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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. The Outing Season i« with ns now. Maybe you are goipp* to the seashore or to tiie mountains for a few weeks ’ rdcreati on. If so you will need more or less Fur nishings to complete your outfit. A few Negligee Shirts, white or in colors, with cuffs attached or separate. Light Neckwear, Feather Weight Underwear, Fancy Hosiery, Straw Hats, Light Weight Caps, and many small articles to complete your summer wardrobe. ESSIG BROTHERS, "CORRECT CLOTHES FOR MEN/ 26 WHITEHALL ST. GIRL BALKED AT ALTAR BECAUSE IT WAS RAINING! Bj Private I*a*<h1 Wire. Chicago. July 6.—After Journeying to Laport#, I tiff., to escape the prying eyen of friend* who were planning all the foolish things that people think la prop er to do at wedding**, Mia* l^aura Qould. daughter of Edwin W. Gould, ft well-to-do man, refused to be mar ried because It was raining. SON OF CAPITALIST - DROWNED IN LAKE H, McK. TWOMBLEY GOES TO HIS DEATH WHILE MAKING A SWIM. Uf Private Leased Wire. Ashland, N. H.. July 8—While *wlm- Ing In Big Squaw lake, *lx miles from* Ashland, last night, H. McK. Twombly, Jr., aged IS, only aon of H. McK. Twombly, the well-known capitalist of New York and Newport, was urowned. Twombly started to swim from the Uroten school camp to Cams Gove, about a mile away, and had reached u point a short distance from the shore where the camp is located when he was seen to struggle In the water, but before any of the boys in the camp could reach him he disappeared from view. The body was recovered, brought to Ashland and then taken to New port. The boy’s mother was Miss Florence A. Vanderbilt, daughter of the late WII llam H. Vanderbilt, of New York. CHARLOTTE SECURES OAR RECORDS OFFICE Special to The (Jcorglnn. Charlotte, N. C. t July 8.—It Is given out on the best authority that the ear record office of the Southern, with its quota of clerks and official*, will soon be moved to Charlotte following the loaa to tha city of the offices of the division superintendent, Mr McManus. These offices at present are located In the city of Washington. NEW ZEALAND'S PREMIER GUEST OF ROOSEVELT By Prlrnt* l-cnwrt Wire. Oyrtsr Bay. I.. I., July 9,—The new premier of New Zealand, 8\y Joaeph Ward, waa the guest of President Roosevelt at luncheon today at Bags- more Hill. He will return to New York thla afternoon, and with Lady Ward nnd hla party will depart for Washlng- tnn. where he will meet Poatmaater General Cortelyou and then proceed weet to San Francisco. AMUSEMENTS CASINO TONIGHT—Matinee Saturday. MAX HOFFMAN'S OWN COMPANY, SO PEOPLE 30 Including ' "Sllvera" Oakley, Touey Hart, Gertrudo Hoffmau, Otto Brothers, Twin Slatera Dolly. Next Week—VAUDEVILLE. SAUK AT GRAND BOX OFFICE. DONCE DELEOkJ I f>A.RK It DIRECTION JAKE WELLS, Pruiill. THE GARDEN SPOT Of Atlanta. BAND CONCERTS TWICE OAILY. See OSTRICH Farm RACES! Piedmont Park Trwk, SATURDAY, JULY 7, 4 P. M. BIRD VS. HORSE. The Trotting Ostrich Hurricane VS. The Fut Trotting Hone BUD OIBBONY. Other Exciting Races. Adm:uion 25c. and 50c. The bride-to-be was standing In po sition with her fiance, John II. Riley, and Justice Hearn was about to per form the ctrtmony, wbeg fhe hesitated. 8he said that to bu married on a rainy day meant a life of team, and she had concluded she wruld not get married until It cleared up. The party started hack to t’hlcago to await a clear day. COAL UND PURCHASED BY HANSON AND OTHERS DEAL INVOLVES ONE AND ONE- QUARTER MILLION DOLLARS. T BUTT IN," COMMISSIONERS GET ANGRY WITH COUNCIL. Kpeolnl to The Georgian. Mobile, Ala., July 8.—A deal has been consummated by which the Gulf Goal nnd Coke Company of Mobile transfers to J. P. Hanson nnd asso ciates 17,000 acres of cosl Innda lo cated In Walker and Jefferson coun ties. Mr. Hannon, who Is president of the Georgia Central Knllroad, with his as sociate*, are said to be the Pratt Coal and Coke Company of Ulrmlnghutn, Ain.. The consideration In the deal Is said to be 81,260,000. JUDGE ANDY SMILES; IT'S 321-4 BUSHELS Judge A. B. Calhoun, of the city court, wore a broad smile Friday morn ing. He was chewing a straw I'ke a veteran farmer and seemed to prefer discussing crops and wonting- condi tions to legal complications. Home one asked the reason. ‘T've Just finished harvesting my wheat.” said the judge. ”It ran 3214 bushels to the acre. Can Kansas beat that 7” •'How big a field did you have, Judge?” is>me Inqulaltlvn lawyer asked. “Just one acre," said his honor, ,k but that shows what. Georgia can do just as well ns n square mile." CONFEDERATE VETS OUGHT TO REGISTER Confederate veterans who live Fulton county or who have removed to this county since January 1 cf this year may find It to their advantage to furnish their names and war record to Tax Receiver T. M. ArmUtead at the court house. Plunks are provided to be filled out. The state I* desirous of completing a census of nil Confederate soldiers liv ing In Georgia In order that pensions may be Issued. To be eligible for a pension It In not requisite that the soldier served In a Georgia regiment during the war. Alt former soldiers of the Confederacy who were living In the stats on January 1. 1801. art eligible. The blanks contain spaces for the company, regiment, enlistment, dis charge and other Item* of the veteran'* record and may be had on application the tux receiver. CHRISTIAN ENDEAVORS MEET IN CHATTANOOGA KpeHnl to The Georgina. Chattanooga, Tenn., July 6.—The tenth annual convention of the Ten nessee Union of Christian Endeavor- ers met In this city yesterday after noon with over 200 leading Endeavor- ers from almost every section of the state present. The song service was led by K. O. Excel, of Chicago, the great singer nnd comixwer. ilev. Ira Igindilth, of Nashville, will deliver the annual sermon Hunday night. MANY DEATHS RE8ULT FROM FOURTH ACCIDENTS gfMvfsl to The iteorrlnn. Chattanooga, Tenn., July 8.—While there were no deaths resulting from the Fourth of July celebration here, there wars several accidents. Luthr r. Jones was maahed to death by a train while inspecting a Southern freight car. George Lewi*, a negro, _ picked up In an unconscious con dition on the Western and Atlantic railroad. Tom Williams, a negro, was shot by either an officer or a negro. Robert Shears, a It-year-old boy, was run over by an Alabama Great South ern train and badly hurt, and Tom Me- Mann, a negro, waa ehot seven (lines by Officer Gsng, because the former re sisted arrest. ANOTHER COTTON MILL CHAPTERED AT CHARLOTTE. g|»e< in! to The Georgina. Charlotte, N. C., July 8.—Another $200,000 cotton mill Is chartered for this ounty, Charlotte men being the prin cipal stockholders In *he concern. It is a manufacturing company, to he known as the Peerless Manufacturing Company, and will be located near LoweU. Council Tried to Spend the Park Board’s Money, Hence These Harsh Words. A red hot meeting of tha park board waa held In the mayor’s parlors Thurs day afternoon- when for two hours a discussion raged as to whether or not the board had the light to spend the $6,000, Appropriation for piedmont park to the way It saw fit, or w-hether the finance committee could dictate In the matter. It was first decided to request $350 extra for soo food, $260 for forage and $760 for general expenses. The 15,000 Piedmont park appropria tion Was then taken un. Councilman Hancock stated that Councilman Pat terson, chairman of the finance com mlttee, had brought before council i measure to take $ 1,000 of the Pled mont park appropriation and use It for cleaning out the lake. The measure was passed without the recommenda tion of the park board, which waa en tirely Ignorant of the disposition. After this ononuheement was made all the members said thing* at the Mime time. Chairman Brown declared he would never sign the voucher. Mr. Stanley stated that he wished to go on record as being against the expenditure of any money, appropriated to the Itarkn, without the consent of the entire board. Mayor Woodward voiced the senti ments of the members of the board when he stated that all the money ap propriated to park* was directly In charge of the board. Chairman Brown said he wanted to show council and the finance committee that they could not run It over the park hoard, and that If such was allowed to continue It would not he necessary for the board to meet. / , * The mayor was asked to confer with the chairman of the finance committee and to notify the board how It stood on the appropriation. Among other business transacted was a resolution Introduced by Presi dent Brown providing for the erection of a shed nt Grant park to accommo date 1,500 people. The resolution wat passed nr.d estimate* will be asked for. JUDGE SHOOTS LAWYER BECAUSE OF JEALOUSY IS THE tUIN MADE YOUNG PARKER 18 MORTALLY WOUNDED BY SHOT PIRED BY FULTON. Appel.! to The Georgian. Knoxville. Tenn., July When he alighted from a Cincinnati Southern train nt Holonwood, Tenn., ye.terdny evening. Sum Parker, a young nttorney of that place, waa allot nnd mortally wounded by Judge J. EC. Pulton, of Scott county. Fulton lined n shotgun, the dlachnrge tnklng effect In Parker's abdomen. . . , „ . A special train carried n apeclallat from Somerset, Ky.. to Parker'i bed aide. He la one of the best-kqown college athlelea of the South, having played for three yearn on the University of Tennessee baaebnll nnd football teamn. The tragedy la aald to be the out growth of Jealousy over a woman. Fulton waa Immediately placed under arrant. ALABAMA CARRIERS MEETING ADJOURNS GREETINGS PASSED BY GEORGIA AND NEW YORK BANKERS WITHAM BANKERS' ASSOCIATION SENDS TELEGRAM TO NEW YORK A880CIATI0N. • Special to the Georgian. Huntavllle, Ala., July The Ala bama letter Carrie-*’ Aaaoclatton, Junt adjourned here, will meet next year In Birmingham. The nfflcera for the year were elected an follown: » Preeldent—Homer Middle, Illrmlng ham. Ala. Vlc,e Prealdent—E. O. Lawhon. Huntavllle. Secretary and Traaaurer—C. A. Mer- rttl. Birmingham, Ala. RESIGNS PRESIDENCY AFTER FEW WEEKS Special to the Georgian. Cuthbert, tin., July 6.—Rev. tV. \V. Seals, who waa elected prealdent of Andrew Female College lean than n month ngo, has resigned. It Is reported that the trustees will offer the place to Rev. llomer Bush, who filled the place for eleven years. TRAIN RACES AHEAD TO AVERT COLLISION Special to The .Georgian. Cutlihert, Un.. July <.-What came near being a * -w- e-’rldent occurred at the depot h e >’<’• terday at noon. The north-bound ti.'i.lal train had Ju»t arrived and was standing on the main line, when the Fort Gains train came In. The brakes refused to work and u rear-end collision was narrowly avert ed bv the north bound train running ahead of the runaway until the engi neer could atop It.- W. J. BRYAN MEETS BRITISH POLITICIANS By Private Leased Wire. London. July S.—Aa the guest of John Burns, president of the local gov. ernment board. William Jennings Bry an yesterday afternoon visited the house of commons. He met many Brit- Ish politicians. At the Charlton Hotel, former Con gressman Jefferson M. levy, of New York, gave a luncheon party In honor of Mr. Bryan. The guests Included Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton McCormick, of Chi cago: Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Straus, and Colonel nnd Mrs. Hunsloker. GRESHAM ASHFORD SHOE CO. 93 PEACHTREE ST. Appropriate felicitations were ex changed betweep the Wlthsm Jankers' Association of Georgia, which haa re cently adjourned It* snnuai session at Warm Opting*. *Ja., an<1 the New York Bankers' Association, which 1s now In sesnlon at Hotel Champlain, Point Bluff. N. Y. The New York bsnkers regard Mr. W, H. Wltham, president of the With am banks, as one of their own num ber, bo having attended many of their sessions and addressed them on several occasions. The last time Mr. Wltham was presented with a check for 1100 by the convention in consideration of th-lr esteem end appreciation. Mr. Wltham declined to accept .... cheek, and returned It to the president of the association. Later on Mrs. Wltham was the recipient of n very handsome gold clock, and two accom- jtanylng mantel pieces. The following Is a telegram sent to the New York hankers by the Wltham Banker*' Asso ciation: "The convention representing seven ty-live country banks of (Jeorgla, ad journing nfter n two days' happy ses sion, send greetings and congratula tions to the New York Bankers' Asso ciation and love to Colonel Robert Lowry. "WITHAM BANKERS' ASSN. “W. D. MANLEY, Secretary.” MARCH TO ATLANTA WILL JODI BEGIN DETACHMENT OF ARMY OFFICERS TO TRACE MARCH OF SHERMAN. By Private Leased Wire. Chattanooga, Tenn., July I.—For the purpose of studying the strategic move ments of the camgaln of General Sher man In Georgia during the civil war, a detachement of officers of the United States army, composed of member* of the United States post-graduate school at Fort Leavenworth, Kans., will leave here In a few day* on a march to Atlanta. , . The officers who will make the trip nre mostly captains and lieutenants, who have lieen appointed from the dif ferent regiments of the regular army. The line of march will be from Fort Oglethorpe to Atlanta and will em brace the different points of the cant- palgn during the late war. The entire trip will be made by short mafehea, which Will follow the advance of Gen eral Sherman. The detachment will bo provided with marching equipments nnd will camp each night oil tne line of march. , SESSION BEGINS FRIDAY EVENING BAPTIST SUNDAY SCHOOL CON VENTION MEETS AT DECATUR. TO GREET PROPOSES TO TAKE REST DURING THE SUMMER. Loeb Writes to Anti-Trust League Refusing Invitation for tbs President. The annual convention of the Baptist Sunday achnol* of the Stone Mountain circuit will be held In the Decatur Bap tist church on Friday, Saturday and Sunday of this week, commencing with a meeting at 7:30 o'clock Friday night. At thla meeting there will be addresses by Governor Northen and B. W. Sptl man. field secretary of the Southern Baptist convention. It Is expected that a large number of delegates from the different Sunday school* will be pres ent. The full program I* as follows: Friday Night, July 4. 7-30—Song service. 9— The Sunday School and Cltlsen- ahlp—W. J. Northen. 9:J»—The Modern Sunday School Movement—B. W. Spllman. Saturday. 9:30 a. m.—Devotional service—8. A. Cowan. 10— Organisation of convention. 11— The Pastor Leading the Sunday School Forces—J. E. Briggs. 11:30—The Sunday School nt an Evangelist Agency—W. \V. I-andrum. »: jo—open Conference Management —Oeorge W. Andrew*. S_The Superintendent Superintend ing—II. w. Sritman. _ , 3:30—How to Conduct a Teacher* Meeting—John T. Pendleton. 7:30—Sdng service. 9—Exercise* conducted by G. W. Andrews nnd B. W. Spllman. 'Sunday. 10:30—Keeping* the Record*—G. W. Andrew*. . . 11—sermon—J. J. Bennett. 2.20—Song service. , 7:45—Teachers' Training Class—M. L. Brittain. I:Jo—Substitute Teachers' Class—H. A. Ethridge. ' , 3 :*5—Teaching or How to Maks tbs pupil Know—B. W. Spllman. T: 48—Song service. *—Big Boy Problem—B. W. Spllman. 9:30—Sermon—A. J. Moncnef. EX0ELLEN1 SERVICE TO WRIGETSVILLE BEACH, NORTH CAROLINA. During the month* of Juno, July and August the Seaboard Air Line Railway will operate on lu train leav ing Atlanta at 9:36 p. m., every SAT URDAY. a through eleeplng car to Wilmington, N. C.; returning the through sleeper will leave Wil mington Thureday at 3:00 p. m., arriving In Atlanta at *:30 «• m., Friday. Arrangements hare been made with the street rail way people at Wilmington to have care ready at the depot lo Immediate ly transport passenger* to the hotele at Wrlghtsrllle Beach. Baggage will be checked to deetln&tlon. WEEK END rate, good for fire dajrt, 18.25; SEASON' tickets. II8.SS. SEABOARD. By Priests Leased Wire. Oyster Bay, L. I., July *•—When William Jenlngs Bryan arrives'In this country August 19 after his trip around the world, President Rooeovelt will not preside at the reception which tha Commercial Travelers’ Antl-Tru»t League haa arranged for the Nebras kan at Madison Square Garden. Several days ago, William Hog*, president of the league, wrote the president Inviting him to officiate at the reception. Mr. Hoge emphasised the fact that the league Is a non-par tisan organisation and regarded Mr. Roosevelt as as much opposed to the trusts as Is Mr. Britan. Secretary Loeb answered the letter, stating that the president had deter mined some time ago to decline ell proffered engagements during the sum mer, and therefore he would not be able to accept. Malaria Makes Pel* Blood. Tho Old standard. Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic, drives out malaria and builds up the system. Sold by all dealers for 27 year*. Price SO cento. CREDIT MEN .DISCUSS BUCKEUHOP BILL WILL MEET FRIDAY NIGHT TO TALK OVER THE BOY- KIN MEASURE. The Boykin bucket ahop bill.' recent ly Introduced In the general assembly, will be dlacussod at a smoker Friday night In the ball room of the Kimball house, at which the Atlanta Credit Men'a Association will be the hosts, and members of the two branches of the legislature the Invited guesta. The credit men have Indorsed the movement against the bucket shop evil and have already sent a commit tee to appear before the chamber of commerce and secure that body's In dorsement. Addresses will be made at the smoker by Representative Boykin, who drafted the bill: Harvto Jordan, Richard Uneatbam, J. K. Orr, Gunby Jordan, Charles Hill and others. The Invited guests are requested to respond promptly to tho postal card Invitations sent them In older that proper prepa rations may be made. COPELAND LEAVES TD TAKEJJP WORK Rev.' Oliver J. Copeland, who recent ly realgned the pastorate of the Jack- son Hill Baptist church, has requested that he be relieved of duties Immedi ately, and left on Friday for Gaines ville, where he will take up his new work. t ' . . No definite step* have as yet been taken to secure n successor for him, beyond the appointment of the follow ing committee at the prayer meeting service on Wednesday night, to look Into th* matter nnd report a recom mendation of a man to succeed him: Dr. F. P. H. Akers, W. D. Paden, Dr. W. H. Burt, B. J. Conyers and N. T. Anderson. FmiilTGYPT MENACES G. BRITAIN By Privet# l.eased Wire. I-ondon, July Parliament end the country were given a surprise yester day by a sensational speech by Sir Ed ward Grey, the foreign secretary on •he situation In Egypt. He declared that the recent attacks WE HAVE EVERYTHING FOR COMFORT DURING THE HOT WEATHER REFRIGERATORS $7.50 to $45.00 Ice Cream Freezers $1.75 to $3.00 Water Coolers (galvanized lined) .. . '.$1.75 to $3.00 Oil Stoves (single and double eyes) ..$1.50 to $5.00 Hammocks, full and infant sizes $1.00 to $5.00 Mosquito Bars, for bed or crib .$1.00‘to $3.50 .FURNITURE AND HOUSEFURNISHINGS. PRICES ASTONISHINGLY LOW. A few Swings Left at the Same Low Prices. SWING WITH CHAIR $2.75. SWING, 4 FEET WITH CHAIR, $3.50. SWING, e FEET WITH CHAIR, $4.75. SWING. DIXIE LAWN, FOUR PASSENGER, $4.98. Largest Fancy Basket Line In tha South. GO-CARTS, ALL STYLES, Cat and Dog Transpor tation Basketa. Mall Orders, when ac companied by cash, given prompt attention. ORDER AT ONCE. NEW HOME HOUSE FURNISHING COMPANY 66 and 68 North Broad Street, Corner Poplar. “Home Outfitters from Cellar to Garret.” Phones: Bell 1681; Atlanta 2465. "Ol' Time Nigger” Die*. Stephen Clark, a genuine old-time negro, who followed hla tnnater through the war, mlnlaterlng to hi* need*, died Thursday atternoon at hi* borne In Jyo, 170 East Ellin street. Hip former hun ter, Janice Clark, of Madison, was at the bedside of the old negro when he passed away. He has made arrange ments for the funeral of hla old salve, and will see that his grave I* covered with flowers. 1,300 Milas In Auto. Edward Inmnn and Fulton Colville. .jvo prominent Atlantans, left Thursday afternoon for Nashville, from which lace they will start on an automo bile tour of 1,300 miles, going from Nashville fo Gloucester, Mass. Contsmpt of Court. J. M. Lee was lined tr>0 and costs In the recorder'* court Thureday after noon on the charge of contempt of court, he having grinned and spoken sarcastically in the court room• when arraigned for another offense several days ago. Entertainment at Second Baptist. At the Second Baptist chruch Fri day evening there will bo held an In teresting program under the direction of the Baptist Young People's Union. Rev. J. B. Flcklen, pastor of tho Inman Park Presbyterian church, will make an address and Ml** Judie Leake, »he noted Christian Endeavorer, »j;lll have a few things to say In regard to her work. Grain Dealers in Ohio. W. S. Duncan and W. L. Fain have been attending the thirteenth annual convention of the National Hay Asso ciation, held at Put-In-Bay Inland, Ohio. jhiH week, nnd are expected back from their trip on Sunday. Gleumen Improving. C. W. Glesstnan, the well-known traveling salesman who haa been crlt- on British officials at Tantab were not lcat | V m a t his home on Oeorgla ave- nccldental, but * deliberate tnonlfes- nue f„ r the past few weeks, Is 1m- tatlon of the fanatical spirit which had *- J necessitated the strengthening of the garrison In Egypt, igtl _ 5 said that un leas the authority of Lord Cromer anil the Egyptian government la strongly upheld It might lead to a situation re- uniting the adoption of stern measure*. THEY ROUGHLY HANDLE ONE OP THEIR RACE Special to The Georgian. Newberry. H. C, July 5.—At a negro barbecue held at Helena, a suburb of Newberry, Wednesday afternoon, Dave Lyles, a boisterous negro, waa roughly handled by a mob of his own race, and hut for the prompt arrival of a police officer, who took charge of the man. he would In all probability have suffered violence. There were fully ! 000 negroes present, excursionist* from Greenville and Columbia. NEGRO WAS KILLED AT FOURTH OF JULY BALL GAME. Special to The Georgian. Charlotte, N. C., July A few days ago a homicide took place some 15 miles from Wadetboro. and today cornea the news of another homicide. In which John l.*ak. colored, lost hls life In a right with Will and Tom Little at s Fourth of July baseball game, where w ines were being handed around among the crowd, all of whom were colored. Officer* Are Elected. Sped*I to The Georgian. Decatur. Ala., July Company E, Dick Adanta Rifles, Alabama national guard, elected officer* Tuesday night as follows: Captain, Rhea TKrock- morion; first lieutenant Roy O. Hor ton: second lieutenant, Ramin Brown. This company will soon move their armory from Its present location on Bank street, Decatur, to New Deca tur. semi-annual pariah meeting. The re port* of ell committees and officer* will be read and officer* elected for the fol lowing six months. There I* other Important business to be transacted, which will be of interval to all mem ber* of the parish. ...'. Too 8tr*nuoq* a Fourth. Because eh* allowed her children to fire off fireworks on the Fourth of July when requested not to do eo be cause of a death In a f-.mlly next door, Hattlo Gardner, a negress, of Mag nolia street, waa fined 33 and costs In the recorder's court Thursday after noon. Dr. 8mith, Not Dr, Lleyd, An article about house files spread ing typhoid fever that appeared In Thursday's Georgian should have been credited to Dr. Claude A. Smith, city chemist. Instead of Dr. AN 51. Lloyd, former city chemist, whose name ap peared. Mors Wreck Suits. Lulu Thomas, e minor, filed stilt In the superior court Friday morning aglonst the Central of Georgia end the Atlanta and West Point railways, seek ing to recover 310,000 for Injuries al leged to have been sustained In the picnic train wreck on June I. Her father, G. W. Thomas, filed suit against the same defendants for 13,600, the suit arising from the same accident. City Court Takes Rec*». Th* second dlvliton of th* city court will close Friday, taking a recess until the first Monday In August. The esses on the July docket have been nearly all disposed of, and there will be little of Interest during the remainder u: the month. Councilman Roberts Away. Charles Roberts, councilman from th* Eighth ward, haa taken bis family to Toxaway, N. C., for a short vacation trip. He will probably return about July I*. - Aroh Harrison Amu»id. Captain Arch Harrt»on, deputy clerk of the superior court, n»* amused by the report of hi* "seriou*” accident which appeared Thursday afternoon. Captain Harrison w*» struck on the head by a felling drawer, hi* scalp slightly cut. and he resumed hi* duties within fifteen minutes. Bennett Begins Work. Rev. J. J. Bennett, who we* re cently elected secretary of the Baptist mission board, to succetd Dr. 8. >■ Jameson, who goat to the presidency of Mercer, ha* actively entered upon the duties of hie new office, having entire ly given up hi* work aa pastor at Grif fin. proving slowly, and unless unexpected complications should arise, will be up and about In a few day*. Party Going to Detroit. To attend the National Convention of the Young People's Christian Union of the Unlveraallst rhrch, which con venes In Detroll, Mich., Rev. nnd Mrs. Everett Dean Ellenwood and 31lsa Viv ian Marsh will leave next Monday morning for that city as delegates from the local churcn. From Detroit the party will go to Chicago for a brief visit before returning to Atlanta. Wife and Husband Don't Agree. On the charge of the abandonment of hls wife and minor children, a war rant was on Thursday sworn out In the Justice court by Mr*. J. T. Callo way against her husband, who la a traveling man for Ihe Columbia Show Case Company. Calloway states that hi* work keeps him frum home the greater portion of the time, but that he haa sent money home regularly to pay for the support of -hls wife and children. Result sf Baseball Game. The afternoon ball game at Piedmont park on the Fourth was nearly broken up In the fourth Inning by what ap peared to be a small riot in the smoker. Police Interfered and the sequel wo* In Judge Broyles' court Thursday aftet- noon. when K. IV. C. Reed and C. H. King were arraigned on the chare* of, .- disorderly conduct. The testimony was j dinner was spread on th# ground. to the effect that King made several — remarks which did not please Reed, who ran down the aisle and struck eev- era! vicious blows nt King. The re corder decided that King waa not to blame for the trouble, and ordered hls discharge, but Reed waa assessed 313 and cost# for .hls little celebration. Ssmi-Annual Parish Masting. At the Unlveraallst church, corner Harris and Peachtree streets, at 3 o’clock Friday night, wilt be held the COTTON GROWERS AND VETERANS MEET Special to The Oeorglsn. , . . I.umpkln, Go, July %.—This week h»s witnessed * big occasion for Lumpkin- The Farmers* Institute wae held lt*t Tuesday, at which were several'P** 1 ;: ere. Including Professor Smith, stst* entomologist: R. J. Redding, manage nt the experiment station, and Mr. Hunnlcutt. of Th# Bouthem UuUt' et^- On Wednesday there we* a combined meeting of th* Southern Cotton Grow er*' Association and of t he veteran* of Stewart county. On that day speeches of Mr. Levert to tho eld »o'- dler* and of B. Dixon Armrirong to tM cotton grower* were highly commend ed. 31 re. Gordina mode an Interesting talk also. Fully f.eeo People present, and an old-t*nhlon*d picnic ARE YOU GOING TO PAINT? If so, use Southern Home L8<Jhi® Zinc Mixed PnlntA The gUndord ol quality In the Fonlh for the pe“ twenty-two jearx _ F. J. COOLEDGE & BRO., 12. N. Forsyth SL Atlanta.