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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN
(AND NEWS)
JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor.
F. L. SEELY, President.
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THE GEORGIAN AND NEWS prime
so unclean or objectionable advcrtla-
lug. Neither does It print whisky or
nny liquor sds.
„ .. now owns Its water
works. Other clllcg do this aod get
^as ai low aa M cents, with a proltt
the city, Thla should he done at
once. THE GEORGIAN AND NEWS
believe! that If atreet railway! can be
operated aucreaafully by European
rltlea. aa they are, there Is uo good
reason why they can not lie ao oper
ated here. Rut we do not bellevo this
can ho dime now, and It may be aome
years liefore we are ready for ao Id*
undertaking. Still Atlanta should
set Its face In that direction NOW.
Not a saloon keeper In Mississippi
voted for Noel for governor.
For a flat with a proper sense of dt
notion take the fist of Fish.
The flat of Stuy. Fish takes Its place
promptly In the list of cllglbles for
1908.
The Bald Boanerges of the Buffalo
Bayou had better tune up his Culber
son boom. The Folk folks will catch
him—If he don’t watch out.
George Gober of the Blue Ridge and
Charlie Brand of the western circuit
lend the list of Georgia Judges In hit
ting the first licks In the prohibition
light.
The election of Noel, a stalwart pro
hlbltlonlst, aa governor of Mississippi,
Is regarded by the temperance people
as equivalent to the enactment of a
statutory law of which It Is a definite
promise and prophecy.
Judge Oeorge Gober of the Blue
Ridge circuit has “Jumped Jim Crow"
as the first expression of the prohibi
tion law In his circuit. Jim Is an old
offender and George Gober Is an es-
iSDtially vigorous Judge.
The list of Stuyvesant Fish enmo
pretty near to voicing the public senti
ment of the country when It landed
on Wednesday on the face of J. T.
Harahan. If only It had been Hard
man Instead of his lieutenant. The
nst of Fish Is n good honest American
list and It would have landed In the
right spot.
The Georgian today roasts
Mayor Joyner, of Atlanta, In no
uncertain terms. For n straight-
out rib-roast. The Georgian Is al
most the equal of The Macnn
Telegraph. — Fitzgerald Journal.
No, The Georgian never roasts.
When a public official Is In error, or
are think he Is, we say so In plain
tonns and give our reasons for the
tnlth that Is In us.
The Atlanta Georgian Is stick
ing to Governor Smith and his
methods. How long this devotion
will last do living man, or wom
an either, can tell.—Waycross
Herald.
Just as long as the governor Is
tight and no longer. As long as wo
think be Is right. And we think he
a “mighty right" so far. Incidental-
qr, In all our brief and fallible career,
there Is no record of our ever hating
Inserted a friend.
The Atlanta Georgian, after
nominating Roosevelt for a third
term, clearing up the water of At
lanta's "dirty" water works de
partment, passing the prohibition
Dill, Is now after the Bell Tele
phone Company.—Winder News.
Well, what do you think of the re
mits? Are you for or agalust us-on
ftese issues.
The Atlanta Georgian writes It
down as "the great and histori
cal legislature of 190?" Histori
cal for what? Is it for the pass
age of a prohibition bill full of
holes, oi“ for the enactment of a
dishonest suffrage law?—Winder
News.
The prohibition bill has no hole
hat a law-breaker Is likely to get
hrough, and the suffrage bill estab-
Ubeg white gupremacy and makea It
■oeatble for thinking men to be free.
Nhen the transient criticisms of the
ait legislature are all forgotten, the
hree great things It did will be well
emembered.
did nothing else, the Candler-
Karetreel public utilities bill would
to make it historic.
A QUESTION OP IMPORTANCE TO WEEKLY NEWSPAPERS
Editor of The Georgian:
I Judge from a paragraph In The Georgian yesterday that
you do not oppose the arrangement which has been in vogue
with reference to the passes given the weekly newspapers by
the railroads In exchange for advertising. As you Bay it is
likely that we give them much more than we get, but at the
same time It Is not like paying out cash for our transportation.
Now, I am satisfied that the railroads would not Bpend
anything with the weeklies and pay cash. If our passes are
taken away from us It will not only take away some of onr
privileges but also cat off our Income, for much of the advertis
ing is personally solicited and we could not afford to go after
it at the rates we get, if we had to pull the money out for
transportation.
I am satisfied that your Influence, personally and as editor
of The Georgian, would have great weight If you seo fit to say
a word In favor of allowing the present arrangements the week
ly papers have with the railroads to continue. I really do not
seo any Impropriety In it, and I feel sure that it Is the wish Of
the country editors that they shall have the privilege to con
tinue. I believe a short editorial from you in The Georgian
along this line would secure the attention of the railroad com
mission and the railroads, and if you can see your way to so
favor It, the weekly editors would be brought under renewed
obligations to you.
With good will and best wishes for you and The Georgian,
I am, Fraternally,
Barnesvllle, Qa„ August 99. B. H. HARDY.
The Georgian Is not In possession of any Information as to the In
tentions of the railroad commission touching the matter of Mr. Hardy’s
letter. * •
But It Is a matter of more than ordinary Interest and Importance.
Mr. Hardy Is edjtor of one of the strongest and most representa
tive weekly papers In Georgia, and has always Illustrated the highest
personal, socIbI and commercial ethics of his profession.
Wo feel sure that he would neither ask nor advocate anything that
could he proven prejudicial to good government or the Interests of the
people. The proposition which he presents Is one of the most Interest
ing which will engage the attention of onr great and capable commis
sion.
Abstractly speaking there would seem to be no sound reason for
Interrupting the Interchange of commodities between the newspapers
and the railroads.
The railroads have transportation to sell at so much per mile. The
newspapers have so much advertising space to sell at so much per Inch.
The newspapers need to use the railroads' commodity for moving
about after business or health and the railroads need to nse the news
papers' commodity for Informing the people as to their rates, schedules
and excursions. Abstractly It would be difficult to locate the »ignt by
which these two merchants or tradesmen could be forbidden to ex
change their products with each other.
In other words, a railroad and a newspaper have Just as much
right to exchange transportation for advertising, as two farmers would
have to swap a bale of cotton for twenty bales of hay, or two merchants
to exchange a barrel of salt for a sack of sugar.
The principle Is clear and can not be gainsaid.
The argument Is sophistical which claims that the railroad man Is
exchanging In transportation something which belongs In part to the
people whose franchises, etc., establish the railroads. For the commodi
ties may be mado of even value, and If the people are partners In the
railroads the managers who operate for this partnership have a right In
their discretion to exchange one commodity for an equivalent commod
ity In the general Interest of both partners or of all the stockholders.
Mr. Hardy clearly shows where the abolition of the present ar
rangement would materially and seriously cripple the revenues of the
weokly press, whose profits are never large anywhere, and would han
dicap publishers of small papers even In going out to seek the adver
tisements on which they live.
We do not need to argue for a moment the value of the weekly
newspaper to the towns and counties and to the state Itself.
It must be a serious and clearly Important policy of state which
would Justify the crippling of the weekly press.
' The only danger we can see In the matter is the apprehension that
In the mere placing of these advertisements the railroads would find a
way to Influence the opinions and expressions of the press upon affairs
In which tho railroads are Interested.
But the same argument would apply to the relations between news
papers and an7 other corporation, civil or matorial, which used their
advertising columns, and there must be somewhere a Hue of confidence
drawn between tho state and Its citizens.
It Is a sad and damaging day when the whole relation of the state
and Its people must be founded on suspicion and mistrust, and surely In
a case where so much of material lntorest was at stake for a great pro
fession, the state could afford to trust something to the Integrity of a
profession whoso record In the main has been high and clean.
The Georgian Is of open mind upon this question and Is ready to
hear and be convinced by any sound reason which may be advanced In
favor of an opposite view.
But at the present writing, we do not see sny Just cause to disturb
the present normal and commercial relations between the nowspspers
and the railroads.
THE PROSPERITY OF THE RAILROADS.
In the midst of much pessimism, and a multitude of “poor mouths"
among the railroad magnates and officials, It Is Interesting and not un
pleasant to be assured from official circles that these great corporations
are still far distant from any actual suffering.
According to Poor's Manual, of which the fortieth annual number,
covering 1906, has Just been Issued, the railroads of the United States
last year enjoyed extraordinary prosperity. Compared with 1905 their
gross earnings showod an Increase of $234,4(2,616, or more than 11 per
cent, and their net earnings from operation alone an Increase of $104,-
823,224, or mure than 15 per cent. The average dividend rate on all rail-
read stock, good and bad, rose to 3.63 per cent from 3.27 per cent
In 1905.
On the other hand, the funded debt of the steam railroads Increased
$425,845,877 and the capital stock $864,452,151, a total of $790,298,028,
or about 5 1-2 per cent, aside from an Increase of $309,317,239 tn other
liabilities, a large part of which will be ultimately converted Into fund
ed debt. With this Increase In capitalisation, however, there were less
than 5,500 miles, or nearly 3 1-2 per cent, of new construction. Capitali
sation Increased over twice as fas't as miles of new track.
The railroads, says The New York World, have expended Immense
sums In enlarging terminal facilities. Improving their tracks and In
creasing their Tolling stock, but It does not follow necessarily, says The
World, that the physical value of their properties has kept pace with
their capitalisation. ^
When Mr. Harrlman, for Instance, engineers large Issues of Union
Pacific lands In order to buy stocks of other roads, which rapidly de
preciate In market value, the Union Pacific actually suffers heavy loss
es. Tho railroads of the United States own $2,554,368,152 In other
stocks and bonds. To a certain extent this representa double capitali
sation, and It Is on their capitalisation, honest and fraudulent, that the
railroads claim the right to earn dividends when they are confronted
with the question of rate regulation.
If they are to be left tree to fix their own rates they must stop
watering securities. Any other policy would he to put a premium on
financial fraud.
On this principle the Georgia railroad commission has firmly plant
ed Itself.
A law passed by the Connecticut
legislature will make It necessary for
the hunter of birds and quadrupeds
In that state to take out a license.
It the hunter Is a bona fide resident
of the state he will have to pay $1 as
a license fee and 10 cents for a re
cording fee, while every citizen not a
resident of the state must pay $10.
plus 25 cents, and aliens, whether
resident or non-resident, are to pay
$15 and an extra 26 cents. Violations
of the set will'make the violator lia
ble to a fine of from $7 to $50, or Im
prisonment for not exceeding thirty
days, or both.
Senator William B. Allison, of
lows, has the unique distinction of
having refused cabinet portfolios
from more president! than any other
American statesman. His first Invi
tation to enter the cablnot came from
President Garfield. Arthur also
asked him to sit at the president's
council table, as did Presidents Hod
rlson and McKinley. In other words,
every Republican president for more
than a quarter of a century, with the
exception of President Rooeevelt, has
sought to secure the venerable Iowa
statesman as a member of his official
'•rally.
ARMMAYY ORDERS
—AND—
MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS
Army Orders.
Washington, Aug. 20.—Captain Clyde
D. V. Hunt, quartermaster, from Fort
Roaecrans to charge Pittsburg storage
and supply depot,'relieving First Lieu
tenant Thomas M. Knox, First Cavalry
acting quartermaster who will proceed
to h'ls regiment.
Resignation of Second Lieutenant
Nathaniel L. Howard. Eighth Infantry,
accepted; Second Lieutenant Town
send Whelan, Thirtieth Infantry, from
Sea Girt to Philippines; Second Lieu-
tenant William A. Ganoe, from Twern
ty-elghth to Seventeen th Infantry.
Captain Peter Murray, from Fort Leav
enworth to Fort Slocum aa quarter
master and In charge of construction
work, relieving Captain Frank C. Jew
ell, who will proceed to Havana.
Second Lieutenant Jesse Gaston,
from Fifteenth to Eighteenth Infantry.
Following master gunners, coast artil
lery corps, now at Fort Monroe, to du
ty In artillery districts and stations at
posts Indicated:
Carl M. Taute, to the artillery dls
trlct of Mobile, with station at Fort
Morgan; Merlo C. Leonard, to the ar
tillery district of Portsmouth, with
station at Fort Constitution; Master
Gunner Arthur J. LaFonta, coast ar
tillery corps. Fort Barancas, to duty
In artillery district of New Orleans,
with station at Jackson Barracks.
Navy Orders.
Commander F. W. Kellogg, Lleutem
ant Commander A. A. Pratt and R. C.
Moody and Lieutenant R. M. Griswold,
commissioned.
Lieutenant C. A. Afcele, detached
Nebraska, to Chicago; Lieutenant T.
R. Kurtz, to naval training station.
San Francisco; Ensign J. H. Black
burn, to Chicago. Flrat Lieutenant
Albert Hamilton to navy yard, New
York; Captain Charles B. Taylor, de
tached navy yard, Norfolk; Captain
Charles B. Taylor, detached navy yard,
Norfolk, to command Marines, naval
station, San Juan.
First Lieutenant Charles R. San
derson. detached naval station, San
Juan, Washington, reporting to Brig-
adler General commandant. Captain
Edwin A. Jones, assistant quartermas
ter, from Seattle to navy yard. League
Island, as post quartermaster.
Commander J. C. Glllmore, detached
Helena, home. Commander R. M.
Hughes, detached naval station, Cavite,
to command Helena. Lieutenant C. M.
Toser, to Rainbow. Midshipman L. D.
Causey, detached Rainbow, to Dale.
Movements of Vessels.
ARRIVED—August 28, Mayflower, at
Whltestone; Prairie, at Portland, Me.:
Caesar, at Philadelphia; Scorpion, at
Boston; Dolphin, at New London, and
Newport; Cincinnati, at Honolulu.
SAILED—August 28, Mayflower,
from Oyster Bay for Whltestone; Prai
rie. from Portland for Newport; Ala-
bamn, from Newport for Hampton
Roads; Dolphin, from New London for
Newport; Alexandei, from Yokohama
for Cavite. August 22, Adams, from
T'anjongprlok, Dutch Etut India, for
Mahe Seyichelles. Severn placed out
of commission August 28 at naval
academy.
A LIMERICK TO LIQUOR.
Said a most erratic "Cracker"
Of "Dame Booxe," "Pray 1st us side
track her."
So he got up a dicker to cut out the
liquor.
And now all we’vs got is "terbackar."
—J, B. M6,
Birmingham, Ala.
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Monday, September 2, 1907,
(LABOR DAY)
Being a LEGAL- HOLIDAY In the state of Georgia, this bank—
a member of the Atlanta Clearing House Association—will be
closed.
Our customers will please bear this In mind In requesting trans
fer of funds, remittances, pay rolls, or attention to other business
matters.
Notes and acceptances maturing Sunday and Monday are pay.
able Tuesday.
MADD0X-RUCKER BANKING CO.
THE BRACEBRIDGE DIAMONDS
A Thrilling Story of Mystery and Adventure
SYNOPSIS.
Frank (the hero) find Itcgtiinlri Brneebridgf
(cousins) meet 3!we. Vent Hlnvlnskv, ft
beautiful wouinu. at Saratoga. Site Is nl-
tacked by a foreigner (Dr. Cftrl Mueller),
the latter demanding that ahe surrender to
him “u bit of paper find' n •tone.*’ He
claim* he has the missing fragment nnd
thftt "the others were then In the hotel.**
Frank rescues her and Is given n package
Q. B. WHATLEY WRITES
OF NEW PROHIBITION LAW.
The following article on the new pro*
btbltlon law from the pen of G. B. What
ley,- of Savannah. Gt„ one of the state**
ablest lawyers nnd long a powerful advo
cate of prohibition, appeared In The Sa
vannah News recently:
Many of my friends have been waiting
to hear from me on the subject of prohi
bition. Everybody who has followed my
writings for the past twentr-flve years
knows what my view# are, and have been,
on thla great subject. Throughout the late
heated campaign I have kept perfectly
quiet, knowiug full well that nothing, pro
~ ~i, spoken or written, would chnnge the
io read In the papers the arguments of «
ber of individuals, against the measure. If
our legislators at Atlanta had not known
otherwise, they would have come to the con
clusion that the many factories and mills
that line our Mnvaminh river, nnd other
places !u and around Savannah, Instead of
£'11111
went Is mere Swaddle. It may cause a
bar rooms to be vacated, but these
LYING A FINE ART IN JAPAN.
'As liars, the Japanese are unex
celled," writes Richard Henry Little, in
the Inaugural Issue of The American
Business Man, which appears on the
news stands today. "Lying Is practiced
In Japan os a fine art. Any foreigner
who haa been In the East will tell you
that he would sooner take the unsup
ported word of a Chinaman than the
oath of a Japanese."
The subject of Mr. Little's .article Is
'Business War With Japan.'* As a
war correspondent of considerable fame
and an inveterate globe-trotter, Mr.
Little has made a study of the Japanese
people. The lying qualities of the Japs,
a tic i/iiir nuuimt'it us wtie a,
writes Mr. Little, are at the bottofn of
the trouble between their country and
the United States. Regarding a proba
ble war, Mr. Little says:
"We, In the United States, have been
much concerned of late over the pros
pect-of war with Japan. It may be that
some time In the future, near or far,
this country may engage In a death
i rrapple with the conquerors of Russia.
Jut whether or not that war shall ever
be, there Is another war between Amer
ica and Japan that Is raging now.
"It is an unseen war, and It lacks the
spectacular situations, the excitement
and the glamour of real war; but none
the less It is war on which hang results
almost as momentous as though decid
ed by armies and navies. This war
that la now going on is the war of
prestige. The battle ground Is the en
tire Orient. The prise of the war Is
as rich as ever rival armies struggled
for—the trade of the East."
iquor men are responsible for tbla pro.
blhltton law, and no one Is to blame but
themielvea that It Is on the statute books
today. For « period of over a quarter of a
century, county after county In Georgia
has been going dry. This was done
through the sovereign will of the people In
tbe Interest of a better, higher nnd nobler
cltlsenshlp. The liquor men In the cities,
regardless of the wishes of them? people,
expressed at the polls, have energetically,
persistently and defiantly poured the liquor
Into these dry counties, and reaped a boun
tiful harvest For all these long years,
they have been deaf to the appeals of
these people, this nruiy of hundreds of thou
sands of tho yeomanry of Georgia, through
the temperance societies, the temperance
leagues, the churches and every other moral
force nnd suasion brought to bear upon
then), nnd now that these people have risen
up In their might and as a measure of re
tributive Justice blotted tbe liquor business
out of existence In Georgia, nobody shonhl
be surprised. I hate statistics. They are
usually dry and tiresome. But to show
whether or not a state can nnd will pros-
Jght time has come. A telegram an
nounces the sudden death of Hegluald's
father. Frank Is made executor of the es
tate. Reginald Is charged with forgery, nnd
calls upon Frank to snre him from arrest.
A maid rushes Into tho room and tells Heg-
ed with her murder.
leave the house by .
reach the Urncebndgc country home on
Long Island. They enilmrk In an airship.
Reginald Is sent to Frnnc*. Frank learns
that the physician who attended Reginald's
wife reseiufdes Dr. Mueller. He hires a
farm In Ohio near the place where this doc
tor lives. Sylvia Thurston, pretty daughter
of a Judge In Ohio, Is brought luto the story.
Dr. Mueller falls !u love with ber. lie seems
to know her brother, a painter, who resides
girl
■ajd to be haunted.
II Thurston mi
-s He tells her he knows she loves
and Is only kept from saying so by fear of
her brother. Raymond. Basil makes threats
nst! is almost persuaded to go to Colo
rado ond seek his fortune In the mines. He
turns to drink In his distress over his un
successful love affair, and his sister. Rose,
pleads with him to reform.
Basil does not reform. While In the field
begs
her to wed him. She Is frightened nnd
fuses. While trying to escape from Basil
she runs Into the arms of I)r. 3Iueller. She
consents to marry the doctor.
I)r. Mueller urges Sylvia to marry him
at once, although she tells him she wishes
her brother. Raymond, who Is In Europe,
thla neighborhood before," the. minister
gasped, truthfully, aa he mopped hla
steaming forehead with a red silk hand
kerchief. "But, Sarah, my dear, what
do you mean by saying that you 'con
nect the two circumstances of poor
Raymond Thurston's death and this un
fortunate girl’s extraordinary state” I
do not quite follow you, Sarah. How
can these circumstances be connected
except that they occurred, perhaps at
A.hntif tho nnmA *
to bo present at’the ceremony.
Ruth Pritchard warns Syivln against Dr.
Mueller, and Basil Thnrston declares. In ..
letter to Sylvtn, that he will prevent her
marriage at nny cost.
Raymond Thurston returns home unex
pectedly nnd Is greeted by his sister during
the temporary absence of her dance.
Mueller disappears in a most extraordi
nary manner, but a letter from him to Syl
via explains his absence.
Sylvia nnd her brother go for a walk
iud meet Basil, who quarrels with Ray
mond.
Basil, apparently Insane over the loss
of 8ylv!n_, makes ugly threats agnlnst Ray-
lvTa nnd Raymond return
When Sylvl
Raymond finds a mysterU
his dresser. After the family retires, he
gets out Into the stormy nlsht to keep
engagement demanded In the letter.
12,000
THE 8TATE MUST BE PROTECTED
(From The Gainesville Eagle.)
While we are still rejoicing over the
wholesale victory of the state prohibition
law that has Just been passed, which marks
new era In our history, and which has
demonstrated unmistakably tbe temper of a
vast majority of tbe people of the state,
and will make that session of the legisla
ture which was Instrumental tn this great
that must be dofie.
As the law stands, we are safe from
ourselves, bnt not from others. The si
conditions exist tn state prohibition that
Isted under the local option law. Other
states have the privilege of shipping liquor
Into Georgia Just as tbo wet cotfntles of
tbe state could ship liquor into the dry
counties.
It Is only a question of time when the
states Sooth, at least, will, state by state,
tn* up In the prohibition ranks as Georgia
has done. Already some tbe are
trying local option ss a present solution.
entura.
kflittlot by congress bar
..ng the shipment of liquor into dry
states. This should be attended to at the
next session of congress. Tbe government,
which Is set for tn* prosperity and pro
tection of the rights of each state, should
see to It that the states which have this
law should not by preyed upon by tbe
others where the manufacture and sale of
liquor Is licensed.
There must be no let-up In this greatest
*1! great reform movements Let the
people of this state memorialise tbe Fed
eral legislature and aek for the enactment
„ __ merce regulations, __
qnor will pour Into the etate, and none can
hinder It. But with the proper action of
those la position to relieve the situation,
we may nave the safeguards necessary.
Mena tors and congressmen of Georgia
should take a lively Interest In this mat
ter. and. at the earliest possible moment,
push vigorously such a measure as will bo
ailequate to tbe emergency.
nlbltlon, let ns compare tho present liquor
state of Georgia with tbe prohibition slate
of Kansas. _ . „
Georgia. Kansas.
Population 2,500,000 1,600,000
Foreign-born popula-
Municipal* taxes lev
led $ 2.500,000
Farms, with building*
and Improvements. 183,000,000
Real property, city
nnd country 517,000,000 1,067,000,000
Public school fund... 1.500.000 6,656,000
It will be seen that Kaunas, with n pop
ulation of 1,000,000 leas than Georgia, pays
$3 to Georgia's fl for the education of
her boys nnd girl*. and doe* It without one
cent from the aid of a liquor revenue. Dur
ing the Inst decade, according to tbe United
127,000
$ 4,000,000
643,000,000
in population. During the same pel
■as City. In Knn*as. gained 34 per cent.
Does this show that "prohibition hurts
business?" This old worn-out senre, coupled
with Its twin brother. "Prohibition won't
prohibit." Is fast losing its force liefore
an Intelligent i»eople. Whenever you hear a
person say that prohibition does not pro
hibit, he Is the very person that does not
wish It to prohibit* In the generality of
esses, and thla truth Is now getting to be
pretty well understood lyr the nrerage
voter. "You can't fool air the people all
the time "
There Is one elans of our people that thla
law will hurt, ond that Is the liquor men
themsqlves, especially those who have In
vested largely, and lu many cases their all.
In the liquor business. They will deserve
every one 1 * sympathy where they may have
to dlipose or their business at a an
January they may Ik? able In the
* " ~ them to get rid of their
ich. If any loss.
pi
the world as a community of law-break
ere. That this law will !>* enforced and
eventually Obeyed In Hnrannah there Is no
doubt. I have too much faith In the aver
age Chatham county juror to believe that be
will falsify bis oath, but that he will ran
der a verdict "according to tbe evidence,"
In all violations of this law.
My firm conviction ts that If this act re
mains on the statute books for five years.
and Is firmly enforced, that Rarsnnah will
be one of the strongest prohibition towns
In the state, and will not bare liquor (Nick
here under any considerations whatever.
___ matter right before the
world and enforce and obey the Iaw. Let
(hare ha nn "hliml nr nthar urn.
thore t>« no "blind tigers," or other ero
sions or tiifrtnxements of tbe lair. It will
only erentnally lirlna sorrow and distress
upon those who violate It, and It will be
upon the minds anil morals of our yotinc
men and boys who are to come after us.
now upon onra. to preserve
In honor to norselves and In loyalty to onr
erand old commonwealth, the time-honored
motto which adorns onr state's coat of
arms, "Wisdom, Justice and Moderation."
O. B. WHATLEY.
Savannah, Oa.
Thay Will “Probably Sit.”
(The Americas Times-Itecorder.)
The Atlanta t’ouatitntlon still Install
that Georgia Is too small to hold Imth Hoke
Smith and Tom Watson. If that la ao,
where ran standing room he found for
CHAPTER XLV.
Mrs. Prosser Talks.
About 4 o’clock on the afternoon of
that fateful day Mr*. Prosaer descend
ed from her yelloW phaeton at the
rectory door and turned to say a word
or two to the boy who was Just about
to lead away the pony.
“I shall, want the phaeton again.
Samuel. In about an hour or less. I
am going over to Redbrow. Has the
rector returned yet?”
The Rev. Isaac Prosser had gone to
Cleveland that morning on some cleri
cal buslnees, and his wife had not seen
him since.
“No, ma'am; he’s not back yet. But
he'll likely come by the quarter to four
train, and he'll be here in ten minutes
or eo, I expect.”
Mrs. Prosser entered the house and
went upstairs to her own room. Sho
wae In a etate of great excitement. She
could not rest. She walked up and
down the floor, always pausing to peep
through the window aa she returned to
It; and at last she beheld her husband
riding leisurely on hla atout. lazy bay
cob up the abort avenue between the
laurela.
"He haa evidently heard nothing yet.
If he had, he could not ride so alowly
aa that to the houae," Mrs. Prosser
decided, by no means sorry that It
would fall to heraelf to tell the terrible
news to the rector. She hastened
downstairs and stood waiting for her
husband attthe open front door. She
did not wish that Samuel should have
time or opportunity to aay a word.
"Oh, Isaac, come In here, quickly—
quickie!" Mrs. Prosser said. In a por
tentous whisper, as her husband dis
mounted and threw the reins to Sam
uel. "Come Into the etudy, dear. A
perfectly dreadful thing haa happened
today. You heard nothing about It, did
you?”
And ehe turned as she led the way to
the study and glanced sharply with her
small, reddish eyes Into the minister’s
large pink and white face.
"Bless me, Sarah, what do you mean?
I've heard nothing.”
"Hush! Walt a moment,” Mrs. Pros
ser returned with a mysterious nod.
"Now sit down In that chair. Isaac, and
I will tell you everything.”
"One can not help connecting the two
circumstances, Isauc," Mrs. Prosser
went on. In a still lower voice. “Ruth
Pritchard, It appears, was absent from
Moorcombe nil night, and so was poor
Raymond Thurston.
"In Ruth's pocket was found the key
of one of the back doors, which she had
evidently opened and then locked after
her at some late hour of the night. The
other servants know absolutely noth
ing of her movements. When they were
going to bed the door In question was
locked and they gave the matter no
further thought. r
"Then, as to poor Raymond, the win
dow of the smoking room was found
unhasped this morning. Raymond went
to the smoking room last night when he
had said good night to his sister and
parents, and that was the last they
saw of him until he was carried to his
home this morning, when Monica Peard
had brought her ghastly tidings to
Moorcombe."
Dreadful! Dreadful! Such a thing
never occurred within my memory in
about the same time?"
The Revelation.
Mrs. Prossor hesitated for a moment,
gazing darkly into the minister's face’
Then she leaned still closer to him, anti
her forefinger dug Into his shoulder so
vehemently that the good man almost
winced with pain.
"Ruth Pritchard made no secret of
the fact that she was In love with poor
Raymond Thurston,” Mrs. Prosser said,
distinctly and slowly. "It was a very
unfortunate attachment, but such things
are not unusual. Now, Ruth, and only
Ruth, had the key to that studio, and
she must have gone there last night:
for there was a dark lantern found In
the little hut, which the girl. It appears,
always kept In her own room at Moor,
combe.
Raymond, then, was found dead In
the studio; and what on earth brought
him there at such an extraordinary
hqur except an appointment of some
kind with Ruth? Yes, It Is plain
enough to me, Isaac, thSse two met by
appointment—Ruth betrayed her love
to Raymond, and maybe (for a girl In
love will do anything) asked him to
marry her, and"—
"And shot him because he refused to
do so. Or else he shot himself In or
der to escape the difficulties of the
situation,” the minister Interposed, with
a sudden flash In his mild blue eyes.
“Now, Sarah, to my mind that Is an
utterly untenable suggestion, and I
sincerely hope, my dear, you will not
repeat it to any outsider.
"I have been intimately acquainted
with Ruth, Sylvia and Raymond ever
since their childhood, and I know per
fectly well that so far from Injuring
poor Raymond In any way Ruth Pritch
ard would shed the last drop of her
blood for him!
"And as to this theory of suicide—
It does> not hold water, Sarah. Why
should Raymond Thurston end his life?
Had he not everything to make Ute In
teresting to him—everything to urge
him on to a successful, prosperous,
happy future? No, Sarah, whatever the
solution of the dark mystery of the
night may be, It Is something very dif
ferent, you will And, from—this!”
CHAPTER XLVI.
- A Sister’s Lovt.
"But who is to solve the mystery,
Isaac, I should like to know? Not a
soul under the root ot Moorcombe can
give the faintest clew to the truth.
Until the dire discoveries of this morn
ing, no one there even knew that Ray
mond Thurston and Ruth Pritchard
had not been In their own rooms dur
ing the night. There Is not one bit of
evidence of any kind to hint at any
satisfactory conclusion whatsoever In
this terrible business I
"The only one who might reason
ably be supposed to know some par
ticulars as to Raymond's fate Is Ruth
Pritchard; and she might as well be a
corpse, Isaac. Dr. Peard says that
she Is affected exactly like that girl In
Cleveland—Polly Davis; so that It Is by
no means Improbable that she may not
recover the use of her limbs or of her
tongue for months. I saw her myself,
Isanp, today and I shall not soon forget
the sight. Save for a faint respiration,
she seems ns one dead?"
A short silence followed. The min
ister was gazing upon the floor, as he
compressed his lips and nodded his
head to and fro.
"What a state they must be In over
at Moorcombe! May God comfort
them! Sylvia, the poor child, I am
sure Is altogether distracted."
‘‘She seems like one dazed, Isaac, She
has a dreadful vacant look In her face,
as If her mind was affected In some
way by the shock. Monica Peard Is
seriously alarmed about her, and no
wonder. Just before I left this after
noon Dr. Mueller drove over to Moor
combe. He limped Into the house with
the aid of a stick, as he hurt his foot
In some way a few days ago. I never
saw a man more distressed than he was
when he saw Sylvia. I did not care
particularly for him up to this, but now
I shall always like him.”
Anotner pause ensued, and then ths
minister said abruptly:
"Of course, there will be an inquest?''
"That Is the worst of It. If they
could avoid the publicity—the harrow
ing features of such an Inquiry—the
tragic occurrence would not seem quits
so terrible. At least that Is my way
of looking at It, Isaac. The Inquest
will be held tomorrow morning, but I
shouldn't be at all surprised If they
have to adjourn It In order to search
for evidence of some kind. I don't sea
how they can arrive at any satisfactory
opinion as matters are today."
“I am sorry I did not know of the
occurrence before I started for Cleve
land this morning, Sarah,” the minis
ter said presently. "I should have gone
over to Moorcombe In that case. How
ever, I shall go now—when I’ve had
something to eat. 1 may be of some
little comfort to the afflicted house
hold.”
Continued in Tomorrow’* Goorflisn.
School Opens September 9
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