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' BHRH «■■■■ THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. TUESDAY. DECEMBER 18. 19C6. wwwwyi UNEXCELLED OFFERINGS IN 1 Men s Neckwear We are now giving a carnival of Bargains in our high grade Neckwear for Men. We are greatly overstocked and have decide dto give several lines at special cut prices before the holidays. If you want truly swell necwear in Christmas boxes, come to this Sale. $1.00 and $1.50Neckwear\ At 50 dozen Men’s Pure Silk Four-in-, Hand Ties, light, medium and dark I shadings, all the nobbiest colors and patterns of the season. Each one in ( a neat box. The most elegant and varied assortment of Neckties in this city will be sold at this bargain price. 69c 3 for $2.00 ‘SEND US $1,000 AND SAVE CHILD" Frantic Mother Gets, a Threatening Letter Frdm • jf the Kidnapers. ,' New York. Dec. 18.—"Send us 11.000 or you will never see your boy alive." This threat from the band of black mailers who kidnaped little George Brueato and- are holding him for that ransom, was received through the mall today by Mrs. Alfonso Brueato, the child's mother, at her home In Stanton street, and made her frantic with grief, convinced that she would never see her child Again. The Finest of Imported Stationery in Holiday Gift Boxes L RESTRAINED FROM REMOVING RECORDS Suit Entered by the United States Casualty in Fed eral oCurt. m & mus. iu. | M. RICH & BROS. CO. -c WHISTLING CHORUS LATEST IDEA IN SUNDAY SCHOOL PRIMARY CLASS Atlanta now has New York beaten a block when It comes to novelties and innovations In churches. And because of this the Trinity Methodist Sunday school promises to be an attractive placp each Sunday for the younger boys who have been In the habit of attending—some perhaps—be ta use they were sent. Rut now It's the Sunday school for theirs. All this comes about because of the plan Inaugurated last Sunday In the primary class by the teacher, Mrs. F. p. Gaffney. The little boys In this primary class now whistle the Sunday school hymns. At leant, they did last Sunday, and so well'did‘It work that It might be kept up. Last Sunday just after (he lesson had been finished, some of the restless youngsters Indulged in moro or less whistling, of course the kids thought they would be reproved for this, but they received a surprise Instead when Mrs. Gaffney sweetly asked If they Would prefer whistling the next son*. Almost to a.youngster the boys as sented and while the little girls in the class sang the next song, the boys whistled the tune, and whistled‘it well. And instantly the school became more attractive. Mrs. Gaffney's innovation made a hit and the innovation was a pleasing one at that, even though it was odd. 1.0, PERKINS DEAD AFTER LONG ILLNESS Augusta, Ga., Dec. 18.—H. C. Pe.'- klns, president of the Perkins Manu facturing Company, the Georgia Iron Works and connected with other large business concerns In Georgia and Ala bama, died last night at hi* home; on Greene street, after a lingering Illness. Mr. Perkins Is survived by a widow and seven children. He was reported to be worth more than a million dollars. His Insurance policies amounted to $300,000, whllo his real estate, personal and other property made him one of the wealthiest men in this section. The funeral will be conducted Wed nesday afternoon at the residence >f the deceased by Rev. Sparks W. Mel ton, pastor of the First Baptist church, of which Mr. Perkins was a member. BRIEF NEWS NOTES Emperor William wreaked quick ven geance on an enterprising reporter for The Loknl Anzleger, who was dressed as a liveried servant, and was found with the emperor’s party on a train going to Potsdam. The kaiser had the train stopped and the reporter In his livery was abandoned on the track 10 miles from a station. The United States has sent a little navy of four small vessels, run by gas oline, to Santo Domingo. They were built by Lewis Nixon. Uncle Sam Is still In charge of the Santo Dominican customs service, and the little fleet Is Intended to trip up smuggled. It has 1,000 miles of coast to protect. BEAUTIFUL NEW PIANOS SLIGHTLY CASE DAMAGED GREAT PRICE REDUCTIONS At Wester Music Co.’s Clearance Sale—Some of the Very Best Bargains Are Left, Both in Slightly Damaged and Odd Style, Make and Sample Pianos. To Close Out Every Instrument During the Next Few Days, We Will Make Tommy Feltz, of Brooklyn, got all that was coming to him In a six-round bout with Jack Phenec, of Johnstown, Pa., before a large crowd at the Turner Athletic Club at Altoona, Pa., Monday night. In the last round Feltz was all but out. No decision was announced. Special to The Georgian. Montgomery, Ala.. Dec. 18.—In n suit filed yesterday by the United S'tntes Cas unity Company of New York ngninst the Virginla-Curollim Chemical Company In the United States court, the Casualty company charges that the Chemical company did not make proper returns of account* and pa tolls Involved iu the obligation of the foi mer to afford liability protection In the em ployment of labor. The Casualty company alleges that result of them* misrepresentation* they had to pay sums for which they were not liable under the contract held, it sets forth that these sums were paid between the first of March, 181*8. and Mny 15, 1M3. Judge Jones lias granted a temporary Injunction restraining the Chemical com pany from removing any book* or papers which will be needed to conduct the case and made the case returnable before Feb ruary 4, 1907. SASSER 10 BE TRIED ON MURDER CHARGE Three Hundred Men Were Summoned From Which To Select Jury. James B. HaggJn's automobile killed an unidentified tnan In front of the Ho tel Gotham. Fifty-fifth street and Fifth avenue. Mr. Huggln’s chauffeur, George E. Ferris, was the only one in the ma chine, he having Just left the Haggln home at No. 587 Fifth avenue. There was not enough money in the house at the Keystone Athletic Club nt Philadelphia Monday night fbr Kid Gleason und he refused to go In the wind-up with Billy West. Harry Gard ner was substituted, and considering the conditions put up, did well against West, and the fight went six rounds. A woman, known as "Molly Maguire," who was arrested at Lansing, Mich., on a charge of shop lifting, made her es cape from the county jail by cutting a two-foot hole through nn 18-inch brick wall and descending, on a rope ladder from the second story of the jail. FURTHER REDUCTIONS IN PRICE EASIER TERMS DF PAYMENT The Best Opportunity Ever Presented To Prudent Buyers, If a Piano Is Needed Your Way Should Lie Straight to the Wester Store—Your Piano Is Here at a Saving to You of $125 to $200, But You Must Hurry Your Visit. Open Evenings, 64 Peach- . tree Street. SECRETARY WILSON Special to The “'Georgian. Sylvester,' Bn., Dec. 18,— 1 The trial of Syl vester Hasses, chnrged with the murder of M. L. Parker, a farmer, was called Monday and post|toned on account of the widow of the dead man. Mr. Parker was shot through the window of his bed room about 12 o’clock at night, In this stationery \ stqre you’ve a range never attempted before in any southern store. Stationery in holiday pack ages from 25c to $8.00. The finest of linens and vellums, daintily tied with rib bons and packed in decorated boxes. We picture one here. A $2.00 Box Stationery of Imported at $1.33 As Shown in Cut—The finest quality of German Velour Royal Gray, with note size paper, regret cards, invitation cards and envelopes to fit each size of paper and both size cards. Regular price, $2.00. • 35c Special at 25c. A special Christmas box of Stationery. A quire of fine bond paper, with envelopes, in holly decorated box. Regular price 35c, at 25 Cents. On the Second Floor only. Boxes of Imported Stationery with two quires of gilt edge paper in letter size, five quires in n<Jte size, and 50 gilt corner regret cards, and 14 packages of envelopes to match paper and cards. The finest German Vellum, Price $7.49. Other boxes on the same order as the box shown here with different quantities and styles of paper, $4.37, $4.49, $5.49, $5.68, $5.98. m various sizes JACOBS’ PHARMACY present awl WILL AID SCHOOLS THREE STATE BANNS CHARTERED TUESDAY There are a few of the very good bargains left. During the past week more people ! > bought pianos at this sale than any other like occasion In the whole •uth. Hut when people can buy pianos, Cn *d pianos, too, at the prices prevail- in < a*, this sale, and on the terms of payment extended. It fully explains the j - ason why so many have bought, aoiv there are a number of those fine aghtly ease damaged pianos left, also odd style and sample pianos. We :,r ‘- going to close every one of them "t during the next few days. , To DO THIS WE HAVE PUT THE 'TUrus DOWN AGAIN, CUT THEM JjVKN DEEPER THAN EVER. AND He first LUCKY PERRONS THAT HERE WILL SECURE THE 1 b\V REMAINING BARGAINS ^ splendid uprights reduced to $96 and The pianos are only slightly dum- f* e,M l. the sears and scratches having , h carefully repaired, and every on*.* them musically perfect and thor- ighly guaranteed. • s p!* ndld uprights cut down to $1-*. *>*•* and $158. Term* of paynieht are made to pl°as-' " h ‘ndivldual purchaser. It Is Indeed "pportunlty we are giving piano $137. $168. $176. $193. etc. Every piano bought at this sale Is bought at a saving of not less than $150. Three French walnut uprights, slightly scratched on the ends, but can hardly be delected, worth $373, to c|os-» out at your choice for $218. It pleases us very much to be able to offer the people tli^se great bar gains at this time. Many people have taken iuivuntuge of. this money-saving opportunity to supply their homes with pianos ami many have bought and aid storing their pianos with us until Christmas morning. Four high-grade uprights, all sam? make,, but different styles, mahogany. English oak and French walnut cases, very slightly case damaged, the regti lar prices Washington, Dec. 18.—Governor J, M. Terrell, of Georgia, accompanied by Representatives Adamson and Liv ingston, called on Secretary of Agri culture Wilson yosterduy to confer with him relative to the new agricultural schools In Georgia. Governor Terrell received assurances from Secretary Wilson* that he was In sympathy with the schools and favored congress making provisions for sub stations for agricultural experiments at each of the eleven schools. A plan will he submitted to the agri cultural committee of the house Imme diately nfter the holidays whereby sub stantial assistance run be given these schools. Senator Bacon is a member of the board of trustees of the University of Georgia, and will lend hearty co operation to any feasible plan. The national agricultural depart ment will detail experts to visit each of the schools and lecture and give special Instructions to the students on the subjects of plant life and animal Industry. Governor Terrell left last night for New York. nfter leaving his store. Several hundred Jurors . It Is thought that nn announcement will lie made today, as Judge Rawlings sceum de termined that It lie tried If possible. This Is the second trial of this case. the first trial resulting In a conviction but the Judge granted a new trial on account of one of the jurors reading a newspaper while trying the rase. Mr. Parker was murdered in cold blood, being shot through a window while sitting In his home one Saturday evening. * A day and n half has been consumed In getting a Jury and at 12 o'clock the panel has Just been secured. Over 300 special Jurors hnvo been summoned on the case, a large number being dis qualified,’both Parker and Snssar hav ing a large relationship in this county. The trial will consume the whole of the week, as there are over a hundred witnesses to he examined. Pete Mel- drlm and E. K. Overstreet appear for the defense and H. D. D. Twiggs, A. J. Herrington and H. A. Boykin for the state. OF Three new stale bonks were granted charters Tuesday morning by Secretary of Htnte Phi! Cook, ruining tne total number lit the state to 296. The new banks are as The M. Demon Hanking Company, of Ac- orth. UnpU.nl stons $30,009, nn I irteorporn- *rs. J. I.. I.omon. >rlando*L\wtry and .iiiies \V McMillan. The Yolesvflle Ranking Uompany. of Upson county. Capital stock $25.on*. and InVornorntor*.' L. T. J nines E. McNelrc, A. A. Crawford tod others. The Amerlcus Trust and Savings bank, of Amerlcus. Capital stock $25»0u0, :iud In- eon torn for*. M. M. l.owery, Crawford Wheatley. L. I*. Ilnrrold, It. K. McNulty OF She Is Held on Charge of Killing Her Husband. New York, Dec. 18.—Held In the Tombs prison to await action of the Connecticut authorities, Mrs. Catha rine Nelli, accused of having murdered her husband, John M. Neill, a former athlete and pugilist, In u hotel in Green wich, adheres to her denial that she Is guilty of her husband’s death, and snys that his death was caused by a full after he had been drinking. She is a little woman, 25 years old, has a black eye, and, according to the surgeons at Bellevue, her body Is a mass of bruises. Her condition, she said, was due to a beating W’htch she hud received from her husband on the day he met his death. Nelli is said to have been stabbed under the eye made by a sharp Instru ment. which penetrated the brain. A nail file, which belonged to Mrs. Neill, as later found In tne room. Mrs. Neill and her husband were nmriled several months ago, although she has another husband living, from whom she was not divorced. Deaths and Funerals. W»lt,r F. Watts. The funeral servlcoe of Waller K. Watts, the young man who died at the residence of his parents on the Decatur road Monday morning, wore conducted Tuesday morning at » o'clock. Tht In terment was at the Wesley chapel church yard. BETTER THAN GON TO Gordon Hambry. The funeral services of Gordon Ham bry, who was killed by a Western and Atlantic train In the freight yards Sun day morning, were conducted Tuesday at the family residence, corner Nenl and Lindsey streets. The Interment was at Casey's cemetery. i>l I. A. U EIGHT BUM BERM EX PERISH IX SXOW and $287. un suit.- Would you like a nice used upright? e have a few left that will be closed nut at about the cost of repairs. All In good condition, and marked to sell at $55. $70 tr payment $S3 and buyers. that every one ol Will be taken so your visit After ihfse f* sold there will be no more. <V the sate at <>n. e. Itt. re I. open al "*> "Die and make upright I •'>£^ v/ESTEG MUSIC COMPANY, out at merely nominal price*— | ' Portland. Me.. Dec. 18.—Six out «. eight lumbermen who started to **ros Big 8cboodle lake, Maine, on the Ice. I is believed perished In a blizzard. Tw survivors. George Agell and John K«*r nan, .reached Portland .after walking twenty miles from Bangor, with the|> feet ami ears frozen. ven- Spedal to The Georgian. Montgomery, Ala.. I He. 18.—A com mittee of 100 prominent citizen* of Montg rtm *Ty were appointed yesterday nt a meeting of the committee of bank ing and trade statistics of the Comme. - cial Club, to go to Washington for the purpose of asking Secretary 8haw as to the advisability of locating the sub- treasury Iu Montgomery, NO ORGANIZATION NEGRO NOW SAYS Special to The Georgian. Newberry, 8. C\, Dec. 18.—Lewis Burton, the negro firebug, now In the county Jail charged with the burning of the property of Pr ha* made another he contradicts In FARMER IS JAILED NCHARGE COONTERFEIT MONEY Mr*. C. C. Newell. The relative* of Mr*. C. C. Newell, who died Sunday afternoon at a prl vate sanitarium, will arrrlve In this city Tuesday night. The body will probably be sent to Connecticut. J. K. White. J. K. White, aged 68 year*, died nt his residence, 11 Castleberry street, on Tuesday morning. He Is survived by his wife. The body will be sent to Fatrburn, Ga., Wednesday morning for Interment. Oliver Barrett. Oliver Barrett, the 2-year-old son of Mr. and Mre. T. W. Barrett, died Tuee Main street, after an illness of two weeks with pneumonia. The body will be sent to Acworth, Ga., Wednesday morning for Interment. Special to Tin* Georgian. Columbia, 8. C., Dec. 18.—A special from Anderson says that II. M. Gr.i- ham, a leading farmer, was jAlled there today on a charge of making counter feit 50-rent pieces. Some time ago he Inined over to the authorities a coun terfeiting outfit, saying It belonged to a mfesslon. In which neighbor, and offered to assist In run- large measure the • Ding ibis neighbor down, but the of- statetnents made by him shortly after his arrest. He says that his former statement was false; that there Ik no organization of the negroes In that community. Henry Clary, colored, he says, was the one who set fire to the barn, his reason for so doing being that Mr. Booger had charged him $30 for a pair of Shoes, which he tifid stolen, and which were found In Clary’* possession. Sam Pinson, colored. Is also named as party In the crime. According to the statement of Burton, the burning was planned by these three negroes that night, clary started It in the hay loft and Burton, who was in the employ of Mr. Boozer, took It’upon himself to notify Boozer of‘the lire ;.s soon as it bad gained sufficient in-ad- fleers, after a careful Investigation, have suspected that Graham himself Is the guilty man, and the arrest follow© I as a result. *ay. ARRESTED FOR USING BEEF EXTRACT LABEL Mr., J. M. Patrick. Hprolal to Tht* (Iporotnii. Oadnden. Ala., D*c. 18.—Mr*. J. M Patrick, aired 30, died at her home 'n We.t Oad.den Saturday eventn», after a short lllne... The funeral eervlce. were held from the Second Baptl.t church. Rev. J. W. Dunnaway urtU-tat- Init. Mr.. Patrick I. .urvlved by her huaband and .everat email children. WILSON’S ORDER IS KNOCKED OUT Washington. Dec. 18.—The supreme court of the United States holds the quarantine order of Secretary Wilson to be unconstitutional, because it cov ered state as well am Interstate move ments of cattle. The decision was handed down In the cases of Edwarda and McKendree, originating In Ken tucky. New York, Dec. 18.—The first arrest In New York under the new food law- was made when John P. Walker, agent for a manufacturing firm at 2**3 West 12th street, was arrested on com plaint of George P. McCabe, solicitor of the department of agriculture for using the label of a beef extract Ille gal!'.. Bail was fixed In the sum of $v»oa. WOMEN LAUGH AT JAIL SENTENCE London, Dec. 18.—For creating a dis turbance in the house of commons re cently, eleven more, women suffragists were today sentenced to pay small fines or serve ten days In Jail. . The women were hilarious when they heard the sentence of the court, and laughingly declared they wer* proud to undergo such "martyrdom." In subduing Chsrn© Johnson, a negro sn»- Ifected of a nurabtr of thefts, Michael Green hint, a pawnbroker Jn Msrietta street, discovered that hi* fists were mor* per- Hiiuslve with the negro than a revolver. Greenblnt had l»een requested by Detec tive* Simpson and Caniptielt to watch out for the negro, and when the latter walked Into the pawnshop to pawn a supposed stolen coat, the pawnbroker leveled a pis tol on him and'com tn a tided bln) to render. Insesd of doing n* commanded, yever, the uegro renponded: »,don’t care anything for that damn pls- And with these word* be made a break for the front door, trying to knock down Greenhl.it, .vbo had stationed himself be tween the negro and the door. Greenidat. who J* m athlete and * former of the I,liked Hfntes army, finding with success. outward and upwuro. his clenched i si M niauuer of a top, and then fell ! to. the floor, dimed and helplest. athletic*' imwnbroker theu notified the lice egro sent to tbs police ] . had the si n t lou. Tin- defective* say they have eight or/ nine **n*e* of theft against Jobusou. H.» I* licensed of stealing overcoats and other I articles from office buildings and other! Recorder Broyles. WANT8 ALABAMA FREIGHT SHIPPED TO MOBILE, Special to The Georgian. Montgomery, Ala., Dec. 18.—White considerable was accomplished by rail road commission yesterday, nothing of Importance developed with the excep tion of the statement by President B. B. Cotper, that while in Washington re- ! cently he called upon W. W. Finley, the new president of the 8<>uthern railway, and told him he would like to see some the Alabama freight shipped to eastern points through the Bay of Mo bile. He called Mr. Finley's atentlon to the congestion In Alabama and told him the reason for It was that he wanted to ship everything over hhs lines direct Instead of sending some to Mobile and let It go throujtfi the port. Mr. Comer said that he Informed Mr. Flntey that he was keeping money tied up In the South, which not only wa« i great hardship on the people and mer chants, but that It made money scarce In New York. Work Will Go Over. Special to The Georgiy. Macon. Go.. Dec. 18.—TJie appearanct docket was called In the superior court yesterday by Jud*w Felton. The « tlorarl and motion dockets will be t ken up Wednesday. T** -—* t term wi»v w#e , until after the hw uaya.