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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. hrk THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN (AND NEWS) ;OHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor. F. L. SEELY, President. Published Every Afternoon, (Except Ponder) By THE GEORGIAN COMPANY. At SS West Alnbamt 8L, Attante. Ga. Subscription Rates: one Tear M f® Six Month* fg Three Months t * By Carrier. Per Week W Telephone* conoeetlng all depart* tuent*. Long dlatanre termlnxl*. Smith A Thompson. advertLIng rejp- reeentritlvee for all territory outald* of 8S& office Trfbnns Building New York office Potter Bonding If you Imre snjr tronWo irtllnr TIIB GEORGIAN AND NEWS telephone the circulation department nod bare It- prompt If remedied. Telephones. Bell 49.7 main. Atlanta 4401. It la desirable that all oonnMet; S ana Intended for RORGIAX AND NEWS lie limited to 0 words In length. It la that they be altned. as nn evidence of good fi*lth. Rejected innnuacrlpta will not bt retnrned unless stamps are sent for the purpose. THE GEORGIAN .AND NEWS prints no unclean or objectionable ad- rerilalne. Neither does It print whisky or any liquor ada. orrT PLATFORM: The Georgian and News atond# for AthUytti °^* 1 Its own gas and electric light Pjf" t, I aa It now owns Its water works. Other cities do this and get gas as low as « cents, with a profit to the dir. This should be done at once. The Georgian and New* bellerca that If street rail- R ya can be operated successfully by ropean cities, na they are, there fa no good reason why they can not be so operated here. But we do not believe tola can be done now, and It may be pome years before we are wady for ao big an undertaking. Still Atlanta should set Its face In that direction NOW. Unsuccessful Success. A Kansas woman, Mrs. A. J. Stan ley, of Lincoln, baa been awarded a . prise of $250 by n Boston firm for the best answer to the question, "What constitutes success?" She wrote: • "He haa achieved euccest who has lived well, laughed often snd loved much; who has gained the* respect of Intelligent men and the love of little children; who haa filled hie niche and accomplished hi* task; who has left the world better than he found It, whether by an Improved poppy, a per fect poem or a rescued soul; who ha* never lacked appreciation of aarth'a beauty o.r failed to expreit It; who haa always looked for the beet In others and given the beat he had; whose Ilfs was an Iniplratlon; Whose memory a benediction.”—Kanina City Indepen dent. A Chair of Public Speaking in Our Colleges. We fall Into line with prompt and hearty agreement beside that alum nus of our university who advocate* the establishment of a Chair of Ora tory and Public Speaking In the fa mous Institution of the state. Tbe absence of this as a distinct department marks one of the ele ments In which our state university Is behind tbe great educational cen ter* of other states. There Is not a college of any note In tbo middle states or In thb fiaat or West in which the Chair of Oratory Is not an essential and exceedingly popular one. The whole life and trend of student life bas been changed , and elevated by these departments. The Intellectual and political life of the middle atatea and the West have been almost remade by the Influence of these great chairs of public speak ing and the champion debates 'and oratorical contests which have grown out of them. Bryan and Beveridge, and Bailey, and Towne and Landis and Champ Clark, and Late Pence, and Wolcott, and Dolliver, and Cousins, and nearly all the'young and brilliant statesmen of those secUops who have gone at a bound to fame and power in the na tional congress—are all graduates of these departments and nearly all of them prise winners In these great and no£le contests of speech. We are losing out in the 8outh in this great Held in which we held so long all the laurels of the Republic. , We bsren't developed a national ora tor In congresa from tbe central South In years, while every season sends some new and virile young Westerner to tho front In national de bate. Our academies and boys' prepara tory schools have almost cut decla mation and debate out of tho curricu lum, and the very sentiment for pub lic speaking Is dying out of our edu cational ijwtem—even while Bryan la making a mighty object lesson In tbe sight of men of the pqxer of oratory In the affairs of our world. What has come to us In the South in these later days that we are dis counting and neglecting the training of our youth In oratory and debate? What bas come to us unless It be the material greed that shuts out,with a dollar ths horizon of tbe noblest In tellectual endeavor? Where are our statesmen to come from, our reason- era and orators to be found for the South's great assertion and equality In that mighty arena which holds our future place In history? Years ego tbe editor of this paper suited a great movement which re- •M.e-; -,<er—.* Ir the areal art of n'- lege oratory. Inspired the youth of our | state Institutions, and set the capital dty of Georgia in a blaze of unparal leled Interest and excitement ever} year over the state oratorical contest in which Athens and Emory and Mer- cer and the Tech and Dahlonega com peted In the noblest of arenas for the highest of prizes. The old fogy folly of some educators of that early day killed the associa tion. and with it died the spirit of or atory in young Georgia. Let us revive it now. Let us put a chair of oratory and public speaking at the university. Let us have one at the other colleges. Let us teach our sons once moro the noble art which made their fathers famous throughout the world. Let us lay the foundation for some other statesmen and orator* to Illus trate the South. The dollar Is actually growing com mon. Let us lift up the art of speech again. . THB BRYAN- ROOSEVELT SUGGESTION CAN WAIT. So far as Tbe Georgian is concerned the Bryan-Roosevelt suggestion It at rest. , It has done It* work, performed Ita mission and can wait for further vindication upon that time which hat brought Indorsement to nearly all the other serious positions which Its author has assumed. The suggestion has had a wide and notable Indorsement Tbe office- holders and the politicians on either aide bare opposed It, as we knew of course they would. Many of tho newspaper* which are themselves pure politicians, have treated It with skeptical protest The local newspapers are, aa all men know, not normal on any proposition In which a competing contemporary I* concerned. On the other band many of tbe strongest and moat influential news papers of the republic have given high Indorsement and approval to the plan. All of them from Maine to California have discussed It most elabo rately. And the people—the practical citizen, the practical business man, the fanner, the mechanic, the laborer and the student have sent In a swelling volume of applauding letters and have given us In multitudes of mes sages and cordial handshakes the assurance that the suggestion struck a responsive chord among the people. Many of these publications and let ter* we have published In The Georgian. There are hundreds which wo cannot find a place for. but whose writers and tenders we desire to thank with all our hearts for the touch of grsteful kinship which they make be tween ns. These letters and papers speak for themselves. Surely noth ing more representative, nothing more convincing could be desired. We were never more confidently sure than we are today that the peo ple are In sympathy with the spirit and nature of that suggestion. If there were any way to bring It to a test by ballot, the result would astonish tbe politicians who believe that tbo mats of the people are ■till blindly loyal to parties, without regard to principles and achieve ments. We are serene In the consciousness that we have bettered the senti ment of politics by the auggestlon. The Ideal which It presented was high, unselfish and essentially American. It was in accord with the spir it of representative government. Itwaa honest, patriotic and founded es sentially upon devotion to democratic principles which a great man was fearlessly working out. It commanded nowhere greater respect than In the mind and heart of tho Groat Democrat In whose presence It was frankly voiced. It has done much to allay, the bitterness of faction, and to soften tbe sharp asperities which have divided the sections and the parties. And It has stirred end quickened the ranks of tho Democratic party aa nothing haa done slnco the last national election. It at this moment tho leaders are aroused, the politicians' stirring, and the assemblies are aroused, It la In pfrt because of tho Interest and activity quickened by that Chattanooga speech. It Is tho basis of nearly halt tbe Jefferson ban quet speeches In different cities of the country, and It has altered tho nature and trend of tommpnt In half the party papers of tho states. It has left Its author and this nowspnper not one whit less loyal to the creeds and principles for .which they have always stood. To that Democ racy which believes In equal rights \o all and special privilege to none— In the greatest good of the greatest number, In a government for the many and not for the fow—In the honest and economical administration of government, lit the reserved rights of tho states and In a tariff for rev enue only—to that eternal Democracy which stands for the plain people of this great government, wo are consecrated In that devotion which la founded on principle and la not baaed upon tbe spurious loyalty of apolli. Somehow, some time, we want to get tbat real Democracy separated frotfr tho counterfeit article that la accustomed to doctor platforms In or der to win eleetlons, and which Is willing to nominate candidates upon the subtle plea that “they are not offensive to the trusts.'' Wherever and whenever we can, we shall advise the people that the only hope of thla old Democratic pfrty of our fathers Is to purge It of name principles and of some politicians that our fathers did not pledge themselves to follow, and which wo are,under no personal nor hereditary obligations to sustain. And always we shall, without fear or reserve, advise the people tbat a deep and sincere conviction of public duty or of public honesty out weighs In honor and In patriotism the claim of any party or the command of any caucus mado by men. This Is the freest, the bravest and the cleanest people in all the world. They are ripe for the reign of honesty, and they are ready everywhere for the rule of principle and patriotism In tho representative republic In which wo lire. ■ * ATLANTA WOMAN’S MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION. We have several times taken occasion to refer to the excellent work being done by this society, wbleh la composed of ladles from the different churches In Atlanta, and whose particular work la to malntalu matrons at both railroad stations to meet the Incoming trains both day sod night and to help strangers both coming to Atlanta and patting through tho city, particularly young women. At the annual report of the association held recently. It was shown that daring the year ending April 1, 1907, 5,969 persons were helped In va rious ways. This Is over 200 people a day—an astonishing record. Boarding places were found for a great many, and employment was found for over a hundred persons. This association Is supported by the voluntary offerings of tbe different churches, and by nn appropriation made by the city government. The constantly growing work, noble and beneficent, however, brings continually Increasing expenses, and the co-operation of every well-wlsber Is earnestly desired. Tbe 'president of the asaaclntlon Is Mrs. R. M. Walker, 1371 Peachtree street. Full details can be obtained front her, and any one wishing to contribute to help along as noblo a work as Atlanta contains may send their contributions to her. THE GEORGIA EDUCATIONAL ASSOCIATION. - The coming meeting of the Georgia Educational Association In Ma con this week la likely to be one of far-reaching Importance. The recent appointment of fifty business men by Chairman S. M. In man to meet for educational conference In Atlanta May 24th, Is but part of a general forward movement begun at the Georgia Educational Asso ciation one year ago. '-A committee was appointed to aubnilt something definite by way of betterment of the profession and Improvemeht of education in Georgia. This committee la beaded by T. J. Wooftcr, professor of education In the University of Georgia. Other members arc Prof. J. M. Pound. Super intendent L. B. Evans, Co-Superintendent E. W. Childs and Prof. J. Henry Walker. The meeting tn Macon will confer on this report. The chairman. Professor Woofter. had a conference with a quorum of bis committee at Plnchurst, and be Is now completing the report to submit. This report will ha mnstrWilve In Its nature, enter further than ever liefnre to or- following ganlze, „ unify and professionalize education In Georgia are somo of tho needs to be laid before tho association: 1. A professional State Board of Education In lieu of the present board of state house officers. 2. A State Superintendent of Schools substituted for the state school commissioner, and this officer given more power to unify and supervise the educational work of the state. 3. An amendment to the constitution favoring .the development of high schools, especially rural filgh schools. 4. The county school commissioner changed to county superintend ent of scbopls for more effective supervision; 6. Local taxation stressed for Increased school funds and longer termi. Increased appropriations also asked. 6. The teaching profession put on a footing with other professions. 7. An effective organization of teachers. Definite propositions will be made looking to the fallowing (1) The financing of our school system wisely and effectively. (2) The securing of trained and efficient teachers for all schools. (3) The proper supervision for organization, management and leader ship In Improvement The propositions of the committee as approved by the association will go finally to the legislature. Mr. Inman's committee will doubtless back it up. Governor-elect Hoke Smith will favor educational reform. Therefore, the coming meeting In Macon bids fair to be one of the greatest Importance. All people Interested In school reform should at tend this meeting. Chancellor Barrow Is president of the association and •has arranged a splendid program for Thursday night, Friday and Sat urday morning. , The committee's report comes up Friday morning at 9 o'clock. Surely no movement more vital and Important has stirred the modern educational life of Georgia. The Young Business Man . who has demonstrated ability successfully to con duct a small business will receive special atten tion and consideration from this bank. Newly organized firms and corporations will have every courtesy extended their business re sponsibility may warrant. > MADDOX-RUCKER BANKING CO. NOW FOR "ROOSEVELT DEMOCRATS' In the course of a speech delivered at a banquet given at Chattanooga, Tenn., In honor of William J. Bryan, on Wednesday night, John Temple Graves. of Atlanta, Ga., declared that "Roosevelt fcbould be nominated for president by the Democratic partv and that Rryan should make the nomination speech." He did not add, how ever, that to make thla nomination entirely appropriate, Mr. Bryan should nleo * placed upon the ticket aa the candidate vice-president. At first glance this suggestion of Roose velt as the Democratic nominee for presi dent la 2908 will Impress the average reader is one of those Idiotic outbursts which are nsepnrably connected with national politics In this country. But quiet consideration will show that there la reason to fear that the Democratic party, as tbe time for Its national convention approaches, will find more Democrats of tbe John Temple Graves -* i In existence, and may t>e confronted aome of them clamoring for the con vention to name President Roosevelt aa the head of the Democratic ticket One hae only to look at the record of the recent congress. In connection with the pro gram laid down by the chief executive for the guidance of that body, to obtain a strong Intimation of the strength of what may be called “Roosevelt sentiment" among Democrats. The conversion of the president to some of the doctrines which, when pro posed by Mr. Bryan, more than a decade ago. were retarded aa dangerously radical. If not actually revolutionary, drew to his side n large number of the Democratic members in both bouses of congress. In deed, It Is mpre than probable that bad the Democratic members been lined up solidly In support of Democratic policies, and op- posed to'the policies of the president, the latter would have been beaten In his fight nson of the opposition which he en- ered at the hnuds of the Republican _ Ity. Democratic co-operation and sup port mado the president strong enough to defv the recalcitrants of hls own party, and to compel the submission of many Ke- lubllcans who. had it not been for this ‘"nocratlc support, would have gladly ar- »d themselves in open opposition to tbe ildent living arrayed themselves In support of resident chosen by the opposite political ty, and having thus ennbfed him to de- , the hostile elements of bis own partv, jy Democrats feel political sympathy with ths president, particularly Democrats of the radical atrlpe who believe In the doctrines of Mr. Bryan, which President Roosevelt bis swallowed with soch.nvldlty. What more natural, therefore, that! to find this manifest sympathy assuming the form of a desire to take advantage of President Roosevelt's personal popularity, nml Ms ready acceptance of jhiIIcIcs which Mr. Bryan has long sought to establish as purely Democratic, and endeavor to win victory by making him the standard bearer of the Democratic party In next year's campaign. The natural Inclination of the .ror.ge Democrat will be to dl.mls. this .ofgp.tlou 22*5, * *”!* of disdain and « contemptnon, y-rdlctof Its "absolute lmpo,«lblllt}•. , • nut thla disposal of the unsavory .uxswtlon will not cum It to down. What would “H awmed more of a politic! Impos.l- bllity, or s political moc.tro.lty, a year be fore Its consummation, than the .unction of the nomination of Ilona Greeley for president by the Democratic national con tention of 1972. And yet that sanction, abnormal, even revolting, as It waa lo every respect. Anally hypnotised the convention so completely, despite the Democratic asso ciation of the city of Baltimore, tn which It wee held, that the vole of sterling Bern- SfTfT-. wh,n "ia** 1,1 protest, w.e repn- dieted In scorn end the fever-struck dele gates, by an overwhelming majority. In dorsed tbe nomination of Greeley and Brown. •• previously made by tbe Liberal. He^ubllcan national gitberlug In Clncln- But there were conditions and ctrcnin .lances that aided the nomination of Ores- Icy which by no methods of argument can be made to apply to the proposition of the nomination of ltooaevelt by The Democrat., In 1972 the Democratic party waa jn.t be ginning to recover from the effect! of tbe clyll war, and delegate from the Southern states to the Democratic national conven tion of that year a; In their support of a one-time rabid abolltlonlat their absolute acceptance of tho new condition, arising from the result of the great civil conflict, and their devotion to the c.u.e of tbe re stored Union. Fortunately no inch conditions can npply to tho suggested nomination of Mr. B<x»c- velt for prealdent by the Democrat, of the country. The South now stand. In Demo cratlc national convention! as a command ing Influence and a recognised element of national politic., on all-Tours with every other section of tbe country and with not South could confront the Impo.alble Hnoae- extrancoue considerations. It may be that the mad nr m of Roosevelt l«m among Democrat, will die out before the assembling of next year's Democratic national contention. It la hoped so. at any rate, for that gathering will here sufficient trouble on Its band, without being reaufred to deni with a lot of political maniacs and tholr crexy suggestions. But already there •re Intimation, that tbe shadow of tbe "big •tick" will fall; across tho thro,bold of tho convention halL If reel Democracy pre- y»Ue, however, there will be no danger of the shadow assuming the slightest ante stance.—Wilmington (Del.) Every Evening. * 0**0********too***OOOOOOOOOO**•***•«*«••*0,1 The Soul Cannot Die. By CAMILLE FLAMMARION. r llAT tbe sou! exists aa a force we do not doubt, that It Is one with tbe cerebral atom, the principle of organization, we mav admit. That thus survives the dissolution of the body we conceive. Hut what becomes of It? Whither does go? The greater number of aoula are not even conscious of their existence. Of tbe 1,600,- 000,000 human beings who people our planet, ninety-nine one-hundredths do not think. What use should they moke of Immortal ity? As the molecule of Iron floats without being conscious of It In the blood which throbs beneath tbe brow of a Lamartine or a Victor Hugo, or remains for a time at- “ id t* * - * of fWl. , r I t o* water swallowed by a fisb Into the abysses of the aea, so do the living atoms which bare never thought slunil>er. To the souls Wh“ Intellectual life. tellectual life. They are the guardians the Inheritance of humanity and augment for the ages which are yet to come. Vere It not that the human eouls, who are conscious of their existence and live by the spirit, are limnortnl, the whole history of tbe earth would end In nothing, and the en tire creation tbat of the greatest of worhls. — well as our own Insignificant planet, Id be a specious absurdity more vile and lelesa than the meanest worm that us well as our own Inslj woof* ‘ * ;... ... senseless than the meanest worm that crawla. Thla has a raison d'etre, and tbe universe should have noue! Tan you nictate to yourself myriads of worlds attaining to the utmost splendor of life ami thonght succeeding each other end lessly In tha history of the sidereal universe for uo other end than to* give birth to hopes perpetually deceived, to pen ' - - Wf progress, proved such by the whole history * nature. Souls are the seed of tho pint) a population*. in souls then transport themselveg from one planet to tho other?" I hear some one ask. Nothing Is so difficult to comprehend ns that we are Ignorant of. while nothing Is simpler than what we know. Who womlera today nt seeing human .joughts Instantaneously transmitted across continents and oceans by telegraph wires nml cables, or even without these, by wire- less telegraphy. Who wonders st seeing light transmitted from one star to another with n velocity 300.000 kilometers n second? Besides, onlv philosophers would Ih» able to appre ciate these marvels; the vulgar herd Is sur- prised at nothing. If hr means of some new discovery we were able tomorrow to semi messages to the Inhabitants of Mar*, and to receive answers return, three-fourths of mankind would hare ceased to wonder at If the ilny after. Yes, living principles of force can trans port themselves from one world to the laws nml romlltinus to be ohscrroil, My will, by the nbl of mv muscles, has iwer ti> move my it mi to throw a stone; I take In tuv hand a weight of 20 kilo- 1, It still has power to n ' I try to raise it ton. It < ertuln spirit* are Incapable of activ ity whatever: other* bare attain / trnn ■H-endeiit power*, Moanrr. nt $ years i»f ace. made nil who heard him feel the s|»cll of hls musical ge nius and published, nt 18. hls first two Army •Navy Orders MOVEMENT OF VE38EL3. Washington, April 23.—Colonel James Par ker, to Eleveutb cavalry. Lieutenant Colo nel Walter L. Finley, to Thirteenth caval ry. Major Tyree * It. Rivers, to Ninth cav alry. Captain Wallace M. Crnlgle, to Ninth cavalry. Captain Samuel Van Leer, Fonrtn cavalry. First Lieutenant Clarence A; Scott, to Second cavalry. First Lieutenant Marr O’Conner,• to Fifteenth cavalry. Captain James D. Reams, from Twenty-fifth to Thirtieth Infantry*. Chaplain Oscar J. W. __ „ fifth Infantry. First Sergeant Frnuk Mar- tines, Company C, Xlutb Infantry, placed upon retired (1st. Promotion of Major Morris K. Barroll, artillery corps, to present grade from that of captain, announced. 8e«-ond Lieutenant William L. Pattersou, Eighteenth Infkntr report to Brigadier General Charles B. Ha ns aide de camp on hla stuff. Following enlisted men, signal corps, to Seattle, reporting to commanding general, department of Columbia, for duty lo con nection with Alaskan cable system, under chief signal officer of tbat department. a Privates Charles J. Hobbs and Fred C. Ryan. Fort Omaha. First Class Private F.dward J. France, signal corps, on Imard cable boat Burnside, discharged from tha army. Recruit Hnmuel It. Mct>earman. Infantry, recruit depot. Fort Slocum, transferred to hospital corps SENATOR DILLINGHAM ELECTED CHAIRMAN. Washington, April 23.—The commis sion appointed In pursuance of the ac tion of the last congress to Investigate conditions In connection with the sub ject of Immigration, met yesterday and organized by electing. Senator Dilling ham, of Vermont, aa chairman. FOR WEEKS Tf4ESE NEGROES ARE TO EAT MOLASSES. New Orleans, La., April 21.—It lx an nounce^ that nine negro Inmate* of the parish jail will be uxed by the atate board of health In a five weeks' test to learn whether sugar moloaaet, a* It hot been made In Louisiana for many ears. Is Injurious to human health. Sul phuric acid Is used In the Louisiana process and the use of this chemical re cently was stopped under an Interpre tation of the pure food law.- Alleged Agent Arretted. Pittsburg. April 29.—After two weeks' work on the part of three post- office Inspectors, Samuel Conkle, alias J. W. Clark, who It accused of having; sold a large number of tickets of the Sierra Madras Imperial Lottery Com pany, of Mexico, In this vicinity, was ' ‘ ' rday at hls ‘ arrested yestei Chester, W. Va. home In \ GLASSES FITTED "Tho roprecentatlxe retell optics! bonMof the south." A careful, exhaustive snd complete examination of the eyes eud, the lateat styles glasses fitted. Ask to soe the new Tories and the teml-larlsl- hie Bifocal* Thirty-Are yeare at opt!- dans to tbo Southern peo- pie—of much consequence to you when you need glasses. A.K.HawkesCo OPTICIANS -Two ) Id Whitehall Street Stores ) 125 Peachtree Street RIGHT OR WRONGt By MARCEL ROCHON had written nothing worthy of hi* nam«> In-fort* thirty. We tit nut not think tho aotil notour* lo whim. «u|M»r»jar , *r;il world Tbo;-** la nothing that l« nor In Xatnra. D !» orarrwjy mon> Hun a hniHlrv,! thosnutnil veara itm Naval Orders.- Llent#naut roiuiunnilar R. K. Crank, de tached IcOuUlann. home watt orders; Lieu tenant <’ouimanner A. II. dchales, detached Columbia to MtMonrl: Lieutenant A. Knurr, detached Missouri home, wait orders; Lieutenant W. R. Sexton, detached Maine to l.oulainnit: Ensign G. A. Beall. Jr., de tached LotilMinna to Iowa; Midshipman .V. M. Smith, detached navy department, wait orders; raosed Assistant Hurgeim r. A. Asseran detached Columbia to Kansas; I'aime? Assistant Surgeon J. T. Kennedy, detached Hancock, to naval tneillrnl ki*hool, Washington; Assistant jk — - - Crea. to navy yanl. Noi Chief Boatswain G. B. Monrrlef, detached Cntioiiicus am! continue ditties navy yard Norfolk: Chief Bontswoln K. M. Isaac, de tached Franklin, to comtnnnd Minutonomoh; Boatswain II. M. Anderson, detached linn- cock to Virginia: Gunner J. F. Carrno' detached Hancock to Tacoma: Gunner Mitchell, detnehed Tacouin. home, wait orders; Warrant Machinist F. G. Hprengel. detnehed Indiana. May 1: Pay Director J. It. Roflfleld, retired, dleil at New York April 1. Movements of Vessels. Arrived: April 20. Galveston at Amoy; Dixie nud Des Moines et Havana; Cleve land at Hampton Ronds; IVntucket at Nor folk; Chattanooga at bhlnkwan; Vesuvius nt Boston. April 21. Kt. Louis at New port News; georpUM nt Santiago de Cuba; Paul Jones nt Mnre Island. Sailed: April 20, Cleveland from Nor folk for Hampton rnuton Ronds; Yorktown from Acapulco Tor AuiimiIs; Sr. Louis from New- ^t for Newport News. April 2L Ueuver port for Xewp4»rt News. April 2L Deuve from league island for Hampton Ronds. U state of lielng. During millions niary, secondary and tertiary pei. was not upon etrth u single tnlnd to ap preciate the gbwloue spectacle* If offered. rintw miicr-stel from Its chrvsel- lug ascent. lor untile; man I. uf recast dale upon the pi,.et, Nntare I. an tuiceoMii* imeen. the uni reree I, n iierpelaal Ure-wlng, • roer-eod- From my youth I remember an Inci dent of which I think very often, even today, when I am sn old man. I worked together with my father, an honest cobbler, and though we both did our best with awl and needle, we did not always make enough to buy meat every day. On such days when no ■ money had come In I often went down to the river laid In the afternoon to I luck with the rod. The river w of fish, and very seldom I came back empty-handed. One Saturday afternoon In June had chosen a place on the bank quite near the old mill. I was on tho point of going home when I heard the drunk ard, Nicholas, coming along. None of us In the village had much use for Nicholas, and I always tried to avoid him and hid myself In the wil lows on the bank. Nicholas had eight children. Every year hls poor wife, Nanette, presented him with a new edition to the family, and every year she grew thinner and weaker. But weak though she was, Nanette wae never Idle. Summer and winter she worked from dawn to sunset In the factory, and as she was a skilful work' er she made not a little money. Nicholas himself never did anything but wait for hls wlfo outside the fac tory on pay day to take away the money from her and spend It In the nearby saloons. When the money was K ne be went home and beat hls wife cause the had not given him more. I could hear him at he came along talking to himself. "Look out Nicho las," he said, "death Is lying in wait for you at the plank, but——" The rest was unintelligible, but he did not know how true were hla words. I could from my hiding place see the center of the primitive bridge, and soon I saw Nicholas come walking along maintaining hls equilibrium with great difficulty. He was about ten feet from the other bank, when somebody gave him a push and he fell Into the water. My heart stopped beating, for I .had plainly recognised hit wife, Nanette, ax she rushed away after committing the ■crime. Without a moment’s hesitation I Jumped Into the river. The water was deep and the current very swift and Nicholas no longer to be seen. I dived once, twice, but In vain. Fifteen minutes later I knocked at the door of hls shanty. A faint light waa visible through the windows, a sign that Nanette was still up. "Who Is there?" she cried. We knew each'other from our school days, so all 1 said was; "Open the door." "is It you, Victor? What do you want?" "I must speak to you.” A couple of minutes passed. "Nanette," I cried, when she openefl the door, "what have you done?" She guessed Immediately that I had seen her and her voice was unnaturally calm as ehe asked: "Did you recognize me?" “Yes, I recognized you—at the bridge --you pushed Nicholas Into the river." "I do not deny It,” came the reply in the same calm tone. "But why—why did you do It, Nan ette?" "Why?" With her right hand she pointed through the door: "My eight children are sleeping In there. I had to choose between them and their father. To night we had a quarrel, as uwual on Saturdays. I had brought home from the factory nineteen francs. He want ed to take ten. I would not give them to him, and 111 a fit of anger he hit me until 1 began to spit blood. Then he took all the money and went away, leaving me upconscloup on tho floor. For. ten years I have suffered In pa tience. What should I do? I felt that my strength was falling, that I could not long continue working In the factory. Three, times this week I have fainted at my work. I am only 24 year* old, and If more children were to come, what could I do to support them: those I now have starve half the time and freeze almost to death In the win ter. Who Is the more guilty of us two, Victor? Is it Nicholas or J?" Until now she had spoken calmly and In a low voice, but she grew ex cited as she continued: "No, no, and again no! I am not sorry. I must protect my children. Yea, I did push their father Into tho river —I confess It—but I have nothing to regret, and never will. It could not go on this way. I would have died, and what would then have becomo of my children? If one has given them life, one must provldo for them. And now I will see that they do not starve. The drunkard Is no longer here to take away my week’s wages every week. Ws will live poorly, that It true, but the children will never starve. That Is all I have to say." She turned away and went Into the Uttle house with a defiant toes of her head, slamming the door behind her. I passed a sleepless night When morning came I did not go to the po lice. Nicholas- body was found In the forenoon, and everybody thought he had died through on accident—that he had fallen Into the water while drunk. Nanette died six years ago, so I ran tell the story now. Did I do right In keeping secret Nan ette's crime? FUNERALQFMRS. HILL TUESDAY AFTERNOON The funeral services of Mrs. Caro line H. Hill, wife of Charles D. Hill, solicitor general of the superior court of Fulton county, who died -Monday morning at her resilience, 604 Piedmont avenue, will be conducted Tuesday aft ernoon at 3 o'clock at the Sacred Heart church. Rev. Father Gunn will offi ciate. The Interment will be In Oak land cemetery. Mrs. Hill was a mem ber of one of the most prominent fam ilies In the state, being the daughter of the late Colonel D. U. Hughes. Be sides her husband, she Is survived by one ton. Harvey Hill, one. of tbe lead ers of the younger members .of the bar. Her brother, Hon. Dudley M. Hughes, of Danville, Ga., also survives her. Row In Greek Restaurant. Special to The Georgian. Columbus, Go., April 31.—Columbus' leading Greek restaurant on Twelfth street was "cleaned out" at 1 o'clock yesterday morning by a crowd of me* and boys, and before the trouble was over almost a' riot was In progress. One of the Greek waiters became Ineulled at a remark ipade by a visitor. Greek cooks and waiters swarmed out frotu the rear part of the building and a gen eral free-for-all fight ensued. Christian Endeavor Rally. A grand rally of the Christian Kn- deavor Society will be held Monday night st the Central Congregate nal church, when William Shaw, general secretary of the Christian Endeavor movement, will be greeted and heard. A painting of John O. Carlisle h*.J;^* received be tho Kentucky Historical and placed lit tbe historical rooms at J ran* fort alongside of the former foveroor* flitttafulshed Kentuckians. It was PjJn'JJ In 1893. while Mr. Carlisle wns •wretarf of tbe trensurjr, bjr II. liolke. BAKING POWDER Makes delicious hot biscuit, griddle cakes, rolls and muffins.