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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
MruttUAT, AUGUST 17, 1907.
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN
(AND NEWS)
JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor.
F. L. SEELY, President.
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OUR PLATFORM: TUB GEORGIAN
AND NEWS etauda for Atlanta'* own-
lag Its own gna nod electric light
plant*, an It now own* Ita water
works. Other rltlea do thla and got
gaa as low as 60 cent*, with a prodt
to the city. Till* should he done at
once. THE GEORGIAN AND NEWS
believes that If street railway* ran lie
operated aueeeaafully by European
rltlea, as they are, there la no good
renaon why they can not be no oper
ated here. But we do not bcllev* thla
ran be done now, and It may be some
years before we are ready for ao Hja
an dbdertaklng. Still Atlanta should
set Ita faco lu that direction NOW.
Once More the Peanut.
Arrogance In The Houston Post now
creates no atlr tn the comment of
the day. For a aoaaon It was the
custom among journals with proper
regard for veracity and the viewpoint
of others, among them The Georgian,
to scourge The Post for Its utter dis
regard of everything and everybody.
But realizing the absolute hope
lessness of reforming the most arro
gant and abandoned food and nature
faker In the world, the bettor papers
have withdrawn from the hopeleai
task. The Charleston News and
Courier, somewhat akin to The Post
In spirit It not in utterance, koeps up
a desultory fire - . The Buffalo Bayou
party. ,
If we mistake not Tho Georgian
and The Washington Herald have
stood shoulder -to shoulder In trying
to pull The Post man from hla pedes
tal of mendacity. This being true,
It gives us grief to see The Washing
ton Herald now tnm upon The Geor
gian, Its friend In tb« hour of strife,
and seek to pour cold water on our
efforts to put the bumble peanut
where It properly belongs In the Hat
of human blessings.
But The Herald la hoist by Its own
petard. It seeks to create an Impres
sion that The Georgian predicated the
statement that "live centa' worth of
peanuts Is more nourishing than
porterhouse steak" upon conclusions
reached by thla Journal. Tho Herald
evidently did not note, or willfully
Ignored, tho fact that we quoted Pro
fessor Jaffa, an eminent educator In
tho University of California, whose
Investigations and conclusions, based
on long experimental work, are to be
•mbodlcd In a report of the United
States department of agriculture,
right under the shadow of The Her
ald office!
The Herald seeks to permanently
enjoin The Georgian upon the flim
siest and most specious of technical
points. It demands, with all the In
solence of s Houston Post, to be In
formed as to wbat constitutes live
cents' worth of peanuts, and how much
steak Is a "porterhouse steak." From
the Washington viewpoint and expe
rience both queries are perhaps per
tinent. The dozen or more worm-
barried, ancient, shriveled articles
sold In Washington under the name
of peanut would not nourish a mouse,
much less a human being. In Geor
gia live cents' worth of peanuts means
about a quart of flue, fat, llfe-gtvlng
peanuts.
One who has had to defend the
"star-spangled shad," made up of
bones and stringy meat, and depend
on a Washington "porterhouse steak"
for sustenance probably has tenable
ground for doubt We hardly believe
The Herald will And support in Ita
effort to decry the food value of the
peanut
Not even the abandoned Houston
Post will come to lu rescue on thla
proposition. It Is, therefore, ordered
that the case be taken under consid
eration, and a verdict returned tor
foe defendant—The Georgian.
A FRIENDLY WORD WITH THE LEGISLATURE.
The members of the General Assembly will understand that, In tho
frequent appeals which The Georgian has made In behalf of certain meas
ures which appeal to Ita Judgment, there has not been at any time the
slightest disposition to lecture or to dlcute to the law-makers of the
state.
We recognize the undisputed power and functions of the General
Assembly as a body. We recognize Just aa fully that tile present Assem
bly Is composed of men of more than ordinary Intelligence and In
tegrity.
But we do not forget that the General Assembly la sitting as a Jury
upon many public questions- which 'are being argued before It. and upon
which Its members must render a verdict In their votes. In this ca
pacity the Jury which tries public Issues must certainly desire to know
public opinion upon these Issues, and under our system of government
It has always been the privilege of the people and of their representa
tives In the press, the pulpit and the organized bodies, to plead tbelr
wishes and to argue tbelr necesrltles before the organized citizenship
which makes the laws.
This Is particularly true In the case of the press, which Is the
"Fourth Estate" la the autonomy of government, and which tn the ar
ticulation of public opinion, as well aa In its own Individuality, may
press without presumption Its honest views upon our public servants.
It Is In this spirit that The Georgian without apology and without
arrogance concerns Itself with tho weighty matters which the law-mak
ing body has under dally deliberation.
And In tbla spirit we now desire to argo upon the able and distin
guished Georgians who are making our laws, the evident and urgent ne
cessity of getting together and perfecting as rapidly and as harmoni
ously as possible within the few remaining hours, such reform remedial
legislation as It la known the people desire and demand.
Whatever may be said of the Macon platform. It must be conceded
that that platform waa an honest effort to crystallize Into form tho pop
ular desires which controlled tho last state campaign. Whatever the
Individual cohatructlona of that campaign, and the Individual differences
arising over it, surely no man will deny that It made clearly evident the
popular desire for the disfranchisement of the negro, tho regulation and
control of the railroads In tho matter of rates and franchises, the re
form If not the suppression of the powerful-lobby at the capitol, and the
abolition of tho free pass evil.
That these reforms are the clear and unmistakable will of tho peo
ple, wo feel sure. that no well-informed and high-minded momber of the
legislature will deny.
If so, then is It not timely and pertinent to appeal to the Assem-
lily to get together and moot the will of the people In these matters?
May we not hopo that the spirit of faction, and the meaner spirit
of personal politics shall be resolutely put under tho foot of patriotism
In the consideration'-of these great and Important Issues?
If tho convictions of a legislator lead him Into opposition to an
evident and almost unanimous popular desire. It ts tor that legislator
to settlo with conscience and political ethics his duty In the premises.
We do not lntrudo upon tho integrity of any representative In this
matter.
But with the will of tho poople niado plain, wo do feel that the call
Is clear and compelling In representative government that the people
should have their way.
We slnceroly congratulate tho Assembly upon the passago of the dls-
franchlsoment bill, as tho beat avatlabto legislation to meet the popular
expression. ,
• Wo sfneeroly trust that the Senate and the House may come to
gether in a spirit of concordance with the popular will, and give us an
anti-lobby bill which will contafo something tn real reform beyond the
mere empty uso of tho word “anti.”
Wo sincerely trust that the differences of opinion over tho anti-
pass bill may be morgod lu a broad and manly consideration of the
wishes and Interests of tho people, and that personal vanities and per
sonal prejudices may bo held subordinate to real reform and to wise and
comprehensive leglslatlpn.
There-has been a civic revolution In Georgia. We submit that the
legislature which succeeds It should treat Its great verdicts with rever
ence and respect. Tho voice of the people, expressed In thunder tone,
la entitled to be repeated tn foe statutes of the state in which (he people
reign.
Above nil things, don't let us play "politics” In this legislature. God
forbid.
There was never a finer body of representative Georgians than
those which make up our present General Assembly.'
May the few remaining hours of Ita noble session be made memora
ble by tho broad, brave and harmonious execution of what la known to
be the leople'a will.
MR. ROCKEFELLER’S PESSIMISTIC HOWL. '
Mr. Rockefeller's pessimistic howl has been heard before. Those who
read the public prints will recall the fact that Rockefeller has been
predicting disaster for at least twelve months, and has not hesitated at
any time to give hla doleful prognostics to the public.
Tho force and Influence of thla last howl Is very considerably broken
by the fact that the oil magnate hat a particular and personal and espe
cial grievance which la calculated to make him both aore and vindictive.
The flz% of twenty-nine million dollars Imposed by Judgo Landis In
Chicago Is well calculated to make an old, querulous and garrulous
financier both pessimistic and Ill-tempered. And those who read the
prediction of the Standard Oil man will not. In view of all the circum
stances, be likely to rush to a panic and to the untimely sacrifice of
stocks.'
Mr. Rockefeller Is undoubtedly wrong and unjust to the prealdont,
and It la both significant and cheerful to read the opposite view of the
administration taken so dearly and ao forcefully by that great represen
tative of the business Interests tn The Now York Journal of Commerce.
The Issue of that paper which reaches Atlanta on Tuesday contained an
earnest and forceful defense of the president against foe Standard Oil
malcontents and Is calculated to reassure the country In no small de
gree. li
lt la nothing less than malicious In anybody at this time to assail
tbs president for radicalism which Is calculated to destroy the value of
corporate property.
If anything has been dear and admirable In tbo president's utter
ances It has been the manly and Inspiring conaervatlsm In which be
has held even ground between foe selflihness and greed of capital and
the impatience and radicalism of the ultra-reform rank. Not an utter
once has come from the White House that did not emphasize tho fact
that the chief executive would rebuke as iternly an effort on the part of
foe people to oppress or to wrong vested capital or vested property aa
he would punish and condemn the graft and greed of capital that would
oppress the people.
We people on the outside who occupy conservative and Interested
positions which preserve the balance of sanity and of prosperity In fol*
country, have long since realized that we must sit steady In the boat
and not be disturbed by the passionate mouthing* of either aide In this
great economic controversy. The necessary reforms of this economic
era are In the nature of a surgical operation. They necessarily give
pain, and they almost Invariably provoke howl* and outcries. We can
not afford to be alarmed at every little shriek of protest on the part
of those who are being compelled to relax the hold they bare held upon
the prosperity of foe country, and foe only wisdom for u* la to consider
foe conditions which surround every public utterance and to measure
with a proper grain of salt both those deliverance! which come from the
thwarted and wounded grafters on the one band, and from foe ambl-
•Joua and aspiring demagogues on foe other.
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TO DEVELOP GEORGIA’S WATER POWER IN ELECTRIC.
ITY.
There are many bills pending before foe legislature whose passage
may be hindered by foe rapid close of the session.
Some of these are among foe vital reform measures of tho present
time, and others which may bear the title of minor bills, are yet of more
than ordinary Importance to sections of Georgia and to foe entire state.
Among these latter bills is one by the Hon. Ira E. Farmer, of Mc
Duffie, Intended to develop In larger and more effective fashion the vast
water powers of the state.
It la stated u-uon authority that Georgia has more undeveloped water
power than any other Southern state. All foe other Southern states
having water powers are developing them In connection with modern
uses of electricity far more rapidly than Georgia.
And It la In recognition of this fact that Mr. Farmer’s bill ' has
provided for a little larger power In the acquirement by purchase, lease
or condemnation of property, easements, right of way privileges, ripa
rian rights or other Interests necessary or expedient In foe development
of water powers, electric plants and other plants for supplying light,
heat oy power to the public.
This bill has passed the Senate by a vote largely Indicative of Its
merit, and It la to be hoped for tho sake of Its industrial significance
that It may successfully pass the House.
THE VISIT OF THE COTTON MILL MEN.
No more Important company of visitors has come to Atlanta In
many years than the cotton mill men who are duo In October.
Their presence offers a rare opportunity to commercial Atlanta to
Impress the resources and opportunities of Ocorgla upon a body of gen
tlemen who have Immense possibilities of helpfulness to our future.
They are vital, practical, potential men.
Nothing that Atlanta can spend to Impress these gentlemen can be
leas than well spent for the future of the section and the state.
We trust that the Chamber of Commerce and the City Council will
make generous and appropriate provision for their entertainment.
HIRAM F. BELL.
Georgians cannot note foe passing of a strong, brave citizen like
Hiram P. Bell without Interest and regret
Ho was one of the landmarks of tho old heroic Georgia of martial
memories and of heroic struggles In war and peace. He fought as a sol
dier, ho served aa a statesman for the old Confederacy, after he had
voiced hla fearless conviction against the act of secession. He wrote and
spoke words of bravo and Inspiring cheer In the stern period of recon
struction and upbuilding. Hla life and hla example made a tower of
strength to weaker men In the times that tried men's souls.
Elghty-one years of faithful and forceful service to Georgia entitles
him to the laurel wreath of honor among hla people, and to the plaudit
of history which writes “Well Done" at the finis of a noble life.
Congratulations to Tho Walton Tribune upon Its excellent special
Industrial edition of 48 pages. The edition makes manifest foe pleasing
facts that Monroe and Walton tiro prospering In full accord with the
records of a prosperous age, and that The Tribune has the full confidence
of Its people as an advertising medium.
NEW LAWS IN SEVERAL STATES
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(From Collier's For August 10.)
One who examines the records of the legislatures which have lately closed tbelr
sessions would find a little legislation that Is hlsarre nml foolish; a little that Is con*
reived In vindictiveness rather than In wisdom, but s large balance on the side of In*
tiHUgent advance. Probably few states can show ns strong a record as Missouri.
There the legislature submitted to the people a constitutional amendment on the sub*
Ject of taxation, which, according to tax experts, embodies the most advanced ideas
on the subject. The amendment will provide for local option In taxation, and also
for the separation of the sources of state and local taxation. Among the reform statutes
passed wero an anti-lobby Inw, requiring lobbyists to register and state their business,
and providing severe penalties for Its violation; a pure food Inw In accordance with
tbo national law on the subject, and making provision for state enforcement of tbs
same; more stringent laws against quacks; n law taxing “futures;" a law giving the
trial Jury tho option ns to whether the death penalty or life Imprisonment shall be
assessed In murder cases, and an eight months' compulsory school law. Other stat
utes dealt In the most modern spirit with the subjects of monopoly, nubile utilities,
and insurance. The liquor problem wns treated with a statute forbidding brewers and
wholesale liquor dealers to own snloous. It Is estimated that this will close about 700
saloons In tho city of 8t. Louis alone. Another law prevents the sale of Intoxicating
liquors within five miles of the State University, another prevents the shipping of
liquor into local option or “dry" comities, and another prevents eltner the snie or glv*
lug away of Intoxicating llqnors on any general election day. A very Important bill
adopted by the extra session la oue providing for the removal of any dorellct official,
whether appointive or elective. Governor Folk hna had much troublo, In some coun
ties, In securing the co-onerntlon of local officials In enforcing the law, nml thla bill
wns pnssed to remedy tn© difficulty. The race track gambling law was amended ao
ARMY-NAVY ORDRES
—AND—
MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS
Army Order*.
Washington. Aug. 17.—Lieutenant
Colonel Charles A. Varnum. Fourth
Cavalry to Fort Snelllng. Brigadier
General Charles Morton, Fort D.
Russell and assume command. Major
Chase W. Kennedy, adjutant general,
to Fort D. A. Russell; Major Harry F.
Russell, corps of engineers, detailed as
general purchasing officer. Isthmian ca.
mil commission. Captain Frank W.
Coe. coast artillery corps, from military
academy.
First Lieutenant Clarence M. Condon,
coast artillery corps, assigned to elgh-
ty-slxth company. Major Robert S.
Smith, paymaster, Denver to San An
tonio as chief paymaster department
of Texas.'
Resignation of Captain William S.
Biddle, Twenty-second Infantry, accept
ed. Major Champe C. McCulllch, Jr.,
surgeon from Fort Mead to Ancon, ca
nal zone; Lieutenant Colonel William
A. Glassford, signal corps, from de
partment of California to Omaha, ns
chief signal officer, department of the
Mississippi; Captain Clifton C. Carter,
coast artillery corps. In addition to oth
er duties to Fort Totten, as Instructor
In mines In school of submarine de
fense. •
Captain Frank W. Coo, coast artillery
corps, assigned to seventy-third com
pany; Captain Samuel F. Dallam, pay
master from department of California
to Kansas City; First Lieutenant Ed
win J. Nowlen, First Infantry to Fort
Yellowstone until November 1, then
Join regiment; Captains Leonard D.
Wtldman and William Mitchell, signal
corps, to Infantry and cavalry school,
Fort Leavenworth.
Navy Order*.
■Captain R. O. Denlgen, detached de
partment engineering material at Ches
ter, Pa., and continue Inspection Mid-
vole works. Commander T. W. Kln-
kald, to Inspection of engineering mate
rial at Chester.
Lieutenant Commander R. O. Blttler,
to command Supply; Lieutenant W.
McDowell, detached command third
torpedo flotilla and Strtngham to home
and wait orders; Lieutenant R. H.-Os
borne, to navy yard, Pensacola; Lieu
tenant C. S. Currlck, detached Hull, to
command Stockton.
Lieutenant W. G. Mitchell, detached
Your
First Deposit :
Represents the first step toward
success. Luck enters largely Into
the quick making of fortunes.
But wealth that Is gradually ac
cumulated during years of care
ful attention to business. Is of
greater value. The man who haB
resolved to save can do no better
than consider the savings bank
as a means to an end. You are
given every convenience. Small
sums may be added to your ac
count at any time; your money
ts available at all times; every
dollar In your account earns a
stated amount of Interest which
Is paid at regular times. , The
successful saver Is the one who
steadily saves smalt sums. We
Invite your savings account on
which we will pay you four per
cent Interest, compounded twice
a year.'
MADD0X-RUCKER
BANKING CO.
command Stockton to command third
torpedo flotilla and Strtngham; En
sign T. L. Ozburn, to Hull. Lieutenant
Commander F. B. Bassett, detached su
perintendent nautical school, Manila, to
Denver, as executive officer; Lieutenant
Commander M. L. Miller, detached
Denver, to naval station, Olongapo.
Movements of Vesieli.
ARRIVED—August 15, Des Molnea
at Gloucester; Louisiana at Hampton
Roads. ,/
SAILED—August 15. Brustus from
Philadelphia for Bradford: Des Moines
from Boston for Gloucester; Prairie
from Hampton Roads for Boston; St.
Louts from Callao for Aculpo; Illinois,
Kentucky and Kearsarge from Newport
for Provlncetown, Mass.; Georgia from
navy yard, New York, for Province-
town; Sylph from navy yard, New
York, for Oyster Bay; Plscataqua from
Che Foo for Cavite; Connecticut from
Tompklnsvllle for Hampton Roads.
Scorpion from naval station, San Juan,
to navy yard Boston.
NEW STATE WILL FOLLOW
GEORGIA AND BE “DRY;”
OKLAHOMA VOTES SEPT. 17
First Chance at Poli
tics Makes Every
body Busy. *
THE DRINK HABIT.
(From the Nashville American.)
The English have always been noted
as heavy eaters and drinker*. England
la still one of the largest) consumers
of liquor per capita^ and the drink
problem Is a serious one In the fight
little Island. But there have been
great changes In the last few years,
and there Is a steady tendency toward
greater temperance In living. The Pall-
Mall Gasette, In an article on the de
cline of old-fashioned chop houses In
London, says: "Thirty years ago It
was no uncommon thing to see ten or
fifteen men out of a company of sev
enty or eighty who went to these big
dinners of whom It would be said that,
although they were not, perhaps, Intox
icated, they had hail quite enough.
What a wonderful change today! You
go to similar dinners, and And men
drinking no more than one glass of
champagne, liberally diluted with aer
ated water, and not the slightest trace
of Intoxication.”
The change In this country Is even
more marked. The Philadelphia Record
says: "There la a wonderful change
tn the direction of temperate living—
both In food and drink—within the
memory of old-timer* In Philadelphia
Thla Is especially notable tn the habits
of business men, who And they can not
keep the pace unless they hold them
selves In vigorous form by tempering
appetite so as to Insure easy digestion.
They keep up steam by Judicious firing.
The like change In the habits of the
boay men who carry the world on their cure aa loan automobile on the ground.
FILL WAREHOUSES
»
Some Date Back To Louis
XIV and to .Third Re
public.
BY RAOUL DE SAINT RENE.
’Paris, Aug. 17.—M. Clemeneenu baa be
come n balloonist. The versatile prime min
liter has made an Interesting trip over
Parts In the now famous war balloon Pa-
trie, In company with General Plcquar, the
minister of war.
Starting from the 8t. Clond shed, they
. Tower and having a very pleasant
tour. This la quite a novelty for a minister
of Clemencesu’s age and with as many
preoccupations.
On returning to terra firms M. Clemen
ceau gave his imitresMlnua of bis trip. "It
waa marvelous,“ ho said. "1 never realised
before whnt a great and significant discov
ery It is. It has filled me with wonder for
the future of aerial navigation. What sur
prised me more than anything waa the
eren flowing motion of the balloon and the
absence of all Jerk, ao there used to be
with the earlier motors.
Moreover, you feel In It as safe and se-
shoulders Is noted In all other civilised
countries."
We are learning better how to live.
In the matter of eating and drinking
we are wiser In our day and generation
than our ancestors were. Temperance
In business and professional life has
come to be a matter of necessity. The
world has no use for the Intemperate
man. It does not trust him. The man
whose mind la befuddled by drink la
not wanted In any place of trust or
responsibility, whether It be managing
a bank or tending a railroad switch.
The intemperate man Injures hla mind
and body, his character, hts value as a
.'orker In any field of worthy endeavor,
and lowers himself socially. He la held
In pity and contempt. Men are learn
ing how to live more rationally. What
la called a drinking man has no place
In society. TAe sentiment against In
temperance Is based on common sense.
It has had more Influence, more effect,
than all the prohibition laws that have
been enacted, and these have been
beneficial. The young man who drinks
places a handicap on himself, and puts
himself In the danger xone. The habit
may not master him, but there is al
ways more or less danger that it wilt
It has done ao In millions of cases. It
ts not a necessity. It Is not a benefit.
It Is a false pleasure. The safest way
f» to avoid It altogether.
|40,000 Increase Shown.
Special to The Georgian
Perry* Go.. Aug. 17.—The Houston
county tax digest for 1907 shows an
increafe of $40,000.
In the middle of the Journey a pipe of the
motor burst and flooded us with hot water,
but this was the ouly untoward Incident.
"* *■ ““ repaired ir, t
front one compart
Rome hitherto unpublished letters of Dee
thovett have been printed, but although they
contain no interesting details regarding his
artistic career, they are fall of curious In
cidents regarding the domestic arrange
ments of the great musician. Beethoven had
two servants, Nannie and Babette, of whom
jn bis letters he was perpetually complain-
*He found that Nannie was ignorant and
stupid and even "bestial." As to the other.
not worth more than five florins for her
New Year's gift, while Babette was not
worth anything at all.
Another letter was written by Beethoven
to bis copyist, Wslleneck. who complained
of the master's lard writing and the diffi
culty he bad In deciphering his manuscript.
The musician’s reply is as follows?
“Stupid and all pretentious Individual!
Great ass! With sneh a nincompoop steal
ing one's money one has In addition to be
Insulted by bis pretenses!
“lie deserves to be polled by the ears.
Correct the fanlts yon bars committed by
your tgnornnee, presumption, vanity and
stupldlty-that wouM suit yon better than
for yon to give me lessons, which 1# like n
sow trying to teach Minerva.
•BEETHOVEN."
Professor Chsntemesse has made the val
uable discovery of the. means to diagnose
typhoid fever In Its earliest stages. Profes
sor Chantemesse Is tbs distinguished Dbyst-
clan who recently discovered the scram
which cures this fever.
By CLAUDE B. NEALY.
Special to The Georgian.
Wagoner, Ind. Ter., Aug. 17.—Tho recent
action of Georgia in declaring for state
prohibition, it Is believed, will nlnr an Im
portant part In settling the whisky aues-
lon In tl»o new state of Oklahoma, which
II to be formed shortly by consolidation
of Indian Territory and Oklahoma Terri*
•Re people of the two territories will vote
on Heutemlwr 17 on the question of state
prohibition nt the same time they vote on
i he ratification of tho new constitution and
for stats and county officers. This will be
the first time the redskins and the pale fare
citizens of the territories have ever bail
the privilege of voting for regular state
and county officers, and, «s a result, Inter
est Is nt ferer heat. Almost all of the
male population. Including uumbers of the
Indians, have developed Into full-fledged
politicians, and those who are not are talk
ing politics nt every opportunity. And a
remarkable feature Is the fact that the
Red Men are counted among the shrewd
est of the politicians.
It Is the general opinion that tho new
state will have absolute prohibition. 8lnce
Georgia voted dry, the prohibitionists have
become considerably more encouraged and
nr© confident this same wave of reform will
sweep over both territories.
The situation here ns regards whisky Is
peculiar, and this adds Interest to the
campaign. When congress voted to con
solidate the two territories and give the olt-
lien* the benefits of statehood, n clause wns
adopted stipulating that the Indian Terri
tory should remain dry for n period of twen
ty-one years. The sale of whisky, as Is well
known, has always been prohibited In this
territory, but Is legalised In Oklahoma.
Under the provisions made by congress,
the whole new state will vote on the ques
tion of whether the sale of whisky shall be
continued In thla section of the new state—
Oklahoma.
Prohibition Will Win.
It In conceded that the majority of voters
In tho Indian reservation will vote against
whisky, because It Is already outlawed In
this section ot the state for twentv-on©
years, and they are opposed to Oklahomn
being grunted any special privileges. Tho
prohibition leaders also assert that the ma
jority of voters In Oklahoma favor prohi
bition. The Indlnn Territory hna slightly
the best of It In the matter of population,
nud nt this stage of the game prohibition
looks like n winner.
“The prohibition sentiment Is rapidly
growing over the whole country, and 1 be
lieve the new stnto Is going to fall in line
with Georgia," declared a prohibitionist to
a representsivo of The Georgian here to-
%© antis are making a strong -fight,
however, and It Is estimated that thousands
of dollars will be spent. Both sides have
established headquarters in Guthrie, Okln.
The Rev. Mr. Dinwiddle, of Washington, Is
managing the prohibition campaign.
It is said that the greater number of
full blood lndlnns are siding with the pro
hibitionists. Numbers of redskins are now
residing In Oklahoma, however, having
moved there. It Is said, so they can get hold
of “fire water.”
Indians Aro Democrats.
It will tw interesting to Georgians, and
Democrats generally, to know that the now
state will be found In the Democratic col-
man. It Is said to l»e safely Democratic,
the lndlnns helping materially to swell the
majority. The chiefs of the five civilised
tribes, which compose the Indlnn Territory,
Tne Muskogee new man* innttnp. nmi ui"^
of t’he tribesmen will follow tbelr leaders.
These five tribes consist of the Cherokee*.
Choctaws, Chlckasnws, Creeks and Sciul-
Holes. . . • ...
Since the campaign opened, some of these
Indians have proven to be Democrats ns
staunch nnd enthusiastic ns can be found
in the most Democratic sections of Geor-
gl Smn<> of the R«l Mon. of oourno. will
voto tho Republican ticket, and this fact
gives n trl-color effect to the Republican
campaign. In the Republican councils can
be found white men. red men and black
men. practically nil of the negroes In the
territory being with the Cl. O. P.
The constitutional convention was com
posed of shout 100 Democrats and twelve
Republicans. |
Frank Frants, nt present governor of the
Oklahoma Territory, under appointment of
President Roosevelt, Is the Republican can
didate for governor. County tickets are
Itelng put out In all comities, nnd, with
the thermometer registering neat above
tbeXlOO mark, the campaign Is growing
warmer nnd wanner each day. It promises
to become bitter In some sections, nnd ns
one politician expressed Its , .
“This first state election will excel In
ginger your famous Georgia campaign be
tween Hoke Smith nnd Clark Howell.
Although tho campaign in sizzling. wjjjj
Republicnnn already concede the elect lot
of Haskell anti the entire Democratic state
ticket. Republicans will win In some of
tho county contests.
an early diagnosis of the disease wns known,
but his method, which he hna Just presented
to the Academy of Medicine, snppllcs thlr
want, and seeing bow often fatal typhoid
fever Is nnd how necessary It Is In a dls*
ease of this kind to be aide to determine
quickly Its real unture, hla discovery can
uot lx* exaggerated In Importance.
Ills method Is similar to that which wns
adopted by two famous German physicians.
Dr. Yon Plrket and Dr. Wolff-Klsner, to
diagnose the IwglunlnRS of tutierculosis.
These doctors, Inoculating a small portion
of tubercullne Into n prepared surface of
skin, found that persons suffering from
tutierculosls, even in a very tmdevclop<>d
state, displayed a certain characteristic cuta
neous reaction, which was entirely absent
In healthy subjects.
An ophthalmic reaction Is also produced
by means of tulnwrullne If a drop of the
toxin Is placed In the eye of a tuberculous
person. Professor Chnntemesse hns fol
lowed the Intter system with regard to sus
pected cases of typhoid fever. Having pre*
K red s typhlc toxin reduced to s dry pow*
r. he dissolved the fiftieth part of a
milligram In a drop of water, nnd his toxin,
placed under the subject’s eyelid, gave a
very marked ophthalmic dlaguosls of ty
phoid fever.
No Inconvenience attends the experiment,
not even the temperature being raised,
while It la absolutely Innocuous, nnd the
■light redness and watering of the eye pro
duced disappear In a very short time.
The donor of the famous “rosery of Bags
which all Paris hns heeu going to
Imt
telle. 1
M. Graverennx, possesses Immense
fields of roses it Hay, a little village quite
close to I*nrls.
It Is suggested that the example of M.
Gravereaax should he an excellent one for
the wine growers In the south of France,
for the splendors of them rose gardens Is
s proof that t ranee could produce roses as
well and aa profitably as do the peasants
gram, and It Is calculated that an acre of
rases will produce a profit of 1300 or *400.
An Interesting fact Is that land suitable
for vine cultivation Is also particularly pro
pitious for the culture of roses.
The history of Paris tn mirrors has been
.(•covered by the learned and able secre
tary of the Commission of Vleux Paris, M.
Ijoclen Lamtiesn.
Poking about In old shops and old corners,
as Is bis wont, be has discovered In an out
house of the storehouses lielonging to the
city of Parts on the Boulevard Morisnd. a
whole huge collection of mirrors which were
HAWKINSVILLE SCHOOL
TEACHERS ELECTED
Special to The Georgian.
Hawklnsvllle, Ga.. Aug. IT.—Superln-
tendent of Public School T. G. Polhlll
has returned from hi* summer vacation,
which was spent at the University of
Chicago. He will open the school here
on September 2. with a faculty of nine,
teen teachers. The new additions to
the faculty are Professor R. K. Malone,
of Cuthbert, and Mtss Elizabeth Rog
ers, of Norwood, the latter taking
charge of the elocution department.
Travelinu In Automobile.
Special to The Georgian.
Hawklnsvllle, Aug. 17.—Messrs. T. H.
Bennett, Robert II. Wood, L. A. King
and F. W. Saussy started Friday morn
ing for a trip to Atlanta In an automo
bile. They anticipate reaching there
some time Saturday.
Perry Receives First Bale.
Special to The Georgian.
Perry, Ga., Aug. 17.—Perry secured
the first bale of cotton this morning.
It wan grown on W. D. Day’s farm,
three mllen east of Perry, and sold at
hls warehouse for 12 1-2 cents per
pound.
piquant If not always so very demure r<v
nutnres have licon written. In accordance
With a royal decree dating from very many
years back, and which was always very
carefully carried out. the dtyeach> time
that It demolished a bunding which It had
acquired preserved the mirrors. .
These were taken to the storehouse or tne
Boulevard Moris nd, and It Is these, which
had for years been forgotten, that M. h*®}:
I*e*u has rediscovered and proved them «*»
to be authentic. . -
They comprise a splendid collection
mirrors of all styles from the periodl «f
I/>nls XIV, passing by the empire and Doff*
I’bllllnpe and ending with the third repub
lic. The most Interesting and curious are
those dating from the regency, many ®*
which are scratched In various Places hf
means of diamonds with the meet Illusion*
names of the “Grand Seigneur’' of the time,
the Marshals of France. Mgh offlcUta snd
iininsrMnssna nt it ki takeu from the Petit Cabinet st the time dignitaries,' and fine ladies. A work
Hitherto no proper means of establishing of the regency, regarding which so many be published dealing with these mirrors.