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ALEXANDER SAYS HE'S NOT IN THE if.it- Somebody Is Sure Talking His Name and He Himself Has Said Significant Things. Representative Hooper Alexander, ; leader of tlxe prohibition forces in the Georgia legislature, is not a candidate for governor. Pespite rumors and newspaper sto ries to the effect that he is or will be, he isn’t. He says he isn't in a written state men’ given to the public formally. Here it is: News items published yesterday and today in all the Atlanta papers referring to me as a possible can didate for governor, or as’having such a subject under consideration, make it proper for me to say that I am not a candidate and am not considering the . subject. I know very little about the rumors re ferred to; am in no way responsi ble for them and have at all times avoided any discussion of the sub ject. Will He Be a Candidate? When a man isn't a candidate, and is not considering the subject of being a candidate, and knows very little about th P . talk to the effect that he is a can- ] didate. and is in no way responsible for ! tit h talk, and has at all times avoided ; the subject—why, of course, he isn’t a ; candidate. But ’* doo.-n’t necessarily follow that he may not be a candidate, or begin thinking of being, or join in the talk ; about his being, or something like that; does it? The "noes” seem to have it. The “noi-s" have it. and it doesn't follow! Somebody Talking Alexander. Somebody is talking Alexander for governor, all right. It may be that everybody isn't doing it. but a good many are. It is a welTTcnown fact that Georgia prohibitionists are pretty well stirred up over the Tippins-Alexander near-.] beer and anti-locker club bill, recently j passed by the house. They take the. view that the present I prohibition law must be amended in | such wise that it may be surely en forced, if it be necessary to make fights ] al! the way along the line, from gov- | err.or to the several legislative deci sions of the state. Where Alexander Gets On. It may be that Representative Alex ander was unconsciously the cause of his own gubernatorial boom, for broad hints of it were thought to be contained in at least two parts of his Tippins bill speech delivered in the house last Tuesday. Here are two paragraphs taken there from: I The courts do not enforce the law. The gove’rnor says that he can not and that the legislature will not. The people can speak on Au gust 21. They are the masters of us all. It may come that sooner or later we must appeal to them to change their judges, but a more immediate and desirable appeal might be made next month in the selection of legislators and a gov ernor freshly instructed as to the sovereign will and altogether in harmony with it. whatsoever It may he. If the people want liquor sold in Georgia either by law or in de fiance of law, let them choose a governor and legislators who so think. If they want law enforced and its power strengthened, let them say so by the men they choose. * * * Let the president of the Georgia senate, who is president also of the University club, say to his associ ates “It is unbecoming in us, who aspire to represent the cultured and educated classes, to sell liquor in defiance of law, and moreover I am asking the people of Georgia to make me the executive of her laws, and I can not he party to their vio lation.” It, therefore, is being figured by po ians generally that Mr. Alexander’s entry into the gubernatorial race is de pendent largely' on the fate of the Tip pirs bill, and that delays and hesitancy ui n the part of the legislature will be taken to mean that war is Invited. if Mr. Alexander does make the race, it is said that his campoign will be am ph financed by the Anti-Saloon leagues of the various states. REV. HUGH WALLACE OF IMMERSION ROW FAME IS IN ATLANTA R’ v Hugh Wallace, remembered well ’•n Atlanta as being the center of a lively row among the Baptists over the Question of immersion, is bgck in the •’it' after spending three years in - ne. Ga., and Sweetwater, Tenn. He preach at the Jones Avenue Bap h’neh tomorrow at botli the 11 ' < k and evening services. n account of some radical beliefs on ■ question of immersion, the leading Baptists of Atlanta refused to ordain ’ 1 ■ is pastor of the Ponders Ave nir- church of this city. He afterward ’ 'dtnitted, however. H - subject for the evening service The Past, Forgiven and For- ~ ; ten; the Future, Untouched." ACCUSED forger under bond. G Stubblefield. Jr., charged with •’ ng cheeks passed on the King aware Company, was placed under bond by Justice Orr today. No 'nts have been asked for him and may be no prosecution. ANOTHER BEVY OF PRETTYTrORTH SIDE CHILDREN 1081 l Isl V '• / Zs / \ . f “ I /Os vlf. I F \\\ -.w. BF/ if Z Wi Via r * /H /> yJv Ml Br 3 iy4 Ji} //BIW, /■ ’///A 11 ® ' W ' !■ <H -■>' \\! .. . .“if wmk i i T 1 ZjM Tfflsrr' • •• i oLfI Csd ▼ i ■ —« . V PERRY CAMPAIGN MEETING FIZZLE - Eight Persons Go to Hear Hall j County Candidate for United States Senator Speak. Colonel H. H. Perry’s widely adver tised meeting in Cable Hall last night, In the course of which he was to dis cuss “Woodrow Wilson and Democra cy,” and Incidentally his own candidacy for United States senator against Mr. Bacon, didn't draw heavily. As a matter of fact, there were on hand, besides Mr. Perry, exactly eight persons at the hour appointed for the speaking—-and as nobody else showed up after an appropriate and respect ful wait, Mr. Perry smilingly shook hands with the faithful and interested few who did come and called the meet ing off. Colonel Perry is waging an aggressive fight for Senator Bacon’s toga. He has flooded the state from RabuA Gap to Tybee Light with pro-Perry and anti- Bacon literature, and believes he has met with considerable encouragement in some sections. Last night was his first endeavor to interest Atlanta in his candidacy, and the result was not tremendously flat tering. Whether it was lack of inter est in his race or a surfeit of Wilson talk that made the crowd pause in the matter of going to hear the Hall county statesman last evening, <’o!onel Perry does not know. All he knows is that the crowd didn’t come. It is not likely that Colonel Perry will give Atlanta another chance to hear either his Woodrow Wilson lec ture or his Perry campaign thunder. LIGHTER MUSIC CHOSEN FOR FREE ORGAN RECITAL The program for Sunday's organ re cital at trfe Auditorium has been ar ranged by a musician who is not a professional, and who has had in mind the tastes of the general class of music lovers instead of the few who prefer technical and heavy music. The se lections are "The Barcarolle," from "Tales of Hoffman;” Chopin's “Funeral March. Mendelsshon’s Wedding March, Handel's “Largo in G.” and improvi sation by Dr. Starnes and a prelude by Rachmaninoff. I RATS TAKE ENTIRE BEACH AWAY FROM LITTLE FOLKS EVANSTON. ILL., lUly 13.—Thou sands of rats have practically taken possession of the beach between Demp ster street and Greenwood boulevard, and mothers, in fear that their children may he bitten, have kept them away pom the lake The hot weather is be lieved to have, caused the rats to seek the beach. THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. SATURDAY, JULY 13, 1912. On left. Jack Hall, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Hall. West Peachtree. Tn center, on left. William Perkerson. Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. William Perkerson, and Albert Adams, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Adams. On right. Mary Moore, daughter of Mrs. C. W. Moore. Peachtree street. 3008 NIEMNTS TO CONVENE HERE Arrangements for showing the Southern merchant what is made in Atlanta and what the local merchants are doing to boost the sale of their products, are being worked out by com mittees of the Atlanta Merchants and Manufacturers Association, which is planning to entertain 3,000 delegates to the Southern Merchants convention in Atlanta from August 5 to 9. The convention has been placed to come within the last five days of the Atlanta manufacturers exposition, which is to show what is being done in the way of manufactures here. The delegates will get the advantage of a 3-cent fare over the railroads, and it is believed this will bring a record at tendance. Features of the. convention will be a theater party at the Forsyth, a Geor gia barbecue, visits to the "Atlanta- Made exposition,’’ a baseball game and a reception at one of the local clubs. J K. Orr is chairman of the com mittee in charge, and is being assisted by the following: C. T. Nunnally, J. M. Robinson, Willis E. Ragan and Paul P. Reese. EUGENE W. CHAFIN IS DRYS’ CANDIDATE FOR U. S. PRESIDENT ATLANTIC CITY. N. J.. July 13.-- Eugene W. Chafin, of Arizona, for pres ident, and Aaron S. M’atklns, of Ohio, for vice president, is the ticket nomi nator by the National Prohibition party, which ended it^convention here last night. In each case the nomination was made by acclamation after a sin gle ballot had indicated the preference of the delegates- SOLOIST AS FEATURE OF SUNDAY BAND CONCERT An especially entertaining program has been arranged for the regular Sun day concert at Grant park tomorrow from 3:30 to 5:30 o'clock.’ In addition to Wedemeyer’s Concert band in many popular and classic selections, Harry Hatton will sing “Stocked in the Cra dle of the Deep.” In the band music is to be included selections from “Mad ame Butterfly,” “My Old Kentucky Home,” “Helio. New York Town.” “Amaranthus,” “The Pearl of Savoy" and The Merry Wives of Windsor." 800 OFF TO TYBEE FOR ANNUAL OUTING OF ATLANTA’S SALESMEN Tybee Island, far-famed for its sun kissed beach and moonlight walks, wag takon by storm early today and sur rendered at once to as merry a party as ever appeared there. Atlanta city salesmen and their wives and children and friends—in all more than 800 strong—arrived on an early train for their annual outing and in tend to stay a week at the resort. There are more than 150 active mem bers in the Atlanta organization and practically every one of them took the trip. They intend to make their out ing one of the most delightful they have ever had. The party, which numbered far more women and children than it did men. left Atlanta last night over the Cen tral of Georgia railroad, traveling in two special trains and accompanied by W. H. Fogg of the railroad. The committee in charge of the out ing is composed of J C. Harrison. T N. Clyatt, E. B. Thomas and Paul S Pause. WEATHER REPORTS CURTAILED BY LACK OF AVAILABLE FUND Telegraphic reports of weather con ditions all over the country have been discontinued and the work of the weather bureau at Washington has been seriously hampered, according to C. F. VonHerrmann, in charge of the Atlanta station. This has been the re sult of the failure of congress to pass the necessary appropriations bill for the department of agriculture. At present, while many of the reports have been cut out. those from the prin cipal stations are being kept up, and as complete a report as possible has been made from day to day. What will happen if the money for expenses is not forthcoming in a few days, the local weather chief refuses to say. Local weather conditions point to rain for at least another day and pos sibly longer. At the end of that time there is a possibility of a dry spell coming for a short time. Mr, Von- Herrmann refuses to make his predic tion any stronger than is shown by his words that “there is a possibility of a dry spell.” Dr. E. M. Poteat at Tabernacle. Dr E. M. Poteat.'who has been preaching in Dr. MacArthur’s pulpit since the latter departed for the North, will preach again at both services In the Baptist Tabernacle tomorrow. Dr. Poteat, w-ho is president of Furman university, has won much favor in At lanta. bv his Tabernacle sermons. , NAMES Os OEM ; BAIT FOR FRAUD ’ A scheme to defraud the living by s means of letters addressed to their re r cently deceased relatives had been un earthed in Americus, Ga., according to Postoffice Inspector N. A. McKew, who has arrested Carl L. Rooks on the ’ charge of fraudulent use of the mails. Rooks, the inspector charges, repre sented himself as manager of the Amer ican Grand Prize contest and would I take from dally papers all over the I country the names of people just de- l ’ ceased. He would then send them a .letter in which he stated that their 1 number in the contest had won the grand prize, an 80-plece set of silver, valued at SSOO. He asked that $1 be j sent within ten days to pay for the I packing of the prize, in accordance w’ith the contract. The letters were opend by some rela tive of the deceased who. of course, could not know’ whether or not the per son had entered a contest, but who would in most cases send the sl. Then ’ Rooks returned a card in which he ac knowledged receipt of the money and replied that he was sending the prize, i In the acknowledgment card he drop . ped the prize to an eight-piece set, ; valued at $5. He then sent a set of > knives and forks, which the inspectors • obtained and which, according tn lo cal jewelers, have exactly two cents s worth of silver in them and might be > worth 25 cents in the open market. i CHURCHES PREPARE , FOR OBSERVANCE OF WHITE PLAGUE DAY i Workers for the Atlanta Anti-Tuber- I culosis association will be busy in the church and Sunday schools of Atlanta > tomorrow making plans for “White ■ Plague day,” to be observed in 175 ' Sunday school classes on the vfollow -1 Ing Sunday. July 21. The teachers of the Sunday school classes will discuss tuberculosis and 1 its prevention. Pamphlets will he furnished l>y the association, which already has done much toward preventing the spread of the disease through its visiting nurse system and its free dispensary in the • Gould building. t POSTMASTER UNDER ARREST, , SAVANNAH, GA., July 13 —Felix S. Frazier, postmaster at Limerick, Ga. was arrested today by postoffice in -1 spectors on the charge of embezzle- ■ meat of United States postal money or der fund*. ™reo EXCHANGE SOON Election of Charles P. Glover to Head the Association Is Expected to Pave Way. The election of Charles P. Glover as president of the Atlanta Real Estate Men's association is believed by many to mean that a real estate exchange, run on i#ie plan followed in many other cities, will soon be opened in Atlanta. Mr. Glover's flection as heajl of the or ganization was opposed only by that part of the membership against the formation of an exchange, which he is known to favor. The matter wrill. It is believed, be brought up at at early meeting. Other officers chosen at the anniver sary dinner of the association last night at the Case Durand, were Harris G. White, sales manager of Ralph O. i Cochran’s agency, vice president; G. Ward Wight, of M. C. Kiser Company, secretary, and J. W. Dobbins, president of J. W. Dobbins & Company, treasur er. Al! of the officers were elected unanimously, as the choice of Mr. i Glover was made unanimous as soon as ' it was seen that he had a majority of the votes. Ralph O. Cochran Praised. The ’occasion was the second anni versary of the association and was pre sided over by the retiring president, Ralph O. Cochran, who was the recip ient of many compliments for his work as head of the association during its first two years. The report of the secretary show’ed a marked improvement in the association for the past year. It has increased in membership from 153 a year ago to nearly 209 at present, and numbers on its roll practically every real estate dealer of repute in Atlanta. M. C. Kiser. G. Ward Wight and Charles P. (Hover, who attended the national convention recently held in Louisville, made interesting t<alks of the trip and urged that Atlanta seek the convention for 1914 and send a large delegation to Winnipeg, Canada, next year. MUSICAL PROGRAM AT DR. HANSCOM'S CHURCH A special musical program at the Central Congregational church will supplement Dr. George Loring Hans com’s sermons at both services tomor row. Dr. Hanscom will preach upon the “Dangers of Religious Indecision" , In the evening. In the morning his text will be “Look Upon Us." Miss Porter and Mr. Lowe will render solos at both meetings. ALBANY HUNTERS KILL BEAR. ALBANY GA . July 13 —Baird Do zier, Bert Moreland and Parker West brook. while hunting in the western part of Dougherty county, about ten miles from this city, killed a black bear weighing about 150 pounds. COTTON EXPERT RAPS GOVERNOR Brown Fails to Attend Confer ence He Called—Growers Discuss Holding Plan. N. T. Blackwell, of Dallas, editor of The Cotton and Cotton Oil News, vig orously censured Governor Brown to a gathering of advocates of the South ern States Cotton Corporation yester day for the chief executix’e's failure to be present. The meeting was to have been a conference of Southern govern ors or their representatives. “The least the governor of Georgia could have done was to be present at this meeting and extend a welcome to these delegates from other states," said Blackwell. "Especially after he had called the meeting himself." Blackwell also criticised Attorney General Wick ersham and Congressman Bell, of Tex as. Representatives of the governors of Texas and South Carolina and the com missioners of agriculture nt South Carolina and Alabama, together with ■ cotton factors and cotton groevers, were present at the meeting to hear George Dole Wadley, originator of the South ern States Cotton Corporation, explain the purpose and workings of 'he plan which, it is saJd, will give the South ern farmers a uniform price of 15 cents a pound for cotton. To Have $7,000,000 Capital. The corporation, the organization of which is now under way, is to be capi talized a - $7,000,000.' There will be 50 directors, apportioned among the cot ton states —one director for every 300.- 000 bales. The cptton states will be organized by county organization, six citizens to form the county board. These county boards are to certificate cotton in their territory. The South ern States Cotton Corporation is then to pay the farmers handling cotton through the organization 11 cents each, issuing to them interest bearing script for 4 cents payable when the corpora tion markets the cotton held over the distress period. Considerable enthusiasm for the scheme was manifested, but the public officials present played safe. R. F. Kolb, commissioner of agriculture of Alabama, declined to serve on the res olutions committee. J. D. Price, candidate for commis sioner of agriculture In Georgia, took up a greater part of the. time of the . meeting asking questions relative to the scheme which he said had been • submitted to him by Georgia farmers. Tom Hudson, former commissioner of agriculture, and E. Lee Worsham, state entomologist, were present, but took no I part in the meeting. DUBLIN TO ENTERTAIN WEEKLY EDITORS OF GEORGIA NEXT WEEK 1 . DUBLIN, GA., July 13 —•Preparations have about been completed for the en tertainment of the Georgia Weekly Press association, which meets in this city Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. A large portion of the visiting body will reach Dublin Monday on the. 8 o’clock afternoon train from Macon. They will be met at Fitzpatrick by a delegation from the local entertainment committee. One hundred automobiles will be at the depot to take the delegates to the homes prepared for them. Monday night at 8 o'clock the wel coming session will be held in the high school auditorium. W. T. Anderson,-of The Macon Telegraph, will respond to the address of welcome, and P. A. Sto vall, of The Savannah Press, will de liver an address on "Journalism.” Sev eral other entertaining features will close an evening of pleasure for all. Tuesday morning the business ses sion will take up important matters relating to the work of the associa tion, and at noon the editors and their friends will be taken by special train to the picnic and barbecue grounds at Idylwild. After the visitors return to Dublin they will be given an automobile ride over the city. Tuesday night a banquet served by the women of Dublin, will end a crowded day. Wednesday morning the business will be completed and the editors will take a special train for Savannah and Tybee. RIVERSIDE SUMMER SCHOOL STUDENTS IN ATHLETIC CONTESTS The Riverside Summer school is in full swing. Classes are meeting regu larly and the 70 boys who assembled for the first time only a week ago now are a welded unit. The most noticeable activity is in athletics. Already two round robin tennis tour ' naments are being carried on—one for the larger and another for the smaller boys. The prizes offered have added an unusual interest to the matches. The baseball team is sowing consid erable promise. The band la develop ing rapidly. In the evenings the bovs spend part of the time at the Brenau Chautauqua and part at the summer camp near ‘ Gainesville. I Buy it now. Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy is al most certain to be needed before the 1 summer is over. Buy it now and be ’ prepared for such an emergency. For i sale by all dealers. ••• Solutions to THE GEOR GIAN’S Proverb Contest Picture Puzzles should bear sufficient postage. Have packages weighed before mailing. - 3