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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-07-31
CORINTH BRIDGE.
CRASHES THROUGH;
TWO ARE INJURED
TWO OTHERS HAVE NARROW Es-
cAPEs WHEN "LEAD-uP"
FALLS TO GROUND.
TRAFFIC TO AUGUSTA
DET0UREp AS RESULT

Two men are in a serious conoleloll
81 New Augusta today as result u
an accident ON the Corinth prlose'
,oross Tallahalie creek, in Perry coun-
~ part Of which fell through Whiie
undergoing / a course Of repairs.
The injured are: James Hatnorn' :
,,or,.r,an whose head was badly GUY
and bruised.
Henry Nixon, the contractor VINO II
III sarious cuts and bruises about
the arms and legs.
Eo,ix Draughan and Albert Hatlloii :, !.
who were employed in the repair W.
~ time had narrow. escapes, apu
were uninjured. -.
| A. result of the accident tra.ll
IL +he road to New Augusta IN tha
saction has been suspended ana -
tp ,,nnelstown route is being tfaVelse'
+rbe bridge is IL miles east OF iia
h,,rg a wooden "lead up on III
onnosite end Of the bridge, was PEN
lrenaired by the contractor ana .ni'
assistants. This lead up is the 2
an - the 200 foot bridge prope
!. was ..iacked up and the men we
,no,,inr good progress getting It IN
ltana when. without warning, It 7
: 70 the ground, pinning two =
quartet underneath.
! The men were rushed to new :
!. gusta. where physicians TOOK enat :,
! IF them. Their injuries are not OF
fatal nature.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-07-31
(By Associated Press.)


today dis
the awful explosion Of
Island New York Bay early
$250ooO $450oO0o
missing and 30 less seriously IN
bred is~.--n--~fas
Lehigh Valley Railroad and Alexander
superintendent
connection with the epo
the public
perished The big
smoking ruins and debris is piled
feet high.
the destruction
Of h of lie
Allies ammunition win
Island opposite Black
weighing almost
itself damaged
sept shrapnel which despatched it.
Island small strip
life stl prob
workmen employed the island and on boats moored
DECORATIONS STATES.
continuous
quantities dynamite
shrapn
miles
thirteen the
Island
$12O0OO00 and 5000OO0
The
streets
with broken shattered signs
Officials Ma
Valley Railway which also suffered
Independent
the railroad
harbor
without authority either the railroad
the purposey had been set fire the result Of plot
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-07-31
FEW BOIL WEEVLS
IN THIS SECTION
oo1ron FIELDS or SOUTH MIS-
slsslppl PARTICULARLY
FREE OF THEM.

sneciul to The NetOS' .rhore are
epTs yseEson, Miss. July 8l.-nete s,alds
.o,,'ar boll weevils in the col.on na y,
fewer fewer of OtH the tracks Of the A. a. ana .nv Y
south .itn.S o. n mississippi than at any any
rallr0au ram; slnoe the pest developed in ina a.
time , s'n'9 ! VAS the statement made :. ~ Z,
sss'iO ssa ~ prof J. F. Mckay Of + t6s co,ara lss
DAY sion y forces Of the A. s NJ oolless. 1ss,.
s11srs prof Mckay is here from ,la TRIP there Dere
the ,,ads svv d careful inspection q ! sat i
he maSs weeyil situation. He says =, rns' !,
ooss 1 on,,ook for crops is not nea,s s,.s Id 7,
~ Wv Or as many people have i.a lna'oaI,s Shs,
he is highly pleased WIZ s re -
fna = after hearing numerous ,,tt, j.
he saw, so,,t @ crops being cut down mt
ports a.Dt aD9u' By s'Yt the recent rains an
storms. II, said Prof. McISa!
~ @ letting fewer in South AlSslss'S, y, ,,ns,
ARE aS am glad 70 say after carer E !.
ana ay of the fields, that the pest : I ],
sursss sur active than at any time since : !, !,
,sss ''ssyils began to flourish SCUM z =
and V. tracks,
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-07-31
Mammoth Springs
H0stelty Has NeU'
Assistant M0ndger
MRS FAIRcHiLD AND MERIDIAN
MAN, uNANNouNcEo, COME
HERE TO MARRY.

There's new assistant manager at
the Mammoth Springs Hotel today.
Quietly, and unknown to any except
the members of their own immediate
families, Mrs. A. r. Fairchild, man
ager of the hotel at the Forrest coun-
ty summer resort, and j. e. Merrill
of Meridian, motored to the Main
street residence of DR.. E. r. Dudley,
pastor of the Main Street Baptist
Church, yesterday afternoon, and were
wed. They left Immediately for Mani
moth Springs, where they will spond
| their honeymoon.
witnessing the ceremony we're
Judge and Mrs. D. M. Watkins, who
were at the pastors residence at thai
hour.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-07-31

OF especial interest to Hattiesburg
business men, and to the lumber man
ufacturers Of this section is the report
coming from Bogalusa today that
second great paper mill is proposed
for that lumber town.
This announcement was made by
w. H. Sullivan, vice president and
general manager of the Great South
ern Lumber Company.
The same people behind the propos-
ed wood fiber plant for Hattiesourg'
are interested in the Bogalusa enttr-
prise. The local mill will cost pc
A.tween $75O,OOO and $l,OOO,OOO.
Z The Bogalusa plant will cost mil
lion dollars and will employ about 49o
men. With the plant Of the Louisiana
Fibre Board Co., in operation with aou
men. Bogalusa will be caring Tor Suo
skilled paper makers and their tami
lies--a small army besides the nun
dreds employed by the lumber mill.
The new million dollar plant is pelha
built for the Great Southern Lumoe'
Go. by q. II. Wood, vice-president ane
general manager Of the Louisiana Flor'
,poard CO., who is owner Of one OF TN
largest paper mills in the country .
Monroe, Mich, plans for which alreau'
have been drawn, and machinery q
dered
M sullivan, of the Great souther
1nmher Co., makes the announcement
of The new $1,OOO,OoO mill for Bogauls
IN the following statement:
buildings to Cost $soo,ooo.
q. II. Wood, who is a very Su
oossful paper manufacturer and WI
I'll, have charge of our operations
XII, nroduct is now busy with his e
- at Monroe, Michigan, drawn
mans and specifications for y
Stdrdings. Contracts have been le' :, !
N the machinery. The cost q =
latter is between five and SIX nunul' =
tbousand dollars. The buildings
CONTINUED on Page Twoo
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-07-31

London, July 51.--Further British
advances on the Somme front were
today in the region north of
Bas;entin-le- Petit, where the combined
British and French attacks gained
along six-mile front yesterday
The British last night were busy
consolidating the ground won.
South of this sector, where the
French have advanced toward Com
bles to the outskirts of Maurepas, the
Germans launched heavy counter at
tacks, temporarily occupying trenches
near Monacu farms. Paris reports
that the Germans later were driven
back at Hemwood,
The great Russian drive on the east
ern front is continuing undiminishet
lin some sectors. Petrograd report
that the Russians are pursuing tn
lAustro. Germans in the Brody regior
while the yolhynian and Galician froI
tiers have been reached,
Cairo dispatches state that the a
abs are fighting the Turkish rule
Arabia, and have captured the Turks
town and Fort Of Yembo on the Re
Sea.
{ AZ Zeppelin appeared this mornil
off the English East Coast, but W
driven off by British aeroplane viii
/ was disabled.
n The italian steamer Dandolo n
e been sunk.
n A The Hague dispatch says that !
st Dutch mail steamer Konigin VIII
nina struck mine near North Him
1T light ship. The passengers left IN
a boats.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-07-31
FIELD HOSPITAL FOR
MISSISSIPPI GUARD
CORPS FOR STATE MILITIA IS
NOW BEING Or
GANlzED.

Special to The Net0s.
Jackson, Miss, July 31-Adjutant
General Erie c. Scales has received in
structions from the chief of the mi
Ilitia division Of the war department
to enlist field hospital for service
in the Mississippi National Guard.
A field hospital, under the new plan
of the army organization is a sanitary
lunit commanded by a major or cap
tain five lieutenants, three first class
sergeants, six sergeants and 5S enlist
ed men, one Of whom must be me
Schanic, horse shoer, saddler and far
lrier.
In the thirteenth division of the@ar
,my there are four field hospital am
/ ambulance companies, and it is eviden
T from this order from the war depar
e ,nnent that Uncle Sam intends to see
1t that the boys have first class no
pital service.
Gen. Scales will get busy at on
Y with the enlistment. order, and the tie
hospital force will be recruited
speedily as possible, II Is consider
I'd certain that if this unit form
mt within the next few months the m
ief comprising it will ssee service on
Mexican border.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-07-31
DANISH CEssION HELPS u S. TO COMMAND OF CARIBBEAN

The purchase by the United States
Of the three islands Of St. Thorras, St.
croix and ST. John, constituting the
Danish West Indies, will help to ce-
ment Uncle Sans control of the Car
ibbean Sea, and thus Of the entrance
to the Gulf Of MexicS. The territory
shown on the map in black will all
then be under the American fiag-the
three islands, Porto Rico, the Panama
Canal strip, Florida and Port au Prince
in Haiti, if the treaty negotiated be-
tween the United States and the Hai-
tans goes through.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-07-31
z AMERICANS ARE
KILLED BY BANDITS
MExIcANs CROSS RIO eRANDE
AND ENGAGE soLDlEts OF FIT.
HANCOCK I'M BATTLE.
1Rn Asaoc,.t.ea Prcs1.,

Ell Paso, Texas, July 3i.-Two Amer
leans were killed and one seriously
wounded in fight this morning VITA
five Mexican bandits who crossed the
Rio Grande five miles below Fort Han
cock, Texas.
The dead are private John Twoney
Troop F, Eighth cavalry, and Rober'
Woods, United States customs inspect
or Sergt. Lewis Thompson, OF tn'
Eighth cavalry, was wounded.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-07-31
SCORES WILL ATTEND
HUGHES NOTIFICATION
MANY GOVERNORS AND SENATORS
TO HEAR SPEECH OF
ACCEPTANCE.
lRn Assoctated Press.l

New York, July 31.-Several cover,
nors. many senators and congressman
and prominent Republicans and Pro-
gressives are here this afternoon 70
witness the notification tonight Of
charles e. Hughes, of his nomination
to the Presidency. !,
senator Harding and Hugnes ~wi.,
be the only speakers. Roosevelt VIII
be present
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-07-31
CH|CAGO'S HEAT
WAVE is BROKEN
TEMPERATURE DROPS % DE-
eREEs, AND CITY 1T NOW
GETTING ITS BREATH.
fRn Associated Press.1

Chicago. July 31.-A brisk breeze
today ended one Of the longest periods
Of heat Chicago ever has experienced
The temperature dropped % degrees.
Chicago, after yesterdays list Of
lis deaths and more than 400 prostra-
tions, slept out OF doors last night.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-07-31

n statement issued Dy bne lSeutsh
Valley Railroad Company said:
Eiahty-Five Loaded Cars Blown Up.
Thirteen brick storage warehouses
out of the twenty-four owned and op
Grated by the National Storage Com
pany and six piers owned by the stor-
| age company and leased to the Lehigh
Valley road were destroyed. Several
Others of the brick warehouses were
badly damaged and some minor dam
age was done to the Lehigh Valley
grain elevators. In addition. as far
as is known, eighty-five loaded cars
were destroyed.
According to the evidence obtained
by officials of the railroad, the fire
started at 1905 this morning in a barge
belonging to an independent. towing
company, which had been moored
: alongside the railroad company's dock
expressly against orders.
n IN t. Henly, night general yard
y master for the New York division Of
p the Lehigh Valley Railroad. was on
IS the pier when the fire started. He
st said the &plosion. which occurred at
le- 2:0s, w4g in the barge whore the fire
IT lstarted.
Finds Barge Burning FlerceIy.
or MIR. HenIys first thought was t
nd remove the loaded cars on the pie
snt from the danger zone. He said the
lrE- when he reached the end of the pis
to Ethe barge was burning fierceiy a
los lover and the fire was ,beginning
communicate itself to some as the ca
nee nearest the barge.
ield Two long cuts of cars were 81
as cessfully removed from the dang
cred zone before the rapidly spreading T
med engulfed the balance.
men 1T has not as yet been definit
the determined Just what the money /
! Continued on Page Two}
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-07-31
MANY ARE KILLED IN
CHINESE REVOLUTION

Peking. July 81. In a revolutionary
o,,threak last night, in Hankow'
large district was burned and looted
and many natives were killed SUM
Russian women we're injured before
foreign volunteers checked the uprls'
ing.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-07-31
DENY.
ALLIES CLAIMS TO.
GROUND GAINED
Berlin States That the Angie
French Did Not Capture
Foot Of Soil Sunday.
LONDON SAYS BRITISH
C0NS0LIDATES FORCES

British Report States That Germans
Launch Counter Attacks Which Are
Driven Back--Russians Pursue Aus
tro-ecrmans in Rrody Region
Arabs Fight Turkish Rule in Ara
bia-zeppllin Driven Away by Eng
lish Aviator.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-07-31
GULFPORT VOTES FOR
$50, 900 COURT HOUSE
proposal to Increase City Tax Two
Mills For Schools Carries.
snectnl to The Nelos.

Special TO TIE NeWS'
Gulfport, Miss, July Sl.-The eiee'
ton for issuing bonds for the con.
struction Of a s15O,oOO court house and
for an increase of two mills in CITY
eaxation for the street amp chool
,fund carried Saturday in Gulfport p9
the following vote:
For the county bonds, 25O; against
lie. For the school fund, 2os; agains'
15s For the street fund, 2os; agains'
lac.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-07-31
DUKE MADE IRISH
CHIEF SECRETARY
fBp associated Press.l

London, July s1.-Henry Edward
Duke, Unionist member Of Parliament
for Exeter, today was appointed chief
secretary for Heland.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-07-31
rnr COTTON MARKET.

New Orleans, July 31.-The cotton
~ arlset at 2::3O was: January, lS.zi'
onenins at 1888; March, 1S,45; octo-
her 1s ste; opening at 1905; Decem-
her Wit; opening at 1925.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-07-31
lish Aviator

Berlin, July s1.-Army head
quarters announces that the Anglo
French armies did not gain a foot
OF ground in yesterdays attacks
against the Germans in the somme
region.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-07-31
BOGALUSA WILL
.AAVE A SECOND.
FIBER FACTORY
Men Behind the Proposed Hat.
tiesburq Plant 10 Erect
Anothsrin Louisiana.
WILL NOT BE FINISHED
FOR MORE THAN A YEAR

\ G. II. Wood TO Have Charge of the
plans for the New Mill, and viii
" Supervise its Erection-contract for
sthe Machinery Has Been Let-site,
Buildings and Machinery Will Cost
a Million-WilI Employ 45o Men.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-07-31
ARREST OFFICIALS
IN THE S45, 100000
Jersey EXPLOSION

Railroad Agent and Representative Of
Lightering Company Held, Charged
With Manslaughter, Following the Fir
ing Of Dynamite and Shrapnel Started
on Mysterious Barge---Whole Manhat-
tam Shaken, and Number of Lives Lost
Probably Never VIII Be Known.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-06-26

AUSTIN. Tex. June ~. Organiza-'
next national convention on the political
calcndar will he that of the Prohibition
party. which viii assemble in st. Paul three
weeks from next Thursday to select candi-
dates for President and Wee President of
the United States and to adopt a platform
for the approaching campaign.
Several facts will combine to make the
coming convention tho most important in
the history of the party. Never before has
the prohibition MOVEMENT doomed up so
strongly in this country a. at the present
time. In nearly a score of States general
prohibition has bccn adopted, while in the
majority of the other Commonwealth large
areas have been made 'dry' by the local
option law.
Within the past few years the prohibi-
tion movement has been openly endorsed
by many national leaders of the two older
political parties. Now there exists n strong
possibility that the next Prohibition candi-
date for President may be a political leader
Of national reputation. The names Of VIII
liam j. Bryan Of Nebraska. former Cover
NOR Sulxer Of New York and former Cover
nor Foss of Massachusetts are among those
monfionDd IN connection with the nominal
HM
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-06-26
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Results Yesterday.
Pittsburg s. Chicago 3.
81. Louis 81, Cincinnati ii. e.ty
CALENDAR OF SPORTS FOR THE
WEEK.
MONDAY.

Pacific Northwest golf championship
tournament starts at Spokane. Wash.
Ohio State golf championship tourna-
ment starts at Cincinnati.
Iowa golf championship tournament
starts at Des MONIES.
Montana State trap-shooiing tourna-
mcnt opens at Deer Lodge, Mont.
National clay court tennis championship
tournament opens ut Cleveland.
Great Plains States championship ten
mis- tournament opens at Kansas City.
Tennessee State Championship tennis
tournament opens ut Nashville.
Connecticut Valley championship ten
mis- tournament opens at Springfield, Mass.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-06-26
Fort Brown Notes

Following officers Medical Corps re-.
port "a board at Preside of San Fran.
cisco for examination for promotion: Ma
iors William II. Wilson. William y.
Lewis. Carl X. DarnaIl. Captains Ciar
cnce ii. Conner. John w. Hanback,
Lloyd i. Smith. William X. Davis Lear.
ius J. Owen, Frank W. Weed. Herbert
C. Gibncr.
Major Larencc $. Miller. coast artil.
ierv. to Laredo.
First Lieutenant Enoch n. Carey
Eighteenth infantry, placed on detached
list: First Lieutenant William a. Mu..
Gibson. infantry. removed thcrcfrom-
Lieutenant Colonel Henry .Iervev.
Engineers. report board considering
question Of persons entitled Ia medals
If honor.
Orders June - to Captain Alexander
r. Piper. retired. revoked.
A board 10 consist Of Colonel Guy r.
Cdic. Henry I. Raymond. Henry :. r.
Hahhis. appointed to meet at Prcsidio
VI San Frapciscp for examination 81
officers Of Medical Corps for promotion.
Captain Lanring Parsons, retired. lie.
Jailed acting quaratermaster 10 Kansas
City.
Assignments Of Engineers: Colonel
Mason N. Patrick. to First Rcgimcnz
Colonel George A. Zinn TO Second Reg
smcnt: calonsl Joseph r. Kuhn. to
Third Regiment; Lieutenant Colonel
George r. Howell. to First Regiment:
lieutenant Colonel Neriwether Z. wal
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-06-26
Civilian Volunteer Eng.
Corps Is Now Proposed

ton Of a civilian volunteer engineering
corps for service In the field in case Of
necessity is proposed 10 Adjuiant Gen
erela Henry ILuichings by a number o.
leading Texas civil engineers. headed BY
Fred Rightor Of San Antonio and Aus
tin 1t was represented TO General
Hutchings that there are many engin-
GERS throughout the state who are ready
and anxious 10 form such a corps.
The plan contemplates the formation
Of . civil volunteer brigade for Texas
with one officer If the regular army en-
cheering corps q = an advisory head.
Training will not interfere with private
business and will follow as closely a.
possible instructions as approved by en-
~eineers Of the regular army. The matter
j. under consideration.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-06-26

ker, to Second Regiment; Major Robert
X. Raymond, assigned as lieutenant col
oncl. Third Regiment; Major Clark =.
Smith to Second Regimen FIRST Lieu
tenant William e. Sherman and Second
Lieutenant Lehman W. Mailer. Second
Battalion TO First Battalion Of Noun
ted Engineers: Captain Daniel n. Sui
ton and First Lieutenant w. Morris
Captain William :. Mapes leave cx-
tended ten days.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-06-26
THE "ENDLESS CHAIN"
DANGER OF CATARRH


catarrh In n cold In ifr chronic
forms The air In filled with bacteria
which IN taken into the mouth and nose
through the process OF breathing when
the body In I'm a healthy condition no
harni results. But with our modern
methods 81 indoor living and scdentary
occupations. the mucous membranes are
usually not able a. throw on this
harmful bacteria. making catarrh o
very common ailmcnt. These germs
breed and multiply. causing inflamma-
ton. the blood PUSHES TO the Wem-
hTnnes TO light of the bacillf. when
the blood IN I'm . vigorous condition Ito
defensive" efforts are successful
Otherwise the cold hangs on"--turns
into cntarrh.
Catarrh ~ a chronic inflammation or
the mucous membranes. Mucous mem-
hranes ere the lining on al the inter
nal cavities or the body. Get that
l. cavities. There In tho endless
chain element of danger.
The only way 10 treat cnthrrh II 10
purify the blood. The surest way 60
purify the blood ~ 10 take u. y. y.
Write ms for special advice. swift Hpe~
cihc Co. Atlanta. Georgia
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-06-26
TUESDAY,.

Lake Erie T%rotting Circuit meeting opens
at Marion. d.
Bay State T%rotting Circuit meeting
opens at Hills Grove. X. L. ,
National open golf championship tour
starts at Minneapolis.
Metropolitan junior championship golf
tournament opens ut Englcwood, N. j.
First Annual bench show OF Detroit Ken
mel Club opens at Detroit.
Utah State championship tennis tour
nament opens ut Salt Lake City.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-06-26

ton.
The gathering in st. Paul next month will
be the twelfth presidential nominating con-
%vention of the prohibition party. The first
nominating convention of the party was
held at Columbus, Ohio, in 1872. The
Iparty's growth IN power and numbers
since that year, when its presidential can
didatc, James Black OF Pennsylvania, poll
ed a vote Of 5,607 in a total OF 6,466, 246,
strength of the organizations formed to
oppose the movement which has for its
chief object the restraint of the liquor traf-
fic.
The national prohibition party was or
.ganlzed at a conference held I'm Chicago IN
1863. Nineteen States were represented
at the conference. James Black of Penn
sylyanla presided and julius A. Spencer Of
ONO served n secretary. Rev. John Rus
sell Of Michigan was elected chairman of
the national committee.
A. a result of the Chicago conference
the first national nominating convention
OF the party met al Columbus three wear.
later, naming James Black OF Pennsylvania
Tor President and Rev. John Russell of
Michigan for Vice President. Fearing
perhaps, the charge that it was n party of
one idea the platform was ~broadened 10
inelnde evil service, finance, labor. cduca-
ton, suffrage and immigration. This plat
form declared that the President and Vie,
President should be elected directly by the
~
people and tina; suffrage should bc granted
TO all without regard to sex.
The platform adopted by the second
convention. held at Cleveland in 1876 en-
iarsed the scope of the party's efforts for
reform, touching on lotteries and stock and
gram gambling, polygamy, Sunday obser-
vance, international arbitration and modes
81 punishment. Twelve States were reprc-
senied at convention which met in Cleye.
Iand m 1850. Tins convention adopted a
platform dealing entirely with liquor cues
tion, setting forth the evil results Of it,
use upon the individual. the family %
cieiy and the State.
FOR more than forty years the party has
regularly held annual conventions and ~
regularly nominated candidates for the Of
ices of President and Vice President. ~
coufhSed ny "A growing popular vote
'housh II has ncver received "A vote IN the
electoral college. Nor has il strong homes
~ doing 80 next November. But Il u con
iinent That IT. candidates for various State
Legislatures throughout the country stand
= very good chance Of being chosen /,
even hopes to win some seats N the nation.
al iawmaking body. Even without repres.
eniation such a would be afforded By mon
whom IT had chosen, II has struggled hard
anu earnestly with Congress. hoping thai
body would exercise IT. power and limi,
inc iiquor trade between States and in IN.
District of Columbia the territories and
Federal posts.
The party leaders expect that fully 10.
""o visitors. not including more than Iooo
delegates. will attend the 81. Paul conven.
t'on' Every state has arranged for rcprcs-
ehtati"n- Many speakers of natiop,l
prominence will be heard and unless pres
emf plans miscarry the convention will H.
the greatest rally in support OF the prohi
hition movement that this country has
ever seen.