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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1306. V AN EXTRAORDINARY BARGAIN SALE FOR FRIDAY SECOND FLOOR SPECIALS. Tailored Suits. Yerv handsome Tailored Suits of fine' Broadcloth, Fancy Fabrics, etc.: worth up to CQ QA $ 3 ; ; choice Misses' Skirts. .Misses’ Skirts of new plain and fsnry fabrics: excellently made and perfect fitting; 4 AQ worth $4,00 # 1.30 Ladies' Skirts. Sew line of. Ladles’ Skirts of Chif fon Panamas and Broadcloths; worth $8 and $10; at iroaocioms; - $3.98 Silk Waists. 300 drummer's sample Waists of fine taffeta silks; all colors and_ sizes; choice $2.87 New Silk Etons. Ladles' Eton Jackets of fine black taffeta *1111, slik lined; worth $10: In tomorrow’s sale at Hunn $3.98 Silk Petticoats. Ladies' stylish Petticoats of black and colored taffeta silk with deep flounce and ruffles a wuii uvep $2.98 Cravenette Coats. Ladles' 54-lnch Cravenette Coats; very stylish and thoroughly rain proof; worth $6; special $2.98 Tourist Coats. Ladles’ SO to 54-inch Tourist Coats of plain Kerseys and fancy Eng lish plaids and mix tures; $15 value . $4.87 BOYS’ SUITS. Boys' well made Suits of good woo) materials; worth 98® $3; choice CHILDREN’S CAPS. Boys' and Girls' fine sllk-llned Wool and Velvet Caps; worth 25c ,o75c;at ' fOc choice Ladies' Coats Ladies' 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: $4 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; BA. choice OUC Knit Underwear Ladles' 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;. $16.00 value, $6,951 Children's Rockers and Babies' Hlgn Chairs in to- 40. morrow's sale at vvw Floor Oilcloth—Excellent quality; s&rrr. 25c $1.50 Gloves at 75c FIRST FLOOR BARGAINS. $4.50 Gloves, $2.98 Ladles’ full elbow length Kid Gloves In black, white, tan and brown; real $4.50 value $2.95 ladles’ stylish 2-clasp Gloves of fine French Kid; $1.50 grade; black and colors 75c Men's Neckwear 25c Big line of Men’s 50c and 75c^Sllk Neckwear in new de- * rigns at, choice I Uli OIIK 25c Ladies' Neckwear, 25c Ladles' rancy embroidered and lace-trlmnied Collars In new ef fects; very special at 25® WE GIVE GREEN TRADING STAMPS BASS' 18 WEST MITCHELL NEAR WHITEHALL Beaded Bags at 98c Beautiful Headed Bags with gun metal or gold plated frames; worth up to $5; choice 98 c Silk Mufflers, 50c Men's white and black Hemstitch ed Silk Mufflers; 27 Inches square; $1.50 value, BA. only QU C Flannelettes at 5\c Big lot of new Flannelettes and Out- lugs, worth 12 l-2c a yard; In r. 88 !! 3V Eiderdown Comforts Extra large pure Eiderdown Com forts with covers of finest French^ satin; $8.00 values; tomorrow $3.98 INFANTS’ CAPS Infanta' Caps of fine white Silk; nicely embroidered; AC. 50c valuo Marseilles Spreads Fine, large English Marseilles Bod Spreads, quilted designs; worth up to $5; take' choice for ..... $1.98 Dress Woolens Fine Weat of England Broad cloths, Novelty Mixtures, etc.; worth up to $3.00 a AQ yard; Friday wOC Black Taffetas 10 pieces of yard wide Black Taffeta Silks; usual $2 AQ grade; In this sale OwC Umbrella Sale Men's and Women's handsomely mounted Holiday Umbrellas; worth up to AA $5.00 90c' r LADIES’ FURS. Ladles' handsome Fur Neckpieces worth up to $15; am at, choice 9w.9U WANTED AT HOME Chief of Police Jennings received letter Thursday morning from Captain ..f Detective* O’Brien, of Chicago, ask ing him to ascertain the whereabouts .if Grace TUce, a pretty 17-yoar-old ehoius girl, whose relatives in the Win dy city are anxious to find her. It is stated in the communication that th.* actress left Chicago about three v.-eeJis ago to play an engagement at the Star Theater, this city. Whether the girl ran away from her home is not Jtatcij. Inquiry by a Georgian reporter at the Star Theater elicited the information that Miss Rice really did come fo At lanta and was a member of the chorus in that theater for four weeks, her en- gr.getnent closing November 17. She was on the stage under the name of Grace Rice. Manager Thompson said lie had not >een the chorus girl since she left the theater, but had understood she was Htit! In the city. He said the girl talk- *4 but little and had given no informs Hon oncernlng her family. She came to Atlanta with fourteen other chorus Rlt’l r. LICENSE QUESTION POSTPONED AFTER EXECUTIVE SESSION I BY PLAITJEST10YED I'iiv Broke Out at Midnight. Burning the Entire Building. zr-. ui to The Georgian.. •Marietta, Ua„ Dee. 13.—A fire which "Hxinaled In the offices of the Marlet- la Weekly Courier, edited by Captain I'l'-.l Barnes, at 12 o'clock last night, completely destroyed the building, causing a los. of $8,000. There was $l,:oO Insurance on the plant. The publishing plant was situated In the center of the block opposite luhn, square, anti had It not been for the heroic work of the volunteer fire men the entire block would have been but n.-el out. ''aptaln Barnes, who la an enterprla. JJK ■ itizen, .announced this morning umt new office would be provided ™ I't" puper und It would be Issued 'in the first of the year. °OCOOOOO0OO00DO00000O 0O0OO 2 TOWN 18 TO LOSE ® IT8 ELECTRIC LIGHTS. 0 ? , K'-leth, Minn.. Dec. 13.—'The O ; 1 '' famine Is a serious problem. O 3 ' ; fat as soft coal la concerned. 0 i he electric company Is entirely O : ", t'nlesa It secures coal short- O 1 r|,, m some local mining com- o ? pany there will be no lights. Wood O X '* ? earc« and commands a high O C3oaoaooooooo000000000000o The 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 the traffic, adjourned until 3 o'clock Thursday afternoon, without taking further action. At the afternoon session the com mittee will also take up the rej>6Vfc of the cnlef as to Galloway’s saloon and the Kmplre. both cn Decatur street, selling whisky to negroes, officers having reported that this had been done. After hearing the testimony and the objections of the whisky men to the proposed regulations Thursday morn ing. the committee went Into executive session, finally 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 a $1,000 license. The only new argument advanced by the whisky men was that the restric tions. being prohibitive, would dis courage immigration, bacaiiS'j the t el ler class of immigrants, as a rule, must have their glass of beer. Alabama Legislature Will Be Urged to Euaet Anti- Bucket Shop Law. E, FOR PRESIDING DISTRICT ELDER It was unanimously «Ieclde<k at a meet ing of the stewards of the Methodist churches In the Atlanta district that n district conference was needed, together with n district parsonage, or home the presiding elder. A committee of seven prominent Atlantan# was selected to take the matter in band and provide way* and means to the end. The members of the committee were W. Smith. Asa G. Candler, II. Y. McCord. B. B. Carter, Robert A. Hemphill. Judge \V. H. Hammond aud Jamea I,. May son. The committee was Instructed to begin work Immediately In order that a definite report might be made at a subsequent '"ThV^nly other business disposed of was the apportioning of the assessments levied hv the recent meeting of the North Jaw- Kin conference. The financial plans of the Atlanta district for 190? were thoroughly gone over ami put In good shape in ad vance of the opening of the new year. 'H-OBE store fire does some damage ' fire, thought to have been of In- **ndi»ry origin, Wednesday night «lam- Jf"' 1 Hie Globe etore at Decatur and Hill \ a "t street, to the extent of several '-o.iie.i dollar*. blare originated In the rear of *'°re and bad gained considerable •fl'. ay when discovered by a pollce- : * official, of the store informed ,h * t 'hey believed the fire 'oe work of a firebug. An InventI- »• m «HS niade, but no clew obtained. officers re-elected BY BAP. CONFERENCE Special to The Georgian. 1 Montgomery, Ain., Dec. 13.—The con ference of the Baptist correspontjlng secretaries of the mission boards of the Southern states re-elected the old of ficers today, as follows: \Y. B. Crump* ton. of Montgomery, president, and J. G Bow. of Louisville, Ky.. secretary, and selected Jacksonville, Fla., as the next place of meeting In February. The conference will adjourn today. Special to The Georgian. Montgomery. Ala., Dec. 13.—'The Moot- gotu*»gy County Cotton Association has gone on record as favoring doing away with the wire houses In this state. The following reaolutlou waa pawed at the meet log yesterday: "Whereas, Wo regard bucket shops, rot- 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 New York Cotton Ex- change. In connection with the said bucket ■hops, cotton exchanges and wire bouses throughout the h'outh. la the greatest gam bling scheme ever invented by the wit of •Yankee Ingenuity,’ and Is robbing the South of its chief product; therefore Be It •'Resolved by the Cotton Growers' Asso ciation of Montgomery county. That wo en ter our earnest protest against all such In stitutions and schemes, and call upon the next legislature of Alabama to paas n law absolutely prohibiting the operation of these nefarious Institutions within the bor- of our state." ooooowdooooooooSoohmhwooo O o O LONDON PUNCH HIT8 O O AT OUR CALIFORNIA. O O 0 0 London, Dm. 13.—Punch’, chief O O cartoon today ahowa a frock- 0 0 coated little Japaneae. with docu- O 0 inent* under hie arm labeled "Jap- 0 0 nnese treaty rights In the United O O'States." railing hla hat and ad- O 0 dressing a conventional figure of O 0 Undo Sam, who stand. In hla of- 0 0 lice with a telephone receiver to O 0 Ills ear. 0 0 The Japaneae asks: - 0 0 "May X aak are you the United O 0 States'."’ O "Waal," replleg Uncle 8am, "I O O can't ,ay right away. I'm Ju,t O 0 comultlng California on that very O O pTm.” 0 O The cartoon la entitled, "The 0 O Part Greater than the Whole.” O O O 0000000O0O0000OO0OO00O000O ORDERS HOTEL 80LD TO PAY INDEBTEDNESS WILL VODNG TATE'S APPOINTMENT MEAN INGONE QOOOO0OO000*«<»0000000Of'Oe 0 PUPILS OR TEACHERS O HAVING TUBERCULOSI8 0 2 EXCLUDED FROM SCHOOL. O 0 Special to The Georgian. 0 0 Columbua, Oa.. Dec. 13.—The O 0 school boat ! of this city has de- O 0 c|<le.l that no person who is af- O O feeted with tuberculosis or any O 0 other rontaglou, disease ehall be O O admitted to the »cheol». either as O O pupil or teacher. ?CO0OO00C000000XKKK 1 Special to The (ieergien. Asheville,' X. Dec. II.—Judge Al len, of the superior court, haa ordered that the handsome new hotel erected by the Smith estate at a cost of $250, 000. must be sold before the February term of court, at which time the court will pass on Its acceptance or rejec tion. He further ordered that the sell ing price mu«t be sufficient to cover the amount already expended by the estate. From statements by Interested par ties It seems thnt In order to clear all Indebtednesa and to recover the amount already expended, a bid of $92,000 will lie necessary to purchaae the property. , Work waa suspended 30 days ago when the trustees of the estate found that lie had exhausted all cash In hand and was unable to raise money on the real estate owned by the Smith heirs. O0000O0000000000C000000000 O 0 0 SOME MOISTURE DUE 0 0 ALONG HERE FRIDAY. O 0 — O 0 Well, it can't be the nicest O O weather ever all the time, to we 0 O can't grumble much If tbere s a O 0 bit of dampness Friday. O 0 Forecast: 0 O "Cloudy and warmer Thursday 0 0 night, probably rain Friday.” O 0 Thut-day's temperatures: 0 ' o'clock a. m 42 degrees. 0 0 8 o’clock a. m 43 degrees. O 0 9 o’clock a. m 44 degree*. 0 0 10 o’clock a. m 47 degrees. O 0 11 o’clock a. 50 degree*. O 0 12 o'clock noon 14 degree*. 0 0 t o'clock p. mj, •• ..55 degree*. O 0 2 o'clock p. m 57 degree*. 0 OO0OOP0OPO000O0OOOOOOO00OO Whether the department uf Justice In Atlanta will boast three assistants to the United State* district attorney one of the two now In office will be dropped to make room for Howard Tate, son of F. Carter Tate, district at torney, 1* the topic of discussion among the officials at the custom house. An announcement from Washington to the effect that young Tate would be appointed assistant district attorney at Atlanta, with offices with hi, father, caused more or less surprise Thursday morning among the Federal officials. Considerable speculation was Indulged In a* to what changes would take place when young Tine assumed his new duties. The district attorney's office now lias two assistants, the offices being held by J. W. Henley, who camo In when Carter Tate waa appointed dis trict attorney at the beginning of the present year, and K. A. Angler, former ly district attorney. Mr. Angler said Thursday morning that he knew noth ing of any changes In that office be yond the newapaper reports. District Attorney Tate Is In Washington and i nothing definite will be known until his I 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 are made by the district attorney and the appointments confirmed by the attorney general. READY FOR WORK F FDR POSTOFFICE TOY! ESCAPE WlilL* playing with his father's 28-caliber pistol Wednesday aftornoou, little Aimnnd I>ods<rn Mayo, infaut son of Police Cap tain W. if. Mayo, of 625 McDaniel street, had a narrow escape from death. The child, who is lest than n year old, had roauaged in some way to gat the pistol from under a pillow, where it Is kept by Captain Mayo, and was sitting ou the floor alone ploying with it. The mother had no Idea the tot was playing with stick a dangerous plaything until suddenly f&o loud report of n pistol came from within the room. / An Investigation was instantly made, the OF BABEL LOOK LOW New Singer Building in New York Has Forty-One Stories. * which the bullet had clothing, near plowed SHORTAGE OF FUEL BE Congressman Marshall Ap peals to Interstate Commission. Oakes. N. I>„ Dec. 31— Coiigressuian Tom Marshall, who arrived home from Washing ton, on being convinced that the shortage of fuel at many points In North Dakota ii a serious question, at once wired to J. P. Marble, attorney, representing the Inter state commerce commission, at Mlnneapo 11s: •*I have learned that th# coal famine is growing more serious dally. Home (Mdnts are without fuel nnd others have only Advertisements will Appear for the first time Thursday and Friday in .the local newspapers asking for bids on the foundation* for Atlanta'* now million- dollar postoffice, plans and npeclflca* tlona 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 days. 4 A communication was received by Cufltodlan Rucker Thursday morning from W. S. Kemper, assistant to the wvrrsi mxnuriu nj(i-ni» in nunui » nmiiua supervising architect, ,nc *® Bln * copies ! #n(l tieorgln will bo addressed by Governor- PENN MUTUAL MEN TO The suiiUai convention of the Georgia Penn Mutual Agency Association will lie held In Atlanta December 21 and 22, when several hundred agents In Mouth Carolina of the advertisements. The bids for the work will be made In lump sums and sufficient bond for the completion of the work within a certain time will be required of the bidders. Satisfactory arrangements have been made with the city engineering and water.departments concerning the lay ing of sewers commensurate with the size of the proposed building. It Is un derstood that the city wllf lay sewers on three aides of the building, in For syth, Walton and Fairi|e streets, con necting with a trunk sewer on Orme street. A copy of the specifications and drawings wilJ be kept on file in the cus todian’s office. OOO<W<10<WHJ0OOO0OO0OOO0OO0O o o O TO LAUNCH BRYAN O O ON OWNER8HIP PLAN. O O O O Norfolk, Nebr., Dec. 13.—Sena- O O tor Allen and others of Bryan's O O iiome folkf announce that the O O government ownership clubs of O 0 Nebraska will meet at South O O Omaha soon. It Is believed they O O will formally launch Bryan on the O O ownership plank for the preslden- O 0 cy. O O O 00000000000000000000000000 Elect Hoke Smith and other prominent speakers. Invitations bare heen sent ©ut to nil ■gents working In Smith Carolina and Geor gia In the territory of Itagle.r A- Wlllet. The convention will be railed to order by President Wilhelm at 10 o'clock on the morning of f>e4>euit>er 2 for the transaction of the business of the association. The feature of this day’s session will be the experience meetlnr. In which every agent will bo expected to par Helps fe. A "question box" will be conducted by the home of- flee men. President George K. Johnson, of Phila delphia. nnd Henry «*. Lipplncotl. PUilsdei ptneott will explain the Armstrong law. On the night of December 21. Messrs. fUkglojr A Millet will be hosts at a quet to !h» tendered to visitors nnd plover* of th** company at the Capital city CInb. Other proinluetit officers or the company wilt ilullver addresses »n Impor taut subjects. The Hliiger Hewing Machine Company’s building now In eoursc of construction nt Broadway and Liberty afreet, New York, will, when completed, bo the highest atruC' turn ever creeled by man for office or busi ness purpose*. The tower, 63 feet square, will rise 612 feet above the s I reel level. It will be G feet taller than the Tower of Babel, 63 feet higher than the Philadelphia city 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 Ik* IBS feet. In order lo secure a rock foundation upon which to erect thla groat building. It has been necessary fo dig down M feet below the surface of the ground. Workmen •re non- engaged in removing the earth by means of great working chambers or l»oxes constructed of heavy timber or H teel, with- out bottoms, the lower edges being shod with the I after moral, which are lowered Into place and os the earth Is removed from Mow In huge bucket* operated by steam engjnes, they gradually sink. When one of them* chamlicrs or cais son# .settle# M/mv the wafer line, a sec- tional abaft equipped with an air lock I* Inserted In the roof nnd comprcKitcd nlr Is pumped Into tho chamber to keep It dear of water. 1 pound of pressure Mug em ployed for every 2 1-3 feet of depth. With* out such an arrangement. It would be im possible to reach bed-rock. If Is expected that the Hinger building will l»c completed nnd ready for occupancy In May, 1908. The erection of a tower of such enor mous height preaenf*, no Krnent \V. Flagg, the architect, says, no tremendous engi neering difficulties. The only unusual f"a- turc will be the wind braces, which, al though not required by the building de partment, arc to be made independent of the wall. Not a cubic unit of wood will enter Into the construction of the bnildlDg. even tho sash nnd doors Iwdng of metal ami the floors of cement and marble. Pour deva. tor# wJJI carry the tenants, who It la ex I»ected will number 2,5V>, to any one of the forty-one floors. FIRED INTO ROME OF SAMUEL CBAIG One Bullet Penetrated Win dow Facing Near Mrs. Craig. Hp-ris! to The Oeorfftan. Logansvllle, Ga„ Dec. 18.—About * o’clock last nlfht the home of Sam Craig, two mile* from Lawrencerllle. was fired Into by some pereon yet tin. known. Four shots were fired. It Is thou*ht, from a Winchester rifle. One ball pen- etrated the window facing of the fam ily room where the wife of Mr. Craig was sitting. Two hundred dollar* reward is of fered for the guilty party.: SOUVENIR CALENDAR IS HANDSOME GIFT What has been pronounced one of the most beautiful nnd comprehensive ; calendars ever seen In this' city Is now I on exhibition In the show windows of Atlanta’s business houses. It Is a souvenir calendar of -Atlants, and Is absolutely free of any kind of ; advertising matter. The calendor has : for a frontispiece a welt drawn golden . gate supported by marble columns. 1 above which In the distance can bo : seen the dome of the state capitol. Mrs. Emma Ball. Mr* Emma Bell, aged 26 year*, died . Wednesday afternoon at the Gradv hospital. She Is survived by her liu-- tiand and two children, who reside at 5 Havannah street. The body will bo sent to Marietta, Ga„ Thursday after noon for burial. COSY $$f Christmas Comfort % Yet not only for Christmas alone, but for all tho year around Is to be had, from a pair of Knott & Awtry Slippers Such an array of slippers us you’ll find here! Every kind you’ll want. Hott felt foot-warmers for the older folk, pretty fur-trim-, ined, leather soled slippers for women and children, flexible, easy leather "Romeos" for men. Bed Slippers for those who suffer with cold feet. Dainty kid bootees nnd moccasins for the babies. Christmas Slippers For All Prices: $1.00 to $2.00. BOTH PHONES—CALL US UP FOR WHAT YOU WANT. PROMPT SERVICE. B. Avtry Beach. The funeral service* of B. Avary Beach, who died Wednesday morning, were conducted Thursday afternoon ut 2:30 o'clock, nt the family residence. 410 Oakland avenue. lie was 11 yearo of age. The Interment, was In We-l View cemetetv. f