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Tfifl ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
MONDAY, MAY 27, 1907.
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN
(AND NEWS)
JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor.
F. L. SEELY, President.
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sod News stands for Atlanta's owning
Its own gas and electric light plants,
as ft now owns Its water works. Other
cities do this and set gaa as low as M
cents, with a profit to ths dir. This
should be done at once. The Georgian
and Ntwa believes that If street rail
ways can be operated successfully by
Earopean cities, as they are, there Is
no good reason why they can not be eo
operated her* But we do not believe
this can be done now, and It may be
B me years before we are ready for so
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last resort for paragraphorg, when
both of the other places are closed to
them? We nevor anticipated quite ns
condign punishment ae that.
If The Houston Post doesn't stop
talking about "Coosle" river catfish,
the genuine Coosa river piscatorial de
light will perish of shame at such Ig
norance of the correct spelling of the
name.
"Pete.” the white house bulldog, won
some degree of publicity by taking a
bite out of sundry nmbaasadors and
government clerks, but when he tried
It on a mongrel canlno he got a drub
bing that has made him the target for
countless paragraphic gibes.
If there Is tho least cause to sus
pect that all le not ae it should be In
any department ot the city govern
ment or in any organisation affecting
the membership ot such department,
prompt steps should bo taken looking
to a thorough Investigation. Neither
personal considerations nor a false
sense of deference to the feelings of
any official, high or low, should retard
action In such a matter. The welfare
of the majority and the Integrity of
tjie administration of tho affair* of
any and all municipal branches Is of
more Importance than personal or po
litical considerations.
The Dallas Tlmet-Herald has some
views of Mr. Bryan's candidacy which
seem to fairly represent the sentiment
of the great state of Texas. Here
they are:
Mr. Bryan will not surrender his
Individual views and It I* and ever
will be Impossible for radical Dem
ocrats and Democrats ot tho
Thomas Fortune Ryan type to
think alike or act together. Mr.
Ryan is the real leader of the
Eastern wing of the Democsatlc
party and he stands for the samo
Ideas and the same policies Mr.
Hsrrlman represents In the Re
publican party. Mr. Bryan's Madi
son Square Garden speech anent
government ownership ot railroads
was a most unfortunate declara
tion for the reason that 6,000,000
Democrats In thla nation who have
been loyal at all times to the Ne
braskan are opposed, Bret and last
and b11 the time, to government
ownership of public service corpo
rations Mr. Bryan’s latest declara
tion, that government control of
railroad* will be a failure, is a hu
miliating admission that the Cre
ator can not Control its creatures.
Mr. Bryan 1* mistaken, that's all.
The American people ere not go
ing to buy the railroads or other
public service corporation*. They
* m coins to control them.
GORDON AND HIS PLACE.
If on Saturday wo voiced an Implied question of the right of John B.
Gordon to monopolise so large a portion of the- state’s regard as his por
traits and monuments might suggest, today we answer tho question In
the affirmative.
Measured by mere material questions of economics and Industrial
life—by legal acumen or constitutional grasp, the soldier statesman might
not be ranked with some of Georgia's public men more closely linked to a
material age.
Hill was a greater debater, Stephens a more constructive statesman,
Toombs a more brilliant publicist, and Joe Brown a stronger figure In ma
terial lines.
But statesmanship at last must be based upon the capacity to meet
the peculiar conditions and demands of the times In which one lives—and
by this standard, John B. Gordon bolds bis own with the best of them.
HI* was the day of sectional suspicion—of sectional self-assertion. And
who Is there that thinks will deny the full measure In which Gordon met
the South's necessities In bis stormy day? There was a time when It waa
worth more to have John Qordon stand with that scar—an epic poem—on
his cheeks and look the American senate In the face, than to hear the
ablest constitutional argument that could be spoken from the South with
in that august assembly. Not a statesman of our history could have an
swered for us better, or as well, In those times when men were more than
arguments, and personality more potential than reason. No man in the
seventies could have anawered for the South of the alxties but a soldier
with a record and a brave man with a brave heart In his bosom and a
noble tongue In his head.
Let ui not forget that Gordon led Georgia out of the uncertain perils
of reconstruction Into Saxon supremacy and the safety of a restored democ
racy.
Let u* not forget that It waa Gordon who saved South Carolina from
the rule of the carpet-bagger and seated Wade Hampton in the state house
at Columbia.
Let us not forget that It was Gordon who wrested Louisiana from the
grasp ot the scalawag and msdo the solid 8outh of 1876.
Who among our statesmen, with all their eloquence and learning,
have done greater deeds than these*
Gordon held the reepect of the American senate while he sat there,
and modified every partisan consideration of his section nnd his state.
Gordon, the commander of the surviving host of the Confederate vete
ran*. preached the evangel of fraternity and won by hi* eloquence what
he failed to conquer by hla sword.
Gordon before the people defeated Benjamin Hill and Alexander
Stephens for the United States senate, and waa never defeated for a pub
lic office In his life.
Gordon fought through the greatest war In history, and with a record
without a blemish mounted from a captain of rangers to a lieutenant
generalship, In tho greatest army and under the greatest captain in the
history of war.
In the long years of a gallant and strenuous life, the only failure
that he recorded and the only criticism that be Incurred Is In the failure to
get rich.
In his lifetime he created more enthusiasm, and received more thrill-
lug tributes of love and admiration than any citizen of his state.
And In his death he evoked the tenderest tribute, the most Imposing
funeral and tho stateliest monument that Georgia ever gave to an Illus
trious son.
Who shall say In view of such a record that Gordon Is not worthy of
hls honors, and deserving of hls monuments?
AN INTERNATIONAL FIGHT AGAINBT THE GREAT
, WHITE PLAGUE.
. It Is significant at once of a growing public danger, and hopefully sug
gestive of a general amusement of self- protection when so conservative
a paper as The Charleston News and Courier begins to consecrate Its col
umns to the crusade for remedy and defense.
The Charleston paper Is much Impressed with the coming nssembly
In Washington at an early day of an International congress to discuss tu
berculosis, and cAlls It a "splendidly Inspiring event, significant of the or-
derly marshalling of the fofees of science to combat the fell disease.”
Until comparatively recent year* there waa Itttlo co-operation among
medical men In fighting the great enemies to health and life. The phy
sician waa an Individualist and a general practitioner, but with the ad
vance of hls profession he has become moro a specialist. It Is a natural
phase of this advancement that physicians shquld concentrate their learn-
ing and systematize their experience against particular diseasez, and eo
when they meet to study tuborculosl* It Is to attack that chief one which
la tho center of nil the Ills to which flesh Is heir. Tho congress In Wash
ington should, and we believe will, arouse the widest and profoundest In
terest, aqd It will bo successful In a high degree If It shall do no more
than awaken tho American people to the Immediate gravity of the con
sumption curse and attr them to an organized and Intelligent warfare
against It.
The congress will be of especial Importance to the South. Formerly
the people ot the South deceived themselvea with the notion that the mild
climate of this region would forever force consumption Into a secondary
place among diseases, and they fancied that the problem was one to be
left to the dwellers In higher latitudes whllo they devoted their attention
for the most part to malarial and other fevers. Statistics, however, have
exploded this Ignorant opinion and It la now well understood that the
Southern American States have no advantage In Immunity from It over
their Northern sisters.
Attendant upon the rapid expansion of transportation facilities has
been the spread of tho contagion of consumption In the South. It comes
In the sumptuous tourist train of palace cars to Florida from Massachu
setts within thirty hours, and whatever village or city I* touched by a
railroad Is exposed to the danger no less than are those communities pe
culiarly conditioned for its germination.
Besides, the negro population ot the South causes the whole popula
tion to be especially menaced. The enormous Increase ot the disease
among the negroes since the abolition of slavery Is well known. Un-
cleanliness Is the disease's next friend, and when the boon ot freedom
came to the negro he lost the protection of enforced eahltatlon. Every
white family dependent upon negro washerwomen Is In more or less pArll
of contagion, and this peril Is constantly enlarging. As time goes on It Is
Inevitable that tuberculosis will Increase among the negroes If they be
left to themselves to oppose It, and the danger to the white race ts pro-
(Kirtlonately Involved.
The exceeding Importance that not only the physicians, but those lay
men who are leaders In their communities, should Interest themselves in
this congress scarcely needs to be emphasised. There are cities In the
South now whose commercial prosperity Is suffering because they are
known to be consumptives' resorts and every community ts open to the ac
quisition of the samo baleful repute.
THE BANQUET TO GOVERNOR TERRELL.
It la eminently In order that the friends and admirers of hls excellen
cy, Governor Joseph Terrell, should tender him a banquet at tBe approach
ing close of hls administration.
When Governor Terrell lays down the responsibilities of public office
on the 16th of June, he will close one of the longest and most logically con
servative political careers among the younger public men of the state.
The governor has limply climbed the ladder ot fame round by round.
He has worked hls way from tho ranks, step by step to the chief office
of the state. With diligent Industry, with unfailing tact, with capable ad
ministration of every trust, he haa mounted from one station to the next
above It. easily, logically and almost without opposition. Few men have
pnrsued In Georgia politics a public career along more natural, progres
sive and logical lines than the present governor ot the state.
That Governor Terrell has grown Intellectually, and In all the elements
of public repute during hls years of public service no man wilt deny. He
has never fallen below the level of the great occasions in which he has
figured! and he doses hls career a larger and lovable figure In the hearts
of hls frionds and In the estlmatian of the state.
No man has deserved more of hls friends than Governor Terrell. He
has been loyal always to those who have helped him upward, and has not
turned bis back upon a friend or Ignored an obligation.
The governor is the best ot comrades and the rarest of companions.
Hls generous temper, hls genial nature, and hls native wit, have made him
•be soul of many a gallant company, nnd aa he goes out from the Capitol
to take bis place among the honored and useful names in Georgia's history,
tt is proper that hls host of friends should fill their glasses and pledge
their grateful loyalty to a gallant gentleman and a distinguished statesman
of the commonwealth.
1 THE PASSING OF A GENTLE WOMAN.
When the shadows began to slant eastward, Sunday afternoon, In the
town of Canton, Ohio, the spirit of a gentle woman whose years had been
fraught with much physical suffering, found surcease from sorrow in the
sleep that knows no awakening.
In the death of Mrs. William McKinley, widow of one of the greatest
presidents in American history, the country pays willing tribute at the
bier of a woman whose essentially feminine personality had kept sweet,
tender and true the heart of her distinguished husband through periods of
bitter political turmoil, and In times ot splendid success, when tempta
tions eagerly await the man who triumphs.
Because of hls never waning devotion to. hls wife, Mr. McKinley be
came an Ideal in the hearts of the American people. Men and women
who widely differed with him, as to political tenets and* public policies,
forgot those differences and antagonisms In their appreciation of hls
wonderful and cheerful fidelity to the woman whom he had loved and hon
ored from his early manhood even to the day of hls tragic death.
No matter what were the personal and political achievements of
President McKinley, to the average American hls greatest claim to the
affectionate loyalty and regard of the country will rest upon hls spotless
record as a husband, to whom neither exacting demands nor hopeless In
validism brought weariness or Indifference, even though he stood for years
In the glare of that white light which beat with compensating glory about
hls pathway.
Since the untimely going of President McKinley, hls gentle wife has
quietly awaited death In her home at Canton.
The passing of each monotonous day was to her but the tolling of so
many hours which brought her nearer to the time when nbo would fall
asleep to awaken In the sweetness and beauty of a reunited lore.
That sleep came Sunday In the home,at Canton, and as tired eyelids
closed upon tired eyes, and tender Ups murmured “Why should I linger?
Since he Is gone, life Is dark to me,” Mrs. McKinley's spirit made Its hap
py, eager flight Into the splendor of a Light, where there are no shad
ows, and where well-nigh perfect human love found an eternal fulfill
ment in an eternal reunion.
Mrs. McKinley was a woman of Intelligence, of. well-rounded charac
ter and of essential womanly attributes, who In her,younger years had
cultivated tho mental and artistic aid* of her attractive personality. The
daughter of a sucessful banker, she had an ambition to accomplish some
thing by individual effort, and proved, while health and strength were
hers, a fitting helpmeet for the aspiring young lawyer whom she married.
But ill health and the sorrow incident to the loss of children soon
separated her from an active participation In the struggles and triumphs
of her distinguished husband. As the wife of the president, she made
many friends at the national capital, each one of whom keenly realized
the pathetic physical limitations of her life.
Now that the yearned-for release has come to her, the country pays
willing tribute to the woman who sick or well, happy or depressed, was
the Inspiration of the life of one of the greatest men who has guided the
destinies of the American people. It fell to Mrs. McKinley's lot to devel
op and make manifest the. soft, loving, loyal side ot 'an ambitious and
successful statesman and politician. Her gentle hand led a president
close up to the hearts of hls people, and now that rest has come to both,
they will forever remain In the annals of the country as the ideal lovers.
As husband and wife, the memory of their domestic virtues should prove
an example and an Inspiration to present and future generations.
COTTON GOODS DROP OFF
IN U. S. EXPORT TRADE
Washington, May 27.—Iron and steel
exports from the United States In the
fiscal year which ends with next month
will aggregate approximately 2176,000,-
000 In value, against 257,000,000 a de
cade earlier and $16,000,000 two decades
earlier.
Figures issued by the bureau of
statistics of the department of com
merce and labor show the value of Iron
and steel manufactures exported In the
ten months ending with April, 1907. at
about (150,000,000 and these figures
seem to justify the estimate of 2175.-
000,000, speaking In round terms, as the
value of Iron and steel exports for the
year 1907.
Cotton manufactures were a close
second to Iron and steel during a couple
of decades ago, but now stand fourth
In tho list of great groups of manufac
tures exported, Iron and steel ranking
first, copper second, wood manufac
tures third and cotton manufactures
fourth.
IS GRUMPINESS MOST AGGRAVATING THING
IN MARRIED LIFE?
By DOROTHY DIX.
What It the most aggravating thing
In married life?
It It grumptness?
A large and vociferous body of mar
rled ladles will rlBe up In response to
this question and emphatically declare
that the man with the grouch Is the
meanest, the orneryeat, the most can'
tankerous creature on earth.
“Don't tell me about the troubles of
the woman who ts married to a man
who comes home raving drunk once or
twice a year end breaks up the furni
ture. and gives her a black eye. and la
so sorry for tt the next day that he
apologises all over the place and be
haves like an angel until he goes off on
the next bat. I tell you. she's got noth
ing to stand compared to the woman
who has got to live with a man who ts
glum mad all the time, and who would
as soon be caught robbing a hen roost
os saying a real pleasant thing to hts
wife, or entering Into any family plan
without having first thrown so much
Ice water over it that It's taken all
the starch and ginger out of It.
“What are a few bruises on your
body that you can arnica up and rub
with witch hasel to the hurts that your
heart gets that are t>0 deep for any
poultice to reach?
'Now, my husband comes up to all
“And that's all the satisfaction I
ever get for humoring my lord and
master. When he does speak It's to
find fault. If I make a hundred cakes
that are as light as feathers, wild
horses couldn't draw a word of appro
bation out of him: but If I make one
cake that Is heavy he demands to
know, sarcastically, if I have gone into
the manufacture of armor plate, and
why I don't sell It to the government
Instead of trying to assassinate my
family with it.
"So far as I know, he has never no
ticed the millions of buttons I have
sewed on hls clothes and the darns that
I have executed, but every time there
Is a button mining, or a rip In a pocket,
I have to stand for a lot of withering
speeches about women who gad around
to bridge whist parties and women's
clubs, and waste their time reading
novels, while their husbands, and chil
dren, and homes are neglected and left
to shift for themselves.
"But I don't mind the speeches. It’s
the dead, cold, frozen, petrified silence
that gets on my nerves. Lord, I'd slm-
f ily enjoy It If, when my husband gets
n one of hls rages, he would only get
up and take a chair and break open
the piano and swear a blue streak, und
then have the thing over and done with.
I could sweep up the pieces of furni
ture and forget what he said, and we
could settle down and be cheerful
again. A great, big outburst like that
Army-Navy Orders
—and—
MOVEMENT OF VE88BLS.
Army Orders.
Washington, May 27.—Leave ot ab
sence:
Captain Lewis S. Ryan, coast artil
lery. geven days: First Lieutenant
Ralph H.- Leavitt, Twenty-fifth Infan
try, extended one month: Lieutenant
Colonel Charles G. Ayers, Fourteenth
cavalry, six months: Lieutenant Col
onel William A. Mann, Sixth Infantry,
to August 10; Captain Nathan K. Av-
erlll, Seventh cavalry, extended to July
1: Lieutenant Colonel Frederick Marsh,
coast artillery, fifteen days.
Brigadier General Earl D. Thomas Is
relieved from temporary command of
the department of the Missouri, and
will proceed to Denver, Colo., and as
sume command of the department of
the Colorado. Major John T. French.
Jr., quartermaster, Is relieved from
treatment at Hot Springs. Ark., nnd
will return to hla station. Major Ernest
Hinds, adjutant general, to San An
tonio, department of Texas, for duty.
First Lieutenant Samuel W. Noyes,
Thirtieth Infantry, upon the comple
tion ot hls examination by the army
retiring beard at Fort Sam Houston,
Texas, to hls proper station. Captain
Charles F, Humphrey. Jr., Twelfth In
fantry, Is relieved from treatment at
the general hospital. Washington bar
racks, and will join hls company.
Navy Orders.
Captain T. C. McLean to duty In at
tendance on the course of instruction
at the Naval War College, Newport.
R. I. Commander J. J. Knapp senior
member of board, navy yard, Charles-v
ton, 8. C., and upon completion of this
duty to return to Washington and watt
orders. Lieutenant Commander C. M.
Stone to duty In attendance on the
course of Instruction at the Naval War
College, Newport. R. I. •
Lieutenant A. W. Johnson, to com
mand Shubrlck. Assistant Surgeon F.
X. Koltes, to duty at navy yard, Mare
Island. Passed Assistant Paymaster E.
H. Cope, to duty at the navy yard.
Portsmouth, N. H„ ns assistant to the
general storekeeper of that yard. Pro
fessor of Mathematics W. W. Hendrick
son, retired, to home. Assistant Civil
Engineer R. S. Furber, to Troy, N. Y.,
for a course of Instruction In civil engi
neering at the Renselaer Polytechnic
Institute at that place.
WATER BOARD MEETS
TO TALA OVER POMP
The Joint committee, composed of the
water hoard nnd aeven member* of council,
will meet at 4 o'clock Monday afternoon to
take action on the report of the tub-corn-
mlttoo relative to tl^e employment of an,ex
pert to aettle the pomp qneelon.
Two bids have been submitted, one to In*
•tail a centrifugal pump nnd the other a
vertical. There Is a difference In price of
more than 160,000 In favor of the former,
but there Is doubt in the hoard aa to
whether a centrifugal pump can All the re-
rood°huiband* ehmTldfbe”* Ilc's^moral A * rw » uiv ouioum nice mat
and industrious and sober and n good " ,lke a thunder storm that clears the
wilder ond I Infer fha? he would ™. » lr - You ma >' *» surrounded with de-
me die J when i' am sick brt * when “ 11 over - but « least
gret to see me die, as when I am sick know that the wora , has happened and
where you are.
"Not so with the man who Is too
much of a gentleman to break up the
furniture and swear at a lady, but does
things a million times worse. And
that's what I'm up against—a man that
sits up and sulks for days at a time,
and who keeps everybody In the house
In an agony of dread. That’s the way
we are at our house. I spend my life
trying to please a man that 1 know
Isn’t going to be pleased, no matter
what I do. I’m always dodging—I don't
know what. I'm always trying to stand
from under, and never doing It. When
my husband puts hls latch key In the
door the temperature of the house falls
to freezing, no matter how cheery and
bright tt had been the minute before.
My own heart beats with apprehension
and the children cease laughing, und
the cat takes to the cellar, and that’s
the reason that I say tlmt there ts
nothing so hard to have to Uve with ae
grumptness."
What say you, gentlemen?
gret
he Is solicitous about providing me
with good, doctorssand trained nurses.
I am also led to believe that he Is not
In love with any other woman, as he
never goeB out of a night, and, putting
these two facts together, and arguing
by deduction, I presume that he still
entertains some sort,, of affection for
. But that's the only way I know tt.
From the day we were married he
has never told me he loved me, or
given any Indication of It. On the con
trary, he has passed Into a sort of a
frozen trance that 1 have never been
able to break up. though. Heaven
knows, I have tried hard enough. I
don't even know what he thinks about
most things, as he only growls, and I
was never good In Interpreting the
language of the lower animals.
••Conversation at our house runs
about tike this: At the breakfast table
I say:
“'Are you ready for your coffee now,
or will you rend your paper first?’
•Jl-ro-m-m-ninim.'
I eav (trying to be pleasant and
entertaining): ‘Anything startling In
the newer
•M-m-m-m-mmm.’
1 say (still bent on being agree
able): 'I’m going down town today,
shall I get you those handkerchiefs
that you wanted?'
"M-m-m-m-mmm.’
I say) 'Do you like this corned beef
hash. I wrote to Vermont to your
Aunt Sstlle and got the recipe that you
are always talking about and made It
myself to try to please you.'
M-m-m-m-mmm.'
VETERAN SHOOTS
WOMAN TO DEATH
Cleveland. Dblo, May 27.—Mrs. Mary
Steadman, wife of William Steadman,
the proprietor of a hotel by that name,
was shot three times and Instantly
killed yesterday by William Brown, a mlkNra? knows *?slf stirts to teTl^mi'sn
veteran of the Spanish-American war. ' be kaowa^Wrai Xewi 3
digitiser, to pi
— The Joint committee
will probably adopt the Recommendation.
The water board will also determine at
the meeting Monday afternoon, wbleh day
la moat advisable to hold the Investigation
of Commissioner Thomas l'\ Stocks.
President W. T. Brown, of the llaglnnd
Coil Company, ou whose letter, the charges
baaed, hr, written that he can be here
linrsdty, Friday or Saturday.
SOUTH ARMY WINS
IN SHAM WARFARE
In the presence of a «rent boat ot •Dic
tator* the Fifth and Second Georgia regi
ments of Infantry, tbe cadeta from Atbent
nud from Mnrlst college, ONslated by three
troop* of cavalry, a machine gun battery
and a battery or artillery, fought out the
greatest ahain battle at Piedmont park
Saturday afternoon that haa been wltnewed
In Atlanta In many year*.
For over nn hour the contending force*
..onned and charged, retreated and charged
agaiu, and when flunk ended the conflict
and the amoke of battle cleared awnv, the
north army, which waa atatloned on the
hill, had been driven off the paddock and
beyond the terrace by the south army,
which formed In the ravine along the lake.
The north army waa In command of Major
Jnxler. It waa composed of the Governor's
Ight artillery, commanded hy Lieutenant
King: the Athena artillery, commanded by
Captnln Jouca; the Marlat college cadets,
commanded by Captal M c '"**"* "•‘•“i' 1 *
and the Athena cade
Lieutenant Kimbrough,
T]ie south army wai commanded by
Major V. II. Shearer, nnd was composed of
the Fifth regiment, under command ot
Major Pomeroy, several troops of cavalry,
under command of Colonel CnsneUs. sev
eral companies of the Heennd regiment,
under command of Colonel Walter Harris,
and the machine gun battery, under com
mand of Captain Wilson.
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What Is Whisky?
I, estimated that Attoroey-Genertl
Bonoparte'a pure food answer to the nue*.
"What la whisky?'* will affect 90 per
of the stuff sold tinder th»> name of
»kv over the bar* of the Falted State*.
Tills leave* a submerged tenth presumably
without the legel shelter of a truthful label
and reduces by so much the task of min.
prenslcn set up by xenlotis prohibitionist*
Mr. Bonaparte's elastlflentlnn* nre both
generoua nnd simple. Whisky I* ivblskr
when It Is a single straight; it I* a blend
when It Is two or more straight*; it Is a
mixture when It la n straight and nn ethvl
alcohol; It Is Imitation whisky whon it is-no
Imitation. And the label must nlwnv* *ny
what It Is. Making allowance for inen'i
difference In taste, the venerable Kentucky
maxim is left thus officially undisturbed
that "there ain’t no bad whisky, only soma
Is better than others.”
Fearfyl perhaps lest hla dry definitions of
grades Induce somewhere an improper
thirst, the attorney-general glides from
them to the psychological tests of wbl*ky.
He cite* meu's memories of liquid colors,
or pervasive savors, of distinctive flnvor*-
memorie* that awaken expectation*. If
the expectations are met that which meets
them la whisky, psvchdloglcally considered,
although scientifically It may be nothing of
the kind.
While the pure food opinion may mnks
the burden lets, aa Indicated, for prohlbl-
ttontsts. It Is likely to complicate matter!
for the W. C. T. U. That excellent body Is
revealed aa having spent great antl-whl*ky
energies on stuff that was real whisky's bit*
terest foe.—New York World.
SANTIAGO STRIKE
MAY END SOON
Havana, Cuba, May 27.—It Is hoped
that arbitration today will end the
strike ot dock workers at Santiago,
which has already resulted in two
clashes between police and strikers,
costing two lives. It Is believed the
strikers will return to work pending
settlement.
Special to The Georgian. '
Sparta, Oa, May 27.—Charles J.
Frieze, of this place, died Friday short
ly after the noon hour. In hls early
boyhood Mr. Frleee suffered an acci
dent to hls left leg, which In the last
days of hla life gave him so much trou
ble that It was necessary to have It
amputated, which was done several
weeks ago, and be was Improving so
rapidly that a complete recovery for
him seemed assured, but he commenrM
having convulsions and never regained
consciousness. Mr. Frlese was 60 years
of age and leaves several relatives.
FORMER MEMBER OF GUARDS
18 DEAD IN MARIETTA.
Special to The Georgian.
Marietta, Ga., May 27.—George Er
nest Blatr, 21 years old. died at the resi
dence of hls father. Hon. D. W. Blair,
Saturday afternoon at « o'clock. While
doing military, duty In Atlanta during
the riot, It Is said that h* contracted a
severe cold, which affected hls lungs,
resulting In consumption, from which
he died. He Is survived by hls father
and mother, two brothers and two sis
ters. Funeral services and Interment
occurred here today.
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
If Ton hare northing to say to a male,
say ft to hls face.
Fortunately for the sversge man, hls
hralns are not on exhibition.
CAROLINA DOCTOR
COMMITS SUICIDE
Special to The Georgian.
Charlotte, N. C., May 27.—Dr. David
G. Thompson, a well-known physician,
living at Fort Mill, 16 miles south of
this city, committed suicide this morn,
ing at 2 .o’clock, using a raior with
which he severed hls throat almost
from ear to ear. The deceased was 29
years of age and leaves a family. He
had threatened to take hie life, It Is
said, several times previously,
FAMILY ADOPTS CHILD
ABANDONED ON TRAIN.
Special to The Georgian.
Meridian, Miss., May 27.—The Ala
bama Great Southern passenger train
No. 3, arriving tn Meridian from Chat
tanooga Sunday afternoon, brought a
white baby of apparently about three
weeks of age that had been left. In the
first-class passenger coach at Akron.
A woman boarded the train with the
child at Birmingham and Is thought to
have proceeded to Greensboro, Ala.,
from Akron. The police are Investi
gating the matter. The Infant was
adopted by Mr. and Sirs. W. T. Haynes,
who say that should the mother ever
attempt to claim It. nothing less than
an order from the courts will force
them to give It up.
• —
Organize for Campagin.
Special to The' Georgian.
Valdosta, Ga., May 27.—The anti-
prohibitionists of this county have
formed a Business Men’s League and
opened headquarters In this city, from
whence the campaign against prohibi
tion will bs waged.
His Idea ot Equipment
The morning nfter the wreck of one of
the fast trains running between .New Yerk
and Chicago, an old farmer waa standing
on the hank of the river Into which the
train bad plunged. Intently watching the
water. A stranger approached, nnd until*
rally the ccnvernatlon reverted to the
wrerk end the fortunate eecepe of all the
pasneugera. ,,
"It was tbe costliest train Is the world,
informed the stranger.
"Yes," grunted the other, still watching
the stream.
"Ami nine tbe heat equipped,” the new
comer continued. . ,,
"No donht nhnnt It." eeeented the el l
fSrtner. "I've fished a dozen bottles out of
the water already.''—Harper's Weekly.
Ha Hadn’t Changed.
The Smith* had Invited the minister to
dinner, Ae the last course woi reached
little Willie, who had heen eloeely witch
ing the guest almost continually througa
the meal, looked over at him once more nuu
snlil:
'•You haven't ehnnged * Ht *Joc* yon
itiirti-1 eating, bare you. Mr. Curtis!
"Why, no," laughed the minister. "hy
do you ask that queatlou?” . . ,
’•Becniine." blurted Willie, confused J J
e pairs of eye* focused on him, hec*"“
. hoard p* tell mn you'd make a big Wi
of yourself a* toon aa you got your
on the rorued beef and cabbage, —ana
Bohemian.
One Kind e! Man. . ,
dinner nt Xewp«.t. Hear Admiral
Evan* spoke with acorn of a young man
who had married ga old, woman for net
"'"That chans calls himself a man- IKK
pees." said the great aea Afbter. tiu' the •
• re rarihue definitions of the woed math
nnd the di-flnltlnn that would fit our frienu
beat la the Feeble* one. friend
"A Scot of Peebles geld to hls ttww
MncAndrew: .1
" 'Mae. I hear ye here fallen In love «
beany Kate MeAllater. „ . ,,
"•West, gander*.' Mac repjl"'- I
nesr-verra nenr-daeln' It: hut the Wt »•
ale had nae siller, an I »*ld
Mac. Iw a mon.” And I wae
- nae her by wl' silent contempt.