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You’ll be sure to please the
man if you buy his gifts here
This is a man's store all the year; but a woman’s store at Christmas-time. The ladies are re
ceiving our very particular attentiop now and we’re helping them to make their men relatives and
friends happy this Christmas. • ,
You’ll find here just the sort of gifts that men will appreciate most-sensible, practical, useful
things that they ■vyould buy for themselves. You can’t make a mistake in choosing here.
Following are mere hints of what the stocks include;Xhere are scores of other good things for giving.
Smoking
Jackets
Very handsome Smoking
Jackets of flue brocaded
silk, silk-lined,
$12, $15, $18
Of plaim and fancy all-
wool cloths,
$5 to $15
Stylish
Waistcoats
White washable Waist
coats in newest styles,
$1.00 to $5.00
Exclusive designs in the
famous Yeska Vests,
$2.00 to $8.50
Lounging and
Bath Robes
Lounging Robes of eider
down and blanket fabrics,
$4.00 to $15
Bath Robes of fine terry
or crash cloth; real $5.00
and $6.00 values—
Special—$3.50 and $4
Handkerchiefs
and Mufflers
Fine white cambric and
pure linen Handkerchiefs,
plain, hemstitched and
with initials,
10c to $1.00
Plain and fancy Silk Muf
flers, 75c to $3.50
Holiday
Neckwear
Four-in-Hauds at 50c;
finer qualities in single
boxes, at 75 cents
New Fold Cravats in
handsome patterns; each
in nice gift box,
$1.00'—$1,5Q—$2.50
Store Open Evenings Until
Christmas
Daniel Brothers Co.
. L. J. DANIEL, President
45-47-49 Peachtree—Opposite Walton Street
SANTA CLAUS LETTERS TO
GO TO CHARITABLE BODIES
Santa Claim lias been officially recog.
nixed by the postofflce department In
Washington. Therefore, how can that
good old, Jolly old man be a myth?
Orders to officially recognise Santa
Claus were received 6y Postmaster
Blodgett from Wanhlngton In the dally
bulletin Issued by the depurtipent.
This recognition'!* to the effect that all
letters received at thB postoffice clearly
and unmistakably addressed for the old
gem lemon shall be turned over to gome
regularly organised charitable society.
Here Is the order signed by Postmaster
General Meyer:
"Ordered, That hereafter and until
Ibe clone of the nrst day of January,
Him, pnstniasterM are directed to de
liver a!| letters arriving at their re
spective postofflces addressed plainly
and unmistakably to ‘Santa Claua'
without any other terms or expressions
Identifying the person for whom such
letters are Intended, to any -regularly
organised charitable society In the city
or town of address, to be used exclu
sively for philanthropic purposes. In
the event, that claim should be gtade
by more than one such society for let
ters so addressed, such fetters will be
equally divided according to number
between or among the societies making
such claim."
There are hundreds of these fetters
now being received at the Atlanta post,
office and Postmaster Blodgett will car
ry out the orders from Washington by
turning them over to the Associated
Charities, the Salvation Army and oth
er charitable organisations.
HUNDRED SLAYERS SUPREME.COURT
STILL AT L
List of Men Wanted To Be
Posted With Au
thorities.
During the past ten dr twelve years
sbout 103 murders have been commit
ted In Fulton county, the perpetrators
of which have never been reached by
the law and are now roaming at large.
In seventy-il* of these cases, suspects
have been Indicted who were never ap
prehended, and In twenty-nine of them
the murders were shrouded In my.
tery.
These facts were given Wednesday
The weather: Probably
rain Wednesday.
"THE DAYLIGHT CORNER"
A few barrels of rain are
of slight importance to, the
man who is raincoated—no
shower . can dampen his
ardor.
He can pursue his voca
tion without having to pur
sue the doctor afterwards.
A good raincoat is os nec-
essary as food.
We sell good Raincoats
from $12.00 up to $30. Get
Wm a Raincoat or something
else good to wear for his
Christmas. Get it here and
you’ll be sure that It is right.
Eiseman & Weil
• Only 7 day s before Xmas.
Come today.
Ill UATE CASE
Former Governor Aycock
Appears as Attorney
For the State.
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Washington, Dec. 18.--The famoue
North Carolina railroad rate contest
case came up In the United Statee su
preme court .today. Arguments were
made In the case of Sheriff Hunter,
of Bhncombe county, against James It.
Wood, atatlon agent of the Southern
railroad.
This Is the litigation In which Judge
Pritchard, of the United States district
court, lost summer liberated Wood on
habeas corpus proceedings, from the
charge of selling tickets at a higher
rate than the state law prescribed,
holding that the eystem of penalties
provided In the law made It uncon
stitutional.
Speaker Justice, of the North Caro
llna legislature, nnd ex-Oovernor Ay
cock were among the prominent at'
torneys representing the state, while
General Counsel Thom nnd a corps of
assistants took care of the Southern’s
Interests. ' Voluminous briefs were prc.
sented by both side*, end oral argu
ments followed, consuming most of the
afternoon. •
F
IDENTIFY LOOT
IN m HOME
Say Young Man Robbed Of
fice Bililding of Fur-
nishigns. ' ,
Aroused of having systematically robbed
the big office buildings of the city during
the past seven weeks. J. Q. Cash, of 33 Lar
kin street^ A neatly-dressed young man who
has been married but six months, was esp*
tured lu the, Kiigllsh-Amcrlenn building Into
Tuesday afternoon and Is held prisoner In
the police station.
Detectives Lockhart, Roberts. Doynl nnd
. B. Lanford senrehed the young man's
home Tuesday night nnd recovered stolen
goods valued at between $200 and |300. These
goods, consisting of rugs, pictures and a
variety of smnll articles, were removed to
the police station, and already much of It
has Item Identified by occupants of the
office buildings.
Cash wns captured In the Bngllsh-Amerl-
can building with n bundle of pictures under
his arm by It. F. Hhcdden and Howard Gel*
dert. Cash tried fo get away and his cap-
tors bad to throw him down nnd hold him
until the arrival of Policeman (lib Davis,
who sent hint to the police station.
The prisoner denies that he Is guilty of
the thefts, declaring he bought the various
articles from n man named Hugh McLrnii,
who, be says, Is connected wtth the South
ern railway. The detectives put uo stock
lu this story, bcllevlug McLean Is mersly s
mythical character.
Mrs. Cash, bride of the prisoner, Is almost
rostrated over the predlcainsntw her him.
..and. She Informed the detect
no Idea the goods were stolen.
WROTE RESIGNATION
OF SUCCESSFUL OPPONENT.
Special to The Georgian.
Valdosta, Go., Dec. 18.—In the Fed
eral court yesterday Thomas W. Wea
ver, of Thomaavllle, was fined $260 and
given a severe reprimand by Judge
Speer. Weaver was charged with forg
ing the names of a number of cltUena
to a letter written to the rural carrier
examining board at Washington. It
appears that he was an applicant for
a place aa rural mall carrier, and In
the examination made a poorer record
than hla competitor. Afterward^, It la
charged. Weaver wrote a letter to the
examining board and signed his com
petitor’s name, tendering the latter’s
resignation.
TOLD OF MAN’S LARGE FAMILY,
JUDGE REMITS SENTENCE.
Special to The Georgian.
Valdosta, OsC, Dec. 18.—Charles"Rich*
ter, of Colquitt county, who ^as laat
week sentenced by Judge Speer to'pay
a fine of $100 and Jerve one month In
Jail, had the Jail sentence remitted by
the Judge yesterday. Richter Is the
father or nine children, and when this
was brought to the notice of Judge
Speer he was released.
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8TRUCK WITH BILLIARD CUEs
MAN DIES FROM INJURY.
Tampa. Fla., Dec. 18.—After being
.tabbed In the back with a file by
Thoinaa I louse, manager of a pool room
at Plant City, Will Hobbs, recently
from Georgia, struck House over the
hend with a billiard oue, fracturing hi.
■kull and causing death three hour,
latqr.
Book on Georgia Marbles.
A handsome book on “Marbles of
Georgia” has Just been Issued by the
state geological department. It 'll very .
fully Illustrated with half-tone., .bow
ing the great marble quarries and va
rious buildings erected of Georgia mar
ble. The state capitols of Rhode Island
and Minnesota are built of tnnrble from
Georgia. The compilation I. the work
of Assistant'State Geologist 8. W. Mc-
Callle. Publications on manganese and
water courses of the state are now In
ccurae of preparation.
A
KIMONO
SPECIAL
stating tlu
them at
has been connected with the office of
Solicitor Hill for several years.
"I do not know that these are the
exact figures," said Captain Monaghan,
"but they approach near enough to be
taken aa correct. In all. between 200
and 300 murders have been committed
in this county during the period refer,
red *°." . , ' ,
Upon the Suggestion of several offi
cers, Captain Monaghan will prepare a
list of the parties who have been in
dicted for murder but who were never
brought to trial, and will post their
names with Chief Henry Jennings and
Sheriff J. W. Nelms.
This .action will be. taken for two
purposes. That the city and county au
thorities may be on the lookout for the
parties marked "wanted," and that the
officers may be on their guard In case
they ever run across such a person.
It being recognised that a man, know
ing he Is wanted for a murder and even
when arrested for a small offense, will
take no chances with an officer and
Will shoot to kill..
GAS COMPANY
PAYSJTS TAXES
The tax assessors received Wednes
day morning a check from the Atlanta
Gas Light Company for $18,750 In pay.
ment of all taxes of that company for
the year.
The other public utility corporation*
which have paid their taxes are: North
Georgia Electric Company. $211.75;
American Telephone and Telegraph
Company. $100.42; Southern Bell Tele
phone and Telegraph .Company, 111.
ns the stolen goods represent
nisnjr fine and beautiful pictures. With
these he hail nitorned the walls of his home.
Among llie other srtlelei were a womsn‘1
tint and veil, supposed to have been stolen
from some stenographer: eleven rugs, one
nrt square, two soft pillows, a cloch, a
piece of lironse statuary and a variety of
other things. ...
The following people railed at' the police
station Wednswtar and Identified articles
aa having been utoleti from.office hultdlnn:
Dr. W. L. Champion, Prudential bnlld-
“ft.WttSfw Austell building, art
Dr.O. Adolphus. 71! Austell building,■
"Yir? JO'. Beamans, 612 Century building,
i, one piece of liand-palnted china
■ “ * sofa pillow.
ry, Kngll.b-Americau bnlld-
lng. pictures and clock.
A
fter being clonely questioned by de
tectives, Cash Wednendny afternoon
made a full confession, admitting h.
had been robbing the various office
buildings. He offered a. his excuse
that he was drunk. He first denied hie
guilt.
FIREWORKS—Farlinger,
80 and 82 N. Broad.
LIQUOR IN LOCKED
MAY GIVE TROUBLE
Will locker clubs hare a rocky road to
travel next year?
From high authority It Is learned that
these organisations will be watched closely,
and the slightest deviation from their legal
rights will meet with prompt legal action.
Heven clubs la Atlanta art preparing to
pnt in locker systems, an agreement baring
been jointly reached to that end. It Is pro.
noMul for club members to hare Individual
lockers, In which their own private stock Is
Tl, said that If nucb clubs heap open
nndays and me the locker, that nnder a
strict Interpretation of the, law they &n be
prosecuted for running s tippling house.
Aa yet rumor regarding attempts to pre
vent flubs from operating lockers la vague,
but developments Within the first few
montbe of the new yeer will be watched
with keen latertst.
POLITICIAN GIVEN
TWO YEARS IN PEN
Louise Dec. 18.—William R.
Coyne, once a prominent local politi
cian. has been found guilty of perjury
In connection with the famous boodle
Sf3J; ^Caehvlil^'chattanooga a’nd St. £"’y£ra Vn"the"AnUe‘onThl
^'KVl Southern rail- .eland he he "cou.ffiPt remember'-
Outmg~ fl annel Kimonos, full length,
Persian and pompadour patterns with
solid color batiste borders,—a very
good and comfortable garment—m
dozens of pretty colorings. Qpl
Our regular $1.50 value .
Eiderdown Kimonos, soft and Warm, well made, figured pat
terns and in an attractive variety of colors. Regu
larly, $2 and $2.25,
And a really elegant Kimono, our regular $3
quality, full, liberal cut, soft pretty material .
Crepe Kimonos m many pretty colors, not
too heavy m weight yet exceedingly effective . . .
TERRY CLOTH LOUNGING ROBES:
unusually full and strong line, and there’s a great demand for them
for Christmas gifts. They have warmth without excessive wei ght,
they are light, comfortable, washable, and come in a wide range of ,
women " $3.65 and $5.75
New line of Lounging Rohes in many materials, giv- tL
ing you an ample variety from which to choose ....
New silk Kimonos plenty of gay, Japanesey effects; some m
her tones, others severely simple in $5 to $10
$2.39
$2.19
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more
style
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Louis
way, $7,$11.07,
'many things be was asked about,
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Chamberlin-Johnson-DuBose Company.