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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
SATURDAY, MARCH 30. 1 Vf„
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN
(AND NEWS)
JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor.
F. L. SEELY, President.
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OUn PLATFORM.—The Georgian
and JJAWs stands for Atlanta's owning
tta own gaa and electric light plants,
aa It bow owdi Ita waterworks Other
cities do thla and get gaa aa low aa M
rents, with a profit to tha city. Thla
should he done at one*. The Georgian
•ad News helterea that If street rail
ways can he operated successfully by
European cities, aa they are, there Is
some years before ws are ready tor so
big sa nadartaklng. Bf "
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chaeed tha nams, good will, tranchisss,
advertising contracts and aubacriptlon
llttof The Atlanta Nawt, and The Now,
■a now published aa a part of The Geor
glan. All advartlaing under contract to
appear in Tha Nawa will ba printed in
The Georgian and Nawa, without Inter-
ruptlon, axcept such aa It debarred by
Tha Georgian’s established poliey to
exclude all objectionable advertising.
Stamp the Incoming Mails.
The firm vf E««lg Bros, calls our at
tention to a batch of dally mall which
would icem to Indicate that the postal
department has departed from the
custom of stamping upon Incoming
letters the time of their reception at
the Atlanta poatofllce.
We do not know what this means.
Whether It be a concession fnado to
the present complicated difficulties of
the railway Inall service, or whether It
be due to the large Increase of local
business which makes It desirable to
lop off every possible moment In plac
ing the mall within the carriers'
pouches and boxes ot aubscrlbers, we
do not know, but it appears to us that
the Innovation Is not one to bo de
sired.
There are many points of conven
ience and of. actual business Impor
tance In the habit of stamping the
time of reception of our Incoming
mall. It la the "mallometer" aa It
were which tells ua Just the time that
hat been consumed between Ua mail
ing, Its reception and Ua delivery, and
we trust that our always thoughtful
and accommodating postmaster will
give the matter his kind attention.
General Evans Chief of Staff.
The governor-elect of Georgia la to
be congratulated upon an act both
wise and patriotic In the choice of his
chief of etaff.
General Clement A. Evans hag come
to be within recent year^the most
revered and historic military flgure
remaining In the state. A genuine
and generous hero ot the civil war,
and a stainless and Incorruptible ser
vant In our years of {peace, there
gathers about him a volume of ten
derness and a flood of genuine re
spect. With Ixmgstreet and Gordon
gone, he stands In Georgia at least
aa the highest flgure of the Confeder
acy. Associations and traditions are
thick upon him. His mind la clear,
his character above reproach and the
grand gray head of our old Confeder
ate will crown with honor the pomp
and circumstance of the civil func
tions which the next governor of
Georgia Is to lead.
The congratulations of the state go
out to the governor-elect and to Clem
ent A. Evans; hts most distinguished
chief of staff.
The Committee on Conventions.
The Georgian is glad to note that
Its suggestion made last week has
been promptly adopted by the Cham
ber of Commerce, and that a formal
and effective committee with W. V.
Zimmer as chairman, has been ap
pointed to study the list of the great
conventions of the coming year and to
proceed with vigor and definiteness
toward securing aa many or them as
possible for the greet auditorium of
Atlanta.
The suggestion was practical, the
response was prompt.
President Wills Pope and Secretary
Cooper and Chairman Zimmer should
have the hearty and unlimited co-op
eration of every cltlxetv in this effort
to bring the organised commerce, pol
itics and religion of Amertea. within
the gates of this Twentieth Century
city.
THE ONLY BRAVE AND, PERMANENT POLICY.
A new broom sweeps clean, and a new convert outfoota in zeal the
stalwart veteran.
For a' that and a' that, we welcome The Journal Into the outskirts
of municipal ownership.
We have laid the foundation fast and strong In a year of consistent
and vigorous advocacy. Wo have presented the facta, we have given
the argument, we have furnished the illustrations and we have pointed
every local development in a splendid object lesson of the Value of this
principle which la growing more and more Into the spirit of the times.
Our contemporary Is doing good service In joining the rest of us In
the request that the Georgia Railway and Electric Company should share
Some'S)! Ita magnificent and dlsproportlouate prosperity with the people
who made it, by giving better and cheaper service In the commodities
which It owns.
Our contemporary, however, has been a poor observer of past his
tory If (t believes that the Georgia Railway and Electric Company will
do this thing upon the mere appeal of good citizens or upon a presenta
tion of good and logical reasons why It should be done. The marvel of
all Ita history haa been that a corporation whose personality Includes
so much of culture and good breeding, of personal Integrity and of civic
grace, has been through all Its dealings with the people, bo arrogant, so
unresponsive and so always dictatorial.
We believe and have often said that this was a mistaken policy just
aa we bellevo and have aald that It was a mistaken policy In the steam
railways. The great steam railways today through their magnates and
proprietors are finding this statement to be true. They are'finding It
out too late for the trouble they might havo saved and fo rthe evil they
they might have stayed. We believe In time that the Georgia Railway and
Electric Company wll find thla proposition to be true and unless they are
wiser than their brethren of the steam railways have been, the electric
magnates will find It out at a severe cost of trouble and of money.
There are only two things that can bring the Georgia Railway and
Electric Company to a full realization of the people's rights and of the
people's highest claims upon their generosity for a fair division of their
abnormal gains. One of these la competition.
If, Indeed, the coming of another company to Atlanta can establish
the competition that will reduce the price of light and power; then we
may be sure that the Georgia Railway and Electric Company will meet
this competition. .—
But even if this should bo done the history of our commerce In these
two decades 1b ominous with apprehension that an ultimate consolida
tion In times of prosperity may reduce the public once more to subjec
tion, and with only' one competing line made by consolidation, establish
again n monopoly which lays the'people at its feet. The genius of
great corporations run in private interests haa always been when com
petition grows keen to buy it out, b ecause only In monopolies can the
public be coerced for such vast profits as these recent millions have at
tained.
The only square cut, honest, certain way, is for the people them
selves who are the source of power, to take hold of the commodities
which vitally tone! their overy day life, and to run these agenclea for
themselves through their able and capable representatives aa they run
the mail service, and as In Atlanta wo operate the water works to our
splendid profit and content.
Anythjng less than this la mere cowardly temporizing. It is a
mere concession to the dominance and to the self assertion of the cor
porate rich. It Is curing an evil today that will break out again tomor
row. It la treating n cancer with catnip tea!
Only when great commodities are held In the hands of the people
who can neither be "consolidated" nor bought, can the people promise
themselves a permanent exemption from corporate' extortion and corpo
rate greed.
It la growing to be a typo of cowardice to question the capacity of
the people to run any great commodities which affect their Uvea. All
the history of the times fling back the falsehood Into the teeth of such a
claim. The people are not aa they were twenty years ago. They are
wiser and stronger and more wide awake and more resolute than they
have ever been. They are grappling trusts and Iniquities throughout the
nation by the throats. They have toppled giant figures of graft In the
great Insurance companies. They have choked the meat truat and the
Ice trust to humiliation. And they have today the vast and supposedly
impregnable power ot the railroad monopoly upon Its knees aaklng mer
cy at their hands.
The people have tasted power. They havo tasted the sweetness of
freedom. They have realized the might of their ballots. They have real
ized the capacity In their executive bonds, and nothlug short of forgetful
ness or apathy or abject cowardice should restrain the people from go
ing forward upon the great wave of reform which they themselves havo
made, to assume the control of the monopolies which have heretofore
been used to the enslavement -of their ballots, to the enlargement of their
taxes and to the robbery of their revenue*.
When Atlanta owns Ita public utilities the tax books will be closed
and the great body of the people will no longer be compelled to make re-
turhs.
When The Journal's velvet-footed policy can. reach thla point of brave
and splendid comprehension Its service will be noble and complete.
business community a very capable gentleman who has been so unjustly
criticised In this Important affair.
Men who know Mr. Dargan and have known him for years declare
that hla services to his company have stamped him as one of the first
insurance men of the South and of the country, and those who know
him personally declare that among men of their acquaintance there are
few characters more rigid In Integrity and Justice than the president of
the Atlanta-Blrmfngnam Insurance Company.
The vindication of a good citizen and a strong business man Is a gen
uine pleasure to the public and to the newspapers which represent It
ATLANTA’S INCREASING MUSICAL GROWTH.
The opening on May 29, 30, 31 and June 1 of the May-June Music Fes
tival, following the recent appearance here of Madame Emma Eames,
and preceding that of Madame Sembrtch next week, emphasizes the sig
nificant fact that wo are getting to be a notable musical center.
Dr. J. Lewis Browne, the capable director of the Distlval, has already
outlined hla plans sufficiently to need no further exposition of them here.
The festival will be given at popular prices—prices of 33, 34 and 35 for
the series of four performances—surely a reasonable enough charge to
hear singers who have appeared at the Metropolitan Opera House In New
York night hfter night, add season after season, and before the most
critical audiences in.the world.
The suedess of the festival, of course, depends on the support given
to It by the people of this city and state, and we do not believe that the
people will faij. Something more than the success of the festival, how
ever, la at stake, desirable as that Is. For on its success depends the
carrying out of a plan which will eventually make thla city as famous
for its festivals and Its musical appreciation ns Cincinnati.
To begin with. It la proposed to make the festival a permanent af
fair, and Dr. Browne has previously announced a plan by which concerts
could be given all through the season at popular prices.
It I* proposed to have these concerts every week, and to furnish
them with music which shall be well within the reach of general ap
preciation, and also selections that would gradually cultivate popular
taste for better things.
We believe that the public will respond to such a suggestion.
Surely we are becoming prosperous enough to give our attention to ar
tistic things. Music has its value as an advertisement, too, and for proof
of this, consider the case of Cincinnati, where great throngs come every
year to hear the festival.
Dr. Browne's fitness for the task he has undertaken has been proved
by hla success with festivals and concerts In past years. A more re
cent testimonial was his appointment, by the governors of the James
town exposition, as one. of the Judges to pass on musical contests at the
great Virginia fair.
A A 7ION HAS OBJECT LESSON
IN OUR COA7 OF ARMS,
SA YS COL. ROBT. J. LOWR\
ROBERT J. LOWRY’S VIEWS.
We publish on this page today an able and Interesting, and, In
fact, a very eloquent article upon the business'situation from the pen
of Colonel Robert J. Lowry.
Colonel Lowry has occupied for many years a very high and digni
fied position In the South’s financial field. He was for a term the presi
dent of the American Bankers’ Association at one of the most ylrllo and
Important periods of that great organisation when Its strong stand for
the gold standard had so vast an Influence upon the financial policy of
the country.
Colonel Lowry Is today president of one of the greatest and most
Influential banking Institutions of the city and of the South and is In
the full vigor of his mental and physical capacity. \
While* of course, the business adulations and the large vested In
terests of Colonel Lowry consecrate him to a conservatism greater than
that of men whose financial Interests are smaller In the present status,
there Is much In hla article worthy of the thoughtful and attentive read
ing of intelligent, patriotic and broad-minded citizens. Perhaps we would
not be able to follow Colonel Lowry completely In all his views of the
proper policy toward the railroads. But there are few public men who
in this vital and serious crisis of our economic history are trying to be
discreet and fair even while, they are fearless, who may not commend
most heartily the general note of consideration, of reason, of fair-mind
edness and of conservatism which his lines convey.
With the brief limitations which we have outlined, we commend Colo
nel Lowry's article to the efireful attention of our reader^
To the Editor of The ftoorglan:
When our forefathers adopted the coot'
f iiri!is of till* great fomm on Wealth o<
<»eorffia, symbolizing the riii-riliml virtue*
of “wisdom, justice -and moderation
great pillar* supporting the huge arch
of the “constitution,” they laid before Cieor-
gin's posterity mi object lesson which might
at this particular juncture In our national
affairs Im heeded by the cntlie natio
,1 *•*- exercise of wisdom In the leglslath.
branch. Justice Iii the Judicial hrauch and
moderation In the executive branch of the
government of our eommomvenlth will for-
ever sustain the groat constitutional arch
and Insure to the patriotic cltlsens of the
rftnte ?* stable government and the perpetua
tion of our free Institution.
Not alone, however, should the three
great brunches of government observe the
Injunction to exorcise tho three groat fuiidn
mental prluctnlos of oJv|c virtue, but like
wise onmmumtles nmf private Individuals.
Injunction upon ouch and every
leorgin, of tho South,
■s. its is i we not wisely, ilea*
■iiMoimblo, fair and tofcrnul
latlons. The individual Is a
(immunity
It Is
otto of the „
►f tho uuloii, that
nd he
f oar ____
part of the community, the
ye*, of tl
frffl :ir
.. part of tho commonwealth, and,
ed together by common Interests, we go
forward to such n destiny as we may ex
pect to follow right thoughts,, words aim
deeds. And so wo run, a* Individuals, na
communities. as n state, not only draw a
valuable lesson from tho lienutlful emblem
of patriotism handed down to us as tlu.
< ont-of-aruiK of our groat state, but we can.
by practicing It* tenets, set an example
before our section ami before this great
country.
Success Has Become Passion.
Till* I* n time of rapid development
i.loug nil lines of Industrial and commercial
activity. Never before In the history of
the South has progressive and auhatantlnl
development so seized our people ns with
in the past few years. Progress, thrift and
Industry have grown to lie n pa**lon.'and
we have given ourselves over to the pursuit
of the object of that passion In the rapid
unbuilding of this most promising section
republic. ***• * ‘‘ —
VINDICATING AN ABLE OFFICIAL AND A GOOD CITIZEN.
Some weqks ago In the allegations accompanying the legal suits
filed against the Atlants-Blrmlngham Insurance Company, certain para
graphs seemed to reflect upon the capacity and even upon the good
conduct of Mr. J. T. Dargan, the president and co-receiver of that com
pany.
The mere suggestion of either thought In connection with Sir. Dar-
gan made a great stir among hla multitude of friends in Atlanta, and
created a world of protest and of indignation.
As the suit progresses it has become quite evident that every one
of these allegations will fall harmless before the perfect record, official
and personal, which Mr. Dargan offers to the world.
A committee of the stockholders of the Atlanta-Birmlngham Insur
ance Company, consisting of H. O. Bagley and Willis E. Ragan, of Atlanta,
and W. G. Estes, of Birmingham, have given careful and deliberate in
vestigation to all the affairs of that company both before and after the
San Francisco fire, and in the full Interest of every Individual Interest
of the stockholders, their full report offered In the trial, not only com
pletely vindicates President Dargan of any fault either of judgment or ot
ethics, but pays the highest possible tribute to his extraordinary ca
pacity as an official and his unblemished Integrity as a man.
It Is a more than ordinary pleasure to The Georgian to record this
finding of so able and impartial a committee, nnd to congratulate Mr.
Dargan upon a happy and triumphant vindication before his fellow citi
zens and the commercial world- The result of the agitation will no doubt
serve to fix still more strongly in the confidence and respect of the
Wu have taxed
Jt; wo nave over
loaded every euiufhon carrier In the couulr> .
to have liberally patronised all lines or
•oinmerce, ntul presfcri Into service artisan*
of every calling. Still the rontliuicfi ami
continuous phenoiupiuil growth scud* .ihronit
the cry of more labor, and demands greater
transportation facilities nnd more rapid
service in everything.
We are llvlug at u fearfully rapid rote;
we fret at a moment's delay; we want
skyscrapers erected like mushrooms In a
night; we are restless, nervous, nnd con
stantly agitated; we want freight deliver
ed before It cau scarcely bo loaned on earn,
we murmur at enforced delays of traffic,
never considering the bulk of freight and
tho number of passengers to be transport
ed; we want tomorrow's newspaper ou to
day’s breakfast table; we want twelve
hours' work done In two hours' time, and
we nervously pans our years In pauornmle
* virtues*, feeling often that life is shun.
Indeed.
Lack of Wisdom and Toleranco.
With all this rapid hustle and hurry of
twentieth century life, we murmur and
chafe, when we have tnkeu no time what
ever to consider the cause of our displeas
ure. We never stop n moment to think.
Acting upon Impulse, often mlsgnlded. we
have frequently aud do frequently Impose
burden* upon heavily*weighted shoulders,
ami criticise worthy Individuals and corpo
ration* for shortcomings which oftetier than
otherwise arise from conditions over which
they haw no control, and of the existence
'.blcli wo have token no notice. Instead
xercising wisdom, taking time to think,
dealing Justly with our neighbor, and
throwing a mantle of charitable toleration
over the unavoidable shortcoming* of those
who are doing their best to serve us faith
fully with the facilities at their vomtuaud
- *- u puss hasty. 1 —•—*-•-
tch further liaL... „„ .
never coualder tiiai
ns well as Individuals,
should In* allowed the time and opportunity
iljust themselves to changed condition*
When wc act without wisdom, and hastily
enact restrictive legislation, we never con
sider that It shortens tho returns which
should Justly Inure to overwrought lalnir,
mental, physical, or meclmuical, and such
action is far from patriotic, nnd ln*tcnd of
being the exercise of ‘•moderation’* und tot
era lice It smacks of tyrauuy.
Part of aPtriolism.
In the headlong rush for wealth, in the
midst of rapid American dally life, lu the
restlessucts aud • prouenest to criticism
which characterize* our people, we look
with grave misgtviug but with n yearning
hope for ev I deuce* of pure patriotism. It is
the part of the patriot to yearn for the
welfare of hi* eouutry. 1 do not menu by.
the word “patriot" the man who is willing
to Imre his arm and shed hi* blood In lb"
lies!t 4fcf I'attle. Ottr ^nc-i-ban |>copb> an*
that
COL. ROBERT J. LOWRY.
President Lowry National Bank.
for nre thicker than our waving fields of
wheat. We have a martial patriotism which
can not be equaled anywhere In the world,
aud our heroism ns well as our nutsn
Ity in war Snake* the nations whirl
ami move In an atmosphere of police sur-
elllatice and militarism stand aghast,
ay we are not wanting In that kind of ....
trfotlsm. but that Is not the kind of pntrl
otlsm our forefathers had in tnlml when
they enjoined upon us the practice of the
cardinal virtue* of “wisdom, JUHtlce and
moderation.” They placed between these
column* the form of n continental soldier,
standing erect with Ills sword drawn from
icuhlmrd, showing that the military
branch of the public service I* ever present
If needed. But high nbovo his head towers
the strong cournu*. higher above hi* bead
rest* the great constitutional arch, showing
flint the civil Is superior to the tnllltarv,
nnd that to the wisdom. Justice and mod
oration of the civilian patriot of peace must
the citizen look for the safety of life and
property.
Less of {rnpulse Should Prevail.
The rime has come wheu reason should
control, nnd safe nnd sane men and meas
ures guide the ship of state forward,
should not he In too great a hurry;
should uot he too Impulsive, and ready to
condemn without due consideration of both
sides of such questions, public or personal,
as dally nrlse for our solution. When we
have wrought nny revolutionary change by
legislation which directly affects the lead*
Ing Interests of our great eouutry and upon
encouragement of which Interests so
much depends with reference to our future
we should then stand hack nt least a tuffl
dent time to survey the effect direct nnd
reflex upon our comtuou Interest* before
again turning the ember* aud renewing the
torturing flame. It la the part of wludom
to take Into due consideration the element*
of Justice nnd moderation In the enactment
of regulating legislation: It I* the part of
the patriot to lubricate the commercial
chlnery Inal end of clogging Its pros
with impeding enactments which ctn„.„
scribe It* possibilities of usefulness, and
put unjust limitations upon the returns of
which It Is worthy ns n public servant *
Is further the part of the patriot to
dder reflex Influt'tices of what purport* to
he direct legislation, for iu times of real
lessncs* It I* fata! to many Interests nnd
liidlvblnnls to pluuge this throbbing nation
Into the abyss of panic nnd loss of confi
dence.
Many of our prominent patriotic citizen*
tare recently made public utterances
which, reduced to their last nnilvhl*. but
emphasize the great principle* ciinnctatcil
by our ion I-of-arms, and urge the
zenry of this great country to cxeretKe
Itj. patience, wisdom and patriotism at
this time, when of all times It seems
that the murmnrlngs ami ?ompln!nts of
the less tolerant are the most audible
and ominous.
Protect Proper Investments.
It la* a fact of which no patriotic citizen
should lose sight that the’ bond* nnd other
securities of the great inriusMal Interests
of this country nre a very large part of
the asset* of life Insurance companies, fire
Insurance companies, saving* banks, and
other financial organization* upon the ex
istence of whleh so many of our people
dcpcinl for mean* to meet “the rainy day."
It I* a further fact that, n* some of our
worthy philanthropist* have so llbor.-rtlv
endowed colleges, schools, orphan asylum*
libraries, etc., these large sums have uliuc-st
universally t»eeii Invested permanently In
the secniitle* of gr-*nt iudiutrlal comimtdes.
Transportation comps Ole* all over thl* coun
try hnv.» floated their l*o»n| l-mi*** througb-
ouf tic length and breadth or Hi** land, and
irllie- bate •wen I (ought up In
stat
Ido.
i war to on. and lolnnteer* when called »ucU
y eoile
I Of* Of .
MPmulHI
h.iritable institution*
».i tin tor him*, orj Uru
The grentest obstacle in the way of people who might ac
quire the saving habit is—making .the start.
Once you open a savings account, the mere possession of
a bank-book creates within you a'sense of economy and a desire
to accumulate sufficient funds to finance future undertakings.
One Dollar will start an account with us.
We pay 4 per cent interest, compounded semi-annually in
our Savings Department.
MADDOX - RUCKER. BANKING CO.
asylums, etc., anil guardians of minor chll
firm Have Invested legacies lu the names
of their wards In bond*, stocks and other
seourjties of . the i
portatlon companl...
In view of these Investments, Is It the
part or wisdom or justice that a hue and
cry of criticism and censure should be
ilscd against
-Jjrnt serJousL. ...... .........
the value of these securities In the hands
of Innocent people? Is It the part of
wisdom for tue South today, the section
of this country toward which all eyea nre
turned, should criticise corporate Inter
ests, agitate a feeling of distrust aud din-
tension. and legislate to the serious detri
ment of the thousands and thousands of
.—_— ..... ....... (duals u seriouk
Iom* by their parting with their holdings
under panicky conditions brought about by
^rcrcllesa attack?
Our Future in Our Onw Hands.
The South today Is forging ahead with
rapid atrldes. nnd to suddenly chock her
progress, and cause n fnlllng of values,
would be well-high suicidal. Our future is
In our own hands, and by our own con
duct we may make or break ourselves.
From the stamljolnt of conservative sagac
ity,, and In the Interest of our present nnd
future prosperity, let us be reasonable,
fair, tolerant and conservative In our crit
icisms and demands of corporate Interest*.
Let us uot precipitate dlstrunt nnd loss of
confidence; let us make our field Inviting
for the healthful Immigration of good labor
and capital: lot tis Invite the. Investment
of money In tho development of our Im
mense natural resources; let us be contcrvn- *
five nnd patient. We need to Ik» less rest
less, less nervous, nnd more optimistic
and more encouraging. It matte
whether it is an Individual or a corpora
tion that merits our discussion; above all,
let us be Just.
Home may think now (hat a fight upon
corporate interests Is for the country’s
good, but the future will demonstrate to
the contrary, and. In the meantime, we wl“
suffer. Let us Invite corporations to 1<
cate among us, nnd encourage them, when
they do, for through these great Industrial
factors ouly can the resources of the Mouth
be developed, with which nature In her
bounty has so richly endowed our section.
He’ll Get the Girl.
Tommy Battles wns tnrned down when he
asked Elsie's father for hla consent. The
old man said that Tommy was a good boy,
but lacked persistency.
Wbnt la Tommy going to do about It?
He goes to the old man nnd asks him for
bis daughter three evenings evory week.—
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
' The Tailor’s Crest.
The tailor’s sign In a little Inland
town was an apple, simply an apple.
The people were amazed at It. They
came In crowds to the tailor, asking
him what on earth the meaning of the
sign was.
The tailor with a complacent smile
replied:
"If it hadn't been toy an apple where
would the clothing business be today?”
—Ladies' Home Journal.
STONE MOUNTAIN BAPTISTS
MEET IN CONVENTION.
Special to The Georgian.
Covington, Go., March 30.—The gen
eral meeting of the Stone Mountain
Baptist Association convened Friday
Salem Baptist church, Rockdale
county, eight mllea north of this city,
for a (three days’ session. Tho Intro
ductory sermon was preached by the
Rev. J. J. Stephenson. A number «*f
ministers and some forty or fifty lay
men. representing the churches com
posing the third district, are In at
tendance.
• /THIS
TRADE-MARK
Has made ten* of thou-
Muds of spectacle nnd eye
gin** wearers happy, it
stands for the “beat of
everything optical.”
It means a perfect oye
examination, the latest
rui service ns optician* to
the Southern people hna re-
suited lu nn acknowledged
repartition ns “the repre
sentative retail option!
house of I ho South.’ nnd
wo. are constantly on the
alert to maintain that rep*
uintlou.
A. K, HAWKESCO,
OPTICIANS
14 WHITEHALL ST.
125 PEACHTREE 8T.
(Two Store.)
VIOLIN 200 YEARS OLD
OWNED BY COVINGTON MAM,
Sprolnl to Tho floorglnii.
Covington, Ga., March 30.—Captain
I. D. Brlaendlne, of this place, h«» u
valuable relic In a violin nearly 2tw
years old. The violin was Imported
before the American revolution by rm«
of Captain Brtsendlne'a ancestors and
has been handed down from several
generations of the family. The Instru
ment Is said to have originally coat
3500.
NEWTON BOND ISSUE
PASSED ON BY JUDGE ROAN.
Special to The' Georgian.
Covington. Ga., March 30.—Judge L.
S. Roan, while presiding at the spring
term of Newton county superior court,
passed favorably upon the legality of
the recent bond Issue of 320,000 for
municipal Improvements. Among the
uses to which this fund will be applied
Is the construction of an annex to the
city high school building.
MRS. CARRIE AIKEN DIES
IN NEWTON COUNTY, GEORGIA.
Special to The Georgian.
Covington, Ga., March 30.—News has
been received here of the death of .Mrs.
Carrie Aiken, which occurred nt Stew
art, In the southern part of Newton
county, Thursday night. The deceased
was the widow of the late I)r. Robert
Steele Aiken, a r prominent physician,
and was In the 69th year ht her age.
Surviving her are five sons and four
daughters, who reside In different sec
tions of Gcorgln.
HOW TO SUCCEED
By JAMES J. MONTAGUE.
Washington, D. C„ Feb. 11.—Gillespie and MncArthur, Ryan's part
ners. whose price for digging the canal Is 3fv000.000 more than their
competitors, are again to be heard by the president.
If you are wearying of work
For very little pay.
If poverty and hardshlpjrk
Your soul from day to day,
Just take this nifty little tip
And Fortune soon will smile:
Quit work and go In partnership
With Ryan for a while.
If you have Jjttle Influence
And can not get In right
With senators and presidents.
Don’t grlevd about your plight.
Let every old acquaintance Blip,
Throw on a little style.!
And go get Into partnership
With Ryan for a while.
If you would land a contract big,
And haven't any pal
With cash enough on hand to dig
The Panama canal.
Don't say: "Well, let the blame
thing rip!"
This scheme beats that a mile.
Go get yourself In partnership
With Ryan for a while.
If you would run for president
Next year, you need not sec
The bosses or get the consent
Of the poor G. O. P.
Give this straight, wisdom-laden tip
A fair. Impartial trial:
Go Into private partnership
With Ryan for a while.
Absolutely
Pure.
The
Careful
Housewife
uses
no other.
hCYAL BlKmO, POWDER CO., NEW YORK.