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FACTORY SWEPT BY MO,III FIRE Girl Employees of the Warren Manufacturing Company in Inman Building Escape, Fire of unknown origin swept the third floor of the S. M. Inman building, 58-60 West Mitchell street. late yester day afternoon, damaging the structure and contents to the extent of 620.000. Five girl operatives employed by the Warren .Manufacturing Company.occu pying the third floor of the building, where the fire is said to have started, gained the street long before the flames assumed large proportions. Warren Plant Heaviest Loser, The greatest damage was sustained by the Warren Manufacturing Com pany. whose stock of neckwear and suspenders and fixtures vias a total loss. The second floor of the building was unoccupied. The Bishop-Babcock- Becker Company, bar supplies, occu pying the first floor and basement, suf fered considerable loss from water damage. Fire Chief Cummins esti mated the damage done the building as fifteen per cent of its value, $15,000. For a time it appeared as though the building was doomed. The flames, first discovered in the elevator hatch, climbed up the rear of the building and burned fiercely on the roof. Six lines of hose were laid by the fire department and played from West Mitchell street and from the alley at the rear of the structure. Thirty minutes after the alarm was turned in at 2:30 o'clock the fire was under control. Girls Plead For Belongings. During the progress of the fight to control the flames the girl operatives stood in the alley at the rear of the burning building and urged the fire men to save their personal belongings. Two of the young women essayed to ascend the fire escape when the flames were under control to get their trin kets. but were driven back by the fire men. Officials of the Warren Manufactur ing Company said that their plant was almost a total loss, fixing the damage at $15,000. The loss to the Bishop- Babcock-Becker Company was esti mated at $2,500, and the loss to the building at a like amount. The loss was fully covered by insurance. UNION PRINTERS OF ATLANTA TO HONOR DEAD NEXT SUNDAY Dr. .T Wade Conkling, pastor of the Unitarian church, corner Spring and Cain streets, will preach next Sunday morning the Union Printers' memorial sermon, and at. this service the reading of the names of the printers who belonged to Atlanta Typographical union, No. 48. and are dead will be a part of the exercises. The last Sunday in May will be observed all over the country by the union print ers as Memorial Sunday, and practically every union in the country will have cere monies similar to those in Atlanta. This per vice was established by resolution of the International Typographical union convention five years ago. and is now one of ihe regularly observed dates in the union calendar. At the meeting of the memorial com mittee of the Atlanta union all the details ti-e observance were completed. Sun day afternoon the graves in Union Print ers’ lot at Oakland will be decorated and suitable exercises will accompany this rite GEORGIA UNIV. GLEE SONGS RUN TO “HITS” “The Georgia Glee club has long since forgotten that 'The grasshopper ever sa' on the sweet potato vine,'" says The Bed and Black. Georgia. Univer sity's weekly paper, in commenting on the Glee club, which is to appear at the Grand tonight. "The club this year has on its pro gram the latest 'hits,' and, together with a collection of more classical mu sic and a sens of the old favorites of the student body, these will constitute the program." "Georgia. Alma Mater," a new song written for the university by James Wright, a Georgia boy. which the stu dents are considering as their official college song, will be heard on this trip. CONDEMNED NEGRO DRINKS POISON, CHEATING JUSTICE MACON, GA.. May 21. -Olive Sim mons a negro, cheated the gallows to day when he killed himself in his cell, under th® very eyes of the death watch, bv drinking poison. ’Th® noose was already dangling in front of hie cell and he would have hanged at 11 o'clock for the death of a negro woman. He drank a mercurial solution that had been given him for a skin disease and was in th® death agony before the guard could unlock the cell. . , Simmons had previously expressed perfect willingness to die. He spent all of yesterday eating peppermint candy. More sold than all other brands com bined SAUERS PURE FLAVORING EXTRACTS. Because they flavor BEST. Ask the housekeeper. The next Bell Telephone directory goes to press soon. Now is the time to subscribe in order to get your name in the new book. If you wish to make changes or correc tions in your listings, call at the manager’s office, South ern Bell Telephone and Tel egraph Company. Every citizen interested in civic improvement and how to interest our boys should attend Atlanta Thea *uor tnnicrht 8:15. Fraa Club Non-PoliticaL But Its Leaders Win Good Political Jobs "George I. Walker's election to the water board from the Second ward Is an interesting study in politics," said an observer of the political game in Atlanta today. He said that Mr. Walker was only another of the leading spirits of the Second and Third Ward Improvement club to land political jobs. And yet about two years ago this club was or ganized as absolutely non-political, and office-holders were disbarred from membership. He went over the follow. Ing list of the former non-political club leaders who have affixed political titles to their names within the last two years: John E. McClelland, aiderman: D Knight. councilman; Orville Hall, councilman; Robert Otis, cemetery commissioner; Frank Wilby, park com missioner. and George I. Walker, presi dent of the club, water commissioner. BRENAU COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES BEGIN FRIDAY GAINESVILLE, GA.. May 21. Brenau commencement begins Friday of this w eek with the art'exhibit, con cluding with the graduating exercises and delivery of diplomas next Tuesday. The baccalaureate sermon will be de livered at Brenau auditorium Sunday morning at 11:30 o’clock by Dr. R. A. Gordon, pastor Ponce DeLeon Baptist church, Atlanta. Judge W. A. Cov ington w ill deliver the literary address. Chamberlin=Johnson=Dußose Company ATLANTA NEW YORK PARIS A Sale of China Odd Lots Marked For Quick Selling===ln the Bazaar A chance for women to fill the china cabinets of their country homes with fine and artistic china at prices that would be low for ordinary chinaware. It’s a clearance with us—of sets that have been sold down to odd pieces, of incomplete lines —and they have been marked at prices that leave no doubt as to the economy of buying right here and now. Many pieces of a white and gold Haviland set are included, a conventional pattern of brown and green Bavarian china, and blue and white, and white and gold English porcelain, quaint Dutch ware in soft tones of green and brown, and Villeroy & Block’s fruit china. A broad, inclusive sale. It brings economies in about every line that is needed in the summer home. White and Gold Haviland Bavarian China j x- „ Conventional patterns beauti- Xot all the le ui ions ai fully traced in brown and green, shown below, in fact, just a few Some of the choicest values of the here. Besides the platters, covered sale—but in a limited quantity. , . . ixi i-i $4.00 a dozeti tea plates now $2.00 dishes, bakers and the like, are $4.25 18-ineh platters now . .$1.75 compotes, celery dishes, sugar and $3.50 16-inch platters now $1.50 creams, chocolate sets and other $3.50 Oatmeal dishes now . .$1.20 , , . A $2.75 Covered dishes now ....SI.OO pieces at prices reduced m propor- tion to these. Villeroy & Block's Fruit China $7.-50 16-inch platters now ..$4,50 ~ ! j- , ua no Besides these items listed.there <•6.00 Oatmeal dishes now . .$ . app numerous pieces that will sug- $5.50 Covered dishes now . .$3.00 gest themselves for uses in sum- $4.50 Covered dishes now ..$2.50 nier homes, because of their quaint $2.00 Bakers now SI.OO beauty and low prices. $3.00 a dozen plates now . $1.50 Nankin China and English dozen pia.es $1.25 0 $2.00 a dozen plates now . .SI.OO PntTPlflilK 'Yh- plates now 25c rvlvCidlllD 25c cups and saucers now ...12c Blue and white, artistic and n , l w highly desirable patterns, now re- LFUlvll "al t duced like this: j n so f| wares of green, tan and $2 50 18-inch dishes now ..$1.25 brown. $2.00 7-ineh plates now .. , $1.20 *2.00 Tea pots now $1 00 SI.BO a dozen 6-ineh plates fp" r *« P. ots , now r * t1 60c Sugar dishes now 40c now * 25c 7-inch plates now, each . 20c $1.50 a dozen 5-inch plates 2Oc 6-inch plates now, each ,15c now -90 c 18c Bread and butter plates $1.75 16-inch dishes now ...,90c now, each 12c Chamberlin=Johnson=Dußose Co. THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS: TUESDAY, MAY 21. 1912. The Kind You Have Always Bought has borne the signa ture of Chas. H. Fletcher, and lias been made under his personal supervision for over 30 years. Allow no one to deceive you in this. Counterfeits, Imitations and •* Just-as-good ” are but Experiments, and endanger the health of Children—Experience against Experiment. What is CASTOR IA Castoria is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Pare goric, Drops and Soothing Syrups. It is Pleasant. It contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotic substance. Its age is its guarantee. It destroys Worms and allays Feverishness. It cures Diarrhoea and Wind Colic. It relieves Teething Troubles, cures Constipation and Flatulency. It assimilates the Food, regulates the Stomach and Bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep. The Children’s Panacea—The Mother’s Friend. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of In Use For Over 30 Years. THE CENTAUR COMPANY. TT MURRAY STREET, NEW YORK CITY. GEORGIAN WANT ADS BRING RESULTS. nr SUBSCRIPTIONS | TRIP EQUAL * TO Wrightsville Beach You Do Not Have to Collect All the Money in Advance A Trip for 25 Subscriptions This contest is divided into two parts, one for the city of Atlanta and suburbs, and th’e other is made strictly for the territory outside of Atlanta and suburbs. The contest for the city of Atlanta is as f allows: For 25 yearly subscriptions to The Daily Georgian at the regular carrier rate, we will give you a free trip to Wrightsville Beach, with a six-day stay at the best hotel. We pay all expenses, including meals, Pullman, hotel, etc. , A ” * ■ JMbwP- '■ ** —.— -- * - mrvSHBIiVWBiJ-i in Iri 11i u &„i .. ' OCEANIC HOTEL, WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH. FOR LOCAL CONTESTANTS Subscriptions will be easy to secure, as you do not have to secure the full price of the yearly subscriptions in advance, hut all that is necessary is that yon get the new subscriber to sign an agreement to take The Georgian for one year, pay for three months in advance (1,30). and agree to pay 10 cents per week for the other nine months. The price of The Georgian is $5.20 per year, delivered by carrier. This is 10 cents per week whether paid in advance or by the week. This offer is open to the white people of Atlanta ami suburbs only, and for new subscrip tions only. U is not a hard matter to get 25 new subscriptions, especially when they do not have to pay for the full year in advance. Call at the Contest Department of The Georgian and full particulars, together with samples ami receipt book, will be given you. FOR OUTSIDE CONTESTANTS To those residing outside of the city of Atlanta and suburbs we offer a free trip to | Wrightsville Reach for 20 paid-in-advance subscriptions to The Daily Georgian at the reg ular rate. $5.00 per year. The Georgian will be sent by mail to all subscribers who pay $5.00 and by carrier where same is paid for at the carrier rate of $5.20. Subscriptions must be paid in advance or they will not count on this offer. This offer is open to any white person of good moral character over fourteen years of age. Those who enter the contest now -nn easily secure the number of subscriptions required without much of an effort. Three old subscription count the same as one new subscription. We have secured the services of Mr. -I. F. McFarland, manasrer of the McFarland Tourist Agency, to take charge of this party personally and he will see that every fea ture is carried out as planned, and that the Tour is conducted on a high plane. Mr. Mc- Farland has carried 4.751 people to Canada and Niagara Falls without one single accident of any kind. Address All Subscriptions and Communications to the Contest Manager, Care of The Georgian, A c"‘ a 11