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Wfflll.s LOOT FLOOWIMS Five Dikes Go Down and Loss of Life Is Heavy as the Waters Rise. Continued From Page One. tearing up the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley tracks where they cross the protection levee south of Baton Rouge. Al) other gaps in the protection levee have been closed, and residents of Lutcher and other points south have demanded that this cut be closed also. Melville authorities took drastic steps to stop speculators trading upon the fear and misfortune of residents across the river by ordering that live stock shall not be ferried across if in charge of a trader. Water reached the outskirts of New Roads today. At Morgansea so much of the town was flooded that all the residents fled and the levee guards were compelled to desert their posts, leav ing the dikes unprotected. At Ravenwood, six miles from Mel ville. the inhabitants have been forced to leave their homes, and the last ref ugees were taken away by boat. Loss of Life Will Surely Be Heavy. The number of deaths caused by the flood is not yet known. It is believed that the loss of life has been heavy. Three new drownings of white persons have been reported near Torres. At New’ Roads many refugees have been brought in. Cattle speculators, anxious to buy the live stock brought In by the relief boats, have been so active that Lieutenant Weeks, of the ■United States relief corps, has ordered them from the levees. They approach ed the flood-stricken farmers almost be fore the boats landed with offers to buy the stock that had been saved. Hope To Rescue Many Refugees. In spite of the new menace caused by a break in the levees at the Junc tion of the Mississippi and the old channel, five miles below Torras. that let a new flood sweep over the sugar plantation country, it was believed to day that rescuers would succeed in bringing in all the marooned persons from Pointe Coupee parish by the end of the week. Calls for boats came in here during the night and today, and a numbet have been dispatched to the flooded country. Railroads Are Saving Thousands. In the upper part of the parish rail roads have been able to aid with the work, and seven thousand persons have been carried to safety. In the southern section, however, the water has put the railroads entirely out of commission, end boats are the only means of transporting the refugees. The waters from the Torras break have spread over the West Baton Rouge and Iberville parishes, and are still rising, and warnings have been gent out to a number of sections not yet flooded, telling the people to aban - don their homes and flee for their Ilves. Seven hundred and fifty refugees from the McCra section of the Pointe Coupee parish have been taken to Mel vflle. La. They were taken from th e !®vee top. where they had taken refuge when the flood came. The refugees to day were sent to permanent relief camps In nthftr towns. One Refugee Brings 16 Children With Her. One refugee arriving here today, a white woman, was followed by sixteen children when ehe embarked from the passenger coach. "Are these children all yours, ma dam?” asked the government agent who helped her off the car. "They are; every one of them.” she replied Families with eight, nine and ten children are numerous among the ref ugees. The majority of the negro ref ugees are treating the situation as a l, ort i of picnic, few of them having the slightest realization of the seriousness of the flood The refugees were fed here today, and then passed on to Baton Rouge on special trains. The stories of hard ship. misery and suffering told by some of the unfortunates were harrowing in the extreme. Some of them escaped with only th<= clothing they wore, leaving all their valuable effects behind. Women cried hysterically as they sat in the railroad station waiting forth- special "refu gee trains." [Vandals 1 not as trevasse Widens ROADS. "LA May 9 Tearing a hie through a levee twenty feet high, theLjissisr-ippi river has carried av.ay I.4 n *"t.feet of embankment and .tod;' the Terras crbvasF- is widened to more than half a mile. The terrific current is constantly* carrying away other sec tions ot the broken levee ami engineers deelarelthat the gap soon will be a mile In width Reports reached here today from the InundaiAd section of the parish that vandals V skiffs and flat boats are loot ing homey from which the owners have been driven out by the flood. Thes vandals will be shot on sight. Streams of refugees are constantly passing through the New Roads relay station and in all about B.oo° have been transported out of th> t< ■ north of New RoaiL since the Torras ere vass* UNCLE TRUSTY! Copyright, 1912, by International News Service. 4 - ? ftH Iw SfflMM y ft— ft . “William, our great reproduction of ‘Life in Ancient Rome' is really thrilling. You and Theodore make a couple of fine gladiators, and I don't think Nero had anything on me. Ts one of you should' fall I'll hitch up that dark horse with the whiskers and drag you out. Elihu. please keep that fan going; the flies are very annoying.’’ M. RICH & BROS. CO. M. RICH & BROS. CO. IM. RICH & BROS. CO. fSix-Cent Lace Sale! I ■ f New, f resh Styles at a Fraction of Worth 5 _ 'S ou ave attended our previous lace sales know nis values mark these events-—you know, too, that only the very best 3* styles are offered—-you have learned that no matter how small J--’ the price. Rich quality is embodied in every offering We be- Jp .J* lieve the laces in tomorrow’s sale are the greatest bargains we’ve ever offered at 6c yard. * Edges and Insertions: Values to 25c S ftb All new styles—late 1912 designs-—such as are now most in demand ' S trimming summer frocks; styles that are ideal for commencement dresses. mN, s s * Every yard new and clean, and of beautiful quality. Point de Paris. Round thread. German and Ruby Valen- ( eiennes. Torchon and Cotton Clum laee edffes from 2 1-2 to - 5 inches wide*, and insertions 1 12 to 3 1-2 inches in width— match sets in a myriad of patterns. We bought these far un- f I dor true value .and tomorrow the> go to yon on exact!) the f- amp basis . Prettiest of We to 25r’ laces Friday for fie yard. 8H " Selling Starts at 8:30 in the Morning---Right Aisle, Main Floor Save 1-4 On New Curtain Nets S? A “Between Season" purchase from one of the largest and best equip- JC * l’ p< - l a<e m| h ; - in the Lnited States brings you an opportunity to save a full ftn fourth on new Curtain Nets. This mill is known far and wide for the char- l p productions-—in fart, the owner's efforts are confined to making only the very best of nets. JG yXi \nd despite a stcadil.'" advancing market, wo bought 100 pieces of net—a portion of this 2® null's between season surplus stock -at a considerable saving, and now propose to give our ' patrons the benefit of our purchase. The lot has been divided into se<’en sale groups, as follows: B 35c, 50c, 60c, 75c, 90c, SI.OO, $1.25 •- Anclat each price you’ll find a wide variety. The entire collection w will be displayed incur Third Floor Drapery Section tomorrow and se . lection will be easy. The savings average a full fourth and to neglect this *1 . opportunity means paying a great deal more for similar nets later. I M. Rich & Bros. Co?] | THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS: THURSDAY. MAY 9, 1912. KASS BASS BASS BASS | BASS, BASS BASS BASS |BA?SS BASS BASS BASS and Saturday | co on | May Bargains at Bass’| | Positively Astonishing Offerings | s of New Goods Far Below Value ” c/5 ' ' 55 | Great Bargain Hat Sale | C/5 > S 3,000 New Untrimmed Shapes and Ofil* - $ Ready-to-Wear Hats; up to $lO values. . . w < & 20 We have just made the greatest hat purchase ever made by any At lanta store, securing 3,0C0 brand-new spring and summer Hats and Shapes ® —the entire stock of one of the South’s biggest wholesale millinery houses i cz z> —at way below usual cost. Included are genuine Hemps, high-grade Nea- 03 <z < politans, bright lustre Chips, genuine Panamas, and other straws in black, white and combination colors. Real retail values range up to SIO.OO. Take < choice tomorrow for 98 cents. CQ <Z) c/i 55 CO . > !Sale of Dresses and Suits I C/) 100 guaranteed all-linen New Dresses of taffetas in fancy effort? New tailored Suits of all- CQ and all-over embroidered aiJ(] stri , s . )tin messa l inPS . (1 f crean) 'vool serge, in cream and lingerie dresses in new , . , , ~P , ~ best colors, of fine diag- spring styles; worth $5.00 ser^es and str, P pd spr^es — bpf,utlful and fancy Suit-® and $6.00; on sale to- and all-over embroidered Dresses- ings . up to $25.00 CQ morrow CO QQ up to $15.00 CC Ofl vab Cl A at sfaaww values; choice «Sv»WU ues I UaUU > » May Sale Skirts and Waists May Sale Muslin Underwear « New Wash Skirts of white piques, shepherd checks. Ladies’ Gowns. Petticoats and Combination Suits, in 5® colored linens and corded piques; ® 1 beautiful effects; upto OR*. 1 values up to $3.00; at ’• W $3.00 values XJOU 02 New Skirts of chiffon Panama, black, i ream and Ladies’ nicely trimmed Gowns and Petticoats, worth C/) striped serge ; up to O QCZ ’*P ,o tl- on; * n this “ SB.OO values sg | e a s only w r/s New Lingerie Waists and plain tailored Drawers. Corset Covers and Brassieres, IQr. Linen Shirts; up to $3.00 values worth up to 50c; only.. I j J* One line of Satin Messallne Petticoats Ladies’ silk-taped, lisle-finished 19c 1 ® in black and colors; $4.00 values Undervests, at IVv t/5 t | Specials in Dress Goods and Silks | Bis line of Novelty Wool Dress Goods in spring > Lot of remnants, short lengths and piece ends (T) and summer patterns—stripes, plaids, checks. I of plain and fancy Silks formerly priced up etc.; 40 inches wide; 4 Rtf* to SIOO. at choice, Rtf* c/5 ® < Wonder May Values in Wash Goods, S S White Goods, Domestics, Etc. g Beautiful new patterns in Batistes, Lawns. Or Genuine Flaxons in the season’s newest and gaudies and Printed Muslins; values up to 25c prettiest patterns regular price 25c a yard; W a yard; Friday £ r in this sale, 4 A- > yj and Saturday V only I Vw (/> New 34-inch Pnngenette? in black 36-inch Brown Dress Linen, extra Good Mw Bleached Table Napkins. W V 5 I and all best color . quality ver; sp lai, hemmed r«id\ for per yard. . per vard , lse; ear h (/) - r Good heavy Hemmed Huck Towels fine quaHtv; special. Cfe** cales, in this sale, CE«* on salt tomorrow ffl vard.' per yard **'*’ at, only 36-inch White Pajama Checks, soft Best Standard Staple Gingham- on Splendid quality heavy Towel Crash; (Z) CO finish'd, worth 19c a safe tomorrow onlj at. ven W yard; only «*C per yard *><* per yard White Checked Nainsqok and India Genuine Fruit-of-th'-Loom and 60-inch Bleached Table Damask, J® Linon. the 10< kinds; Lousdale Bleaching. worth 50c a yard 1 Q/e this sale... . yard wide WM j n tpf s sale.. » (Z) 60 All-linen Brown Dress Linen on sale New Linen Dress, Swisses in olid 72-meh Bleached All-Linen Table tomorrow at. per colors, stripe.= . etc . 15f ! ‘atn.'sk. worth $1...n a 5Sc H 3 vard “v per vard ' urd: 0n1y... WWV TO 36-inch White Butcher’s Linen. Full double bed size Bleached Hem- 60-inch best quality Table Felt on S ft a a t yard ; in .. 19c in thi 29c 49c /s Yard-Wide French Percale, worth Good size, well made Bleached Pi’ 22-inch Best Antiseptic Cotton Dia- m ; ard; very' 9C '"ft ' ' 8© 69© > i special at. . . xw n ’ < I C/5 “ Extra Friday and Saturday Specials ~ C/h <• Lot of Fancy Table ' overs, Center Ladie. ' Black Silk Hose b»tter than Table of I,ar. and Embroideries (/) eX pieces etc ; worth ur> to » 50c value, in this wor th up to 20c; C/5 “ 50, at. choice ’*>© -al- at, yard . Men's Porous Knit and Lisle l n Lot of Infant; Fancj Top Socks. 18-inch Embroidery Flouncing? and <Z> deru-ar. 50c and 'al the 25c kind, in this lOn • t <’owr Embroid- | W ue.. per garment S , jo Bargains in Furniture Department « Genuine Fiber Rush Rockers, the Mission Tabourets or Jardiniere 100 genuine Crex Rugs tn to- C/5 C 3 $6.00 kind, in thi $2.98 Stands; in this 19c morrow at. J'- 'v'abn - OQ Mission Magazine Staid.. .'luting Art Squares. ? % ftly '. ea 'ftft.' a,l ft' 51.98 shelf -tyie; in this 69<J Aftjft’ft $2.98 S CO " C/5 • I Solid Oak Mission Porch Swing. Best grade China and Japanese Polished Brass t'urtain Rods, ex- rr> complete with chains <1 O 0 Mattings, in new patternr IQn ''' i '” l s ’ ,v ' ,omorrow s(> CB and hook e I. WO vard ' V >nly **** Res' No I Floor Oilcloth in new Select White Geese Feathers click- Poli hed Solid Oak CQ pattern- thi;- -ale. ” d from " v ‘’ 4DO 54.90 L r vard per pound ipaeity t/5 > 2 We Give 18 West ~, Green Mitchell, “ Trading SHfe >1 Zl Near I co Stamps Whitehall ccvq cwfl ssvsi Issvfl ssva ssvfl ssvg I ssva ssva i ssva ssva 3