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IfflHT RIDERS IN N.BEORGIAWftR Unknown Band Sends Bullets Into the Homes of Hab ersham Farmers. i, vRKESVILLE, GA., Dec. 18.— u..untain clansmen in the vicinity of Airy are blamed in a feud warfare s been started against farmers j section, and already the homes well known farmers have been u; The identity of the marauders unknown and the origin of their \ ano against the farmers is a mys- p ry. u .st outbreak came Monday s h ‘. hen the home of Burt Trotter . .necked. Members of the Trotter . 1\ were awakened when they heard . - n the barn yard. A few minutes t;..y saw shadowy figures of men . .arkness moving about the Darn it titen saw their stock driven the woods. A few minutes r rTrotters heard footsteps on trot'.t porch. Then some one rat oor as though trying to force . . i.-.ranee. r Prowlers Fired On. s son went to an open win rlooking the porch and tired at saw at the door. The man escaped in the darkness. A tiiit"-? later shuts were fired into r ■ <t -r house. nlay William Harper, a neigh ■ Trotters, came to Clarkes :•> some trading, returning ate in the evening. Last night home was fired into by un known poisons. ..r ■ and Trotter believe that the ■ \.i is responsible for both at- - and that Harper’s house was shot urn. : tiie impression that he had isi • d i’ arkesville to give information Trotter attack. This, however. . • i.nt the ease. T ij Habersham county officers are . r tig to clear up the mystery ran luun the clan responsible for i .mtions. K ISLAND MAY BUY THE COLORADO MIDLAND •i.-UtADO SPRINGS, COLO., Dec. 18. I .mured here that the Rock Is- ’ ,ni soon will purchase a con- I .1 terest in the Colorado Midland, i 'i -tone into the hands of a re- | In this event, the Rock Island i .. .hops at this point would be I . .r i > Colorado City, and most of the j Island’s freight traffic destined to j bevond its system proper, now de- ■ ver‘several connecting lines, Handled through Colorado . o r the Midland. MANGLED SWITCHMAN BEGS FOR WHISKY AND CIGARETTE GA„ Dec. 18.—When H. C. i switchman, was picked up in Smit!;, ii railway yards last night I .gilt leg severed just below ' o' ami bis body badly bruised lie I ■ s« ■ f i- a drink of whisky and a cig •i" lb stumbled over a switch and • under a moving fr< ight car. MACON CITY GOVERNMENT TO COST $523,000 IN 1913 I ’N, GA., Dec. 18.—It costs more ..mu to run the city govern- Maeon each year. The budget adopted last night by coun- '’ • for appropriations in the 23,000. Pew salary raises ■med by council, but the various received increased appre ciations ' FIND THREAT OF DEATH IS NO BiGAMY EXCUSE i ice. 18.—A Jury in Hie cir ' "urt of Waukegan held that a threat ■■ man's life Is not a sufficient l»r him to marry more than one ■'■'ail a: a time. alAard <i. Ahrens, of Davenport,! ■ as found guilty of bigamy, arid in : i.is defense that Mary Conray, ■it'Ag’.. would have killed him bad he . cried her. He was already married dciiy Miller, of Chicago. Wii will find that druggists every speak well of Chamberlain’s 1 ■ ■ Remedy. They know from long ’•> 'nce in the sale of it that in of coughs and colds it can al wavs pended upon, and that it is pleas and safe to take. FOr sale by all (Advt.) ■ o ALLT' 8 PURE FLAVORING EX ■ have no equal. Sold every 10c and 25c the bottle, at vmir (Advt.) ‘OPERA GLASSES'’ • '■ Unit will please any one. Jno. :’■ 1 ■“ * Sons have them from $5.00 North Broad St. (Advt.) ERS and FLORAL DESIGNS. ATLANTA FLORAL CO., Phones Nur-.ber 4. 41 Peachtree. 'Advertisement* | Guaranteed EGGS Zllc 0028 " TODAY I SEWELL COMMISSION CO. H 3-115 Whitehall St L -ft. 1912 ATLANTA'S RECORD BUILDING YEAR; PERMITS WILL TOTAL SHLOOILOOO When Building Inspector Ed R. Hays makes his annual report to council early in January he will tell of evi dences of prosperity that never before have been equally equalled in Atlanta. Total building permits will hover lound $10,000,000-—a banner year. Pub lic buildings, including hotels, office buildings, school houses, etc., will have beaten 1911 by more than 7 to 1. His report will show that the erec tion of business houses increased steadily and tiiat four times as much was expend, d on apartment houses as in the preceding year. The figures will represent that peo ple are more prosperous titan during 1911. in that the house builder has been able to put nearly $2,500 Into ills dwelling, whereas he was able to in vest an average of onlv $2,338 the year before. How City Has Grown. Following are some unofficial figures that show how Atlanta has gained rap idly on other big cities In the matter of building. The figures are for al! of 1911 and only eleven months of 1912 January through November: Nine apartment houses cost during eleven months of 1912, a total of $717,- aOu and twelve during 1911 cost a total of $238,150, averages per apartment of $79,722 and $19,842, respectively. Dur ing 1912 permits were Issued per month as follows: February, $70,000; March $20,000: April (2), $90,500; May (4)’ $8<,000; July, $450,000. During 1911: February (2>, $65,000; March (2), 844- 500: April (2). $27,150; June. $16,000; Jmy, s9.min; September, 21,000; No vember (2> sso,nov. churches cost $56,700 in 11 months Os 1912, and $135,400 in 19H. '>nly three solid brick dwellings were erected dui ing 1912, and at a cost of * 2 ’ and ,4 ' oo0 ‘ and but three snn ma COStlng ’ 3 ’ 000 ’ *‘' soo ai ‘d There were many brick veneers however. They are classed in with tiame dwellings. * The total cost of 1,124 frame dwel- the store of the Christmas spirit j M. RICH & BROS. CO. | i r-"" ■■■• - i * ‘4 Through the Famous i Center Aisle Will Solve S | Your Xmas Problems i 5 A One-Day Sale of *y £>. ~ I 50c & 05c Handkerchiefs at Oi/C | ■* ' \ d\\ >W I • T I WO ,Ots of la<]ies ’ handkerchiefs that were acquired under ■5 \ 1 r ’’lr "t ItgifhllmS '" price by our buyer when abroad last summer, and one lot of ini- kJ I \uA/> — <£ \. « : \ /JB® \ handkerchiefs in broken sizes are offered tomorrow at the 5* \ V V * fey W very special price of 39c. Choose from «l l\ XkSt \ VAu / « r/'l K\ ea l Madeira hand-scalloped fine linen hand- r> <v 2‘ : WJ kerchiefs, full size, for 39c « **W ? ~ 7 VL / 50c Ladies’ Genuine Armenian full-size linen n A • ■-* j A % ’ft-Us. mW* T 1 In * \ '*P| Handkerchiefs, a splendid 50c number, at UJ/C J ' 'J£ II ''- X ■ i ‘ t 1 65 c Reai Ma deira linen initial handkerchiefs on 2- 3/l •f ■; aJ** ‘ I v 'ith sane ■ colored scallops- some initials missing... oJjC TB (/i i | i (Christmas Handkerchiefs—Main Floor—Left Aisle) « tw (ft y/x-1 ,<Jp 1 i ILJ ; *l | J g U\ \ Loveliest Silk Lingerie | s I ul Just Off the Steamer rw j J 5 < <'• —Models from abroad and certain \ Jf» 3* i X'ff' / styles that are made at a saving in -/-, * Th F' * *h' s countr y- Fascinating crepe de *7 •J 7 nt? Finest chine nightgowns with the most ex- / •» \. S .2* ■■ *" C.iftc in quisite laces and hand embroidered / * ' • A effects. L* ' X « H'X J Santa S Pack style has the entire bust of \ ; S - S WS-l" " \ lace; another mode) in lace and crepe de -k •*» • \ m a. Wkrt Are at Rich S Chine combined. A sweetly simple style has • *7 round neck edged with pico linen lace and • ***; TB | H W ' t h bust hand-embroidered. t:-‘.’AJji|l. J}» ft —The petticoats are also in soft clingy crepe * ym de chines —very distinguished looking to \ “* 7 * f _ r* li/f F\ • IX7I • 1 wear un< l er party and dancing frocks. Lace ..*<» i ■5 IllQr r> sVIOrP Uav<* in Which ruff,es daringly slashed and embellished ’ . \ \ -R ' lja AVAVJI C XX<X V O 111 ▼▼ 111V.11 with handsome hand-made silk and satin » *“ 7* roses. Some have underlay ruffles of accor- I \*jk 2f* ! y . XZ - •11 • 7 'T* dlon pleated chiffon or net. I \h, \ ~ « tO vJICt IOU I* W meats variously in white, pink and blue I \ \ > * ■s .Inst Hu- more shopping .lays to Xmas, and even SX? B S‘‘KJkSSXS.if I '"“ kA 'X. Si' our big stock of imported toys is beginning to show * •. • 3 ‘ • little breaks in the ranks. Os course, we’ll have Crowns, $4.95 to $15.00. * .* enough toys right up to the last minute—but will Combinations, $6.50 to $16.50 .* they be the toys you want your little ones to have? Skirts, $4.95 to $12.50 />! S » Forth., best toys are flying right and left and every 1 ; -5 <La? front now on counts. Let s get the kiddies pres- S ients out of the way tomorrow. There is ample choos- . S i, « fr,ni $7.50 to $lO Beaded Bags? Doll Dresses, 50c to $3.50. Doll Beds, SI.OO to SIO.OO. . . “ « Electric Trains, $1.50 to SSO. Games and Blocks. 10c to $5.00. Exceptionally givahle. and worthy. Made /K md <«*, S Shoo-fly Rocking Horses. 75c to $6. Dolls, 15c to $25.00. o f go | ( ], jp.f and cut steel beads, iii unique <Ji W Pl .y S tm .. SUM... >« and b faa , itu l v.rious si z M . In, 4>o.D'O « Musical Instruments. 25c to SIO.OO. Doll Trunks. 50c to $3.50. mols *'ned. r rames of gilt, German silver cw Music Boxes, 25c to SIO.OO. Blackboards. 25c to $3.00. and gun metal. An importer’s close-out lot, is the cause of the 2p 3" Rocking and Morris Chairs. SI.OO to Iron Trains and Toys, 25c to $3.50. lowered price. «dj $23.50. Doll Coaches. 49c to $15.00. tb Mechanical Toys, 25c to $35.00. Hand Cars. $2.98 to SIO.OO. i fiif* nt n I> S 7» Plav Horses, $3.50 to $25.00. Tricycles. $3.50 to $22.50. A Ullt 01 3 sterling DllVCr MSSh lldlt S ' 5 t U S’des /v/to^V^O 0 - Moving Picture Machines. $1.50 to u a rec ca| , trea3Ur<? ageß Ou| , g IX9I Furniture. 75c to $1.50. Desks, 69c to SIO.OO. Prices^oo to’«3s 00 ' COmi ’ l ‘ ;,e - lncludln B « vel v "’anted siz<, and shape, jg 4J Tov Pianos, 59c to $15.00. Friction Toys, 25c to $2.50. inces $15.00 to $36.00. "W Drums, 2bc to $7.50 Mechanical Boats. 25c to $18.50. i ERMAN silver mesh bags are also here Iti wonderful variety. Pay as Sp- 7* Steam Engines, 50c to $32.50, Dishes, 50c to $5.00. little as $1.48 for a o-inch bag of thorough workmanship and go up stem ac' i by step to $15.00. «* (Toyland Annex—Main Floor; I (Center Aisle—Main Floor.) JJ" M. RICH A BROS. CO. TIIE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 18. 1912 lings during 1912 was $2,742,258, and of 1,206 during 1911, 82,879.986. The num ber and prices were apportioned among the months of 1912 as follows: January (80), $208,800; February (86). $187,810; March (991, $247,715; April (91). $250.- 680; May (129), $319,937; June (901. $296,489; July (97), $217,427; August (102), $258,975; September (100), $246,- 825; October (143), $310,400; November (107), $271,205. And during 1911: Jan uary (93), $163,005; February (104). $213,075; March (148), $360,765; April (128), $310,795; May (112), $248,740; June (113), $310,795; July (107). $302,- 238; August (1091, $309,376; Septem ber (104). $265,807; October (87), $194,- 603; November (65), $123,977; Decem ber (36), $76,885. Many. Fire Escapes Erected. Furnaces installed during 1912 (355) cost a total of $142,644, and in 1911 (274), $141,091. Miscellaneous buildings, including garages, stores, etc., were $344,752 in 1912, and $527,905 in 1911, One' hundred and thirty-three fire escapes in 1911 cost $24,745. while in 1912 ten cost $3,342. The great excess in 1911 was due to quick conformity to I the law, following the condemnation of buildings by Inspector Ed R. Hays and Fire Chief IV. B. Cummings. Brick business houses in 1912 took a jump over 1911, with a total of $1,027,- 680, as against $931,813. There were 80 in 1912, which averaged $12,846, and 74 in 1911, which averaged $13,592. Public buildings, Including office buildings, hotels, school houses ami the like, cost $3,045,932 in 1912, and $432,225 the year before. CHAMPION EGG-LAYING HEN IS SOLD FOR SBOO _ SPRINGFIELD, MO., Dec. 18.—Lady Show \ou, a White Plymouth Hock hen that won the national egg-laying contest at che slate poultry station. Mountain A r< £ v S' tlllK year, was old here for SBOO by J A. Blckerdite, of Millersville. 111. The hen has a record of laving 281 full- I weight eggs this vear. i XMASRUSHON AT POSTDFFICE Officials Do Not Expect Con gestion This Year, Despite Heavy Business. The most Christmasy place in Atlan ta today, barring the department stores and the hearts of children, Is the big stone building known as the Atlanta postOffice. A spirit of bustle, unusual even for that busy place, is in evidence throughout the building, while the ap pearance of mail carriers as they stag ger Into the mailing rooms with great sacks bulging with packages and let ters stamped with Red Cross seals shows that something unusual Is on hand. But. in spite of the hurry and tur moil, the postoffice never has been in better position to handle the holiday rush, and Assistant Postmaster Cole believes that there will be no conges tion this year. New men are added to each department as the rush warrants the addition, and more than 50 substi tutes are waiting to help when the time comes. The money order department is one of the busiest in the building. From morning until late at night a constant line of people stand in front, eager to either send money to relatives or friends in other cities or countries or to receive a little needed help from the main exchequer In some other city. Surveyor of Customs Markham is surrounded with strange gifts frdm al most every country in the world, and Ills attempt to appraise their dutiable value is bringing more gray hairs to I his head. Silks from China and India, strange images, wonderful creations in ivory from Africa, strange perfumes from Japan—things he never has before either seen or imagined—all go ll’.lm one of the hardest worked men in I the government service during the Iwl | mays. AGED INVALID, LOST IN HILLS, THOUGHT HE WAS HUNTED FUGITIVE CLARKESVILLE, GA.* 'Dee. 18.— Crare Heskett, the aged Ohio invalid who mysteriously disappeared from the home of his brother, D. H. Heskett, I near Demorest, three hours after he i had arrived there from his Ohio home, I has been found. After wandering about j for several days in the mountains, ; sleeping on the ground and eating nuts > and berries, he appeared at the home I of John Kinney, a farmer, near Mt. ! Airy. The news of the disappearance had I spread throughout Habersham county' i and searchers were hunting night and ■ day for the missing man. Mr. Kinney recognized him from descriptions as the man sought. He took him into ids : home, fnrnished hiip food, provided him a place to rest and then took him to the Heskett home near Demorest. He will receive the reward offered by the broth er. Tile aged man had wandered away while under a delusion that he was a fugitive nnd that officers were hunting for him. DEPOT IMPROVEMENTS AT CORDELE TO COST $50,000 , CORDELE, GA., Dec. 18.—Plans fm ' the improvement of Cordele’s passen ger depot facilities, as mapped out at a recent conference, provide for a union station about twice the size of the present depot, umbrella sheds and j paved grounds about the depot. The improvements will ugg < gate in cost' • between $50,000 and $60,000. Letters received by the Chamber of! Commerce here show that the railroad j officials and J. F. Gray, of the railroad commission, are anxious to reach a final . agreement, to the satisfaction of <’or-i dele citizens and get the work started ! in a few months. “BROOKLYN VESTIBULE OF HELL”—GAYNOR TO PASTOR NEW YORK, Dec. 18. Mnyor Gay- ' nor lias written a letter to a Brooklyn | clergyman that “Brooklyn Is a vest;- I bule of hell." I A There Rogers ls One Store for xi’ ght i' ■ Near BeStand Your More Door Specials for Thursday 3 Solid Carloads Finest Fresh Eggs I hest* jii'e every one large, clean, selected fresh eggs, bought especially for our (Itristmas trade. You can always find the freshest, best eggs at all our stores, but not always at this pl’iee. Dozen, 37c Purina Poultry Feed We have received another ship ment these feeds, and on account °f several of our stores having run short, we will sell THURSDAY only W PUR IN Av’ J chick’ nJ ™e same price as advertised for Va feed *y’ Monday and Tuesday. ,tjll Purina MIHs, B." D " y '. $1.99 Another Big Shipment of Those Fine Baldwin Apples Fancy, select hand-picked New York State Apples. This is probably the last shipuieiu we can get f<> sell at this price. Order early, so you will be sure to get yours. Peck, 39c---Barrel, $3.75 Fancy Choice Mixed Nuts Mixed Nuts A mixture of the best I This mixture contains California 1h i n-s hell No. 2 California English Walnuts, California pa- Walnuts, No. 2 Califor per-shell Almonds, extra nia Almonds, medium large Brazil Nuts and ' Brazil Nuts, medium Pe- Jumbo Pecans. I cans, and Hickory Nuts. Pound, 20c Pound, 15c 5 Pounds, 95c 7 Pounds, 95c Two Big Shipments of Florida Oranges Royal and Brands, Delicious, sweet, juicy, fancy, thin skin Oranges, thin-skin Oranges, but full of juice. small sizes. Box, $3.00 Box, $2.50 Christmas Delicacies California Cluster Raiafne, Brazil Nuts, extra large, pound, 18c P° un ' l Brazil Nuts, medium, pound ..12c Royal Sourlet < luster Raisins, California Soft Shell Walnuts — pound 35c No. 1. pound 22c Connoisseur (’luster Raisins, No. 2, pound 18c pound 25c California Soft Shell Almonds, Royal Scarlet Pitted Dates, pound 22c package 15c California Paper Shell Almonds, Purity Dates, package 10c P " Un ' l ’ ’’’ ’'- K C Jumbo Texas Pecans, pound . .25c Royal Scarlet Seeded Raisins, Georgia Paper Shell Pecans, Package 12c p , jUl)(l Wc (’astfi. Brand Raisins, package. 12c Ri;l ,. k Walnuts> pound 3c Sunflower Currants, package ..10c None Such Mlnc(? Meat , Smyrna Figs, 3-crown, pound, ,20c ' package 10c Smyrna Figs, 7-ciown, pound..2sc ! Fai-.y tllacc Cherries, pound..soc California Layer Figs, pound ..15c I Best Glace Pineapple, pound ..50c * Very Fine Sweet Country Butter Arc you paying 15c a pound for bnttciY We have secured several hundred pounds of very fine, sweet country butter that we will sell one day only at Pound, 25c ROGERS’ 36 Pure Food Stores 5