has n sug
gested by General A. J. West. commander
of the Georgia division. United Confed
erate Veterans, and If the plan Is carried
to a Successful termination. It will give
thousands of veterans a chaoec to be
present on that day and take part In the
sons why this
annual reunion of the
Veterans will be held In ....
31. June 1, 2 and 3, ami IT
their gifts and hftvtng'lhem laid aside son Davis will 1* unveiled.
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