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DISCOUNT
FOR CASH
OR CREDIT
LADIES OF SAVANNAH, and all through the country, when we unlock this morning the gates to our stores,
every article in the %
LADIES’ READY-TO-WEAR DEPARTMENT
Is 25 Per Cent. Cheaper Than It Was at the Closing Last Night.
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Q CENT =
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Is to-day's cot on all Ladies' [Tailored Suits, Costumes of Velvet, Crepe de Chene, Messaline, Taffeta; Net; all Ladies' Skirts, whether silk or
wool; all Ladies' Waists in the house; all Ladies', Misses' and Children's Wraps, Jackets, Cravenette Coats or Cloaks of any description; all Silk
or Mercerised Petticoats;[all Dressing Sacques and Kimonas; all Ladies' and Children's Furs and Fur Sets, all these, and without exception all of
them, none laid aside or reserved, will fall in line with the general, startling reduction of 25 per cent.
AQU C* ID ■pTYTr matters not, when you have an account with us; if you have no account you can open one; the
X X same price for credit, the same attention for credit, the same treatment for credit as for cash.
Despite all this Unexpected Sensation, SUDDEN PRICE SLASHING.
Every article selling yesterday at SI.OO, to-day . . 75c Every article selling yesterday at $4.00, to-day $3.00
Every article selling yesterday at $2.00, to-day SLSO Every article selling yesterday at $5.00, to-day $3.75
Every article selling yesterday at $3.00, to-day $2.25 And 75c for every succeeding dollar.
THE HOLIDAY STORE now in the Swiftest Whirlpool of Business Ever Before Known.
ORCHESTRA CONCERT TO-NIGHT BETWEEN 8 AND 10 O’CLOCK. ALL ARE INVITED.
GEORGIA’S BIG
FEDERAL JOBS
NO IMMEDIATE CHANGES
ARE LIKELY TO BE MADE BY THE
PRESIDENT.
Secretary Shaw Say There la no
War on In the Cnee of the Savan
nah Customs Colleetorahlp or the
Internal Revenue Colleetornhip.
The President Has Announced uo
New Policy In Making Appoint
ments.
By R. M. Larner.
Washington, Dec. 21.—The presence
of Maj. J. F. Hanson in Washington
has started afresh the report that
Collector of Customs Deveaux at Sa
vannah, and Internal Revenue Collec
tor Rucker, at Atlanta, are to be re
placed by white men at an early day.
This report is said to be in line with
anew policy the President is about
to inaugurate in dealing with federal
appointments in the South.
In support of the story, it Was said
that Col. Bob Dowry, of Atlanta, was
here last week to confer with the
President and Secretary Shaw on the
subject. It was also said that Maj.
Hanson was invited by the President
to come to Washington to consider the
appointment of successors to Deveaux
and Rucker. At the White House it
was denied that any discussion of Geor
gia patronage has been held between
the President and the gentleman nam
ed. Maj. Hanson did not go to the
White House to-day. He has not been
invited, but he will probably c'all and
pay his respects to the President while
here.
Secretary Shaw is positive that
neither the President nor any one else
has discussed the removal of Deveaux
or Rucker with him. The records of
the department show that Collector
Deveaux's commission under his. lat
est appointment does not expire until
April, 1900. Rucker has. no limit to
his commission, although he was ap
pointed about the same tlijie as De
veaux. Secretary Shaw says the Pres
ident has never Indicated to him that
he intends to Inaugurate anew
In dispensing federal patronage In
the Southern states. He has said re
peatedly that he proposes to Judge each
c-.iso as it arises on Its individual mer
its, and in making appointments or
reappointments lit proposes to consult
the best Interests of the business peo
ple of the communities directly Inter
ested.
Whatever the President’* policy in
dealing with Georgia and other ap
pointments may be. he has not out
lined It to any one thus far. and spec
ulation on th* subject without sub
stantial foundation may bring about
results unf it isfin torv to ih# communi
ties affected, which might otherwise
be avoided.
A searching ini|Uiry at th# White j
Hons*, the Treasury Department and
of i lane Georgians who might be In
f'M'ued oil aucli an important subject
ft*a la iU luw any movement took -i
illg Ui an Til.mediate change In (its nol
le* tor ship at Muvannah or the In ter us I
rsvniiu# t oilot Unship pt Atlanta. j
How Does This Strike You, La dy ?
Did You Think Anything Like This Could Happen Three Days Before Christmas, When
the Store Is So Full of Customers That It’s Hard Work to Give Them Attention?
Right in the midst of the best season ever experienced, while prosperity has favored this popular store like never
before, while stocks are still flanking around high water mark--right here comes the announcement which unmasks
fiction, shatters competition and stirs you to the very depth of your purse.
WOMAN, GO AND
SIN NO MORE.
Continued from First Page.
a few words for this poor girl
he has made his plaything.”
Mr. Levy declared that every effort
of the prosecution had failed to sus
tain the charge that the prisoner pur
sued and threatened to separate Young
from his wife. All the evldenoe tended
to prove that just the contrary was
true, showing at all times Young’s per
sistent and unfailing admiration.
Not Responsible for the Sister.
Referring to the part Nan Patter
son’s sister and brother-in-law have
had in the case, the attorney said:
“I am not responsible for Julia cr
her disreputable husband, and I would
to God that 1 could have brought them
here. What may or may not have
prompted Julia to write the letter
which has appeared in this trial, I do
not know. I don't know if it may
not be that hiding behind this defend
ant Morgan Smith or his wife were at
tempting to blackmail the deceased.
There is no evidence connecting the de
fendant with the letter nor showing
Appropriate
as
Christmas Presents
Lounging Robes, very elegant,
$5, $6, 57.50, SIO.OO.
Men's Umbrellas. Unique Han
dles, 83.50, SI.OO, $5.00.
Initial Handkerchiefs, Half Doz
en in Gift Boxes, 75c and $1.50.
Faney Suspenders, In Boxes, 75c,
$1.25, $1.50, $2.50.
Men's Press Shirts, Press Col
lars. 15. & \V. Collars and Cuffs.
Smoking Jackets, Novelteg, $5,
$6.50, $7.50, $lO.
Men’s Canes, Very Swell, $1.50,
$2.00 and up.
Silk Handkerchiefs, plain, fancy,
initial. 25c and 50c.
Gold Link Cuff Buttons, guaran
teed. In Boxes.
Scarf Pins, Watch Fobs, Tie
Holders.
Hath Robes, guaranteed fast
colors, sl. $5. $0.50. $7.50.
I Julies’ Umbrellas. exiraordl
nary. $5. $6.50. $8.50, $lO.
Silt, Mufflers. *1.50, $2.00. $2.50,
$3.00, 83.50.
Beanliful Neckwear, 25c, 50c,
75c, 81.00. $1.50, $2.00.
Men’s Gloves. SI.OO, $1.25. $1.50,
$2.00. $2.50.
SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS: THURSDAY. DECEMBER 22. 1904.
that she knew of its contents or wheth
er or not it had been sent.”
He argued that the whole case of
the prosecution was constructed of the
most flimsy material and that this, if
nothing more, should raise a doubt in
the minds of the Jurors.
•Said No Mfitlve Was Shown.
Mr. Levy claimed that the prosecu
tion had failed utterly in its attempt
to show that Nan Patterson had any
motive to take Young’s life. On the
other hand, it had shown that she had
every reason to want him to live. He
supplied her plentifully with money,
insuring her a life of ease and afflu
ence and she loved him. At the some
time, all the evidence went to show
that Young was a man of man>
moods and that he consumed large
quantities of liquor within a few
hours previous to the tragedy. Was it
not possible, he asked, that Young,
with his excitable nature, might' have
acted hastily when he learned that
Nan had decided not to keep her
promise to meet him in Europe?"
The prosecution failed at a vital
point in its case, he declared, in not
being able to prove that Nan Patter
son had a revolver. He maintained
that It had been proved conclusively
that she had no pistol.
Neither Suicide Nor Aeeldent.
District Attorney Rand warned the
jury that they should not be in
fluenced by the plea of sympathy to
which the counsel for the defense had
been driven by the insurmountable wall
of evidence which confronted him.
After Informing the Jury that the
prosecution and the defense agreed
that either Young killed himself or
was killed by tlfe defendant, he at
tempted to show that the suicide or
accident theory had been disproved. In
this connection the headless and leg
less skeleton which has figured in the
case was again brought before the
jury.
Mr. Rand insisted that nothing more
than the testimony of Pawnbroker
Stern was needed to prove that Y'oung
was the victim of a premeditated mur
der. The defendant’s counsel agreed,
he said, that the gun was purchased
for the purpose of killing Caesar Young,
making it clear beyond a doubt that
the killing was deliberate and premedi
tated. He maintained that it had been
proven by competent witnesses that
Young never carried a revolver and
that he had no revolver the day he
was killed. That, he said, would de
stroy the suicide theory.
Afraid to Produce Smith.
The testimony of experts, which was
made light of by Mr. Levy, was warm
ly defended by Mr. Rand, That testi
mony, said he, proved that Young
could not have held the revolver In a
position to muke such a wound as
caused his death. He declared also
that all the conditions were opposed to
the suicide theory. A man -contemplat
ing such an act usually is morose,
while Young that morning had every
reason for an exactly opposite feeling.
He had just shaken from his shoulders
the burden which he had carried for
a year or more.
Many of the Important points could
hav* been proved by J. Morgan Smith,
the defendant's brother-in-law, yet hi
had not been produced. This was due.
Mr. Rand declared, to the fact that
the defense did not dare to bring him
forward, for then the prosecution
would prove the claim It has made all
slong and still Insists Is true, tbut
Hmlth purchased Ihe revolver with
which Young was killed.
Leer ■ ompllmeuta Hand.
After Mr. Hand’s spee* h Mr. loevy
said: “That was Ih* most wonderful
advocacy of any cause, the most mas
lag-fill spent h that I eve* heard hi a
criminal cum* In an esperteiwe In th*
court# of twenty-four years. In spit#
of that. 1 am con Aden t that Nan Fat
(croon wlii he acquitted **
ANOTHER SATCHEL
NOW LOOKED FOR
MRS. CHADWICK HAD IT
AND AUTHORITIES WANT TO KNOW
WHAT WAS IN IT.
Tlila Satchel la Said to Have Kennit
Its Way Into the Hands of Mrs.
Clindnick's Attorney, J. I*. Hawley,
Who XVIII Be Asked to Tell What
It Contained—Former Housekeeper
of Mrs. Chadwick Told of the
Satchel’s Existence.
Cleveland, 0., Dec. 21.—Still anoth
er satchel, one thought by Receiver
Nathan Looser to contain valuables
belonging to Mrs. Chadwick, was to
day found to be miseing.
This developed in a short examina
tion of Mrs. Mary Londraville, Mrs.
Chadwick's former housekeeper, held
before Referee tn Bankruptcy Reming
ton.
The discovery is in addition to the
missing trunk and grip that disap
peared from the Holland House in New
York the day before Mrs. Chadwick
was arrested.
Mrs. Londraville told of accompany
ing Mrs. Chadwick to the Hollenden
Hotel here, at the latter’s request, and
of taking two satchels Into a room.
Asked as to what had become of the
satchels, the witness replied:
”1 was Instructed to give the large
one to D. L. Pine of this city. I
railed him up by telephone and told
him about It. and asked him to come
for it. He arrived after Mrs. Chad
wick had left for New York, and I
gave it to him.”
The satchel, she said, contained let
ters and papers. She did not know
what had become of the other satchel.
Mr. Pine admitted that he secured
the satchel and kept tt until Emil Hoo
ver, Mrs. Chadwick’s son, called for it
last Sunday night. Emil told him
that his mother's attorney, J. P. Daw
ley, wanted it. He said he was not
curious as to what the satchel con
tained, but thought there were papers
In it. Receiver Loeser said he would
ask the attorney to tell the contents
of the satchel. The hearing was then
continued until Friday morning.
Receiver lojeser said to-day it was
not likely that Mrs. Chadwick would
again be summoned before the bank
ruptcy court.
WINE WAS SAVED.
Eire Considerately Spared Thai Fea
ture of Metropolitan < lob.
Washington, Deo. 11.—'The Metropoli
tan Club house, the home of the most
faNhionable club tn Washington, wss
gutted by Are to-day. involving an es
’lmated loss of WO. oos to fioo.ooo, par
tially covered by Insurance. The Are
was caused by a spark from an elec
tric wire near the elevator shaft.
A library estimated to he worth up
wards of 116,900 and containing soon*
volumes that cannot be replaced, es
uped practically uninjured, and the
'tames did not ree<-h the wine ccljur.
Odors of Perspiration Koyal Foot Wash
I* rt, •*! < , - ... m
Stupa (bating. cure# sweating, I telling Swollen, Tired tH.
It* at druggists, or prepaid from BATON DRUG CO* *“—**. Hi, Money
ImmA tt amt gsttoAed. Cample fur I* earn stamp.
PLANS TO ORGANIZE
COTTON ASSOCIATION.
How tlie Movement to Alfl the Grow
ers Will Operate,
Fort Worth, Tex., Dec. 21.—At a
meeting of the Executive Committee
of the National Cotton Association here
to-day plans were adopted for the or
ganization of the National Cotton As
sociation under the resolutions adopted
by the convention at Shreveport, Dec.
16. Oswald Wilson, of Fort Worth,
Tex., was unanimously elected secre
tary of the Executive Committee; J.
W. Spencer, president of the Farmers
and Mechanics National Bank. Fort
Worth, national treasurer, and George
N. Aldridge, of Dallas, was added to
the Executive Committee.
The work of the association was di
vided among four different committees,
as follows: For national legislation,
E. H. Peters, Calvert, Tex., chairman;
press and railroads. Stanley H. Wat
son, of Houston, chairman; cooperation,
O. P. l’yle, Mlneola, Tex., chairman;
organization, Oswald Wilson, of Fort
Worth, chairman; state legislation, J.
H. Connell, for Texas, Dallas; P. M.
Potts, for Louisiana, Natchitoches,
La.
Each chairman Is to name his com
mittee at the earliest moment.
The secretary was Instructed to send
to the state chairman the plan of or
ganization of the Executive Commit
tee, so each state may be organized on
the same lines.
The objects of this organization are:
To urge upon every farmer In the
Southern States the absolute neces
sity of diversification, rotation and the
cultural system of growing cotton.
To secure legislation In all of the cot
ton states for the protection of insec
tivorous birds and to destroy systemati
cally the cotton stalks as soon as the
cotton Is picked.
To secure these results, steps will be
taken to systematically organize the
entire cotton country.
The following members were In at
tendance to-day: E. H. Peters, Cal
vert, Tex.; P. M. Potts. Natchitoches,
La.: Stanley H. Watson, Houston, Tex.;
O. P. Pyle, Mlneola. Tex.; N. C. Mur
ray, Greenville, Tex.; Oswald Wilson,
Fort Worth. Tex.
COTTON MILL MEN
WILL NOT ARBITRATE.
Itejeet the Proposition Knbmltted
by the Textile Connell.
Fall River, Mass., Dec. 21.—The Fall
River cotton manufacturers have re
jected the proposition for arbitration
by the National Civic Federation, sub
mitted by the textile council and rati-,
fled yesterday by muss meetings of
five unions. Secretary Taylor of the
textile council received the reply to
day.
The communication Is brief, and In
addition to the refusal, adds that the
manufacturers can offer no plan that
will involve any change In the 12t4 per
cent, reduction In wages.
Ire >l(lrmr for Wayeraas.
Waycrose, Ut., Dec, 21.—Messrs, M.
L. Moore and J. Campbell have pur
chased three block* of city property
from Mrs. W. B. Folks of Atlanta.
The purchase la loculed on Brunswick
avenue and Carswell streets In this
city. Early next year Messrs. Moore
and Campbell Mill construct several
dwllllnt houses on tti land.
DENSER THAN USUAL
IN DEAR OLD LONDON.
Tlie Fog So Thick That It Stopped
the Triilllc.
London, Dec. 21.—London was en
veloped to-day in a black fog more
dense than anything witnessed during
the last two years. As early as 2 p.
m. the city was lighted everywhere,
the same as at night, but even elec
tricity and gas failed to dispel the
gloom. 4
The fog was particularly thick in
the West End, where the streets were
crowded with Christmas shoppers. In
many places the traffic was almost
completely stopped, and the greatest
care was necessary to avoid accidents,
a number of which have already been
reported.
As night closed in the density In
creased and vehicle traffic In the most
crowded section of the center of Lon
don was completely stopped. Singular-;
ly the fog was not so thick in the East
End as In the West End, but within a
circle of a mile, with Trafalgar Square
aB the center. It was so opaque that
foot passengers lost their way.
Some of the scenes witnessed were
pitiful, some were ridiculous and the
whole was extremely weird. There
were instances in which women be
came hysterical, and even the police
lost their sense of direction and omni
bus drivers became confused and drove
onto the sidewalks, until finally all
traffic was held up. At the main cross
ings and on the streets leading thereto,
long, shadowy lines of omntbuses, cabs
and wagons loaded with Christmas
packages stood motionless. The most
brilliant electric lights only served to
make the darkness visible. Torch boys
were requisitioned and they did a rush
ing trade.
The railroad trains were all delayed.
Queen Alexandra, who intended to
leave London for Sandringham this
evening, postponed her departure on ac
count of the fog, and the consequent
difficulty of driving to the station from
Buckingham palace.
TO GIVOUTHORITY
TO ADJUST THE RATES.
President Favors Snell a Hill for
Commerce Commission.
Washington, Dec. 21.—President
Roosevelt discussed to-day with several
callers proposed legislation regarding
the question of railroad freight rebates
and the question of empowering the
Interstate Commerce Commission with
authority to adjust freight rates.
It was stated to-day by one of the
President's callers that Attorney Gen
eral Moody now was engaged In the
preparation of a bill which would em
body the views of the administration on
the question, and that the measure
would be presented to Congress soon
after the holiday recess.
The President hus announced that
the bill he la willing to support must
be fulr to both the railroads and the
people.
Gov. Durbin at Wayeroaa.
Waycross, On., Pec. 21.—00 v. W. P.
Durbin, wife and son, of Indiana, were
guests of Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Mo-
Fodden. at their home on Pendleton
street to-day. The Governor and his
party have been spending several days
in this lection, most of the time hav
ing been spent hunting. Yesterday the
party, accompanied by Mr. and Mia
M< Fadden, W. It lleebe, of I'olumhua,
0,, and K. 11. Tripp, of Indianapolis,
lad, went to Jacksonville, spending
the day. The Governor and party will
leave to-night tn their special car fur
Mho.
FEDERAL CHARTERS
FOR CORPORATIONS.
Ileybara Thinks Those Doing Inter,
state llaslaeas Should Have Them.
Washington, Dec. 21.—Senator Hay
burn of Idaho had an extended talk
with the President to-day on the sub
ject of federal charters for corporations
doing an interstate commerce busi
ness.
The Senator will introduce a meas
ure providing for the Incorporation un
der United States laws all corporations
doing an Interstate business. The bill
will provide that corporations now in
existence must take out federal
charters and that such corporations as
may thereafter be organized also shall
Incorporate under federal laws.
All such corporations will be under
the supervision of the bureau of cor
porations.
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DIVIDENDS ON THE READING.
First Ever Declared oa the Holding
Cnnipnny’a Stock.
Philadelphia, Dec. 21.—The directors
of the Reading Company, the holding
company of th ; Philadelphia and Read
ing Railroad Company and the Phila
delphia and Reading Coal and Iron
Company property, to-day declared a
semi-annual dividend of one and one
half per cent, on the common stock,
the first that has ever been authorised
on the stock of the holding concern.
Prior to declaring the dividend on
the common stock the director* de
clared a semi-annual dividend of 2 per
cent, on the second preferred stock,
payable May 10, 1906, to stockholders
of record April 22. It was obligatory
lor the directors to place the second
preferred stock on a 4 per cent, per
annum basis before a dividend could
be declared on the common stock.
Peculiar Accident In Sawmill.
Valdosta, Ga., Dec. 21.—News was
received here to-day of a peculiar, hut
serious, and probably fatal accident to
Mr. Rubber Albrlttaln of the Old Red
land district. Mr. Albrlttaln was
working at his sawmill and was opera
tor the log conveyor. When the log
cleared the saw and started back for
another cut, he did not notice that a
heavy piece of rough-edge was left
upon th# conveyor. When this piece
of timber came in contact with the
rapidly revolving saw it flew up and
struck Mr. Albrittain in the face with
enough force to break his c-hln and
shutter his Jaw bone.
Fired More Rural Carriers.
Washington, Dec. 21. —Postmaster
General Wynne to-day removed two
more rural carriers for alleged efforts
to Influence legislation, the employes
being H. E. Nevln of Berthoud, Col.,
and J. W. Whitehead of Medina. O.
Nevln is chairman of the executive
board of the Nutional Rural Carriers
Association. Whitehead also is a
member of the executive board and Is
secretary of the Ohio state organization
of the carriers.
YOUR CHRISTMAS DINNER
will not be complete without
Jell-O
America's most popular dessert,
which received Highest Award. Gold
Medal, at 8t Louis Exposition. An
artistic table decoration that also
pleases the palate. Very easy to pre
pare. Mix choice flavors:— Leman,
Orange. Raspberry, Strawberry,
(‘hocolate and <‘berry. Order a pack
age of each to-day from your gro
cer, 19c, When you make Ice Cream
use Jell-O |(’K CREAM Powder. All
Ingredients tn tha package. At Oil
r veers.
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