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i'HE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. TTlVltSPAT. AUGUST 15, J90T. THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN (AND Ni:W"S> JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor. F. L. SEELY, President. Published Every Afternoon, i (Except Sunday) By THE GEORGIAN COMPANY. At 25 West Alaberaa St., Atlnnta. Ga. Subscription Rates: one Tear •••••*18! six Months Three Months *•* one Month. « Hr Cartier, Ter Week • *1° Telephones conneetlnx all depart* mcnts. Long distance tannin*!*. Smith & Thompson, advertising rep* rrapD rati res for all territory outside of CbMwo Office Tribune gnlMInf Xew fork office letter Building If yon bare a*ir trouble setting THE GEORGIAN AM> NEWS, telephone the clrculntlea department and hare it promptly remedied. Telephone*: Hell 4ifi main; Atlanta 440L It Is drslroble that all commnnlea* lion* Intended for publication la TUB OROItGlAX AND NEWS Im» limited to 900 word* lr« length. It Is Imperative that they be signed, a* an evidence of good faith. Rejected manuaorlpta will not he returned unless stamps ar# aent for the purpose. THE GEORGIAN AND NEWS print* iv» unclean or objectionable adrertla- Jjg. Neither doe* It print whlaky or any liquor ads. OUU PLATFORM: THE GEORGIAN AND NKW8 stands for Atlanta’s own* Ing Its own gas and electric light plants, as It now own* Its water works. Other eltlea do thla and get gna as low as 60 cents, with a profit to the city. This should be dona at once. THE GEORGIAN AND NEWS believes that If street railways can I* operated successfully by European Htles. as they are. there Is no good reason wbj they can not t>e so oner* an undertaking. Still Atlanta sbou art Its face In that direction NOW. What Would a Panic Be? John D. Rockefeller, having stuck a nail In his foot, is bowling calamity, calamity—panic and destruction. Twenty-nine million dollars In lines Is the panic Rockefeller Is talking about. This Is the way he does It: Stand ard Oil has hundreds of millions of dollars of railroad stocks and bonds. It gets enough of a kind to do pretty well as It pleases with the property upon which they are Issued. It is claimed Standard Oil has these se curities bought very low. It manipu lates them until they can bo sold high. Then this manipulation 1s re versed. Standard Oil cries panic, drives down New York Central or anything else that "looks good" to It, buys In secretly at destructive prices —then turns the trick over again Here Is a little lesson in finance that happened only a few hundred miles from us: A telephone company had several hundred dollars of bonds. The stock was very low. A lot of the bonds were unsold—worth less titan SO cents on the dollar. Three young follows—schemers—went to the offi cers who had been unable to pay div idends and took a secret promise that It they—the three young schemers— would raise $250,000 and buy that amount of the bonds, the officers would lot them have certain stock very low. They got the stock—then got the money and made a demaud for tho bonds. The bonds jumped In value Immediately because somebody *as buying them.’ Some Of the bond money was used for dividends. These dividends were large and the unex- i-eciod payment of them made the stock almost double In value. The three young men then got - together with the fellows who loaned the money. Thero was a melon-cutting. Tbo common people had paid for the melon—and the evening and the morning were the third day. Mr. Rockefeller wants a panic about now 1f he can get one, and If the telegraph strike were more com plete so other sections could uot hear of It. he would have It all to himself. We hope be will. Mr. Rockefeller Is our own choice for a panic—he de serves one. May he have a good one, Fountains For the New Atlanta. If Atlanta has dedicated Itself to the use of water as £ beverage, then It Is both proper and becoming that Atlanta should multiply Its water fa cilities and utilize its opportunities to make water both plentiful and beau tiful to the throat and the eyes of the citizen. As the largest prohibition city In the worm. Atlanta should hove a num ber of fountains spraying and sprink ling clear water at prominent parts of the city for the refreshment of the eye and for the cooling of the thirst of passing citizens and visitors. Which reminds The Georgian that there Is now a fountain In Atlanta, bought by the children of Atlanta and lying unused somewhere in the Cham ber of Commerce building, which should be put up and set to spraying on some prominent corner or In some appropriate section of the city. As a mere matter of suggestion and of appropriateness It might uot be amiss to erect a memorial water foun tain of elegant design and ample pro portions and set It at one of the cor ners of the state capltoi. in which was enacted the historic legislation of the present month. If we are the subjects of water In Atlanta we should be loyal subjects sii-l should use It both to beautify and to bless the town and to advertise in attractive object lessons its domi nance in this community. THE PARTY! THE PARTY! THE PARTY! Again there Is walling nnd gnashing of teeth because some good has been accomplished outside of tho orthodox Democratic household. With sobs In our voice wo re-eebo the sad refrain of our old friend, The Con stitution. "Where Is the party at?” In sackcloth and aahes we repeat the sad but dramatic declamation by Representative Nowell on the floor of the House on Wednesday: " . . but I will stand firm op the principle of Democracy .and watch the passing away of a party." Wo can but repeat at this Juncture a little story that was told before the temperance committee a few weeks ago. A man was up before the court for striking a friend because tho friend had told some ono that the defendant’s sister was red-headed. Tbo court asked the defendant If his sister was red-headed. He said "No." “Well, what cdlor Is her hair?” The defendant Informed the court that he had no sister. "Well, why did you strike this man, then, for saying your sister was red-headed, If you have no sister? Where was the of fense?" "Well, judge, It’s the principle of the thing 1 don’t like." If by default, and |jy sleeping on Its rights, the would-be simon- pure Democratic party has so lost Itself In the meshes of railroad and cor porate domination; has Income so Intoxicated on the wlno of the lobbyist and so disreputable that only tho continued enfranchisement of the Il literate and purchasable voter could koep it In power In this good state, not to mention many other atates which are with Georgia, then wo pray our good friends to dry tholr tears. They are crying over split milk and walling for allegiance to the party that Jefferson founded, but whoso Incantations would make Jefferson turn over In bis grave If ho could but have one backward glance from his vantage place In the better world. When a man becomes old and reminiscent and spends most of his time In France, thinking of things as they were when he was a boy—as Henry Watterson Is now doing—1907 methods of reform and progress look very sour to him, as does nearly everything else. When politicians are out of power, their hopes blasted and new voices ring down the legislative halls where once the politicians played with the happiness of millions and dreamed dreams of power and might, tho sting of disappointment clothes sheep In wolf skins and turns rivers of mercy Into streams of blood In their eyes. God help the disgruntled citizen of whatever walk In life, who can not so far forget prejudice and party as to glory In Justice and better laws regardless of who helped to make them. Hoke Smith Is the thorn In the flesh; Tom Watson Is the vinegar to the wound; Seab Wright the politicians regard as the traitor-to fetich. Down, down with them all and long live the party, the party, the party! Is the cry of the politicians. Curse our state and rob homes with cor- liorntlon rule; debauch our mon and crush heart and life from the moth ers and the children with poisoned whisky, let anybody and anything make our laws, only so It Is a human being 21 years old. But never, no never, touch that dear old ghost called PARTY. Hoko Smith guilty of treason? What has ho done? When, because of men In the pnrty, there was no hope of delivering our state from the tolls, he took to his side such men ns Watson and used them honestly to the end that evils should be abolished. Hoke Smith Is a Democrat. His present critics are not. Jeffersonian Democracy Is rule by the people. Polluted Democracy In Georgia has been rule by the corimratlons. Hoke Smith has strained every muscle to give rule back to the people, and'to take It from tho railroad lobbyist He has, with all his might, endeavored to wrench the ballot from the un intelligent, Into whose hands tho Fodcrnl government Ignorantly placed It In ’65, and restore the balance of powor to the thinking and upright voters of Georgia, and we thank God that In such a time he had the aid of so strong a man as Watson, whoss honesty no one can Impeach and whose fidelity to the peoplo makes them love him whatever be tho ban ner under which ho lights. love the Democracy? Yes, those men worship Dcmocraoy—real Democracy, and only tho gross Injustice of nomenclature calls the ene mies of reform true Democrats, and tho men who .are restoring tho Em pire Stato of the South traitors to the party. Look at Missouri, the state of deepest disgrace, its penitentiaries filled with Its former law-makers, party Democrats—tried and true. A Folk haa arisen and experts declare that the system of taxation which Missouri has submitted to Its peoplo as a constitutional amendment Is the most advanced that has ever been conceived. Missouri embodied Into Its code tho restrictions against lobbying that the remnant of the old guard has hindered for 1907 In Georgia. A pure food law; a law against quacks; a law taxing ’’futures;’’ a stato law that will close 700 saloons In St. Ixrals alone—an almost greater step In corrupt Missouri than prohibition In Georgia; laws against race track gambling and a thousand other evils. If Folk were In Georgia ho would l>e called a traitor to hla party! God knows he U not a traitor to his people. Neither Is Smith, nor Wstson, nor Wright, nor Covington—nor any of the men who helped to restore true Democracy la Georgia. And there wore 159 votes for It and sixteen varieties voted against It and stood and saw the party, THE PARTY pass from mortal view. Long live true Democracy! r BRISBANE’S VIEW OF MRS. EDDY (From the Literary Digest) Mr. Arthur Brisbane, of the New York Journal,, has undertaken to speak for Mrs. Eddy. He declares In the re port of an Interview with Mrs. Eddy, made at the request of The Cosmo politan Magazine, that he Is "not a be liever In Christian Science, but a be liever In material science. In non-aectn- rlan government, and In the absolute rlsrhr Of Christine Scientist* to believe whatever me/ cbwse.* -ihj-c "-ho attack Mrs. Eddy legally, and perhaps sincerely, he asserts, propose to show that she Is "the victim of hallucina tions." He adds, In The Cosmopolitan: "They will not show this unless American law shall decide that fixed religious belief Is a hallucination. "The Turkish minister at Washing ton. If any court asked him. would say he firmly believes that Mohammed rode up to seo Gpd on a galloway named Al Borak, that the intelligent Al Borak bucked and pranced until Mohammed promised him a seat In paradise, that Mohammed studied an Interesting an gel with seventy thousand heads, ‘In each head seventy thousand tongues, and each tongue uttered seventy, thou sand distinct voices at once.’ The same Turkish gentleman, or any other Mo- l.nininedan, would swear to his belief that Mohammed ’arriving within two bow-shots of tho throne of God. per ceived His face covered with seventy thousand veils,’ and also that ’the hand of the Almighty was so cold that, when laid upon his tack. It penetrated to the very marrow.’ "The Turkish minister might testify to these things without being adjudged insane. He hns a right to believe In his religion. The ordinary American, not a Christian Scientist, believes that God haa so arranged matters that great numbers of His children will be burned forever and ever In hell fire. Mrs. Ed dy believes God has so arranged mat ters that humanity fan cure Itself of Imagined evils, and escape from all suffering, pain, and ’error* through Christian Science teachings. “it the law would refuse to take away the liberty or the property of Chris tian old ladles because they believe that millions of human beings have been damned from all eternity. It Is hard to understand why that law- should take away the liberty or the money of Mra. Eddy because she chooses to believe that eventually no- b-dy will be damned at all. "In substance, Mrs. Eddy’s doctrines merely take literally this verse from the fourteenth chapter of John: Verily, verily, I say unto you. He that belleveth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father.—John xlv. 12. •It Is difficult to see why taking lit orally a statement which this nation as a whole Indorses should be construed Into a hallucination.” Mr. Brisbane gives the following lm prosslon of Mrs. Eddy’e personality: "Mrs. Eddy’s mind Is clear, her health Is good for an old lady of 86, her will la strong. She Ib protected by a very able and absolutely honorable man In the person of her trusted lawyer. General Streeter. She Is cared for In her home by women Intensely devoted to her. She Is able to manage her affairs as much as she may choose tp do. and If she were not, no greater crime could be committed against her than to takO her ftom the surroundings that she loves and the friends that make her happy. If the law should deprive this venera ble ladv of her fortune and her liberty, there Is no reason why any woman past three-sefire and ten, and having accumulated some money, should not be similarly treated. Very few women of 70 have the business Intelligence, power of will, and clearness of thought possessed by Mrs. Eddy at 88. IIMHIMIHMtMMMHMMI HAVE YOU A FRIEND? Well, 1 doubt It! Remsrksble bow many many people get along without a ztnsle one. Rather startling statement this! Don’t you wish It wssnlt true? Lest week the papers announced the death of s men, nged about thirty some thing. “God In his proTldence-" said the minister st the funeral. Eighteen months ego thla man, with wife nnd five smell children, moved to onr city. Before they were fairly eettled In their new home he waa attacked by measles. The form" wna light but the weather being rough, ho decided to "lay In" Juat a few days. Now, the expenses Incidental to moTlng; the settling up linck at home had left this little family without n dol- '"go, the good wife said, "Hobby, alt down and writs so-and-so to send yon *10. Tril him yon can t brave this weather without taking great risk." Perhaps the husband bad misgivings. Anyway, ho wrote to three friends (?) to be sure of getting Im mediate relief. Although he explained his extreme need no "ten* ever came, no ••five," no nothing. After three months, one of the "old time friends, hack at homo. dld wrlto, nnd he was nwful ‘Two of these life-long friends spend 8M each to attend thla funeral. Ob It was touching to *eo them grip that little widow's hand *nd chirp: * p God in HI* provl* d *8be ! totd mo the whole , tf r J«* tell you. How he braced up and faced tho winter storms, snd the measles dd the rest. One friend nnd n $10 hill would have saved his life. For ten years I’ve met the soot of my fellow man face to face. My singular work carries me Into homes where deep sorrow mnkca bare the real man ”U<1 wom an as he or she exists. I open wide ray eyes snd marvel every day at the die- ^Secret' orders, labor unions, clubs with out end. would create a kind of "Institu tional” friend. In a word, they lay "ono of these days I’ll want aonie of you to bury my body, and accompany my de pendent ones home from the grave. I know /on won’t do It sinless you promise me with an oath, and the money must he In sight." Ho a grand brotherly order la organised. . . .. The husband must spend half his even ing from his loved ones snd tear down hts home to huy the price of a decent funeral. 1 am, my reader, an optlmlat—that’s why I can't use strong language. This Is not a favorite theme with me. I am also nn Atlantan now, and conditions nre little better here than elsewhere. I must tell yon that I have n wife, who la alao my friend. Thla friendship helps me to wish that others were, as fortunate, and shows me why and how many are not. All men need real personal friends, let many don't want them. Friendship Is yours If yonr want It. No one may prove your friend In yonr extremo need. Vet If you desire to touch every life around you with love, there Is little left for your fellowmnn to do. Tou have gone more thnn half-way nnd, In ft way, you have met him with n priceless bless ing to you—nnd to him. fie may never greet you with n single "good morning:” ho mny not know you by name, snd .vet you inny see the pur pose of his life nnd be mny grasp your hand and climb higher and never recog nise the menus of his support. But, of course, It It Inflnltely lietter to meet on half-way ground nnd "cheer -for cheer. God hasten the day when all cluha snd secret orders may pass out ami give back our men and women to their wives anil husbands nnd hotnes. Then little children won't go to sleep at night, crying for bread while nurse hnnA on the bock fence nnd msminn hangs—t don't know where! Lot ns lore our nelghliors without taking n oath or riding n goat. As we advance, such things will he left behind. We wtll lire at home and find time to eat throe meals a day. WHAT IS THE MATTER WITH THE MAILS? The Georgian and News I* In no sense a kicker. Indeed any one who has carefully noted Its conduct on all 'questions affecting Its well* being since Its establishment must admit that It 1s conservative and fairly well balanced. But, even saints and martyrs ,have been known to show occasional irritability when tried beyond human endurance. Numerous Instances In sacred and profane history could be recalled to Justify and support tho present stato of resentment felt by Tho Geor gian and News regarding the way It Is faring at the hands of the United States mall service. Some subscribers to the dally Issue do not receive their papers for three and four successive days. The papers are carefully prepared for tho malls at this office and as carefully placed In the'handa of the United Stales mall sendee, so there seems absolutely no excuse for the non delivery of the papers to any subscribers In any locality. The Georgian and News Is getting some what wrought up on this subject, and respectfully requests the m£l! service authorities to look Into thlk matter at once. The following letter Is self-explanatory and gives a glimpse of the problem which haa become rather burdenaome to bear. It la a problem that should be solved without further delay: Dry Branch. Ga., August 14, 1907. Editors The Atlanta Georgian and News, Atlanta, Ga. Dear Sirs: I don't think I am any worse thin others tot complaints, but It has got to where patience Is of no conse quence, snd things have become monotonous. Missing my dally paper Is a very common occurrence. Today Is Wednesdiy and I haven't had a paper since last Saturday, and I got It on Mon day. It was Saturday's paper. What can be the trouble? I feel sure this trouble Is In the mall clerks or some postmaster. I think It would be of great benefit to The Georgian If you could have a man lo catch up with this carelessness, and I do not believe it would prove a very bard matter. My talk with our carrier doesn’t seem to have any effect. I do hope you may be able to find where the blame lies and give them such a curry ing ns to stop this neglect of duty at once. 1 really believe It would prove of lasting good to your paper If you would send out a man to find and correct this lack of duty In handling of the malls. I feel sure It Is simply carelessness with some one. Wishing you much success In this matter and otherwise, I am, Yours truly. W. Z. MARCY. THE SUFFRAGE BILL. To the Editor of The Gcorglnn: There need he no-constitutional con fusion about Georgia’s suffrage law. Our Jury box law has stood the test of the supreme court of the United States: Its discrimination being Justified on the ground that the state had a right to base laws on moral principle. Who doubts that this lawhas not been best In a thousand-fold sense for the state In general nnd the negro In particular? So capable and worthy en authority i "Bill Arp." Major Charles Smith, of Bartow, advocated years ago a suffrage law on the same basis as our Jury law. Speaking for his half-revealed shade and for our own conviction,- we suggest the following as a substitute for the disfranchisement bill now before the Georgia legislature: In order to secure a higher degree of purity In the ballot box and to establish a more reliable form of government therefore, "Be It enacted by the general assem bly of the state of Georgia and the same Is hereby enacted; That the standing In citizenship of all persons who have the'privilege of voting under Ian’s already existing on ASKS FOR INFORMATION. To the Edltor'of The Georgian: Only a few days ago I read an extended editorial In your paper aettlng forth the claims that the Technological school haa on the state of Georgia. I suppose that the same argument, or simitar, might be set forth for the State University. You seem to urge that the Technological school la a- child of Georgia, and that all Georgians are personally and specially concerned In Its welfare. Nn legislature ever meets that does not have men from thla In- stllutlon before It, begging, yen, plead ing for more money.. Now, l with the great mass of taxpayers of the state, wish to know: First, specifically, what does It cost, not the state, but a stu dent at this school, tuition, board—all Incidentals, per year: and second, how much does the state pay of each stu dent’s expense? Please give the same Information n* to tho State University. I am sure that I voice the sentiment of the masses, when t say that we are very tired of paying taxes to sup port Institutions that ought to stand alone, Just as Emory and Mercer uni versities do. If the state paid all ex penses for the Tech, and the State University, even then It would be the Women Should Have a Bank Account Because: It familiarizes them with business and banking m'ethods which at some future time may prove to he a very useful and valuable ex perience. Women need the help and advice of the banker when they.have the responsibility of money. This frequently happens when the husband dies, or where they come Into possession of an estate. We have a separate department fitted up especially for the con- venjence of our lady patrons, and we Invite others to open an ac count with us and thus avail themselves of a complete bank (Service. On nccounts In our Savings Department We pay Four Per Cent Interest, compounded twice a year. MADD0X-RUCKER BANKING CO. SOME NEW BOOKS AND AUTHORS Reviewed by Arthur Pendennls, Jr. the right of suffrage ahall be eubjected people paying tuition for the few. to the following testa: These two Institutions are certainly Reliable standing In citizenship; of undoubted patriotism and chivalry; above suspicion of being In sympathy with crime or of giving old and com fort to criminals; above suspicion of a race clannishness that works to defeat the law. Second Clause: Three suffrage box commissioners elected by the grand Jury In each county every two years—If resignation or death causes vacancy, following grand jury to refill said commissioner*, the first elected to es tabltsh suffrage box on the law here with expressed and those already ex isting nn suffrage In Georgia And then said suffrage box shall be revised annually and at aueh date as will allow ample time for registration—registra tions to be furnished with lists of the legal voters by the commissioners, and accept no registration that Is not on the commissioners’ lists. Commissioners* to receive $2 per day for such service on a basis of reason able time—the grand Jury to be Judge of such time. Good character and reliability as In dlcated In above proposed law are the controlling elements that should enter into the framing and spirit of a suf frage law—neither property nor educa tion should be factor* In this sacred matter, for the meanest man may be possessed of both these, while on un flinching patriot might be deprived of one and never attain the other. Juat a measure of good common senso Is all that I* needed In thla suffrage situation. Very respectfully, J. DAN WOODALL SR. Barneavllle, Ga. Box 4. FROM CITY OF BROTHERLY LOVE. To the Editor of The Georgian: I psgtae yon for your manly stand against the liquor traffic, having read something of your editorials against It. All who are hon orable, good, brave and juat admire H. A CHRISTIAN. Philadelphia. Fa. not for the benefit of all the people. The same may be said of the new agricul tural schools now being established In the several congressional districts. If It Is not class legislation, It certainly Is making the masses pay for the edu cation of the few, while the common schools for the farmers and other la boring people must take what they can get. Yours truly, ENQUIRER. Atlanta, Ga. HEAVEN AND HELL. which I with you to publish. I think this quotation Of the Persian poet la exactly right. I want It right, no I send you a printed copy of the quotation, which la very much admired. A. A. BELL. Madison, (in. The peein Inclosed by Mr. Rell follows: I sent my Rout through the Invisibles, Some letter of that After-life to spell; And hy snd liy. my soul returned to me: Aral answered. | myself sra llesv’n nnd Hell! Heav’tt but the vision of fulfill'd Iteslre, . • And Hell the Shadow of s Soul on Fire. —RulMlyst of Omar Khayyam, Persian Toet Twelfth Century. REQUEST FOR OLD POEM. To the Kdltnr of The Georgian: I would like to aak. through the eolnmna of yonr paper, for the reprint of an old poem which I have forgotten, except the first verse, which goes like this: "A gentleman of courtly air. Of old Virginia he- A damncl of New Jersey state, Of matchless lieanty she— They met ns tierce antagonists.” The reason why. they any. Her eye* were of the Federal bln “ >f * J -ratc gr-"" A Hi ll IKEY’S LETTER8 TO HIS FA THER.” By George V. Hobart. <G. W. Dillingham Company.) Mr. D. Hohcnsteln. of David Hohen- steln & Co., Cincinnati, Ohio, starts his son. I key, out on the mud with samples of hosiery, notions, suspenders, etc. Mr. Hohensteln writes letters of In structions to ,Ikey and receives not a few In reply. "Ikey's Letters to His Father" show all of the correspond ence. The book Is; gotten up very at tractively—In the .form of the letters themselves, on a typewriter, and as Ikey writes from different cities, like Philadelphia, Rochester. Buffalo, New York, etc., which he visits, his letters In the book are shown upon the letter heads of the hotels at which he stops. The epistles are very ridiculous and fun-provoking. It Is the best piece of work that Mr. Hobart hns done—In this line—full of up-to-date slnng. Jokes and situations, making It an Ideal little vol ume for a short railway Journey or Just before dinner, after a hard day’s work. Ikey does not make a success at sell ing goods; he rather devotes his time to the blondes and brunettes (or "brunes" as he calls them), who ma nipulate the typewriters In the hotel lobbies. His father stands Ikey—his blondes and his “brunes"—as long ns he can, then It Is back to Cincinnati for Ikey. * There Is nothing heavy about Ikey's correspondence, but If one would tike to haye a good laugh or two "Ikey’s Letters to His Father” will furnish the material. A friend of The Georgian loaned out his copy to a bank president In New Orleans the other day and had to swear out a ball trover to recover It, so It <An bo seen that Mr. Hobart’s humor affects all classes of people. "THE TRIMMED LAMP.” By. O. Henry. (McClure, Phillips & Co.) There are not many writers who ex cel Mr. O. Henry (said to be Mr. Sid ney Porter In real life). In hla charm Ing tales and short stories of humorous life. Mr. Henry seems to bo as much at home on the deserts of Arizona, In tho South American republics, the streets of "Little Old No.w York.” He Jumps around and about all parts of the country and to one who has watched hla tales for local color with the Idea of catching the author nap- >!ng, the result has been decidedly In dr. Henry’s favor. "The Trimmed Lamp" Is a collection of shSTt stories recently Issued by Mr Henry through McClure, Phillips & Co., nnd all of the stories are good— some especial!'- so. There Is always serious, philosophy 'thought combined with Mr. Henry’s humor and pathos. It la difficult to say which of the many stories In this volume referred to Is the best (they are all good), still If called upon to select one, “The Making of a New Yorker" would not be a bad aelec-. tlon. In this short tale the author tells of the fascinations that New York exerts In a very short time upon all new-comers. In a mention of a collection of short stories It Is very difficult to tell all about the delight to be found In a col lection of many such tales, but "The Trimmed Lamp” one can readily and honestly recommend to anyone who cares for an excellent aggregation of entertaining stories. So that after all. If there should bo devoted a column to this charming little book, much more could not be well aald than what Is stated here—that It Is well worth the reading ajid Is thoroughly enjoyable and diverging. "CHAMPION.” By John Colin Dane. (O. \V. Dillingham Company.) Champion," by Mr. John Colin Dane. Ih a first-class automobile (or Is It more proper to say "motor?”) story If the reader can arrange to place himself In the necessary condition of mind of Imagining the machine as the narrator of the story. The story begins with the construction of the automobile (or mo tor—not knowing which Is correct and so desirous Is this review to be thought proper—both names will be used) Its christening ns "Champion,” the prepa ration for a great race and the life of the machine for a year or two. The young "master" of the machine has Invented some kind of wind manipula tor. which, catching the air as the ma chine meets It, utilizes It, not to retard the speed, but to hurry i the machine along. The contrivance Is not clearly enough described in the book to be use ful to Atlanta motorists, so this sup- posed Invention could not be put on a machine simply from the description given In the book. Then. Atlanta ma chines, In the opinions of the pedes trians. don’t need anything to increase speed. The tatter persons are looking out for some speed brake nr legal re straint. At any rate, regarding "Cham pion." the machine loses a big race; Is stolen by two adventurers and gets mixed up In all kinds of affairs, all of which. In the book, the machine Is sup posed to be telling the reader. It Is quite Interesting.In Its way, and If the reader owns a machine he will like the story, and If not, why the reading of the story will Justify many opinions now held by "antl-motorlsts.” The machine tells us about a very charming girl In the book, also about a nice, clean chap, and its story can be utilized In killing time, for many of us these hot days. “BEAT IT,” “SKTDD06." By George V. Hobart. (G. W. Dillingham Com pany.) Two new "John Henry” books by George V. Hobart are out amongst us, turned loose, to stir up things In these August days. There must be some very good reason for sending out these books, for according to the publishers, something like nearly 1,000,000 of them have been sold. Not only do the pub lishers give us this Information, but Mr. Hobart In a preface to “Sklddoo,” says that a great deal of this demand comes from the “knocking” which “The Little Brothers of the Knockout Drops” have been giving his numerous "John Henry" publications. "Beat It" and ’’Sklddoo’’ are two more of the same variety, of which there are (not quite 57) but ten, and really, at times, when one Is In the humor, these little skits arc funny. Of course one Is not expected to gain satisfactory Information from reading tho “John Henry” series, nor Is It so Intended, but If there Is nothing else on hand or better to do. Just as one would attend a comic opera, the reader will tain a good laugh or two from Mr. Hobart’s productions. After all, laughs are what we all are looking for. In some shape or form. The world welcomes laughter and light, while It shuns tears and gloom, and Is a great old phil osopher, In so doing. In “Beat It,” John Henry fills the pages with letters to his friend, "Bunch" Jefferson, who, with his wife, Is abroad. The letters are just what one would expect from John Henry nnd the reader will hot be disappointed. In "Sklddoo” John Henry tells of some more experiences, such ns upper berths In a Pullman, mosquitos and cnoks. The “John Henry” stories are Just long epough to please and In view of the sale of these books It Is at least unwise to argue against success. CONFIDENCE AND CLAMO& (From the Chicago Record-Herald.) The second Interview Indulged In by Mr. Rockefeller brings Into the center of the stage certain facta which It Is Imperative for the American public to aelie and firmly hqld. The facts are these: l The administration Is not engaged In a war upon corporations. There Is a deliberate If not a con certed attempt by certain Individuals and Journals to set-up reaction against legitimate reform by misinterpreting acts and utterances of the president nnd representatives of the administra tion, by drawing false conclualons, by exaggerating Insignificant expressions, by sensationally emphasizing rumors. IIL • Many men of undoubted sincerity and good motives have been led Into alarmed protest by this false outcry and have given It the prestige of their own character. IV. The country la prosperous, Its wealth Is enormous and secure, Its people cheerful, Industrious, peace-loving and Justice-seeking—the occasional local outbursts of unreasonableness to the contrary notwithstanding: . V. If calamity Ik precipitated It will be because the common sense of legiti mate Investors and the honorable rank and file of the business world has been overwhelmed by the uproar of calam ity howlers and men ,who, like Mr. Rockefeller, while blaming the admin istration for shaking confidence, are ready to deal It the heaviest blow themselvsar There should be no cause for alarm. There Is no cause for alarm—save the cries of alarmists. American common sense Is not to be paralyzed by buga boos. NEGRO WOMAN SENTENCED TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT, Special to The Georgian. Marietta. Ga., Aug. 15.—The adjourn ed session of Cobb superior court con vened here Monday morning and dis posed of all the jail vases on the crimi nal docket. The case of Lula Holmes, a negro woman, charged with the murder of a negro named Will Lockhart, waa the most Important case nn the docket. The Jury returned a verdict of guilty, with a recommendation for mercy, nnd the woman received a life sentence.' On the.night of June 8. Lockhart waa found dead with a knife wound In the throat. PRIVATE ENTERPRISES AT PUBLIC EXPEN8E. To the Editor jof The Georgian: There nre Indnstriea nnd class corpora tions In which foreign labor Is needed. The several promoters have the right to select from any country such labor aa they desire, nod bring It In at their own expense. For the development of the vast vacant territory of the sen fiats nnd malarial marshes. Im migrants from tropical regions wbo are In ured to the postn and pestilence of such ell- mntes sre needed. Onr natives can not live long or work well there, even If the lung staple commands a high pries. Home-seekers hnve I teen very numerous In Georgln for many years, nnd all localities hnve lioon repeatedly Inspected. There his lioen a steady stampede, especially of young men, from the most desirable ports of the state to Western territory. Great ns Geor gia Is. she uses more commercial fertilisers than any other state, and spends ninny mil- llons for them, niul expends hnndrods of millions for.the rommon necessities of life. Far loyal citizenship the state Is largely dependent on the one nnd two-horse class of farmers who cultivate the land with per sonal labor, nnd thla Is the class of citizens which would he exterminated In proportion to the Introduction of foreign laborers ns farmers. Citizens of Georgia who advocate Immigration do not, nor Intend ever to, han dle the plow or hoe. They propose to live hy the swast of other brows, so far as tilling the soil Is concerned. Mnny of our pushing men advocate Immi gration on a theory which Is thin as a veil snd weak as water gruel when It comes up against the agricultural Interests of the country as promoted hy loyal, bomc-lovlng peoplo who put their hand to the plow, nnd constitute the hacklioue snd sinew of the productive energies or the state and promote the rent permanent prosperity of the masses of common people. ANON. ORDERS CAPIAS ISSUED FOR ARRE8T OF CHAPLAIN Norfolk, Vn., Aug. 15.—The court- martial of Chaplain Harry W. Jones on charges of scandalous conduct and falsehood, haa been concluded and It now remains only for the court to make up Its findings and submit them to the secretary of the navy. Commonwealth s Attorney Tilton, of Norfolk, has di rected that a capias be Issued for the chaplain on the city grand Jury Indict ment found against him for the alleged obtaining of money under false pre tenses. Bpecinl to The Georgias. Acworth. Go, Aug. 18.—A huge maa bull dog owned by T. J. Lunsford was killed here by City Marshal W. E Swanson. The dog had held the fam ily hemmed In the house for a great part of the day. The dog had been chained, but had gndwed a large clinm In two. Great excitement prevailed la the neighborhood for several hours, un til the dog was killed.