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•IBE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
i r ItIDAT, AUGUST 9. lWh
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to $3,50 . , .
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MEN’S and Youths’
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in fancy Worsteds and kin
dred weaves in patterned
effects. The 1907 season’s
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only . . .
$15.00 Suits
only . . .
$13.50
Sf 8 "” $16.88
“oo s* <-$22.50
$35.00 Suits
only . . .
$8.38
$11.25
Upwards of 200 Men’s and
Youths’ Suits, previously re
duced this season, now sell
ing at 25% reduction on
lowest marked price.
Af 25% Less
Men’s and Youths’
Separate Trousers
$5.00 values now $3.75
$7.00 values now $5.25
$8.00 values now $6.00
$9.00 values now $6.75
All Men’s
Fancy Vests
1
'Colored Manhattan and Our Own High
Class Special Brand.
$1.50 values .......! $1.15
$2.00 values ...... $1.40
$2.50 values $1.75
$3.00 values $2.50
Soft Rolling Collar
Negligee and Outing Shirts, all sizes
and all the popular colors.
$1.00 values now 75c
$L50 values now .; $1.16
$2.00 values now $1.40
$2.50 values now $1.75
Underwear Half Hose
Fancy Lisle and Balbrig-
gan now selling at big dis
counts.
Men’s Fancy Half Hose, regular 50c
values,
$26.25 EISEMAN BROS.
The higher the former price,
the more you’ll save at this
sale.
11.13-15-17 Whitehall
ATLANTA.
35c
Three pair for $1.00
Many other items in the Haberdash
er department carrying liberal dis
counts. /
Children’s . Section
Rampant with big discounts on strict
ly stylish and seasonable apparel.
SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON
AND YOUNG PEOPLE'S TOPIC
IS AN OLD EVIL DECREASING?
The International Sunday School Leaion for Auguat 11 la, “The 8ln of Nadab
and Abihu." Lev. 10i 1-11. Tho Goldon Text ia, “Wine ia • Mocker,
Strong Drink la Raging, and Whoaoavor la Docaivtd Thereby ia not
Wiao,” Prov. 20:1.
By WILLIAM T. ELLIS.
A dramatic episode In the early pil
grim life of the Hebrew nation la made
the basts of thla week's Sunday achoot
lesson, which la upon temperance. The
teaching that the day |s meant to Im
press la not drawn from the text; the
latter can bo only a starting point for
a topical treatment of a great preeent.
day theme. The unwitting ahouid Ire-
ware leat they be tripped Into a bar
ren and profltleea dlecuaeton of taber
nacle ritual.
The men who aland In tho poaitlon
of “horrible examples" for the day were
Nadab and Abihu, sons of Aaron, the
great high priest, and themaelvea also
priests and his possible successors.
They belonged to the beat family of
the new nation: Mooes was their uncle,
and they themaelvea held a high place
of privilege. They fully understood all
the stress that Jehovah had laid upon
the elaborate ritual of worship which
he hnd prescribed for thla people whom
he was leading out of slavery and
Idolatry.
Why the Japanese Was Slain.
Nevertheless. In a careless hour they
transgressed, by offering “strange Are"
before the altar of the Lord. That Is,
they directly vlclalcd the method of
worship which Ood nad laid down. The
exact technical nature of the offenso Is
not agreed upon by an commentators;
It may be that they even rashly pressed
within the forbidden veil of the Sac red
Presence. Whatever the form of tho
transgression. It was a making light
of the divine law, and of the sanctity
of the worablp of Jehovah.
Everybody In Japan knows an analo
gous story of the death of a promi
nent, foreign-educated Japanese official,
because he had dared to lift the veil
In front of the Inner court of the Im
perial Shinto shrine at lag. This is
the court which no one Is permitted to
enter but the emperor and the priests.
Filled with a sense of superiority to
the old notions, this man raised the
curtain with kla cane. He was straight
way followed by a seatous Shintoist
and assassinated. The grave of bis
murderer became a shrine for the peo
ple.
Thus even the henthen conception of
the sanctity of their goda rebukes the
irreverence of the average Christian.
It Is no light thing to make light of
what Ood has declared sacred. If the
destruction of Nadab and Abihu by a
consuming lire seem too heavy a pun
ishment for their offense, be It remem
bered that the religious order of the
chosen nation was In the beginning,
and Jehovah had to vindicate his
majesty. It would never do to let the
people, much less the priests, take
liberties with his honor and his law.
Such a courso would bo mistaken kind,
ness to the people themselves.
The Traveler’s “Spirituality."
The swift and terrible justice which
overtook the sons of Aaron, and the
grim edict Hint their d?ath should
cause no mourning, and no Interrup
tion of the tabernacle services, was
probably a punishment of Intemper
ance. For immediately "the Lord
spake unto Aaron, saying, Drink no
wtne nor strong drink, thou, nor thy
sons with thee, when ye go Into the
the tent of meeting, that ye die not.”
Spirits distort eplrttue.lly. A drunk
en tndn's religion Is likely to be nn Im
pious thing. When crossing the At
lantic, a few months ago, there eat
beside me during the ship's Sunday
service a much traveled Presbyterian
business man. After the service, we
walked the deck together, and the talk
rather raturally fell upon religion. My
companion oemooneo with earnestness,
eloquence and citation of details, the
lack of spirituality In the churches. His
own particular church was going to the
dogs, decause the minister was not
"spiritual.”
All of which would have been very
fine and Impressive^ had I not known
that this ardent Presbyterian had won
the day's gambling pool upon the ship’s
tun. and had celebrated his good for
tune oy a continuous round of varied
drinks, ills loosened tongue w'ns not
the result of spirituality, but of spirits.
So my sympathy went out not to him.
but to his pastor.
A Reputable Toplo.
Less than a generation ago the tem
perance theme was relegated to a small
class of people called “cranks" and
fanatics; today It Is a reputable and
Important subject of discussion In tho
most advanced spheres of life. Scien
tists. physiologists, political econo
mists, social economists, physicians,
educators, sociologists, politicians, re
ligious leaders and labor leaders, all
may be found In the present-day arena
of public affairs championing' the cause
of temperance.
Spch strides have been made by the
cause of political prohibition, especial
ly In tbe South and southwest, that
the least observant reader of tho dally
press has been compelled to notice It,
The National Association of Brewers,
In convention In Atlantic City a few
weeks ago, raised tho alarm among
the liquor men that their business Is
fast slipping from them. In many
parts of the United States and Can
ada the temperance question Is today
the dominant political question. The
vigor nnd healthfulness of public sen
timent in this particular was shown
by the general disgust exhibited among
all classes of people In Philadelphia
over the excessive conviviality which
characterised the recent convention of
Kiks In that city.
A Soldier on 8timulants.
I was with the relief column that
moved on to Ladysmith. It was an
extremely trying time apart from the
heat of the weather. In that column
of some 30,040 men the drat w ho drop
ped out were not the tall men, or the
short men, or the big men, or the little
men, but the drinkers: and they drop
ped out as clearly as If they had been
labeled with a big letter on their backs,
• • • There Is a great desire on the
port of nil young men to be “fit." A
young man can not be fit If he takes
alcohol.—Sir Frederick Treves.
In a book of reminiscences of nn
Irish land agent a Tipperary priest Is
quoted as having addressed his flock
In the following manner: "It's whisky
makes you hate your wives; It's whis
ky makes you shoot your landlords,
and”—with emphasis, as he thumped
the pulpit—“It’s whisky makes you
miss them."—The Catholic Abstainer.
“Whisky—That's All."
AH? Why. no! There's a great deal
more;
There's an arm that's weak and heart
that's sore;
There's a home that's filled with grief
nnd woe.
And a wife that Is felled with a savage
blow.
All?
Why, no! There's a job that's
lost;
no cost;
There's a watch to pawn and a chair
to sell;
There's money to borrow and thirst to
quell;
There's an empty glass and a fight or
two.
A fine to pay and a crime to rue.
All?
Why. no! There’s a demon's
curse.
There's a child abused, a wound to
nurse;
There's a home broke up. a wife abased
To drudging toll, life's joys erased;
There's a free lunch served In a sample
room,
And some chores to do with a rag or
broom;
There’s the price to beg for a burning
drink, o
And a place to sleep! Ah, stop and
think!
.All, do you say? There Is half untold.
There's a heart grown sick and limbs
grown cold;
There's a man gone down, and a sub
stitute
That Is half a fiend and half a brute:
There's a place to rob and a man to
kill;
There's a prison cell for a man to 1111;
There's a conscience seared with wild
remorse.
And a grave now digging for a pauper
corpse;
There's n speedy trial, a verdict read,
And a wife that weepa as tbe doom Is
said;
A curse and prayer while the gallows
fall
And as for your whisky, why—That’s
all!
—Tbe Vanguard.
AN ATTRACTIVE ROUTE
—TO—
Jamestown Exposition,
NORFOLK, VIRGINIA,
Is via Central of Georgia railway to
Savannah, Merchants’ and Miners’
Transportation Company to Norfolk.
Double dally through trains and sleep-
Jng cars to Savannah. Ships sail from
Savannah for Norfolk every Tuesday
and Saturday at I p. m. Tickets In
clude meals and berth on ship. A short
rail tide, 40 golden hours at sea.
Ask any Central of Georgia railway
agent for rates, schedules, etc.
BIG WHISKY HOUSE
TO MOVE TO ALABAMA
Special to The Georgian.
Columbus, Ga., Aug. 9.—L Loeb A
Co., one of the largest wholesale whis
ky houses In the city, will move that
pan of their business to Montgomery,
Ala., In January next, and will add to
the business here a larger line of to
bacco. cigars, etc. The firm owns a
large warehouse here and does a large
SELLINGOUT STOCK
Many Will Enter Other
Fields of Business
After January 1,
There’s an empty purse that can meet wholesale grocery business also.
Special to The Georgian.
Macon, Go., Aug. 9.—The bar rooms
in Macon, which are now being kept
open until 12 o'clock, were doing a
land office business last night, the first
night since the new ordinance was
passed.
At the beginning of the new year the
city council passed an ordinance to
close all bar rooms at 11 o’clock. This
has been In force since January 1, 1907.
But since the prohibition bill was
passed, the bar keepers In Macon pe
titioned the council to allow them to
keep open until midnight.
In this petition to city council the
saloon men stated that they would
need thla necessary time In order to
llspoae of Oil thclr goods they have on
hand. A large number of the retail
liquor dealers will remain In Mscon
after the new prohibition bill goes Into
effect, and enter Into some other busi
ness. One man stated that he had
always made money In the saloon busi
ness, while come made It In some other
business, so he would try the other
buslnees after January 1, 1103.
MACON AGAIN SWELTERS
UNDER OPPRESSIVE HEAT.
Special to The Georgian.
Macon, Ga, Aug. 0.—A warm wave
has again come over Macon and the
temperature In this city Thursday roso
near the ninety-five degree mark. Wed-
notday and Thursday nights were two
of tba hottest that the people In Ma
con have been put through this sum
mer. The rain that visited this section
several days ago waa badly needed and
from all reports there will be very lit
tle rain tor the next several weeks.
FIRE LADDIES CALLED OUT
. A ZT ER long Rest,
(pedal to The Georgian.
Macon. On, A«g. ».—For tba drat
time In three weeks the fire department
In Macon had a run yesterday after
noon. About 2 o'clock an alarm was
sounded calling the department to a
small house on Hawthorn (treat. Tbr
roof of the house had burned alt before
the blaze could be extinguished.
Not even a false alarm vu sounded
In Macon for three weeks until yea-
Kment h ‘rn U M^ onl for the flre $1,500,000 INCREASE
FUNERAL OF MR8. QUERRY
IS HELD IN MACON.
Special to The Georgian.
Macon, Go, Aug. 9.—Funeral serv-
Icea over the body of Airs. Hattie R
Guerry were held this morning at the
residence of A. T. Holt In Vlnevllle.
Rev. J. A. Thomas, pastor of the Vlnc-
vllle Methodist church, officiated. Tho
Interment was made In Rose Hill cem
etery.
Mrs. Guerry died In Rome, Ga., on
Wednesday night She was the wife of
Judge M. B. Guerry and daughter of tho
late Judge and Mrs. C. T. Ward, old
residents of Macon.
Besides leaving a husband, Mrs.
Guerry Is survived by one daughter,
Mrs. Lila Batty, living In Rome.
PROF. 8TEED CH08EN
TO CHAIR AT MERCER
Special to The Georgian.
Macon, Go., Aug. 9.—Professor Carl
W. Steed has been elected by the pru
dential committee of the board of trus.
tees of Mercer University to nil the
chair of history and economics at Mer
cer. He will take charge of thla de
partment of the university when It
opens for the fall.
Professor Steed has Just returned to
Macon from Athens, where he has been
lecturing upon United States history
In the summer school of the University
of Georgia. He Is a brother of the late
Clem P. Steed, of .Macon, and a son of
the lots Professor Clem Steed. He It
also a brother of Mr. Hall Steed.
MAYOR IS NOT PLEASED
WITH ACTION OF NEGROE3
Special to The Georgian.
Macon, Ga. Aug. 9.—Mayor Bridges
Smith Is anything but pleased with the
action that has been taken by Macon
negroes to overthrow the city stockade
and ehalngnng. What makes Mayor
Smith feel more keenly the action that
haa been taken by the negroes through
Attorney Alexander Ackerman Is the
fact that not long ago the negroes
asked the council to make the loafers
get off the streets or out of the city.
That the mayor Is surprised at the
Institution of the suit Wednesday la
putting It mildly.
HOWARD CRAWFORD
FUNERAL AT BYRON
Special to 'We Georgias.
Mscon, Oa_ Aug. ».—The funeral
services of/the late Howard Crawford,
who died In Macon on Thursday morn
ing. were held st Byron, Os., thla after
noon from the Methodist church. Mr.
Crawford was a member of the Macon
Volunteers, and n large number of the
... — - ----- — ing at the Jamestown exposition^».**
soldier boys attended the services In being used as a dumping ground •«.
oemg used ss a aumpuis
trash. A motion wn« made that the »■>_
— - donated by the council for this Joan
ried n large number of sorrowing!be not paid. After considerable srg*
friends, who attended the services. ment the motion waa voted down.
n body. The funeral train left Macon
at an early hour this morning and car-
IN MUSCOGEE CO.
Bpedil to The Georgian.
Columbus, Ga., Aug. (.—Althouili
the books have not yet been fully bal
anced up, enough hla been found by
Tax Receiver Henderson to show a
gain In the taxable values of Muscogee
county amounting to 31,(00.(MO over
last year. A gain of 31,000,000 dollars
has been made In the upper town dis
trict alone, and It Is behaved the fell
returns will show an increase over the
amount stated In the whole county.
WILLIAMS CAMPAIGNING
FOR COMMISSIONER
Special to The Georgian.
Columbus, Ga., Aug. 9.—Captain
Wiley Williams, who was the first to
announce his candidacy for prison
commissioner, Is receiving assurances
from all over the state of support. He
has begun a systematic campaign and
will keep It up until the matter l»
finally decided.
MAN BIT BY DOG
NOT SERIOUSLY HURT
Special to The Georslen.
Macon, Ga., Aug. 9.—E. T. Hlfbey,
who was bitten by a mad dog on »«•*
nesday, la getting along as well »»
could be expected. Mr. Hickey was *•
his place of business yesterday asa
stated that he was feeling no HI ef
fects from the wound received, tm
head of the dog, who hit the man, «'*»
sent to the secretary of the state board
of health for examination, to find otjt
whether the dog was really mad. » on>
from the capital city Is expected to
reach Macon about the affair In a “«
or two. At the time Mr. Hickey "**
bitten the dog was running up I™’??
avenue, with a chain lied to him. -'»■
Hickey attempted to grab at the chain-
when the dog turned and snapped Jt
him. breaking the skin on his right
hand.
WANTED TO WITHDRAW -
JAMESTOWN FUND
Special to The Georgian.
Columbus, Oil, Aug. 9.—Quite a sen
sation was created at the meeting »
the city council yesterday afternoon j>>
Alderman Bowden, who stated that tM
Columbus room In tha Georgia buna-