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5 THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS The Christmas collection for the • harity work of the Weslev 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 the Woman’s Auxiliary building fund. Robert Nelson Brown, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Nelson C. Brown, of No. Candler street. Inman Park, died Wednesday morning Funeral ar rangements will be announced later. Mrs. Susie H. Hunt, fifty-two. died on Wednesday at a private sanitarium. She is survived by her husband. The remains were taken Wednes day afternoon from Patterson’s chapel to Huntsville, Ala., for fu neral and 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 is survived by four sons, A. M., R. T. A. T. and W. S. Middlemas, and four daughters, Mrs. G. F. Hunni- cutt. Mrs. H. T. Montgomery and Misses Lillian and Elizabeth Mid dlemas. Miss Ella C. Miller, daughter of Jed ft .Miller of Stone Mountain, "who d-ed at the family home Tuesday night, will*be buried in Stone Moun* r Ain Cemetery Thursday. Miss Mil- Pr was 20 years old. She is sur- v i'ed by two sisters, Mrs. John Savage, of Birmingham, and Mrs. R R. Coile, of Atlanta; also three brothers, J. A. and G. M Miller, of Atlanta, and W A. Miller, of Wash- ngton, D. C. Mrs. Hugh Lynch, sixty-nine, died on Wednesday. Her funeral will be ■eld Thursday afternoon at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church, and nterment will be in Oakland Cem- ^tery She ia survived by one daughter, Mrs. Lula M. Connally; 'wo brothers, Henry and S. I. ■leher; one sister, Mrs. Will Par- and three grandchildren. Hugh onnally, Mrs. A. J. Connally and Mrs. G. B. Adair, Jr., all of Atlanta W p s. Mary E. Darden, aged 56. died at her home at 10 North avenue 1 aesday at midnight. She had been ® ^sideht of Atlanta foT about n,r ty years. Mrs. Darden is suv- p iVe( i by two sons, George and kalph Darden, and three sisters. K. J. Sweeney, of Atlanta; Mrs. Edward Ward, of Paducah, Ky., and Mrs. Thomas Burke, of Birming- I am - She was a member of the ■ i(, red Heart Church and her funer- wiii he held there Thursday at 1 o'clock. The remains will be to Sharon, Ga.. for Interment on the Georgia train leaving at 7:25. funeral of Mrs. W. S. Lounsbury, of the vice president of the ravelers’ Bank, who died sudden- . the home, No. 272 North ■ k *on street, Monday morning, held Tuesday afternoon from First Methodist Church. Dr. p 1 : 'ft DuBose, the pastor, conduct- r ■ 'he services, and special music J T as rendered by the ‘church choir. ' any beautiful floral tributes were Pn? fty friends of Mrs. Lounsbury Q her husband, among them de- , an f frr »m the Rotary Club, the Ad • pn « cj U 5 the Gridiron Club and rh of ? cers of the First Methodist view* 0 " interment was in West' Ci ST. LOT. IS OF mu Brother of Milton H. Smith Likely to Succeed John W. Thomas, Jr., as Chief. X*«HVILLE. Dec. 17,-John W. LVnwe Jr., president of the Nash- i 'tipitanooga and St. Louis Rail- ' " lhf > fourth head of a big railway in the South to die within ’ months, passed away here this pnjnc ,i 2 o'clock following a “"weeks' illness of pleural pneu- 1 ni , his death, following so close- “upon that of J. R. Darrott. the :L Henrv R. Flagler's successor as n 'ad of the Florida East Coast sys- * william W. Finley, president f the Southern Railway, and Thom- „ M Emerson, president of the At- ,, n tic Coast Dine, makes It all the notable Ana the fact that it r,he”econd death of a president of ,s closely allied by ownership ?V vith the Louisville and Nashville also makes It a conspicuous Ral1 Mence the Louisville and Nash. C ii" e being'dominated by the Coast T’ ?nd *he Nashville. Chattanooga $ e Bt L*U hy the Louisville and Mashviile. H. F. Smith In Line. u-hn will be President Thomas 1= a question that local a men have not seen fit thus P'Tanswer However, it would not ,flr 1 LuTnJ'to see H. F. Smith, vice '’resident and traffic manager of the v h.-o'e I’hattanooga and St. Louis Na a , brother of President Milton H. d.h of the Louisville and Nash- '•-e^nf^ho’ras^s born at sid was educated here, attending Montgomery-Bell Academy and later Vanderbilt University. In 1878, at •he ace nf 22 years, he secured his first important railroad position, al- •hough previous to that time he had t,een in the railroad service. Served in Ranks. He labored in the ranks for several rears steadily advancing. After an experience on the road Mr. Thomas served in the machine shop, then ad vancing to agent and dispatcher, pur- agent, assistant general man ager finally succeeding his father as general manager In 1899 On March 1 1906, shortly after the death of hi# father, he was elected president of h Mr°Thonias 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 ore son. John W. Thomas, of Phila- delpltia. Whip Man Who Said Father Was Grafter MACON, Dei. 17.—For saying ihat foimer 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 hy 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, $80,000 Canal Graft Of One Man Revealed WASHINGTON, Dec. 17.—Major F. r Boggs, of the Isthmian (’anal 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. SEALS SOLD HERE CURTAIL MILEAGE Big Thermometer Indicates Great j Thirteen Companies Now Under Citation by Railway Commission i for Rules Violation. 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. Wife’s Xmas Gifts to Speaker ‘Her Needs’ WASHINGTON, Dee. 17—Official Washington believes in the useful Christmas gift. Secretary Daniels, ac cording to Mrs. Daniels, has asked Santa Claus for & 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 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 vet 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 Hal! Mrs. W. B. Disbro and her committee, consisting of Mrs. A. R. Colcord, the Misses Julian and Al- lie Purser, slod $24.15 worth, princi 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. Rrogdon, sold $18.76 worth at the Keely Company. Boston Policemen Mustn't Chew Gum BOSTON, Dec. T7-—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 goes with it. Five more railroads doing business in Georgia tiled 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 he filed against them for violation of the commission’s ruling. The roads were the Nashville. Chattanooga and St. Louis, Macon an i Birmingham, Hawkinsville 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 lanta, 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. Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. BERLIN, bee. 17.—Besides instruct ing their representatives to demand an adequate governmental appropriation for the San Francisco Exposition, the Weslev Charitv Fund To Be° Taken Sunday authorities of Hamburg have drafted a bill providing for a special exhibit of Hamburg's state and municipal insti tutions. Christmas Presents in com fort if you do not do so at once. Better in the morn ings. Only (i 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. Every piece new. Every set new. All the good, re liable Furs—and harked by this store. Out-of-town customers will get benefit of this discount on all Mail Orders sent in. HURRY!! Fast Delivery Service Our Auto will be at vour door in a jiffy if you make where “On the Jump” things are done fast. Buy at This Special Discount Sale for Christmas. J. M. HIGH CO. Silk Dress Sale At $10 Easily worth to $22.50. “Special Offer,” and can not he duplicated again. Beautiful Dresses for Street, Evening, Party and Reception wear, for Women and Little Wom en, in Aeolian, Charmeuse, Chiffon and Cloth, in all the pretty shades, each dress choicely trimmed. You’ll meet a surprise when you see these to morrow at $10 J. M. HIGH CO. A Colossal Cut Glass Sale From Now Till Christmas Set 7 pieces, Jug and 6 Glasses, like $7.48, less 20 per cent Set 7 pieces, Jug and 6 Glasses, $6.4£ 20 per cent Set 7 pieces, Jug and 6 Glasses, $5.9< 20 per cent Set 7 pieces, Jug and 6 Glasses, $5.0( 20 per cent $3.98 Sugar and Cream, less 20 per c $1.00 5-ineh Bon Bons, less 20 per c< $1.00 8-inch Vases, less 20 per cent $1.00 Perfume Bottles, less 20 per e $1.50 6-inch Bon Bons, less 20 per ci $1.50 Perfume Bottles, less 20 per d $1.98 6-inch Bon Bons, less 20 per c< $1.98 Six Tumblers, less 20 per cent $1.98 Perfume Bottles, less 20 per d $2.50 6 and 7-inch Nappies, less 20 pe $2.50 7-inch Fern Dishes, less 20 pe $2.50 12-inch Celery Travs, less 20 pe $2.98 7-inch Nappies, less 20 per ee $2.98 7-inch Bowls, less 20 per cent $2.98 Celery Trays, less 20 per cent $2.98 Jewel Cases, less 20 per cent $3.50 8-ineh Bowls, less 20 per cent $3.50 Compotes, less 20 per cent .. $3.50 3-pt. Jugs, less 20 per cent . . $3.50 8-ineh Nappies, less 20 per ecnl $3.98 31/o-pt. Jugs, less 20 per cent . . $5 94 $5 20 $4 75 $4 00 S3 20 $1 20 $1 20 $1 60 $1 60 $1 60 $2 00 S2 00 $2 00 $2 40 $2 40 $2 40 $2 40 $2 80 $2 80 $2 80 $2 80 $3 20 On Every Piece and Set of Glit tering, Sparkling Cut Glass in Our Store That Sells at One Dollar or More 20% Off (Open Evenings) 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 . $14.50 $37.50 Garments . $28.50 22.50 <( . 16.50 40.00 29.50 25.00 U . 18.50 45.00 33.50 27.50 ii . 20.50 50.00 37.50 30.00 ti . 22.50 60.00 44.50 32.50 It . 24.50 65.00 48.50 35.00 «( . 26.50 75.00 56.50 All Hats, F urmshings and Holiday Goods are being sold at greatly reduced prices. Gift articles handsomely boxed without extra charge. CLOUD-STANFORD COMPANY 61 Peachtree Street DR. LINCOLN M’CONNELL to lecture on “COLORED FOLKS” at the BAPTIST TABERNACLE Monday, Decem ber 22. Special music by Tabernacle chr’>. A treat you can’t afford to Miss. Reserved seats $1.00. 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. Choice Christmas Presents Ladies’ Silk Kimonos, Persian de signs, many beautiful colors, at $4.98 Still finer Satin and Silk Ones, $5.98 $7.98 $8.98 Special offering of $12.50 to $13.50 kinds at $9.95 Serpentine Crepe Gowns, in pink, blue and Dresden pat terns—lace and ribbon trim med “Teddy Bear” Combination Suits. Drawers and Petticoat combined, white nainsook, 75c to $2.50 Children’s Fur Sets. $3.00 to $10.00. pleasing gifts. Women’s White Hemmed 20 dozen fine longcioth Pet ticoats, lace, embroidery and ribbon- QQ/> trimmed Thev make and Hemstitched Aprons with strings, 25c White Aprons, embroidery trimmed, with and without bibs 60c Little, fancy Tea Aprons 50c. Dotted Swiss Caps for . .25c. Dusting Caps, Cooks’ Caps, Maids’ and Nurses’ Caps Thursday we sell- Ladies’ Venetian Silk Vests, in white, pink and blue, real worth $1.50 $1 08 Boudoir Caps 36c to $4.00 Camisoles $1.25 to $2.00 $8.00 and $9.00 Crepe de Chine Petticoats, pinks, blues and w hite—elaborately ribbon and lace trimmed $5.98 Messaline Silk Petticoats, $3.50 kinds for $2.49 EXTRA SPECIAL