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SCHEMES OF THIEVES
TRICKS OP THOSE WHO OPERATE IN
JEWELRY STORES.
The W«r One PUce W«« Complftely
Cleaned Ont—How Show Window*
Are Broken—iieitln* a Safe That
Wa* Bolted to the Flooring.
A number of jewelers were dining to
gether anil with the clgnrs the talk
turned on jewelry thieves and their
methods.
The iirst story was told of an In
dividual who was seen lounging about
the plate front window of a Jewelry
store. No particular attention wus
paid to the man at the time, but the
clerks recalled the incident after the
robbery. In tills instance the man ap
peared n number of times In front of
the store. One evening soon after dark
there was a sudden crash, and a rob
ber was actively engaged in scooping
in jewels with a hooked stick. In
thirty seconds lie was done and away.
Bystanders stood ns if petrified until
the man struck out at a run. Then
the store people and the bystanders
realized what laid occurred and shout
ing ••Thief!" started after the man.
The mnn dropped his bag. The pur
suers stopped and seized the bag. They
returned to the store with the bag in
high glee, remarking Incidentally that
there was no need in chasing the thief
because here were the goods. The pro
prietor of the store and all the clerks
had followed, but, linvlng farther to
go than the crowd, were behind and
were met by the people with the bag.
Proudly the bag was opened. It con
tained a brick. The thief laid dropped
It to check the pursuit. Healizlng the
trick laid succeeded, the crowd, head
ed by the salesmen anil proprietor,
went back to the store, only to discover
that the window had been cleaned of
stock and the counters were bare of a
number of costly articles.
A policeman on duty said that after
the proprietor and clerks of the store
ran for the departing thief a neatly
dressed gentleman, with all the airs of
u member of the tlrrn, gave directions
to two other men to get tile stuff out
of the windows and told him (the otll-
ceri that this wus being done us a pre
caution ugulust theft while the win
dow wus broken. In some first class
stores there Is a regular danger signal
arranged, and the meu are drilled each
week. When the danger gong sounds
one muu takes Ills pluce at the door,
another at the telephone to send word
to the police, unother with running
qualities makes for the door in readi
ness to pursue, and so on.
Among other stories told were some
relating to the tricks und devices of
the Jewelry thieves. The robber ofteu
works at night or sometimes during u
crowd by cutting out u disk of glass
near where some costly goods are
shown. lie may reuch In und secure
something und be off before detected
If he is quick. Sometimes he has a
tong Instrument hidden under his coat,
ao (hat he cun reuch In and pick up a
watch. Ofteu uguiu lie uses u simple
stick with a slightly turned end. hook-
iug into a ring.
The process of crushiug ill a plute
frout during the intervals of the pa
trol of the police, ut the sumo time
making no nolso, is done by pustiug
cloth or heuvy puper on the glass. A
wood mallet is used, the hummer ends
being securely bound up in u heuvy
woolen fabric stuffed with excelsior or
kindred material. With this soft head
ed mallet It is possible to bung away
noiselessly at the glass until the pane
begins to crumble. Unless the plate is
usually thick an opening can lie mude
without much trouble.
In recent years Jewelry thieves, like
bank robbers, have rented quarters
ueur the place they Intended to rob
and lived there long enough to study
the situation, la one case a room was
hired over a Jewelry store and en
trance effected to the store by means
of a rope ladder dropped from the win
dow of the room to a window lcadiug
to a hall in the store portion, lu an
other case the bar spreader was used
to open the bars of a window. This
device consists of a spirally threaded
shaft fitted into two blocks, with a
central piece with a bur for turning.
The blocks are adjusted between two
bars, the central piece turned, where
upon the spiral shaft causes the blocks
to expand sidewise, forcing the burs
open. Then the intruder can puss in.
A story wus told of the removal of a
safe in which the proprietor of a jewel
ry store was accustomed to put his
costly stock each night. It was not a
large sufe, but exceedingly strong, und
because of its light weight a number
of bolts were put through the floor and
connected with the safe bottom. The
proprietor often said thut thieves could
not take the safe unless they took floor
and all. Not long after the store was
entered, and, behold, the thieves had
sawed out the section of the floor to
which the safe was fixed. The safe
was bound up with rope, the latter
passed under the separated section of
flooring, and, when the boards were
sawed through, safe, floor and all were
lowered into the basement and readily
moved out through the basement door,
put into an express wagon and carted
off.—Jewelers’ Circular-Weekly.
UMBRELLAS.
Tk* Various Propeaaes Which Bator
Into Tlielr Maklnff.
The ribs and stems of an umbrella are
generally made in factories having a
specialty of these items and are sent
thence to the real manufacturer. Here
first the man whose work it is to as
semble the parts Inserts a bit of wire
into the small holes at the end of the
ribs, draws them together about the
main rod and puts on the ferrule.
Iu cutting tlie cloth seventy-five thick
nesses or thereabouts are arranged up
on a splitting tnble, at which skilled
operators work. Iu another room are a
number of girls who operate hemming
machines. A thousand yards of hem
med goods is but a day's work for one
of these girls. The machines at which
they work are geared to a higli speed.
After hemming, the cloth Is cut into
| triangular pieces with a knife, as be
fore, but with a pattern laid upon the
cloth. The next operation Is the sew
ing of the triangular pieces together by
machinery.
The covers and the frames are now
ready to lie brought together. In all
I (here are twenty-one places where the
cover Is to be attached to the frame in
the average umbrella.
The handle is next glued on, and the
umbrella Is ready for pressing and In
spection. By far the greater number
of umbrellas today are equipped with
wooden bundles. A large variety of
materials may lie used, however, such
as horn, china, bone, agate, pearl,
ivory, silver and gold. Gold and silver,
quite naturally, enter Into the construc
tion of the more expensive grades of
umbrellas, some of which. In price,
have been kno\Vn to bring as high as
$150 or $200. A wooden handle may
likewise be expensive, depending upon
the quality of the wood used. Ebony,
; petrified wood, fir, oak and elder are
as well known to the umbrella meu,
| who manufacture 15,000,000 umbrellas
u year.
The umbrella has been developing
rapidly during the last few years.
We pick up even a cheap one nowa
days, press a button und the top
spreads Itself like an eagle ready for
Its flight. We are going away, und an
ordinary umbrella Is too long to put lu
our grip. We find among our assort
ment of umbrellas and parasols one
which is meant for Just such an emer
gency and which lu a most accommo
dating manner folds up to suit the size
of our traveling bag. Other new ones
lock with a key. Some spread their
• shade over eight or nine feet of terrl-
| tory, and manufacturers aver that
these are but a few of the Improve
ments which we may expect.- Amerl-
! can Inventor.
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
j Of all the words lu the English lan
guage "don't tell" are paid the least
attention.
The only trouble with experience as
u teacher Is that the knowledge she
gives comes too late.
The trouble with the average father
being prepnred for a rainy day Is that
i his daughter's wedding duy gets him
. first.
Don't cultivate that habit of looking
for something to worry ubout. You
may some day have your search re
warded.
Somethings people complain of their
individuality being crushed out when
\ It would really be the best thing that
could happen to them.
Gratitude is a strange thing. You
never find It where it should be fouud,
but In cases where there is seemingly
little or nothing to be grateful for It
abounds.—Atchison Globe.
Alleviation; Circumstance.
It distressed Miss Willing to find
how much the little girls In her Sun
day school class thought about dress
and outward adorning. She never lost
an opportunity to tell them how slight
was the importance of such things,
"The reason I didn’t come last Buu-
duy was because my coat wasn't fin
ished,” said small, Mary Potter one
day when questioned as to her non-
appearance the week before. "My old
one had stmts on it that wouldn’t conte
off und a place where the buttons had
torn through.”
"But, Mary, dear,” said the teacher
gently, "you know it’s not the outside
that really matters.”
“Yes'iu, I know,” said little Mary,
"but, Miss Willing, mother lmd ripped
the lining out, so there wasn’t uny in
side to look at!”—Youth's Companion.
The Strenuous Life of Old.
This is said to be u "strenuous” age.
Doctors or people who dabble in the
doctor’s art talk about the "pace” we
all live now, the stress und storm of
life In Engiund in the twentieth cen
tury, and so forth. But are we all so
tremendously strenuous? Are we
greater in will or work than English
men were In the Elizabethan age or
than they were, say—we take date at
random—in 180«? English literature
and history do not show convincingly
i that this Is so.—London Saturday Re
view.
Harfth Measure*.
“Don’t you occasionally have com-
pany at the house that bores you?”
“Often, but we have a remedy. We
always let our little Johnnie recite.”—
Milwaukee Sentinel.
Defined.
Teacher—Who knows what triplets
are? Teacher's Pet—I know. Two
twins and one left over.—Woman’s
Home Companion.
No ThorodKhfare.
Characteristic of the readiness of the
j Celt is a reply noted in "Leaves From
the Diary of Henry Greville.”
“I cannot get over your nose,” said a
frank American woman to the Irish
novelist, Colley Grattan, whose nose
was flattened.
“No wonder you can’t," he retorted,
! “for the bridge is broken.”
Idleness walks so slowly that pover
ty has no trouble in catching up with
It.
Bad Anrument*.
The historic incident of a young Tory
heir to a dukedom being pelted with
rotten eggs while making a political
speech is, "Ah,” he remarked, wiping
the mess from his face, “I have always
said that the arguments of my oppo
nents were unsound.”
SAVE THIS AND WAIT UNTIL
SATURDAY, MAY 5th, 1906, AT 8:30 A. M.
AND COME TO
The New York Bargain Store
GREENVILLE STREET, NEWNAN, CA
I Worth of good, seasonable Merchandise, consisting of
Vr Clothing, Dry Goods, Shoes, Hats, Notions, Furnish
ings. Trunks, etc., has been placed in the hands of the
W. T. POWELL SALVAGE COMPANY
With strict instructions to dispose of ns much merchandise its possible in todays. In order to effort (his in such short sjtuoo of
time, everything throughout the Big Store. GREENY I LLE STREET, NEWNAN, < J A., will lie sold ut such low prices never known
before in this section of the country.
The W. T. Powell Salvage Company Will Open Their Big Sale Saturday, May 5th, at 8:30 a. m.
As this sale will hist onlj 10 days, everything " ill go rapidly. This is (lie Iirst sale of this kind that Inis occurred in this State, and
it may never occur again, ai«l in order to prove to you wlmt sacrifices must lie made, we mention a few of the extraordinary bur-
gains that will be ottered. And bear in mind there are thousands of different articles we cunnot mention here. We would advise
you to save this advertisement and bring if with you, so that there is no mistake. Unit you get exactly the goods mentioned.
W15 HEREBY GUARANTEE to sell precisely ns we advertise or pay you for your trouble in calling. It may lie hard to be
lieve that such an immense stock is to lie slaughtered ut such ridiculously low prices, but nevertheless it is the (Jos pel Truth. This
tremendous sale positively begins Saturday, May 5th, 8:30 a. m., and positively closes in 10 days.
Sensational Bargains in Dry Goods, Clothing, Shoes, Furnishing Goods, Hats, Caps, etc.
Two Piece Suits.
Price $4.98, $5.98. SB.9B, $9.98
Men’s odd coats, worth #2.50 to #3,00
Sale price 9Bc
Men’s odd pants, price, 98c, $1.25, $1.75,
$1.69, $2.48, $2.99, $3.50 and $4.00, worth
double the price.
Men’s Suits.
A fine suit of men’s clothes, in cheviot or
fancy worsted, worth #10.00, salvage
price $3.95
Men’s line business suits, in grays, browns
and mixtures, lined with XXX serge,
sewed with silk, many different styles
to select from, worth #12.50, salvage
price $5.85
Men’s fine suits, made up in the newest
styles and cuts in velour finished cassi-
mere, homespun and fancy worsted,
worth #15, salvage price. $7.45
,Suits worth #1H to #20 from twenty lots of
as finely made and elegantly finished
suits as tiie most fastidious dresser could
desire; fine foreign suitings of style and
tone, and in a great variety of efleets,
tailored iuto garments of faultless fash
ion, men’s cheviot, Vienna, homespun,
tweed and cassimere suits, single ami
double breasted, salvage price $9.95
Men’s Hosiery and Hankerchiefs
Hose worth 1.0c, salvage price . 5c
Hose, assorted, colors, all sizes, worth 15c,
salvage price . 7'Ac
Hose, drop stitch, bins, blacks, ami fancy
colors, salvage price 9c
Handkerchiefs, colored borders, worth 5c,
salvage price 2c
White handkerchiefs, plain and colored
borders, salvage price 3c
White handkerchiefs, the kind yon pay
10c for, salvage juice 5c
Handkerchiefs, worth 25 cents, salvage
price 11c
Men’s Hats
75c quality, salvage price 39c
1.00 quality, salvage price 69c
1.50 quality, salvage price 98c
2.00 quality, salvage price $1.39
2.50 quality, salvage price $1.89
3.00 quality, salvage price $1.98
Boys’ and Children’s Two-
Piece Suits.
Boys’ 2-piece suits, double-breasted, all
sizes, worth 1.50, salvage price 98c
Boys’ 2-piece suits in homespun, fancy
checks, all-wool goods, worth 2.50, sal
vage price $1.49
Children’s Russian Blouse and Norfolk
style, all colei’s and shades to select
from, any si/.c you may wish.
Ladies’, Men’s, Boys’ and Chil
dren’s Shoes.
Men’s fine working shoes, solitl leather,
worth 1.50, salvage price 99c
Men’s business shoes, very nobby shape,
worth #2.50, salvage price $1.39
Men’s line vici kid and calfskin shoes, the
kind your merchant asks 3.50 for, sal
vage price $1.79
The famous Brown shoes and many other
leading makes, very latest cuts and
styles, the kind you notice in windows
for #5, salvage price $2.24
Ladies’ oxfords, good styles and stock,
worth 1.50, salvage price 69c
Ladies’ vici kid, square heel, jiatent tips
and plain, worth 2.50, salvage price $1.24
Ladies’ vici kid, hand made, newest lust
and styles, |>atent leathers, worth #3
and #4, at salvage price $1.98
Boys’ shoes, just the thing for every day
and school, worth #3, salv juice $1.24
These are all leader goods, no imitation
leather, dome and be convinced.
Ladies’ Skirts.
Mr. .1 m* Delaney, as you all know, car
ries the finest skirt department in New-
nan. The balance on hand of 241) beauti
ful tailor-made skirts go at these prices:
#1.50 quality, salvage juice 98c
#2.00 quality, salvage juice $1.39
#3.00 quality, salvage jiriee $1.98
#4.00 quality, salvage juice $2.24
#5.00 quality, salvage juice $2.98
#0.00 quality, salvage |uiee $3.98
Millinery.
We have the finest line of millinery for
the j>rice in the city. All we ask is for
yon to see it. The |uiees will do the rest.
Ladies’ Handkerchiefs.
75 doz. ladies’ handkerchiefs, worth 10c,
salvage price 2c
00 doz. ladies’ handkerchiefs, worth 15c,
salvage juice 4c
85 doz. ladies’ fine hemstitched and lace,
worth 20c, salvage price 7c
30 doz. ladies’ extra fine handkerchiefs,
worth 25c to 35c, salvage juice 11c
Ladies’ Goods.
Henrietta cashmeres, 10c, 25c, 35c and
50c values, salvage jiriee 59c on the
dollar.
White waistings, 20c, 35c and 50c values,
salvage juice 59c on the dollar.
1000 yards fancy lawns, worth 7c, salvage
price 3 1 2c
050 yards fancy batiste lawn, worth 15c to
20c, salvage price 9c
780 yards fancy batiste, worth 10c and
V2'/j<‘, salvage price 5 1 -2c
580 yards mercerized white fancy waist-
lug, worth 35c and 40c, salv price 18c
300 ladies’ hleuchod vests, worth 10c and
12^c, salvage price. 4c
Prints and Muslins.
3800 yards of jo ints, assorted, worth 0c
yard, salvage price. 4 1 -2c
4000 yards of bleached muslin, yard wide,
worth 7%c yard, salvage price 4 1-2c
1400 yards cambric muslin, worth I2j4c,
salvage price. Be
Ginghams.
2500 yards dress ginghams, worth I2!jc
yard, salvage price 7c
2000 yards of fancy stri)>e and check ging
hams, worth 8c to 10c a yui'd, to go at
salvage price 4 1-2c
1800 yards of gingham, while it lusts,
worth 10c yd, salvage price 5c
For the Bed.
08 sheets worth from 75c to #1.00, salvage
price 39c
00 eounterjianes worth from #1.00 to #2.00,
salvage |>ricc 69c
Men’s Shirts, Overalls and Un
derwear.
Kine underwear, assorted colors, till sizes,
worth 75c, sal vuge ju ice 39c
Black and fancy shirts, worth 50c to 75c,
salvage price 33c
Fine dress shirts, for men, worth 75c, to
go at sal vagi; ju ice 39c
Overalls, all siz.es, blue and stri|>ed, worth
50c, salvage jiriee 39c
Railroad overalls, worth #1.00, salvage
price 75c
Jackets in the same proportion.
Underwear for men, the kind other stores
get 50c for, salvage juice 19c
Men’s and Boys’ Pants.
Lot No. I, working limits, worth #1.25,
salvage juice 7flc
Lot No. 2, working pants, worth #1.50,
salvage juice 95c
Men’s wool pants, worth #1.50, salvage
price 98c
Men’s fine dress pants, worth #2.50, salv
age price $1.79
Men’s extra fine Monday trousers in chevi
ots, worsteds and homesjnin, worth 3.50
to #5, salvage price #1.1)5 to $3.39
Boys’ knee |>ants, worth #1.00, salvage
price 59c
Boys’ knee j>ants, worth 75c, salvage
price 49c
Boys’ knee pants, worth 50c, salvage
juice 33c
Boys’ knee jiants, worth 35c, salvage
price 19c
Every article must be sold regardless of value, as the firm exjiects to put in an entire new line in their store, GREENVILLE
STREET, NEWNAN, DA. When we say BARGAINS, we mean bargains, The mammoth store is now closed to re-mark and re
arrange the stock and no one will be allowed in the building until Saturday, May 5th, at 8:30 a. in.
Mark the date and mark it well
SATURDAY, MAY 5
LOOK FOR THE BfC RED SIGN OVER THE DOOR
Condemned Sale
Mark the date and mark it well
SATURDAY, MAY 5
Let nothing keep you away.
Let nothing keep you away.
Wanted.—20 experienced sales-
men and salesladies. Apply
at once-
W. T. POWELL, Mgr., Chicago, ill.
GREENVILLE ST. - “ - NEWNAN, CA.
Wanted. 29 experienced sales
men and salesladies, Apply
at once.