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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AN1) NEWS.
MONDAY, DECEMBER 14. 1008.
GANS’
$155,000.00 FIRE SALE
OPENED THIS MORNING
With an extra corps of efficient salespeople we are prepared to give you
satisfactory attention during this sale.
EVERY DEPARTMENT PARTICIPATES—NOTHING RESERVED.
Dry Goods, Notions, Shoes, Clothing, Hats, Gents’ Furnishings, Furniture,
Carpets, Rugs, Art Squares, Mattings, Jap Ware, etc. ... • - ‘
These Items Will Be Found On Second Floor. Take Elevator In Center of Store.
BRASS AND IRON BEDS.
300 Brans and Iron Bed*. In per
fect condition, at from *2.50 to *15.
TRUNKS.
We have on sale the salvage from
The Atlanta Trunk Factory (Ire,
which occurred some time since.
These are all fine Atlanta-made
Trunks, and are being sold at ridic
ulous prices, ranging from *2.00 to
*15.00. "Look at 'em."
DINING CHAIRS AND
ROCKERS.
We have on the second floor
about 100 assorted Chairs, Rockers
and Diners at half price. For In
stance, a *4.00 Oak Rocker for
*2.00. Don’t fall to see them.
SUIT OASES AND
SATCHELS.
Regular *2.50 Suit Cases, at . .*1.50
Regular *3.50 Suit Cases, at ..*2.00
Regular 60c Traveling Hand Satch
els, at 25c
AXMINSTER RUGS.
Regular *3.00 Axmlnater Rugs. 30x
50 Inches, at *2.00
Regular *5.00 Axmlnater Rugs, 35x
72 Inches, at ..*3.75
STAIR CARPET.
28-Inch Ingrain Stair Carpet, worth
40c per yard, at 25e
36-inch Ingrain 8talr Carpet, worth
50c per yard, at 30c
JAP MATTING.
S5c per yard Jap Matting, at 7 1-2c
40c per yard Jap Matting, at ..20c
CHINA MATTING.
35c per yard China Matting, at. ,20c
40c per yard China Matting, at. .25c
LACE CURTAINS AND POR-
TIERS HALF PRICE.
On the second floor you will find
a large and beautiful assortment of
those goods. The Curtains range In
price from 50c to *3.50 per pair,
worth double.
The Portlers range from *1.25 to
*5.00 per pair, and can not be dupli
cated In the city for twice the
money we ask.
MEN’S HATS.
, ART SQUARES.
Regular *5.00 Ingrain 9x12 Art
Squares, at .$3.60
Regular *4.00 Ingrain. 5x9 Art
Squares, at .*2.50
Regular *16.00 Tapestry 9x12 ’Art
Squares, at .*9.76
Regular *20.00 Tapestry 9x12 Art
Squares, at .. *14.00
Regular *35.00 velvet 9x12 Art
Squares, at *22.50
SMYRNA RUGS.
25-Inch all-wool Smyrna Ruga, 1
worth 50c, at 25c
35-Inch all-wool Smyrna Rugs,
worth 76c, at 50c
Regular *2.00 Smyrna Rugs, 25x60
Inches, at $1.25
Regular *2.60 Smyrna Rugs. 30x50
Inches, at .. . $1.75
Regular *4.00 Smyrna Rugs, 36x72
Inches, at $2.50
Regular *5.00 Smyrna Rugs, 43x84
inches, at . .*4.25
50,000 Men’s Hats, in all Late Blocks and Colors. Hats for Everybody.
Regular $5.00
Regular $5.00
Regular *4.00
Regular *5.00
Regular *4.00
Regular *5.00
Regular *5.00
Regular *3.60
Regular *4.00
Regular $3.00
Stetson Derbies, at .. ..
Stetson Felt Hats, at.. ..
Stetson Felt Hats, at.. ..
Dunlap Derbies, at ..
Dunlap Felt Hats, at.. ..
Knox Derbies, at
Knox Felt Hats, at .. ..
Wellington Derbies, at ..
Wellington Kelt Hats, at ,
Keystone Felt.Hats, at ..
..*3.50
. .*3.25
..*2.50
..$3.50
..$2.50
..$3.50
..$3.50
..$2.00
. .*2.50
..$1.50
Regular $3.00 Livingston Derbies, at $1.50
Regular $2.60 Houston Derbies, at $1.25
Regular $3.00 “Post 'Make” Derbies, at *1.00
Regular *2.00 Livingston Felt Hats, at *1.00
Regular *1.50 Livingston Felt Hats, at 75c
Regular $1.50 Majestic Derbies, at 75c
Regular $1.00 Derbies, at 50c
Regular $1.00 Felt Hats, at 50c
Regular 75c Felt Hats, at 35c
Regular 50c Felt Hats (Boys' and Men's), at .. 25c
Regular 25c Felt Hats, for boys, at 15c
SAMUEL GANS COMPANY
59-61-63 W. Mitchell St., Half Block From Terminal Station.
Largest Retail Store In The Terminal District. .
LEO TO CAPTURE
Two “Blind Tiger’’ Keepers
Sent To Stockade and
Held In Bond.
FIRES OF A YEAR
Chief Cummings’ Men Have
Answered 584 Calls
This Year.
If th* pruent ratio of Arts continues dor*
Ins th* remainder of Dscembtr, tbo year
HOI win break all previous record! In ths
number of flroa In Atlanta.
Up to noon Monday the total number of
Area for the year waa 184. The area teat
number of Area In any one year waa <10,
which record waa eatabllahad three or four
yea re ago.
Tha Are department waa called out three
tlmee Sunday, but neither of the Area did
any malaria! damage. On# of the rune waa
to S4 lUdfesave., another to 4o llradley st.,
and the third to Houston and Bell-eta.
E'NEW FIGHT
ON NEAR-BEER TAX
Attorneys Will Ask Rehear
ing Before State Su
preme Court.
A motion for a rehearing of the petition
Aled by near-beer dealera of Atlantn to aet
aalda the law Impoalng a tax of 8200 upon
their huilneas will he made In the supreme
court within the next few days by Attor
neys Walter Brown. J. !>. Kilpatrick and R.
II. Blackburn, representing tba complain
ants.
The decision of the aupreirie court sus
taining the dcclslou of tha lower court and
holding the law valid waa handed down last
week, with Judies Atkinson and Holden dis
ease gave notice ___
motion for another hearing.
Under these conditions
the attorneys
PLACEDJN TRIAL
Judge Fite .To Give Speedy
Hearing To Their
Cases.
Two blind tiger cnaee were tried .In. the
recorder’h ‘court Monday mornln# ‘ -Tbe df*
frndnnts In both caaea were negroes, and
both were found out In rather a unique way'
"-The ran* of Will Cosby, who has a res
taurant In Decatur-et., wan the fiftt tried.
Ills detection come about -by bit selling
whlsk.f • to a woman wbp could not keap a
secret nearly no well aa other women. This
woman nllegtMl that ahe bought a pint of
curb whisky from . Cosby in hie restaurant
Katiirday. and so strong waa her desire to
Inform some one about it that she related
the transact Ion to the-first person she met
after her exit from,the place. That person
happened to be Qfflter Ilaunah. whose beat
U near, and he nt fines gave her a marked
dollar and requested her to buy more. The
purchase waa made, and the dollar found
hidden In the restaurant.
In the other case, Tom Jones was the de-
fendant. Tom was alleged f«< have h<-M
liquor to almost anybody, among his rusto
rners being Jack Hmlth’s wife. Now Jack,
who has no objection to blind tigers aa a
rule, didn’t Ilka this particular Item of the
business a hit. So he msde sure that hit
bettor half waa buying whisky of the man.
and then reported the transactions to the
police. Officers Uosser and SpratUn want
to work on the case and proved Jack's ac
cusation by means of. a marked quarter.
The wife, too, teatlAed against Jones In the
court room and owned up to the transac
tions, as u dntlful wife should do under tha
circumstances. .
Cosby was glren thirty days In the stock-
ade In the city cafe of keeping spirituous
liquors In bin place of business for the pur-
the state case waa stronger agnlust him.
Both negroes begged for the privilege of a
flue. an«l their requests were prompT
nl»*d by the Judge. The recorder remarked
• • ing the straight sentence without
could break up a great many
Jio otherwise would pay out and
ration again as soon as they ware
begin open
Released.
FIRE SALE DRAWS
BIG CROWDS
8Urtad Gam'
Fir, Sale Off With a
Early Mornin
Big $155,OOC
Ruth.
Ona of the biggest, bustling, buying
aggregations of holiday ahoppera ever
seen In Atlanta cams this morning In
re,pome to the big advertlaamenta
which the Samuel Gana Company hava
been placing In the newspapers during
the past three daye. If there are any
advertising skaptlca In Atlanta who
doubt the builneea-produclng ability of
our local sheets when backed up by-
good eeaaonable goods at the right
price a visit to Gans' Fire Sale will put
them on the right track. On another
page of The Georgian we present to our
readers a display advertisement from
thle store.
Uncle Sam’s Bureau Wants
Better Support From
Georgians.
^JlCREefiS
RICH FURS
Men's & Women’s
Correct Clothing
Choicest Millinery
Children's and
Boys' Clothing
Shoes for Men,
Women and Boys
Men's Fine Hats
Direct from Factory to
Wearer, it lowest prices.
MfNTER & n oM
ROSENB^CO.
Over 71 Whitehall
UPSTAIRS.
Store Open at Night.
CARTKRBVIMaE, Os., Dae. 14.-8*nsetlon-
al rumor* Id connection with the alleged
Intimidation of the family of J. A. Glhson.
In whose home a aerie* of outrages are
eald to have been committed several night*
ago, caused Judge A. W. rite to order
the accused men, Tom Collier ami Bud
Lanharo, who are In Jail here, brought tie-
fore hltn this afternoon, when a prelim
inary examination will be made of tha eane
and the sensational rumors concerning It.
A warrant, which waa Issued for Hteve
Heath, the tnlrd man said to have been a
party to the outrage, was dlemleRed before
a Justice of the peaeo. Heath had been nt
work at an ore mine near this city until
the latter .part of lent week, when he
appeared.
lainhain waa placet! In Jail Wednealay
after the alleged — “*
Hnturday night,
hla whereabouts.
Hrnutlonal developments are expected In
the trial this afternoon. A large number
of witnesses have been summoned In the
case.
mm ion. AimniPj, mown ■umi .Mommy
that It will probably be made within the
next few day*.
CHANGE OF SCHEDULE
Effective Monday, December Si, the
following changes will be made by the
Louisville and Naahvllle railroad:
Train No. *4, to Cincinnati. Louis
ville und nil point. North, will leave
5:10 p. nt., Instead of 4 p. m, Returning,
nlll arrive Atlanta 11:16 a. m„ instead
of 12:40 t>. m.
Train No. 4. In Knoxville and all local
stations via Blue Ridge, will leave 8:60
a. m. Returning, reach Atlanta 5:13
p. m.. instead of 6:10 p. m.
Train No. *. to Tate, will leave At
lanta 6:16 p. m.. Instead of 6 p. in. Re.
turning, 1:30 a. in., Inetead of 8:26 a. m.
Additional train No. 82. to .eiDctn-
natl. Louisville and Chicago, will leave
8:15 a. m. Returning, 10;40 p. m.
All tralne dally.
BOYS TELL A STORY
OF NIGHT RIDERS
Relating a remarkable story of having
l*o*n taken from their bom* and lieaten by
night rider* and then compelled to leave,
under penalty of death, two youths# Will
Nix. aged !« year*. end Joe Nix. 14 yean*
old. were taken In custody Saturday night
by the police ao*l turned over to Probation
Officer Hitter.
they 1
declan
9 Ight ridera
leave that eectlon by ftnmlay night, or they
would lie killed, faking this advice, the
brother* any. they wade a hasty departure
Saturday. 4tetting here Katurday night.
The officials doubt the story ami Chief
Jen nines has written to the chief of police
of Hatton for Information.
The brothers say the sight riders were
after them for fighting.
Unless the people qf the state, especially
of north Georgia. show a more pronounced
disposition to co-operate with the United
States government In Jts fight upon tba
cow tick, the government may withdraw
Its aid from Georgia altogether and leara
the state to fight the peat unassisted.
In a letter received by tba state agrlcal<
tural department Monday from Hr. A. 1).
Melvin, chief of the bureau of animal ln<
duatry, the determination of tha govern
ment to withdraw from the state unless
conditions change, was plainly expressed.
Hr. Melvin states that the people of the
atato. especially In the northern counties,
have developed a spirit of nnlagotilam to
the efforts of the government along this
line; that they violate the quarantine laws,
ami In vnrlou* ways block the efforts of
the government authorities to stamp out
the cow tick. He saya there are seven
northern counties which should he ready for
release from quarantine but for lack of co
operation by the people.
The cow tick la rccognlied aa one of the
most dangerous enemies of cattle, and dur
tug the past two years the United (States
government hna spent 123,000 In the effort
to drive It from tn® state.
SUBBERLYNAMED
AS U. S. ATTORNEY
WASHINGTON, Dee. 14.—The presi
dent today sent to the senate the nom
ination of Fred t\ Subberly, of Florida,
to be United States attorney for the
northern district of Florida.
A Prescription From Old
ripuon j
Ireland
Rrannen's Drug 8tor*. IOC Wbltehall-st.,
has broken all record* ami ha* received tba
first shipment of Irlah Unlmeut ever n
to this section of the United State*. ]
Unlmeut was prescribed by Hr. HeC©ot_..
who. Id bis day, waa the lM**t known man
In Ireland, where the name of the wonder
ful article waa a household word. It wilt
cure nuy rase of eczema on top of earth,
and for rheumatism In any form the result*
are beyond expression. It will bring the
Impurities to the surface, which mean* a
cure, and which no other preparation w
ever known to do. Book with every boti„
tell* of other ailment* that will surprise
yon.
Go to Branneu'n Drug Store, get a bottle
of Irish Liniment, and you will bloat the
day yon did It.
rut this article oat and keep It for refer
If Irish Unlment will not do all w# Halm
..*r It. so back to Hraiuien'* Hrug Store and
they v.lll give you 80 cents for the empty
bottle on your honor aa an American rittaea.
Fifty cents at vour druggist* or <0 cent*
by exprem prep* Id to viwif home.
GII.HOOI.KY IRIHIl I.IMMKNT CO.,
8t. Paul. Minn.
Delicious Candies
best made, 60c lb.
Georgia Southern and
JTorida Railway
The direct line to all points In South
Georgia and Florida.
Night trains carry modern sleeping
care and day trains carry Observation
Parlor care between Macon, Oa., and
Jackaonrllle. Fla., without change.
Operates the famous "Dixie Flyer'
train between Jacksonville. Atlanta and
points West.
C.B RHODES.
Gen. Passenger Agent, Macon, Go.
Special Suits
There are 57 of tkem~not quite that many va
rieties, exactly, tut. nearly.
Ttey came in tkis morning—fresk, new, smart.
Tkey exemplify .all tke latest tailoring ideas. Tkeir
makers kave put into tkem tke sum-total of tkeir sea
son's experience. Tkese kuilders of women's suits,
nearing tke close * of tkeir winter production, want to
put out sometking extra. Tkey kave learned wkat
“takes” witk tke women wko buy. Tkey kave found
out little 'ways to'improve tke garments kere and
there in construction, in finisk, in style. Tkey kave
discovered betterments tkat perhaps even tke wearers
would think very trifling.
But all tkese improvements, new ideas and bet
terments, tkey kave worked into tkese suits. Seeing
wkick, we wanted tkem.
Seeing we wanted tkem, tke manufacturer wanted
to sell tkem. But we insisted upon a tremendous
e - * .
bargain.
We secured tke same. Be well assured of tkat.
Now tkese suits go out to you under similar cir
cumstances. You get a tremendous bargain.
Only 57 suits, reinemher. •
Sizes run from 34 to 42. Colors include all tke
shades of tke season. Plenty of blacks. Chevrons,
• \0. ®
Two-toned stuffs. Wale diagonals. Mixed suitings.
Elegantly long, slim lines. Buttons. Satin
linings. Silk linings. Collars tkat fit. Business
suits. Suits for practically any use. Now for tke
j prices.
Tkese suits are really an improvement on suits
we've sold all tkis season at
$ 17.50
$25.00
$27.50
$31.75
Tke sale of them—and remember there are just
57—begins promptly at 8:30 tomorrow morning.
Tkey are tke best Suit Values offered you tkis season.
Chamberl in-J oknson-
DuBose Company
She Went For Trunk;
Saloon Light Went Out,
Then She Was Arrested
When roll.'-nt.Q Tlppin nnd Rogges ««
th. tight Suddenly go out Sunday night In n
near-beer i.laon In Msrletts-et.. nrer llunnl-
call, they nt one. snrmlsrd that the pine
w.i being burglarised nml hnatened to mike
an Investigation.
They found that it padlock bad lieen bro
ken off of the front door awl that the door
waa partly open. Thla convinced ahem. Hur
riedly pulling their revolvers, thrjL enu-
tlnusly - entered the anloon nnd lo-gsa t
nanrvh. They hvd one Imt n few steps
when they were confronted by n women.
Without n nbow of rretatanre or without
any demon.tratlon of any kind, the woman
tn prattled to nrreat and waa aent to the
thla near lieer eatabtlahment, and Mra. Allen
wa. Ini to net the part of a burglar in an
! effort to 8ml hla truuk. which, ahe aaya. he
japlrited away from their home Sunday aft
ernoon.
•ne went nut rnung witn
ef nephew nml that during
i packed bln trnnk and look
■ home.
! noon, ahe atatre,
[her deter and her
I her absence Allen
; It away from the
: When hit,. Allen retnmed from the drive
•he promptly discovered the disappearance
of her bmtuind and the trnnk ami Instl-
I tnted n ararch. She anally came to the ,-uii-
: elusion that perhaps Allen hail moved the
• trunk to the Marlrtta-st. saloon and ahe de-
’ tenulned to InvesUante. netting Into a rah,
t she drove tn the salona. broke open the
■ plsce and Mtladed herself. The trunk could
! not lie found. It was then that she fell Into
the hands of the police.
"I gave luyaeir awsy when I turned out
the light," mid hire. Allen. "Thla was an
accident. The light waa horning tow amt I
Intended to turn It np. laatrad. I jurnr.l It
pot Ice station.
There .hr gsv
Allen, of It on
ve her name ns Mrs. I.. V.
entrel-avr. Rhe made no at
tempt to deny that ahe had broken Into the
anloon. but asserted ah* had no Idea of
stealing anything, her capture developing a
unique story.
Mrs. Allen's husband Is connected with
FORT VALLEY OFFICE
GOES TO WITHOFT
WASHINGTON, Dtc. 14.-Presldent
Brick From Cemetery
Hit Him on the Head
Alleging that the city employees at work
la Oakland-cemetery threw a brick orer
the wall and struck him on the bead as ns
was pausing along Houth Boulevard. »• _>.
Flournoy, (oral agent for the It lank* Tea
and i'offer t'ompnny, filed suit In the city
court Monday morning against the city m
Atlanta, ctnlmlnc *I.Vu> damages for hie In
juries. _
He alleges that hla left ear has bees
dladgurrd ami a permanent near made «■
bin b.*a*l amt fare. Morris Macks and ».
M. Hughes died the petition.
Roosevelt today sent to th* senate the
following nominations:
Isthmus canal commission. Lieuten
ant Colonel Harry F. Hodges, corps or
engineer*.
To he postmasters': _ .
Alabama—John X. Thomas. Ensley-
Henry C. Willis. Alexander City: Geo.
R. Lewis. Bessemer. .
Georgia—Clarence W. Wlthoft, FoP
Valley; H. U. Lemke, Darien.
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