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THE ATLANTA (JEOKLri AN AND NEWS rtisfii HEflO DIES IF Brother of Milton H, Smith Likely to Succeed John W. Thomas, Jr., as Chief. | Whip Man Who Said Father Was Grafter MACON', Dec. IT.—For saying that former Police Chief Chapman, who retired to-day, had made a fortune by grafting while in office the last four years, Policeman Pat Pierce was knocked down in their drug store to day by Holt and Arthur Chapman, sons of the former Chief Holt Chapman first struck Pierce in the face, and when the patrolman arose he collided with Arthur Chap man, who also landed a blow on Pierce's jaw, again sending him sprawling. NASHVILLE, Dec. 17.—John W. T iomas, Jr., president of the Nash- vi Chattanooga, and St. Louis Rail- W1-, the fourth head of a big railway system in the South to die within no months, passed away here this morning at 2 o'clock following a ^roe-weeks’ illness of pleural pneu monic His death, following so close ly upon that of J. R. Parrott, the ate Henry B. Flagler's successor as head of the Florida East Coast sys tem William W. Finley, president ,,f the Southern Railway, and Thorn es XT Emerson, president of the At- • coast Line, makes it all the more notable. And the fact that it 5 -he second death of a president of I' «\ stem closely allied by ownership , ss « »h the Louisville and Nashville Railroad also makes it a conspicuous o-nridentp. the Louisville and Nas.i- > being dominated by the Coast ,„d the Nashville, Chattanooga ,'nd st, Louis by the Louisville and Nashville. H. F. Smith in Line. Who will be President Thomas' successor is a question that local railroad men have not seen fit thus fa-- to answer. However. It would not hr surprising to see H. F. Smith vice president and traffic manager of the Nashville. Chattanooga and St. Louis and a brother or President Milton H. smith, of the Louisville and Nasr.- C'v step up to the office. President Thomas was born at Murfreesboro, Tenn., August 24, 1856 \ an early age he moved to Nashville and was educated here, attending Montgomery-Bell Academy and later Vanderbilt University. In 1878, at, ih» age of 22 years, he secured his first important railroad position, al though previous to that time he had been in the railroad service. Served in Ranks. Hr labored in the ranks for several years, steadily advancing. After an experience on the road Mr. Thomas served in the machine shop, then ad vancing to agent and dispatcher, pur- , rasing agent, assistant general man ager finally succeeding his father as general manager in 1S99. On March 1 1906. shortly after the death of his father, he was elected president of the road. Mr. Thomas is survived by his wife, formerly Miss Dillie Duncan, of Nashville: three daughters, Mrs. Elizabeth Thomas Kirkpatrick, Mrs. Martha Thomas Riddle and Miss Ellen Thomas, all of this city, and one son, John W. Thomas, of Phila delphia. Wesley Charity Fund To Be Taken Sunday The Christmas collection for the harity work of the Wesley Memorial Hospital will be taken Sunday. The demand for charity this year is great er than ever before, officials of the hospital declare, and a hearty re sponse is asked. This charity is not connected with fhe Woman’s Auxiliary building fund. OBITUARY. $80,000 Canal Graft Of One Man Revealed WASHINGTON. Dec. 17.—Major F. C Boggs, of the Isthmian Canal Com mission. to-day asserted that a Pan ama Railroad employee, alleged to have been grafting from contractors who furnished supplies to the Gov ernment for the canal, had obtained about $80,000 in commissions from the contractors. The War Department is looking into the affairs of the whole Commissary Department of the Canal Government The Panama Railroad is a private concern. SEIFS SOLD HERE CURTAIL MILEffi Big Thermometer Indicates Great Work Being Done—Tuesday's Sales $250 Worth. Atlanta Man Killed As Negroes Battle The body of Jack Cheek, of At lanta, who was killed by a stray bul let while two negroes were fighting a duel near Augusta last Monday night, will arrive in Atlanta Thursday morning at 7 o’clock. The funeral probably will be held Thursday aft ernoon from Bloomfield's chapel. Cheek was employed as foreman of the work at Stephens Creek by the White Engineering Company. He was sitting in front of his tent when the negroes began shooting at each other. Robert Nelson Brown, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Nelson C. Brown, of No. handler street, inman Park, died Wedn< daj morning funeral ar rangements will be announced later. Mrs. Susie H. Hunt, fifty-two. died on tesday at a private sanitarium. She is survived by her husband. The remains were taken Wednes day afternoon from Patterson’s • hapri to Huntsville, Ala., for fu neral apd interment. A. 0. Middlemas died Tuesday night his home on Central avenue, Hapeville, after a short illness. The funeral was held Wednesday after noon. and interment was in the Mount Zion Church Cemetery. He survived by four sons. A. M., R. V T. and W. S. Middlemas, and four daughters. Mrs. G. F. Hunnl- ' utt, Mrs. H. T. Montgomery and •Misses Lillian and Elizabeth Mid dlemas. Miss Ella C. Miller, daughter of Jed ft- Miller, of Stone Mountain, who died at the family home Tuesday night, will be buried in Stone Moan* Jain Cemetery Thursday. Miss Mil- c ; r was 20 years old. She is sur- V< ] bj two sisters. Mrs. John Ravage, of Birmingham, and Mrs. I: R le, of Atlanta; also three - -i A and G. M. Miller, of Atlanta, and W. A. Miller, of Wash ington, D. C. Mrs. Hugh Lynch, sixtv-nine, died on M ednesday. Her funeral will be J p ld Thursday afternoon at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church, and interment will be in Oakland Cem- j’tery. she is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Lula M. Connally; brothers, Henry and S. T. belcher; one sister, Mrs. Will Par- : 1 three grandchildren. Hugh ' onnally, Mrs. A. J. Connally and •'Ins. G. B. Adair, Jr., all of Atlanta Mrs. Mary E. Darden, aged 56, di-ad her home at 10 North avenue ■ at midnight. She had been a resident of Atlanta for about !!r ty years. Mrs. Darden is suv- l lv ed by two sons, George and Lalph Darden, and three sisters. E. .J, Sweeney, of Atlanta; Mr?. Edward Ward, of Paducah, Kv.. and Mrs. Thomas Burke, of Birming- She was a member of the Heart Church and her funer- will be held there Thursday at J 0 dock. The remains will be laKe o to Sharon. Ga.. for interment on the Georgia train leaving at 7:25. T ~e funeral of Mrs. W. S. Lounsbury, : Ue of the vice president of the '‘tors’ Bank, who died sudden- j at the home. No. 272 North Jackson street, Monday morning. .' as held Tuesday afternoon from L e First Methodist Church. Dr. ' ‘J EuBose, the pastor, conduct- • i the services, and special music , a> rendered bv the church choir. ■‘•ny beautiful floral tributes were na u y frienrls of Mrs. Lounsbury r ,FT husband, among them de- " f r °m the Rotary Club. the Ad • s ' ,uh ' th o Gridiron (*lub and 1 "fiVtrs of the First Methodist v-c^ r Interment was in West- Wife's Xmas Gifts to Speaker ‘Her Needs’ WASHINGTON. Dec. 17— Official Washington believes in the useful Christmas gift. Secretary Daniels, ac cording to Mrs. Daniels, has asked Santa Claus for a large number of studs and collar^buttons. Speaker Clark thinks that gift-mak ing at Christmas has been run into the ground. Mrs Clark declares she al ways buys something she herself needs and presents it to her husband. Hamburg Is After Extra Fair Exhibit Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. BERLIN. Dec. 17.—Besides instruct ing their representatives to demand an adequate governmental appropriation for the San Francisco Exposition, the authorities of Hamburg have drafted a bill providing for a special exhibit of Hamburg's st*te and municipal insti tutions. Three hundred and fifty thousand Red Cross Christmas seals have been sold to date in and around Atlanta. This is what the thermometer on the Folsom Hotel registers, and reports are yet to come in from the public schools and many of the committees engaged in the sale. The chairman for to-day is Mrs. W. W. Martin, and she is being assisted in the work by 40 young women who reported for duty early this morning at headquarters in the Piedmont Ho tel. The sales turned in for Tuesday ag gregated $250. Mrs. A. C. McHan was chairman, and it was strictly West End day. as she and all of her work ers are residents of West End. Among the largest sales for the day were: Mrs. R. H. Dobbs, chairman, and her committee, consisting of Mrs. H. T. Dobbs. Mrs. W. H. Jenkins* and Mrs. Vecie Mae Copeland, sold $50.63 worth of stamps, the sales being made around the Ansley Hotel, Forsyth Building. Austell Building and the City Ha!! Mrs. W. B. Disbro and her committee, consisting of Mrs. A. R. Colcord, the Misses Julian and Al- lie Purser. s!od $24.15 worth, prihei- pally at the Terminal Station. Mrs. John S. Arnold and her committee sold $15 worth at the Fourth Na tional Bank Building Mrs. F. S. Cox. assisted by Mrs. E. M. Brogdon, sold $18.76 worth at the Keely Company. Thirteen Companies Now Under; Citation by Railway Commission for Rules Violation. Boston Policemen Mustn't Chew Gum BOSTON, Dec. 17.—Boston police of ficers must not chew gum or tobacco while on duty and must always be po lite, according to new rules Commis sioner O’Meara issued to-day Black Dress Shirts Latest at Harvard BOSTON, Dec. 17.—The black silk, accordion plaited dress shirt, an inno vation and a money-saver, has ap peared at Harvard. A black stock joes with it. Five more railroads doing business in Georgia filed Wednesday morning the notice of their prospective with drawal of interchangeable mileage books, to take effect that day. and in consequence came promptly under the order of the State Railroad Commis sion, ordering them to show cause on January 12 why suit should not be filed against them for violation of the commission's ruling The roads were the Nashviil Chattanooga and St. Louis, Macon and Birmingham. Haw kinsville and Florida Southern, Atlanta and West Point and Georgia Southern and Florida. The list of railroads in disfavor with the commission now totals thir teen of the sixty-odd transportation companies in the State. Those put on notice Tuesday were Central of Georgia, Georgia, Southern. Wrights ville and Tennille, Macon. Dublin and Savannah, Seaboard Air Line, At- lan.a. Birmingham and Atlantic and Georgia and Florida. The violated rule is that providing that railroad tariffs shall not be al tered without first submitting the proposed change or changes to the commission for approval Weds Sister-in-Law As Children Protest •NEW YORK, Dec. 17. Despite the protests of his nine children. Charles N. Bell, 69. was married to his sister- in-law. Miss Mary E. Scott, 61 THE ELLERY BAND AUDITORIUM Grand Popular Matinee, 2:30. Night Concert. 8:30. MAGNIFICENT FRENCH PRO GRAM. “Carmen” “Faust” “Mignon” POPULAR PRICES General Admission 50c. Gallery 25c. DR. LINCOLN M’CONNELL to lecture on “COLORED FOLKS” at the BAPTIST TABERNACLE Monday, Decem ber 22. Special music by Tabernacle choir. A treat you can’t afford to Miss. Reserved seats $1.00. A Suit or Overcoat For a Gift Practical gifts are always appropriate—the more practical and sensible the more appropriate. Therefore a Suit or Overcoat. While the reduced prices are to be had on account of our Reorganization Sale makes this sug gestion all the more timely for you as the saving on each transaction will overbalance the cost of many smaller gifts you may have in mind for others. / Our stock of clothing is replete with many beautiful garments which are to be had very much under price. $20.00 Garments 22.50 25.00 27.50 30.00 32.50 35.00 $14.50 $37.50 Garments . $28.50 16.50 40.00 “ . 29.50 18.50 45.00 “ . 33.50 20.50 50.00 “ . 37.50 22.50 60.00 “ , . 44.50 24.50 65.00 “ . 48.50 26.50 75.00 “ . 56.50 All Hats, Furnishings and Holiday Goods are being sold at greatly reduced prices. Gift articles handsomely boxed without extra charge. CLOUD-STANFORD COMPANY 61 Peachtree Street LOST The ()ppor= t unity to Buy Your Christmas Presents in com fort if you do not do so at once. Better in the morn ings. Only ti more days. They are getting scarce, for sure. Sub-Postal Station here in our Store-—open from 8:30 A. M. until 7 P. M. Bring your Parcel Post Packages—we will send them. ONE-FOURTH OFF, ON AIL FURS Every piece new. Every set new. All the good, rc- lialde Furs—and backed by tfiis store. Fast Delivery Service “On the Jump” Choice Christmas Presents Ladies' Silk Kimonos, Persian de signs, many beautiful colors, at $4.98 $4.98 Still finer Satin and Silk Ones, $5.98 $7.98 $8.98 Special offering of $12.50 to $18. >0 kinds at $9.95 $9.95 Serpentine Crepe downs, in pink, bine and Dresden pat terns—lace and ribbon trim- Our Auto will be at your door in a jiffy if you make your Xmas pur chases ui this Big Store, where things are done fast. rned "T'ddy Bear'' Combination Suits. Drawer and Petticoat combined, white nainsook, ribbon- 20 dozen fine longeloth Pet ticoats, Iac,e embroidery and trimmed ribbon 98c trimmed ^75c to$2 Children’s Fur Sets. $3.00 to $10.00. They make leasing gifts. Women’s White Hemmed and Memstitched Aprons, with strings 25c White Aprons, embroidery trimmed, with and without bibs 50c Little, fancy Tea Aprons 50c. Dotted Swiss Caps for . 25c. Dusting Capf J Cook's Caps, . Maid's and j Nurse’s Caps Thursday we sell Ladies’ Venetian Silk Vests, in white, pink and blue, si.os Boudoir Caps 35c to $4.09 Camisoles $1.25 to $2.00 $8,00 and $9.00 Crepe de Chine Petticoats, pinks, blues and white—elaborately ribbon and lace trimmed $5.98 Messaline Silk Petticoats, $3.50 kinds for $2.49 EXTRA SPECIAL Silk Dress Sale At $10 ‘‘►Special Offer,” and can not be duplicated again. Beautiful Dresses for Street. Evening, Party and Reception wear, for Women and Little Woni- | en, in Eeolian, Charmeuse, 1 Chiffon and Cloth, in all the pretty shades, each dress choicely trimmed. You’ll meet a surprise when you see these to morrow at Out-of-town customers will get benefit of this discount on all Mail Orders sent in. HURRY!! A Colossal Cut Glass Sale From Now Till Christmas Off On Every Piece and Set of Glit tering, Sparkling Cut Glass in Our Store That Sells at One Dollar or More ■t 7 pieces, Jug and 6 <ilasses, like cut, $7.48, less 20 per cent 7 pieces, d ug and 6 (Hasses, $6.48, less 20 per cent . . pieces, .Fug and 6 (Hasses, $5.96, less per dent S< $:> $1 $1 $1 $1 $1 $1 $1 $1 $2 $2 $2 $2 $2 $2 $2 $3 $6 $9, $:? $:; 20 per cent 1 7 pieces, dug and 6 (Hasses, $5.00, less on s.siiiT 20 per cent » | M I 8 1 lit • • • >• • 1.98 Sugar and < 'ream, less 20 per cent . .00 5-inch Bon Buns, less 20 per cent . .00 8-inch Vases, less 20 per cent . . . .00 Perfume Bottles, less 20 per cent . .50 6-ineli Bon Boms, less 20 per cci .50 Perfume Bottles, less 20 per cei . $5.94 ., $5.20 . $4.75 nt . ,<j\j i i'i i nine innuro, ivoo pel* CCllt . 98 6-ineh Bon Boris, less 20 per cent . 98 Six Tumblers, less 20 per cent . . . 98 Perfume Bottles, less 20 percent . . t . 50 6 and 7-inch Nappies, less20percent . 50 7-ineli Fern Dishes, less 20 per cent . 50 12-ineh ('elery Trays, less 20 per cent ,.98 7-incli Nappies, less 20 per cent !.98 7-incli Bowls, less 20 per cent .. 1.98 Celery Trays, less 20 per cent .. .98 Jewel ('ases, less 20 per cent .. .50 8-incli Bowls, less 20 per cent .. .50 < ’ompotes, less 20 per cent .... -pt. dugs, less 20 per cent ;.5() .50 8-incli Nappies, less 20 per cent .. .98 HJ/o-pt. dugs, less 20 per cent . . .. $4.00 $3.20 80c 80c 80c $1.20 $1.20 $1.60 $1.60 $1.60 $2.00 $2.00 $2.00 $2.40 $2.40 $2.40 $2.40 $2.80 $2.80 $2.80 $2.80 $3.20 Buy at This Special Discount Sale for Christmas. J. M. HIGH GO. = J. M. HIGH CO.