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Jj^pupupi, *7— ' THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS WEDNESDAY, JULY 19. 1307. THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN (AND NEWS) JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor. . F. L. SEELY, President. Published Every Afternoon. (Except Sunday) By THE GEORGIAN COMPANY. At 28 Writ Alabama St., Atlanta, Ga. Subscription Rateai One Year Hg Fix Months fg Three Monthe Ml One Month & By Cartier, Per Week ••••• Smith A Thompson, advertising rep* resent*tire* for all territory outside of Georgia. Chlcaxo Office Tribune Building New York Office Potter Building If yon have any trouble getting TUB GEORGIAN AST) NEWS, telephone the circulation department, end have it promptly remedied. Telephones: Ball 4927 main; Atlanta 440L It Is desirable that all cwmnunlca- tlens Intended for publication In TUB GEORGIAN AND NEWS he limited to 900 words In length. It Is Imperative that they be signed, as an evidence of food faith. Rejected manuscripts will THE GEORGIAN AND NBW8 prints no unclean or otyectlonable advertis ing. Neither does It print whisky or OUB PLATFORM: THE GEORGIAN AND NEWS standa for Atlanta's own ing Its own gas and electric light C ants, as It how owns Its water orks. Other cities do this and get gas as low as 90 cents, with a profit to tbs cl tv. This should be done at once. THE GEORGIAN AND NEWS believes that If street railways can bo Operated successfully by European cities, as they are. there la no good reason why they can not be so oper ated here. But we do not believe this can be dona now, and It mar be some Persons leaving the city can have The Georgian and News mailed to them regularly by send* ing their order to The Georgian office. Changes of address will bo made as often as desired. Thcro are some little brown men across the sea who aro preparing to be soundly spanked. A rainy season and a series ot cis terns would be pne solution of the wa ter problem. iBut for that with Mr. Msrbury. If Japan should boost herself Into a conflict with Uncle Sam her first and most astounding discovery will bo that the United State* la not Russia. Judge Parker la "heartily In favor of a Southern man for 'president." Ho aurely ought to be, but he ought not to say so. If he wants a Southern man to win. Colonel Watteraon and Colonel Oravea seem to be determined to give the paragraphers no ahance to rest. —'Washington Herald. If a paragrapher Is to live we must not permit him to be Idle. . Never break a paragraph oft In a man.—Charleston Neva and Courier. This la the Srit fruits of real re- peatanco. The only evidence we have yet had of a possible reform In the Inner and abandoned rank ot the par- lagraphers. A* an ex-governor. Hoke Smith would be aa great a prpblom as an ex- president.—Charlckton News and Courier. Yes, but that Is • problem most re mote lust DOW. tyar or the rumor of war with Ja pan will make Roosevelt Inevitable and unanimous. It Is a lofty tribute to the president to say that which every body knows, that In cue of a foreign war. every eye and heart In the re public would turn to the strong man of Oyster Bay, The councilman and the cx-commle aloner lay the blame ot tho water hor ror on the present water department. The present commissioner lay* the blame upon Jim Key and the council. Let ua aee now what Impartial ex perts will aay. Meanwhile let ua get ■busy. The Atlanta Constitution aay* then* are more Bryan Democrats than any other kind. It they out number the kind that have con tracted the habit of voting the Republican ticket, they must be quite numerous. — Washington Post We are trying now to combine these two kinds of Democrats Into one har monious one. Now that Mr. Thomas W. Law-son has rallied a second time to the John Temple Graves standard, the latter should hold' feat to the flag pole, or Thomas may get away with It.— Washington Poet The part that Tom Lawson has played In the reform of "Frenzied Finance" entitles him to the grateful of the people. NO FOREIGI7 IMMIGRATION WANTED. It la somewhat significant If not conclusive of opposition that *o Im portant and representative a conference of the Farmers’ Union should be In session today In Atlanta at the Peachtree Inn Just at the time when It Is understood that Immigration bills are to be Introduced Into the sen ate and the house. It may as well be stated and understood that the farmers of Georgia are opposed to foreign Immigration at this time. It may be etated and understood still further that the majority of the people of Georgia, and a very large majority, aro opposed to the movement of foreign Immigrant* to this state. , Moreover, The Georgian, which from the beginning haa been a re straining Influence In thla matter, does not hesitate to say that the objec tions to foreign immigration are well founded. Tho erase for rapid growth and development Is likely to go too far In Georgia and we can much better afford to wait and grow slowly and steadily In population and In wealth than to have oar racial problems fur ther complicated by foreigners of a doubtful typo and the Industries ot our farmers' and working men disturbed by tho Introduction of this .ele ment. It Is not necessary at thla time to elaborate thla Idea further,,but it la well enough to know definitely that public opinion In Georgia Is not behind the Immigration movement as it stands at this time, and that the legislature which thoroughly knows the sentiment of the people will thoroughly respect It, dnd that no Immigration bill stands a ghost ot a ebance of passing the two houses of the legislature of 1907. THE GEORGIAN’S POLITICAL CONSISTENCY. To The Columbus Ledger and others of bur esteemed contemporaries whose mental organizations have beoomo confused bmween The Geor gian’s attitude toward the president and Its collateral attitude toward the new governor of Georgia, we ask to be permitted to make the following explanation: , * The Georgian Is not fickle In Its regard either for measures or for men. The Georgian’s suggestion of Mr. Roosevelt for president waa set essentially to the triumph of the great Democratic principles In which this paper believed and believes, and which It could see from the record that Mr. Roosevelt was the man best prepared to carry to success and waa most effectively carrying to success. Upon the basis of this belief this paper and Its editor suggested In this time of preliminary counsel and deliberation that It would be the wise and politic thing In the real Democrats who make up the real Dem ocratic party to glvo another term of office to the effective and strenuous president who was putting Into effect with heroic success the most press ing and Important reforms demanded by the Democratic party. Mark you, this was a suggestion made within the ranks to b, consid ered by the convention when It convened. Pending the disposition of this suggestion, The Georgian and Its edi tor has n perfect right to express Its preference for a president In the ranks of Its own party In case the national convention does not see tit to adopt Its Chattanooga suggestion. Therefore, It ought to bo perfectly clear to so capable and so brilliant nn observer and commentntor as The Columbus Ledger and other con temporaries, that The Georgian’s Judgment commends tho selection of tho president ns the common nominee of both parties In the next na tional election. But In the doubt which has been raised os to what may be done, The Georgian and It* editor simply reserves tho right to ex press Its Individual preference for a nominee within the ranks ot - the party and to give Us reasons for preferring that Individual. - The Georgian attll believes that tho hlghoat patriotism and the high est wisdom In the Democratic party would be to continue Mr. Roose velt In power for another term unUl predatory wealth and corporations were reduced to their proper status in the economic life ot the republic. The Georgian believes that U this la not done that In the militant rank of the Democratic party aa It stands today, the moat effecUve flguro In force, In executive capacity and In close union with reform. Is the stal wart and able governor of Georgia. For this reason wo tako the liberty to sing the.praises and to argue the eligibility of both. Aa a matter of personal preference and of Individual regard, wo would, of course, vastly prefer our personal friond and fellow-citizen, tho great governor of Georgia. The very reasonable doubt In our minds that wo could elect the governor of Goorgla or any other Democrat against the Republican president or the candidate who wears his mantle, leads us to sacrifice personal preference and mere party obstinacy In order to secure the triumph of a man that will do Just what wo want Hoke Smith to do—and who can be elected beyond the shadow ot a doubt. In n nutshell theu, we are heart and soul for Hoke Smith for presi dent It we can get him. As we are In doubt about getting him and know that wo can get the president elected If we nominate him, and that ho will do thq things that wo want done, our reason and Judgment Is as much for the president ap our heart and our sympathy la for tho governor. Will The Columbus ledger do us tho great kindness to understand? PASS THE BILL TO REPAIR OLD COLLEGE. There Is every roason both of^conomy and sentiment why the pres ent legislature should pass the pending bill which seeks an appropria tion to repair Old College at tho University of Georgia. The suggestion made by Judgo George Gober before tbe commence ment session of tbe board ot trustees met with universal approval among tho friends and patrons of the University, and from that sug gestion the present bill takes shape. The trustees have found by esti mate* of careful bulldora and engineer* that thla historic old building could he mado thoroughly aafo and comfortable for the sum of ten thou sand dollars and that this would give tbe state a property which would be cheap at thirty thousand dollar*, aatdo from the priceless memories associated with the building. Tbe Old College la one of the landmarks of early Georgia history. It has engraven upon It this legend: . OLD COLLEGB. "The site of this lliilldlng wss chosen on the Vlth day of July 1801 In the XXVIth year ot the Independence ot the United Slates of America by George Walton, Abraham Baldwin, John Mllledge, John Twiggs and Hugh Lawson, a committee ot the Senatus Academlcus of the University ot Georgia, and for the benefit of the Institution tho adjacent land was on that day given by John Mllledge.’’ This old building hns been the college'home of many of the most distinguished of Georgia's sons. Its disappearance would mark the pas sage of a land mark which binds tbe militant Georgia of today to tho heroic, hlstorio and patriotic Oeorgla of a century ago. And aurely when economy le largely conaerved by the approprlatlona asked, the members ot this Intelligent and progressive legislature will not fall to embrace the opportunity to perpetuate a sentiment that Is es noble ae It Is Inspiring and helpful to tbe young Georgians of the future. THE PARMER AND THE AUTOMOBILE FRIENDS. If the farmers of Georgia are disposed at any time to look with Ir ritation upon tbe swift passage of automobiles along the country roads of the state, it may pegtaps soothe their feelings to know how large and vital a patron the automobile la coming to be of tbe Imperial staple which Is the glory of tho Southern field*. Asa G. Candler, of Atlanta; Is authority for the statement that one million bales of cotton aro consumed every year In the making of the Urea of automobile*. Mr. Candler la too sound a business man to make a statement without proper foundation, and his Information derived from the best source* la to be depended upon. At first blush It would seem to be almost Impossible that this as tounding statement should be true, and yet a moment’s consideration will serve to give It eredeuee. Nearly two-thirds ot the big heavy tires of tbe automobile consists of cotton woven Into mesbes soft but firm, which closely put together make up the heavy tire wrapped In rubber which gives the automobile Its soft touch upon the road. In Atlanta atone there are over lour hundred o( these -automobiles each with four wheels and most of them carrying one or two emergency wheels which have to'he repaired from time to time and frequently to be replaced by new ones. In Atlanta there are over four hundred; Sa vannah, which Is a smaller elty, claims over six hundred, and It !a doubt less true that there are more than ten thousand automobiles now In use throughout the state. We have no means of estimating the enormous number that axe In use throughout the forty-seven states ot the Union, but lb contemplating this number and the demand for tires. It begins to be evident that an estimate of a million bales of cotton Is not an extravagant one. So that the automobile Is, In point of fact, the friend and magnificent patron of the farmer rather than hla enemy. It I* entitled to hla kind con sideration rather than to hla animosity. It comes as a new claimant In the field to consume an additional million bales In the great industry which Is the foundation of the farmers’ prosperity and "development. Certainly If there should be a surplus at any future time it must Inevitably be taken care of by the rapidly developing uses and demands for the great Southern staple. And certainly, sueh an Invention ns the automobile shall tend to In crease both the output and the prices of our Southern cotton fields and will help mightily to swell, the revenues of tbe Southern farmer. Upon the basis ot this fact. The Georgian asks to lay the brown hand of the farmer into the muacular hand of the chauffeur and to Inform them that they are henceforward not enemies but friends, and should treat each other with the consideration which belongs to those wbo are mu tually helpful and mutually dependent THE SITUATION IN THE PAR EAST. Although, the terms of the Anglo-Japanese alliance make ft unlikely that tbe present truce shall be broken before 191S, except by movements of disorder, which may develop Into rebellions In China, no one will probably deny that such movements are more than likely to come. From geographical considerations alone, the two most Important factors must of necessity be China and Japan—China, which is at last waking up to the urgent need for action and la doing many things, and Japan, which has to Justify la some way an enormous expenditure and a most peculiarly entrenched position in Corea and Southern Man churia. England, from the fact that she Is allied to Japan by a hard and fast alliance, has assumed In regard to this Island power, which may soon consider itself under tbe necessity ot openly becoming a continental power as well, an attitude which may have seemed justifiable In July, 1905, having due regard to tho position In the field at that date, but which Is rapidly beginning to make serious and far-seeing men In the East wonder whether the military Impotence which Is so openly adver tised by the Lansdowne-Hayaabt treaty will not be bitterly regretted be fore middle-aged persons have grown old. China, understanding some thing of all this, and cynically estimating that England Is becoming anti- militarist, as she herself has been In the past, Is forced In her foreign affairs to act In a way which proclaims that the Anglo-Japanese alli ance, although It nominally guarantees her territorial Integrity, ts con cerned more especially with the territorial Integrity and the private programs of the two signatory powers. It may he boldly Bald then that from the Internal point of view the truce In tbe Far East centers around the future actions and policies of ihree countries, England, Japan and China. Of these three factors Japan is at the present moment by far the most powerful, but It Is Important to remember that thla condition Is produced largely by the British alliance, which, while making Japan what she la In relation to the outer world, also confines the Far Eastern question to certain limits, and thereby constrains other factors, proba bly no less powerful (e. g., Russia), to remain temporarily Inactive and to have the appearance of external rather than Internal forces. No one will deny that the present sta(e of affairs Is an artificial one, which can not be continued Indefinitely without producing abnormal re sults, one which may be actually harmful not only to one signatory of the Anglo-Japaneao treaty, ^ut to the other as well. The alarming dis covery that England can no longer protect her great Indian empire Irom attacks, which for the time being can only* be assumed to be Rus sian attacks, without calling In an alien soldiery to help In tbe defense, Is Itself sufficient to produce tbe profoundest melancholy and to make men wonder whether & great decline has really com’e In those virtues on which the Anglo-Saxon prided himself and owing to which he succeeded lu exalting himself above all other nations. 80M£ SUGGESTIONS TO THE LEGISLATURE To ths Editor ot The Georgian: I wish to express to you the grati tude of hundreds of the people of tbls county (Dougherty) for the noble •tand you have taken for state prohl bltion. and assure you that you will have the best wishes of a vast ms Jorlty of our women and a considera ble majority of tbe men ot our county. Every man Interested In tbe welfare of his state should rally to your sup port, and It Is my candid belief that your stand will In a short while give you the largest subscription list of any newspaper In the etate. I am a yearly subscriber to your paper, having It sent to my wife, as I consider It one of the few papers proper to go Into the home. Whether state prohibition wins or falls at this session of tbe general as sembly, It Is one of those questions that will continue to grow until It wilt tri umph, and the politician who obstructs It passage will be remembered by the people In the future. The time has already come when It te demanded for the “peace, good order and dignity of the etate.” Please call the attention of the leg islature to ths fact that It they fall to pass this measure the different wet counties will be plunged Into prohi bition elections under the local option law, which the whisky men claim Is so dear to their hearts, and after the disfranchisement of the venal vote of the different counties, by which thla curse haa been held, there will be no doubt of the results. Let them re member what happened In Terrell county, where this traffic was paying all the county taxes. Let them recall olso the result In Decatur, Lowndes and the various other counties that have voted upon tills question the'pres ent year. The best people are with you In your fight for the purity of the home and the upbuilding of the manhood of the state. 8. J. JONES. * Albany, Ga., July 8. 1907. PROHIBITION FOR THE STAE. To the Editor of Tbe Oeorgtao. Draw’tho bolls, open tbo prison doors In tbe cities and let tbs unfortunate go free. Thcro are thoosauds of noble men who ere ■laves to liquor, and white they are In tbs cities when whisky Is tbsre Is no freedom, no prosperity, no good for tbsm, end tbstr families. Their wives anil children are doomed to Urea of untold wretchedness. It Is the dnte of every patriot, of every friend to buuinidty, to help banish tbls greatest of all evils to our people. Let ue do It with ■ arm will and with e good heart. In 1636 Teiss threw off the yoke of Meslco. It' s hard struggle, e bitter war; many a TOM LAWSON INDOR8E8 THE “CHATTANOOGA IDEA." (Harrisburg. Pa., Phoenix.) Thomas U. Iawson, of Iloston. who has Just returned from Europe, predicts that ^President Itoosevelt will be nominated without doulit and he elected to s third ’ Ip earnest of his prediction he haa bet 919,000 with Mnnrlce unterroyer. Tom never predicts but ho backs bis opinion. Us has tbo conrnge of hla convictions. There are other Irrepressible Toms. A •fory wmes from Atlanta to tbe effect that President Itoosevelt said nt Jamestown on tleoigis day: "It 1 could lie positively or snred of the electoral votes of a single .Southern state, I would glndly bo u can'll date for ths presidency next year." As sw thorlty for this ststemont, John Temple Graves, who recently urged Mr. Bryan to nominate Mr. Roosevelt at tbs Democratic convention next year, stands first end fore- most. John Temple bus recently been Idnnging" In politics. 1 There ore some others who predict along the tunno lines, but more who fear that Mr ltoosovelt will be nominated. In the mean time, however, the wire from Oyster Bay Is ont of service, neither quieting fears nor answering predictions. ONLY A BOLD BLUFF, _ , (Houston Post.) N O T T.IED^ UP Your money deposited in our Savings Department at Four Per Cent Interest is always available. Should it become necessary, you can withdraw nil or any part* of it by simply writing a check for the amount you de sire and presenting the same with your bank-book, and the amount remaining to your .credit will continue to draw mter- This bank, with a financial responsibility of over one million dollars, affords a safe and sound depository for your funds. Accounts large or small invited. MADDOX-RUCRER BANKING CO. ARMY-NAVY ORDERS —AND— MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS Army Order#. Washington, July 10.—Lieutenant Colonel Alfred C. Sharpe, general staff, upon com* plating dnty with Ohio national guard, to Omaha, aa chief of staff, department of Mis souri; First Lieutenant Charlea W. Weeks, Thirtieth Infantry, detailed to aerve c staff of governor of Iown, August 1 to 15. Captain Otho B. Rosenbaum, Twenty sixth Infantry. Vletnlled to attend encamp* meut Texas national guard nt Camp Mabry, July 20: Captain Edward P. O’flern, ord nance department, to Sandy Hook proving ground for temporary duty until August 28. Captain Charlea DeF. Chandler, signal “— letalled to attend encampmeut of of Columbia* militia July 14 nt Boll var Heights: Captain Michael J. Lenlhnn, general staff, to artillery district of Bos ton, to report on Joint army and militia coast defense exercises July 28; First Lien- tenant JJrnce Palmer, Tenth cavnlry, to Fort Banka, July 28. with tnilltln. First Lieutenant Thomas M. Knox, First cnvnlry. acting qunrtermnater, In addition to other duties, temporarily assigned depot quartermaster and general superintendent, army transport service. Newport News, vice Major Gonzales 8. Bingham, quartermaster, who will proceed to Philippines division August 8, relieving Major Daniel E. Mc Carthy, quartermaster, who will proceed tm San Francisco. Captain Frank M. Caldwell, Twelfth cav- August 8, relieving Major Carthy, quartermaster, * Francisco. —ptaln Frsnl — -. •Ify. detailed to attend encampment Third regiment of Infantry. Alnl#nmn national gunrd, July 17, nt Huntsville. % Navy Orders. Rear Admiral J. II. Hauds, to be placed on retired list, July 12. Cnptaln C. J. Badger, commissioned; Commander D. W, Coffman, additional duty nnvnl war col lege; Lieutenant Cmnmander F. R. Pnyne, to naval hospital. New York: Lieutenant J. Green to nnvnl academy, August 1. Lieutenant 8. P. Fullluwlder. detached Connecticut, home; Lieutenant E. J. Mar* quordt, detached Illinois to Newport, spe cial temporary duty with board of * tlon and survey; thence to command flab. Ensign L. W. Townsend, detached Iowa to Minnesota, July 20; Ensign R. A. Koch, detached Minnesota, to naval hospital. New Fort Lyon; Midshipmen It. A. Sprunnce, R. Hill, W. P. Beehler and J. M. Schell detached duty Iowa to Mlnnesotn; Mid men A. M. Cohen and T. A. Symington, Kansas. Movements of Vessels. Arrived—July % Sylph ot nsvy yard, Hew York. Sailed—July 8, Sylph, from Oyster Bay for navy yard, New York; Saturn, from Acs f iuleo for La Union, 8an Salvador: York- own from Acajntla for La Union, Ban Sal vador. ehTnm to Kn BILL POSTERS SETTLE THEIR DIFFERENCES 8SSI South. jud^eut 11 with B |ths "receipts of "one *2? hiI THE GEORGIA ROUTE SKYWARD. ... <1\ashlngton Herald,) Th# Atlanta Georgian now admits that a newspaper pur.grnpVr may set tohraren 1’i'i* SS?: '"Yefsariljr p> vte Georgia. That'e thnt^/SstBre 011 * 0t *° em wllt ““Plait* °t Some fell Into the hanile of tbe .weiicsne et prisoners snd were most cru elly treated, pin. oil In dunfeone baited with iron hern. After the close of the war. as soon as sn agreement between the United States and Mexico was reached, the United States sent agents clothed with authority to hart these prisoner* net at liberty. Colonel IVaddy Thompson. of South Caro lina, a patriot and philanthropist, was hon ored with this commission. I heard him tell It. Ills heart wss full of his commission. When he arrived be did nqt look far • hotel, lie sought the officers In eharxe of bis countrymen, showed his aathority. with the seal of the United States government. Mar ried to the prison, saw the Iron bars re- bo let ue go commissioned by the »ood ■ml tbe brave of ell tjeorxfn with authority from the great state to open these prison 'eors Is the cities snd let the prisoners go tee. Many a man will say the temptation K c and I am free. Many a wife and r will rejotre-my nan, my hunhand, le Tbe Georgian for prohibition. Grand, brave paper. This blow eborke the whole liquor league. May It never rally Ita forces h"«of theh5?S , t , ‘. , wf , hS!- 1 th^mmriSSikor the hum wno nangs around th of the weakest. w. J. COTTER. loo n, cleaning up. washing bottle*. Rewnsn, Ua. —— *- * — -THE 80NQ OF THE SEER. Buttermilk! Buttermilk! Beware of the day for dark and despairing, My eight I may seal, But nothing ran cover ''hat cocktail* reveal. •Tla tbe sunset of Ilfs Gives politics! lore, And coming events Cast their shadows hefors. Buttermilk! Buttermilk! TIs well yon turn pain. You’ve ght ths hot wallop From ths fsstlve Coektail. -New York World. THE 80UTH-8 BEST (JHANCE. ... IDouglssi Enterprlae.) fl "' " m * *">« A COLORED CITIZEN’S APPROVAL. To the Editor of The Georgian: I desire to thanlc you for your strong utterances on the prohibition question In your Issue of ,lost Saturday. It Is g genuine relief to find on* paper In this community with courage sufficient to apeak tn no uncertain tones Its convic- that whatever Is good for a large maaa of the Individuals In a community is good for the entire community, favor your position, for even there are those' among us who do not drink, yet the presence of whisky In the community Is a menace to them as much. If not more, than to any other element of citizens, they being In no sense participants In. but always suf ferers from, the evils produced by whisky. As a colored man. I cannot subscribe to the claim that. In case of a prohibition election, a large percent age of the colored vote would be like catapaws In th* hands of the liquor men, hut I can assert moat positively that there la a large—much larger, per haps, than you have any Idea—element of reputable colored citizens who would gladly vote for prohibition on the nrin- clptes rutllned above. With us It Is a question, both of right and of principle, aa well as a matter of personal concern. For the bum who hangs around the aa. loon, claanlng up, washing bottle*, run ning errands; for n» other compensa- Tho disagreement between Mrs. ft. C. Dooley and the DeGIve Interests In the Doo ley Advertising Agency, which resulted In conrt suits some time ngn In Atlanta, have been settled before the annual convention of the Assoelnted Bill Posters tn session nt Xhtgarn Falls, N. Y. Mrs. Dooley will reeelre an annuity of 16.75 a month for the rest of her life, and tuoo in cash, of which 9900 le for ■ttorucys' fees. The agreement wae reach ed after a two days' conference of a spe cial committee. Henry I- DeGIve le present at the con vention, nnd expressed hlmeelt as satlsfled with the ontrome of the controversy. St. Elmo Masseugale, of tbe Mnssengals Advertising Agency, hse been appointed of- Acini solicitor of tbe Associated Bill IV ers and Distributors of the United Stn end Cnneda. IIe Is the Arat solicitor to be appointed from tbo South. LAND CONFERENCE . * ELECTS OFFICERS Special to Tbe Georgian. Mobile, Ala., July 10.—At a meeting of the Gulf Lands conference Monday In tbla city, It waa decided to name tbe or ganisation tbe "Gulf Coaet Development Ae- eoclntlon." Tbe following were elected offlcert: President, G. Oroevenor Dowo; vice presi dent, John E. Stillman, of Pensacola, Fla.; secretary, F. F. Sapp, of Foley, Ala.; as sistant eecrotary, C. C. Hand, Bay Minette, Ala.; treasurer, Wllltain It. Snyder, Ocean “—‘--pi, Mina. conference adjourned today to meet •jpjln July 22 at tbe Cawtbon hotel, lujthfs ROMAN CATHOLICS ATTEND CONVENTION Milwaukee, Wla., July 10.—Four hundred prominent Roman Catholic educators of tbe United States are attending the annual con ventlon of the Catholic Kducatloual Asso elation of tbe United Staten, which opened nt Marquette University yesterday. COLUMBUS NEGRO PR08TRATED BY HEAT. IN EAflLY_ COUNT! Call Upon Representatives to Vote For the Hard man Bill. Special to The Georgian. Blakely, Ga., July 10.—The citizens of Early .county, In mass meeting assem bled, have adopted resolutions calling upon the senator and representative from that county to vote for such leg islation as will prohibit the sale of 11- quor within the state and the shipping Into "dry" counties of any Intoxicant. The resolutions follow: "Whereas,, there la now pending in the general assembly of Georgia a blit to prohibit the sale oft intoxicating li quor*. “Whereas In 1897 the sale of liquor In the county of Early through the me- dlum of bnr rooms was prohibited nml the sale authorized through the medium of a dispensary In said county, and "Whereas in 1906 the Hon. W. A. Bu chanan, member of the house of repre sentatives from said county, Introduced Into the general assembly a bill sub mitting to the qualified voters of said county the question of whether or not liquor should be continued to be sold through the dispensaries, or the sale absolutely prohibited, and "Whereas, at an election held In tho county of Early In the summer of 1906 In pursuance of said law the qualified voters of said county by a majority of about three to one determined that tho sale of Intoxicating liquors In said county should be absolutely prohibited: thus showing that a large majority of the qualified voters of sold county aro unalterably opposed to the sale of said Intoxicating liquors in any form, and through any agency. Instructed Representatives. "Therefore, be It resolved by the cit izens In mass meeting assembled that Hon. J. S. Cowart, the senator from the Ninth district, and Hon. W. A. Bu chanan. member of the house from th* county of Early, are hereby urged to use thetr best efforts In furthetance of the passage of the bill now pending In the general assembly to prohibit tho aate of Intoxicating liquor* throughout tbe state, or the passage ot some other blit having the same purpose and ef fect. “And whereas, the wishes of the peo. pic of said county ns expressed In said election, cannot be fully carried Into ef fect os long as the sale of Intoxicating liquors Is permitted In other portions of the stnte. "Be It resolved further, That the said senator and representative be request ed to support the measure now pending In tho general assembly, or any other constitutional measure having the same object to prohibit the Importation Into dry counties of Intoxicating liquors, from other counties In the state where the same are sold, If a bill prohibiting the sale of liquor throughout the statu should not become a law. "Resolved third. That wo, aa citizens, pledge our renewed efforts to bring about the onds desired to ho accom plished by the foregoing measures. "Resolved fourth. That copies of these resolutions be furnished the mem ber of the house from this county, sen ator from this district, chairman of the two temperance committees of the gen era! assembly, and the leading dally paper* In the state." BATTLESHIP GEORGIA RECEIVES BIBLES Special to The Georgian. Columbus, Ga, July 10.—A negro drayman was prostrated by the heat yesterday while driving along the streets of the city. He was gtvdn med ical attention and recovered sufficient ly to be sent to hit home. It Is some thing unusual for a cate ot sunstroke to occur her*. tton than an occasional drink ot mean whisky, la a meace to his own people, more so than to the whites, In that In nocent colored people are made to suf fer for the crimes committed by hit whisky crazed brain. The results ol the Atlanta riot prove this statement. And tt would be this element. If any, among the negroes, that the whisky men would control. Certainly that ele ment represented by the taxpayers and business men, none of whom are In the saloon business, would (rasp at the opportunity to contribute their share to the extermination of the evil, and If given the chance will talk, work, and vote for prohibition. A COLORED PROHIBITIONIST. I Atlanta, Gw, July 10, 1907. 1 Special to The Georgian. Eastman, aa., July 10.—Through th# efforts of Mrs. Mary Harris Armour, president of the Georgia Women's Christian Temperance Union, and whose good work Is known throughout the state, the United States battleship Georgia la equipped with one large pulpit Bible, six large Bibles and twelve medium Bibles and 250 Testa ments. Roth th* Baptist and Methodist churches of Eastman nnd the chapel at the cotton factory have a supply «* Bibles of the same character,-beauti fully bound and containing the latest supplements, presented with the com pliments of Mrs. Lauris Loomis, of EI- bertqn, N. J. It waa through the ef fort* of .Wrx Armour that Mrs. Loomis presented the United States battleship Georgia with the Bibles. FLORIDA SHIPPERS AFTER RAILWAYS Washington, Julj 10.—The Florida fm't growers have at last succeeded In putting tip to the Interstate commerce commissi' ° In such shape that that body will And Acuity to dodge It the broad que*tl«n *'f whether length of haul has anything to «lo with railroad rates. The Florida Fruit and Vegetable Sh’p* ora* Protective Association points out that the railrogds charge 94c per 100 pound* w haul oranges from Florida to New \ork 11.203 miles), while * charging only fLb» w NO RECORD OF WILSON WEDDING Richmond, Va., July 10.—Ths al!e* gallon of Miss Florence Schenck, for merly ot Norfolk, that she waa married in thla city | D October last to Charles H. Wilson, manager of the Alfred O. Vanderbilt string of horses, la not confirmed by the records here. There ts no record of any marriage between these persons In Richmond, unless the marriage waa under ficti tious names.