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•IBE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. i r ItIDAT, AUGUST 9. lWh SPECIAL 200 Men’s Straw Hats, worth from $1,50 ELf\*% to $3,50 . , . Any Child’* Straw Hat Your choice without Worth up to f §{* any reserve, $3.so . . 77ie 0/</ Reliable Manufacturing Clothiers, At 25%: I*™ SPECIAL SPECIAL SHIRTS MEN’S and Youths’ Two and Three-Piece Suits in fancy Worsteds and kin dred weaves in patterned effects. The 1907 season’s models 1-4 off, Here’s how the prices look $12.50 Suits 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-