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], 5. B. THOMPSON
IS DEAD AFTER
LONG ILLNESS
End Comes to Widely Known
Rai! Chief and Social Fa
vorite in Richmond.
xt i battle of more than six
. .. s. Barbour Thompson suc
to death last night at 7:45
; n a private sanitarium at Rieh
-11 , , V.,„ where he had been for the
months. President of the
l compress Company, a leader
, ' lilroad world and a.general so
ri, favorite, he was one of the most
business men that ever lived in
',i ui a host of friends all over the
,vlio mourn him sincerely,
■r. :! ..ut his illness these friends
-ned the keenest interest and
\ v. Some of his friends in At
. iv. d nightly telegrams telling
of his • ondition.
\P Thompson was but 54 years old,
~P Luring his life he had held almost
’j.. rv ri ,sponsible position it is possi
\ a man to hold in the railroad
world and It was not until 1910 that he
retired frmn the railroad work to take
j-jg new duties as head of the At
]a! >< ■ Compress Company.
Native of Virginia.
Wlien he became ill in Atlanta last
summer he gradually grew worse, and
it wa< deemed best to take him to Vir
ginia. of which state he was a native.
SevH ~ weeks after his arrival there
hi P younger brother, George G. Thomp
son, was killed in Greensboro, N. C„ but
because of his serious condition he
never was told of the death.
The funeral services will be held to
morrow morning at 11 o’clock from St.
Pauls church in Richmond. Interment
probably will be at his old home in Cul
pepper county, Virginia.
Mr. Thompson was born in Virginia
June 10, 1858: He took his first posi
tion at the age of twenty as a clerk in
the general super intendent’s office of
the Virginia Midland railway, after
ward resigning to become assistant
auditor of the freight and passenger
departments of the Long Island rail
way A year in this position satisfied
him and he returned to his original
place, being made immediately after
ward secretary to the president of the
Virginia Midland.
Two years later he was made assist
ant general freight and passenger agent
of tin Virginia Midland division and
cubsvun ntly also of the Washington
niu • mio division of the Richmond and
Diiuvilw road. On August 1. 1887, he
s ma . division freight and passen
.igein of the same divisions, and
,0.,n afterward became superintendent
th. same lines.
His Rise in Rail World.
In rapid succession be was made as
- stunt to the general manager ot the
. ntin- road, superintendent of the Ricli
;ioiid and Danville, Virginia Midland
and Washington and Ohio divisions of
the road, and wjien ti e Richmond and
Danville was succeeded by the South
•rn he became superintendent of the
first division. Brom 1595 to 1900 he
v.i- issistant general superintendent of
1 . same road. ,
lb came to Atlanta In 1900 as gen
■ ~ gent of the-Southern, being after
ward promoted to. assistant to the
po si h-m of the. fond.. He retired from
i.road service in 1910.
It. lii.mta he was a member of the
'M.-i i'ity and the Piedmont Driving
and of many other social organ
. izations. ■ <
I! was a nephew of the late United
States Senator John S. Barbour, of
Virginia, for whom he was named. His
vi’’ - is a daughter of the late Colonel
Morton Marye, auditor of tlje state of
'iginia. He had no children.
OPERA GLASSES.
Splendid assortment in all shades of
!"•■irl. sld to $35. Black Morocco leath
• . i'n\. "vd Lemaire Glasses, $5.75 to
A. K Hawkes Co., Opticians, 11
Whitehall. (Advt.)
FRIDAY
English Walnuls
gclb.
Walnut Meal
19' •
Guaranteed Eggs
22 1 cd » z ’
Pioneer Bulterine
171"'
Good Coffee
17 cl
Cash Grocery Company
118-125 Whitehall Stree’
Atlanta Razes More Houses Than N. Y. Builds
OLD PEACHTREE PASSES
Poor old Peachtree—it’s doomed!
Contractors continue to tear it up and
to replace old residences witfc stores,
until it would seem that bv the end of
the year the devastation would be com
plete. During 1911 more homes were
torn down than were built in New York
citj. This is a broad statement, but
George Adair swears by it. And the
present year promises to do as much.
“Yes. sir.” declares Mr. Adair, "this
looks like a broad assertion, but it will
hold water. New Yorkers have stop
ped building residences. The apart
ment houses take care of the increase
in population, and the old residence is
almost a thing of the past. I am re
minded of the Atlanta man coming
home on a steamer from abroad. Pon
dering over the building situation in
Atlanta, this citizen wanted to wager
that there had been more building in a
twelve-month in this citv than there
had been in London. He found no
takers.”
-Mr. Adair pointed out. however, that
Peachtree residents did not mind giving
up their homes, since they could give
th> m up at a profit. He declared that
adv ances in lots for business purposes
had been such that the resident could
tear down a $25,000 house, buy a lot
farther out, put the $25,000 house back,
and have a neat surplus left from the
Dies in Ignorance
Os Brother’s Death
RICHMOND, VA., Dec. 12. —Funeral
services for J. S. Barbour Thompson,
of Atlanta, who died at hospital here
last night after a lingering illness, will
be held tomorrow morning at 11 o’clock
from St. Pauls Episcopal church, of
which he was formerly a member. The
services will be conducted by his
brother-in-law, Rev. James Mlnnerge
rode, rector of Calvary Episcopal
church, Louisville. Ky., assisted by Rev.
Walter Russell Bowie, rector of St.
Pauls. Interment will be in Hollywood
cemetery, Richmond.
Thomas Eggleston, an insurance man
of Atlanta, was among the last, besides
the family, to tell Mr. Thompson good
bye. He stopped over here Tuesday en
route home from New York and visited
Mr. Thompson at the hospital.
Mr. Thompson passed away in igno
rance of the death of his brother,
George G. Thompson, division freight
agent of the Southern railway, who
was fatally shot on October 29 by his
chief clerk, W. F. Blair, at Greensboro,
N. C. The news was withheld from
him for fear it might hasten his own
end.
Yesterday, just a few hours before
Mr. Thompson died, Blair was ar
raigned for trial at Greensboro, plead
ing not guilty. His cage was set for
hearing next Monday.
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THE ATLANT? GEORGIAN AND NEWS.THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12. 1912.
deal. Then he made a house-to-house
reminiscence of the “old Peachtree”
that residents know no more.
“Just south of the Grand building,"
declared Mr. Adair, ’ was the A. J. Orjne
residence; just north of it the James
Banks home, and opposite the Jere
W. Goldsmith home. Starting at Cain
street, the Rhode Hill place was at the
northeast coiner (later the J. Carroll
Payne place, and still later the Elks
home), the Alexander place next, and
ex-Govemor Bulloch’s, Mr. Leak’s and
James Bridge’s in succession.
“On the west side of rhe street, be
tween Caln and Harris, were the fol
lowing: The Boyd Berry place, when
the Masonic temple now stands; the
Earl Lawshe place, N. J. Hammond’s
and Hugh T. Inman’s—nearly all of
which properties are now solid lines of
automobile shops.
“Where the Carl Witt stores now are
and the new Studebaker building soon
to be formerly stood the home of Judge
Logan E Bleckley. T. L. Langston. Dr.
Hugh Hagan and D. H. Dougherty
followed down to Baker street, and on
the west side of Peachtree, between
Harris and Baker, were the places of
Mrs. M. E. Duncan (where the Capital
City club now stands), the Ben Hill
home (now the Bell house), the J. R.
M ylie place and Dr. H. F. Scott’s resi
dence.” -x
POSSE MARCHES ON
DESPERATE MOB JN
. COUNTY SEAT WAR
GROVE, OKLA., Dec. 12.—With a
mob in control of affairs at Jay—known
as Old Jay—and declaring they will
fight rather than permit the removal
ot the county records to New Jay, held
by the courts to be the county seat of
Dclaware-county. the situation there
today is critical. Sheriff Bud Thom
ason, sworn in yesterday when Sheriff
Hogan resigned, refused troops when he
asked them of Governor Cruce, has
taken matters into his own hands. He
has an armed posse ready to advance
on Old Jay some time during the day,
according to the latest reports from
the two towns, and has asserted that
he will disperse the mob. As a precau
tionary measure, women and children
have been warned out of town, and
many of them already have left.
The condition of affairs is so serious
that Judge Pitchford last night appeal
ed to Governor Cruce to send troops
that had been asked.
The mob endeavoring to prevent
making New Jay the county seat Is
headed by Sam Boney, a Cherokee In
dian. He has about 150 men under his
command, and they are all armed, most
of them with rifles. The sheriff has a
posse of 200 men, all well armed.
Direct communication with Jay is not
possible, the telephone wires, purposely
cut. not having as yet been repaired.
/Shortly after 3 o’clock this orning, mes
sages said the two factions were pre
paring for a fight.
DALTON FINDS OUT
WHAT IT NEEDS TO
BECOME CITY WISE
DALTON, GA., Dec. 12. —Louis Spen
cer Daniel, representative of the South
ern Commercial congress, addressed a
large gathering at the Chamber of
Commerce rooms last night, his talk,
along the line of needed civic improve
ment, being enthusiastically received.
A new hotel and apartment house, a
new high school building with four
grades and en industrial department,
more homes for sale and rent, an im
provement of the “scenery” along the
railway lines and a club room for
wives and children of farmers ware the
improvements urged.- He also outlined
th< objects of th.. Southern Commercial-,
congress, and urged the importance of
compulsory education not only in Geor
gia, but throughout the South.
The local Chamber of Commerce took
membership in the Southern Commer
cial congress.
TWO POLICEMEN RESCUE
THIRTY IN JOLIET FIRE
JOLIET, ILL., Dec. 12.—Thirty lives
were saved by Policemen Parker and
Mason when tire in the Connors build
ing filled the structure with smoke,
threatening the occupants with asphyx
iation. The policemen noticed flames
in the kitchen of a restaurant on the
first floor of the building and imme
diately warned the inmates, many ot
whom were asleep. The rescued had to
run through dense smoke for safety.
UPSET,
SICK? TO REIS"
No Headache, Biliousness, bad
taste or constipation
by morning.
Are you keeping your bowels, liver
and stomach clean, pure and fresh with
Cascarets, or merely forcing a pas
sageway through these alimentary or
drainage organs every few days with
Saits, Cathartic Pills, Castor Oil or Pur
gative Waters.
Stop having a bowel wash day. Let
Cascarets thoroughly cleanse and regu
late the stomach, remove the undigest
ed, sour and fermenting food and foul
gates, take the excess bile from the
liver and carry out of the system ail
the decomposed waste matter and poi
sons In the intestines and bowels.
A Cascaret tonight will make you
feel great by morning. They work
while you sleep—never gripe, sicken or
cause any inconvenience, and cost only
10 cents a box from your druggist. Mil
lions of men and women take a Cas
caret now and then and never have
Headache. Biliousness, coated tongue,
Indigestion, Sour Stomach or Consti
pated Bowels. Cascarets belong in
every household. Children just love to
ta.ke them, (Advt.)
TH J STORE OF THE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT
1 aM.RICH&BROS.CO. = I
| $25 to $35 Coats, at $19.75 £
—This is news to the miss or woman who
3JJ needs a winter coat. c?
—For we have nearly 2(H) distinguished mod- |
els to sell at $19.75, whose prices should be $25 jCWa ''
to $35.
these were acquired under exceptional | :
circumstances their makers are planning
Spring campaigns, and gladly sacrificed their pf a k
end-of-the-scason surplus stocks. J
’sb —The saving is to us and to you. (• •SH
£ Ch° ose F rom:
policies, About 12 different styles.
8B Belted and beltless. sW 7
Chinchillas, , ... , jpg ■ /
eg Diagonals, Plain and trimmed. : <
Broadcloths, Lined and unlined. jHIW'? K* W jg.
: , Camelshalr, Street and dress coats. J® gr'
Scotch Coatings. In all lengths. & Lg:
Mixtures, Sizes for all. jjMMMiß'Wjy fe 1 S '
TB Novelties. ah very new. ■' qJjMI Mfil tfc S' g 2
Colors include solid black, blue, brown and navy, gray aad 1
black, brown and black, ; tc., two-tone effects, mixtures, solid BKOIW W V
colors with plaids, etc. Splendid $25 to s:ls coats for hist $19.75 g■ W
(Ready-to-Wear—Second Floor)
Sample Line of Dressed Doll I J
5S At a Third Less Than Regular Prices A
Fifteen beautiful dolls for that many “Little {T - nmFdaln? I
Mothers. The dolls are samples, so you may be sure ■
each is as well made and perfectly dressed as the maker
'□SB knew. All in perfect condition; clean, fresh and at '
* tractive- IMMI ’ I 2 V
They are full jointed dolls with closing eyes, real hair eye 81V
lashes and eyebrows. Prettily dressed in various styles with . via? 4iw |WMI ’ H
□(I lace and velvet hats, dainty lace stockings and shoes to match. ;lr b
'Ta All about a third less than regular. »T? ’H
$4 .lolls $3. $7.50 dolls $5. $3.50 dolls $5.75. fl % Sc*
$lO dolls $6.75. sls dolls $lO.
(Toyland Annex. Main- Floor. Right.)
: E No Little Corner of the World Can
g Supply Handkerchiefs for Rich’s J
:> —No one country makes all the good handkerchiefs—lreland excels in aim-
pie styles, France in novelties, Switzerland and Madeira in embroidered work
□5 wl J en our , buyer went abroad last summer he personally selected what
he thought was each country’s BEST. . “
—These handkerchiefs are now here bv the thousands—in a variety of ex- ?
elusive styles and fair prices that makes Xmas choosing a pleasure.
2 Men s Handkerchiefs— Initialed, 6 to box, at 98c to $5.
5* PW/ W vBM Men ’ S Handkerchiefs-- Plain linen, each 10c. 15c, 1.9 cto $2.
*** \W7 VW mH Men ’ 8 Handkerchiefs— Silk or linen novelties, 50e to $2.50. JU
\W \x Ladies’ Handkerchiefs— lnitialed, 6in box, 89c, 98c to
F/ / ' \ \ . 2*
? n Kt W Ladies Handkerchiefs— Hand scalloped and initialed, 8”
2 eac h sl-25.
ladies' Handkerchiefs— Embroidered, 25c, 50c to S2O.
jSHn Ladies’ Handkerchiefs— Of lace in great variety, 25c to
g.j IMyMiiPWMqR $20.00. Sc;
5 Handkerchief Specials for Fri. and Sat.
aj 25c Handkerchief*, 19c SI.OO Handkerchiefs, 49c S '
Ladies' pure linen Handkerchiefs, beauti- Ladies’ 75c and $1 finest French and Ma- JL.
LIB fully hand embroidered in one corner. All deira Handkerchiefs; the linen fine and Jp*
fresh and attractive. An unusually good 25c sheer, the embroidery of the most exquisite Sp
handkerchief for just 19c. order.
>j£aJies’ 75c Box Handker- Mens $1.25 Box Handker
£ chiefs, 50c chiefs, 89c 3
A dainty Xmas hint—3 all-linen initial Full size all-linen Handkerchiefs, witA
Handkerchiefs packed in an attractive box; embroidered initial corners; 6in box: splen- S' l
worth 75c, for 50e. did $1.25 value for 89c.
(Xmas Handkerchiefs. Main Floor. Left.)
5 25c Jewelry 50c to $1 Fabric Gloves J
5 « . or. ItiP . for Women and Chil- *
52i: nB c r h o X' , from neW,ablcnt dren. 3,000 Pairs, at S
St, «■; »'»’•’ »»• ra r* S
- match and cigarette cases, pin cush- son that lines h<n. oeconie binily
ions, salt and pepper shakers, pocket broken. Then, too, we carried over
e* cigar lighters, paper knives, glass puff some odds and ends from last sea- KJ 2
jars and hair receivers with plated q f • . ele „ ranc<> we 2
tops, German silver manicure pieces, ’ ~l or ? clearance " e
etc. Choice 25c. group all at just 25c. ®r;
R L, Gloves here from Kayser, Goldsmith and other leading makers. s>'’
-i®? DfOOCnCs In DOX ZOC Q o ]f gloves, knit gloves, cashmeres, silk lined and unllned,
z, j , v ■ chanioisettes, gauntlets, etc. All sizes, 5 1-2 to 7 1-2, and black,
wooches, w hlte, brown, tans, garnets and greens. Not all sizes and colors ®L-
5® iniiiation stones. In neat Jn each a t y j e |, ut anion g the 3,000 and more pairs you can doubt- B<Z
.yjß leatherette box for Xmas. Only-oc. | esg < j n( j w jj a t y OU wan t. Not a glove made to sell for less than
(Famous Center Aisle Main Floor) s q c; nioßt them are regularly'soe to sl. Choice 25c. ®
‘ Cretonne —Aren’t there Xmas suggestions among these
Ml* gloves for servants and children?
° Ve ie ? A Timely Sale for Xmas QQc •
make very acceptable Xmas gifts. hq
Variously in handkerchiefs and $1.25 Lambskin kxiOVeS «» ?.
shoe hags, work boxes, etc. —25c
3* to $3. A beautiful quality of selected lambskin;
vC* perfect in tannage and clear in color. Faultless in fit JL.
Sweet Grass Baskets ,and beautifully finished in every detail. Two-clasV JS 3
19 made by the Indians of native sweet style, overseam sewn. Three rows of self-colored em
y>l grasses. Very durable with the pleas- broidery stitching on back. All sizes. White, black.
ant scent of the sweet grass. In has- navy, brown, gray, tan, dark red and mode. A splen
-jji kets of all sorts, boxes, pin cushions, jj ( | 05 glove for just 83c. No try-ons, phone orders Bi
score pads, etc. uOc to $2.50 1 1 M
(Art Needlework. Main Floor. or exchanges.
Famous Center Aisle) . (Gloves. Main Floor. Left Aisle.)
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