THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN,
THURSDAY, DECEMREU 20. 1!>C6.
FRIDAY WILL BE ANOTHER GRERT DAY AT BASS'
Sale of Gloves
Ladles’ Elbow Gloves of finest French kid In black, tan,
brown, red and white; all sizes; (pe\ qq
$4.50 value 4>£.70
Ladles' regular <1.50 2-clasp Kid Gloves in black, white,
gray, red, brown and tan; Y5C
50c
69c
25c
all sizes
Ladles’ fine lined Suede Gloves; 2-clasp style;
11.00 grade
Men's dressed or undressed Kid Gloves;
$1.50 quality; now '.
Men’s All-Wool Gloves; worth 00c;
tomorrow
Hundreds of Special Offerings in Every Department for Tomorrow's Selling.
Holiday Goods
On a big special center table In the first floor tomor
row you will find a great collection of new Beaded Bags,
Leather Bags, Photograph Albums, Handkerchiefs, Tie
and Glove Boxes, Sewing Boxes, Collar and Cuff Cases,
Shaving Sets, Silk Suspenders, Comb and Brush Sets,
Gold Plated Bracelets and other splendid things for
Christian gifts; worth up to $4 and |5; all at, choice,
98c
Basement
Doll Furniture—Sideboards,
Dressers, Bookcases, Chiffon
iers, etc., worth $3 to $6;
all at, choice
$1.50.
Parlor Tables of solid polish-
ed Oak, with lower shelf;
value,
69c
Tailored Suits
Our great sale of Tailored Suita will continue tomor
row with this offer of SO new and beautiful Eton, Pony
Coat and half-fitting Coat Suits of, fine broadcloths and
Panamas In black and best colors and of new fancy
mixtures—suits that would be priced from $18 to $20 in
other stores; all sizes In the line; take choice for
$7.90
Sale of Coats
150 Ladles' new and very stylish 50 and 54-Inch Coats
of various plain and fancy all wool fabrics—samples
from a big manufacturer, scarcely two alike In the en
tire lot—Coats that are retailing In other good Atlanta
stores at from $10 to $15—will he offered In tomorrow's
great sale at, oholce
of the lot
$9.90
Other Bargains on First Floor
Men's Mufflers—All silk, hemstitched; white, black, blue
and red; 27 Inches square; $1,00 value; Gr.
tomorrow’s sale C 4JC
Men's Handkerchiefs—plain white hemstitched
very special,
tomorrow
Ladles’ Handkerchiefs—plain white hem
stitched; In tomorrbw's sale at
linen;
5c
2c
Men's 8uspenders—Fine silk, good patterns; regular
$1.50 value; each pair in 50C
Men’s Neckwear In new and beautiful
patterns; all silk; 50c value
25c
Framed Pictures—A big line’ of very large and hand
some steel engravings and colored copies of famous
paintings; $3 to $4 values, 98c
Ladies’ Neckwear—Beautiful Novelties;
each In box;
special
Silk Chiffon Ruffs; new and beautiful
styles; white or black; $2 value
Eiderdown Comforts in finest silk satin covers; large
size; $10 values, pg
California Blankets—Finest all wool; white and colors;
$3.98
worth $ 1.00;
.....50c
98c
Children’s Rockers and Ba
bies’ High Chairs, very great
bargains at
39c
Willow Rockers, very largo
with full roll arms; $6.50
value,
$2.98
Parlor Rockers; oak or ma
hogany; leather upholstered
seats,
$1.50
Other Specials in Second Floor
Ladies’ Coats of all wool Kersey, 54 Inches long and Au
tomobile Coats of fine satin; worth from $20.00 to $25.00:
choice
Ladles' Skirts of plain and fancy fabrics;
worth up to $8.00; at
Ladles' Waists of guaranteed taffeta
Silk In black and colors
Petticoats of fine black mercerized
sateen; real $2.50 values
Hats for ladies, misses and children
worth up to $3.50; choice
$10M
$2.98
$2M9
98c
50c
Fur Neckpieces—Stoles, Collarettes and Boas of Fox.
Sable, Marten, etc., up to 72 Inches {7 Q/l
long and worth up to $5.00; at pD.JXJ
Misses’ Long Coats and Children’s “Bearskin" Coats;
worth up to $6.00; $2A9
Boys' Suits of good wool-mixed ma
terials; well made; special
69c
Boys’ Overcoats, heavy weight and extra fa go
long; worth $4; at J) 1 .“O
Ladles, Rubber Overshoes, best quality; all sizes; $1.00
value; spe- 59c
BASS
18 West
Mitchell,
Near
Whitehall.
Extra force of salespeople to serve you. Store open Even-
ings until Christmas.
ROOSEVELT ]
OF INCITING I
IS ACCUSED
RACEHATRED
Boston, Mass., Dec. 20.—A meeting of
the Colored Suffrage League was held
here last night, and resolutions In
relation to the message of President
Roosevelt on the Brownsville affair
were passed. The resolutions are as
follows:
"We denounce the language of the
president In his ofllclal answer to the
Foraker resolutions as the most extra
ordinary language used by a president
of a Christian republic. One who Is
familiar with the tyrants of the past
would think It was the language of
Nero or the duke of Alva.
"In hla mesaage inciting race hatred
and mob violence against 10,000,000 of
Innocent cltlxena, he haa shown him
self to be a mere politician, and not a
great statesmafi.
“In accusing all colored persons who
object to his unlawful and summary
punishment of 170 colored soldiers,
without trial or court-martial or ex
amination by a military court of In
quiry, of a desire to shield murderers,
the president misrepresents 10,000,000
of os law-abiding and patriotic native-
born American citizens as the country
possesses.”
BURIED ALIVE 13 DA YS.
MAN IS TO BE RESCUED
Bakersfield, Col., Dec. 20.—The force
of men working to rescue Minor
Hicks, who has been entombed alive
In the Edison Company’s mine for
thirteen days, got within two feet of
him early today, and It 1e expected
that the man wljl see the sunshine be
fore the day Is over.
The earth at the epot where the men
are working Is sbft and treacherous
and there Is great danger of It falling
In on Hicks. Therefore the progress
Is necessarily slow.
He was told his deliverance was
near at hand and this news from aboco
had a most cheering effect.
THREE BRAVE FIREMEN PERISH
AT HANDS OF CARELESS YOUTH;
EXPLOSION DESTROYS FACTORY
Dropped a Dynamite
Cap to Illustrate How
Fire Started.
FOUR INJURED
AND ONE MAY DIE
Italian Proprietors of Plant
Hurried From Hospital to
Police Station to Pre
vent Lynching.
Special to The Georgian.
Savannah, Ga., Dec. 20.—As the
result of the careless handling of
explosives by Italians at the fire
works factory of Joseph Carbo
and John Niva at No. 531 Ander
son street, at 9 o’clock last night,
three brave Savannah firemen
were killed, one seriously injured
and three men slightly injurd.
Hoseman Harry J. Eady was
killed and burned beyond recog
nition.
George Mouro sustained burns
and fractured limbs, and Hoseman
Edward Daly had his lower limbs
roasted. Both died this morning.
Assistant Foreman Jeremiah
0 Leary was seriously injured.
•Joseph Carbo and Mariana
Simpson, who owned the explo
sives, were badly burned. They
are under arrest.
The explosion was heard all
over the city.
The grand jury lias been called
to investigate the case.
.„ Al o'clock Carbo and Niva were
rnrased In counting torpedoes they had
THREE FIREMEN LOSE THEIR LIVES
RESULT OFSECONj EXPLOSION
Special to The Georgian.
Savannah, Ga., Dec. 20,—The following Is the result of the disastrous
explosion here last night:
FIREMAN HARRY EDDY, burned to death.
FIREMAN EDWARD DALEY, fatally burned, died this morning.
ASSISTANT FIRE CHIEF GEORGE MOURO, fatally burned, died
this morning.
FIREMAN JERRY O'LEARY, seriously Injured.
Slightly Injured:
Joseph Carbo, . i ’ i' t
John Niva.
Lambert Fatten. \
11. S. STATUTE
IS POT IISI
Rebukes Wilson and
Hitchcock.
“MEN’S
JEWELRY”
Lots of unique
ideas in Pins,
Links and Studs.
50c to 7.00
L E V Y &
STANFORD
17 Peachtree St.
manufactured. One dropped and caused
the explosion of the rest. Carbo anil
Niva suffered painful Injuries, those of
Carbo being the more serious.
The small building took Are Imme
diately. A chemical company of the
neighborhood responded to the alarm
and quickly extinguished the blaze.
Illustrated Occurrence,
An Investigation was desired and
Assistant Fire Chief George Mouro
was telephoned for. It being suspected
that the proprietors, who were Ital
ians, had a great quantity of explo
sives In the place, which was a vio
lation of the iaw.
Upon his arrival he and Firemen
Eady, O'Leary nnd Daley entered the
building. With them was a boy, Fred
Chltty, 16 years old, who had crowded
his way In.
Ths firemen were speculating as to
what could havo caused the explosion.
“I’ll show you how It happonod," re
marked Chltty, picking qp a dynamite
cap. Thie ha hurled to the floor, and
there followed throe explosions in quick
auccaasion.
The building collapsed and the deto
nations ware heard all over the city.
Window glaasoo wore broken in the
neighborhood and debris was lent fly
ing in every diraetion.
Fire Follows Explosion,
Fire followed hard upon the explo
sion.
Eady was caught beneath the falling
timbers, crushed to death and hla body
incinerated. Tbe others escaped to the
open, but Daley did so only through
the heroism of Mouro and O'Leary
who, Injured as they were, drew him
from the burning debris.
All of the Injured were hurried to
hospitals. Carbo and Niva were hur
ried to Park View snnltarlum for treat
ment, but the superintendent of police
almost Immediately directed their re
moval to the police .station.
This waa for a dual purpose, the ef
fecting of their arrest and to save them
from a mob.
Lynching Threatened.
The crowd became greatly Inflamed
upon learning what had occurred.
“Lynch the dagoes," was the shout.
The cries stirred the crowd to a
pitch of frenxy. Men hurried to a
nearby house In which It woa said the
burned Italians had been taken. They
were not found there. Then a crowd
of eight or ten men was organised
to visit the home of Carbo, but It was
learned then that he had not been
taken there, but to the hospital.
The detail went to the hospital. There
the dressing of the Injuries of Carbo
and Niva were hurried, and soon the
police had the men In the patrol wag
on and took them to the station house.
Assistant Fire Chief Mouro and Fire
man Daley died this morning as a re
sult of the explosion.
Cherokee Bank of Romo.
Secretary of State Cook granted a
charter Thursday to the Cherokee Bank
if Rome, which will begin Its existence
with a capital stock of $100,004 and
SMITHl HIGGINS
Mr. John Cook, who was formerly
tvlth the Reid Dry Goods Co., has ac
cepted a position with Smith & Hig
gins at 2.14 Peters street. Mr. Cook
is most favorably known to the citi
zens who patronize the department
stores of Peters street, and he Invites
his former customers to call on him at
his new place.
FOUR GRADES UNITE
IN FAIR SI, SCHOOL
Pupils of the fifth, sixth, seventh and
eighth grades will take part In the
very Interesting program arranged for
Friday In the Fair Street school:
Christmas Bella—Song—Eighth and
seventh grades.
A Christmas Greeting — Tommie
Starnes, eighth grade.
Concert Recitation—XXIII Psalm.
The First Christmas Tree In New
England—Ryan Robinson, seventh
grade.
Music—Snow Bells—Emma McDon
aid and Fannie Coleman, seventh grade.
Philip Brooks' Ode to Christmas—
Annie Whlteford Hill, eighth grade.
Just Before Christmas—George Allen,
fifth grade A.
Tiny Tim's Christmas—Dickens—Mc
Intosh Burns, eighth grade.
Music—Duet, “The Electric Flash,”
Letnmle Petty and Nellie Petty.
A December Poem—Estelle Jones,
eighth grade.
Music, "Meditations," Ralph Minor,
seventh grade.
Nobody's Darling—Margaret Phil
lips, fifth grade B.
A Christmas Carol—Nina Hill, sixth
grade.
Hong, “Lead Kindly Light." eighth
grade.
A Thanksgiving — Ruby Eubanks,
eighth grade.
A Christmas Song—Seventh grade,
NON-STRAIN
goggles. We have the most complete
Automobile, engineers and motorman
line ever shown In Atlanta. Recognis
ing how hard It's been for you to get
something to please you, we have made
special efforts to secure the beat makes.
Walter Ballard Optical Company. II
Peachtree street.
Incorporators: T. J. Treadaway, Ike
May. J. Bailey Gordon. Thomas Fahy,
B. T. Haynes. H. E. Kelley. F. B. Bar
ron and George D. Pollock. The great
prosperity of the Hill city has made a
the following well-known Romans as fourth banking house necessary.
Washington, Dec. 20. — Secretary
Hitchcock, of the department of the
Interior, and Secretary Wilson, of the
department of agriculture, yesterday
endeavored to justify their action In
withdrawing from allotment nearly
4,000,000 acres of land belonging to the
five civilized tribes in the Indian ter
ritory.
They admitted to the members of a
select senate commttee, which Is Inves
tigating affairs relating to the property
rights of the five tribes, that they had
no authority of law for the withdrawal
of the allotment of land.
The secretaries said they had taken
the action In the Interest or the Indians.
It was purposed to turn the land Into a
government forest reserve, although the
details for carrying this plan Into ef
fect had not been worked out.
The committee refused to accept the
explanation given and rebuked both
secretaries.
"You have no right to suspend the
operation of a statute one hour, not one
minute," declared Senator Teller. "If
you had the right to temporarily hold
up the application of the law, you could
suspend Its operation for a month, a
year or two years."
As to the reasons that actuated the
secretary, Mr. Hitchcock said that the
request of Secretary WUson had
prompted him. He was asked con
cerning other euspenslons of land laws,
and said that at times actions of that
character hod been taken at the re
quest of the president where ft had
been necessary to Investigate claims of
frauds.
"No one has authority to suspend a
law of the United States undsr any
circumstances unless there Is specific
provision for It," declared Mr. Teller.
TEXAS VETERANS
CONDEMN ACTION
OP GRAND ARMY
$8,000,000 IS DEM A NDED
ASA WAGE INCREASE
Chicago, Doc. M.—A wage Increase of 15
per cent nnd an eight-hour day for the
hrnkemen and conductora on nil through
freight trnlna la demand**! In petttlona filed
with managers of all railway ayatema In the
The* demands cover 40.000 men of forty^
* ‘"9 Increase
seven ayatema and tbe
naked for
nmounta to Approximately $8,000,000 a yenr.
The Itrotherhooil of Hallway Trainmen and
the Order of Railway Couduetors are
acting In conjunction In the matter.
The nillromU covered In the proposed de
mand luclude the llUuola Central and all
roads west of that line In the Stiuih. All
roads west of n lino from Chicago to Duluth
uorth are Included.
AND LARGER FORCE
F
The Annual Report Will
Ask for Additional
Men. ;•
More men and more pay for the water
works department will be recommended by
General Manager Park Woodward, In hi «
annual report, which will be contained In
the report of the president of the water
board to council. ,
There are now four Inspectors In the wa-
ter works, and Colonel Woodward wants
one more. There are eight meter render*,
and one extra man. Colonel Woodwnnl
wants two tnofe. There srs five clerks.
Two more are wnntcd.
A 10 per cent Increase In pay for the
employees of the water worka will be
naked, In keeping with the Increase In pay
for the men In the other departments of
the city department.
“We have eight men." said Colonel Wood
ward, “who read metera regularly. They
havo ten days In which to do this work,
nud there are about 18,000 meters. In
other worda, each man hat to read about
2,000 metera In ten days.
'This la entirely ton much for ono man,
and, as a result, mistakes are bound to
be made, and mistakes cause dissatisfac
tion. We are also short of men In the
other branches of the water works depart
ment. We have got to add men, ns our
patrons Increase In number, and my re
port shows an enorroona Increase for the
year.
'This la the only deportment In the city
„ vernment that puts more money Into the
city treasury than it takes ont, and cer
tainly the men In this department should
have their salaries kept in prop4irt|on to
the salaries of njeti lu other departments."
Special to The Georgian.
Gainesville, Oa., Dec, 20.—Mrs. C. C.
Sanders, of Gainesville, treasurer of
the Wlrs monument fund. Is in re
ceipt of $20 sent by Albert Sidney
Johnston Camp No. 654, U, C. V., of
Baird, Texas, as the camp’s contribu
tion to the monument fund.
The camp Is wrought up from tbe
action of the G. A. R. in condemning
the erection of the monument by the
Daughters of the Confederacy.
The following extract Is taken from
the resolution adopted by the above-
mentioned camp, which accompanied
the remittance:
“The camp stands by and Indorses
\he sentiment of the resolution of the
Daughters and bids y them godspeed
In their noble undertaking. Futher-
more, that while deploring the action
of the G. A. R., we feel that the truths
of history and not the errors should be
perpetuated by a monument and at
Andersonvllle, where the scandulous i
and malicious falsehoods are being per-
6 etrated against their noble martyr,
y tablet and monuments. Is the proper
place to erect this monument, so that
posterity will see the old adage ex
emplified, “that truth la mighty and
will prevail."
QUEER SUIT FILED
AGAINST PHONE CO,
Because the Southern Bell Telephone
and Telegraph Company failed to place
their name In the telephone book and
give It to “Information," M. C. Kiser
and A. !1. Green, doing business as the
M. C. Kiser Brokerage and Commis
sion Company," have filed suit In the I
city court against the telephone com
pany for $1,000 damages. Plaintiffs
charge that as a result of this alleged
failure on the part of the defendant
company the Southern Railway Com
pany could not notify them of the ar#
rival of a car load pf apples. The ap
ples were not in their hands until the
market was flooded and thoy lost by It
Petitioners also lost money In similar
manner on a car load of cabbage which
a customer Intended turning over to the
plaintiffs for sale.
CAPTAIN IS ELECTED
FOR SPALDING GRAYS
Special to Tbe Georft.n.
Griflln. Ga., Dec. 20.—At a business
meeting of the Spalding Grays, held at
the rompany’a armory Tuesday night.
First Lieutenant Jamea C. Nutt was
unanimously elected captain, to aucceed
Uaptain W. H. Beck, who waa recently
appointed eollcltor of the city court of
Griflln.
Captain Beck will aak for a place on
the regimental staff which will not con
flict with hla duties as attorney. Ser
geant Ernest Travis was elected first
lieutenant and Jewell Bell, second lieu
tenant.
The company la in excellent condi
tion.
Open Evenings
Until Xmas
For tbe convenience of those who cannot shop
during the day, this store will remain open tonight
until f) o’clock and Saturday and Monday nights un
til 10 o’clock, or later if necessary.
You’ll fiud it more pleasant to do your buying
in the evenings than during the day, as the crowds
are not so large and you can make your selections
more leisurely and satisfactorily.
Good assortments arc still available in nearly all
■ lines of Toys, Dolls and Holiday goods.
Santa Claus Will Entertain the
Children Every Afternoon From 3 to 5
McClure Ten-Cent Co.
MAIN STORE—CORNER WHITEHALL AND HUNTER..
