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OOOOOOOOOOOOOOO W' wmm— — TBE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. THURSDAY. DF.CnMBER 1J. MO AN EXTRAORDINARY BARGAIN SALE FOR FRIDAY SECOND FLOOR SPECIALS. Tailored Suits. yery handsome Tailored Suits of fine Broadcloth. Fancy^Fabrics, etc.: worth up to $35; choice ;y r a lines, $9.90 Misses' Skirts. Misses’ Skirt* of new plain and fancy fabric*; excellently made and perfect fitting: worth $4.00 :mu/ uiauo $1.98 Ladies' Skirts. Sew line of Ladles' Skirts of Chif fon Panamas and Broadcloths; worth IS and (4 QO $10: at Silk Waists. ;oo drummerja sample Waists of fine taffeta silks: all colors and sizes; choice BOYS’ SUITS. $2.87 New Silk Etons. Ladies' Kton Jackets of line black taffeta silk, silk lined; worth $10: In tomorrow's sale at worui *lv: $3.98 Silk Petticoats. Ladies' stylish Petticoats of black and colored tafTeta silk with deep flounce and ruffles ; wim aeep $2.98 Craveneffe Coats. Ladies’ 54-Inch Cravenette Coats: very stylish and thoroughly rain proof: worth $6; special $2.98 Boys' well made Suits of good wool materials; worth $2; choice 98 c Tourist Coats. Ladles' 50 to 54-inch Tourls't Coats of plain Kerseys and fancy Eng lish plaid, and mix- £ 1 Q~f tures; $15 value $4.0 f CHILDREN’S CAPS. Boys' and Girls' fine sllk-llned Wool and Velvet Caps; worth 25c to 75c; at. choice 10 c Ladies' Coats Ladles' very handsome Long Coats of fine Broadcloth and Au tomobile Cloaks of Satin; $25.00 to $35.00 values, at $10.00 Children's Coats Misses' and Children's Coats of plain and fancy fabrics; well made; $1 to $5 val ues; choice $1.98 Children’s Hats Misses' and Children's line Felt Sailors In . new styles; worth up to $3.00; choice ... .* 50c Knit Underwear Ladies' and Mieses' Union Suits. Ladles' Vests and Pants and Boys' Shirts and Drawers 19c Three Big Specials in our Great Basement. Iron Beds—Very large and hand some: white or colored; enamel; $15.00 value, $6,951 Children’s Rockers and Babies' Hlgn Chairs In to- morrow's sale at Odv Floor Oilcloth—Excellent quality: good patterns; n C. special C tfb $1.50 Gloves at 75c FIRST FLOOR BARGAINS. $4.50 Gloves, $2.98 Ladles' full elbow length Kid Gloves In black, white, tan und brown: real $4.50 value $2.95 Ladies' stylish 2-clasp Glove, of fine French Kid; $1.50 grade; black and 7Sl* colors I wti Men's Neckwear 25c Beaded Bags at 98c Marseilles Spreads Beautiful Beaded Bags with gun metal or gold plated frames; worth up to $5; choice 98 c Fine, large English Marseilles Bed Spreads, quilted designs; worth up to $5; take choice for ..... $1.98 Silk Mufflers, 50c Dress Woolens Big line of Men's 50c and 75c^8tlk Neckwear in new de signs at, choice 25c Ladies' Neckwear, 25c ladles' fancy embroidered and lace-trimmed Collars in new ef fects; very special 25c WE GIVE GREEN TRADING STAMPS BASS' 18 WEST MITCHELL NEAR WHITEHALL Men's white and black Hemstitch ed Silk Mufflers; 27 Inches square; S’ 50c Flannelettes at 3Je Big lot of new Flannelettes and Out ings. worth 12 l-2c a yard: In this sale at 3 7 8 C Fine West of England Broad cloths, Novelty Mixtures, etc.; worth up to $3.00 a AA yard; Friday wQC Black Taffetas 10 pieces of yard wide Black Taffeta Silks; usual $2 CO grade; In this sale Q3C Eiderdown Comforts Umbrella Sale Extra large pure Eiderdown Com forts with covers of finest French satin; $3.00 values; tomorrow $3.98 INFANTS’ CAPS Infants' Caps of fine white Silk; nicely embroidored; QC 50c value feW*- Men's and Women’s handsomely mounted Holiday Umbrellas; worth up to aa $5.00 90c LADIES’FURS. Ladles’ handsome Fur Neckpieces worth up 10 $15; £ a% «« .at, choice 90. OU AT rillef of Police Jennings received letter Thursday morning from Captain of Detectives O'Brien, of Chicago, ask ing him to ascertain the whereabouts • •f Grace Rice, a pretty 17-year-oid ehoiu* girl, whose relatives In the Win dy Pity are anxious to find her. It Is stated in the communication that the actress left Chicago about three v.-eek« ago to play an engagement at the Star Theater, this city. Whether the girl ran away from her home is not elated. Inquiry by n Georgian reporter at the star Theater elicited the information that Miss Rice really did come to At lanta and waa si member of the chorus In that theater for four weeks, her cn- xrfoment cloning November 17. Bhe was on the stage under the name of Grace Rice. Manager Thompson ssld he had not seen the chorus girl since she left the thsater, but had understood she was still in II•» city. He said the girl talk- • >t but little and had given no Informs- Gon -oncernlng her family. Site came to Atlanta with fourteen other chorus Sills. PUTDESTAOYED Eire Broke Out at Midnight. Burning the Entire Building. LICENSE QUESTION jCOHON EXCHANGES POSTPONED AFTER! PLACED UNDER BAN EXECUTIVE SESSION BY ASSOCIATION s i- -i to Tlte Georgian. -Marietta, Ga„ Dec. 13.—A fire which "climated In the offices of the Marlet- lH Meekly Courier, edited by Captain ‘ ' Barnes, at 12 o’clock last night, '■ompletely destroyed the building, •'.using a loss of $6,000. There was $1,200 Insurance on the Cant. The publishing plant was situated hi ilie center of the block opposite i uWlc square, and had It not been for 'ho heroic work of the volunteer fire- l:, vn the entire block would have been huttied out. - 1 'aptaln Barnes, who Is an enterprls- "s ' itlzen, announced this morning iii.it a new office would be provided til his paper and It would be Issued “■nit! the first of the year. ooootjooooosooooooooaooopoo TOWN 18 TO LOSE 6 ITS ELECTRIC LIGHTS. O O P.v.ileth, Minn., Dec. 13.—Tlte O t'lel famine is u serious problem. 0 ?" far as soft coal is concerned. O The electric company Is entirely 0 it Unless It secure* coal short- O from some local mining coni- 0 hsny there will be no lights. Wood O i« scares and commands a high O price. O O 00000(1000060000000000000 Tlte special police committee on sa loon licenses, which met at 10 o'clock Thursday morning to reconsider the the recommendations for the raising of licenses and the adding of restrictions to tlte traffle, adjourned until 3 o'clock Thursday afternoon, without taking further action. ,,At the afternoon session the com mittee will also take up the report of the cnlef as to Galloway's saloon and the Empire, both on Decatur street, selling whisky to negroes, officers having reported that this had been dohe. After bearing the testimony and the objections of the whisky men to the proposed regulations Thursday morn ing, the committee went Into executive session, tlnnlty adjourning until the afternoon at 3 o'clock. About a dozen wholesale whisky men were heard from, all but one, raising strenuous objections to the proposed raises In licenses. One dealer said he was satisfied and was willing to pay $1,000 license. The only new argument advanced by tlte wnteky men was that the restric tions. being prohibitive, would dis courage Immigration, bscausv the Let ter class of immigrants, as a rule, must have their glass of beer. NEED^PARSONAGE FOR PRESIDING DISTRICT ELDER Alabama Legislature Will Be Urged to Enact Anti- Bucket Shop Law. It was unanimously derided si n meet, ins of the stewards of the Methodist rliurehes In the Atlanta dlstriet that n district conference was needed, together with a district parsonage, or home for the presiding elder. A committee of seven prominent Atlantans was selected to tnke tlu> matter In hand and provide ways and means to the end. The memliers of the i-ommlttee were C. IV. Smith. Asa IS. Candler, II. T. Met'ord. E. II. Carter, llobert A. Hemphill. Judge tV. It. Ilamnioml and James I.. Moyson. The committee was instructed to liegtn work Immcdlatclv In order that a definite report might l»- made at u subsequent ^TlH-’ cnty other business disposed of was the 'apportioning of the assessments levied bv the recent meeting of the North Geor gia conference. The financial plans of the Atlanta district for 1907 were thoroughly gone over and put In good shape In ad me of the opening of the new year. OFFICERS RE-ELECTED BY BAP. CONFERENCE Special to The Georgian. .Montgomery, Ala.. Dec. 13.—Tl.e c fere nee of the Baptist corresponding secretaries of the minion boards of the Southern state* re-elected the old of fleers today, aa follows: \V. B. Crump ton. of Montgomery, president, and 4. G. Bow. of Louisville, Ky„ secretary, and selected Jack*onvlIIe. Fla., aa the next place of meeting In February. The conference will adjourn today. Special to The Georgian. Montgomery. Ala.. Dee, 13.—The Mont gomery County Cotton Association has gone on rerun! ns favoring doing away with the wire houses in thin state. The following resolution was passed at the meeting yesterday: "Whereas, We regard bucket shops, eot ton exchanges and wire houses as a great detriment to the cotton growers of the South In depressing the price of cotton; aud "Whereas. The Sew York Cotton Ex change, in connection with the said bucket shops, cotton exchanges and wire bouses throughout the South. Is the greatest gam bling scheme ever Invented by the wit of ‘Yankee Ingenuity.’ aud Is robbing the South of Its chief product; therefore be It "HeaoJved by fb» Cotton Growers’ Asso ciation of Montgomery county. That we en- earnest protest ugalnst all such In- f -pen .... these nefarious Institutions within the bor ders of our state." WILL YOUNG TATE'S APPOINTMENT MEAN oooooooooooooooooooooooooo o o O LONOON PUNCH HIT8 O O AT OUR CALIFORNIA. O O O O London, Dec. J3.—Punch's chief O O cartoon today show* a frock- O O coated little Japanese, with docu- O O mentn under his arm labeled "Jap- O O nnese treaty rights In the United O O .States," raising his hat and ad- O O .Ires'-1 ns a conventional figure of O O Uncle Bam, who Hands In his of- O 0 lice with a telephone receiver to O O his ear. O O The Japanese asks: O O "May I ask are you the United O O StatesV O O "Waal," replies Uncle Sam. "I O O can't say right away. I'm Just O O consulting California on that very O O p'int.” O The cartoon Is entitled. "The O Part Greater than the Whole.” O O O oooooooooooooooooooooooooo GLOBE STORE FIRE DOES SOME DAMAGE 1 thought to have been of fn- ‘^ii'liary origin, Wednesday night dam- Jfc'd the Globe store at Decatur and hdiard street* to the extent of several hundred dollar*. he blaze originated In th$» rear of 'lore aud imd gained considerable • -'ailv. ay when discovered by n police* • 1' of the store informed *u * ee 1,1,11 lhe >' believed tlte lire «•« ■» *Lmumi i oooooooiiweooooocooootpooo aoOOOOOOOOOCOOOOOOOOOCOOOO o PUPILS OR TEACHERS O 0 HAVING TUBERCULOSIS O O EXCLUDED FROM 8CHOOL. O O —— O O Special to The Georgian. O 0 Columbus. Go.. Dec. 13.—Tlte 0 0 school board of this city has de- O O elded that no person who Is af- O 0 fecteil with tuberculosis or any O O other contagious disease shall be O O admitted to the schorls, either as 0 O pupil or teacher. _ O Special to The Georgian. Asheville, N. C„ Dec. 13.—Judge Al len. of the superior court, has ordered that the handsome new hotel erected by the Smith estate at a cost of $2S0,- 000. must he sold before the February term of court, at which time the court will jiass on Its acceptance or rejec tion. He further ordered that the sell ing price must be eufficlent to cover llie amount already expended by the estate. From statements by Interested par ties It seems that In ordei to clear all Indebtedness and to recover the amount nlrcady expended, a bid of $93,000 will lie necessary to purchase the property. Work waa suspended 30 days ago when the trustees of the estate found that he had exhausted all rssh In hand anil was unable to raise money on the real estate owned by the Smith heirs. Whether the department of justice In Atlanta will boast three assistants to the United States district attorney or one of the two now in offlcc will be dropped to make room for Howard Tate, son of F. Carter Tate, dlatrtct at torney, Is the tople of discussion among the offlrlals at the custom house. An announcement from Washington to the effect, that young Tate would he appointed assletant district attorney at Atlanta, with offices with Ills father, caused more or less surprise Thursday morning among the Federal officials. Considerable speculation was indulged In as to wltat changes would tnkc place when young Tate assumed Ills new duties. The district attorney'll ontre now has two assistants, the offices being held by J. W. Henley, who earn© In when Carter Tate was appointed dis trict attorney at the beginning of the present year, and E. A. Angler, former ly district attorney. Mr. Angler anid Thursday morning that he knew noth ing of any changes In that office be yond the newspaper reports. District Attorney Tate Is in Washington and ■ nothing definite will be known until his • return to Atlanta. A dispatch from Washington states that the clerk to the attorney general knows nothing of the appointment of Howard Tate. These nominations nre made by the district attorney nnd the appointments confirmed by the attorney general. readyIoTwork FOR P08T0FFICE F EROOS TOY; ESCAPE Advertisement* will appear for the first time Thursday and Friday In the local newspapers asking for bids on the foundation* for Atlanta's new million- dollar poatofflce. Plana anti apeclflca- tlons for the work have been drawn up by the supervising architect In Wash- ington and will be forwarded to the custodian of the custom house within a few day*. A communication was received by Custodian Rucker Thursday morning from \V. S. Kemper, assistant to the While playing; with hi* falhor's 28-callber pistol Wednesday afternoon, little Altnaml Dodson Mayo. Infant son of Police Cap tain W. M. Mayo, of 626 McDaniel street, bad a narrow escape from death. The child, who Is less than n year old, had msunged In some way to get the pistol from under a pillow, where It It kept by Captain Mayo, and was sitting on the floor alone playing with It* The mother had no Idea the tot was playing with such a dangerous Plaything uptll smldeulr the loud report of n pistol cauio from within the room. An Investigation was Instantly made, the room being found Ailed with smoke ** child seated ou the floor unconcerned, a bullet hole through It* clothing. u**af the hip. and a hole In tht way/, through which the bullet had plowed its way. The revolver was lying on the floor near the little tot. The child cpn not talk, and the manner In which the \n»tol wns tired I# a mystery. SHORTAGE OF FUEL JE Congressman Marshall Ap peals to Interstate Commission. TOWER OF BABEL WOULD LOOK LOW IN New Singer Building in New York Has Forty-One Stories. Oakes. N. J).. Dee. 13.—Congressman Tom Marshall, who arrived home from Washing ton, on Mug convinced that the *hortage of fuel at many points In North Dakota is a serious question, at once wired to J. !’. Marble, attorney, representing the Inter state commerce commission, St Mlunespo lls; *‘l have learned that the coal faniluo Is growing more serious dally. Homo point are without fuel and others have only i scant supply. I deem It Imtmrtant that matter of coal supply be thoroughly In tlgnfed In connectlou with nge." j short PEHN MUTUAL MEN TO HOLD CONVENTION The anuual convention of the Georgia Penn Mutual Agency Association held In Atlanta December :'t aud 22, when several hundred agents in Houth Carolina „ _ WVITHI Ilium Id i ilgenin in r*ouiii « a mi mil nupervltlng architect, lnclo«ln«r copies j , iPOrK i n *111 i„, mMrenwl by Governor of the advertisement*. The bids fo.'j Klect jfoke smith nnd other prominent the work w-ltt be made In lump sums | speaker,. and sufficient bond for the.completion t Invitation, have l»een sent out lit ,11 of the work within a certain time will! *i;o"t» vorklac In South Carolina and Gi>or. be required of the bidders. I <■• the territory of lla*le.v A Wlllet, Satisfactory arrangement, have been I made with the city engineering size of the proposed building. R is un derstood that the city will lay sewer* on three side* of the building. In For syth. Walton and Kalrlle streets, con- ftAAOoeoooooofiofififiOOoooeoAA nectlng with a trunk sewer on Ormc 00000060000000000000000000 j , trttt A of ,| le speelffcations and 0 SOME MOISTURE DUE 0 0 ALONG HERE FRIDAY. 0 O Ol 0 Well. It cun t he the nicest O O weather ever all tlte time, so we O 000000000000C^OOOOOOOOOO0O O can't grumble much If there's, a 011, 0 OiO TO LAUNCH BRYAN O ailed to order by President Wilhelm at fn o'clock on the , morning of Iteeemher 2 for the transaction water department* concerning the lay- | of lh< > i, u ,[ ne! $* 0 f the association. The !?£.?# . X .~ C I NIW of this day's session will lie the “ ’** ‘ f ’ experience meeting. In wblefl every agent O bit of dampness Friday. O Forecast; O O "Cloudy an«l warmer Thursday O O night, probably tain Friday." O O TJtutsday's temperature*: O O 7 o'clock a. m 42 degree*. O O s o’clock a. m 43 degree*. O O 9 o'clock a. nt 44 degrees. O O 10 o’clock a. m.. . . .47 degrees. O O 11 o'clock a. in to degree*. Q O 12 o’clock tioot* (4 degree*. O t> 1 o'clock p. ti»..... .55 degree*. O O 2 o’clock p. nr 57 degree*. O CCQQQQQZOOQQQQQOOOaaanQQOQ 0 ON OWNERSHIP PLAN. O 0 O O Norfolk, Nebr., Dec. 13.—Send- 0 O tor Allen and other* of Bryan’s O O home folk* announce that the 0 O government ownership club* of 0 O Nebraska will meet .it Houth O O Omaha *oon. It Is believed they O O will formally launch Bryan on the O O owner*hlp plank for the lire* I den- O O cy. O O O O 0 Q&OQQ&&OQOPQOOOC Ofi OO will be expected to participate. A "/juestJi Ihix" will l»e conilucted by tbe home of- fl*-'* men. President George K. Johnson, of Phila delphia, anil llonry f. I.ipplncott. Philadel- pbfn, mauager of agi^ueies, and a writer of note on life insurance matters, will t»e present to addrexs tbe agents. Mr. Up- pincott will explain tlte Armstrong law. On tbe night of December 21. Messrs. Rag ley Ac wlllet will In* hosts at n ban quet to lie tendered to visitors and em ployee* of tin* company at the Capital City t'lnb. Other prominent offj.vrs of the company will deliver addresses on Imp tant subjects. The Singer Sewing Machine Coinpany's building i^ow in course of coustructlou nt llrottdwny and Liberty street. Sew York, will, when completed. We the highest struc ture over erected by man for office or busi ness purposes. The tower. 65 feet square, will rise 612 feet above tho street level. It will be 6 feet taller than the Tower of Ilnbel, 6J feet higher than the Philadelphia etty hall, S feet higher than the spires of the Cologne cathedral, and will contain forty-one stories. The height of the main building from cellar to roof will l»e IIS feet. In order to secure a rock fouudatlou upon which to erect this great building. It has been necessary to dig down »0 feet below the surface of the ground. Workmen are now engaged in removing the earth by means of great working chambers or lioxes eonstriiep.|| of heavy timber or steel, with- out bottoms, the lower edges being shod with the latter metal, which are lowered Into place mid as the $>artb Is removed from below lu huge buckets operated by steoui engines, they gradually sink. \\ ben one of these chamber* or cais sons settles below tlte water line, a see- Ilona shaft equipped with an air lock 4s Inserted in the roof and compress**! nlr Is pumped Into tbo chamber to keen It clear of water. 1 pound of pressure Mug em ployed for every 2 1-3 feef of depth. With- out such an arrangement. It would 1m* im possible to roach lied-roek. It Is expected that the Ringer building will be completed nml ready for occupancy in May. lm I he creel Ion of a lower of such • WINCHESTER SHOTS fIRED INTO HOME OF SAMUEL CRAIG One Bullet Penetrated Win dow* Facing Near Mrs, Craig. lltect. tremendous engi neering difficulties, The only unusual fea ture will In* the wind braces, which, nl- though aot required by the building de- thr^wall 1, 0r< * *° 1,0 mt( * e of Not a cubic unit of wood will enter Into the construction of the building, even the sash and doors I icing of metal and the tlm>rs of cement nud marble. Four Horn- tors will carry the tenants, who It Is ex nected will number 5,S*A to any out* of the forty-one floors. SpcHit! to The OMretan. Loffanzvllle, Ga.. Doc. 13.—About S o'clock last nl*ht the home of Sam Craljr, two mile, from Lawrencevillr. was fired Into by some person yet un known. Four shot, ware tired, It la thought, from a Winchester rifle. One ball pen etrated the window foaing of the fam ily room where the wife of Mr. Craig was sitting. , Uwo hundred dollar, reward is of fered tor the guilty party. SOUVENIR CALENDAR IS HANDSOME GIFT Wli.nt ites been pronounced one ••? the most beautiful nnd comprehensive • calendars ever seen In thin city I* now • on exhibition In the «how windows ••£ Atlanta's business house,. It Is a souvenir calendar of Atlanta, and Is absolutely free of any kind of advertising matter. The calendar lias for a frontispiece a well drawn golden irate, supported by marble columns. ; above which In the distance can ho seen the dome of the state eapltol. Me,. Emma Ball. Mrs. Emma Bell, aged 26 year*. dh-'I Wednesday afternoon at the Gradv hospital. She Is survived by her lu>-- hand and two children. whoresMe ot 3 Savannah street. The bod> will sent to Marietta, Ga., Thursday after noon for burial. COSY Christmas Comfort Yet not only for Chr tatma* alone, but for all the year W, around Is to be had. from a pair of Knott & Awtry Slippers 1 Such an array of slipper* as you’ll find here! oil’ll want. Every kind Soft felt foot-warmer* for the older folk, pretty fur-trim med. leather noled slippers for women and children, flexible, easy leather "Romeos" for men. Bed Slipper* for those who suffer with cold feet. Dainty kid bootees, and moccasins for the babies. Christmas Slippers For All Prices: $1.00 to $2.00. BOTH PHONE8—CALL US UP FOR WHAT YOU WANT. PROMPT 8ERVICE. B, Avery Beach. The funeral services of II. Avery Beach, who died Wednesday morning, were conducted Thursday afternoon ut 2:30 o’clock, nt the family residence. 410 Oakland avenue. He was II years of age. The Interment was In West View cetneterv. 25 WHITEHALL STREET.