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THE ATLANTA CEORGIAX,
rniDAY, xo\ i;mbi
REID DRY GOODS CO. 165167169 Peters St. I REID DRY GOODS CO.
165-167169 Peters St.
Wr'4-
CLOTHING ATfi PRICE
We announced on yesterday that we were going to discontinue the clothing business. We meant just what
we said. This line of our stock has not proven as satisfactory as we think it should, and we have come to the
conclusion that another line to fill the,place now occupied by our clothing would be more satisfactory. At any
rate, this is the course that we propose to pursue, and, in accordance with that
course, will close out our entire line of
CLOTHING AND OVERCOATS for Men and Boys at HALF THEIR REAL VALUE
HERE IS YOUR CHANCE TO BUY WINTER CLOTHES AT % PRICE
$25 VALUE
Suits that would cost $25 here or at any
other store in ordinary sales, to close at
$12.50
$15 VALUE
Suits that would cost $15 here or at any
other store in ordinary sales, to close, at
$7.50.
$20 Overcoats
Overcoats that would cost $20 here or at
any other store in ordinary sales to close at
$10.00.
$20 VALUE
Suits tfiat. would cost $20 here, or at any
other store in ordinary sales, to close at
$10
$10 VALUE
Suits that would cost $10 here or at any
other store in ordinary sales, to close, at
$5.00.
$18 Overcoats
Overcoats that would cost $18 here or at
any other store in ordinary sales to close at
$9.00.
165-167-169
Peters Street.
REID 0RY f.OODS fO.
165-167-169
Peters Street.
HOPE OF DEMOCRACY
IN HOUSE NOT BRIGHI
Republican Majority of
112 Will Be Cut
Down.
OUTLOOK IN ALL
PARTS OF COUNTRY
Faint Hope of Overcoming
Huge Republican Lead
in House. *
By JOHN C. REESE.
" Ill the Democrats be able to cut
O'l'vn the heavy majority of Republt-
1 “n» liythe Fifty-ninth congress to an
nppreclable extent? •
The present congress stands 249 Re-
- wiiillciUM to It; Democrats, * Ropuli-
i nils wlll cjjt this .great, majority, down
great deal is admitted by even the
II' publicans. Bpt can they overcome
Hi- Pig odds ? , •
'•pinion Is at wide divergence, but
those who apeuk without bias, are not
hopeful of a Democratic house next
lime. But Chairman James M. Griggs,
"< Georgia, has made a game and wln-
"mg light.
It »eems certain that Speaker Cannon
1 HI not have the huge Republican ma-
Jotlty back of him to ram through leg-
i-iatlon. That majority may be so slim
m e making a hot tight to take the Xlnth
away from Campbell Slemp. In the
Second Tennessee district, long a Re
publican stronghold, there is a glim
mer of Democratic hope because of a
row among the Republicans. Two Re
publican candidates are In the field. Up
In the Xlnth Kentucky Joseph Bennett
Is haring a hot old time trying to pre
vent the Democrats from separating
him from his Job.
Elsewhere in the country the Demo
crats are making a game tight. The
narrow margin by which the Maine Re
publicans elected their congressmen put
new vim Into the struggle. But on the
Pacific slofpe there Is little hope of
Democratic gains.
Hopeful Signs in Northwest.
in the northwest there are hopeful
signs. Colorado will probably rsturn a
Democrat in place oi Franklin Brooks.
Five to six Democrats ought to be
elected in Illinois, and Indiana will add
two to three more. Iowa may return
one. That's about alt In that neck of
the woods.
Coming East Democratic signs are
more portentloue. Republicans will
probably lose three members in New
Jersey; eight to ten In New York. Ohio
will doubtless add two to three to the
Democratic side.
But taking all the most hopeful
signs. It is difficult to see
where a Democratic house con be rtg-
red out. It lies within the vale of
possibilities, however, for tile prognos
tications of (he most astute political
FOUR MEN SCALDED
BY VAT EXPLOSION
Accident Occurs at Tannery
Plant in Long Island
City.
New York, Nor, 2.—Four iueu were seri
ously Injured by the tsplositlon of « vnt
of boiling witter in the tannery of fichwarx-
cblkl k Nulxtorger, In Kent avenue, Long
Island City. The men were working near
the vnt. They art? Jotoph Plfttx, Joseph
Cliff, John Khmer, and Michael Jacobi.
POSTOFFICE RECEIPTS
SHOW BIG INCREASE
FRAUDS IN PENSIONS,
COMMISSIONER REPORTS
Grant! juries Blame
For Not Inspecting
Claims.
Here 1st tho record of the receipts of
the Atlutitu poHtoflice for the month of
October for the pant alx yearn. Post
master Blodgett nay* the report pleases
hint more than any similar one he has
ever made.
1901 $93,174.12
1902 40,923.7(5
1903 50,506.47
1904 .. 53,323.83
1905 60,870.34
1906 77,295.34
The Increase for the month just end
Rank fraud exists In the pension rolls
of Georgia, according to the annual re
port of Pension Commissioner John
\V. Lindsey, Issued Thursday after
noon.
In making this statement Commis
sioner Lindsey also criticises the coun
ty grand juries for failure to properly
scrutinise the rolls of their respec
tive counties. The only protection af
forded the state from these frauds lies
within the grand Juries, and when such
bodies fall of their duty there Is no
apparent way to weed out the grafters
on the state's bounty.
Though 397 applications were disap
proved this year, the pension rolls of
all classes for 1907 show a net gain
over 1906 of 197. Last year there
was a deficit of $20,000, and this year
It will be $30,249. Unless gome one
comes to the rescue next year us Col.
Jim Hmltli did this and advance the
money, u large number of thi* pension
ers will have to wait several months
for their money. • »
Commissioner Lindsey has done ad
mirable work personally In weeding out
many of the fraudulent applications. He
has accomplished this through calling
on the, records department ,iu Wash T
ingtnn for data concerning applicants.
In this way he blocked a large number
of unworthy iH*mon».
For 1907 the report shows 15,448 pen
sioners of nil classes to be paid. Of
these 8.133 are Indigent soldiers, 2,666
disabled soldiers. 2.324 Indigent widows
and 2,325 old class widows.
The appropriation for’ 1907 is the
sume as 1906, $890,000. and since there
Is an Increase of 197 In the number of
pensioners, this means a deficit of $30,-
249. The division of the fund will be
ns follows: Indigent soldiers, $490,680;
disabled soldiers, $150,629; widows,
$139,500; total, $920,249.
. Grocery Firm Incorporated.
Special to The Georgian. •*
Anniston, Ala., Nov. 2.—Wlmt will
probably developdnto one of the largest
retail enterprises of this city was tho
Incorporation yesterday of the Reaves
Mercantile Company, of which John S.
Reaves, J. A. Reaves and B. V. Reaves
will he equal partners. The capitalisa
tion of the new llrip Is $7,000.
DEATH RESULTS FROM
SCRATCH OTA TACK
The body of J L. fcfftumlcrx. whose
death resulted at 171* Clippel street on
Wednesday night as the insult of strik
ing his toe against a tack, was Interred
on Thursday afternoon at his former
home, Columbus. Funeral services
were conducted at the residence of J.
Yl Matthews, $23 Hccoml avenue.
struck his foot uga
slight scratch was the result. Little
wus thought of the matter ut the time,
but* blood poison set in and death-
ftulckly followed.
VANDERBILT ESTATE
18 VISITED BY FIRE.
Hpoclul to Tho <h»<»rgliin.
Asheville, N. C„ Nov. 2.—A lire which
started In George W. Vanderbilt’s lum
ber yard Wednesday evening,did con
siderable damage before It was sub
dued. The Blltmore Are company was
called to the scene and prevented tho
spread of the dames. This 1h the sec
ond time within eight months that Mr.
Vendorhllt's lumber yard on the Bllt-
moro estate has caught (Ire. On the
previous occasion the damage was
heavy. Since then the lumber yard,
hich was quite close to Blltmore
house, was moved, so as not to en
danger the house In the event of un-
other blase.
NEW STEAMSHIP
MAXES HER FIRST
VOYAGE NEXT WEEK
Information ha* been received by II.
C. MrFadden, general freight and ■ i-- -
xenger agent of the Atlanta, Birming
ham and Atlantic, to the effect that
the Hatlllo, the first of a fleet of four to
be conetructed for thin road, will leave
New York on her maiden trip Novem-.
ber 10. This steamer will run between
Brunswick and New York. A sister
steamer, the Ogeeehee, will be launched
November 6. The Ocmulgee and the
Ossubaw are under construction and
rill be completed next year. It Is ex-
Itected thnt a regular freight servic e
will be established between Brunstvb k
anil New York by next March.
After the play the New Kim
ball Cafe-Palm Garden. Souve
nirs tonight.
* J nr- f iix. i iui tnc iiK/iiwi juai trim-
forecasters to read signs awry. It has ed, It will be noticed, Is far greater
than any other on record.
happened more titan once | n tills coun
try that mighty upheavals have taken
place when people least expecte.Vthem.
Democrats may be basing hope on
any sort of Insurgentntoventem,. | »ntes“eh a thing VSondi:
V n J5?i TJjlJl I fton* from one end of the country to
am^ , m^ l a d s„^ mOCrat,, " W R g i the other portend Democratic ascend-
The« U n r fo„ Post. «••«*«"$in «.m -'^tEfSST hous. is
— on —,- ™eth u ~m. a£ured that Ml
authority In the country on ante
'lection reports, cannot see a Demo*
'.'“tic majority In the Sixtieth congress.
' “e Post does believe, however, that
1,1 " Republican majority of 112 will be
■ "t down as low as 60 and perhaps be
more than 3G after the returns of
"ext Tuesday are all counted.
Democrat* Active.
The Democrats are making strenu-
efforts to solidify the Southern del-
'gallon ogaln. The Roosevelt tidal
"VC swept many Republicans into
■ ' "(tress. For jnstance, It changed MIs-
ilelegatton from 16 Democrats
llant John Sharp Williams, of Mlssls-
slnnl is going to have a hard time re-
udnlitg the Democratic leadership.
Ominous sign" of opposition are heard
from titose whom lie has offended by
his methods. . ..
' If this opposition should gain suf
ficient momentum to sweep him aside
his mantle would probably fall on Jim
orlggs. Of Georgia. Griggs deserves
some consideration for his thankless
Job of engineering two Democratic con
gressional campaigns.
“FOR GOD’S SAKE 8AVE US
FROM THESE OUTRAGES.”
Kpeetul to Tile Georgian.
Gadsden, Ala., Nov. '2.—Ill-order has
again broken out at Mountalnboro, the
little town in tho western part of this
county. In a petition sent to the au
thorities here, the better cltixens close
by saying. "For God's sake save us anti
our families from these outrages.’’
There are said to be several saloons
anti low dives at the place which are
a disgrace to the'county. The place
was the scene of a drunken row Hnt-
urday night.
ueiegation irom to Demnciuis .ucuntirtjT
"'“J “ne Republican to 9 Republicans j DRAINAGE AMENDMENT
? Democrats. Incidentally one of MAY MEET DEFEAT
’ Democrats to go down to defeat
‘■MsSa B. Cowherd, then chairman
tnaiDumoeratlc congressional cam-
Fa «S? ® nHn| ttee.
, Th *'V e,n * I! fA*" expect, with reason,
■ r ''!7 m nearly all-of these districts,
. ""‘"Jli the Republicans are making a
- ‘ "t fl*ht to retain the ground.
1 u* ■Dtuiooveds are trying to wreet
•• "m the Republicans the Eighth North
■'Ifdyia district now represented by
• tset'er Oackburn. In Virginia they
finerisl to The Georgian.
St Augustine. Fia., Nov. 2.—Governor
Broward will speak here. „ n Saturday
next In liehalf »f the proposition t"
drain the Everglades. Sentiment here
almost evenly divided, but this roun-
k‘n E Mleved. will as a whole vote
against the amendment providing Tor
the drainage "f «"e Everglade*.
Atlanta Negro Is 8ueptct«d.
S|»*M’lal to TIi** Georgian.
t$t. Augustine, Fla., Nov. 2.—RJnhurU 1
Martin, colored, was fatally stabbed;
Tuesday night by another negro aup- •
posed to be Charley Watkins. There!
were no witnesses to the quarrel, but)
suspicion attaches to Watkins, who
halls from Atlanta. Martin died abort, j
Iv after he was discovered by passers.
Watkins disappeared Immediately aft
er the murder.
To Hold Rovival Services.
K|h»»’Ii'I to Th** Georgian.
Fovlngton. Ga., Nov. 2.—On next
Hur^day morning revival .service* will j
begin at the Methodist church In Mid- .
way. The services will be conducted
bv Rev. George Yarbrough and Rev,*
W. E. Venable, to last all tbs week.
Suits You Want To
Know All About
You see an illustration of the famous BENJAMIN
CLOTHING- which is fully as good looking in the ha
as it is in tne front, and will look well on you. It’s all
wool and correct in style, fit, tailoring and price. It’s
suit for smart dressers. You can choose from fifty styles
Maybe you don’t object to having vourclothes made o
cotton-mixed fabrics; possibly you think “a little cotton
won't do any harm?” Of course you object to paying for
a little cotton when you get half cotton. That’s the trou
ble with adulteration in (’lotlies. There’s not one libi t
of cotton in BENJAMIN CLOTHES. They’re all wool,
and no fraud or deception about that. That’s why we
sell them.
Suits and Overcoats $15.00 to $37.50.
We Have All The Latest Fall and Winter Hat Styles.
ESSIG BROS., ■?«§?•“
26 WHITEHALL STREET.