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J.S.B.THOMN
15 DEID AFTER i
WILE
End Comes to Widely Known
Rail Chief and Social Fa
vorite in Richmond.
V[ .. a battle of more than six
t ,,_ ,|. ri, Barbour Thompson suc
to death last night at 7:45 j
in a private sanitarium at Rich- I
’,X'y Va.. "'here he had been for the
i, iee months. President of the I
vUntie Compress Company, a leader*
‘ “ 1( , railroad world and a general so- |
i favorite, he was one of the most i
r ' il . ,i ir business men that ever lived in |
' li.. had a host of friends all over the
, who mourn him sincerely.
|.'' jn ,rglmut bis illness .these
in iai,.ed the keenest interest and
.-in’.ithy Some of his friends in At
,■ Lived nightly telegrams telling
.f his condition.
~r T u.mpson was but 54 years old.
.. .mring his life he had held almost
’' responsible position it is possi
hlp for a man to hold in the railroad
w( ,rld and It was not until 1910 that he
retired from the railroad work to take
UP Lie new duties as head of the At- .
[untie Compress Company.
Native of Virginia.
iVpu he became ill in Atlanta last
summer he gradually grew worse, and
} . deemed best to take him to Vir
ginia. of which state he was a native.
Several weeks after his arrival there
his vounger brother, George G. Thomp
son, was killed in Greensboro, N. C., but
because of his serious condition he
never was told of the death.
Th-' 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, 185*. He took his first posi
tion at the age of twenty as a clerk In
the general superintendent’s office of
the Virginia Midland railway, after
ward resigning to become assistant
auditor of the freight and passenger 1
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 ‘.eneral freight and passenger agent
<,f rm. Virginia Midland division and
sub.- . Ji ntiy also of the Washington
mi.i . e-i„ division of the Richmond and
Luivlii road.. On August 1, 1887, he
division freight ami passen
,lU , of the same divisions, and
■ >on eftcward became superintendent
• f tiie same lines.
His Rise in Rail World.
, in rapid succession he was made as
st i.. to the general manager of tlie
■ to. rod. superintendent of the H’cli
. ,ml and Danville, Virginia Midland
m Washington and Ohio divisions of
... road. and when tie Richmond and
Danville was succeeded hy the South
i. in ile became superintendent of the
I first division. From 1895 to 1900 he
...»• issistant general superintendent ol
tti' same road.
11. came to Atlanta In 1900 as gen
ei'al agent of the Southern, being after
wind promoted to assistant to the
president of the road. He retired from
d read service in 1910.
It Atlanta he was a. member of the
1 r .i.-tl t’ity and the Piedmont Driving
all.- and of many oilier social organ
izations.
fl» was a nephew of the late United
suites Senator John S. Barbour, of
Virginia, for whom he was named. His
wife is a daughter of the late Colonel
Morton Marye, auditor of the state of
Virginia. lie had no children.
OPERA GLASSES.
sp.eiidid assortment in all shades of
l a i. sjti to $35. P.laCk Morocco leath
“ . covered Lemaire Glasses, $5.75 to
A. K. Hawkes Co., Opticians, 14
Whitehall. (Advt.)
FRIDAY
I English Walnuts I
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Walnut Meat I
19 cl
Guaranteed Eggs I
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I Pioneer Birtterine I
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I Good Coffee |
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1 1 Cash Grocery Company I
I; 118-120 Whitehall Street
Atlanta Razes More Houses Than N. Y. Builds
OLD PEACHTREE PASSES
Poor old Peachtree— it’s doomed!
Contractors continue to tear it up and
i to replace old residences with stores.
. until it would seem that bv the end of
I the year the devastation would be com
! pleto. During 1911 more homes were
I torn down than were built in New York
jCity. Plus is A broad statement, but
George Adair swears bv 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 house- take care of the increase
in population, and the ohi residence is
almost a tiling of the past. I am re-
I minded of the Atlanta man coming
i imine on a steamer from abroad. Pon
deling over the building situation in
i Atlanta, this citizen wanted to wager
I that, there had been more building in a
I tweive-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
them up at a profit. He declared that
advances in lots for business purposes
had been such that the resident could
tear clown 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
i
RICHMOND, VA., Dee. 12.—Funeral
, services for J. S. Barbour Thompson,
lof 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 Minnerge
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 case was set for
hearing next Monday.
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THE ATLANTA 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. Orme
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 corner (later the J. Carroll
Payne place, and still later the Elks
home), the Alexander place next, and
ex-Governor Bulloch's. Mr. Leak’s and
James Bridge's in succession.
"On the west side of the street, be
tween Cain and Harris, were the fol
lowing: The Boyd Berry place, where
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.
Wylie place and Dr. H. F. Scott’s resi
dence.”’
POSSE MARCHES ON
DESPERATE MOB IN
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
of the county records to New Jay, lield
by the courts to be the county seat of
Delaware county the situation there
today is critical. Sheriff Rud 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. Ho
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 rilles. 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 light.
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 an 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 were the
improvements urged. He also outlined
the objects of the 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 fire 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 of
whom were asleep. The rescued had to
run through dense smoke for safety.
UPSET, BIIOUS. ~
SICK? WRETS"
No Headache, Biliousness, had
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
gases, take the excess bile from the
liver and carry" out of Hie system all
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
take them. (Advt.)
TH£ STORE OF THE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT
is: M. RICH & BROS. CO. i
■ s $25 to $35 Coats, at $19.75|
—This is news to the miss or woman who
needs a winter coat. #
25 — For we have nearly 200 distinguished mod- p w’.,
□J els to sell at $19.75. whose prices should be $25 T JgWi
.TW to $35. 1
—But these were acquired under exceptional |
circumstances their makers are planning
Spring campaigns, and gladly sacrificed their r;> <\««||| f- Jr*
end-of-the-season surplus stocks. iW O
te? —The saving is to us and to you. Iw W, .Ja
"5 Choose From: t’OU
Boucles, About 12 different styles. C
TW® Belted and beltless. S
DiagonLls. 9 ’ Plain and trimmed. J
Broadcloths, Lined and unlined. W
Camelshair, Street and dress coats. a?/ J* wf
Scotch Coatings. In all lengths. .'iK Wli-’t W ®
Mixtures, Sizes for all. tiMMwil fit- | JZ
Novelties. All very new. Mt M l rS ’
T*® Colors include solid black, blue, brown and navy, gray and B 1 *
black, prown and black, etc., two-tone effects, mixtures, solid jMjMjSfeiMgMaiWa K jB
colors with plaids, etc. Splendid $25 to $35 coats for just $19.75. B *L-
(Ready-to-Wear—Second Floor) pwwßWaijMi Hi
■-2 1j J
‘Tg Sample Line of Dressed Doll I ft
Ti® At a Third Less Than Regular Prices ' A
I Fifteen beautiful dolls for that many “Little iffiilOllPlwsl I
Mothers.’’ The dolls are samples, so you may be sure mbWßmß
each is as well made and perfectly dressed as the maker j
knew. All in perfect condition; clean, fresh and at- ’ a
tra '‘ tiVe - ' IB WIBSI A 2
They are full jointed dolls with closing eyes, real hair eye- 'iW ‘
3W lashes and eyebrows. Prettily dressed in various styles with 4>W ■pyAwM' K
i J|l lace and velvet hats, dainty lace stockings and shoes to match. W *<■ -
All about a third less than regular, J;
554 (lolls $3. $7.50 dolls $5. $3.50 dolls $5.75. 3?
. $lO dolls $6.75. sls dolls $lO. *< ■
(Toyland Annex. Main Floor. Right.)
:2 No Little Corner of the World Can
g Supply Handkerchiefs for Rich’s «
—No one countiy makes all the good handkerchiefs—lreland excels in sim- S?
~ fcß ' France in novelties, Switzerland and Madeira in embroidered work. BtZ
—Ho when our buyer went abroad las?t summer he personally selected what
ne thought was each country’s BEST. v
— handkerchiefs are now here by the thousands—in a variety of ex- 2?
elusive styles and fair prices that makes Xmas choosing a pleasure. *
Men ’ S Handker chiefs—-.lnitialed, 6to box, at 98c to $5. •T
55 HHgF Men ’ s Handkerchiefs—Plain linen, each 10c, 15c, 19c to $2.
Hw* \w/ Men's Handkerchiefs—Silk or linen novelties, 50c to $2.50.
Ear.:; Ladies’ Handkerchiefs—lnitialed. 6 in box. 89c, 98c to
$3.50. ,
- w vJa Ladies Handkerchiefs—Hand scalloped and initialed.
* Ladies’ Handkerchiefs—Embroidered, 25c. 50c to S2O. gc"
Ladies Handkerchiefs—Of lace in great variety. 25c to ■*
m $20.00. jp'
* Handkerchief Specials for Fri. and SatS?
ctJJ 25c Handkerchiefs, 19c SI.OO Handkerchiefs, 49c Sr
Ladies' pure linen Handkerchiefs, beauti- Ladies’ 75c and $1 finest French and Ma- JL
fully hand embroidered in one corner. All deira Handkerchiefs; the linen fine and sp'
S 3 fresh and attractive. An unusually good 25c. sheer, the embroidery of the most exquisite S?’
../■J handkerchief for just 19c. order.
- Mens $1.25 Box Handker- 2
chiefs, 50c chiefs, 89c *r
A dainty Xmas hint—3 all-linen initial Full size all-linen Handkerchiefs, with ?r
Handkerchiefs packed in an attractive box; embroidered initial corners: 6 in box: splen-
worth 75c, for 50c. did $1.25 value for 89e.
(Xmas Handkerchiefs. Main Floor. Left.)
5 25c Jewelry 50c to $1 Fabric Gloves J
| Xm.s H.nt, f or Women and Chjl . J
JW Just a host of novelties have
5 25"‘ f°r".n ne ,IWe dren. 3,000 Pairs, at S
-E nT'XXXi’: w ' '” »<>« -»■ -x th i3 S
ma^ cases, pin rush- 8011 tnat lines ha\v become badly ■fffl
ions, salt and pepper shakers, pocket broken. Then, too, we carried over t *
cigar lighters, paper knives, glass puff 80mc o( jds and ends from last sea- ÜBi Kjr
j ars and j )a j r receivers with plated _
tops, German silver manicure pieces, ‘ *9 l r v c a anc • we fIL ..
etc. Choice 25c. group all at just 25c.
Q r. koe in Rnv 91?/. Gloves here from Kayser, Goldsmith and other leading makers. Sf
UrOOCneS in DOX Golf gloves, knit gloves, cashmeres, silk lined and unlined, Sy’
i ~ ~ , , . ~ , chamoisettes, gauntlets, etc. All sizes, 5 1-2 to 7 1-2, and black,
Gold-plated and gold-filled brooches, w hite, brown, tans, garnets and greens. Not all sizes and colors
set with imitation stones. In neat j n eac h style, but among the 3,000 and more pairs you can doubt- •BL.
leatherette box for Nmas. n y oc. Ipgp( fln(J wllat you wan t. Not a glove made to sell for less than
(Famous Center Aisle Main Floor) go c; nlog j them are regularly 50c to sl. Choice 25c. WL
' » Cretonne —Aren’t there Xmas suggestions among these
KT 1 • gloves for servants and children?
E ° Ve ft Timely Sale for Xmas QQc
W make very acceptable Xmas gifts. A _ .. IJC
Variously in handkerchiefs and $1.25 LambSKlH GIOVCS J •
shoe bags, work boxes, etc.—2sc MjLt
to $3. A beautiful quality of selected lambskin; JL-
j2* perfect in tannage and clear in color. Faultless in fit
Sweet Grass Baskets an 4 beautifully finished in every detail. Two-clasp,
made by the Indians of native sweet Rtv,e < overseam sewn. Three rows of self-colored em
grasses. Verxfdurable with the pleas- broidery stitching on back. All sizes. White, black, g*.
ant scent, of the sweet grass. In has- navy, brown, gray. tan. dark red and mode, A splen- gg
kets of all sorts, boxes pin cushions, ( ]j j 25 glove for just 83c. No try-ons, phone orders
score pads, etc. 50c to $2..*0 i
(Art Needlework. Main Floor. °r exchanges.
Famous Center Alale) (Gloves. Alain Floor. Left Aisle.)
RICH & BROS CO; AWWM’WMX RICH & BROS CO WIK
USE GEORGIAN WANT ADS.
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