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GEORGIA’S PIATFORM ADOPTED YESTERDAY. Document Advocates Adoption of Austraiiian Secret Ballot and Instructs the State Delegation to Vote for Alton B. Parker. The democracy of Georgia in convention assembled congratu¬ late the people of the state upon the successful administration of her civic affairs, the prosperity and happiness < f her citizens, and tho general satisfaction which prevails throughout her borders. We cordially indorse the present state administration, our chief executive, each of our state officials, commending them for the faithful, honest and effi* cient manner in which they have discharged the delicate and ar¬ duous duties of their several of¬ fices. We congratulate the people of Georg ; a that the rate of taxation has been lowered, that all prop¬ erty, real and corporate, by rea¬ son of recent statute, is now tnade to bear its proportionate part of the burden of taxation. This is as it should be, for it is but just that every species of property should bear equally the burden of taxation essential to the maintenance and enforce¬ ment of laws enact. d for the general welfare. We note with genuine pleas¬ ure the absorbing interest in the came of education and cordially indorse the efforts being (hade on that line looking to a better and still more efficient system of public schools. We favor just and liberal, though not extravagant, pension laws for the support of needy confederate veterans in their de¬ clining years. We reaffirm with emphasis the previously expressed demand of democratic conventions of this state f >r an elective system which will guarantee full protec¬ tion to every voter and will throw around the ballot every safe¬ guard . Especially do wc riernand th >t our primary election laws be so amended as to give assur¬ ance that the ballot of every reg¬ istered voter may be an incor¬ ruptible expression of his judge ment, and every ballot so voted may be recorded and counted in a manner that can leave absolute¬ ly no doubt as to the fairness of the election and the accuracy of the result announced. Tu this end it is the sense of the convention that the legisla¬ ture should promptly enact a law providing that at all elections of every character whatsoever, in¬ cluding all primary elections, the Australian secret ballot 01 some similar system-shall be adopted, wherein shall be included every safeguard necessay to insure an absolutely pure and secret ballot. ft is the sense of this conven¬ tion that the legislature should, it is hereby requested to pass an act to make all election and reg¬ istration laws, both civil and criminal, now existing or here¬ after passed for the protection of the purity of the ballot, ex¬ pressly applicable to all primary elections, municipal, county, state and federal as well as to other elections, so fat as the same may be practicable; and that all persons violating any of said laws in registering for or voting at any such primary elec¬ tion shall be subject to the same pains and penalties as are pre¬ scribed for such acts at any or¬ dinary election. It is the sense of this conven ihat the legislature should, and it is hereby petitioned to so a mend the existing primary election law as to expressly provide for contests before the proper exec¬ utive committee of the party, and to authorize the said through themselves or subcom¬ mittees, to subpoena witnesses, ad minister oaths and do such other acts as may be necessary under the rules and regula¬ tions of the party to ascertain and declare the person or per¬ sons entitled t§ receive the nom iaation of the party, and to pro¬ vide for appeals, etc. We de¬ mand that this matter receive the attention of the approaching session of the general assembly and the primary law be so amend¬ ed as to meet these requirements. We favor the enactment of such 1 iwsas will afford equal and exact justice to labor and capital alike, and the administration of those laws in such a spirit of fairness as will protect and fos¬ ter the interests which are al¬ ready in the state, and encour¬ age. the establishment of new en¬ terprises: thereby affording larg¬ er markets and wider fields of industry for our citizens, d We rejoice that the opening of the present national campaign finds the party of the states free from disturbingdissensions, firm¬ ly resolved to retain control of our own state administration, and ready to co operate vigorously with our brethren throughout the union in a supreme effort to recover possession of the federal government. In common with the democracy of our sister states, we view with great alarm the dangerous departure under republican administration, from the cardinal principles so'earn¬ estly inculcated by the fathers of the republic as to the structure, powers and limitations of our federal government, and so re¬ peatedly declared and enforced in the platforms of our national democracy, and we now proclaim anew our steadfast adherence to those principles as are necessary, in our judgment, to the preser¬ vation of our democratic institu¬ tions in their original simplici¬ ty, purity and power. We charge the republicans with establishing and maintain¬ ing an unnecessary oppressive and unjust system of feckral tax¬ ation, and we demind relief for the people from its burden. We charge them with great and reckless extravagance in the ex¬ penditures of the large sums needlessly collected from the people by their excessive protec¬ tion of favored branches of indus¬ try beyond all precedent or rea¬ son, and incapable of justification or excuse. - . We charge them with the ex¬ istence of fraud and corny)tion in the administration of-many of their public trusts, and with sheltering guilty incumbents from merited exposure and pun¬ ishment. We charge that within the last few’ years under the republican tariff illegal combinations of trusts and combines have been encouraged and fostered until so multiplied in number and power as to excite the gravest alarm that honest com petition is to be stifled and finally crushed. We demand the republican party be stripped of the power it has so mercilessly abused. We be* lieve that the time and conditions require a change of admirfistra tion and we know the democratic party may be relied upon to un¬ dertake the task of purifying the administration. We demand a change of sys¬ tem, a change of administration, a change of measures and oi men, and to that end we earnest¬ ly and confidently call upon the people to rise in their resistless power and apply the remedies ready to be furnished by the democratic party. Whereas we believe that Judge Alton B. Parker, of N6w York, is the choice cf an overwhelming majority of the democracy of this state, as the democratic nominee for president; And whereas, it is the duty of this convention to give force and and expression to their wishes; Resolved, That the delegates from Georgia to the national con¬ vention to be held in St Louis be and they are hereby instructed to cast the vote of this state for JudgeB Parker as the nominee of the democratic party for president so long as in the opinion of a majority of the del¬ egates there is k reasonable probability of his nomination; and that said delegates shall vote as a unit on all questions as a majority may determine. For A Hundred Years. For a hundred years or more Witch Haz¬ el has been recognized as a superior remedy, but it remained for E. C. De Witt & Co., of Chicago, to discover how to combine the virtues of Witch Hazel with other antiseptics, in the form of a salve. DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve is the best salve in the world for sores, cuts, bums, bruises and piles. The high standing of this salve has given rise to counterfeits, and the public is advised to 1 pk for the name “DeWitt” on the package, and accept no other. Sold by Lewis Drug Co. $ 50 , 000.00 Cash Given Away to Users of LION COFFEE We are going to he more liberal than ever in 1904 to users of Lion Coffee. Not only will the Lion-Heads, cut from the packages, be good, as heretofore, for the valuable premiums we have always given our customers, but In Addition to the Regular Free Premiums the same Lion-Heads will entitle you to estimates in our $50,000.00 Grand Prize Contests, which will make some of our patrons rich men and women. You can send in as many estimates as desired. There wili be —-TWO GREAT CONTESTS The first contest will be on the July 4 th attendance at the St. Louis World's Fair; the second relates to Total Vote For President to be cast Nov. 8 , 1904 . $so,000.00 will be distributed in each of these contests, making $40,000.00 on the two, and, to make it still more interesting, in addition to this amount, we will give a 9IIII Civ*# rirsi D*!«a rrU6 W a| te DVyUUUsUU A fin nn t0 contests, the oae w and ho thus is nearest estimates correct have on both two HI your ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ opportunities oi winning a big cash prize. Five Lion-Heads 3S8MB Printed blanks to cut from Lion vote on found in Coffee Packages and a every Lion Coffee Pack¬ 3 cent stamp entitle you age. The 3 cent stamp (in addition to the reg¬ covers the expense of G ular free premiums) our acknowledgment to to one vote in you that your es¬ either contest: timate is recorded. WORLD’S FAIR CONTEST PRESIDENTIAL VOTE CONTEST What will be the total July 4th attendance at the St. Lonls What will be the total Popular Vote cast for President (vote* World * Fair? At Chicago. July 4,1893, the attendance was 283,273. for all candidates combined) at the election November 8.1904? In For nearest correct estimates received In Woolson Spice Com¬ 1900 election. 13,959,653people voted for President. For nearest Toledo. cor¬ O., pany's office. Toledo, Ohio, on or before June 30th, 1904, we will rect estimates received in Woolson Spice Ce.’s, office. ifive first prize for the nearest correct estimate, second prize to the on or before Nov. 5,3904, we will give first prize for the nearest cor¬ next nearest, etc., etc., as follows: rect estimate, second prize to thenext nearest, etc., etc., as follows: 1 First Prise ............................12,600.00 1 First Second Prise ............................*2,600.00 1,000.00 1 Second Prise .......................... 1,000.00 i Prise .........*................ 2 Prises—*600.00 each ..................1,000.00 2 Prises *500.00 each ..... 1 , 000.00 5 c Prize*— o-*---onnon 200.00 •• 1,000.00 6 Prises 200.00 " .... 1 , 000.00 10 Prises— 100.00 .................. 1 , 000.00 lO Prises— 100.00 ” _____ 1 , 000.00 20 Prises— 50.00 .................. 1 , 000.00 20 Prises— 80.OC “ ... . 1 , 000.00 50 Prises— 20.00 ..................1,000.00 60 Prises— 20.00 “ ..... .....2,600.00 1,000.00 250 Prises— 10.00 ..................2,600.00 260 Prises— 10.00 1800 Prises— 6.00 8 000.00 1800 Prises— 6.00 * .....9,000.00 .................. , 2139 PRIZES, TOTAL, *20,000X10 2139 PSIZEZ. TOTAL, *20,000.00 4279—PRIZES—4279 Distributed to tho Public—aggrogating S45,000.00—in addition to whlch we shall giva $5,000 to firoeers’ Clerks (soi particulars in LION COFFEE eases) waking a grand total of $50,000.00. COMPLETE DETAILED PARTICULARS IN EVERY PACKAGE OF . LION COFFEE . WOOLSON SPICE CO., (CONTEST DEP'T.) TOLEDO, -OHIO. New Georgia Industries. The. following nsw industries are reported for the state during the past week: Columbus—Paper box factory; §10,000 brick works. West Point—§40,000 cotton mil. Macon—$10,000 brick works. Atlanta—$10,000 medicine and bottling company. Fight Will Be Bitter Those who will persist in closing their ears against the continual recommenda tion of Dr. King’s New Discovery for Consumption, will have a long and bit ter light with their troubles, if not end¬ ed earlier by fatal termination. Read wliht Mr. T. R. Beall, of Beall, Mass., lias to say: “Last fall my wife had ev¬ ery symptom of consumption. She took Dr. King’s New Discovery after every ¬ thing else had failed. Improvement came at once and four bottles entirely cured her. Guaranteed by all druggists Price 50 c, and $ 1 . 00 . Trial bottle free. The Roosevelt administratu n has cost the ci untry just §211, 000,000 more than the McKinley administration. Thrown From a Wagon. Mr. George K. Babcock was thrown from his wagon and severely bruised. He applied Chamberlain’s Pain Balm freely and says it«s the best liniment he ever used. Mr. Babcock is a well known cit¬ izen of North Plain, Conn. There is nothing equal to Pain Balm for sprains and bruises. It will effect a cure in one third the time required by any other treatment. For sale by Lewis Drug Co. [HILLS AND FEVER CURED TO STAY CURED BY IWintersmith's (Sill (Sic 9 gm $y BPr ft ft umaJm Jr La JPCattt M. I j v vr b»». Dansaa. LaCrlpyt, and all Malarial TraaUaa. Standard far 40 yaara. Na Qahlna ar athar harmful Ohm*. Na bad ratal!* tram mala » lb Tout ram ad at! j tnr aad patb aaw Ufa < ht* year ayatam. soc.ru Some one has advanced the idea that the fu’l consumer is re¬ sponsible for the high prices prevailing, and there is some truth in this. The consumer could break up the whole rotten system of protection that sus tiins the trusts; but he goes right along alloiing himself to be taxed on all the necessaries of life for the benefit of the million ai res.—Memphis Commercial Ap¬ peal.