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ROBBERY
Big Express Package Stolen.
It was common talk yesterday
among express mesengers running out
of Macon that a package billed to
Griffin and containing $7,000 had been
stolen from the express car while en
route north from Macon, says today s
Telegraph. Repeated efforts to verify
the report last night failed, but those
who did discuss it, although without
any official authorization to do so,
were positive that the money had dis
appeared.
During the day it was also currently
reported that Robert C. Fergason, an
express messenger in the employ of
the Southern Express company and
living in this city, had disappeared.
The Telegraph communicated with his
residence, 125 Bellevue avenue, last
night. The party who answered the
telephone insisted that Mr. Fergason
had not returned home, when in the
ordinary course of events he should I
have returned to Macon Sunday morn
ing, and that she (for it was a female
voice), did not know where he was.
Asked if she thought his disappear
ance could possibly be connected in
any way with the alleged disappear
ance of the $7,000 package of money,
the answer came: '‘l don’t know any
thing about that. Please don’t say
anything about it in the paper.”
Those express messengers who dis
cussed the alleged disappearance of
the money yesterday are of the opin
ion that if the money and Mr. Fer
gason were both missing, that the
young man had been the victim of
outside parties and that he might
have been done away with to cover
up the theft.
Thomas Grier,'agent of the Sou- ,
thern Express Company, was asked if
the report that the money package
had been stolen was true. He said (
DISSOLUTION SALE
Diamonds, Watches, Clocks, and Jewelry
Sale is on Now and Will Continue Until Christmas. An unparalleled oppor=
tunity to buy Jewelry at Give-Away Prices. Money Aust Be Raised==rtlE
GOODS MUST GO. This Is Your Chance.
Owing to the retirement of MR. RICE from the Chattanooga Jewelry Co. we must
raise the cash to satisfy him, and this, too, within ten days time. We have thrown
our entire stock on sale. There will be no reservation. We have cut prices and cut deep
practically less than cost.
It’s a shame to do it at this time when we could ask ‘‘Christmas prices” and get them. We mean business with no its or
buts about it. This is the one best chance for you to lay in your Christmas gifts, because we ordered the goods before be
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fore being compelled to take this action. Come early—pick your choice-we’ll almost let you name your own price,
quick cash-raising we offer everything.
This Is A Bona=fide Sale of One Third to One Half Off On Every Article
in our large assortment of up-to-date Jewelry. Don’t pay Christmas prices when you have this opportunity to buy for l ess
at a reliable, well-established, First-class Jewelry Store with a large unbroken stock of high-class jewelry of newest and
most approved designs.
Chattanooga Jewelry Co
256 Main Street, LOOK FOR THE SIGN. 256 Main Street
EDIEORS
Won Fight For Transportation
Atlanta, Dec, 18—After a long and
memorable fight the weekly editors of
Georgia have won their fight for con
tinuance of the long time custom of
exchanging advertising for transporta
tion.
Prior to this time the railroad com
mission had held that the arrangement
was violative of the Hepburn anti-pass
law, and an order had been issued
which would have discontinued the
practice after January 1.
Last summer the editors came be
fore the legislature and succeeded
in having a bill passed making this
exception in their favor, but it was
vetoed by Governor Hoke Smith,
j A few weeks ago the Georgia Week
!ly Press Association, through its
president, C. M. Methvin, of Eastman,
took the matter up again with the rail
road commission and in a public hear
ing the editors presented their cause
very ably.
The order passed Saturday allows
editors to print advertising for rail
roads at the regularly published rate
of each publication in exchange for
non-transferrable press mileage tickets
at the scheduled pasenger rate, each
contract to carry the regular adver
tising rates of the publication, copies
to be filed with the commission, sub- ;
ject to its approval or non-approval. ;
Such contracts are limited to one year
and mileage can be issued only to
bona fide employees of a newspaper. j
Rev. Frank Weston Sanford will
face trial.
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that if such was the case he had not :
been informed of it, .but added that ;
the money could be missing and still
he would not know it, for the matter
would not be handled through his of- i
fice, but rather through the office of
the superintendent at Atlanta.
THE DALTON ARGUS, DALTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY. DECEMBER 21. 1911.
HYDRO-POWER
Permission Given to Issue Bonds.
Atlanta, Ga., Dee. 18—The Georgia
railroad commission Saturday approv
ed a $47,000,000 stock and bond is
sue of the Georgia Railway and Pow
er Company, a consolidation of num
erous North Georgia water power elec
tric concerns, financed largely by New
York, Bostaon and Canadian interests.
The company asked permission to
capitalize at $27,000,000 and issue S3O
- in bonds. The former was
cut to $17,000,000, while the latter
was approved.
Whether this compromise will be ac
cepted will be decided by the company
officials in New York next week.
FIREMEN
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Will Celebrate Opening New Hall.
The fire department of Dalton will
' celebrate the opening of their new
' hall on Pentz street.
It is proposed to hold a banquet and
; general celebration and reunion on
the night of Wednesday, Dec. 27th.
! The present mayor and council and
j the pew ones to be inducted early next
I month are expecterd to be present and
all o fthe members of the Volunteer
! department will be on hand. Mr.
; George Horan has all of the minutes
’of the department when it was or
i ganized many years ago. The occa-
I sion will be one of reminiscence as
! well as one of congratulation. There
will be some short talks and the even
ing will undoubtedly be one of plea
sure.
Let every one start saying some
■ thing cheerful to his neighbor.
UNFIU.ED
The Empty Stocking Not Yet Full
Response to the call for the Empty
Stocking Fund is being made; and in a
few days it is believed that the com
mittee in charge will have on hands
plenty to meet the needs of the poor.
Remember that almost anything can
be used to advantage in this work and
it is hoped that all who can will
share their blessings with the unfor
tunate. There will be no public dis
tribution, but a committee will inves
tigate each case reported to them for
aid, and endeavor to see that the gifts ,
are wisely distributed.
All donations should be sent this
week to the depository at the home of
Miss Clara Brown, on Pentz street.
Cash contributions may be handed to
the pastors of any of the churches.
Those who may know of any in need
will please report their name and ad
dress to any of the following com
mittee, who will have the distribution
in charge: Miss Clara Brown, Mrs.
T. S. Lucas, Miss Carrie Green, Mrs.
Dora Tittle, Mrs. John Nichols, Mrs.
F. C. Flemister, Mrs. Julian McCamy,
Miss Mary Louise Horan, Miss Mag
gie May Showalter, Miss Mattie Lee
Huff The above have been asked to
act on this committee, but they would
be glad to have any others who can to
help them.
The following donations are ac
knowledged :
Smith-Hall Gro. Co., Groceries
and Mdse SIO.OO
Mrs. Claud Brown 10.00
Col. S. P. Maddox 5.00
C. U. Barrett 1.00
Cash 100
J. C. King, Children’s Hosiery
Dennis Barrett Iton coal.
Bowen Bros. 1 ton coal.
Cash 5.00
Cash 4.00
Cash LOO
Cash 1.00
L. Buchholz, Mdse 3.00
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A North Daltonian Painfully Hurt.
A curious crowd gathered around
the office of Dr. J. Glenn McAfee Sun
day afternoon just after the down
Western & Atlantic train had passed
to see ’who it was that a half dozen
men were taking into the office.
It proved to be Andy Hash and it
was learned that he had been a pas
senger on the train and had under
taken to get off somewhere near the
Cherokee crossing and either misjudg
ing his footing or the speed of the
train he scattered himself around pro
miscously in that territory. He was
picked up by several men and taken
to Dr. McAfee’s office. The injured
man’s wounds were not serious, only
painful.
A Prominent Varnell Citizen is Dead
j Mr. Reese Kaneister, of Varnell is
dead.
He was attacked with a stroke of
paralysis last Friday and died from
its effects Saturday afternoon.
His funeral occurred from his late
home this morning a t ten o’clock, Rev.
J. T. Nichols conducting the services.
Mr. Kaniester was a well known
and jxrominent citizen of the Varnell
district. His niece, Mrs. John M.
i Johnson, went up to attend the fune-
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ral today.
It is your duty to help along the
i war against the great white plague.
' Buy Christmas seals now.