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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
$1.00
Starts an account with a LITTLE HOME BANK and book or with the
book only In the
SAVINGS DEPARTMENT OF
THE NEAL BANK
Interest allowed at the rate of THREE AND ONE-HALF PER CENT.
PER ANNUM, compounded semi-annually.
E. H. THORNTON, President. W. F. MANRY, Cashier.
H. C. CALDWELL, Asst. Cashier.
COMPANIES WILL SAVE
B Y CLE VELAND’SDECISION
ON INSURANCE REBATES
By Private Leased Wire.
Naw York, Aug. 29.—drover Cleve
land has handed down his first decision
as rebate referee for the three big life
insurance companies. His decision will
result In a big saving for I fie com
panies, but will greatly decrease the
amount of business written by the
American companies In Great Britain.
The Income tax law of England, un
der the Interpretation given out by the
English courts, allows those who are
subject to the payment of the tax to
deduct from their taxable Incomes the
umount paid by them for premiums on
life insurance policies Issued by Eng
lish companies.
i In the rase of premiums paid on poli
cies In the American companies, how
ever, the law has been construed as not
permitting such deductions, and It has
been the practice of most of the Amer
ican companies to absorb this tax by
granting to the English policy-holder a
rebate equal to the tax. This was the
only way the American, companies
could compete on equal ground with
those of Great Britain.
Mr. Cleveland holds that this can not
be done by the American companies, ns
a continuance of the practice would
constitute a rebate under the new law.
To give or receive a' rebate under the
Armstrong committee code Is a mis
demeanor.
ARE LIKELY
TO MAKE FIGHT
• ON Bill OF RATES
President of the Santa Fe
Says Systems Can’t
Comply.
NEGRO BUSINESS MEN
BEGIN THEIR SESSION
Booker T. Washington
Dominates the
Meeting.
A convention absolutely dominated
by one man, and that one man almost
the least noticeable figure In the hall—
Such la a characterization of the first
session of the seventh annual conven
tion of the National Negro Business
League, which was called to order at
10:20 o’clock Wednesday morning In
the auditorium of Big Bethel church,
on the corner of Butler street and Au
burn avenue.
Booker T, Washington was the pre
siding genius of the meeting, just as
he has been the centra! feature of the
league ever since Its organisation in
Boston seven years, ago. And yet
Washington had less to say and said
that more quietly than any other
speaker on the platform.
The league was called to order by
W. B. Matthews, presldsnt of the At
lanta Negro Business League, and he
fatroduceri flrst Mayor Pro Tom John
H. Harwell, who. In the absence of
Mayor Woodward, welcomed the mem
bers to Atlanta. In a short speech
Mr. Harwell told the visitors that they
were welcome, since they came ae
"business men,” and In defining the
term he made it Include all ‘‘busy men,”
and then went on to add, "Busy men
don't commit crimes. They don't have
time.”
Mr. Harwell was followed by Sam
D. Jones, president ot the Atlanta
Chamber of Commerce, who comment
ed on the name of the organisation,
first, that it was national and not sec
tional In Its scope, and second, that its
founders had seen lit to cal! It what It
was, a negro organization.
Rev. 1. N. Ross, paztor of Bethel A.
M. E. church, followed on behalf of the
negroes of the city.
Washington Takes Charge.
At this point the convention was
turned over to Booker T. Washington,
president of the league, and he called
on A. N. Johnson, of Mobile, to re
spond. Johnson made a strong appeal
to the negroes to become Independent,
and stated that as soon as they be
came of enough Importance to take
rank In business affairs they would bo
recognised and treated with considera
tion by the whites. He called atten
tion to his own experience, which dated
from the time when he bought goods
by mall and they were shipped tilth
bill of lading attached to a draft, until
now when the drummers who go to
Mobile look him up and take him to
their sample rooms at the hotels and
•how him their full lines.
"We heard a great deal when the
negro was llrst given the ballot about
a bayonet that would be behind each
and every ballot, and the negro’s vote
would be counted," continued Johnson,
"but pretty soon all that was dropped,
until now we have absolutely no politi
cal rights. Why was that? It was
because the white men of the North
and the white men of the South were
too much drawn together by the bonds
of commerce and rather than have
those bonds broken the North aban
doned the bayonet scheme. If the ne
groes of the South want recognition
they will have to make themselves Im
portant from a commercial standpoint.”
Johnson commented upon the crimi
nality of a portion of the negro race,
snd declared: "I have no sympathy for
the criminal or the Idler who will not
’fork, but draws his sustenance from
the fruits of others' toll." Johnson
was warmly applauded by the audience.
J. Madison Vance, of New Orleans, a
well-known negro lawyer of New Or
leans, also responded and spoke along
the same lines.
Committees Named.
The appointment of committees was
By Private Leased Wire.
Chicago, Aug. 29.—A tremendous le
gal confllct.between the vested railroad
Interest of the country and the Inter
state commerce commission, as a re
sult of the new rate bill. Is predicted
todey in railroad circles. President E.
P. Blpley, of the Atchison, Topeka and
Santa Pe railroad system, voiced the
key note of the Impending clash when
he said:
"We are not violating In any particu
lar the spirit of the Elkins or Hepburn
acts, but It will be a physical Impossi
bility for us to obey the letter of the
law In every particular. The members
of congress who drafted and approved
the Interstate commerce act were al
most wholly Ignorant of the railroad
business.
"The law requires that we shall post
In a conspicuous place for the benefit
of shippers the adjusted tariffs and
extra charges of switching, refrigerat
ing, elevator charges, etc. If we were
to comply with that provision It would
take all eternity to compile the figures
and make a book a hundred times the
size of Webster's unabridged diction
ary. That shows how much our law
makers understand the difficulty under
which we labor.”
next gone Into, the following being
named by the president:
On Resolutions—R. B. Hudson, Ala
bama, chairman; Robert C. Houston.
Texas; A. E. Manning, Indiana; I. T.
Montgomery, Mississippi; J. A. Lank
ford, District of Columbia; E. C.
Brown, Virginia; J. W. Maund, Geor
gia.
On Auditing—J. C. Napier, Tennes
see. chairman; J. S. Hopson, Kentucky;
William Porter, Ohio.
On Credentials—Dr. S. G. Elfert, Del
aware, chairman; William Isaac John
son, Virginia: P. J. Smith, District of
Columbia; F. H. Gilbert, New York;
J. C. Guy, Kansas.
The topics for the morning's dis
cussion were as follows;
"Insurance and Real Estate"—W. L.
Pollard, Washington. D. C.; W. T. An
drews, Sumter, S. C.
"Fraternal Insurance"—W. O. Vance,
New Albany, Ind.
"Conducting a Laundry"—Harry T.
Pratt, Baltimore, Md.
“Building and Contracting”—Charles
A. Whitney, Topeka, Kan.; R. F. Wat
ker, Macon, Ga.
"Plaster Contracting"—John J. Win'
ston, New Orleans, La.
The flrst thing on the program for
Wednesday night will be the annual
address of the president, Booker T.
Washington. After that the following
topics will be treated In short talks
Evening 8esslon, 8 O'clock.
The president's annual address.
"A Negro Department Store"—Sandy
W. Trice, Chicago, III.
"The Wholesale and Retail Drug
Business"—C. E. Thomas, M. D„ An
niston, Ala.
"The First Negro Drug Store In
Georgia"—Moses Amos, Atlanta, Ga,
"Tbo Modern Drug Store"—J. M.
Moseley, M. D., Fort Worth, Tex.
"How I nm Helping to Solve the
Servant Problem In Washington"—
Mrs. L. R. Clarke, Washington, D. C.
"Modern Undertaking”—G. W.
Franklin. Chattanooga, Tenn.; A. D.
Price, Richmond, Va.; W. .0. Emory,
M. D., Macon, Ga.
Prominent Negress PrsssnL
Among the prominent nogroes pres
ent were the following:
T. Thomas Fortune, editor Now York
Ago; R. T. Greene, ex-consul to Vladl
vostok, Russia; G. L. Knox, publisher
of Indianapolis Freeman: A. E. Man
nlng, editor Indianapolis World; Rev.
W. L. Taylor, president United Order
of True Reformers; Giles B. Jackson,
director general of negro department
of Jamestown exposition; Charles
Banks, cashier negro bahk at Mound
Bayou. Miss.; Isaiah T. Montgomery,
founder of negro city, at Mound Bayou,
Miss.; Philip A. Payton, president of
Afro-Ainerlcan Realty Compnny, New
York; Cyrus F. Adorns, assistant reg
ister of tho United fttntoH treasury;
Warren Logan, treasurer of Tuskegee
Institute; R. W. Thompson, staff cor
respondent of Indianapolis Freeman
and general representative of The In
dianapolis Freeman, and general rep
resentative of the negro press of the
country; J. Madison Vance, of New
Orleans, La.; William Porter, under
taker, Cincinnati, Ohio; A. N. John
son, undertaken. Mobile, Ala.; J. C.
Napier, cashier American Cent Hav
ings Bank, Nashville. Tenn; J. Alex
ander Chiles, Lexington. Ky.; M. M.
Letvey, editor Florida Sentiment, of
Pensacola, Fla.
$100
GIVEN AWAY
=F REE=
$100
AT THE LYNWOOD LAND SALE ON ORMWOOD AND GONFEOEHATE AVENUES,
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 1ST, 3 P. M.
$100.00 IN GOLD will be given away FREE to those who attend. Ten Prizes each of $10.00 IN GOLD
will be distributed among the grown people present. You do not have to buy a lot to share in this
generous offer. Why not have a pleasant afternoon’s outing with the prospect of getting $10.00 IN
GOLD for nothing?
There will be twenty-six beautiful lots and two railroad fronts auctioned at this sale. This is about the
last chance to get desirable property of this kind in the Grant Park section.
These lots lie beautifully, arc convenient to South Boulevard School, to the Fair street car line. You
have Grant Park for a playground for your children and the best neighborhood anywhere around Atlanta.
These lots are .in the midst of a section which is improving faster than any other around Atlanta and
a lot which you buy now at a low price can’t fail to increase greatly in value. Remember the date, Satur
day, September 1st, 3 p. m. Ten people will get $10 each simply for being present. You may be one of
these ten.
I.W. FERGUSON,
AUCTIONEER.
W. A. FOSTER, Agent,
12 S. BROAD ST.
Sam Jones Tabernacle
Meetings, Carters-
viMe, Ga.
On Septoroper 15th to 23rd, luelu-
«lve. the Western and Atlantic rail
road will sell tickets from Atlantic
Dalton and Intermediate stations, to
Cartersvllle. at rate of one fare for
the round trip.
Sam Jones will be assisted by
Evangelist Oliver and other ministers
of renown. Prof. E. O. Excell will
have charge ot tn music, and other
gospel singers ot note will attend.
Three services each day, 10:30 a. m.,
3:00 p. m. and 8:00 p. m., and the
people of Cartersvllle will welcome
the great crowds with the same hog
pltallty they have always shown.
CHAS. E. HARMAN,
Gen. Pass. Agent.
TEACHERS MEET
10 DISCUSS PLANS
Attendance in the City
Schools Will Reach
14,000
80UTHERN HAS ABSORBED
ANOTHER RAILROAD.
English China
The present vogue for hlngllsh China
l» amply met In our charming collec
tion Dinner and Tea services, sets of
plates, odd pieces—all In patterns of
most artistic type.
Maier & Berkele
Hperlsl to Tito Georgian.
Bristol, Tenn., Aug. 29.—It Is stated
here, on the highest authority, and
generally believed, that the Virginia
ind Southwestern railway has either
been sold or leased for a long term to
the Southern railway.
The Virginia and Southwestern Is
ISO miles long, connecting the Virginia
coal and Iron mining region with con
nections to middle Southern states and
the Atlantic seaboard. According to
one report, the price paid was slightly
over 15,000.000 for the common stock
and that the purchaser assume* <5.-
000,000 of outstanding bonds, making
the total coat 210,000,000.
The other rumor Is to the effect that
the Southern leases the road, guar
anteeing n certain dlvldcijd annually
on the common stock and guarantee
ing also the payment of interest on
bonds. Henry K. McHarge, of New
M JHH ROBBED
By Private Leased Wire.
New York, Aug. 20.—Drugged, robbed
and then thrown out on the sidewalk
at Seventh avenue and Thirty-second
street, a man who Is supposed to be
Gilbert It. Sayres, vice president of the
Metropolitan bank, was found early to
day by a policeman.
Sayres was also a hand-writing ex
pert In the Mollneux case and has also
appeared In other cases.
WOMATis'VICTIM
OF MANIAC’S KNIFE
By Private Leased Wire.
New York, Aug. 29.—The mystery
surrounding the murder of Annie
Moore, who wne found dead In her
room at No. ( Second street, her body
mutilated with knife wounds, like the
victims of “Jack the Ripper,” has
deepened. It is believed ehe was killed
by a maniac.
The police nnd coroner are not sat
isfied that James Moore, the brother-
in-law of the dead woman, who Is un
der arrest on suspicion, Is the slayer,
and they are searching for another sus
pect. It Is believed now that the
bloody thumb print found on the sheet
that covered the slain woman will clear
Moore, Who Is a consumptive, and, It
Is believed, has only a few weeks to
live. <
MEETING TO SELECT
CANDIDATE CALLED
After the long somniferous summer
days the Boys’ High school was
awakened Wednesday morning by
pleasant strains ot music and merry
laughter. All the public school teach
ers of the efty gathered therein for the
purpose of discussing school books,
classes, to practice sinking and
make final arrangements for the
"exams” to be held on the last day
of this month, and Incidentally to talk
over their summer vacation, fall styles
and plans for social organisations.
Both purposes were carried out,
work being mixed pleasantly with
pleasure, nnd everything Is now ready
for the fall term* to open next Tues
day, September 4.
The entrance examinations, to be
held Friday, will be the last chance
tor pupils to skip a grade, make up
deficiencies and to enter grades other
than the flrst. The examinations will
be hHd at 8:30 o’clock. The listing of
classes and teachers wllr not be com
pleted before Thursday afternoon.
The results ot the examinations will
be made known Tuesday morning,
when the pupils assemble at the differ
ent schools to take up the work ot
the ensuing school year., A list of
books will l>e furnished each of tho
pupils along with the assignment to
the grades. The real work of tho term
will commence Wednesday morning.
Although the exact number of pupils
who will attend the public schools this
year can not be ascertained until after
the examinations, It Is safe to say there
will be a very much larger attendance
than over before.
Assistant Superintendent Isindrum
states that the actual attendance will
amount to 14,000 pupils this year. Tho
Improvements, additions and new
buildings will afford ample facilities for
the handling ot the large Increase.
15 "HOTELS" RAIDEDi
SIXTY PEONS HURT
Police of 1 Chicago Start
the Work of Cleaning
Up.
By Private I .razed Wire.
Chicago, Aug. 29.—In what was per
haps the most spectacular and best or
ganized raid ever seen In Chicago, eev-
enty policemen and detective* under
the command of Captain Gibbons last
night stormed tho “Bad Lands"
of
FIRST APPLICATION
FDR REFORMATORY
Jack son County Has Boy
Fit for the State
Institution.
tho down town hotel district and car
rled captive to the police station more
than sixty Inmates of fifteen "hotels/*
All books and registers were confiscat
ed by the ’police.
The Brunswick hotel caused all the
trouble. It was from this "hotel** that
Miss Josephine Olson early last Fri
day, learning the character of the place
and of her companion. Jumped from a
window In an endeavor to escape and
was badly injured.
FONERALSEiCES
OF J. B. WHITEHEAD
For the purpose of nominating a can
didate for county commissioner a meet
ing will be held In Judge Puckett’s
court room at 505 1-2 Marietta street
Thursday evening at 8:20 o’clock.
All candidates who have announced
for the place arc Invited to attend the
meeting, when It Is hoped that ar
rangements can be made to center on
some one man.
CHILD BURN8 TO DEATH
IN TUB OF HOT WATER.
Special to The Georgian.
Macon. Ga., Aug. 29.—Julian R., the
18-months-old son of Mr. and Mrs. J.
W. Brown, who reside at Whiteside,
died yesterday from burns received In
_ tub of hot water at the home. The
floor was being scrubbed Monday and
a big pot of hot watq£ had been put
York, Is president of the Virginia anil I Into a tub tn the room, and while Play-
Southwestern and also of Us allied Ing little Julian ran backward.against
company, the Virginia Iron. Coal and ] the almost boiling receptacle and was
Coke Company. . I Immersed head forward.
Sam Jones Tabernacle
Meetings, Carters-
ville, Ga..
On Soptompcr 15th to 23rd, Inclu-
sire, the Western and Atlantic rail-
roao will sell tickets from Atlanta-
Dalton and Intermediate stations, to
Cartersvllle, at rate of one faro for
the round trip.
Sam Jones will be assisted by
Evangelist Oliver and other ministers
of ronown. Prof. E. O. Excel! will
have charge of the mualc, and other
gospel Angers of note will attend.
Throe services each day, 10:30 a. m.,
3:00 p. m. and 8:00 p. m„ and the
people of Cartersvllle will welcome
the great crowds with the tame hos
pitality they have always shown.
CHA8. E. HARMAN,
_ Gen. Pass. Agent.
Funeral services of Joseph Brown
Whitehead, who died at Thaxton, Va.,
were held at the residence, 693 Peach
tree street, at 10 o'clock Wednesday
morning. Rev. J. W. Millard, pastor
of Ponce DeLeon Avenue Baptist
church, officiated. The following act
ed as pallbearers: Mr. George M.
Brown, Mr. Asa O. Candler, Judge John
S. Candler, Mr. J. T. Lupton of Chat
tanooga, Tenn., Mr. H. F. Haley, Mr.
Sam 11. Erwin, Mr. Robert Cook of
Chattanooga, Tenn., Mr. Cator Wool-
ford, Mr. Frank Itawklns, Mr. Evelyn
Herrin.
.The following Intimate friends of the
deceased acted as an honorary escort:
Mr. C. V. Rainwater, Mr. William G,
Humphrey#, Mr. James Nunnalty, Mr.
Roby Robinson. Mr. F. M. Robinson,
Mr. W. O. Mashburn, Mr. 8. C. Dobbs,
Mr. J. E. Scofield, Mr. C. N. Jackeon,
Mr. M. A. Fall, Mr. A. Montgomery,
Mr. Asa O. Cnndler, Jr, Mr. Alfred
Newell, Mr. WIIBs Hagan, Mr. C. T.
Ladson, Mr. N. P. Pratt, Mr. R. L.
McKcnnle, Mr. Howard Candler.
The board of deacons of the Pones
DeLeon church: Governor W. J.
Northern. Mr. George M. Brown, Dr. J.
M. Crawford, Mr. George W. McCarty,
Mr. J. W. Wills, Mr. Fred B. Law.
The Interment was at Westvlew.
LESS THAFHUNDRED
CORPORATIONS ARE IN
Luther Hayes Caught.
Luther Hayes, a negro, who broke
out of the stockade In .Bartow county
several weeks ago, will taka up the
pick and shovel under his old boas.
Luther made the mistake of coming to
Fulton county after his escape, and he
spent Tuesday night In the police sta
tion. The negro came to Atlanta and
fountl a job driving a wagon at Don-
elaon's convict camp near the city.
Patrolman Hood took a ride In that
direction Tuesday night to find him and
located Luther In a house cloee by.
When the negro heard the officer com
ing he Jumped out of the Window In
his night clothes and ran, binding a
hiding place under a house. Doga were
put on the trail and soon treed the
ndgro, who came out to fa-.-e a re
volver. He will be turned over to the
sheriff of Bartow county
Less than a hundred corporations
have registered with Secretary of Stats
Cook so far, or. to be exact, eighty-
four, Fourteen of these came In Wed
nesday. A Savannah corporation fall
ed to send the dollar tea, contending
that they had paid all feee In Savaa-
Secretary Cook will write the Sa
vannah concern to fork over the fes-
tlve dollar, or clee by November they
will be aubject to the 150 penalty.
Secretary Cook says there are vari
ously estimated from 17,000 to 30,000
of these corporations In the state to
register, and, aside from having a cen
tral bureau of regletration. It was also
the purpose of the lawmakers to add
about 320,000 to the revenue of tbs
state.
TRY A WANT AD
IN THE GEORGIAN
Secretary Goodloe Yancey received
Wednesday notice from the Jackeon
county authorities that they had one
boy It years old, to send to the state
reformatory when opened. This Is tho
flrst reply Captain Yancey has received
no far.
This boy was convicted on tho 22d
day of February, 1908—Washington'
birthday—on two charges of burglary,
receiving sentences of two and three
years, and has been working on the
.county chain gang ot Jackson since.
Captain Yancey prefers brown for
the uniform of the boys In the reform
atory. General Evans Is Inclined to
blue, not only for these boys, but for
the penitentiary, says Secretary Yan
cey. This will be decided later.
Under the law boys under 18, who
are sentenced to over five years will
still go to the pen, while those sen
tenced to under five years will receive
Indefinite committals and may be con
fined In the reformatory until they are
From 2,000 to 2,500 Visitors
Are Expected
. Then . *.i
21.
AT THE THEATERS
“A Message From Mars.”
Whatever may be tho cause, there
Is no mistaking the fact that nothing
appeals to the average mortal quite us
much as fine moral sentiment. It Is
upon this plane that the comedy.
Message From Mars," la pitched. The
lesson taught by this great play Is
without doubt mors convincing than
anything that has aver been given to
the stage. Its one great virtue Is
Its convincing lesson against selfish
ness. David Proctor appeared In thla
play In thla city last season. He was
then comparatively unknown. Today
he has a national reputation. He trav
eled last season from the water* of the
Atlantic to the waters of the Pacific
and from the St. Lawrence to the Gulf
of Mexico. Wherever he went he made
friends and admirers by the thousand.
He will again be eeen In this play at
tho oratul Thursday matinee and night.
Mr. Proctor has established himself as
one ot the very conspicuous young men
of the stage ot the present day.,
“Ths County Fair.”
The name ot Nell Burgess Is assO'
elated with the "County Fair" as that
of O'Neil Is with "Monte Urlsto." or
penman Thompson with the "Old
Homestead.” "The County Fair" haa
lost none of Its many charms. Fresh
as ever, with Mr.- Burgess personally
and the full New York csst, will ap
pear at the Grand Saturday matinee
and night.
One of the strongest scenes of the
'County Fair” is In the fourth act,
giving a realistic race scene, with four
thoroughbred horses, Including the
well-known ‘‘Cold Molasses” and the
mechanical effects are perfect, making
It one of the best rural plays on the
stage. Nell Burgess as the Inimitable
Abigail Prue Is uproariously funny and
Just as true to certain country char
acter at ever, and certainly adds to
the Joys of life while he Is on the stage.
The story of the “County Fair" is well
known, and need not he given here, but
It Is sufficient to say that all of the
excellent features of thla drama are
preserved with Mr. Burgess personal
ly and his excellent company of play
ers whose characters are drawn from
every-day lire; no melodramlc effects,
but a play that leaves a pleasing Im
pression to any one witnessing It.
From October l to t, Inclusive, thf
National Association ot Retail Drug
gists will be in session In Atlanta In
eighth aflnual convention. J
W. 8. Elkin, Jr., president of tho
Atlanta Drug Association, fates that
from 2,000 to 2,500 of tho fading re
tail druggist* from every part of the
United States are expected here then.
Many of the members will be accom
panied by their wives and daughters,
and from Information being received
It Is probable that more ladles jvlil
attend thla convention than any pre
vious one held.
The present plan Is to hold the ses
sions In the ball room of the Kimball
house, but in the event that It should
prove too small, the hall of represen
tative* at the cspltol trill be used. Tin
iest legislature parted a resolution
permitting Its use for that purpose.
Monday the flrst session will be held
and on Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday three sessions will be held
dally—morning, afternoon nnd night.
No social, features will be allowed to
Interfere with the business matters of
the body.
'Cue st Ponce DeLeon.
iFrlday a magnificent barbecue will
be served to the visitors at Ponce De
Leon. It Is probable that this 'cue will
be tendered by the Coca-Cola Com
pany. It Is the purpose to make It one
of the best of the famous Georgia
cues, so the visitor* will go away Vlth
lingering memories of Georgia hospi
tality.
At the opening session Governor
Terrell will deliver the welcoming ad
dress on behalf of the state; Mayor
Woodward will apeak for Atlanta; W.
B. FrSeman, president of the Georgia
Pharmaceutical Association, will wel
come the druggists In behnlf of this
organization, and President W. S. El
kin, Jr., will, tell how glad the Atlanta
Drug Association Is to have them here.
The growth of the national associa
tion haa been marvelous. Seven years
ago the first convention was held, nnd
only nbout twenty-five members were
present. Last year In Boston 1.600 del
egates were present. This year fully
2.500 will be here, and the membership
now Is close to 40,000.
Committees at Work.
All the local committees are hard nt
work making arrangement* for the
[convention, and are working with most
gratifying result*. Mr. Elkin stated
Wednesday that he was mor* than
gratified at the spirit of co-operath.n
with which all classes met the Atlanta
association.
A ladles' auxiliary will be formed
here for the sole purpose of enter
taining the vleltlng ladles, and many
delightful affairs i are bein' arranged.
There will bo receptions, trolley and
automobile rides and other entertain
ments.
Mr. Elkin says that the Importance
of this convention to the druggists of
the South can hardly be estimated.
WOMEN MUST TAKE
OFFHATS IN 6HURCH
Farmer* to Organic*.
Special to The Georgina.
Newberry. B. C., Aug. 29.—A County
Fanners’ Union will be organised In
this city Saturday, notices having al
ready been sent to the local Unions
’ the county requesting s full repre-
rotation at the meeting.
By Private Lease-! Wire. ,
Lynn. Mass., Aug. 22.—In the month.U
calendar of St. Mary* Catholic church
Mgr. Arthur Teedlng has Issued an
edict that women with heads uncov
ered will not be permitted to enter the
church.
"It seema the tad nowadays for
women to go about with their hea-la
uncovered,” said the priest. "It may
be asked, and very approprlatelv a
reading the nineteenth chapter of the
First Epistle to the Corinthians. If such
women are considered suitably dressed
for appearance In public T’
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