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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7, IMS. [Saturday Will Be A Great Day At Bass' Two Suit Specials. A great line of .new and very stylish Eton, Pony Coat and semi-fitting Coat Suits ot‘ Panamas, Broadcloths and fancy mixtures; worth up to $25; ^ _ _ tomorrow Very handsome Suits of li nc Broadcloths’ Panamas, taffeta silks and velvets—every one a new style- some worth up to $40; all In tomor- ^ . ■_ row’s sale at I First Floor Bargains Ladies' Comb Set, back comb and >idc combs lo match, 01!#% :,"c value Lvv Beaded Bag*, new and stylish. Run metal or gold plate QQ#% frames; $5 values wOt# Ladies' Collar* in new nnd vqry at- 11 active styles, real 50- OC#% iviit values; only .• Cvu Ruching, silk and chiffon, all new styles; special, per ' piece OC DRESS GOODS—Plaln^ and fancy; worth up to $1.50 a yard; to morrow tmly OUC Taffeta Silks In all the most fash ionable colors; real $1.00 quality, at CwC Mercerized Sateen, beautiful, trous, fast black; real 40-cent vnlue . Plaid Ginghams—Highly rlzed; beautiful col orings; per yard 10c merce- 5c We Give Green Trading Stamps Four Great Values in Coats 56 Goodyear Raincoats — samples from lines that retail regularly at $10; in tomorrow's f)C big sglo at, choice ■Ladies' 50-ilich Goats of all-wool plain and fancy fabrics; well made and worth up to (1*1 AO $10; tomorrow only*pi)»yO 50 and 54-inch Coats of fine noveltv plaids; excellentlvtailoredaud worth $12.50 to $15; choice 54-iuch Coats of all-wool kersey and chiffon broadcloth; black and col ors; worth lip to d? 4 /'k $25; at $ I U.UU UNMATCHABLE VALUES—SECOND FLOOR Ladies’ Waists—Of fine Ladies’ Hats—beautifully lace, silk-lined and of trimmed New York Pat terns; $8 to $10 values $2.90 upe guaranteed taffeta silk; $5.00 values ... Misses’ Coats and Chil dren’s Coats in the popur Iar long stvles; £".$1.98 Infants’ Long Cloaks of Cashmere, silk embroider ed; worth $2.50; QQ^ tomorrow y OLt Children’s Coats of “bear skin,” the most stylish oats of the season; $5.00 $2.49 Ladies’ Eton Jackets of tine black taffeta silk; 3S.*!?“$4.90 $2.98 Ladies’ Hats—New Walk ing styles and fancy trim med models; $3 QQ» to $4 values ...... J OC Misses’ Hats and Chil dren’s Hats—a great line of $2 to $3 values; only Misses’ and Boys’ Caps— All-wool and velvet, all colors; worth 50c to 75c; 10c Children’s Sweaters—All- wool, bright colors with stripes; $1.00 IQp values 7V Fur Neckpieces—M ink, sable and other stylish furs; worth up to $20.00; 2“ ic - $4.98 Fur Neckpieces—Various styles; real values $5 to $10.00; take CO QQ choice of lot O Children’s Fur Sets— Moufflon and Angora; worth $2.50; to- QO„ morrow only Boys’ Knee Pants—Well made and durable; 50c value; 100 dozen 1 Q- to go at JLZ/L, Boys’ Suits of good wool- mixed materials; well made; $2 value; tomorrow O i L Open Saturday Night Until 10 O'clock Two Skirt Bargains. Tomorrow we will put on sale a line of Misses’ Skirts including plain and fancy materials; all new styles and well made; worth up to $5.00; at, $1.98 choice Ladies’ Skirts of black and blue Panama and novel ty checked fabrics; excellently tailored and perfect- fitting; skirts worth $6 and $7; choice, tomorrow, for $2.90 First Floor Specials Flannelettaa and Outings, solid and fanclen; real 12 1-2 He* and 15-cent values 3C Man’s Handkerchief*—Plain white hemntltcheil, union Cm linen; luc vnlue Ww Ladies’ Handkerchiefs—Plain whlto hemstitched; special, Oa tomorrow g,u Men’s Underwear—Extra fine fleece. lined; regutnr ll.no QQa grade; tomorrow OwG Blankets, Comforts and Spreads; a big lot of <2 to |3 AQa values at, choice wOG Bleached Sheet*—Full site, hem- med ready for use; AA. tomorrow Ovv Pillow Cases—Good else and well made; very speclnt, tomorrow g(. Table Napkina—Full bleached, hem. med ready for uac; A A very special BASS' 18 West Mitchell, Near Whitehall vlctlon. For all who heard him it I AUGUSTA GIRLS RUNAWAY clearly stated that they tarried con- n SNIPPERS Edmonds Says Roads Can’t Handle the Traffic. Washington,• Dee. 7.—After Chair- nmn Hunsdcll, of the executive com- tnittf’p, called the Convention to order In the assembly ball of the Arlington at 1" .m lock thin morning, j. F. Ellison, '•irvtary and treasurer of the River* 1 Harbors Congress, read his report Tbf nport shows that 58 cities in 29 *' <t»s have organizations representing 1**1 - paiate associations, with a metn- ’i• "f 2.798. The receipts Inst year • M.V.to and the iX|M»ndlture* were *11. Th»- lirst speaker this morning was " M. T. Ilryan. of Nashville. Tenn. followed by E. 8. t’onway, of • i«o. who called attention to the '• i ta.it the railroads of the country i ah $7.*>o,000,900 per year In main- •* and repuirs. while the govern- *s|N-ndM but $29,099,000 on the Im- I'l »viMui*nt of our rivers nnd harbors. Georgia Man Speaks. T i" Rev. John McCarty. of West Virginia, «iuote«l statistics of Europe lo ‘ hmv that thut country had a keener ^predation of the value of improving waterways titan has the United ‘lutes. Ib uhf-n Foster, of Baltimore, who t night elected a director for ' ■ uiing year,' declined the honor, : a c ho could not Verve. On his mo- tin-hard Randall, of Baltimore, *en to till the vacancy. 11 Frank I). Lane, of Philadelphia. • ns of the National Board of •f the I'nlted States, and Hon 1 B Stillwell, president of the Board of Trade, made five seemed certain that his argument for! larger appropriations for rivers tend harbors improvement will carry weight with the nntlonal law-makers. The railroads, he said, could not now handle the truffle promptly; they could not furnish the cars. And it would be tv owe ten years hence. Thereto, he argued, it Is of the utmost Importance that our waterways be speedily im proved and to do this more money was needed than has been given by con gress in the past. BRAINED WITH AX BY MASKED BURGLAR. AND GIVE FALSE NAMES TO A TLANIA ASSOC1A 7ION ■BUHL'TWENTY HURT CROWD SEES Special to The Georgian. Greenville, Miss., Dec. 7.—Benjamin H, Smith, about 60 years of age, and n well-to-do planter, was foully mur dered In Ids room at Lima, Ark., j fi» Thursday night, by a masked burglar. An ux was used 1n committing the deed nnd the victim’s head was crush ed to pieces. There Is no definite clew to the murderer, who escaped, but bo }.<* be lieved .to be a negro. Mr. Smith was formerly of Philadelphia. Augusta, tin.. Dec. 7.—Miss Ideele Beard and Miss Anna I.ou Adams, two young la dles about 18 years of age. left Augusta last night for Atlanta nnd Applied for employ ment III that city to the hoard of charities. The president of the Atlanta lswird of charities. James C. l.ognu. nt nm-e- commu nicated with the local I ward of charities for Information In regard to the girls. It was then the story Imagine known here that Miss Ideele Heard and Miss Anna ls>U Adams had gone to Atlanta and had applied work there under assumed names. ...Jss Ideele Heard has l*een living with her mother at the corner of Young nnd Sll- cox streets. It was known by many of her friends Hint she Intended leaving the rlty permanently, and the announcement that she Is said to have made in Atlanta In re gard lo Die erne] treatment from nil alleged stepmother has eaused much surprise here if clerk,m Mrs. Heard salid this morning that If her I daughter wished, to remain In Atlanta she rouhl dorfco. ' • Mis* Anna Lou Adam* is a professional •li a resident of An She has worked lit oral of the loon! manicurist shops and Is well known here. Gave False Names. The two girl* arrived In Atlanta Thursday night nnd were sent to the Union hotel, 22H Mitchell street, by Charles E. Sherman. Philadelphia traveling man. The hotel pro prietor, W. C. Iluglieii. persuaded the polio not to take charge of them and fie kept them until Friday morning, when they were referred to Secretary J. C. Logan of the .Tssocluted Charities. They claimed to be sisters and gave their names ns Idelle Grace nnd Alloe Armstrong, daughter* of Henry Armstrong of North Augusta. Miss Heard gave the name of Idelle Grace and Miss Adams the name of AI lee. (lure during n conversation with re- iNirters, the younger. Idelle Clrncc, forgot herself and railed her companion by her right name of Annie Lou. They both declared that they left home heiiuise it was a ease of too inueli step mother nnd wnnted work hero. NEW CIVIC LEAGUE IS CRffU/INf: fAClCLERK HAS CONFESSED THAT HE KILLED GIRL . Progress that Is highly gratifying to thou* Interested In the movement Is, t _ being made In the organisation ..f the! IjQyjr} Cjl lTtjS Tolu rO" new Civil- League. Out of 2,50(1 poetifl I cards sent out by Charles T. Hopkins j for the executive committee, 2,400 fu-1 vorablc replies have been received and ' mimes enrolled. Interrat In the movement Is wide-1 spread nnd other cities, not only In j Georgia. hut even in the North, have taken hold of the idea and are com- I mending It. No date has yet been net; lice How He Mur dered Dona Gilman. win Dayton, Ohio. Dec. 7.—lift - id* Curtis, was arrested Inst night, has for the first meeting, but this will be j , _ arranged for In the near future. The fesswl that he murdered Dona Gilman, organization will be known us the At lanta i 'Ivie League and all white per sons Interested ate Invited to Join. As already told, the object of the league Is Curtis says that on the night of the murder he rode In a. street car with Miss Gilman and when they left the nr Miss Gilman went up one jdde of promote peace between the two races ’ “ k T, £ ' . y ,1 see that offender. of both race. nr.- < lle "‘reel and In* on Urn other. Coming to a dark part of the street, Curtis crossed over and, seizing the girl, choked her to death. He then carried corner, where It was and see that offender justly punished. CHARGED WITH MURDER ... i CUrtls Is a clerk. 27 years of age. gpecla! to lb w *. „ . 1 and has Jjeen working steadily in thb» Decatur, Ala.. Dec. i.-The prellml- . eU> . „, nc ]f t he murder. f AU lU. talks 1 N Teal, of Porland, Oregon, chair ’’ ”f the committee on resolutions, ■ 1 the report from the comnilt- ■J ' r l it "as adopted by a standing To A»k $50,000JKK). solution* reaffirmed the plnt- 1 pted by the convention held 1 imore last year and pledged the * to work for an annual appr>- 1 n ..f $59,000,000 for the Improve- * t,! f the nation’s waterways. He ■•■fered ft resolution directing the • nt of a committee of elgli- ’ 1 "alt on the president and the n«l senate and present a ropy **f ,l! ‘tlon asking for the $50,9oa,090 !, LiM-jh. chairman Uansd* II ap- • \-Governor Francis, of Mb- ■ ' • : —irtnan of the committee, and ’t' 9 of Governor Francis, Fiiair- Hiin«dell was made u member of • ilttee. " H. Edmonds, editor of The 1 jurers’ Record, In his uddress • gates today painted a picture •t-rlal development and growth ■ • nimerce of the country. Can’t Handl* Jraffic. : /‘-nicH on what the railroads will ' ••I upon to do In the way of freight during the pext ten “d the value of the product* farms and the factories, not "lied into the hundreds of mil- 1,111 Jumped Into the billions. nary trial of Wade and Moore, charged | with murdering Policeman J. L. Jones, ten days ago, was continued today They will l»c c’hancellor W Grabbed Her by Throat. Here Is «'urtls’ confession: tried tomorrow before] “l - w a"* Dona Gilman on the night H. Hlmpson, *»n a writ that I assaulted nnd murdered her ... habeas corpus sworn out before j when she got on at Fifth and Brown t’lrcult Judge I>. Speak. ! streets. I sat next to her. She was catupr OF DEAD GIRL heading a book. ‘What’s the matter FATHER p QR DA MAGE8.! ' v **Ij my going home with you. Dona?’ t(l The (Seatglan. 1 asked. Oh, 1 ain’t afraid,’ she said, rh ittanooga Tenn., Dee. 7.—Afteg-I “When the car stopper! at the'Point' Imr tint Miss Nora Brnssfleld. of Burn- I she got olT. 1 got off behind her and Kv U |„, r Is said, was brought followed till she got to the commons, to this city by a t’lnclnnntl Southern 'Then I grabbed her by the throat. She m w m hutch deserted anil then run over never hollered a bit. I grabbed her nnd killed liv an Alabama Great South-I and she dl«l not move. I dragged her Vrn engine was negligently killed, .T. Into the common*. Afterward I picked VI trass field, the father *»f the girl, has her up and carried her across the street , „*,• ,n'd for $25,900 damages. j and laid her down carefully. Hint* at Other Crime*. PERNICIOUS CATTLETICK DOES ANNUAL DAMAGE OE JUST $40,000,000 An appropriation of $250,090 will be asked from the present congress continue nnd prosecute more vigorous ly the work of eradicating the cattle tick from Infected territory from Cali fornia to Florid^ Captain 1$. F. Wright, assistant com mlsaloner of agriculture, returned Fri day morning from Nashville, where he attended the conference of state offi cials and specialists detailed for this work from the government bureau animal Industry. Captain Wilgtll was made permanent chairman of the meet ing, and Nashville papers are compli mentary In reference to Ids work In getting the conference down to busi ness. TUL COURT The hearing of the demurVer In the case of the Houthern railway against the rail road commission was taken tip In the I’nlted Stntes circuit court before Judge Newman Friday morning. Various maps audmtie prints have Is-en Introduced ns exhibits by both tile railroad nnd tin* mem bers of tin* commission. The declarations ohimlnoils and cover mnnv tvpewrlt- 1 Spreading Rails Cause Car to Turn Somer sault. sued the in MUST STA N° E Tg | A E L CONFERENCE A *■ At Loulslunn M*t/ oonfsrsnce here tudny the .ommluee ra which «iw re- fonerl the chiitges against Hev. J. H. Moore of Min Jen, reporte.1 thut the accused should stand trial. He Is charged with drinking and falsifying. RACE TRACK 8CANDAL ENDS IN EXPULSIONS. Netv York, Ucc. T.—The board, or re view of the American Trotting .Wo- clttUon has expelled George W. Spear, the driver, and Ed. Saunders, the sta ll* attendant, who were Involved in tiL scandal over the famous trotting I 8pecinl l«. The «;.*erj,Man. rare between Major Delnwr uiul Um j ^ I ’olunibus, Ga.^Dec. 7.—Thejioines *>f Dillon. The rustic*, w hile aUlPtnduu*. were * Saunilers win “I came back down Groveland aveque an«l I went Into Hockey’* grocery and bought a cigar. Then I walked on up t,o Stuart’s drug store at the ’Home,’ and left the package of calendar* I had to deliver. Then I went hotnu on In graham street and left my long black raincoat. I came back down town ut 11 o’clock and went to bed. .’i choked her.-.to death. ,1 knew she was dead. When I saw' she Was dead I got down on my knee* and cried. I said I would never touch another girl.” (’mil* hint* at other crime* that the »fflclal» feel sure wll! com® In detail at i later time. Twp Homo Burn. Millard I J- L- Riggers and Mrs. J. L. Klngleton, AFTER THE PLAY— THE NEW KIMBALL CAFE PALM GARDEN. SOUVENIRS EVERY FRIDAY NIGHT. WOMAN COUNTERFEITER IS GIVEN THREE YEAR8. C. W. Reynold*. C. W. Reynold* died Thur*day night at the residence of W. T. Cooper, 218 East Georgia avenue. He 1* survived by his daughter, Mrs. W. T. Cooper. The funeral service* will be conducted Saturday morning at 10 o’clock at the residence. He was a member of Canip Walker No. 025. The escort of vet erans and pallbearer* will meet at the parlor* of Hllburn & Holland at 0 clock. Edwin 8. LtMoin*. New* of the death of Edwin Spots- wood LeMolne has been received from New York. Mr.. LeMolne was a na tive of Petersburg, Va., but Tor many years lias resided In New York. He was connected with, nt the time of his death. Steven* & Co., dry good* com mission merchants. Mr. LeMolne was f well known In the South. He Is sur vived by two sisters and a brother, j Mr*. Thomas B. Blake, of this city, and ] Mrs. Lottie t*. Johnson nnd John E. | LeMolne, of Petersburg, Vu. Mr*. W. J. Renfro*. The funeral services of Mrs. J. W. Renft'oe were conducted Friday after noon In the private chapel of H. M. Patterson & Son. The Interment wu* In Oakland cemetery. Detroit, Mich., Dec. 7.—Of the twenty persons injured In the wreck of the Michigan Central llyer near Otter Luke, Just this side of Buy City, caused by the spreading of rails, probably none will die. E. H. Lake, n Detroit man, In the only victim whose injuries may prove fa tal. Alexander R. Reattle, of Detroit, who was Injured, said: “The train wn* going along at a pretty clip when *uddenly our car toppled to one side and turned a com plete somersault. The greatest won der to me Is that no one was killed.” A special relief train carrying the In jured reached Detroit about 4:30 Fri day morning. Two of the injured were taken to n hospital. They arc Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Barrett, of Bolfver, N. Y., who were on their wuy East. A T Broadway Throng Put Into Panic by Gun Play. New York. Dec. In the rnldat of a great Broadway noon hour throng Thomas O’Conner, a Weit.rn Union Telegraph operator of 200 Wadsworth avenue, the Bronx, drew a revolver as he was panning Exchange Place, anil flred two shots at a man thought to be W. 9. Henning, said to be a broker, wounding the latter In the leg. - There was a panic among the crowd ns Henning, a tall tnan and apparently wealthy, fell to the pavement. Them wns nlso the greatest excitement within n cafe at the corner, 67 Broadway, ns one of the two bullets flred by O'Con ner went.through the plate glass win dow, narrowly missing a number of 1 men at their luncheon. Both O'Conner and Henning showed the utmost coolness. Henning's Injury U serious, although not fatal. He Is in a hospital. ■Neither Henning nor O'Conner would ' make any statement whatever. 1 UNCLE SAM IS OCTOPUS; BOOSTS LOCK BOX RENT GEORGIA NEWS IN PARAGRAPHS Another trust raise* price*. Alum; with the increase In price* for the pressing club trust, the washerwomen’* trust, the iNtrber*’ trust and the hoarding ho us** trust couies Undo Hnm, who will on and after Jitmmry 1. 1907, put Into effect nt the Atlanta ami other postofflees a material Incruaik* In the |h>x rent, amounting to from 50 cents to $2. Postmaster lllodgett received notice Fri day morning that a uniform rate would In* charged In all the larger offices of the country, based upon the si so of the !»ox«* and the groas i-e.-elpn uf tin* postofflees. In while In other* the rate* will Atlanta gets the Increase. The iMMtmsster requests that holders of hose* notify the Atlanta postoffice between lJeceinebr 22 and 31 If thf “ * * renting |N>stofflee boxen. | • Hth ‘ ‘ liecemebr 2 _ renting poMtofflee boxes. 'If tblfl la not t piled with by December SI, yoor box will Lm considered vacant ami your mall will be delivered a* you may direct. The new schedule of ratca per quarter for lioxes In the Atlanta office follows: $1.90 boxes will »m* rained to......... R 1.80 Imixcs will Im» nil net I to ;.no 2.90 boxes will lie rained to ?..«»• 2.09 postoffice drawers will be raised to. 4.09 Buy Homta at Offarman. ripednl'to The Georgian. Offerman. Ga., Dec. 7.—E. A. fiark, • roadma*ter for the Atlanta, Binning- j ham nnd Atlantic, this division, has j purchased the Jnrdine homo here and { "ill In a few day* remove hi* family to! this place. Thin tiring* the headquar- ATLANTA NEWS BRIEFLY TOLD Sacred Heart Church. Haiurtlay being the l>a«t of the Im- ten. of the poadmuytar to off.rnian and i maculate Conception. Ih n holvdny of rn V "^u'uence ,am " , ' B "" ,V< ‘ h ’ r ° ‘™lon In the Catholic church. T. H Dean, extra bridge foreman of, i lt t 7 he , So "'f l church will Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic, also I mortiinir' In the nurchuKcd « homo and hns moved bln ® O clock mas* there Special to The Georgian. Columbu*. Oa., Dec. 7.—Mary Cun ninghapi. a negro woman, was sen tenced by Judge Newman In the Unit ed State* court to serve three year* in prison and pay n line of $109 for pass ing counterfeit coin. The woman had the whole city atarhied at the influx of bogu* coin, and people were afraid to receive one dollar piece* before test ing them In every way known to the gverage business man. on Rose Hill u«re both totally destroy- mated at $5,999. e»l by lire, a high wind preventing the firemen from saving either house, and their effect* being confined to sur rounding property. The losses are estl- Covington City Election Ordered. Hpedal to The Georgian. Covington, Ga., Dec. 7.—The city ex ecutive committee lin* ordered an dec. tlon to be held on December 12 for the purpose of nominating candidates for mayor and six coundlmen to nerve for the year 1107. Also candidate for the city school board will be nominated. Red Men Elect Officers. Special to The Georgian. Covington, Oa/, Dec. 7.—Huwanee tribe, No. 62, Improved Order of Red Men, tdected their officer* Thursday night, a* follow*: Dr. N. Z. Anderson, *achem; J. P. Hay*, senior sagamore; Will lam Boyd, junior sagamore; E. It. Gunn, prophet; J. \\\ Harwell, chief of Peachtree Paving. All the umterinl necessary for the re-pa\ing of Peachtree street with as phalt I* on hand, and the work, be ginning Thursday, will bo rapidly pushed forward to completion. Commissioned Captain. Thad C, Jowett ho* been commis sioned captain of Company K, Third Infantry', ut Augusta. He was pro moted from the first lieutenancy of the company. Gamblers Heavily Fined. dperial to The Georgian. Macon. Ga., Dec. 7.—In the superior court yesterday three accused men ntered pleas of guilty of gambling. OOOCOOCWCHjlOOOOOOOOOOCOOao O 0 O IMPROPER BULLETINS O O CAU8E 8UIT AGAINST a 0 SEABOARD AIR LINE. O O o O Special to The Georgian. O O Raleigh, N. C., Dec. 7.—The O 0 state coriioratIon commission lias O 0 sued the Seaboard Air Line for 0 0 $500 penalty for violating the re- 0 . O cent order of Improperly bulletin- 0 0 Ing trains at Lumberton, Laurens- 0 0 burg and Rich Square. O O O QOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOt>OOOOOOD rvconlx; A. M. Ht. John, keeper of]They were Tube \Vooton, I'llnt Porter wampum'; M. Ia>vln. eollectur of warn-laml Gene Hnlpea. Juilge I'elton Ini- bum. and 11. T. Hunan, truniee. posed line, uniounllng to |2,0u4. ifueeii Digit, of Greene. I. an admiral In i|ie Ituolan navy. Thoagb the" iw baa net yet Invented Uer with the con.ui“.l of a wpiadrnn, tilts doe. not Imply ti .'i Queen (Mga la not capable of fii 11!.-■ m; d a tHMltlon. She baa paned a brilliant ex iimlnntlon n» fleet captain and dlapkna great competency In natal qaeatloui. Mouamuier Itey, non of Turkey', riebet man .ml belr to a rant fortune, la In Iie- tou tniylnx Mine and cotton wacblnen. lie I. ntgTily edneated, ha. maatered .. \ •■ml of the gnat Induotrlrs wbleb : a father control, and fa a keen Imalaem man. will leave a'.nit Ma,«W, wkh li >uai «r appllaovea he in-