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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
MOmiAT. MARCH *, M4T.
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN
(AND NEWS)
JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Uttar.
V. L. SEELY, Preside*'.
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prints so smelctn or eMeetjaasbl* ed-
rertlelne. Neither dees It print whisky
•r «oy liquor *d«.
_ sUmls for Atlanta’* owning
Its own cm and elartrlc llfftt plant*,
•a It now ow»a Ha waterworks. Other
rttle* do this indjnt *•• he. 1 . 0 " “ “
rente, with e profit to the city. Thle
ebon Id be done at one*. The Oeorgleo
sad New* belleree thet If etreet rail
ways reo he operated successfully by
Boropeee cities, ae they err. there I*
a* send ret eon why they no not be eo
spiraled her*. Bet w* do net heller*
thle n* be don* new, aed It may be
•erne year* before we are ready for eo
Mae* undertaking. Still Atlssta eSoeld
sale lie fee* la tbit dlreetlos NOW.
raitht suffer or be h on cry or b« sick
without it.
Among the noble InetUutlons of tha
city, this Is one well reputed and well
eatebllehod. lie work epeeka for It.
Ha record I* beautiful with eerrlce
and tha good woman who, without fur
thar reward than their own approving
conscience, give their time, their taJ
cnts and their grace* and much of
their money to it* work, ere certainly
entIUed lo the mere trivial encourage
ment of a transfer of dinner bouse* on
Wednesday. March' nth. ’
NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS
AND ADVERTIBERS.
On February 2 The Georgian pur-
ahassd the name, food will, franchises,
advertlllng sentraet* end eubeeriptlen
list of The Atlanta New*, and Tha News
to new published ae a part of The Geor
gian. All advertising under contract te
appear In The News will be printed In
The Georgian and New*, without Inter
ruption, axoapt such at Is debarred by
Tha Qsergltn'a established policy to
exoludo all objtotlonabla advertising.
Charity Hade Easy by King's
Daughter*.
The appeals to charily In this Chris
tian rlty are so many and so varied
that a responalve public should always
appreciate thoae forms of appeal which
make easy the answer and trivial thu
tax.
Herr, then, la a charity aa gentle and
approved as any that we have In all
Atlanta, which limply Involves on Iho
part of the public the rholre of a
place to take Ita dinner.
All men and all women oat dinner
If they have the price of It; and II Is
• worthy and conimendnlile art. There
arc some who go so far as In declare
It also necessary. The crowded tables
Of our hundred restaurants In Atlanta
Indicate that the taste of the public
runs In varied channels, some prefer
ring one place and some another, but
all going somewhere.
Why. then, should not the public In
Atlanta, for aweet charity's aake, con
centrate tta Wednesday's luncheon aa
far aa possible upon two places where
•very coin spent to the satisfaction of
the appetite will divide Itself In half
to the and of blessed benevolence?
Mr. Basil, of the Child’s restaurants,
one on Broad and one ou Mitchell
atreets, ha* been exceptionally gener
ous to every charitable work In Atlan
ta.' Time and again he haa given hla
establishment* to the service ol char
ity worker* In this rlty, and on Wed
nesday he has turned over both estab
lishments, the one on Mitchell and the
on* on Broad strsets, to tbs charitable
efforts of Tha King's Daughtars Circle
No. 2.
Mrs. C. F. Ooree Is the effective pres
ident of this circle, and Mrs. W. O. Bal
lard Is the tireless and popular treas
urer. ever mrklng- In Its behalf. Ou
Wadnssday from 11:10 to 3:00 the two
Child's restaurants of Mr. Basil will
ba given to the service of the King's
Daughters. One-half of the entire
proceeds will ba turned over to thla
body of noble woman for Intelligent
and effective charity.
Tbit circle of King's Daughters Is
known as the Emergency Circle and Its
mission It lb* relief of sudden and
casual cases of suffering for which
there la no organ Itad system of care
and whuee case* sometimes escape tha
aye and attention of our other noble
todies of relief.
Tbla noble body of good women
bava dona much work that has baan
effective and beautiful In tbs history
of Atlanta, and the public can safely
Uwst It with the largest confidence and
reward.
It la difficult to tea bow any ooe can
raatot aa appeal for charity based upon
these Its** A tax which does not
taka on* additional penny from lbs
Pockets of tha people, but simply
transfers (or a slngia day tbs pat-
. roq#** (or aplngto meal tram on* ras-
ihtwna* ta soother A ad the total of
THE FAKMZBS’ UNION OPPOSES IMMIGRATION.
Tha earnest and honest men who Are moving for Immigration to
Georgia, may as well realise that tbejr’hava to persuade, educate and
convince the moat powerful element In Georgia before they can unite the
public sentiment of the state Into cooperation with thslr plans.
Tom Watson at the great Farmers' Union convention In Atlanta dis
couraged the Immigration movement.
Ilarvle Jordan before the Cotton Growers at Birmingham did tha atm*
In more emphatic language.
And here comes President Duckworth, of the State Fanners' Union, SO,-
000 alrong In Georgia, who at editor of Tbs Union News, the official organ
of the Union, declares that the farmers are satisfied and want no foreign
labor In the elate. Bays The News:
The question of Immigration la receiving quite a good deal of
notice Juet now by the “big" papers, the politicians, the big land
owners and the manufacturers, most of whom arp In favor of Im
migration.
Who else favors It? Nobody. The farmer doesn't went It
He Is Just now getting control of what he produces and Immi
gration would be In Jils way; they would become the tool of those
who do not want the fanner to organise (without the lawyer,
banker and merchant) to price hla labor.
No,' sir. the man who plows will never favor immigration.
The city laborer doesn't want him for he can live on less,
hence work cheaper than the American.
Why do others went him? Now, of course a little paper like
The News ought not to try to answer such a big question, for we
are liable lo bring the wrath of some big fellow down on our
heads. Thla would be a terrible calamity to a little thing like us,
but "sink or awlm, survive or pariah,” we are going to touch
It lu*t i little.
The big papers are In favor of Immigration because the poli
ticians are (the politicians control the papers. Bee?).
The politicians are In favor of Immigration because the man
ufacturer* are (the manufacturers control tha politicians. See?).
Now what will the poor old farmer and day laborer do?
"Do!" cries the politician, the "big" newspaper end the man
ufacturers.
"Do! Nothing, of course, haven’t we been doing the thinking
for the farmer for these maoy years, and the laborer don't amount
to much."
Yea. Mr. Farmer, thla la what la thought of you, and If you
don't wake up and light thla thing to a bitter end, you will wake
up In a fow years and And yourself living In a cabin with your nose
pressed harder to the "grind rock!' than It haa ever been, and
your daughters will lie marrying the sons of some “foreigner."
You will llnd that the manufacturers have grown richer and
that you (or your children) are forced to raise cotton for them
instead of yourself, the land having been bought by theae rich
manufacturers who made their money by using foreign laborers
and buying their cotton from foreign farmers at a low price.
Oh! boys, Mr. Watson told ua In that Atlanta speech bow
the Eastern manufacturers had grown rich at the expense of the
farmer. Now they are coming South and have Already begun to
lay plana to rob the farmer.
Fight "em." yes we will, and If the farmers will refute to be
lieve the pretty yarns told by the politicians and rise up and light
for their Southland with the same vim that our forefathers
fought for it In the sixties, we will win this time. ?
Tbit Is strong language, but the source from which It comet makes It
Important. V
The men whn are moving In this Immigration matter are honest and
patriotic. They are not, to the beat of our belief, awayed by the politi
cians or any particular class or Industry.
They think they are doing signal service to the farmer, and to the
Induitrlal llfo of Georgia. They believe, and have reasons for the felth
that la In them, that the coming of thrifty foreigners here, will lucreaae
the value of every acre that a farmer owns In Georgia. They believe that
settlers of (ho right stripe will furnish the labor that thp fanner need* to
make hla cotton, to till hit Helds, to diversify his crops, and to Illustrate
that saving graco'of economy which will make the agricultural Oeorgia
rich.
Our Immigration cnthualaata honestly believe all this.
Hut U Is quite evident that tho farmer does cot, and If It Is desir
able to have a state support of this Interesting and Important, movement.
It Is absolutely necessary that the farmer, through speeches and literature,
should he given sound and convincing reasons to allay hla apprehensions,
and to convince his Judgment.
In Which We Surrender A Laurel.
In time past some Irreverent scrib
bler, careless of the facts, has been
crude enough to suggest that the edi
tor of Tho Georgian waa proltflc of
words.
If so we have worn the laurels of
verbiage long enough, and now sur
render them to a well attested victor
In the Held of speech.
Our esteemed contempotsry of The
Journal Is easily entitled to pre-emi
nence in thla arena. The editorials
of that excellent paper are tha longi
tudinal marvels of the time.
Two columns of brevier make the
minimum of expression on any Inter
esting theme. For whether tt be *
railroad argument, or a bank review, a
political suggestion, a protest or a
veiled apnlogyd-wjiether In lighter
vein or In hsavlbr metre, thoy stretch
with such unbroken regularity to the
last limit of theae double columns, that
they have long since destroysd tho
hope of longitudinal rompetltlon. and
rule unrivalled In the realm of words.
(fit .goes our mantle, down go our
laurels, and we content ourselves
henceforth with mediocrity And brev
ity.
Simplified Spelling Will Come
Again.
Have the advocates of simplified
spelling subsided?
Never a bit of It. They are aa reso
lute, as eager and unterrifled as any
organisation that ever spelled or spelt
reform.
From the president—strenuous soul
—down through the college doctrin
aires behind him. (here la not a sign
of discouragement or s suggestion of
surrender.
The spalling reformers realise that
they tried to more too fast at flrat.
They sought to carry things with a
rush and with the mighty thews and
sinews of Roosevelt behind them, es
sayed to carry the hall down the Held
and make gains with a flying wedge.
They have new determined to go
Into training for the next encounter
with the public, end they era now an
organised body with definite plena,
end a fixed Intention to succeed.
A gathering of ■cholera and philolo
gists from three great English speak
ing countries will he held on April 3
and 4 In' the Waldorf Aetori* hotel.
New York, when the Simplified Spell-
Ins Hoard will bold Ih* first anatial
ting of all Its members^ Already
tweaty-fve of the forty members bay*
represented by William Archer, who
will come from London to attend tho
session. Canada will send two dele
gatee. and the western part of thla
country will be strongly represented,
three members, among them President
David Starr Jordan, having said that
they win come all tho way from Cali
fornia to take part tn tho discussions.
The meeting will consist, of sessions
covering two days, and a dinner at
which Mr. Andrew Carnegie will pre
side. Among others who will bo pres
ent la Jsmes W. Bright, professor of
English philosophy In Johns Hopkins
University, who It tha latest member
to be elected to the board. Theodore
Roosevelt looms In the background.
When simplified spelling comes
again. It will com* to win—and to etny.
THE DICTIONARY
OF MISINFORMATION
By WEX JONES, Lsxleographtr.
ALARKA-WhHT tha lOirlH rome from.
Tb* CP ,l ,? f lhr A Wary ®f Alaakn
Tb* Broilers. All • Alaskan Chorna.
K-til Zero, the Alakk* Kotinlotifh.
Km»t Bitten Foot, or the Lure of the
North.—Four Rnt Seller*
HUB—The e of later of a honeycomb.
of matri*
Hobby—Your coohlnc'a Imnrortni. my
thla I* a> llahrar Narult than utuat.
WI fey-Ok. darllna, I cave you a door,
knob by mistake.—lHxneatlc Dialogues.
BOlt.KR—A meant of supplying « thin
with ate# m and mloalons. p
Ctpttlu Wkere’i Juggins?
First Of leer—Gone aloft, air.
Captain—why?
First Officer-
Nautlcai Talks.
CO It K—A place of bark Irrtmovablj tied
In the nock of a hot t la.
FROG—What frog legs coma from.
On * log.
Kiplrlng frog.
I will take you down a pec
When I frlmsoee your leg
—CHAuLKS DICKENS.
GIRl*—Goodness knows what.
Ob. a girl Is a dear and a devil;
A sinner and salat tn one;
Rhe’n crooked and on tho level;
Mha't asad and abe's ouly In fun;
Rbe'a stupid and also she’s wlttv;
Hbes cruel, and aoft aa a date;
Hbe'a ugly and ravlahlng pretty;
fthe'a—ofc. she's jutl aoaietbltu
SOME GOOD BOOKS AND OTHERS
By “ARTh'JR PENDENNI8, JR.”
“THE RANOE DWELLERS," by
M. Bower (G. W. Ditllngham * Co,
Publishers). For sale la Atlanta by
Laster Book and Stationery Co.
In hi* new book, "The Range Dwell
er*," Mr. B. M. Bower (B. M. Sinclair),
charmlogly ahow* bow th* faaclnatlon*
of tb* rang* and Ufa In tha open grad
ually grow and bernma firmly fixed
upon a new comer to tb* desert.
H* take* for hi* hero a young gen-
I toman of leisure from San Francisco—
•on of a millionaire—who haa spent hie
life With no end In view, beyond the
eucceeeful manipulation of hi* motor
car and hto boat. Having broken all
th* law* of tha city as to speed limit,
with numeroua tinea thereupon—In
flicted In court—hi* father awaken* to
the fact that It I* about time that
change ehould come over, th* eplrit nf
hla eon’* dreama and Ilf*. With hto
allowance cut off, a railroad ticket and
a few dollars In hto pocket, he to sent
td the Bay Stata ranch, owned by his
father, with a totter of Introduction to
th* range foreman. In which It to di
rected "You will treat him aa you do
the other boys, and If ha wants to
work, pay him th* earn* wages—If he
earn* them." Ae th* young hero
properly say*. It 4r*s not throwing any
flowers In hto pathway—but It might
have been worse.
When th* young man leaves hts train
In Montana, to ride an hundred miles
across country to the ranch, he takes
a good look around him at the country
and gives voice to the same Impres
sion* of He outlook which we venture
to say from personal experience, has
been done by every new-comer to the
desert country. It to difficult to make
clenr the awful oppressiveness, with
which the great distances—the bleak
earth— and the dull and forbidding
mountain*, deeply depreae the new ar
rival. One beglna to realise and that
acutely what a email atom of creation
lie I* In God's universe. But how the
charm of the open life grows upon
him! How quickly he grasp* the
motif of the plains.
The story of -The Range Dweller*''
to one of the most pleasing nf Westenl
descriptions, from the viewpoint nf
light realism, that we have read In
many a day. It to Juet such a story aa a
Western man would give a friend, who
wanted a clear and pleasing Impression
of the fascinations of the desert. There
to a charming light love strain ruh-
nlng through our hero's life and the
fact that he wins the daughter of hto
father'* old enemy for hie wife and
lives happily ever afterward does not
detract from the Interest.
Taken all together, discriminating
reader* of genuine Western st'ofles
should welcome this delightful addi
tion to desert lor*. As before stated,
there are numerous pseudo-Western
teles, but not many which oxcel “The
Range Dwellers" In Its faithful, accu
rate and attractive picture of the real
life of the desert.
it something to lav*
-A lowers Leaser
A German totter carrier In Belling
ham. Wash, was found to be distrib
uting letters and papers on hto route
fairly and Impartially aa to quantity,
but regardlaaa of address**. When
he was overhauled he said it waa too
much troubto to read the addresses.
The Minus Legielatura.
An Ideal legislature wmiu| |, ,.r, P ,n a ,
aould repeal mare tows rheu II yeeees-
THE CREDITOR! BCOREO.
Judge—I'eu Mall her log lek-e Ike etwee,
sine e purOMbaee eaelelstag the task
I their lalentloa ol coming, and mw see seaetd toils*
ipactod that JtogUnfi alii SstJS B-tUZUftA
THE LIFE OF OR. SAMUEL A.
MUOD, by his daughter, , Miss Nettle
Mudd. (The Neale Publishing Co,
New York.)
We get • very good Idea of the In-
flemed condition of the public mind at
the time of the assassination of Abra
ham Lincoln and for a long period
thereafter from the Interesting collec
tion of data, connected with the trial
of Dr. Samuel A. Mudd, hto conviction
by a military court, and hto Imprison
ment on Dry Tortuga* Island for about
four years. Thl* collection, edited by
Mle* Nettle Mudd. daughter nf Dr.
Mudd. contain* hi* letters from Fort
Jefferson, Dry Tortugns Island, while
In prison: together with statements by
Mr*. 8amuel A. Mudd. Dr. Mudd and
Edward Spangler (the man who held
Booth's horse on the night of the sa
nation). regarding the assassina
tion: the argument of GenerAI Ewing
before the military rammleaton. and
nleo the "diary" of John Wilkes Booth.
This "diary." found on the body of
Booth, after hla death, doe* not assist
In any way In clearing up the connec
tion of any possible accomplices. It
wnjt not allowed by the government to
ba presented In the trial of Dr. Mudd,
although It was a turn nf the rase
•gains) John H. Surratt, and who. after
many escapee, waa Anally brought back
from Egypt, and after u trial lasting
over sixty days, the Jury disagreeing,
It was discharged. Surratt was sub
sequently admitted tn hall, hut his case
was never again brought tn trial. l)r.
Mudd fared very differently. He was
convicted. In the face of whnt now ap
pears tn have been overwhelming evi
dence In hla favor, and sentenced to
life Imprisonment. Dr. Mudd. a coun
try doctor, living In Bryantown, Md„
twenty-live miles from Washington. D.
waa awakened near dawn nf the
morning nf April It. 16*5. by loud rap
ping at Ills door. A stranger standing
In the grey light said he had with him
friend wbo had a broken leg. Would
Dr. Mudd eel the leg and give him a
bed? The doctor responded promptly
and cheerfully; the broken leg was
and I he Injured stranger waa put
bed. In ten hours the two men
the quiet Maryland home: In Wash
ington. Abraham Lincoln lay enld In
death and In Bryantown, Dr. Mudd. a
country practitioner, happy, useful and
upright, went his dally rounds, uncon
scious that history would coll him one
of the I.kicnln conspirators. With all
the farts before ns. Dr. Mudd's art
eeems an entirely Innocent, natural and
humane one, but the wounded man waa
John Wilkes Booth, end an Infuriated
and outraged nation hounded every
body who waa fn any way connected
with the assassin. Dr. Mudd was con
victed. and sent to serve a life eentence
at Fort Jefferson. He was released by
President Andrew Johnson, February,
114*. after serving four year*. The
story to told mainly by letters, court
testimony, documents, official report*
and order*. These are presented with
out comment and are effective and Ade
quate.
Dr. Mudd's letters to his family de-
ecrlhe hto prison life and reveal un
consciously th* heart and lift of an
honorable and law-abiding cltlten. One
closes the book convinced anew that
court* and .decrees do not make and
unmake men. Dr. Mudd lived for thir
teen year* after hie release from
prison, but "frail, sick and weak, never
again lo be strong."
This book to a worthy addition lo
any library.
WHISPERING 8MITH- by Frank
H. Spearman. (Charles Bcribner's Bona)
In "Whispering Smith." Mr. Spear
man eand* forth a pleasing breath of
the desert elr. He w rites lute one who
he* had hto own nostrils filled with
that delightful oaone. and better, too. he
make* us breath* It with him.
This latter requisite of a good book,
which seems to th* unltleted. very eaey
of ecrompllehmeet, to a most difficult
task and one saldom attained by the
w titers of numerous Western si or lea,
W hich till our book dealers' ehelvet. The
scene >.r th* majority of tha so.called
Western stories rnleht u sell hs laid
In New England. If wo are lo Judge t,y
the absence nf what wa call for th*
lack of a better name, genuine lu. al
roloi The chief object with tho a»*r.
age writer eeems to be to have las
harmrisrs wear sombreros and i he:,,
perils and to live In the open To one
who has spent years oa the Western
desert u la • difficult Usk ip t*A4 altb.
put wonder or the loquacious-hero of
the^ordlnary Western’ story and hto aa,
Great 'distances and high mountains
crest# • severs economy of speech and
It Is not an uncommon thing In real
Westsm life to ee* ten or fifteen cow
boys come Into camp after a hard day’s
woriL consume their evening’s meal In
alienee, light their pipes or cigarettes
and alt together for hour*, without ut
tering a single word beyond a mere
answer to a question.
Mr. Spearman knows thle: he haa
evidently lived as he writes and nla
"Whispering Smith" I* a very charm
ing addition to real Western life as
told *ln hooka. The story I* strong
enough, the character* are genuine
Western people and time devoted to
th* reading and enjoyment of the plot
Is more than Wall spent.
"THE WOMEN OF THE CONFEO
ERACY," by Rev. J. L. Underwood,
master of arts, Mercer University, and
chaplain In tha Confederate army. (Tha
Neale Publishing Company. New Tork.)
Not too late, but timely, and ap
propriate, to the worthy tribute to
Southern women, written by Dr. Un
derwood. '
There hoe not been half enough said
or published about th* noble women
of ’gl-'fiS. and It to a pleasure-to know
that there has been complied eo enter
taining and delightful a volume ae “The
Women of the Confederacy," which
certain tributes palMo the good moth
ers. wives and sweethearts of those
trying times by writers and orators.
Dr. Underwood has done a splendid
and patriotic service In collecting these
tributes, and better still In making a
most Interesting book of them. Th#
volume 1a divided under six heads:
Symposium of Tributes to Confeder
ate Women.
Their Work.
Their Trials.
Their Pluck.
Their Cause.
Mater Redlvlva.
Dr. Underwood has been a resident
of Georgia for more than thirty
years, his home being that charming
Pearland cottage In the suburbs of
Camilla) Oa. He has been under
treatment at Kellam's Hospital
Richmond. Va„ for some time, and js
he saye this "book Is sent forth from
an Invalid's room with a fervent prayer
that It may do good In all sections of
our beloved country."
All Southern men should read this
book. If only to confirm their own opln
Inn of .Southern womanhood. Even
General Sherman's excuse for hie ar
rest order In Savannah when he drove
the women nut of that city, namely,
"You women are the toughest set 1
ever knew. The men would have given
up long ago but for you, 1 believe you
would keep this war up for thirty
years,” has Its proper place Ih the sym
posium. for It tells of the Indomitable
courage and the magnificent patriotism
of the noblest type of womanhood ever
given to bless a .people.
“THE 8ILENT WITNE88.” by Kate
Slaughter McKinney (Katydid). (The
Neale Publishing Company.)
When our reviewer began the read
Ing -of "The Silent Witness" by Mrs.
Kate 8. McKinney, he was pleased to
think that here wns one bonk from a
Southern woman which would Justify
our opinion firmly held that not only
are there great opportunities In this
beautiful Southland for a more than
Interesting story, but thst one had been
accepted and advantageously employed.
In advice to reviewer* the "Ixrndon
(England) Academy" saye: "Call no
novel good (III It to flnlehed might be
adopted as the motto nf the patient re
viewer. Of twenty writers who begin
a story well, not ten go on well and not
five go on and end well."
Jack ]/mdon flatly let himself down
In the final pages of his magnificently
begun and partly carried out atory,
"The Sea Wolf." There to a great weak
ening In Robert chambers' fascinating
atory, "The Fighting Chence." a* It
nears the end. Mrs. Edith Wharton
rilsappolnta us sorely In parts of "The
House of Mirth" and so on. Not that
either of these stories or "The Silent
Witness" fall, for they do not. Some
of the situation* In Mrs. McKinney's
story are worthy of Anna Katherine
Green nt her best. The authoress of
"The Silent Witness" Is capable of
something much better than this her
last work, which we have In hand, and
we believe time will prove that w# are
light In this assumption. The plot Is
all Jight nnd one la struck with the
number of epigrams, good ones, too,
with which It to Interspersed.
Taken all together. "The Silent Wit
ness" gives great promise. The slight
weakening of the etrlnge ehow that
something very much belter can nnd
we believe will come from Mrs. Me-
Kinney's pen. Thle novel, which to
Mrs. McKinney'* first, plainly exhibits
her enpablllty for a greater success
and we ahall expect It.
Mrs. McKinney Is a Southern wom
an of rhnrm. talent and of the best
•octal environment. She resides with
Her huabnnd. Superintendent. McKin
ney. of the Louisville and Nashville
railway, at Montgomery. Ala. Her
posite gifts have already placed her In
an enviable position among the rarely
talented southern women, whose liter-
an' genius has aroused a genuine ad
miration and appreciation.
BROADWAY MAQAZINE, from a
publication devoted to the people of the
stage, their doings and misdoings, has
made a complete change and has be
come one of our brightest monthlies,
clean and full of good things.
Th* recent Issues are very Interest
Ing. but especially eo to Atlantans,
owing to the appearance In the January
number of a special article on "The
Hall of Record*." New Tork city, by
Mr. Robert Adamson. Mr. Adame in
wee for a number of years city editor
of The Atlanta Conetltutlnn He to now
one of the prominent political writers
of The New York World and to rapidly
pushing himself to the front. In addi
tion Mila newspaper work, hr to called
on frequently for special articles by the
foremost magaslnes of New York, eome
of his recent stories appearing In Suc
cess. Broadway - Magaalnr. In Ita
foreword aa to authors for 1107. prime
a rut of Mr. Adameon and advlele Ita
readers that ha will contribute timely
ttoriee during the year to that publica
tion. Mr. Adameon Is one of the bright
est newspaper men of the South, who
has found congenial work In New York
When Mr. Adameon was city editor
of The Atlanta Constitution the la
mented Walter Howard filled moat
creditably a similar position on Th*
Atlanta Journal.
They were Intimate friends and both
entered the Journalistic field in New
York about tha same time. Mr. Adam
son on The Sun and Mr. Howard tu
win great fame as a leading writer on
Heerst'e Journal and American, for
which paper he covered the Spanish
war end afterward* waa sent tn lam-
don ae rhler correspondent. Both of
these young men never tot an oppor
tunity for a news etory pass without
galling hold of It Mevsral years ego,
when with a pony of Atlanta. »n*ng
men In New York, all aa a strictly
pleasure trip. Mr. Howard failed to
keep promptly aa eafisgaaiyal for Ike
UMMM, When ha «U appear slier th*
A Pleased Customer
is the best advertisement a bank can have. »
We always endeavor to increase this feature
of our .advertising. . .. /
We offer to depositors cvjerv facility their
balances and business responsibility warrant. '
MADDOX-RUCKER BANKING CO.
first act waa aver, he explained to his
maud* that he bed been detained down
town Interviewing Theodor* Roosevelt,
then police commissioner of New York
city, as to how the seemingly eternal,
then aa now. "Atlanta police commis
sion squabble could be straightened out
and wouid it*. If he hsd the time to
do It"
8CRIBNER'8 MONTHLY for March
continue* th* good work, well begun
for 1(07. February and March nun
bars ar* noticeable, as containing In
•tallmcnte of Mr*. Edith Wharton's
latest novel. “The Fruit of the Tree,'
It having begun aerially In th* Fabru
ary number.
There to another good "Rebecca »f
Sunnybrooke Farm" kind of story, oy
Kate Douglas Wlggln. some selection*
of Interesting letters of the New York
editor, thq late E. L. Godkln. and an
especially strong article by Thomas F.
Millard on 'The Situation In Manchu
ria."
“TRANS-ATLANTIC TALES." to-
•usd monthly by the Ess Ess Publish
ing Company, contain many entertain
ing stories by foreign writers, rendered
Into the beet English. It glee* us a
striking and pleasing change by con
trast with our own good short story
writers, and to a welcome monthly visi
tor to discriminating readers.
A REALLY VALUABLE
HISTORICAL SUGGESTION
To the Editor of Tha Georgian:
Some day* ago I noticed an article
on Aaron Burr, by Rev. J. S. Bryan, In
which he states that "the location of
Fort Wilkinson wee 31-3 miles below
Mllledgevllle, on the west bank of the
Oconee." , ,
Parton says that "Fort Wllklneon, on
the Oconr* wa* about (0 miles from
the boundary line between Georgia and
South Carolina." This I* welcome In
telligence tn many, of the students of
the War nt ISIS, the location of this
fort having been a mooted question,
Some claimed (hat It was on the site
afterwards occupied by Fort Hawkins.
A family paper In my possession would
seem to preclude this Idee. It reeffs:
“Major John Wootan, a brave of
ficer of the. state troops, was from
Edgefield district, S. C. He was in
command at Fort Wtlktnaon, and waa
killed In a riot In discharge of hto duty,
while trying to make peace between
his men and the regulars. At the same
time hto son-in-law. Major Philip Cook,
Eighth Infantry. C. S. A., was In com
mand at Fort Hawkins."
Major Cook was the eon of Captain
John Cook, of South Carolina, one of
Marlon's men, Vho came to Hancock
county alter the revolution, and to
burled there at old Island church.
Major John Wooten and hie wife,
Mary Simms, ere both buried at Mil-
ledgevllle. 1 take the liberty of writ
ing this, to Rev. Bryan, in hope nf gain
ing additional Information, and would
be obliged If he. or eome one, would
answer these question*:
There were about 1,000 Georgia mill-
tla In the War of ISIS, to there any
record of their organisation?
How were they officered? Beyond
the names of a few leaders, even the
very names of these brave men are for
gotten.)
When was Fort Wilkinson built?
Are there any remains of tt standing?
Would It not be a fine thing for the
old counties In our state tn hate, etch,
an historical society, to preserve Bites,
relics, records and traditions? Take
our forts, for Instance, of which Geor
gian had many, and about which many
fine article* have been written. There
etl(J seem to be mnny whose history Is
unrecorded.
Who to the president of the Georgia
Historical Society? Why cannot, nnd
why should not, he moke a beginning
and take up. say, the elx oldest counties,
and got them to organise under a com
petent lender? By thl* time next year
what n harvest we would renpl
MRS. WILLIAM LAWSON PEEL
Atlanta, Ga., March ft), 1»07.
Army-Navy Orders
MOVEMENT OF VetBELS.
Army Orders.
Washington, March tt.—The follow
ing orders have been Issued:.
Flrat Lieutenant Edward Gottlieb,
Seventy-seventh to Ninety-ninth Com
pany, coast artillery.
Following offluen designated for duly
on commission to examine and report
concerning use by Ufllted Btatea of
waters of Mississippi river flowing over
certain dame:
Major William V. Judson. corps of
engineers, vice Lieutenant Colonel
George McC. Derby, corps of engineers.
Private Jacob Chauaer, hospital corps
general hospital. Fort Bayard, dis
charged from the army.
Private Paul Sundhoff. Nineteenth
recruit company, recruit depot. Jeffer-
eon barracks, transferred to hospital
corps
Private Robert H. Green, hospital
corps, from depot of recruits and
casuals Fort McDowell to Philippines.
Private Ellison C. Rose, Company E.
Fourteenth Infantry, general hospital.
Fort Bayard, transferred to hospital
corps.
Navel Orders.
Rear Admiral J. P. Merrill, commis
sioned.
Warrant Machinist J. L. Been, de
tached Texes to navy yard. Norfolk.
Paymaster's Clerk T. J. Mulcahy. ap.
pointed to naval training station. New-
port."
Movement of Veesels. *
ARRIVED.—March 31, Manly at An
napolis; March JI. Saturn at San Fran-
Isco.
SAILED.—March 37, Pontiac from
Annapolis for navy yard. New York.
Prairie, from Clenfuegoe for SlaniluKu
de cflba. .
TOO MUCH ABOUT HELL.
LABOR ON THE HOSPITAL BOARD.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
1 have seen so much of lalp about
hell In yuur paper until one would think
there muet be eomethlng somewhere to
cause such a commotion.
Ever since the devil told hto firet lie
to old mother Eve there hoe been trou
ble In the human family. He told her
that God knew she would not die If slui
ate of the forbidden fruit, but she did.
And he has ever since had the human
family In trouble whenever they would
listen to him. There are many men
and women In Atlanta that would be
more at ease It they knew to a cer
tainty that there to no such a place as
hell.
Th* gentleman In Thursday even
ing's paper wants to know If there Is
a hell, where It Is located. I will **k
him If there to a heaven'and where is
It located? We have the same author
ity for believing hell exists a* we have
that heaven exists. The same book
telle ua about both, the same hook
tells us all we know about Godr It
telle us heaven Is God's throne amt the
earth to Hie footstool? The name hook
that tells us about God tells us also
about the devil. We learn from It that
hell Is tils headquarters.: Do you. sir,
believe there In's God? If your answer
Is "ye*," you are compelled to acknowl
edge that your belief is based on omit
the Bible tells you about It. Then if
you believe what the Bible says about
God and heaven, why not accept w lmt
It says about hell and the devil? But
If you do pot believe there Is either
heaven nr hell, God or devil, you should
at least have respect enough for emieiy
to be like Solomon's fool—Juet "say It
In your heart," but not put It In tho
paper. But If you Bo Insist In show Inc
yourself to the world, then write (or
the Police Geeette or some other dlrtv
paper, and tot The Oeorgien slick to
Its policy'of steering clear of unclean
advertisements. Yours truly.
W. M. JONES.
48 Queen 8t„ Atlanta, Gs.
From The Journal of Labor.
The working people of Atlanta have
eucreeded ,ln eecurlng one of tlielr
number nit (he board of trustees nf the
Grady Hospital—Mr. Wade P. Hard
ing. nf the Atlanta Typographical
Union.
In seeking this, and other positions
In our city government, the working
people are not actuated by any desire
to laud themselves or to decry the eerv.
Ices of others.
The desire tn eerve the city I* born
of patriotic and civic pride: an ambi
tion as cltlaene to give and lo show
that we, as working people, are In
earnest In our protestations that we
are pert of the clUxenehlp—not only
count •• number*, but In reality mov
ing and actlv* cltliens.
We have no desire to enarl end criti
cise the actions of others, hut feel that
we, ton, having our all In thle progress
ive city, should lie represented In the
various departments of the city govern
ment.
The Journal of Labor and the work
ing people of Atlanta have long ago
•ought this recognition, end the coun
t-11 on leet Monday, In selecting Mr.
Harding for the position nf one of the
members of the hospital board, will
never have cause to rograt their action.
The Indurtrtol class of Atlanta haa
won thla recognition of public approval
by their rloee attention to buetneee and
participating In all things that tend to
develop our rlty.
It le not too much to say that th*
council having taken thle step will go
•tut further and place a competent and
capable man on tn* board of education.
In doing thle—recognising the Indus
trial element—where merit and capa
bility to presented—the council to lend.
Ing a valuable aid to the upbuilding of
the people that will bring good results.
In the name of the people of Atlanta
we thank the council for this magnifi
cent approval of their respect and con
fidence. for euch It to. WhU* tha coun
cil saw fit to bestow thle mark of die-
tlhctl'in i>n Mr. Herding, w* must not
loee sight of Ihe fact that we, too.
have been honored In Ih* bestowal, and
should give us even greater aa In th* I
fuiure lo strive as rlllaens to make
C roatves competent sad capable, and
oar conduct to warrant Sag firm*
•till further honors at Uie hand* of all
Tha
CAN IT BE POSSIBLE?”
To the Editor of The Georgian:
The statements contained In
Georgian ar# generally eo correct thst
one to naturally led to believe that Hie
things It steles are so.
tn a recent Issue, however, a state
ment appeared that waa fairly stagger
ing. at least lo the writer, and I write
to ask can It be possible thet the *"-
called "age of consent" In the (treat
state nf Georgia I* eleven years. It
wee so stated In the article on th* edi
torial page of March 14, bearing the
fitting title "Does China Bhninr I's
Here," and signed by Vara A. Majeii".
I will simply refer you and your rend
er* tn that article for fuller Inform i-
tlon. I would simply state that up t >
about fifteen year* ago such wns ih»
age allowed by the tow In India for
the natives to consummate their ihu l
marriages. At that time Ihe women
medical missionaries of that rounnr.
who all too often cams Into touch " u >
the terrible teeulte of such a ls» 1
the mutilation of Ba victims Ihm lh" v
roae In a body and 15* of the women
mleslonariea,.most of them physicians,
signed a petition end sent It throng >
Lady Dufferln to th* queen of Englaii".
and the law waa soon changed
The ag* of consent end marring' ' n
New Tork state to, I believe, 16 > '
young enough. Indeed! There !► ■ ;
courea, conelderabto difference h*i" f ' 1
the legal ag* for marriage end th* re
called "ege of consent" without tnoi
ceremony.
All l can tay I* that the sooner («;■'
a blot I* removed from the felr JT‘
cutcheon of Georgia th# better.
knowledge ol each • M being in »»
Istence to enough to keep out of
state many desirable famine* with * 1
children Let th* -power* that t>*
buay. and If they will not do * •j
th* press and tb* people make th
do their duty.
GEOROE D. DOWKONTT. M l>
Atlanta. Ga., March 14. IN 1 '
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1*1
V-
mernber of Ihe boaid. The J. um
Labor desire* to give II* b*ei'> .
proval He to a young men. •
Industrious, capable and fully prep-
by education and natural quail*' "
to nil ib* aoeltloa ia which h* hs " I"
- —. _ me tlaflart Up la m ultwa at Altiol*
our fellow (itlarna, rich aa4 poor illki. hu mtwssm kata rloniy UkfftiM *
Te Mr. Wad* P. Uaraiag. lb, elected (£* wZ^«fce»oU>* «-*'
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