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4 FIGHT ONAGAINST SHORT-WEIGHT IGFANDCOAL City Inspector Buchanan Hot After Drivers Who Retail Stolen Remnants. When you buy a ton of coal, how much do you get? How many 50-pound pieceM are in a 300-pound block of ice? These questions are Riving Atlanta consumers more brain fag than How old is Ann'.'" ever did, W T Buchanan, citv inspector of weights and measures, is trying to nuke the answer easier to find by putting wagon drivers in the stockade at the rate of two or three n week. "•I've sent at b ast 100 into the chain gang for stealing from wagons, and I've got my eye on more," said Mr. Buchanan today Driver Retails Ort Side. Tt isn't the fault of the coal dealer that the ton of coal you order and pay for is short 100 pounds when it lands tn your cellar. If you had watched It unloaded Instead of merely signing the delivery slip, you might have noticed that the driver left a couple of bushels tn the wagon, hidden away up undet the seat with a basket and an old hag or two thrown over ft. That’s the driver's rake-off. He drives down Into a negro settlement or some other place where he has a steady customer wait ing and sells that remnant of coal for about half what it's worth. He puts the money in his pocket. You lose coal, the company loses Its reputation for fair dealing and it’s bad business Sil round The ice trade Is almost as bad. An ice company starts out a wagon with a full ton of ice, in 300-pound blocks An expert cutter can saw one of these blocks Into seven "50-pound” slabs and the customer couldn't possibly detect the shortage with the naked eye When the driver has sold a ton for the com pany and collected coin and tickets to be turned into the cashier he has some thing over 300 pounds to peddle on his own account, and the crooked drivers know plenty of customers willing to pay half price tor stolen ice. Insist On Seeing It Weighed The only way to be sure of getting your full weight from the Ice wagon Is to insist on seeing it weighed. That takes trouble, but it is worth It. Last summer so manv customers began to betray' suspicion of the theft that the drive’s got sore and refused to deliver any more Ice to persons who insisted on the scales being used. Inspector Buchanan received complaints that several families were being boycotted, and some of those drivers went out to the stockade for a sojourn. There has been little trouble of that kind this year The ice companies are anxious to have the!’- customers receive full weight and would be glad If all custo mers would insist on seeing the scales. Inspector Buchanan Is a regular Sherlock Holmes In bls specialty, which consists of coal, ice and negroes. Sev eral times a day his buggy drops in behind a coal wagon and trails that load to its destination. If the driver loads one basket and takes it Into a house Mr. Buchanan makes a mental memorandum. Then when the driver goes on to the purchaser's home and unloads the rest of the coal the inspec tor picks him up and they go down to see Judge Broyles It's usually 30 day* in the stockade for the driver who goes into the retail business on the side. "Right now Is the tlmp to buy' coal and be sure of getting full weight.” say the dealers. People who buy It by the basketful from dishonest drivers don't want coal In the summer They buy only as they need it. Besides, the summer prices are on now, yvhlch makes a big saving for the consumer who sees a long way ahead.” COUNCILMEN FOR ACT TO GIVE CLAYTON AND GOLDSMITH PENSIONS If the council adopts the recommen dation of the charter amendments com mittee it can retire K M, Clayton, chief of eonetrttction. and J. H. Goldsmith, comptroller, on a pension of per month for lite The recomendatlon was decided upon yesterday afternoon without the names of either of the two officials being men tioned The recommendation Is for an. amendment to the city pension law by the state legislature w hich w ill give the coun cil the authority to retire any official who has served more than twenty-five years at a salary of more than $l5O per month on a pension of SIOO per month Accord ing to the present pension law no official can be retired except upon his own ap plication and SSO a month is the limit of any pension Captain Clay ion ind Mr Goldsmith are the or. . oftb ials to the amendment would apply lust now CHURCH BELL REPLACED BY A CORNET SOLOIST NK'.’’ Y< >RK Jun- 13 Residents of Htirlem living within radi is of a half mile of St Jamis Methodist Eplscopa church. wo| , puzzled last evening w hen they heard a hymn t laved on a cm net. A large crowd guthced In front of tne church after they had traced tie founds to its towet The pasta: announce.; that hi- had •akm this method to Rathe: his con gregation • : th service. TO VISIT CONVENTION. Postmaster Mi K. e and I nited States Marsha .1 i.hn.-on will leave Atlanta to. a ■ rrnw morning for Chicago, where h<y go to attend the National repub ,i< an convention Mr. Johnson will re- In < lose tom h w ith his business Atlanta, and will have his r; rrs Mu .pole liofel. HOUSE UNANIMOUSLY VOTES IMPEACHMENT PROBE OF HANFORD WASHINGTON, June 13 -Representa tive Berger's resolution proposing an in vestigation of the conduct of Judge C H. Hanford, of Beattie, with a view of Impeachment proceedings, was reported to the house today by Chairman Clayton, of the judiciary committee, and was unani mously adopted. Chamberlin=Johnson=Dußose Co. Atlanta New York Paris Skirts of New and Distinctive Style Have Just Arrived and Some Are UnderJ’riced A group of unusually attractive skirts have their first showing tomorrow—and the attractiveness is not confined to the styles alone. Low prices as measured by materials and tailoring lend their part—so much so that the display assumes the proportions of an event that women should hurry to. It is a showing wherein the best is grouped, wherein the commonplace and the ordinary have no part. Every skirt has about it some merit that warrants its presence in this company. The woman who needs another skirt may come with the full confidence that now and here she will find the choicest styles of all skirtdom. And as evidence of the completeness of things you will find that there are plenty of extra sizes, not only in the staple bluesand blacks, but in the novelty weaves. At StZ.OO THERE ARE SKIRTS WORTH $6.00 O AND $6.50. These are in tan and grey striped worsteds, mannish mixtures, whipcords and navy and black serges. Some six styles that show the new ten dencies of fashion. One that vacationers will like, has a side pocket. At THERE ARE SKIRTS WORTH $8.75. J Judge by the tailoring and by the qual ity of the materials. French Serges in navy and blue, Whipcords and Worsteds in grey and tan. The line stripes are particulaily smart. The graceful raised waist line is prominent, and panels and slashed tunic effects. At SIH 00 THERE ARE TAFFETA SKIRTS in lO* black and colors The taffeta is a light, dust-shedding quality that recommends itself as practica for hot weather service. At SIO.OO and $12.50 arc some very smart Aeolian skirts in navy and black. You will realize at once how grace fully this soft material “hangs.” Hundreds of Attractive Wash Skirts At Prices From ? 1 to ? !0"" We believe this is the most complete showing of wash skirts that Atlanta has seen. It leaves out nothing that is worthy. Here are the Bedford cords, the piques, the linens, white, natural, the crashes and the ratines— all tailored and made by the same experts that make the woolen skirts—the result—no skimpiness, no unevenness. Every skirt a smart style, a well-fitting model. And this applies equally to those at $1.19 as to those at SIO.OO. Chamberlin = Johnson = Dußose Co. THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. THURSDAY, JUNE 13. 1912. SON BORN TO FRED BEERS, CLERK OF FEDERAL COURT Ar Judge W T. Newman began the session of the Federal district court today he announced the birth of a 9-pound son to Fred Beers, clerk of the court. The youngster arrived at Mr Beers’ home in College Park last night. WOMEN JOIN MEN IN RIOT OF N.J. FACTORY STRIKERS PERTH AMBOY, N. J.. June 13.—The authorities here today threatened to call out the militia as the result of strike riots at the local plant of the American Smelting and Refining Company yester day. when eight persons were shot. A mob of 3.000 men and women attacked the plant. The women fought as gavagely as the men. Chamberlirr Johnson=Dußose Co. ATLANTA NEW YORK PARIS A Day of Marvelous Waist Values With chiffon and lace waists such as these marked at such prices as these are for tomorrow’s selling, it is hard to imagine that any woman who could use just one more waist could let this sale pass unnoticed. It brings what the most fastidious tastes might require and that at prices that actually fall short of the cost of materials. There is no room for argument about the VALUES. You will know this the moment vou clap eves on the waists. YOU WOULD WANT JUST THESE WAISTS EVEN IF PRICES WERE OF NO CONCERN WHATEVER TO YOU. 5 3 .95 For Chiffon Waists Actually Worth $5.00 to $7.50 There are one hundred of these and entirely too many different styles to accurately tell you what splendid models they are. The great majority were formerly marked for $5.75 to $7.50. White, navy and black chiffons over lace and soft white materials; white Crepe de Chine Waists, black and navy taffeta , • and navy messaline Waists. And you may choose from models with low round and sailor collars with > three-quarter length sleeves or from high neck and long sleeve models. Made by master-makers, the trimmings lend the charm that trimmings should. $4-95 I For Chiffon Waists Actually Worth $7.50 to SIO.OO Not more than thirty of these. Novel styles, several of them copied after imported models. Navy, Copenhagen, tan, grey, black and white chiffon over soft silks. Notice the touches of trimmings—you do not see such work on every waist that sells at $7.50, $8.75 and SIO.OO, and yet in this sale they are $4.95. As many with Dutch necks and sailor collars and three , quarter sleeves as with high neck and long sleeves. Half Price > For Lace Waists Actually Worth $2.25 to $3.50 One hundred of these. They were yesterday $2.25, 52.50 and 53.50, now Si. 13, $1.50 and Si. 75—the priceswill mean more to you when you see the waists. White and ecru laces—filet, Valenciennes and Cluny --fashioned very elaborately with variations of the pep lums. ChamberliirJolinsoirDiißose Co;