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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. 1 38. 12. 38. 45 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. ■r ■ ' hi'. ■■SMBSMBSi ■BE