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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS: WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14, 1911.
tVprohiin id stay,
1 hursday at Rogers I saysjacksonofjones
As usual, Thursday will
be a big bargain day at the
Rogers Stores. Many spe
cial offerings of seasonable
goods will appeal to econom
ical housewives More and
more people are learning that it pays to
“buy for cash and buy at Rogers’.’
Fresh Georgia
Cantaloupes
10c each, 3 for 25c
Fresh, Fine, Large
Tomatoes
11c per Quart
Royal Seal Brand
Compressed Rolled
Oats - 122C
In air-tight tins;
Best for summer use.
Tomorrow We will Place On Sale a Full Carload of
Fancy Quality Messina
Lemons at 26c
D
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z.
Thursday Specials
Laurel brand White Asparagus Tips,
extra fancy quality; worth 0*1 _
35c a can; Thursday «*C
Fresh cooked, crisp, delicious Potato
Chips; per 1
pound ^
Kippered Herring; large Q
cans; special
Red Rock Ginger Ale; 1
quart bottles * “2L
Welch’s Grape Juice:
Pints .......... . ....... 21c
Quarts 39c
Half-gallon 69c
Gold Medal Hardwood Toothpicks; reg-
SStT! -3 for 10c
Mother’s
Large
Package...
Fresh Pineapples
Finest Florida Fruit
Large Q-
Each
Small
Each /C
Rogers' 33?^1 Stores
TECH JUNIORS CREMATE
EFFIGY OF A PROFESSOR
The Junior promenade at the Tech
campus Tuesday night proved to be one
of the moat euccessful entertainments
ever given by the • school. Hundreds
of young men and younger belles
swarmed to the campus to witness the
college' foolishness and to take part in
the celebrations.
, At 9:30 o’clock, directly after the
conclusion of the oratorical contests, &
alow, solemn funeral dirge arose from
one corner of the yard. In a few mo
ments the seniors appeared, dressed In
mourning gowns. Four pallbearer*
Specials for Friday
IN
Enamel Ware
ONE DAY ONLY
75c Saucepans for 39c
50.- Tea Pots 29c
$1.00 Rice Boilers 39c
50c Chambers 25c
15c Dippers '.
$1.25 Tea Kettles 59c
75c Water Pails 39c
$1,00 14-qt. Dish Pans 50c
Special—$2.00, $2.50 and $3.00 Gold Bronze
and Brass Clocks at $1.49 each.
King Hardware Co.
53 Peachtree 87 Whitehall
bore an open coffin. In which lay an
Imitation corpae of one of the profee-
eora. After circling around the (ran.
several tlmea the proceeeton drew up
In the center of the campue. The coffin
waa set down. Dvery one was requeat.
ed to remove his hat.
"Doc" Weaver, a school favorite, then,
stepped forward, and - In . solemn,
thoughtful words. Informed the await
ing audience of the lllnese and penalty
of the dead pedagogue. From his
speech one gathered that the victim had
been thru yean of suffering, In the tolls
of “freshmonltls," “differential fever"
and many other dread diseases. At last
a vote waa taken ns to the disposal of
the body. By unanimous consent. It
was decided to cremate the villain’s
body then and there. The deed wns
done, and In a moment tha deceased
was flung amidst the biasing embers.
moved on Its way about the Are. Add
ed to the blaze were algebra books,
many mathematic text books, and other
' lecta of college boys hatred,
mmedlately after the funeral re
freshments were served.
And then, to celebrate the death of
the pedagogue, a dance was held In the
college gymnasium.
Lira
Former Senator Declares Anti
Element Can’t Put a Bill
Thru Assembly.
“Georgia will never go back under
the old local option system of selling
liquor,” said J. B. Jackson, of JotH‘9
county, former Btate senator from, the
Twenty-first district, when talking of
the coming session of the legislature
Wednesday. Senator Jackson while In
Atlanta on business paid visits to his
political friends here. He was one of
the progressive senators of last session
and the .father of the anti-lobby bill,
VlilCn was killed In the last hours by
the filibuster carried on by the opposi
tlon.
“When we voted to put prohibition on
our statute books," he continued, “we
had the vote* of the citizens back of
us, and th£ coming session will be ex
pected to let It remain there. Sentl
ment has grown stronger for prohlbl
tlon since the enactment of {he law and
the people would not stand to have the
present statute erased.
“There is a chance of Its being
amended so as to put a stop to this
beer selling. I voted last session to
wipe the ‘nigh* beer business out. but
we were unable to get the measure
thru.”
ATLANTA MAT GET
J. D. Eby and Thomas P. Hin-
man to Speak at Night
Session.
Macon, Ga„ June 14.—Addresses by Jo-
gram of the Georgia Dental convention,
which is In session here. This morning
the regular program was observed and
was devoted to ess&ya and discussions of
questions Interesting to the profession
This afternoon the visitors will be
E asts at the Outing club, where a big
rbecue will be served by W. K. Young.
convention next year.
VINSON WANTS CASH
FOR. STATE ASYLUM
Having succeeded last session In nut
ng thru bills for extra approprlatlonL
aggregating $100,000 for state institutions.
Representative Carl Vinson, of Baldwin
county, candidate for speaker pro tern,
will ask the legislature at Its coming
session to give $60,000 additional for main
tenance of the state sanitarium at Mil
dgeville.
Mr. Vinson, who was a visitor to the
capltol Tuesday, says that this money Is
greatly needed by that Institution and he
’eels confident that after the legislature
has seen the needs of the sanitarium It
will willingly make the appropriation.
The race for speaker pro tem Is ss
warmly contested as that for the speak<
ershlp. Mr. Vlnsbn’r * **
sentatlve Tarver, of '
Roms, Gs., June 14.—With delegates
from all parts of the state here to attend
the fifth annual convention and tourna
ment of the Georgia 8tate Flremen’a as
sociation, the first session convened at
noon, with President Thomas Ballantyne,
of Savannah, In the chair. The address of
welcome was del* * ** *
and the response
This afternoon at 3 o’clock there was a
parade of the visiting and home depar t
ments. followed by contests for handsome
S rlze*. The tournament will continue
iru Friday, with races between running
teams, horses and automobile trucks.
Carrollton. Rome, Talladega and other
cities have departments here.
Chief Cummings, of Atlanta, is vice
president of the association and heads the
delegation-from that city.
Chattanooga woman
IS KILLED BY HUSBAND
Chattanooga, Tenn., Juno 14 Mm.
L'btrln Eagan, who waa ahot yestvr-
ilay aft.moon by her huaband. while In
the act of removing her clothe* from
their home preparatory to a separation,
died at Ertanger ho.[.Hal early Hit*
morning. Kagan, who fired two bul
let* thru hi* own breast after ehooting
hi* wife, rallied thru the night, but la
nut exiiected to live.
$397,478 IS PAID
CENTRAL BONDHOLDERS
Savannah, Oa., Jun* 14.—The Metropol
itan Tru»t Company and the Central Truat
Company, both of New York, truateea
for the holder* of the flrat and aecond
Income bond* of the Central of Georgia
railway, are today making payment* on
bond* of theae character* out of the
money recently authorlaed by the Cen
tral. On the drat Income bond* $200,000
‘ i paid. The aeconria will receive a
of $192,478.4$. The money* are-be
ing paid out thru the Savannnh Truat
Company, which la acting aa agent for
the New York truat companies.
Theae payment* are the reault of the
action of the board of director* of the
Central recently held In thla city, on
which occaalon It waa voted to pay por
tion* of the Intereat aued for by the
bondholder*. Five per cent and allghlly
more than 2 per cent were the rate* of
Intereat made poaalble under the partial
aettlemant.
DROUTH IS RUINING
CROPS OVER THE STATE
Complaint* are being received dally
by the atate department of agriculture
•oncernlng tflb drouth, and unlcsa there
.a n general rain very toon the corn nnd
cotton crop* will be damaged conalder-
nbly. Theae complaint* come from all
aectlona of the state, showing that the
drouth hue been pretty general. How
ever, north Georgia ha* auffered leaa
than other aectlona.
P. A. Methvtn, atate pure food In
apector, whoae poaltlon cause* him to
travel over the state, aaya:
■•In aectlomrt where I have traveled
recently they are needing rain badly.
In many section* the corn ha* been
parched to 'shoestring*.' ”
Grocer* ate complaining that
•uuth lias practically put the truck
farmers out of bualneaa temporarily -
that la, so far as the vegetable crop Is
concerned. Usually at thla time of the
year fresh vegetable* are plentiful, but
Just now they are exceedingly scarce.
Skating! Buriy, fine.
New Bank Chartered.
With Its capital ^tock of $25,000, the
_ armors State bank of Dexter wot
granted a charter Wednesday bv Philip
Cook, secretary of state. The fncorpo*
rotors are Jerome Kennedy, F. M. Dan
iel, James T,'Braswell, J. K. Holland,
F. L.. Hobbs. W. P. McClelland, A. W.
Barfoot. 8. B. Watson, I. A.-Alllgood.
A. S. Pritchett. J. It. McDaniel nnd
H. D. King, all of Dexter. Laurens
county.
SPECIAL TODAY
AT ELITE.
“Ten Nights in a Bar-
Room,” Strongest Temper
ance Drama-ever issued. 2,-
000 feet of film to display it.
“Money in the Bank.” Well,
it’s simply a scream told by
Kalem at Elite.
Madame Schumann Heink
writes: “The Conover Pia
no—its tone ia beautiful.”
CABLE PIANO CO.,
84 N. Broad-st
A Very Important Sale
Real Linen Laces
HALF-PRICE A T ioc YD.
Over three thousand yards of these fine grade, real linen laces
—insertings and edgings in dainty Smyrna patterns—also tor
chons—all matched sets. They are the equal, in every respect,
of laces for which you must pay ordinarily 20c and even 25c
the yard.
let floor—lace section.
Ramie Linen Suits
Special at $6.50
The material of which these suits are made, though com
mercially called linen, is an admixture of linen and a little
cotton. They are in natural color, and were formerly
priced $10.00.
LINGERIE FROCKS $3.40
These light dresses are of sheer,
white lingerie cloth, and are
elaborately lace and embroid
ery trimmed. They are shown
in several good styles and were
formerly priced $5.00.
SERGE SKIRTS AT$5.95
These skirts are of a very fine
quality of cream diagonal serge.
They are made with high girdle
effect, and are thoroughly new
styles. We consider them an
exceptional value at $5.95.
More Untrimmed Hats
Special at 89c
On Monday and Tuesday of this week we sold over
eleven hundred of these untrimmed shapes. Four hun
dred more have been received, which will be the last.
This lot consists of imitation hemps and straws in
black, white, burnt or natural color. Earlier in the
season like shapes were sold at $2.00, $2.50 and $3.00.
• , 3d floor—millinery tee tlon.
Silk an d Cotton Fabrics
and Wash Silks
SPECIAL VALUES AT 25c YD.
This great offering includes all of our wash silks which
formerly sold at 49c per yard. They come in a good di
versity of patterns—small and large checks, and narrow,
medium and wide, stripes. Also all our silk and cotton
fabrics—Japohica silks, jacquards, foulards, tussahs, and
cotton crepes, 25c the yard.
Special Values in Cut Glass
VASES—WATER BOTTLES—
VINEGAR CRUETS—
COMPOTES—NAPPIES
Formerly up to $ 4' 50 —Now $ L 98
All Furniture Reduced
As the great June clearing sale of furniture progresses, still
ipore radical reductions are made from day to day. ALL
the furniture has been reduced. Dining room, parlor and re
ception kail furniture; bdroom, porch and library furniture—all
have felt the knife. Come in and stroll through the stock,
4 Entire fourth and fifth fJooro