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6 fHE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWb. WSDKESDAT. gKITEMHBB is. i». THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN (AND NEWS) JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor. F. L. SEELY, President. Published Every Afternoon. {Except Sunday) By THE GEORGIAN COMPANY. St 25 West Alolnras At.. Atlnnta, Go. Subscription Rates: Ale Months r-5? Three Months * 5 By Csrrler. Per Work H> Telephones eonneetinu nil depart* ments. tytna dlrtonre terminals Smith A Thompson, mlrertlslnt: rep* resentntlves for nil territory outside or tlmrirls. Chlesro OtTIre Trl'oim the ctreulnilen ilenartment nml hnra It prmniitlr reme.lle.1, Telepbonea: llell tur.lu: Atluntu <401. It Is dratntlile •Ion. I:f. de l f.. tlEtlltllUN AM' NEWS lie lliolled to MS nor.ls In lenitlh It Is Iraperntlre thni tl.-y l>a •It'iiml. ns nn or.deuce or rm»l fnlllt. Itejn ted ninnnarrtpta trill tint I t 'otorneil unless etnmpe lira Sent lor the pni-fioai*. TUB (iKOltdiAX AXI) NEW A prtuls no unriiau or olijeelloimlde adsertts- las. Neither .lore ft pilul «»lsky or uliy liquor mis. OB If I'LATKOICM: TIIK liKOIttilAN ANIi N'KIVM .mil,Is for Ail ion's own- lint Its mvo pus mot rleolrlc npht plnnU. as ll Uow own. Ita enter works. Other ellles do this nnd pet an. ita low sa CO cents, with n prod! tu the ell*. This should lie done ill miee. TIIB OEOIIHIAN AXIt NEWS relieves thnt If slriet ralltrars eon tie oii.rrted atiei-essfltlly hy Knrope.to ellles. ns they iii„. there Is no pimd pn—ti why Ihev ran not lie so oper- sle.1 here Hot we do not lielleve this rim in- done now. on,I It tuny he some years before we nre ready for so Ida nn nndertaklnp. Still Allr-ntn should set Its In re In that direction NOW. Councilman Rob- nOHERTS IS erts' ordinance for the RIGHT. eare of drunkards Is humane and wise. It Is worthy of the host spirit of prohibi tion. Idtw Is always stern, but when Its executor* Imbibe the spirit of helpfulness and of human kindness they are following the higher law which tempers Justice with mercy. Councilman Roberts has done well. Ib It to he the Audito- WHICH? Hum-Armory or the Armo- ry-Andltorium? Generally the emphnsls Is In the ellinnx sound, and generally also good English har mony would reserve the longest word for the Iasi. But In the long run the jicoplo arc likely to take the matter In their own hands and, with or without reason, call the great hall Just what comes easiest to them. lie sure they nre not going to use both words. Which will It bo? Mr. Roosevelt's EXTRAVAGANCE Impulses carry OP 8PEECH. him fast nnd far when he assures Congressman Iturlon, of Ohio, thnt he "has qualities of leadership which no other congressman could supply nnd a mastery of certain subjects which no other man In the house can hope to attain." A marvellous man must be Congressman Hinton or n marvel lous opinion of him at least which the president entertains and expresses. Mr. Roosevelt is very human and makoa many mistakes, one of which Is In Interfering with the Cleveland municipal election. The Thomasvllle A NEWSPAPER Times - Enterprise CHANGE, has changed hands, Wilson Hardy and J. D. McCartney selling out to Fred erick W. Royer and Edward It. Jerger. Brilliant work has been done of re cent years on this line paper. Hardy and McCartney have made The En terprise fairly sparkle since they laid their bright hands upon its pages. They had no superiors among the younger newspaper men of the state, and they were always fearless, origi nal and heneat. Wilson Hardy is in the West seeking health nnd finding It. It Is good to hear that J. I). Mc Cartney will continue to write the edi torials for the new Enterprise, of which citizens of Thomasvllle are stockholder* and Mr. Boyer will be business manager. The Enterprise has been published eighteen years as a dally, and for fif ty-six years as a weekly. May its noble and useful years be multiplied. TELEPHONE REGULATION. (Prom Tlu» N**w York World.» The telephone t‘>»mpHiilcs Imvo thomxclvvi! made it imperative that their tiunluog* »httil lie added to the Hut of affairs tinder the Jurisdiction of the public utilities romuit*. •hi®. Their rvrettt net of stmlliliitiK night rare* on long-dUtum-e rail* Is the crowiiTiig proof of irri‘*fHiti«Ui!o maiuinement a ml of dlKfpeiinl for public iutoroMt. I Jay rote* lor l«ug-,ll*tiuir«* telephoning hare always been extortionate; f«r people of moderate luetiiis practically prohibitive. Mffct rates half n» liiufi coimtltuted an ni> prom-li to reaxounbleio «h, ami iitntijr pn.|.!c t'Ndt advantage of them, so mnnv that tin* company lm. rnliowl in .h-ft-n*e of it* r»*- vl-wd will-11 lie A tiie plea that the night iMisim-H* has herotne to»» heavy; There an* th* •Iteriialive* of stupidity mid greet t„ exphitn why n*» Attempt was mud? to til. vide the t raffle l»y tin- linrical, g.Hxl-bu#!. ness met do,| ,»f reduelng tiny rates to a p<dat within iMHiudit. Telephone* were omitte<| from the list rover,.,| by the utilities bill t hlelly Itecause. unlike rttllroioN, gn* plant*. t motion era- ,h, ‘ v ha ' 1 «nl»Jeet ‘to jysttlatlon I>> state i-ojntui«chNie. The multi- "*»»»■■ “ tuliitHke. ami the stnte must tin- teuShm ,h ** f,,r . m 'f r, *?«ilntl»u for ,,mt 11 prescribes for wuur public wrvhe corpora liona. $490,315,934! Four hundred and ninety millions of profits stored away by the Standard Oil Company within the last seven yeers! The imagination almost reels b-fore the contemplation of this stu- liondous sum representing the profits and perhaps the dividends of the most colossal monopoly of modern times. Money enough In silver dol lars to make a girdle more than twice around the world, has been amassed by this corporation through method! of arbitrary control and by the un restrained power to crush and to kill all healthful competition with the product which It sells. Surely, these tremendous figures should be a new and thrilling Inspi ration toward those high agencies of government and society that are fighting tills colossal trust. Acquit the Standard OH Company of all other crimes for the sake of argument and there Is yet the single and consistent cruelty and arrogance with which It has destroyed and trampled upon honest and healthful com petition, for which this monstrous monopoly should be brought resolutely and completely under the domination of the law and compelled to content Itself henceforth with smaller dividends and yet more humane and hon est methods of dealing with the people. Right here In Atlanta we have an Illustration of the system by whies these gigantic figures of profit have been rolled. A competing company seeking only honest competition and having no purpose to destroy nor any other design than to market Its own products In honest trade, Is day by day being throttled and destroyed hy the octopus which has almost made It Impossible for any other company on this continent to compete with Standard OIL A DEVICE TO DEFEAT RAILROAD COMMISSIONS. Governor Comer, of Alabama, has laid the traveling public under renewed obligations by refusing to accept tho coupon rebate atachment to Louisville nnd Nashville tickets sold at regular prices. The Alabama commission has established a 2 1-2-cent rate per mllo on Alabama railroads. The L. & N. seeks to evade this by selling tlckeU nt the old rate of 3 cents per mile, and attaching to each ticket a coupon which contains a promise to pay to the traveler the sum of 1-2 cent per mile In case the courts sustain the validity of the rato established by the commission. Governor Comer has declared that this does not meet the situation and will not be accepted by the state administration as a compliance with the law. He has announced himself In flatfooted opposition to the techni cal evasion. And the governor Is exactly right. The editor of Tho Georgian has seen these "coupon promises to pay.” They arc constructed In such a way. and so honeycombed with diffi culty and red tape that two-thirds of the travelers would not toko the trouble to proceed In the way prescribed to secure a refund of their money, if the courts should sustain tho commission. This Is what the rail road knows nnd presumes niton. It is safe to say that under any sort of logni ruling the vast majority of these coupons for small amounts will never bo presented or collected, and the contrivance Is simply a shrewd scheme to defy the commission and defeat tho law. Tho rosrls should Ik: made to abide by tho commission's rates In good faith, and to fully recognize the dignity nnd force of the state law, lend ing Us trial In the higher courts. The experiment of the lower fares Is a wholesome one, both for the railroads nnd the state, nnd tho results of It can best bo known by a fair trial In the Interval of final settlement. Meanwhile the act of the railroads can not ho construed In any other way than as a refusal on tho part of the railroads to recognize the au thority of the state, until some Federal court hns established It. It Is n fie.t contempt of state rights, which should he vigorously rebuked both In Alnbnma nnd In other states where the couiion device It-In existence. Instead of the principle of the corporations In Ignoring state statutes until they nre proved, let us sot up the sounder principle of obeying state laws, until they nre demonstrated to be unconstitutional and unsound. Upon tho question of difference let the state, not the corporation, rule until tho settlement. Otherwise tho corporation Is likely to think—or to continue to think —that It Is greater than tho state. We shall follow Governor Comer's po sition with Interest and all good wishes. THE MACON “KALEIDOSCOPE.” As tho years go by. one comes positively to admire the dashing, slashing, devll-maycaro Inconsistency of Tho Macon Telegraph. Here, for Instance, Is thnt ancient and charming pharisee, who care fully ensconces himself In the caucocrntlc don In which ho thinks ho really 1s a Democrat, and attacks The Georgian for certain Independ ent expressions of loyalty to goot^ Democrats and to ronl friends of the people. ■> Smacking his lips with complacent unction, tho dear and ven erable editor of The Telegraph actually has the audacity to Imaglno him self a Democrat and to berate the editor of The Georgian, whom he has the even greater audacity to think Is not a Democrat. We have neither time nor space to keep up with the nuiltlplylng Inconsistencies of our esteemed contemporary, but here, In his Sunday Issue, ho boldly comes out of his caucocrntlc shell and frankly advises the Democrats of Geor gia thnt the Macon platform, formally adopted by a legally elected Dem ocratic convention. Is no more binding upon Georgia Democrats than tho Khornn Is on Christian people. Of course, says this most rcmurkable of all living Democrats—"of course, there arc good things In the Macon platform, just as there are In the Khoran—but it does not bind any Democrat cf conscience that does not want to be bound by It.” Now we confidently predict that before three weeks are over the author of this most remarkable statement will, with unblushing audacl- •ty, assume the right to criticise tho Democratic loyalty of some men who recognize the ronl principles of Democracy and fight for them wherever they nppear und by whomsoever they may ho advanced. Watch it! Not for any particular Importance thnt attaches to the performance, but for the delightful and Infantile humor which attaches to 'the kaleidoscopic changes of one of the most honest, one of the most sincere, hut one of the most misguided public men that can be found In the commonwealth of Georgia today. THE WIDE WAVE OF PROHIBITION. Oklahoma takes its place In the temperance column and starts tho leaven of prohibition In the Southwest. It Is simply marvellous how this wave of moral reform Is spreading throughout the country. . With Mississippi certain to follow Georgia, with Alabama more than probable, and Florida and Tennessee coming Into line, and with Texas throbbing with the spirit of the great reform, the time Is rapidly coming when one can travel from the capital of his country to the Pacific coast without finding a drink of whisky on the way! If ever there was a time when tho great plan of national prohibition seemed possible and probable, this Is the time. The country Is literally swept from one end to another with the spirit of this moral reform, nnd the several bills which nre to be Introduced Into the national congress looking to a national law nre likely lo astonish the republic with the strength nnd vigor of the support which they will receive. Whatever apprehensions may have been entertained that Atlanta would suiter to the advantage of adjoining cities In other states, are like ly to disappear ns these other states themselves Jolu the stntely proces sion of morality, temperance, and reform. THE GREAT HALL ASSURED. The successful conclusion of our long agitation for an Armory-Audi torium Is a matter of general congratulation among the people of the city and of the stale. We shall have nt last a hall In Georgia large enough to entertain the great conventions of the world. We shr . have another great architectural structure added to the stately array which makes up bo much of our reputation among the cities of the republic. The doubt Is over, the obstacles removed and we now have only to await the completion of this great and henceforth Indispensable struc ture ss rapidly as men and money can be concentrated upon its erection. The Georgian congratulates all those who have been active In the work from Chairman James R. Gray, who haB given hts time and execu tive ability with great and effective faithfulness to the work, down through the committee of the Chamber of Commerce and of the city council and the director* who have been faithful In their intelligent zeat la Its behalf. Growth and Progress of the New South the outran! progress of the Sooth* BY JOSEPH B. LIVELY The Georgia mul Alabama Imlimtrlnl Index «iy» in It* Issue for till* work: “Attrnrtod Hr <1i‘tuoiistrnt<’<l production of profit nnd l»y vnnt lesourcos unit in- rlte development, tin* flow of money into GcorKin nnd AlMlinitin for Investment Is sternly nnd luiccnnln^. In unlxoii with local capital It I* helping to advance the two states rapidly toward that point of great material wealth and «*»ii»uwfrwi pres tige rojjiuicnsnrute with their possessions nnd possibilities. Definitely projected in vest ments nnnouueed during the past seven days are expressed in tUe minion*, a mining company with capital stock of $."#,000,000 hns been organised In New \ork city to onornte In the Blrinlnvhiini district. New York nnd Georgia capital will build a $500,000 cotton mill at Manchester, tin. During the week twenty-one new corporations. With total minimum capital stock of $2,<45.200, have been formed In Georgia and Alabama. These (tie larger Items of it nuin!»er of varied Industries reported by The Index for the week. by-product plant, nirinlnghaiu. Ain.; bottling plants. An ts. fin.; cotton picker plant, Augusta. On.; excelsior fno- ..,4r|ty of fertiliser factory to In* doubled. Valdosta, Cm.; lumber manufacturing plants, Alnpnha. Gn.. (itronelle, Ain., Tuscaloosa. Ala.. Pre toria, tin., and Wnycrot*. Gn.; wood filter plaster nnd lime plant. Huntsville, Ala.; power nlant. near Mobile, Ala.; turpentine plants. Hnldw!i> county. Alabama. «'Iffsens of mighfsriHe, tin., nre organising n companr to build a railroad be tween that city nnd a m»lnt on the Atlanta and Florida railway. ••Continued activity isf shown In construction line*. Among other thing*. The Index report* eight or ten-story apartment house, Montgomery.. Ala.; fifteen resi liences and fifty-room hotel, near Mobile, Ain.; eight residences. Oellla, On.: twelve store blindings. Cordele, Gn.; two bridges, ttyo church buildings, court house. Chattooga county. Georgia: three school building*, theater, road improve- ments. sewers, four warehouses, paving pliuis In five cities, numerous other real de„re* and business buildings. Erection of four four-store apartment houses nt Harm tilth, (In.. I* contemplated, and the construction of 125 residences nt May crows. Git., Is under consideration. Municipal and county Improv twee with private enterprise. Cobitnl " H ... etits are keeping . . v ,„„ MR, bns voted $70,000 of l#onds for build- bridge: Baxley county, Georgia. *40.000 for meting court bouse, and Bessemer, Forsyth. I . . n $56,000 of light plant, water works and school building bonds nml Conecuh county, Ala bama, upon *100,000 of road Improvement bond*. “In bitldwln county. Alabama. 17,400 acres of turpentine lands have I#een pur chased rnr develnauent; at Wylnm. Ala., and Easley, Ala., tracts of land have been purchased for sites for manufacturing plants at the rates of $4,000 and $3.- 000 per acre, respectively; building lot In residence section of Montgomery sold by the day fixed Slog per irneflenlly nil* of lot* In Columbus. Gn.. subttrbnn section were sold originally for opening of sale; n Georgia farm t i was sold for nearly MADD0X-RUCKER BANKING CO. Corner Alabama and Broad Streets. Capital . . $200,000.00 Surplus and Undivided Profits . $600,000.00 Commercial Accounts Invited 4% Compound Interest Is Paid In Our SAVINGS DEPARTMENT WHO IN VEM ED THE GAG? FIELD SA YS DAN EMME17 WAS FIRS! TO SPRING II Author of “Dixie” Was Minstrel to Old Age. Dnn .Emmett, the man who wrote Dixie” nnd who xvas the founder of minstrelsy, was n great friend of A1 Q. Field, the minntrei man/who comes to Atlanta this week. Mr. Field says: “Emmett had a wonderfully Interest ing, churacter. He started me In the business. I applied to him for a posi tion In 1872 when he was In a little theater In Chicago. 1 was there for eral years and then left him. I heard Inter that he had died. In 1897# I went over to Mount Vernon, Ohio, to help the Elks there in a minstrel show they were giving, and one of my friends enumerated ns one of their chief at tractions Dan Emmett. I questioned him nnd found thnt he was really the man J had known. He was 82 years old then. I started out early In the evening to see him. I found his home, a little house set back from the road with vines and shrubbery growing around. The door of the house was open, and as I walked slowly up the path I heard Dan playing his violin. Ho was putting his whole soul Into the strains, and the soft, dreamy air that floated out of that lit tle house thrilled me ns only Dan Em mett’s music could. I paused and looked In when I came to the door. It was the same Dan. He glanced up In a moment nnd saw me. He didn’t recog nise me. laying down his bow and violin, he stepped to the door and In his soft, courteous way, with a sweep ing bow, said: ” ’Come In, sir. Pardon me, sir, for not welcoming you before, but I was Just n-dreumlng.’ ”1 didn't have the courage to call him Dan. ‘Don't you know me, Mr. Em mett?' I asked. 1 had to expluln who I was. and then the old man was de lighted to see me. We sat there In the moonlight until late at night, talking over the old clays In Chicago. "We gave the minstrel show the next night, and Dun was on the program. He played his violin and then made a speech. " T had thought that I had left min strelsy/ he said slowly and quietly, 'but nn old friend of mine, who has a com pany, wants me to go out with him, and I'm going back to the old life.’ And then the audience gave him cheer after cheer. ‘‘This was a complete surprise to me, for 1 had said nothing to him about going with me. I arranged It, though, and he went along. All he did come on the stage and be Introduced, and then lead the chorus when It sang his Immortal song, ’Dixie.* “On his eighty-third birthday w were In Dnllas, nnd on the stnge during the performance we presented him with a gold watch. The boys In the com pany hod several times angered Dan by teasing him, and he had had a few quarrels with some of them. The watch came as xi surprise. He forgot there was an audience, and began to thank the company assembled on the stage. He held the watch In both his hands und kept Ills eyes on It during his speech, which was as pathetic und as pretty ns I ever heard. Tears were streaming down the cheeks of every man In the company when Dan had finished. 'Hoys.' he said, fingering the present and looking lovingly nt It, ‘I don’t deserve this. I haven’t done any thing to earn It. It’s fine of you nnd I’m mighty grateful. I’ll say this much, I’ll let you plague me all you want to now, and I’ll never be angry with lt>u again/ It wasn’t so much In what he said as they way In which he said It. "The old minstrel shows never had any gags In them. They were made up of singing, dancing nnd banjo play ing. Dan was the first man to Intro duce Jokes Into the pieces. Ho nnd Frank Bauer were doing a banjo turn in New York In 1842. Dan broke a banjo string and the men had to stop. Frank made some funny remark about the banjo, nnd Dan, who was excep tionally quick at repartee came hack with another comical line. Both men had been clowns In a circus, and they passed those old sawdust jokes back and forth while Dnn was putting the string on his banjo. The stunt made such a hit that the dialogue was Intro duced Into the banjo turn. Later came the regular end men und Interlocutors. "When 1 took Dan with me from Mount Vernon I bought him a dress suit to wear on the stage. He stayed with the show only a few months and then returned to his home. The travel ing was too hard for him. That dress suit I got him he took with hint, and In his Inst days he told me he was saving that to be buried Ih. He died three years ago last June, In Mount Vernon, and he was laid away In the dress suit he used to wear when he led the chorus singing his song. ‘1 Wish Dixie* Hooray. Hooray/” ARMY-NAVY ORDERS —AND— MOVEMENTS OP VESSELS Army Orders. Washington, kept. 18.—Colonel Valery Har vard. assistant surgeon-general; Majors W. Fitzhugh Carter nml Charles Woodruff, sur geons. detailed to represent met lieu I de partment nt sixteenth numial meeting As sociation of Military Burgeons at James- town expoHlMf.il. . Lieutenant Lucian D. Booth, to Fif ty-eighth company, const artillery corps. Lieiitcniint-Coionri Charles McClure* Her- enteenth Infantry, detailed In the adjutant r nernl * department, vice Colonel yfmrlc* C rnne. ndjutnnt-geiiernl, who is assigned to Seventeenth Infantry. Llcutcnant-Colonc! McClure, to Snn An tonio. temporary duty. Navy Orders. Midshipman II. A. Htralt to Kenrsurge. Hear Admiral .1. G. Walker, retired, died nt Ogonquit September 1«. Movements of Vessels. THE BRACEBRIDGE DIAMONDS A Thrilling Story of Mystery and Adventure SYNOPSIS. Frnnk (tho hero) and Heginald Brncebrldgc (cousins) meet Mmo. Vera Hldvlnskr. n beautiful woman, nt 6‘aratogn. She is at tacked by n foreigner (Dr. Cnrl Mueller), the latter demanding thnt she surrender to him "n bit of paper nnd n stone." He claim* he hns the missing fragment and that “the others were then In the hotel. Frank rescues her nml is given n package with nermlsison to open It wh*»n he thluk* the right time hns coine. A telegram an nounces the sudden death of Reginald s father. Frnnk Is mnde executor of the es tate. Reginnld is charged with forgery, and calls niton Frank to save him from arrest. A tunld rushes Into (be room nnd tells Beg should have married Sylvia Thurston* ' You!” She turned away from him as thfi words passed her Ups, walked a few steps down the path, and, with hands clasped together, gazed out on the laka with shocked, abstracted eyes. Her thoughts had flashed back to the time a little over three years ago when she had first seen this man, “Dr. Newell,” or whatever his true name was. She had gone to Tarrytown to a country rectory to her first nursing case, and during her walks when off I mild his wife Is dead and that he I* char* duty with Miss Trenerry, the rector' ed with her murder. Frank and Reginnld leave the house by n secret psissnge nnd reach the Brncebrldgc country home oa ■it'Ki i:.i tu ih spin r nilice. r riiiiq ' , •« thnt the physician who attended Reginald s wife ivsemfdes T)r. Mueller. He hires n her 17: Hepten baric Hulled—September J5; I'ncDM, from B»*- on f«»r Cape Cod Bay. September 18: Jrnlrle, froui Cluirle*toii for Hampton Bond*: Ilngley from Norfolk for Annapo- II*; Stundr*h, from AiiiuiihiIIs for Norfolk. THE FARMERS AND THE MACON TELEGRAPH. The editor of The Macon Telegraph, after worrying himself Into a frenzy, after having been persuaded (perhaps) by the means which are usually em ployed by corporations to get subsi dized papers to advocate their cause, brings forth a very labored editorial In which ho tells of how the people of the New England stutes secured the serv ices of Daniel Webster to help educate the people against their own interest, nnd then winds up by saying: "In view of these strange and In- •ontrovertlhle facts. It Is a most sin gular thing that the Farmers’ Union ihouhl oppose immigration, and thus throw the weight of Its influence to New England and Old England In this renewal of the old-time struggle for the mastery over the South.” Geo Whlftusf Was not that a Jaw breaker for you? And The Macon Tel egraph said nil thut Just because the Farmers’ Union was fighting Immigra tion. Yes, thank the Lord, the Farm ers’ Union Is fighting Immigration, has been fighting immigration, nnd will continue to fight Immlgrnton, The Ma con Telegraph to the contrary not withstanding. There Is n man, so “we've hern tell,” (hut is a president of a railroad In Georgia, and also president of some cotton mills In Macon, nnd we would not fall down with astonishment if somebody should tell us that he is the financial advisor of The Macon Tele graph; and of course, under these cir cumstances, It would be nothing but natural for this railroad president, cot ton mill president and newspaper finan cial advisor to have the editor of his periodical fight the Farmers' Union on immigration. We recognize the fact that it Is a very unbecoming thing for a little In significant thing, like the Farmers’ Un ion with Its 1,600.000 members to even dare to attempt lo think much less say anything contrary to the views of a great big Influential paper with Its 5,000 or 6.000 circulation (and It may be |>os. slble thot The Telegraph has thut many), but we dare even to oppoge the views of this big paper and its editor, and its financial advisor. We have never seen tiie editor of The Macon Telegraph, but we have been told that he Is a gentleman of some ability, and that he is a scrapper of the old school. Now without any spirit of audacity or unbecomingness to a young chap like us. we desire to say that nothing would give the Farmers’ Union more pleasure than to have the privi lege of meeting this editor face to face on the platform in a public discussion of the Immigration question at not less than five points In the state of Geor gia. Can we meet you there, Mr. Ed itor? Or does your boss think that you are unequal to the occasion? Pleas#- step over and consult the gentleman and If he will give his consent we will meet you at the places named in oui challenge to the Bankers’ Association. Very respectfully, THE FARMERS' UNION. R. P. Duckworth, State President; J L. Barron, State Secretary-Treas urer; J. G. Eubanks, State Business Agent; J. L. Lee, Slate Organizer. J. P. Morgan to Entertain. Richmond, Vu„ Sept. 18.—J. Pler- P**nt Morgan, who will be among the lay delegates to the general conven tion of the Protestant , Episcopal church, which assemble* here ncx: month, has madc^claborate prepara tions for entertaining while here. Hit hlence. for the period of his rtay in Richmond, will be one of the handsoni- of Richmond homes—the famous old Thomas mansion, where the. New were In York millionaire wilt entertain in hand • some style daughter, she had frequently met Pat- tlo Pollard and "Dr. Newell” together and Miss Trenerry had explained the story of these two to her companion. “Dr. Newell,” It appeared, had been staying for nearly a year at the Black Horse Inn, and when he was about to leave some unpleasant scenes occurred there between Job Pollard, the Inn keeper, and himself, and matters were suddenly hushed up by a hasty mar riage between “Dr. Newell” and Puttie Pollard—a pretty girl of her own rath er ordinary type, to whom the “Doc tor” since his arrival at the Inn had been paying somewhat marked atten tions. Victim of Poison. Since their marriage. Miss Trenerry explained, “Dr. Newell” and his wife had never left the Black Horse Inn, and It was whispered about tho neigh borhood that Pattle was nn unhappy wife, that her husband was very in- kind to her, nnd that she bitterly re gretted her marriage. Listening to this explanation, and watching the faces of “Dr. Newell" and hfs bride, Ethel Creswell had taken a strong dislike to the “Doctor.” a sen- sought shelter at tho Black Horse Inn from a thunder storm. After this day Ethel had frequently during her walks called at the Inn to see Pattle. and had In this way made the acquaintance of “Dr. Newell.’’ She hud met him some half dozen tl cs during her stay nt the rectory, nnd when Agnes Creswell had come for a few day* to see her sister (Agnes had been staying with some s# hnol friends) Ethel took her one afternoon to the Inn. und thus she also had met “Dr. Newell.” But some weeks before Ethel * de- , . . - r,,| h> If parture from Tarrytown’ the news mil n’U'X Imn.lf "iilm n* '"hr. Hflouriv’iff In?sXJTon " " f ,,h " k lu " h& Sbe fouJjS he? |n ), e r bH - • room at the inn in a decidedly crlti- CHAPTER LXV. * rul *tate. her husband apparently feel- A Dsiporate Move. Iutmost concern.fo ( Pattlc's pre- Dr. Mueller recoiled a little from I of n judge In Ohio, i* brought Into the story. Hr. Mueller fall* lu love with her. He seem* to know her brother, n painter, who render abroad. Sylvia. Dr. Mueller aud a girl friend visit “The Hollow,” un old house, said to be haunted. Bayniond Thurston returns home unex pectedly. alul 1* greeted by his sister during the temporary absence of her fiance. Sylvia and her brother go for a walk nnd meet Basil, who quarrels with Kay il. o following morning Ruth Pritchard I* found In the woods near the Thurston home, unconscious. When she recover* conscious- i, her mind Is apparently unhinged with o horror. Raymond Thurston 1* found In the studio, shot through the heart. Sylvia suspects Basil of the murder of her brother. Sylvia prejmres to visit Florida lu search of health. Nurse Mason appears on the scene, and It deve!o|»s that she nnd Dr. Mueller nre greater friends than appears on the surface. Nurse Mason tells Dr. Mueller thnt she has the 1*1*1 r to (he Bracobrldg;* fortune safe and hidden. Sylvia goes to Florida ami re turns greatly benefited In health. Mueller pleads with her to marry him III June. Mueller nnd Sylvia are married In New York. Bose Thurston admits she told n falsehood to shield Basil from susplclou of having son. but Mueller declares she can not be dismissed. Mueller, on hi* way to the station to take train for Buffalo, hears that Basil Thurston has been found. Mueller, fenring to meet Ethel Creswell, who I* stopping with his wife, r<*turn* home unexpectedly mid npprouclte •d in order t fame.” carious condition. “She ha« been In bed for the past Ethel Creswell, involuntarily clench-»ten days. Miss Creswell,” “Dr. Newell” Ing his right hand upon his walking | said. ”1 begin to fear that the stick, as If he felt nn Impulse to defend ’ I himself from some enemy’s attack. “I—I fall to understand you,” he gasped, after a momentary pause; he had already arranged a desperate plan of action. "You nre a stranger to me. although, of course. I guessed that you must be Miss Creswell when I saw you now, from your likeness to your young sister, whom 1 met recently at The Hol low." Oh, pray. Dr. Newell, give me credit for ordinary intelligence at least!" Ethel Creswell returned scornfully, al though her voice was shaking, and so was her slim, tall figure. “I was too well acquainted with you thnt time In Tarrytown to make any mistake now. I should think. My sister had • seen you only once, as you remember, so that she could not, of course, be abso lutely certain of your Identity.” A lump seemed to rise In Ethel’s throat, nnd for a moment she was un able to proceed. But Mueller was now silent; a chalky pallor was stealing over his face, looked like an evil spirit detected. "From what my sister told me I had suspicions, nnd when Sylvia showed m your photograph I was still more Im pressed nnd puzzled,” Ethel Creswell resumed, gaining courage as she pro ceeded. “Your leaving home abrupty on the day of my expected coming and your continued absence during my visit added still further to my misgiv ings; and at last I decided to come to the root of the matter by means of u little stratagem. A Girl’s Strategy, “I simply pretended to Sylvia that I should have to leave yesterday, and Just before tho time of my supposed departure arrived I changed my mind and said I’d wait until tomorrow—in the hope of seeing you, I added. "Well, Dr. Newell, I have seen you, and I am satisfied—satisfied as to your Identity. I mean, of course. But I should like very much indeed to know how it comes about that you and Dr. Mueller—Sylvia’s husband—are one and the same person. "When I last saw you, as you thor oughly well remember, you were In the sicA room of your first wife—Pattle Pollard—the wretched creature who either poisoned herself to escape your cruelty, or was poisoned by your own hand, os I strongly suspect, I must say!” Still Mueller was silent, his hand clenched spasmodically around the top of his cane. He was endeavoring to realize this unlooked for situation—en deavoring to decide finally upon his own action In the matter—before he trusted hlmsolf to speak again. At first he had thought of meeting Ethel CresweU’s charges with a com plete denial ar.d a plea of total Igno rance nnd mistaken Identity. But fur ther reflection caused him t o waver in this decision. Ethel Creswell was too certain of her position to bo hoodwink ed by a childish ruse of the kind. “Dr. NcwelVz** Record. “I strolled down to the lake shore n hour ago, so as to leave Sylvia and her mother alone together at the house, is I guessed Mrs. Thurston, when she ■ailed this afternoon, wished for a\pri- vate talk with her daughter. "And when I was returning from the beach I saw you coming down the path, and I recognized you at once nnd kept ut of sight until you entered the walk. I am horrified at this discovery. Dr. Newell!" Ethel suddenly cried, the forced steadiness cf her voice nnd man- doctor here does not understand her case—nnd I am thinking of wiring fora specialist.” Two days Inter Pattle died, nnd ow ing to certain peculiar circumstances In connection with her death, a post mortem examination wnt held on the remains, and unmistakable proof ob tained that “Dr. Newell’s" wife hud died from arsenical poisoning! CHAPTER LXVI. Mueller's "Explanation." Strong suspicion fastened upon the "Doctor” In certain quarters, as It was whispered about that he had been very unkind to his wife, whom he had mar ried from a motive that no one could fathom. The official Inquiry hojvever, reveal ed the fact that poor Pittie had been using ar^jnlc for some time In the hope of reducing the color of her very high complexion, and thus, no doubt, ren dering herself somewhat more accepta ble to a man of “Dr. Newell's" refined nnd fastidious tastes. A cousin of the girl, me Stephen Pollard, who was an aasatant in a drug store, had supplied he* from time to time with the fntnl drug, ind wheth er It was that Pattle had taken an overdose by mistake or by leslgn (for the poor girl had spoken op«nly of her unhappy life) was never fuJy cleared up. "Dr. Newell” was dlschatged from custody, and the Inquiry accordingly to It through. But Ethel Ureswel! had never suc ceeded In shaking oft the stnng sus picion which nt the time of tie occur rence she hud entertained as to “Dr, Newell’s” guilt. And at this tioment, as she gazed with unseeing eyts upon the vast plain of lake, burning In the gorgeous hues of the sunset, tfat sus picion was stronger than ever within her, and a sudden feeling of htrror at the thought of Sylvia being the vlfe of such a man thrilled her throurfi and j through. She was aroused from her revrle by a light touch upon her shoulder, and, starting round quickly, she found duel ler’s strange eyes fixed upon her face. “Honesty Is the best policy, afte* all, Miss Creswell," he said, with an as sumption of ease of manner wileh could not conceal his very evident igi- tatlon. “I can not really deny, of course, that for some years of my.ec centric life I called myself ‘Dr. New!!/ and that I figured with unpleas.nt prominence In that most painful affilr at the Black Horse Inn. “I do not care now to rake up ny family history. But I must. In ser- Justlfication, explain to you that ny father never gave me a fair chance- never! For no fault of mine, he treatd me most unnaturally always, and woul have deprived one of Ay inheritano If lie could. “During some five years before HI death he and I never met even once and In order to escape countless wor ries and humiliations, to which he al ways seemed onger to subject me, I concealed my Identity under the nam® of ‘Dr. Newell' for the period I’ve stat ed, and enjoyed a certain degree or freedom and Independence aa a result of this step. Continued in Tomorrow’* Georgian. Want Pay for Overtime. Special to Th«* Georgian. Hawklnsvllle, Go., Sept. 18.—Haw- kinsville haa not had a train in over the Guif line road today on account r /-Mr . ing tied up by a strike of all thcdraln ner giving way at last to'the true agi- crews, who made demands for p4^ for tatlon that overwhelmed her. “To think 1 working overtime and claim th do- that you—you, of all other men alive— manda were not compiled with.