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8 NAPIER AND McKENNA IN RACE FOR MACON MAYOR MACON. GA. July 2 Hendley V. Napier, a prominent Macon lawyer an<l recently elected president of the Hagies of the South, is the latest candidate 'o enter for the Macon inayoraltx V\ A. McKenna is the first bona fide cai.- dtdate. and Mr. Napier is next There are expected to be several others, in cluding former Mayors Bridges Smith and W A Huff and probably Aider man P. Hay. Children’s Slippers Every pair Children’s Black and Tan Slippers in our house will be re duced. We are offering them at a greatly reduced price. Black and Brown Velvet, Patent Leather One Strap and Oxfords, Gun Metal One Strap and Oxfords, Tan One Strap. Infants' I=s, $1.25 value.... $ .98 ’ Child's s=B. $1.50 value.... 1.19 Child’s 81=11, $2.00 value ... 1.69 Misses' 111=2. $2.50 value... 2.09 firowing Girl, 21=5, $3.00 value 2.48 We are overstocked on Tan and Black Slippers, so they must go. Fred S. Stewart Co. The Dilver Fruit Press FOR PRESERVING Is something everyone -f should have. It affords a < K '-OrV FO vast improvement over the old method of preserving. JRSaLr»7 ar T j V Once you have used one you will never do with- Tnn-Pr-.nd J Wft».4V«gU, v * ,,Ueßk -- out one. For a few days to introduce this wonderful worker, a special price of S3.SO regular $3.75 value. Do not fail to get one of these DILVER PRESSES. It will pay tor itself in time, labor, trouble and better preserves the first time you use it. This Fruit Press is not only good for preserving, but a good many other things. You can use it the year round. Our stock is now complete in Fruit Jars, Jelly Tumblers and such paraphernalia to assist in canning fruit. The Economy wide-mouth Fruit Jars, easy to clean and easy to use. Pints $1 dozen, quarts $1.25 dozen, half-gallons $1.50 dozen. The Ball Fruit Jars—pints 65c dozen, quarts 75c dozen, half-gallons $1.20 dozen. Prices of Jelly Tumblers 35c dozen Prices of Fruit Jar Rubbers 5c and 10c dozen Prices of Fruit Jar Caps 35c dozen King Hardware Co. 53 PEACHTREE STREET 87 WHITEHALL STREET MAYOR WARNS CHIEF OF POLICE TO CLOSE CLUBS MACON. GA.. .Inly 1 "If this illegal Sunday operation of clubs can not be stopped by you. then 1 am going to get some one who can stop it. Mayor John T Moore declared to Chief of Police W. B Chapman in open court Evidence had just been [.resented to the court to the effect that ci ibs stayed open all day Sun day Tlte chief did not make any reply. THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. TUESDAY. JULY 2. 1912. ORATORY TO MARK CONVENTION OF GA. RURAL MAIL MEN I John M. Slaton, president of the sen- 1 ate. and two congressmen from Wash ington ere scheduled to lend oratorio flavor to the ninth annual convention of Georgia rural letter carriers when they meet In the ball room of the New Kim ball house on the Fourth of July Among the matters which the carriers will discuss are the use of the automo bile and motorcycle In rural delivery, mu tual benefit plans and the election of all officers of the state association. I. D King, of Covington. Ga the pres ident of the association, is in charge of the convention arrangements W. F. Crusselle. of Atlanta, will deliver the wel coming address to the carriers. Inspec tor H A. McKee will tell of the latest plans for the Improvement of the delivery service. F. L White will lead a con ference on good roads and P I. Lindsay will report the proceedings of ihe Mil waukee convention. The convention wHI conclude with the election of delegates to the national con vention at Nashville. GROCERY AND BUTCHER SHOPS TO CLOSE JULY 4TH All grocery stores and butcher shops in Atlanta affiliated with the Retail Grocers and Butchers association will be closed on July 4. Members of the holiday committee of the association announced today that the Fourth would be strictly observed. Customers are urged io buy on Wednesday for two days. ALEX W. STEPHENS IN RACE FOR JUDGESHIP Alex W. Stephens, attorney. an nounced today he was in the race for superior court judge of Fulton county, seeking the, place now held by Judge J. T Pendleton The state Democratic executive committee will meet next Saturday to fix a date for the primary, and Mr. Stephens will make bis formal announcement after this meeting There Is more Catarrh tn this section of the country thnn all other diseases put to gether, and until the last few years was supposed to be Incurable For a grant many years doctors pronounced II a local disease and prescribed local remedies, and hv constantly falling to cure with local treatment, pronounced It tncnrable. Science has proven catarrh to be a constitutional disease and therefore requires constitu tional treatment. Rail's Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney A Co., Toledo, Ohio, Is the only constitutional cure on the market It Is taken Internally In doses from 10 drops to it teaspoonflll. It acts directly on the blood and mucous sur faces of the system. They offer one hun dred dollars for any case it falls to cure. Send for circulars and testimonials. Address: F J. CHENEY A CO., Toledo, Ohio. Sold br druggists. 76c Take Hall’s Family Pills for constipation. GEORGIA GUARD SHIFTS ORDERED None of the Changes Affects Fifth Regiment, Composed Entirely of Atlantans. Several companies of the Georgia National Guard were changed ftomone regiment’ to another by Adjutant Gen eral Obear today, following the dis banding of five companies at various points. None of the changes affects the Fifth regiment, which is composed entirely of Atlanta troops The Fourth battalion, independent, disappears under this arrangements, its companies being absorbed by other battalions. The Augusta battalion joins the First infantry, and the <'latke Rifles, of Athens, temporarily is trans ferred to the Flrsi infantry. The de tailed changes are as follows: The following are ordered trans ferred from the Second infantry to the First infantry: Major Abram Levy and staff, Au gusta. Richmond Light infantry, Augusta. Homes Company D. Clinch Rifles, Augusta. becomes Company' A. Oglethorpe infantry, Augusta, be comes Company B- Transferred From Fourth. The following from the Fourth bat talion are transferred to the Second infantry, taking the place of the Au gusta battalion: 1 Major H. Mozen and staff, Colum bus. Columbus Guards, Columbus, be comes Company D. Albany Guards, Albany, becomes Company K. Americus Light infantry. Americus, becomes Company 1 These change'-- were made after con sultation with the war department, tn order to simplify the situation. The third independent battalion remains undisturbed. Other military' transfers and direc tions are announced in the same order as follows: Captain Battey to the First. "Captain W. W. Battey. medical corps, Augusta, is relieved from duty with Second Infantry and assigned to First infantry, effective this date. "Captain T. E. White, medical corps. Fitzgerald, is relieved from duty with the First regiment infantry, anti placed I on the unassigned list, effective this date. "Captain W. D. Travis, medical corps i Covington, is relieved from duty with the Fourth battalion Infantry and as signed to Second infantry, effective i August 1. | "The battalion and company com ' mantlets ami medical officers concerned w ill report by letter to the commanding officer of the regiment to which as signed." UNIVERSITY BEGINS SERIES OF INSTITUTES FOR FARMERS OF GA. Georgia is teeming with farmers tn j stitutes today. Three big gatherings i are on in different parts of the state, all undei the auspices of the Georgia university's agricultural school. Three divisions ate in charge of the conven tions made up of various members of the university faculty. At Reidsville hundreds of farmers are in attendance at the institute con- I ducted by the first division with J. VV. Prior, W. A. Worsham and Pro fessors Bishop. Burson and Hollings head in charge. Tomorrow the experts will be at Lyons and at Mount Vernon I on the Fourth. I At Ocilla today an institute is in | charge of Professors Last. Turlington | and < 'ampbell, and they will go next I to Ashburn and Cordele. In the third • division of conductors are Professors ; Hart. DeLoach. McHatton. Vanatter i and .Jordan. They are at Port Gaines I today, and tomorrow they will conduct i institutes at Georgetown and Dawson. The itinerary of the conductors has I been arranged to cover every farming i center in the state, continuously until the middle of August POSTAL CUTS TELEGRAPH RATES FOR ATLANTANS Tlte Postal Telegraph Company has notified Its local nutnaget A M. Beat ! ty, that effective July 1 telegraph rates I from Atlanta to a number of point.” will ' be reduced from 40 cents for ten words I tn 30 cents. The rate for all words in I: excess of ten has been reduced from three cents to two cents per word Among the points included are Ashe ville, N C ; Easley. S. C , Morristown. I Tenn and Murfreesboro. Tenn. ESCAPING prisoner wounded. MACON. GA . July 2. Prank Tanner, a negro, was shot in the legs and badly | wounded by deputy sheriffs as he was seeking to escape them after having at- ( tempted ar. attack on a woman member of a prominent Vlneville family He is now in jail. ONLY ”$19.35 WASHINGTON! AND RETURN VIA SEA BOARD Tickets sold July 4 ahd .*> Through trains, sleepers and coaches City Tick et < tfflce, 88 Peachtree. ATLANTIC CITY EXCURSION RATE VIA SEABOARD $28.35 round trip, on sale July 6. 7, 8 Get information at 88 Peachtree, phones 100. Make your Savings earn as much as possible. The TRUST COMPANY OF GEORGIA pays 4 per cent on Deposits. Start with $1 - 'and build ! RAILROADS FIGHT FOR RAISE. JACKSON, MISS., July 2.—Tax com missioners. attorneys and other officials representing the various common car- I riers operating in Mississippi appeared I this afternoon before the railroad com. ] mission to protest against the $20,000.- 000 increase in the assessment of their property recently made by that body. Beautiful Silk Flags For the Glorious Fourth ■ Be Patriotic and £ , Decorate Your Car ' r :■ J I jl if i t MHw ’• I 4 <■ I 4 ' J > We have a large stock of these Flags in all sizes II at the following prices: 10c 25c 50c 75c I Special discount to dealers. Mail and telegraphic orders shipped promptly. GEWINNER COMPANY l| The Automobile Department Store Peachtree and Harris Streets Start a Savings Account Now at the Beginning of the Half January-June is history. The door has swung open on the second half. It is the psychological and the practical time to begin to save. Why not? You've heard the sermons and read the talks and seen the living examples that drive home the thought of saving as the Big Duty. Now is the time to crystallize theories and open the account. t Money deposited in the Savings Department or the F ourth National any day up to and including the fifth of July will draw interest from the first. We ask attention to the convenient location, the excellent service, and especially to the strength of this bank. Government supervision. Your account is invited Fourth National Bank ROSTRON THANKED BY CONGRESS. WASHINGTON, July 2.—The thanks of congress are conveyed to Captain Arthur S. Rostron and the officers and crew of the liner t’arpathia for their rescue of 704 survivors of the Titanic in a senate bill passed the house. The measure now goes to President Taft for signature. The bill provides for a SI,OOO gold medal for Captain Rostron. EASTMAN PASTOR RESIGNS. EASTMAN, GA., July 2.—Rev. S. J. Parrish, pastor of the First Baptist church of Eastman, has resigned anil his resignation has been accepted. Mr. Parrish has been pastor of the church here for the past two and one half years. He intends to enter Into the evangelistic work. .ll. ■_ "■"