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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. Published Every Afternoon, (Except Sunday) By THE GEORGIAN COMPANY. West Alabama St, Atlanta. Oa. Subscription Rates: One Tear ...JI.M Six Month Three Month* IM By Carrier, Per Week W Telephone* conncr tin* all depart- roenta. Long distance terminals. New York office Potter ItnUdlng If yon hare any trouble gettlnr TUB GEORGIAN AND NEWS telephone the circulation department and bare It promptly remedied. Telephones: Bell 4927 main, Atlanta 440L mm an and nb »»a oe iimueo \o words la length. It Is Imperative t they be signed, as an erldencs of t faith, fisjected mannserlpta will bs returned unless Stamps srs sent for the purpose. prints no uncles o or objectionable ad vertising. Nsltber does It print whisky or any Honor ads. ODR PLATFORM: The Oeorflad 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 g an undertaking. Btlll Atlanta should set Its face la that direction NOW. Persons leaving the city can have The Georgian and News mailed to them regularly by send ing their order to The Georgian office. Changes of address will be made as often as desired. Are we to Inter from The Houston Post that Texas Is to be considered a 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. MAN DIES FROM INJURIE8 RECEIVED MANY YEARS AGO. 4% On Your Savings Compounded Twice a Year , Through the facilities af forded by the United States mails, it is safe and practical for the people living remote from Atlanta to choose this strong bank as their deposi- tory. Write for information on Banking by Mai], MADD0X-RUCKER BANKING CO, Atlanta, Ga. 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.