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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS: FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 38, 3910.
DUNLAP HATS
-AND-
TAILORING
THE NEW MODELS FOR
SPRING AND SUMMER
ARE NOW ON EXHIBITION
WITNESS FOR STATE
Travels Many Miles to Testify,
But Is Missing When the
Case Is Called.
Elb^rtnn. or., J>b 18.—Where !r Je*a«
Hobbs? Ik the question being naked by
ninny of his friend* In Elbertoti and Elbert
county.
dense I'obits formerly lived ncnr Oglesby,
Elbert county, bur recently moved to Ala-
i barnn. He enme bnek her** Monday to tes
tify In « liquor men. being a wltnese for
the etui.*. Wlit*n the mne nua railed Dobbs
did not answer to bis name.
The «*oiirt. thinking Hint ho hnd reeelved
» hurry call from hie Alabama home, bad
nn attachment lesueu for him. nnd the sher
iff of Fulton county was eomtounlrnted
with, but the Pulton authorities failed to
And Dobbs.
When the mso was called again Wednes
day morning. the stole hnd to ask « cnn-
Itnusnee mi the ground Hint Dobbs, fts sole
w4tn«*as. could not be located. In the mean
time his frtenda nre wondering what has
become of him. and n’hr be should come all
the way from Alabama to testify for the
state, and then suddenly drop out of sight.
Dobbs bus hut one arm and Is easy to
describe, his description being given to the
Fulton authorities by the sheriff of Elbert
, nnd In* wna compelled to go yla At
ad he decided to return to Alabama.
county,
lanta hi
BOND COMMISSION
DIDNjT HAVE QUORUM
Ths bond commission met In the nffb.
Mayor Maddox Friday at noon to consider
plana for tht axpendttury of the bind* He
rlred from ths nond iaant, hut adjourned
without taking sny action for lack of a
quorum.
Mayor Maddo* had an important engage
ment and eouM not b# prezent and sereral
othar members were kept away by other
matters, ao it waa decided to adjourn aubject
to the call of Chairman QuHlian.
BIRTHDAY OF LOWRY
WILL BE CELEBRATED
Ths many friends- of Colonel Robert
J, Lowry are preparing to Join In a
subscription dinner to he tendered him
In honor of hie eeventleth birthday, at
the Capital City rluh, at 8 o’clock on
the evening of March 4, 1810.
"Ae a tribute to one who hae con
trtbuted eo much to the pleaeure of
other,, It le proposed that the celebra
tion of hie ‘three-gcore-and-ten' ahall
he made an event worthy of the orra-
alon," reada the Invitations that are be.
In* eent out.
The fnlllnwlng are the namea on the
InvItaUone aa the promoter* of the
event: Robert F\ Maddox, J. \V. Kna
)!«h, Sr., C. E. Currier, Preston R. Ark
wrlght, Frank Hawkins, Thomas Egle
ston and f'lark Howell.
BUICK AGENTS MEET
AT PIEDMONT HOTEL
Bulck agents by the dozens from
four states were In Atlanta Thursday
for a meeting of the Bulck sales forces
and were afterwarde entertained at
the Piedmont hotel with a banquet.
The business meeting was held In
•the afternoon In the assembly room of
the Piedmont, with R. V. Connernt,
manager of the Atlanta branch. In
charge. The guest of honor waa H. E.
Bhlland. general sales manager of the
Bulck Company.
At this meeting various questions of
aalesmanshlp were discussed.
At 8 o’clock the agents again as
sembled In the riedmont hotel, rein
forced by newspaper and magaalne
men and the champion Bulck owner of
Atlanta, Colonel T. B. Felder, who has
the distinguished honor of having pur
chased three Bulck cars In nine
months.
Aftsr ths banquet, with R. V. Con
ners! as toastmaster, there were brief
talks. The chief speeches were made
by Mr. Shlland. who gave the agents
a business talk, and Colonel Felder,
.who spoke with rare wit and charm of
the automobile situation from the own
er's standpoint.
LARGE SUM PLEDGED
TO CAUSE OF MISSIONS
8hr«v*port, L*„ Fab. 10,—At tba lay
man'* missionary convention last night
Fhreveport congregations pledged dou
ble annua) mission contributions, mak
ing an amount of $5,050. The attend
ance at the meeting was 550.
GREEN MEETS GREEN;
A LIVELY ESCAPADE
Whan A. Tyson, a young man living at
30 Lowndes it.. West End. w*» discharged
Friday morning from his position at tie*
plant of the Ladder Jnd Specialty Company
in Marietta at., ha returned shortly after
ward and a lively arena enaued.
Hla return resulted In a tight, in which
Tyson, R. I*. Ore^n, the foreman, and M. J,
Grewn all figured and in which Foreman Green
waa knorker in the head and painfully
hurt. Cases were made against the trio by
Policeman L. (Iren and they will be tried
before Recorder Broyles Saturday morning.
ROOSEVELT PARTY IS
HEADED FOR HOME
A complete list of practically all house,
ter r»ot In Atlanta Is published In The
Ocoritin'a want column, on every Tuewlay,
Thursday and KSturday.
Gondokoro, Soudan, Fsb. 18.--Th*o-
dore Roosevelt today started on the
home stretch of hla African Journey,
He Is on the way back to hla native
land. Accompanied by .hi,* son, Kermlt,
nnd Edmund Heller, xoologlst of tho
African expedition, the former presi
dent left on the launch put at their
disposal by General Hlr Reginald Win
gate, sirdar of the Egyptian army. They
were under the escort of a smnll hand
of Nubian soldiers. The trip down the
Rar-EI-Jahe| and the Nile to Khar
toum will occupy about six weeks. Rome
shooing will be done on tho hanks.
They are duo at Khartoum March *.
Mr*. Roosevelt will meet her-husband
there.
The departure of the distinguished
American wax ninde a holiday.
J. Alden Lorlng. R. J. Cunningham
and Major Edgar A. Mearns, of the ex
pedition, remain here to wind up the
affairs of the hunting trip and send off
the last shipment of trophies.
Heedless of the swarms of crocodiles,
Kermlt Roosevelt dived Into the river
Into yesterday when a negro porter fell
Into the water. While the native's
companions looked on unperturbed,
Kermlt struggled to find him. hut the
black was swept away.
CASES FOR VAGRANCY
DROP FROM 904 TO 64
Recorder Broyles and Chief Jennings Fri
day morning received from the citv clerk a
copy of tlw ordinance recently adopted by
the city council, calling on tna police de
portment to enforce the vagrancy law.
Apropos of the pasnage of this ordinance,
the records at the police station show that
•luring I POO a total of 004 arrests were made
for vagrancy, while for Jsnnsry this year a
total of 04 such arreata were made.
Deaths and Funerals
Dr. Georgs Little.
Dr. Georg" Little, ng"d 46, a promi
nent physician of Crawford, tin., died
at a private sanitarium Thursday aft
ernoon at 1 o'clock. The remains were
placed In Patterson's chapel. Friday
afternoon they were taken to Pfawford.
On., for funeral and Interment.
Miss Elizabeth Duke,
The funeral services of Miss Eliza
beth Duke, who died Thursday at t
private sanitarium, were held Friday
afternoon nt 3 o'clock at Greenberg.
Bond & Bloomfield's chapel. The In
terment was In Westvlew,
J. A. Skelton.
The remains of J. A. Skelton, the
son of Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Skelton, who
died Thursday at the residence, in f'ap-
Itol-ave.. were taken to Amorims, Ga„
where the funeral end Interment were
held Friday morning.
G. W. Drake.
The funeral servlcea of G. W. Drake,
aged 64, who died Thursday at his resl-
dsnee on Roswell rood, were held Fri
day morning at n o’clock at Greenberg,
Rond & Bloomfield's chapel. The In
terment was In Westvlew.
Mre. O. A. Thrower,
The funeral servlres nf Mrs. O. A.
Thrower, aged 66, who died Wednesday
at Jacksonville, Fa., were held at Har
ry G. Poole's chapel Friday afternoon
at 3 o'clock. The Interment was In
Oakland.
Mrs. J. W. Ellis,
Macon, Ga„ Feb. 18.—The remain* of
Mrs. J. W. Ellis, of Jacksonville, will
he brought to Martin for Interment
this afternoon. Mrs. Ellis wns the
mother nf W. F. Ellis, nr this city, nnd
nine children survive her. She for
merly resided here and had many
friends In Macon.
J. M. Coleman.
After tin illness of only three days,
J. ,\f. ("’oleinsn, on* of the oldest and
best known farmer* of Spalding county
died Sunday from an attack of pneu
monia. Mr. f'oleman waa 76 years old
and up to the time of his Illness was
very active nnd attended to his form
ing Jnteresls. He waa a Confederate
veteran, having served gallantly In tho
Forty-fourth Georgia regiment.
Coletntirvls survived by his wife,
sons and two young daughters, Esther
and Mlrnndn. His sona nre J. D. t 'ole-
man. of Griflln; Dr. P. E. Coleman, of
Atlanta, nnd L. M. Coleman, of Little
Rock. Dr. P. E, Coleman Is-well knotvn
In Atlanta and is a prominent dentist
hem.
Miss Dorothy Whitoomb.
The funeral services of Miss Dorothy
Whitcomb, who died at tllfton Springs,
N. Y„ will he held Saturday after
noon at 8 o'clock nt the North-ave.
Presbyterian church. The Interment
will be In Westvlew. The remains of
Miss Whitcomb were brought to At
lanta Friday morning and taken to
These Pr ices Will End Our
February Clearance Sale
This is a final announcement of price reductions in order to com
pletely clear our shelves of broken lots of Men’s Clothing, Hats and
Furnishings, and while you will find sizes more or less broken in many
instances, there are still sufficient quantities and sizes to interest every one.
You can readily appreciate that for the quality of our wearables
the following prices are ridiculously low and your early appearance
here will profit you well.
Any Suit in the house . . .
Any Vest (Fancy °r Full Dress)
Any Hat (Fall and Winter Styles)
Any Shirt (Except Full^ Dress) # .
Any Cravat (3 for $1) . .
An Half Dollar Hosiery (3 for $1)
$20.00
2.50
. 2.00
. 95c
. 35c
. 35c
Mrs, J. T, Goodman.
Jackson, Go., Fob. 18.—The death nf
Mrs. J. T. Goodman, living Just across
the river on the Jasper county side,
occurrthl yesterday at 4 o’clock. She
was 68 years of age and wns one of the
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There will be no further price reductions from what we have
quoted here. New accounts will not be opened at these prices, but
those who already have charge accounts are at liberty to avail them
selves of this opportunity.
Cloud-St a n f o r d C
an
“The Shop of Quality”
0.
Sixty-One Peachtree
prominent women of this section. Her
husband and five children, among
whom Is Mrs. W. J. Waits, wife of Dr.
W. J. Walts,, of FlovIHa, survive her.
The funeral will he held today at It
o'clock at New Hope.
Charlie E. Nash. *
Charlie E. Nash, the Infant son of
Sir. nnd Sire. H. SI. Nash, of Fort .Mc
Pherson, died nt a private sanitarium
Friday morning. The remain* were
taken to Greenberg, Bond * Bloom
field's.
ATLANTA FLORAL CO.,
41 Peachtree Street.
Flowers for All Occasions.
A complete list of practically all bouse*
Tor rant In Atlanta la publlaned In The
Jenrgtan’s want columns on every Tuesday,
Thursdar nnd ftnturriar.
'CONGER’S MEMORY POOR
IN BRIBERY HEARING
Albany, N. Y., F*b. 1§.~Htatv Henator
Confer showed much forget (nine** when he
took the stand today at the resumption ot
tho. senate hearing Into hla charge of bribe
taking agahist .Senator .fothnn I*. .Midi. Hv
declared, under erosa*eianiinatton, that he
did not know who, if anybody, shared in the
distribution of the $4,nnu bribe alleged to
have been paaed to the lata assemblyman,
Jean La Rue Burnett, at the game time that
Alld# and the late assembly speaker, V. Fred
Nixon, arv alleged to have taken $1,000 etch.
Ufa cross examination waa concluded today,
tho he will be asked a few question* next
Tuesday.
Conger also declared that he had no defin
ite knowledga of thw demand which he had
previously referred to, made by certain, legis
lators for f 10,000 from Ihe bridge interests
to smother legislation.
A complete Hat of practically all house*
for rent In Atlanta la published In Thu
Georgian’s want columns on every Tuesday,
Thursday and Ktatnrday.
NOT RESPONSIBLE
FOR LEGAL SEIZURE
court Friday concerning a shipment of whisky
from Augusts, Os., to Hnuth Carolina points
Where the casks were seised, the Carolina
officers raiding the company’s warehouse,
The court held that where a seizure by of
ficers of the law takvs place and the carrier
notifies the consignor of the seizure follow
ing #hich no srtioti Is taken to recover the
goods, the carrier is reliwed of responsi
bility. Sottile Brothers, of Augusta, sued
the company for the value of the shipment
do with’ this
puurgiiifg qi me nuuin, wm occupy me pulpit
of Pones DeI.eon are. Baptist church Sundsy.
LIABILITY SCHEDULE
FOR J. J. & J. E. MADDOX
The schedule of liabilltle* and tiMtii
of tho bankrupt Arm of J. J. A J . F*|
Maddox, wholesale grocers, will b* INHl
In the office of the clerk of the L*nittd|
Staten court In a day or two.
It waa learned by The Georgian I
clay morning that Attorney <\ D. M
dog, representing * the firm. Is »
busily engaged preparing such a statel
ment and has about completed the usl|
Thru Forrest A George Adair,
Jones racently sold to Miss Flora R H»r4.*|
ths old home of Bishop W. A. land!er.
Kdgewoodaw. and Bpruce-st.. f«r IIO.m
About two months ago Mr. Jone* bonfM i
home for fp.500. A PROFIT OF •!.**>
so short a time is some evidence of tn» «
prosching "Half-Million City."
Discount off Odd Trousers
dtfomtcc
Discount off Winter Suits
Specials for Saturday Selling A Sort of Last Gasp
To make all of winter goods go out with a final rush; as this sale lasts only eight more shopping days-
better take advantage of these reductions and buy today.
$15 to $18 Overcoats, choice $11.00 || $22.50 to $27.50 Overcoats, choice . . $16.50|
February Furnishing Bargains
Manhattan Shirts worth up to $1.75, now $1.15; other Shirts worth up to $1.50, choice 75c. Yeska Vests reduced 50%. Winter Underwear reduced 25%. StreeJ
Glovesless 25%. SuitCasesand Bags reduced 25%. 35c Lisle Sox 20c, or 3 pair 50c. 75c Cravats, 35c or 3for$l. Canes worth up to $1.50, choice 45c, etc.f
DANIEL BROTHERS COMPANY
L. J. DANIEL, President
45-47-49 Peachtree Streetl