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THE ATLANTA GEOKGIAlfAND NEWS: TUESDAY, JULY 25,191J. Bass’ Mill-End Sale a Big Tracle Event Thousands of Bargains in Seasonable, Desirable Merchandise Dresses, About 100 new and pretty Wash Dresses and Lingerie Dresses, made to sell at $5.00 and dll ftQ $6.00; choice . ™ ■ wO Final clearance of Foulard, Louisine and Taffeta Silk Dresses that were up to $20.00; 7C choice ^ New Lingerie Waists and Embroidered Marquisette Waists worth up to $3.00, at. . .. ,wC Linens, Wash Goods, Domestics Yesterday was another banner day in the Mill-End Sale; the store is crowded again today, and tomorrow’s selling should be even greater, for many of the best values yet offered will be shown. SeeThese Second Floor Bargains Ladies’ Corset Covers and Draw ers in pretty styles; 4 Q_ up to 50e values I tfw Gowns and Petticoats worth up to $1.00; at, choice, QQ_ Gowns, ' Petticoats and Princess Slips, up to $3.00 QQ. values. tfOw 25 pieces 36-inch White Butch- Linen; worth 12c 50c yard; at. 50 pieces of all-linen Linen on sale tomor row at Brown ,9c Good, heavy Towel Crash to sell tomorrow at, per yard 02C We Give Green Trading Stamps 50 pieces of dotted and figured Curtain Swiss; ft- yard-wide 0G 60-inch Bleached Table Damask, worth 50c a yard; ■IQ. at 1 OC Fine, soft English Longcloth in this sale, ftQ. per bolt OOG BASS’ Sheer ’white Persian Lawn, worth 25c a yard; Ca* at, only GG Best Mercerized Prints in va rious patterns; tomor- row, per yard OflC English Rep in white, blue and natural linen color; Q. per yard Ow One lot of Ladies’ Short Kimo nos to close IQ. out st I UC Ladies' Long Kimonos of pretty wash fabrics; ftft. only 09C Ladies’ Lisle-finished Vests on sale tomorrow at, only Silk Sale 150 pieces of black and colored Pongee Silks in remnants of from 2 to 10 yards; 4 at, per yard.. 1.......... I 4c Long Linen Automobile Coats; extra special bar- £4 Aft gains at 4> I .WO Ladies’ House Dresses, well made of good wash qq fabrics, at OSG Black Mercerized Petticoats, ex tra well made; Sale of Skirts 100 brand new White Linene Skirts in the high girdle effects; real , QQa $2.00 values; in this sale Skirts of black Panama mixtures in splendid new styles at choice and fancy $1.98 100 pieces of Wash China Silks in black and colors; 26 inches wide; very- special at 25c Very handsome Skirts of fine voile, mohair and taffeta silk; d? O QC 69C up to $12.50 values In the Furniture Department Best No. 1 Floor Oilcloth in many patterns; per yard -. 9 by 12-foot Japanese Matting Art Squares; Eft tomorrow )bn9U 9 by 12-foot Art Squares; at. only 19c All-Wool Brussels $8.95 9 by 12-foot Velvet Art Squares; real $25.00 values $10.90 Ladies’ Sewing Rockers of solid golden oak; AA. very special OOC National All-Steel real $6.50 value; only Bed Spring; $2.98 Solid Oak Porch Swing, natural or mission finish; $1.69 Mail Orders Filled for Anything Here Advertised. Send Check or Money Order. BASS’ tomorrow. Full double-bed size 120-coil Spring; flat or folding AQ. style OOC Brass Curtain Rods, extension style; on sale tomor- row at WV 18 West Mitchell, Near Whitehall LEGISLATIVE NOTES AND CAPITOL NEWS Knur propositions have been made the state to locate the new governor's mansion in four different parts of At lanta. It will he interesting to see whether politics plays any part in the location. The special committee of the last legislature on the mansion matter m-nded a site In Druid Hills, r Governor Hoke Smith o< about 500 acres of land. The Peachtree Heights Company has offered a free pffe In Teach tree road, near the home of John M. Slaton, president of the sen ate. Another proposition is to buy the old Julius Brown home in Waahlngton- . which is now' owned by ex-Governor Joseph M. Brown. The fourth propo* sition la to sell the state a house nnd lot at Ponce DeLeon-ave. and Junlper- *t.. Just a block or two from ex-Sen- ator Joseph M. Terrell’s Junlper-st. home. Wherever tho mansion goes It Is naturally expected to Increase ad jacent property values. Congressional reapportionment will enrage the attention of the house re- spportlonment committee probably this week. The committee will go over tho proposition of dividing Georgia Into twelve Instead of eleven congressional districts, to meet the provisions of the national reapportionment measure that has already passed the national house and Is set for passage In the United States senate on August 3. The Idea Is to have a bill ready to *ush thru Im mediately after the Federal measure Is enacted. This week a state senatorial reap- portlonment measure will be Introduced In the senate, rearranging the state Into 44 districts, the number now author ised by the constitution. In the house a bill hna already been proposed to amend the constitution increasing the senate to 60 members. Bleckley county, which It Is proposed to create out of the north half of Pu laski county, met a better fate before the house committee on constitutional amendments at the hearing Monday afternoon than was accorded Evans county last week. The committee de cided to recommend this measure for passage. People from Cochran and vi cinity appeared In behalf of the new county. Hawkinsvllle people were pres ent to oppose It. The committee voted 10 to 7 In favor of Bleckley. .The state department of agriculture will endeavor again this session of the legislature to secure the passage of the measure that has previously been ad vocated to give the state food Inspec tor more authority to enforce sanitary regulations In places where articles for human consumption are manufactured and served. The bill would give Juris diction over bakeries, candy factories, canning factories, preserving plants, meat markets, fish markets, vegetable markets, groceries, confectioneries, soda fountains, hotels, restaurants, lunch rooms and tho like. Governor Hoke Smith, on Monday night, gave the first of the three re ceptions he has arranged for members of the legislature and state house of ficers. South Georgians were the guests. On Tuesday night the governor will receive those from middle Georgia. North Georgians will be the guests on Wednesday night. These receptions, all of which are Informal, are being given Milton, in the house Monday morning. It Is in the nature of an amendment to the Arbor day exercises already pro vided for by legislation. The bill re quires the consideration of birds as well as trees on the paft of the schools or the state and is called “Arbor and Bird day” bill. It makes it incumbent upon the stato authorities to provide for ex ercises each year showing not only the value of tree planting and forestry, but also the worth of birds to the farm ers of the state and to the people gen erally. It is Intended to bring to the attention of pupils, teachers and the people the worth of birds not only as Insect destroyer and on account of the pleasure they give, but also bring out their value as the farmers’ best friends. The bill was Introduced by Repre sentative Bell after consultation wUh the state school commissioner and Hon. G. D. Rucker, of Alpharetta. Mr. Bell is an old teacher and Is at present a farmer and will press the passage of this bill for reasons stated above. The bill further provides the change in time for holding Arbor day exercises from December to February, this being the best season In Georgia for the planting of trees. The Burwell house resolution provid ing for the Installation of an electric elevator In the capltol to supersede the Junk now moribund, was Introduced Monday by Senator Morris and placed on first reading. Senator Felker's bill to make a Fed eral liquor license prlma fade evidence of guilt In the abatement of blind ti gers, provoked debate In the senate Tuesday. Senator Ennis said that the at Governor Smith’s residence, 197 West I bm WO uld hlf every druggist In Geor- Peaditree-st. The hour each e\)enlng j gta, who is required to carry a Federal is 8 o’clock. S license. He moved that the bill be* —~■ I committed and his motion was sus- The marriage of Representative | tained by a vote of 31 to 20. Claude Payton, of Worth county, and! — Miss Mary E. 8eymour, of Key West, I Representative Patten, of Berrien, in- Fla., which was to have occurred Tues- troduced a resolution in the house on day evening at Austell, has been de ferred until Thursday evening on ac count of illness in the family of the bride-to-be. The wedding will be a very quiet affair. Mr. Payton wtl) bring his bride direct to Atlanta to remain until the legislative session Is epded. A bill of far-reaching Importance was Introduced by Representative Bell, of STOCK-REDUCING SALE AT M’CONNELL’S TO BE RE- MARKABLETRADE EVENT The South’s Greatest Clothing and Shoe Store Is Making Preparations for a Sale That Will Break All Previous Records. When the remodeled and- greatly en larged establishment of the McConnell Shoe and Clothing Company wae opened •ome monthe ago the management an nounced that thla house intended to be “The South’s Greatest Clothing and Shoe store" In every way) carrying the largest • toe Ice, offering the beet value* and giving It* cuatomers mo*t satlsfac- tor v service. That thla premise ha* been fully lived U P to Is attested by the constantly In creasing patronage that the McConnell store enjoy*. With larger ground floor space than any other clothing store In this part of no country and an Immense force of competent salesmen, there have been many days this season when the store **" crowded to Its limit and every salesman waiting upon more than one customer. Rll ch .has been the success of this *roat business establishment that,many "plicate orders have been sent to man- . seturers this season, and the stocks n .very line have been replenlehed and "*Pt comply,. Mr. Mcfonnell himself made a special r P to York and other Eastern * el * recently for the purpose of "lining In” broken lines and Incom plete assortments and found manufac- tdrera anxious to dispose o£ surplus stocks st prices so low sa to be Irre sistible. , Notwithstanding the fact that he al ready had tremendous stocks, Mr. Me Connell made large purchases of men's and boys' clothing at these great reduc tions, and these purchases have Just arrived. “ The McConnell store Is, therefore. In position to "put on" a remarkable sale of men's and boys' clothing, hate, shoes and furnishings and Is preparing to In augurate a trade event never before at tempted In Atlanta or the South. The plans have been looked over and and approved by the management and work on store displays and advertising has been going on for several days. Many unique features will give this sale a prominent place In trade history. The McConnell store will be closed all day tomorrow so that final prepara tions for the sale can be made; and Thursday morning at g o'clock the sale will begin. Big display advertisement* have been prepared and will appear In tomorrow’s papers giving full details of the sale. And keep your eye* on the two hun- rqd sidewalk feet of McConnell * show rfndows There will be sensational surprises there. *** \ y Tuesday creating a committee of five, three from the house and two from tho senate, to make a tour of south Georgia after the legislature adjourns for the purpose of selecting a site for the es tablishment of a state prison farm. Xlmrods and sportsmen will greet with pleasure the new* of th* status of the general game and fish bill. It was given a favorable report by th* CHOLERA SCARE STOPS ITALIAN IMMIGRATION Big Liner Reaches New York With No Passengers Aboard. New York, July 25.—Strong evidence that the cholera scare has resulted In a stoppage of Immigration was shown today when the Italian liner Sangorlglo, usually a heavy carrier of steerage pas sengers, arrived with no passen gers on board. One man brnvlng the dlsensn came ns a stowaway, but he will be deported. i A minute examination was made to day of Edgar Herrmann, a Bellevue hospital oiilerly, w-ho attended Manuel Bermudez, a cholera patient, now on Swinburne Island, and who Is III with symptoms resembling Asiatic cholera. Altho Hermann became sick yesterday afternoon, hla symptoms had not de veloped sufficiently to enable the phy sicians to determine to their own sat isfaction the nature of the Illness. They declare that It usually required 24 hours for a cholera rase to manifest Itself. Cultures taken from Herrmann were examined by apeclallats who said they would make a report ns soon as possi ble. Herrmann has been Isolated and will be removed to Swinburne Island If It Is found he has the cholera. The reporta from Hoffman Island and Swinburne Island hoapltala this morn ing were encouraging aa regards the cholera situation. Tho patients there are progressing favorably. At Hoffman Island conditions are greatly Improved. Some of the steamer Moltke's passen gers will be transferred to Ellis Island today. Th# maid who puts her ad In The Georgian Is worthy of your considera tion. She wants a position in a flrst- rlass home, and Is a particular girl. Th* effect your ad gain* by repetition was given a ravorame report oy me Th* effect your ad gains by repetition committee and sent back to the housa. j, a valuable one. It's a natural effect, for a second reading. A resolution , n( j sometimes more striking In Its way asking a special order of this bill was Introduced Tuesday and tent to the committee on rules. The bouse registered Its disapproval of the senate’s action In tacking on amendments to local bill* and refused to concur In amendments to two house bills Tuesday. Both measures had passed both houses, but the senate bad amended them and the house would not accept. By the rote of 10> for to only 25 gainst, the house Tuesday passed tho [cCarthy blit establishing a bureau of labor. Representative Randolph An derson, of Chatham, led the floor light for the bill. He stood the broadside of question* fired at him from all points and explained every feature of the bill’* provisions. Beginning Thursday, th* house will get down to the grind which will keep the members busy until tha dosing night. On Thursday the house will open Ite melon st a o'clock Instead of is, and aftsr Au gust 1 afternoon sessions will be held BOY BICYCLE THIEVES DID A BIG BUSINESS The detectives' office at he police sta. tfon Tuesday has tbs appehranc* of a bicycle repair shop. A total of eight bicycles, said to have been stolen by the gang of three small boys now being held for the juvenile court, are piled In a comer of the office awaiting Iden tification. Thane bicycles have been re covered by Detectives Hollingsworth and Hewell from dlffsrent place* wher* they were disposed of by the boy*. Johnny ficarratt, a small boy living at 414 8prtng-at„ Tuesday morning identified one of ths bicycles and also Identified Tom Wlngard, one of the prisoners, as having asasulted him and stolen the bicycle. He says young Wlngard knocked him off of-the bicycle and tore his shirt almoet off at the time he took th* bicycle. BLUE AND WHITE UNIFORMS FOR THE ATLANTA AD MEN Th© delegation from the Ad Men’s club of Atlanta has arranged for a striking costume to be worn at tho Boston convention next week. Each member Is expected to provide himself with a blue coat and wlmv trousers, either of flannel or duck, nnd white shoes. Thfc.club will furnish each mem ber a red tie, with the word “Atlanta” on It in white letters, and with large “Georgia Cracker” hats, with “Atlan ta" ribbons upon them Badges will also be furnished by the club. Secretary Fred Houser, of the At lanta club, will be at the train Satur day night, with all of this parapherna lia ready for the delegates. It Is ex pected that the uniqueness of the At lanta costumes will make* quite a hit In Boston. Thousands of post cards, with Atlanta views, will be distributed In Boston, as well as h lorge assefrtment of miscel laneous advertising matter. Two solid carloads of Georgia watermelons have been shipped In Iced cars to Boston ready for the convention, and a gen uine Georgia watermelon cutting will •d In by the 3,500 delegates to than large type and space. The Georgian patron who runs nu want ad twice does more than simply double its pulling power—he Increases If Indefinitely. E. A. DRAKE. He is a well known furniture man who Is now hack with the J. M. High Co. 1n the furniture department. Mr. Drake was 6. P. fiolomonson Is now sales manager or the 8. E. Oil and Disinfectant Com >uny, with headquarters In Macon. Mr ‘olomonson Is an experienced man in this Wylie West, manager of the Atlanta branch of the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company, left Monday night for Chatta nooga on business for his company. L. 8. Byck, of Byck Bros. Co., Louis vlile. Ky.. Is In Atlanta visiting his broth er, W. 8. Byck. Union Pacific and i !6S 1 i do! - tember IS to October 15. These rates are considerably lower than the regular rates, —" :y are taken advantage * large numbers of peopw Mrs. Frances Zahn is now showing some ng some SM Shellene As a roofing Shellene ii stead ily forging to the front. Whyf Because it is more lasting, more easily put on and coats leu than other standard grades of roofing. Every customer who has need it recommend* it as being superior in every respect. It carries a low rate of insnr- anee and is made especially for the climatic conditions of Geor gia. A phone call or a postal card will bring our representative. SOLE DISTRIBUTORS C. P. Murphy’s Sons 2 to 12 W. Wall st. Phone Main 532 Martha Washington candy. Ths Elysa-Auatsil Co., 35 North Pryor- ■t , is having a demonstration* graphite motor lubricants. An I* extended to thoao Interested this. The Durham Jewelry Ca reports a de cided Increase In tho demand for the Il lustrated catalogue Issued by that com pany. -- — ,— —g ol Atlanta Ad Men's dub, which nos Just been written for the use of the delegatee to the Boston convention next week. This iivnc/, nun IV SB rendition will make a hit. expected that Lsmey s TWO MORE VICTIMS OF DIAMOND THIEVES Two additional diamond and Jewe! robberies have been reported to the de tective department. At the home of Mrs. O. Shepard. 425 Pledmont-avo., a sneak thief ransacked the house and stole several diamond ring*, one of them set with 20 small diamond*. The home of L. Pfeflfer. 36-B North Moore-st.. was also robbed of a Jew*»l box, containing several email article* of Jewelry. SUNDAY SWITCH LAW HADN’T BEEN BROKEN An erroneous Impression amon* the authorities that the city’s Sunday law had been amended so as to prohibit the swltrhlns of freight trains In the yards between the hours of 10 o'clock In the morning and 2 o'clock In tbe afternoon, raused J. 8. 8troupe, s conductor for the Beaboard Air Line railroad, to ap pear Tuesday morning In police court. When as assiduous search of the city laws, however, disclosed the fact that no such amendment had been pnased. Recorder Broyles dismissed tho rase. It later developed that tho Impres sion thnt the law had been amended came from the fact that several yeara ago the railroads and railroad orders entered Into an agreement, under which It was specified that no swltrhlng should bo done on Rundays between the hours of to nnd 2. The city law specifies the hours of 11 and 1. Stroup* was found al work In the yarde by Policeman Dodd shortly after I o'clock. The matter was reported to the officer by several railroad men, who explained that Stroupe was switching 1 cars within the forbidden limit. Both Judge Broyles and the pollca thought the law hod been amended, but It won found that Stroupe was working Just within the limit prescribed by law and accordingly was not fined. The recorder held he had no right to Impooe a fine for violation of a mere agree ment. LOBBYISTS ARE WARNED TO KEEP OUT OF CANADA Ottawa, Ont, July 25.—The antl- reclproclty lobbyists who were active In Washington before the reciprocity bill was passed, especially those opposing the paper and lumber schedules, wets warned todny to keep away from Ot tawa during consideration of the reci procity measure by tho Canadian par liament. The conservatives convened In caucus at 11) o'clock to deetds upon their future policy while the liberals met an hour latar. The meeting of ths conservatives was a stormy one as In dicated by the noire that' came from the chamber wher* they were In ses sion. When you bump op against a man who Horses Horses Or Exc Wanted For Sals hanged Whether yon want to pur chase a horse or desire to dis pose of one, you now have The Georgian wants to help yon. v USE Georgian Wants if you want to aell a home quickly. READ Georgian Wants if yon want to buy a -horse, a roadster, • large draft horse, a chunk, a delivery horse, a family horse, a matched pair, a Shetland pony, a brood mare. BUYER and SELLER meet many time* every day thru Georgian Wants. Phone your ad to 8000— Both Phones.