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V. THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST IS. 1907. THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN (AND NEWS) JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor. F. L. SEELY, President. Published Every Afternoon, (Except Sunday) Dy THE GEORGIAN COMPANY. At 13 West Alabama St. Atlanta. Ga. Subscription Rates: On* Trap ... SIjMtbl , _ Torre Months 1-99 On- Month •<* Ur Carrier, Per Week Telephones ronneetlnx all depart- menu, tong dlatanea terminals Smith A Thompson, advertising rep. resentntlres for all terrltorr outskt* of Georgia. Chlcaao Offleo ...... Trlhnno Bnlldlnt .New York office Brunswick Bldg. NEWS, telephone It promptly Bell <937 null It Is dr sirs hie that oil eoromnnlea- tlons Inr.'tided for puhllratton In THE GEORGIAN AND NEWS Im limited to NO wnrde In length. It Is Irapsratlro that tt,.j he algned. ns an rrldence of gooil (allh. Rejected manuscripts will oat he returned uuleaa slumps nr* sent for the purpose. THE GEORGIAN AND NEWS prints Ivt andean or objectionable advent*- lug. Neither docs It prlut whisky or any liquor ads. OUR PLATFORM: THE GEORGIAN AND NEWS stands for Atlanta's own- lag Its own gas aud electric light plants as It now owns Its water works. Other dries do Ibis nml get R s as low as (0 ecols., with n proflt the city. This should he done st ones. TIIH GEORGIAN AND NEWS lietlsres tbnt If street railways enn lie set Its fare In that direction NOW. There Is no doubt that In a tongue (eat, Mr. Bryan leads the procession of candidates In both parties. “Senator Hemphill" of South Caro lina sounds natural and easy. Geor gia li solid for the editor-senator. And Birmingham likely to go dry! Well, prohibition will hurt Birming ham, and It will not hurt Atlanta. We ' are natural prohibitionists In Georgia. • It seems quite evident that yonr uncle Lon Livingston is going to have a run for his money—or for his scat— In the next campaign. Let every man who expected tho partisan editors to be pleased with Taft's speech hold up their hnnds— both hands. In the days of Atlanta luck, Billy Smith would have scored against Memphis, at, least four out of six games. But Atlanta has to really light for what she gets these days. It was a great stroko of statesman ship which placed the telephono and the telegraph lines under the oontrol o( the railway commission. The peo ple are magnified In this day and gen eration. The Charleston Nows and Courier thlnka that Judge Alton B. Parker . would make a hotter race for the . presidency next year than bo did In 1904. Really Tho News and Courier ought to movo to—Philadelphia. There Is a regular julep jingle In the note of the Charleston and Columbia papers In discussing prohibition. Bo careful, esteemed contemporaries. Tillman and Temperance will get you —If you don't watch out Brethren of tho Fourth Estate, tho commission Is abput to dignify the profession by making us the ouly peo ple permitted to travel on passes But the money wo pay for them In solid columns of advertising will avail to keep us humble.. The Atlanta newspapers are going to rake In heaps of ahekols next year advertising cheap rates to Texas.—Houston Post. Yea, and the east-bound railroads are going to rake In other and great, er shekels In bringing these people home. For the public servants who ride on free pasaee this light of publicity threatened by the new railroad com. mission will be fully as potent as an anti-pass law. Tbe only fellow who pays full value for his railroad pass Is the newspaper man. who Invariably gives a little more In advertising than he gets In transportation. But tbe 1,000-mlle Interchangeable family mileage book at 2 cents a mile ought to be the one fully accepted and entirely unopposed suggestion of the commission. It has been In force In other sections of tbe country for years. There is no just reason against It. “Secretary Taft at Columbus,’' says The News and Courier, “was such s goad Imitation of a Demo crat that he was the sorriest ap pearing specimen of a Republican that has been on parade." Secre tary Taft was exhibiting as tbe alter ego of President Roosevelt. John Temple Graves seems to have carried another Southern newspaper office. — Charleston Post Which Is nil very well for The Pos\ psragrtpher. but the real point In tbe Paragraph—tbe unusual point—la that It la true. "THE FLEET STARTS IN DECEMBER.” Under this headline the dispatches announce that the Atlantic Fleet of the United States sails In December for San Francisco and the Pacific Coast. A simple announcement enough, and not likely to create a ripple of unusual Interest outside of the officers and sailors of tho American navy. And yet If tbe American people could realize, aa only the few who know can realize, all of storm and stress and deep diplomacy and definite danger tbat'llei beneath this quiet line, there would be stir and eager ness and passion from Bar Harbor to the Golden Gate. Have you noticed how long a time It has taken to decide upon the salting of this fleet—the time, the circumstance? Have you observed how carefully the statement of Its mission has been made, and how many times it has been re-stated In a milder way? And hai It ever occurred to you that the Japanese government has had almost as much to do with the details of this expedition as the naval department at Washington? . We quiet people who live outside the realm of diplomacy and be yond the pale of department secrets, and the foreign relations of tho Republic, will find It hard to realize how far this great government has been Influenced and dominated and dictated to In recent years by this in solent little Island empire of Japan. Do you recall the episode of the 8an Francisco schools? Perhaps so. But It Is much more probable that* you do not know how the ministers of Japan had statemeat after statement, concession after concession, and even apology after apology made by this grand republic for tho most trivial Incident which we would almost have declined to discuss with any other nation. A member of tbe American congress and an expert In naval affairs Is an authority for the story of this pitiful "bending of ths knee to the Mikado''—a story which makes the blood boll In tho veins of a citizen of this country which hns been accustomed for a hundred years to look with dopredatlve eyes upon these little Islands of the Pa-,, clfic seas. But we have no navy great enough to justify our perfect Independ ence. and under the conditions made by the leek of a navy It appears that we wore compelled by circumstance to Be down In diplomatic con cession before the arrogant empire of Japan. Here as we have it Is the situation: The American navy Is greater than tbe navy of Japan. But the bulk of our navy remains upon the At lantic coast because of the greater wealth of commerce and population on this aide. Our Pacific squadron Is altogether Inadequate and unequal to the navy which Japan keeps on the sea of Japan near to the Pacific (Blands which we own, and which Japan covets for purposes of com merce and for strategical reasons In the control of Pacific prestige and trade, America alone stands for the open door In China and tbe East, and Japan with her Europoan allies, wishes to partition zones of Influ ence and to dominate the far Pacific In every way. Spoiled and made ar rogant by her war with Russia, she oelloves herself equal to America In every way, and knowB that her Pacific fleet Is far superior to our own. Grant that our joint navy Is the greater, but Japan has provided for that with a clearly written treaty and alliance with England which Is also In accord with her commercial purposes In the East. By this treaty England Is bound to mobilize her fleet In case Japan goes to war with any nation, and to hold herself In readiness for help In case a third nation Intervenes. This mobilization of the English fleet would make it Impos sible for America to send her Atlantic squadron to the Paalflc, and would leave Japan's navy superior In tbe Pacific seas and among our Islands which sho covets there. Sooner or later, say the experts of tbe world's chess board, Japan Is going to roach out after our Island bases to control tho Pacific and tbe trade of the Eaat. She has bson making her treaties, perfecting her al liances, and equipping her navy for this crisis In her affairs. Japan sees that America's present period of naval unpreparedness Is hor great and golden opportunity. And this will explain tho recent period of successive arrogant asser tions over trifles which have Illustrated the diplomatic relations of the two cpuntrles. • . * ■. Tho experts see and the state department has been made to roallxa that just at this time Japan would welcome an excuse for a brush with the United States out of which she could come with a slice of the Philip pines and Hawaii, and a Far East alliance with England and France for the closed door In China, and the |mrtltlon of tho tones of Influence among tho nations In alliance. Out of this definite policy there has come to the republic many ag gravating and some really mortifying passages of diplomacy, and In this policy rests a threat of future disturbance which can only be quieted when the republic builds a navy that will be as great In the Pacific as it Is In thtr Atlantic, and great enough to quiet the eagerness of any for eign cohntry to attack us on either shore. We are fully persuaded that a groat navy Is the best safeguard of the republic's dignity and safety. We arc as fully persuaded that a great navy Is tho beat and only guarantee oflbe peace of the world. TEXAS AND TAFT, THE £0ST AND THE PRESIDENCY. It remains lor The Houston Post, which has been swiftest In criti cism of Secretary Taft, to furrilih the most sweeping Indorsement of his Columbus speech. The Post says that Secretary Taft's speoch at Lexington was, of course, a reply to the Foraker speech at Georgetown, and It was In all respects an ample reply. The secretary bravely accepted the senator's challenge and established himself upon the solid ground of the right of the people of ths states to establish sucb suffrage qualifications as they may deem essential to the common welfare. This position will appeal to the fair-minded Republicans of the North, who are not disposed at this time to'undertake to force another era of reconstruction upon the South ern states, and to the |argo number who already know that tbe Southern states have undertaken In a constitutional way to safeguard their civili zation against the dangers of African Ignorance spurred to passion by demagogues of the Foraker strlpo. It la almost enough to* make us suspect that The Post Is about to suggest to 8enator Culberson to nominate the big secretary for the presi dency when that paper goes on to say: “Mr. Taft Is far In advance of certain theorists of the North when ho declares that the negro’s "best friend,’ tho one that can do most for him and the one In many respects who sympathizes with him most Is the Southern white man. He understands his defects. He knows hla virtues, and If the negro responds to the opportunities tor Improvement, as Booker Washington points them out, we can be sure that ho will grow In the estimation of his white fellow-citizens of the South, and that the great problem that haa burdened the South with Its race Issues wilt be largely solved." This broad and accurate view Mr. Taft no doubt haa ob tained from long observation of tbe negro problem and Its work ings. Residing In Cincinnati, he haa had exceptional opportunities to see and understand the peculiar difficulties which surround the negro question and the unmitigated curse of negro Ignorance and cupIdHy Injected Into political campaigns. Mr. Taft's view of the fifteenth amendment, which seems to be giving Senator Ft)raker brainstorms. Is accurate and sensible. "The fifteenth amendment," he says, “does not require that every negro should vote. All that it requires Is that he should not bo excluded from voting because ho Is a negro. If ho lacks educa tional qualifications, property qualifications or any other qualifi cations that tbs state may lawfully Impose as a rule of eligibility for Its voters, then be may be excluded, provided that every one else who lacks similar qualifications Is equally excluded." The Southern legislatures have taken care to observe the let ter of tbe fifteenth amendment In enacting suffrogo laws to safe guard the ballot box against Ignorance and corruption. It Is true many of the restrictions deprive negroes of the right to vote, but they also exclude many white men, and no negro who Is eligible under the law Is denied the right to vote In any Southern stste. Mr. Taft's friendly attitude toward the white people of the South Is not attended by any hostility to tbe negro. He express es a more rational sympathy for the blacks than Senator Foraker does. Senator Foraker may succeed In corralling the Ohio negro vote, but Ohio has a negro problem of Its own and tbe white peo ple of the state who are In contact with It have no criticism for the South. And there will be two white Republicans to Indorse Taft's sensible views for every negro to flock to Foraker's standard. It is difficult fur approval to go further than thin, aud while we can not deny tbe good sense aad fairness of the comment, we confess to some surprise at its heartiness In a stalwart partisan like The Post. EDNA CAIN TELLS NEW YORK HOW PRINCE WILHELM WOULD BE GREETED IN QUITMAN, GA. Georgia Woman Fore casts Whaf Would Happen to Visitor. By EDNA CAIN, In Ths New York Evonlng World. I have been asked to tell what would happen to Prince Wilhelm If he should by any chance anchor at Quitman, Ga. In the first place the train would be late and everybody gone home to din ner, so the crowds of sightseers would not Impede his progress when he got In the 'bus to ride up to the hotel. Some friendly drummer would ask nlm what line he carried and If he traveled from New York or Baltimore. And when the prlnco said he was Prince Wilhelm the drummer would say: “Oh, yes. In the show business, are you V Sit on Hotel Porch, If ho put on any princely airs he would probably be left to sit on the Hotel Marie porch In solitary splendor and watch . the girls go by without having an opportunity to meet any of them. But If he was .Inclined to be friendly ho would have a very good time. Heretofore only candidates for gov ernor have been met at the train by a brass Band and a committee of proml- nont citizens, and I suppose the prince would about rank with the candidate In the absence of any more Ulstln gulshed precedent. The president of the board of trade would call and convey In certain for mal terms the fact that tho entire town waa at the prince's disposal dur ing his stay. In the morning he would be tnken to ride In the newest auto mobile In town and would be shown all the points of Interest, Including the new cotton mill, the new Baptist church and the route of the proposed street car line. Look Over the Farms. Tho president of the Brooks Coun ty Immigration Society would ask him to go out in the country and look at the fnrms and tell him If he has any surplus subjects In Sweden, for heav en's sake to send them over. "We have heard the Swedes make excellent citizens and nra not given to exploding bombs under the nose of law-ablders; that they are willing to do their own planting ns well ns reap ing. and prince, that Is the kind wo need. So If you have the welfare of your subjects at heart you will toll them what a garden spot south Geor gia Is, and If they Insist on leaving their Swedish roof, head them In this direction." Don’t you think tho prince would find that as Interesting aa Newport? It would nil be so new to him, which Newport Isn't. Moonlight Plenio for Him. 8oclety always wcleomes a now man In Quitman, whether he comes as a prince or a new clerk In the bank, because, sadly enough, eligible men are all too few and far between. The chief social organisation Is tho Young Matrons' Club, which meets Friday afternoons, but 1 don’t think It would feel called on to glvo a "progressive trail" party for the prince. Young matrons In Quitman don't think It de corous to pay much attention to young men, whatever the fashion at New port. But I am sure ho would be given a moonlight picnic at Blue Spring. Usunlly, parties In Quitman have plenty to eat, but ns it Is a prohibition town, there Is nothing to drink except fruit punch. At the picnic, however, somebody would see to' It that tho prince had enough beer, although the ladles are not supposed to know any thing about It. Might Get Real Champagne. Then the Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish of Quitman would spend two days polish ing her cut glass mid silver and would give a dinner which would be fully equal to the occasion. Only a few people In Quitman will calmly order champagne and the other features of a real dinner menu from Savannah, and Indifferently toss (he empty bot tles over the back fence next day. But there are people there rich dnough to fly In the fare of pdbltc opinion to that extent. And I could almost promise that a caterer would be brought, with waiters, for the prince’s dinner. It would be a very clever Imitation of Newport, Indeed. j And social jealousy. The girls who didn't get Invited to the dinner would say: Welt, they needn’t be entertaining him so lavishly: he couldn't marry any of them." For whntever tho Newport attitude may be. In Quitman they believe In marrying early and not so often and a prince with mntrlmonlal limitations would not be as permanently popular there as the new clerk In the bank. BOYS' OWN CLUB IS Officers Elected and First Subscriptions Are Received. KOREAN EMPEROR IS GIVEN CROWN Toklo, Aug. 29.—A state council for Korea was appointed last Friday. The coronation of the new Korean emperor took place yesterday without a hitch. The old and new emperor and the crown prince cut top knots. - The high est Korean decorations are conferred upon General Iiazwagn. tlie Japanese commander-in-chief In Korea, and the members of his staff. HUSBAND IN SEARCH OF MISSING FAMILY Frultdale, Ala., Aug. 29.—J. L. Ber tram. a farmer of this place, left last night for Mobile. Ala.. In search of hla wife, three children and $900. which he claims that hla wife secured by signing his name to a check which waa promptly cashed, the rashler of the bank knowing both Bertram and 'hla wife well. Bertram learned through the sheriff's office at Mobile that Mrs. Bertram passed through that city yes terday and said she was going to visit some friends In Jackson. Miss. Ber tram says that he had no disagreement with his wife. The movement to organize a Boys' Club In Atlanta took definite shape at a mass tneetlng held In the council chamber at the city hall Tuesday after noon, when the officers and a board of directors and a superintendent were elected for the club and $780 was sub scribed as a starter for Its support The building In Trinity avenue, just In the rear of Trinity church, will be the first home of the club. George C. Dorr, of Lynn', Mass., was unanimously elected superintendent qf the club. Mr. Dorr has had experlencs In managing clubs of this character and has been most successful In the work. The following officers were elected: Dr. Floyd W. McRae, president; J. J, Spalding and Edward S. Gay. vice pres idents; Delos Hill, secretary. The board of directors Is as follows: W. O. Foote, Eugene Black, Dr. Hawkes, Leonard Haas, Marion Jack- son, E. A. Neely, Oscar Elsas, Fred Miles, George Knott, E. M. Hudson, H. C. Peeples, C. E. Caverly, H. A. Miller, A. G. Candler, Jr„ J. M. Beasley, E. M. Durant, Henry Porter, Walter Colquitt, Dan Carey, John Brice, J. W, Little, Eugene Oberdorfer, Charles T. Hopkins, J. W. Mayson and Wllmer Moore. The meeting was attended by per- haps a hundred of Atlanta's most prominent business men. W. O. Foote called the meeting to order and J. K. Orr was elected chairman and Dr. DeLos P. Hill waa elected secretary. A Pisco for Boys. Mr. Orr briefly stated the object qf tho meeting and he was followed by Linton Hopkins, who outlined the work proposed to be done by the Boys' Club. "Tills will be a place where boys may go and feel at home," said he. "They will not have some one to pat them on the head every time they go In and asle them It they've been to Sunday school, but we Intend to throw such Influences around them that they will be uncon sciously Inclined to a better and nobler life, and It will be done In such a way that the average boy of the street will not feel that he Is forfeiting his self- respect by going In. there." Mr. Hopkins moved that a commit tee of five be appointed to select offi cers for the club and a board of di rectors. and the following committee was appointed by Chairman Orr: Lin ton Hopkins, chairman; Rabbi" David Marx, Rev. H. L. Crumley, Walter G. Cooper and R. J. Guinn. The report of the committee naming the officers mentioned was adopted. In the absence of Dr. McRae, Captain Edward S. Gay, vice president, was called to the chair. Captain Gay delivered a short ad dress, In which he urged every gentle man present to use his Influence In making the club a success. At the conclusion of Captain Gay's remarks talks were, made by Mr. Dorr, Dr. Wllmer, Hamilton Douglas and Jo seph Logan, all of whom spoke of the great necessity for an organization like that which It Is proposed to establish, and expressed the belief that It can be made a success. Subscribers to Club, The following subscriptions toward tho maintenance of the club were taken Tuesday afternoon: R. J. Lowry, $100: J. K. Orr, $90. Subscriptions of $29 were made) by M. J. Cofer, H. M. Maler, W. M. Scott, Marlon Jackson, R. J. Guinn, A. K. Haw kes, W. M. Orr. E. M. Durant, A. II. Baneker, J. M. Hensley, F. L. Wood ruff, W. R. Hammond, Hamilton Doug, las, R. F. Sheddsn, Charles T, Hopkins, James L. Key, W. O. Footo, John A. Brice, Moore-Gaunt Company, Subscriptions of $10 were made by D. Zabaa, H, E. Frye, John D. Simmons, J. 8. Pnnchen, Fred Miles, G. B. Hln- man, W. G. Cooper, H. E. Burdette F. A. Qullllan. The other subscriptions were: David Marx, $9: E. P. Hayes, $5; II. L. Crum ley. $9; J. F. Beck. $9; Charles Bern hardt, $9; Joe C. Logan, $2.50. The building which will be used by the Boys' Club as a club house is lo cated at 19 Trinity avenuq. It la owned by Trinity Methodist church, and has been tendered to the organisa tion for use so long as It Is desired. It has been remodeled and will meet all the requirements of the club. The board of directors will hold meeting at the club house Thursday afternoon at 5:30 o'clock for the pur pose of perfecting the organisation, and It Is hoped to have the club In ap. oration by -Monday, September 1. TELEGRAPH COMPANY CLOSES 8MALL OFFICES A Bank Is But the Reflection of a Business Policy. That Is why this bank Is as it Is. Chance plays no part in an organization like this. Everything Is the result of a well conceived policy of conservatism, caution, strength and care for the interests of Its depositors. For over a quarter of a century particular attention has been paid to commercial accounts and we are still prepared to extend to firms, corporations and Individuals every facility consistent with sound hanking. MADD0X-RUCKER BANKING CO. THE GEORGIAN AND GEORGIANS He Is Content. (The. Amerlcus Tlmes-Ilecorder.) Tho Georgian Is authority for tho asser tion tii.it, on tin* sMsl the governor is coutent with tho work of the legislature. We Have Not Said 80. (Tbe Brunswick NewsA The Atlanta Georgiitu, Heah Wright and Judge Covington are the great triumvirate A "Paragraphic Fib.” (The Birmingham, Ala., News.) On n recent visit to that state. Colonel John Temple Craves arranged for the Dem ocrats to carry Ohio. At least one wotTld think so from the letters he has been writing hack to his newspaper. Not Less Fact for the poesy, (The Brunswick News.) 'emple Graves ought to be able to furnish the information, cjotbed In rare gems of poesy. To Bind Democracy Together. (The Birmingham, Ala., News.) Although this is not the sausage spnson< Editor Graves has dubbed Tom Wntson “the mlsslug link." With Hoke, Hope and Heartiness. (The Albany Herald.) The Charleston News and Courier says ♦lint “had John -Temple Graves Itoen gov ernor, the Georgia legislature would nave, passed the administration bills In pence, sirup and song." Resents the Average. (The Augusta Chronicle.) The Georgian Is mistaken. The cltlseus of Richmond are not "ati average sort of It la the Goneral Opinion. * (Tho Amerlcus TImes-Uecorder.) The Georgian thinks the lockar clubs will soon appreciate tho fact that the ■"irce nml omnipotence. of public opinion i backing the prohibition lnw, ana that ich evasions of It will not l>© tolerated. Thor© Are Some. (The Homrrvllle News.) Where Is the Georgian tbnt will not be proud to say bis state Is “dry?" Principles Above Expadienoy, (The Wlllacooehee. Fin., Sun.) Editor Graves snys he '1ms nt last suc ceeded in reducing the Democratic perplex ity to three alternatives. First. To nom inate Roosevelt nml Brynn. Second. To nominate Brynn nml Ucnrst. Third. To uomlimte a Southern msn." Wasn’t It Itoa- coo Conkllng who said “the Democratic We are eon- party could be counted on to ent the fool Just nt the proper time to defeat them- selves! Expediency hns never won a do. lltlcal battle, and never will. Tho People Are Generally Right (The DouglasvIUe Enterprise.) It is pretty safe to conclude of the prominent dailies In Georgia, The Atlanta Georgian Is the only one that voices the seutlment of people of Georgia as regards prohibition. Conviction Behind It , (Monroe Tribune.) The Atlanta Georgian has strengthened Itself a great great tight for prohibition. ■trained to lielleve that Tbe Georgina was bouest In the tight and spoke from couvjc* tlou. Wo therefor© desire to see that they got all the credit due. 1 Ripe for a Southern Candidate. (Greenville News.) Mr. John (Temple Graves devotes consider, ablo space i|i Tue Atlanta Georgian to tell ing “How i Southern Candidate Look* to the North.'* He says he hns talked with score* of promliieut men in New York mil Ohio—“men In control of tbe machinery, aud men In the outer ranks of contiuerue or agriculture—and with cue nccord they express wonder nt the hesitation of the South In presenting Its great men for the chief magistracy." He thinks the cue of Democracy next veor 1* a Southern candidate. He believe* the announcement of “n strong, progressive Southern man would Ik* magical in Its of. feet at this time. I honestly and deliber ately state the Ixdlef that the nomination of n Southern man Is tne very best hope of the Democratic party for success in the next campaign.” Colonel Graves Is right. Tlie only chance of success that the party ha*, and that Is atv exceedingly small otic with Mr. W. J. Brynn going ntont the country preaching government ownership. Ilea In the nomina tion of n vigorous Southern uinn. No Dem ocrat from tlie South hns been eleot.il president in sixty years, and It lui* boon forty-seven years since this section him na much as presented a man for that office. Nearly a third of the population of the en tire country lives In the S’outb. Tho Mouth hns kept life In the Democratic party for over forty years, nml the time has come for the main support of the party to have some say In who shall lie nominated in 1W8. Sentiment no longer divides the country, and therefore why should not the Demo crats of the North nml West lie willing to give their support to n Southern ninn? J here Is no good reason why the next standard bearer should not hall from tlm South, which breathes the breath of life Into the Democratic party, nml It I* high time that Southern jieopie Yecognlzc this fact. With but few exceptions, nearly every state of the South has men who are Dig enough to fill the high nfflcs Lot the slogan of the next Democratic eonveutiou lie ”A Southeru M-n for l’resldeiit.” L PUBLIC SCHOOLS Biggest Attendance in His tory Will Mark Opening on September 9. Special to The Georgina. Brunswick. Oa.. Aug. 29.—Tlie Weat. ern Union Telegraph Company has discontinued all of Ita small office, between Brunswick and Albany on the Atlantic Coast Line railroad. It la stated that the cause of the dtscnntlnu. once I. that the telegraph company claim, that aome operator, who han dled commercial and railroad tele gram. jointly were not only refu.lng to receive and trnn.mlt commercial bu.l- ne«». but Interfered with .uch bu.lne.. when .ent from other office, on the line. TO CLOSE MEETING ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT. Special to The Georgian. Zetllla, Oa.. Aug. 29.—Thousand, of people have been attending the camp meeting which ha. been In progress at the Mt. Zion camp ground during the post five day*. The meeting will close Wednesday night. Among the proml- nent minister, who have been attend ing the meeting are the following: William R. Mackey, J. O, A. Grogan. W. .Mil I Iran, J. T. Davie., pre.ldlngel- der of the Griffin district, and Nath Thom peon. ELBERTON SUNDAY SCHOOLS TO HOLD CONVENTION Newborn’s First Bale. Special to The Georgian. Newborn. Ga..- Aug. 28.—The Farm ers' Gin Company ginned the first bale of cotton of the season here yesterday. It was brought In by Prince Plus, col ored, and bestdeq the fancy price of 15 ...... „ cents, brought a premium of 925. The the chief Instructor. A large attendance —-- ->~ ■— • — *- of pari or. and teacher* la expected. ffpectol to Tbe Georgian. Elberton. Ga. Aug. 29.—A Sunday school convention of the Elberton dis trict of the Methodist church will be held In thle city, beginning Sunday, September 24, next. Colonel George M. Napier wilt preside over tbe sessions. Dr. H. 31. I la in III, of Nashvills, will be weight of the bale waa 49* pounds With nn attendance wblcb, It Is believed, will prove e record-bresS-r. the city schools of Atlanta will open the fall term of 1907 on Monday, September 9. Professor W. F. Sin ton, the newljr-eleeted saperlntrndent of the city schools. Is of the opinion that tho nttemlnneo tbla year will be larger ,thnn at any time In tbe history of theelty's schools. ‘The people nro keeping as buoy getting tickets," said Profeaior Slaton Wedueadny. and It now appears tbnt when school opens Septetnlier 9 wo will hnve few vaennt •The hoard la Imlldtng two new schools which It la hoped to have completed and rendy for tine by January I. Thrao are the IV. f. Slaton tclmol, corner Grant aud l'a- vlllun, am) the other school at th. corner of North nvenne and Hunt atreet. Taken altogether, tho prospects for flourishing schools .re most promising." According to Profesaor Hinton, the state ment that Miss Sergeant, ths principal af the Olrls' High School, tans naked for a leave of'obscure la Incorrect. ".Mias Sergeant naked for leave of ab- eonce for Mlaa Jonah- Mnoo. the teacher of hlntnry," natal lie, "Imt nhc linn not linked for leave of ahaeuee for heraelf." Professor Slaton nlsd announce* tbnt the tssebere who attended the summer nnrmnl school In the Girls' lHjrh School will he ex cused by the hoard from attending the usual normal elnaaea of 'September 4 tnd 5. hat that they will Ih- required to be preeeut on Friday, September A NELSON MORRIS’ OFFICE DRAPED POPULAR ELECTION PLAKJUST ill Committee Votes to Refer it to the Council of 1908. ; < Following the* announcement of the death of Nelson Morris, the well known porker At Chicago Tuesday morning, the local offleo of the Nelson Morris Company draped In mourning. The store will be closed at the hoar of the funeral In case It Is possible for a tel egram to roach Atlanta announcing- the honr of the funeral. According to W. L. Baldwin, local mntin- ger of tbe company, the death of Mr. Mor ris will not affect the management of the company to any great extent, his son. Ed- ward Morris, having l»een practically at the brail of the coucern for several mouths. ITALIANS ORGANIZE TO SUPPRESS CRIME New Orleans. Aug. 29.—Meetings are being held by members of the Italian vigilance committee, which took part In the Investigation of tha Lamana kid naping case, for tho organisation of a protective league, the membership of which would extend through the state for the suppression of crime In the Italian colonies. Judge Philip J. Pa- t»rno, who led the Lamana Investiga tion with Police Captain Capo, Is pre paring the charter which Is soon to be filed with the secretary of atate. Pound a Bike. Lying beside tbe road near tbe Bell- wood, camp, one of the drivers at the convict camp found a stray bicycle Monday night. Seeing no owner near by, he took It to camp. It Is supposed that It was stolen and ridden out of town by the thief. No one has claimed it as ytL The ordinance committee of council Tuesday afternoon voted to refer the popular election resolution by Alder- man Curtis to the council of 1908, with the recommendation that action be taken "in accordance with the wishes of the people." 1 Three members of the committee at tended the meeting. Councllmen Mar tin and Styron favored so reporting tho resolution. Councilman Terrell stoutly opposed the election of about twtlveof the officials named, but favored tho election of several. Thoso he wished elected by the peo ple were recorder, comptroller, general manager of the waterworks, and ward physicians. “If I had to vote on the resolution as It stands," stated Councilman Terrell, “nnd my vote decided positively and finally whether It should go Into effect I would tender my resignation.” Councilman Terrell explained that, on one hand, he would not vote ngalnst the wishes of the people as expressed at the polls, and on the other hand, he could not vote against his own consci entious convictions. The report, referring to the paper to the council of 1908, has not been signed, Councilman Styron asking more tints to consider tbe matter. The committee decided to request ths park board to call a special meeting, where citizens may discuss the pro posed change of Piedmont Park Into* pleasure pork entirely. MEMORIAL GATE TO J. B. WHITEHEAD A fitting monument to the memory of the late J. B. Whitehead Is the mas sive marble arched gateway, erected by his friends at the Georgia Baptist Orphans’ Home zt Hapevllle. On Thursday afternoon, the anniversary of his death. It was Impressively dedicat. ed and formally presented to the trus tees of the home. The presentation was made by A. Montgomery, representing the donors. John M. Green responded for the trus tees In words of gratitude and appre ciation. Rev. R. D. Hawkins made th» prayer and expressed thanks for the Inmates of the home. It was touching to note the presence of Mr. White- head's two young sons, who were pres ent to witness the honoring of their father’s memory by friends Who were willing to thus honor his memory by giving to an Institution be loved so dearly. OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOC OOO O « O MOTHER AND CHILD DIE £ O NEAR 8AME TIME O O 0 O* Special to The Oeorgian. “ O Rome, Ga., Aug. 28.—Mrs. Bes- O O sle Session and baby both died O O yesterday afternoon within a few “ O hours of each other and will be w O buried at Armuchee today. Mrs. » O Session la survived by a large v O number of relatives. VOOOOOOO0000O0O0OOOO0OOOO0