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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, WOT.
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN
(AND NEWS)
JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor.
F. L. SEELY, Presidenl.
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NEWS stand* /or Atlanta'* own-
iBff Its own gaa and electric light
plants, as It now owns It* water
works. Other cities do this and ffet
gas as low as 60 cents* with a profit
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reason why they can not bo so oper
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The Onward March.
Not for a day does the march of
Southern progress bait, or the people
/row weary in enterprise and devel
opment.
Notable in the development of the
laat week la the lartO number of
new pianta established to handle lutm
w ber and Its products.
-' The reports to The Tradesman for
; the week show one such plant In Ala-
v bama, twt> In Arkansas, one in Gcor-
gla, two In Kentucky, three In Mis
sissippi, two in Missouri, two In North
pCarollna, one In South Carolina, two
I In Tennessee, seven In Texas, two in
I ^jrglnla, one In West Virginia.
It la also gratifying to note from the
list that the number of cotton m|lls,
! gins and warehouses In the cotton
; states la on a steady Increase, the
' .week’s report showing three new cot
ton mills In North Carolina, seven
new thills and warehouses In Missis
sippi, two new cotton gins In Texas,
and a new cotton company In Arkan-
VMS
, Among the most heavily capitalized
: -new Industries In the South during
•tho week, as shown In the list, are a
■ $5,000,000 Iron and coal company In
Alabama, a $,'00,000 mining company
In Missouri and a $500,000 manufac
turing company In Oklahoma.
. . The prophets of pessimism from
Rockefeller all the way seemed to
have spoken cither without Inspira
tion—or without conscience.
The South’s whole forward^ move
ment laughs them to scorn.
. Charleston’s strut over that base-
-ball pennant Is at last only a mild
Effort to Imitate Atlanta.
There are no strings to the pre-
diction that Billy Smith will give At
lanta a great team next season.
*. Flushed with one victory, he pants
for further glory.
1 * Says President Small, of the-Teleg
raphers’ Union:
I believe that when a man Is
! ' found who Mis the office to the
i x satisfaction of a great majority of
I j the people ho should be contln-
- ued In office Irrespective of sen-
t * tlment against the third term.
1 i Chief Jennings Informs ub that the
young man mentioned In a Georgian
j editorial In the Issue of the 14th in-
* slant as having been arrested twice
j, for fast automobile driving was fined
< on the 13th Instant on an old charge
1 of July .3, and that his arrest on
1 ''September 6 was the second arrest.
Chief Jennings states that after the
young man’s arrest on September 6
* he did not drive a machine on the
j streets, so far aa the record shows.
I, New Power for 8partanburg.
” Special to The Georitfnn.
*" Spartanburg. 8. C„ Sept. 20.—J. C.
t Slack nnd F. R. Drove, capltaliata of
, Pittsburg, and officer# and directors of
, , the Electric Power and Manufacturing
J' Ccmpany engaged in constructing dec.
;:'trlcal power plants at Gaaton Shoals
• on Broad river and Nesbitt Shoala on
j Tyger river, spent Wednesday In the
• -.city making arrangements to open gen.
J eral offices. The company will be ready
j'tb furnish electric power for commer-
jr®** 1 ■ nd manufacturing purposes early
• this winter.
* Formar Express Agent Arrested.
! Richmond, Va., Sept. 20.—G. M. 8hu-
I mate, of Mount Sidney,-Augusta coun-
{ ty. wae placed under arrest at bis home
i yesterday on warrants awom out by
the Southern and Adams Express Com.
1 KrP l *“Ai , Th< young man Ip charged by
t “*• officials with the robbery of the
* comt'Yntea white employed by them as
messengsr running into Richmond/
\
TO THE PEOPLE—WAIT!
Tho state of Georgia Is soothing with politics and fairly swarming
with politicians and office-seekers. '
Children of tho revolution of 1906, born of tho new conditions, fos
tered by tho opportunities of the new regime, they are allvg and active
everywhere. Young men and old men, eagles with untried pinions and
ancient birds with plumage rent by a score of storms, they are fluttering
tho wide wings of ambition and scanping tho heights, great and small,
upon which are supposed to rest both proflt and repute. There Is not a
county In the state In which from a half dozen to a score of aspirants aro
not working their way through popular favor toward the goal of election
day. Every congrcaalonal district la astir with life and competition. Tho
gubernatorial bee Is buxxing In several ears, and the senatorial toga flut
ters Invitingly to at least four of the strong men of the state.
The primaries of August a year have lifted the ltd from a multitude of
ambitions held down beneath the erstwhile "power that controls," and
In the freedom of the "new deal" the political atmosphere Is flattering
with wings hopeful to soar and eager to try the upper air.
More than all are the "new combinations.” Rings within rings, clr-.
clcs of "Influence," partnerships In politics, political alliances, "promises .
to pay,” and a new and greater "machine" growing out of the wreck of
the old. Perhaps a better machine for a time, with cleaner machinery
and larger movement, but at laat a "machine," and sure In the lonfe run
to clog and grate, to roll remorselessly over those who oppose It, to di
vide out the offices, to dispense the spoils and In time to offend the
people. To all this the wheels are running, the gear is adjusted, the
machinery Is In motion, and hands swift and willing are volunteers,'
some accepted ‘and some rejected, to establish the new regime In Geor
gia polities.
While out yonder on a thousand farms, In here behind the rush and
roar of a million spindles, and wherever disks the workman's hammer,
the merchant's register or the farmer's spade, thire moves on Its tranquil
way the great, quiet, patient body of the people, upon whose favor and above
whose suffrage all these eager ambitions must come for fulflllment or
denial. Paul may plant and Apollos may water, but the people at last
must give the Increase to the politician’s store.
There Is something almost pathetic In the people's Isolation from
these earlier struggles. They do not see and they do not know alt that
Is going on behind these doted doors'and In these eager conferences. The
time Is not yet come for the people to be taken Into tho confidences of
the office-seekers. When tho plant are ripe, and allotment settled and <
the "divisions" made, then the chosen few will go out before the silent,
unconsulted but puissant many, and rake the great harvest of their votes
for the spoils of office and of honor wblch the great rich state has In
Its power to bestow. v
It would bo pathetic but for the conception of the vast power of
veto or approval which the people hold In the hollow of their mighty
handB. Time was when the completed "conferences” would have been
conclusive of the end. Time was when the great helpless mass, servile
and obedient, would have swung responsive Into line bohtnd the edict of
the leaders, and the polls would have simply rung the echoes of the poli
ticians' will. J
That time Is past In Goorgla. The people are partners now In the
politics of this enlightened state—full partners and conscious of their
rights. Outside the conferences they may be, but they are iitsldo the
“facts,” and they know the situation that confronts them, and the vast
Issuos which conserve their homes. Each man In this great democracy
of cheap newspapers and n rural mall dollvory holds "high conference”
' with himself and with his neighbors,, and no man Is commlssldncd to
promise or convey his votes. He does his own thinking, and ho does his
own voting, and'no leader Is strong enough to corral him Into the politi
cal tnclosurc mado by a "conference" with which he bad nothing what
ever to do.
The people are In the saddle In the politics of Georgia, and they are
there to stay, riding freely and Independently over tho great domain of
tho ballot which Is their Inheritance from the founders of tho republic.
It Is nil right for the politicians to aspire. No harm In that. Nor
Is there any crime In conference and alliance. That Is tho right of office-
seekers under the constitution which enfolds us.
But It Is also right and eminently wise for the people to be resolute
and deliberate In their Judgments of public men nnd publlo measures.
Haste Is an error so serious as to be almost a crime lu tho history of
government by the people.
Our earnest and serious counsel to the pcoplo Is to go slow In making
up their minds. Tho wisdom of the Hour Is to wait. "Give every man
thine ear, but few thy tongue."
It is a long time bofore the next election. Twelve months charged
with tremendous changes must Intervene before the ballots como to
Judgment. There has not been In forty years an era that held In solu
tion so many great questions near to the ^people's life and prosperity.
Each month records some progress, some new development, some poten
tial change. New men, some of them bearing the suggestions of a Prov
idence In their cleanness and courage, are arising almost every day. Tho
year Is chaotic, parties aro in confusion, policies are clarifying under the
leadership of patriots and the white light of publicity shed by on tin-
trammoled press.
It would be a crime against opportunity and common sense for the
people to commit themselvep thus early to any man or to any measure In
this period of change and upheaval.
We say to tho people WAIT. Promise no politician anything. Hold
your ballots as the farmer holds hla cotton—In resolution and Intelligent
reserve. Sit Bteady In the boat Watch the times, study the Issues, con
sider the developments as they come. Trust In God and keep the pow
der of your honest ballots dry.
And do not forget to WAIT.
THE NEGRO’S NEW RELATION. ,
In the September World of Today ex-Oovernor Northen, of Georgia,
contributes an Interesting article on the negro situation.
The governor takes the optimistic view of the situation. He thinks
It Is a great mistake to believe that there Is no kind of harmony between
the better elements of the races In Georgia and at the South. Quite
the contrary Is true. The good class of negroes Is Intelligent, progress
ive and resourceful. Its religion Is not a sham. Its education has not
spoiled It and Its devotion to duty Is not Inspired by the "loaves and
fishes.” Its Ideals are good. Its social standards high and Its life whole
some and elevating. It has been lilted from heathen darkness to Its
present attainments by the power of the grace ot God. If all American
negroes were of this'class, there would be no "negro problem."
Miscegenation by law, says the ex-governor, will never take place at
the South. That may be accepted as an established fact and settled
beyond question, and for all time to come. Intermarriage at tba South
need not be argued for a moment. Unless the South breaks the record ot
all history, there Is only one alternative left, and that Is that the negro
must be dependent. In a measure at least, upon the white man, as he
can not hope to dominate him. This basis of action was notably ac
cepted In an address delivered In Atlanta by Dr. Booker Washington,
and loudly applauded by the large number ot negroes be was addressing.
The negro In Georgia hai now put himself as a dependent upon the
superior race by his own public, general and voluntary statement. The
white people of Georgia would be grossly recreant to this acknowledged
confidence and this trust If they did not give the assurance that every
Individual blspk man, with his family, shall be absolutely sure that he
will receive Justice, in his civil rights, his Industrial relations, his edu
cational opportunities and his moral and spiritual Interests. This the
people In Georgia have publicly proclaimed. All that we now need In or
der to work out our problem slowly and surely, la the sympathy and not
the criticism of those who do not still understand the, great hindrances
that are yet In our way. «
The view of Governor Northen has much to (ntereat the student of
this problem. Ho himself Is an earnest and patient student of It, and hts
view, even If not unanimously accepted In Georgia, Is received With great
respect.
Growth and Progress of the New South
The Georgian here records each day BY
apme economic fact In reference to morou a I ivei v
the onward progress ot the South. JOSEPH B. LIVELY
Under the bead ot "Cotton Consumption In tho South," Colonel Hester elves
aome Intereating data on the growth of the spinning Industry, lie says:
‘The net uni consumption by tho mills of tho Mouth during tho commercial year
Just ended haa reached n total of 64,833 bales more than last year and la that much
In exrcfla of the Inrgowt conmiinptlon ever beforo recorded. Most of tlio state*
•how Incrcnac*, the largest l**lng In North Carolina and Gcorgln. North Cnrollnn
continues to lead na tho largest consumer of cotton of any state In the Mouth.
Moat of the mill* report haring made na full time n* possible, but complaint
continues general of insufficiency of labor, and while resort to finer numbers has,
In n measure, reduced coniumptfon, Inability to obtain sufficient help affect* re
sult* to the extent of about 200,000 bales.
"Tho growth of aplndlea continues nt n handsome rate. In tho active mills,
791,065 more nplndlea are recorded, while the number of Idlo spindles baa dropped
from 81,840 laat year and 210,702 the year before to 66,120 this your. There are twen
ty-seven more mill* In operation and the new nnd not completed mills includes
twenty-nine, with 640,978 spindle*, while a number of new concerns aro projected,
with n prospect of materializing during the coming season. Of the mills building
jnany will l>e In operation In the near future.
"As stated In laat year’s annual report, the picture could hardly bo drawn moro
gratifying, the only drawback being the question of labor which It Is hoped and
believed will. In a measure, rectify Itself.
"The total consumption for the year Is 2,439,108 bales ngnlnst 2,371,225 last year,
and 2.1M.505 the year before, an excesa over lost year of 64,883 bales and over tho
year More ot 275,603. . .
"How the cotton manufacturing Industry baa odvanced la beat told by the fol
lowing showlhg.
'The yearly net additions are new mills, leas deductions on account of burnt,
dismantling, etc.
Total mill, In South consuming raw cotton September 1, 1890 (old, new and not
complete) 236
1696-1891. net additions 4
1891- 1892, net additions 16
1892- 1893, net additions 13
1893- 1891, net additions 17
1894- 1893, net additions 49
1896-1896. net additions 49
1896- 1897, net additions - 7
1897- 1198, net additions 9
1898- 1899, net additions 69
1899- 1900, net additions 113
1900- 1901. not addition 25
1901- 1902. not additions C.. 23
1902- 1903, net additions 24
1903- 1901, not additions a 22
1904- 1906, nst additions IS
1966-1906, not additions U 17
1906-1901, net additions 20
Total milts In the South consuming cotton (old, new and not completed),
September 1. 1907 814
•'An Increase since 1390 of 478 mills. I hare used the words "mllla consuming
cotton" tn-enuse thorn are factories known aa woolen mills, etc. each consuming
considerable raw cotton annually, and which naturally are classed ns cotton con
sumers.’*
The following tatde takings of rottqn by American mllla. North nnd Sooth,
from 18W to 1907. Inclusive. It la gratifying to note tho steadily Increasing tak
ings hy the Southern mill- sine,. 1890, the Increase being 1,892,214 bales, against an
Increase of 727,122 by the Northern mllle:
COTTON TAKINGS BY AMERICAN MILLS.*
Year Ending Northern Southern
August 31. Mills. Mills. Total Crop.
Hates. Bales. Biles. 1 Isles. *
1890 1.799.258 646,194 3,346.183 7.3U.893
1891 3.027.363 601.661 2,632,023 • 8,662,597
1893 L 2.190,705 966.060 2,876.815 *.016,379
1863 1,887,388 743,848. 1431.114 6,700,3#
1894 1,601,173 718.615 2,319.688 7.549,817
1895 2,061.889 863.838 3,946,877 9,901.251
1896 ,1,600.271 904.701 2.504.972 7.1*7,846
1897 1.804,680 1,042,671 3,847.351 8,757,961
1898 2.211,740 1.231,141 8.443,581 tl,199.994
1899 3.190,096 1.399.899 3.689.494 11.374,840
1900 8,068,300 1,597.113 3.165,412 9.429,416'
1901 L907.570 1,620,931 9A8S.501 10.183.422
1903 2,060,774 1,937.971 3,196,745 10,610.680
1903 1.07.635 2,000.729 2.963464 10.727,559
1904 2,026,967 1,919.253 3,946419 10,011,374
1905 2.282,145 3,163.606 4,445,660 13.665.885
1906 9.340,4« 3.374.225 7,723,703 11.345,968
.1907 ; 3,526,390 3,439,108 4,065,499 18,610,983
•American cotton.
. DELAYED BE30LUTI0N8.
To the'Editor of The tlcqrelnn:
More thnn n month
meeting of tho Hcl
mutations Indorsing.— . . . -
wer* unanimously adopted, and I wna re
quested In liehalf of the committee to
transorllte nnd forward tho same, to the
publishers. I am Informed that this paper
never reached the office. Our club num-
senreely a family In all the nelghlmrkixxl but
• ' In Its membership. We M
organise,! for the enforcement ox the taw
end purpose to see that prohibition laws
can prohibit tbe nee of Intoxicants In tbli
part of the state. Oqr motto Is. dght on.i
hold-bn, and never give np till the menu-
Jaetnre, sate anil uee of liquor na a bevor-
[ge la eradicated from the state. The reeo-
I Utkina follow:
"Whereas, The _. -
nnuneetl for the prohibition
traffic and haa so nobly and fearl
fa?
.... nobli, mm
command* Itself at once to all lovers of
moral* and tbe twtterment of mankind;
therefore
Resolved, That we, aa a club, moat heart-
hereby
support.
Resolved farther. That we will manifest
our approval by liecoming subscribers our*
selves and seeking to extend Its circulation
throughout the country,
J. B. CHEVK8.
(For the Committee.)
Zenith, Os., Sept. 12, 1107.
WHAT COTTON 18 WORTH.
To the Editor of Tho Georgian:
Cotton would not bring over its worth to
—— 26 to SO.cents a
arm labor haa In
past years advanced from $8 to $10, $12.60.
$15 and $18 per month and board. It will
take $16 a month to board a hard-working
ARMY-NAVY ORDERS
—AND—
MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS
Army Orders,
Washington, Sept. 20,-Captafn K. W.
Cole, to Presidio, Ban Francisco, as quarter
master, relieving Captain Harry A. lltrsch,
who will proceed to Colnmhus barracks as
quartermaster, and nasumc charge of eon-
R traction work at L'nltmiUus harraewa, re
eving Captain Harry ll.X'bnmbcrlln. who
will proceed to Chicago as assistant to
chlcf^ quartcnnaatcr. Department of tbe
Lieutenant-Colonel Edwin F. Glenn,
Twenty-third Infantry, from Columbus bar
racks to hla regiment.
Navy Ordark. ,
Lieutenant C. L. Arnold, additional duty
Inspector of ordnance, Boston.
Movements of Voaseta.
Arrived-SeptcmlHT 17: Prairie at Hamp
ton Roads. September M: Sterling at
Portsmouth, ...
Soiled—Heptember II: Huntress, from
Pensacola for New Orleans; Yorktovru, frdm
.icnjutla for Acapulco, Mex.
CARD FROM MR, CULPEPER.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
Yonr kind nfltlce of mygircak-down In Bir
mingham baa brought more Inquiries than I
-tile to answer, * *
generous source.
what bill fair to lx> the meeting"of" my
life to undergo an operation for necrosis
of tbe left antrum. Involving complications
of tho eye nnd nose,
operations, nn,l will
eight or ten days.
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
THE BRACEBRIDGE DIAMONDS
A Thrilling Story of Mystery and Adventure
SYNOPSIS.
Frank (the hero) and Reginald Bracebrldgc
(coining) in«vt Mmo. Writ Mlnvlnsky,
benutlful woman, at Saratoga. She fa
tacked by a foreigner (Dr. Carl Mueller),
Frank rescues her nnd Is given a packngt
with ncrmlriaon to open It when ho think!
tho right tlmo has come. A telegram an
nounces the sudden death of l/eglnald
father. Frank Is made executor of the es
tate. Reginald Is charged with forgery, and
calls upon Prank to nave him from arres r
A maid rushes Into tho room nnd tells Rej
Inaid his wife la dead nnd that he !• charg
ed with her murder. Frank and Reginald
leave the house by a secret passage nnd
reach the Bracebrldgo country home on
Long Island. They embark In an airship.
Reginald la sent to France. Frank lenrna
W *» V ICDVilllJIt-B i/t, iUUl’UCI. —
farm in Ohio near the place where this doc-
tor lives. Sylvln Thm-Bton, pretty daughter
brought into the sto
ova with her. II
a painter, who
•• Mueller nnd
to know her brother, a painter, who reside*
abroad. 8ytvi(, Dr. Moeller and n girl
friend vlelt "The Hollow," an old house,
said to bo haunted.
Raymond Thurston return, homo nnex-
cctedly and Is greeted by hl« sister during
bo temporary absence of her Dance.
Hylvla and her brother go for s walk
.ml meet Basil, who quarrels with Ray
mond,
Tho following morning Ruth Pritchard Is
found In tho woods near the Thurston boms,
unconscious. When she recovers eonsclous-
somo horror. Raymond Thurston Is found
In the studio, shot through the heart.
Sylvln suspects Basil of the muruer of
her brother.
Sylvia prepares to visit Florida lu search
of health. Nurse Mnson appears on tho
Moeller ere greater
the enrfsce. ,
Mueller end Sylvia aro married In New
York.
Rose Thurston ndmlts sho told a falsehood
to shield Basil from suspicion of having
murdered Raymond.
pol
Lres-
dsonlng
CHAPTER LXVII.—Concluded,
"1 have a nervous horror of entering
that room," ho said to Sylvia. "Pray,
pray do not ask me; I know nothing
of tho state she Is in, so that my opin
ion would b« valueless. Nurse Mason,
however, understands tho case thor
oughly. nnd Ruth Is perfectly safo In
her hands.”
Sylvia had mode no further effort to
obtain Mueller's consent to dismiss
Nurse Mason since that one Ineffectu
al attempt. The matter had not been
touched on even indirectly during the
weeks that had followed. The truth
was that Sylvia Mueller was growing
.erribly weary of her life at Tho Hoi-
ow, and
. and everything seemed to have lost
Interest for her; so that tt become a
matter of complete Indifference to her
whether Nurse Mason departed or re
mained.
I should never hove married Car
Mueller," Sylvia sometimes whispered
to her own heart. "Day by day con
vinces me more and more that I can
never be a happy woman ns hi* wife.
”1 do not understand him; there Is
mysterious barrier between us, which
have abandoned even the attempt to
pull down. It Is always there, It will
always be there, and there can be no
real confidence between his heart and
mine. It is Impossible.”
And sometimes during these sullen
November evenings, as Sylvia sat alone
by her solitary window gazing amid
the stormy shadows of the desolate
lake, a memory of Basil Thurston
crossed her mind like an apparition,
and a sudden heart-longing oppressed
her with a well-nigh unendurable force,
Where was he? What was the truo ex
planation of his share In the story of
i hat tragic night?
Mueller had told his wife of the min
ister’s tidings as to Basil Thurston’s
letter to Moss; but.since that barren
piece of Information Sylvia had learned
to rats* cotton.
_ mathsmati
eat calculation of his labor. Interest on In
vestment In firm Implements, stock, tbrtr
I, the hired help nnd his expense nil
moved up for the year, whet does cotton
cost to grow, pick nnd gin nnd market?
Thu fnrmer la slow to mine hts price. All
he thinks of Is n certain lump sum In the
fall.
If the farmer were forced to take s trip
there was by the rnlirnad, wli
tho farmer would here to go down In his
Jeans nnd get It. Now. when the Mg cor-
lar “lilll owner wants cotton, why
loesn't the fnrmer lie Independent and say
" ' “ - ” lit
cotton lauds, stock, etc., to raise, cotton.
temutic alwut expense nnd proflt as <L
mill men nnd railroads to make s ri-rtsln
net proflt, the farmers will have to put np
their prices to double what they, are now
- ,
to come nut ami make the proflt the other.
ami learning a few things. The most N
portent ef all Is keeping.out of debt, and
the raising of grain, meet and foodstuffs to
run on. thus-getting Ini shape where they
back they had to sell In'Octnlier and No
vember, ns soon as they could possibly get
It picked nnd ginned. Now some bold It
j’lth calls from Jacksonville, pensscols
nnd Apalachicola, Fla., and from Kentucky,
l am afraid tho whole comitry will '
before I get well. If I welt. So
this from Die train, on route for Owens
lx>ro, Ky„ for s hand In that conflict.
I lectured twlco In Birmingham, to 1.600
men each time. The war Is on there. They
mean to win. One good temperance tec.
lure these days Is enough to make the conn
start s
mean to win,
lure these dny
ell come togother and
forms—anyth’
Yours fot* n
half dosen ra
ng Inevltsbi
J. B. CULPEPER,
forme-sny'ffin^i hut the' 'thlng"lnevTtsbie.'
Lieutenant Lott With Seventeenth.
Second Lieutenant Warren Lott. Jr,
a Georgia boy sWho recently graduat
ed with honors from West Point, has
been assigned to company M, Seven
teenth Infantry, end assumed his duties
Thursday. In the absence of the cap
tain and first lieutenant he Is now In
command df the company.
Cigar Company Chartered.
The Oppenhelm Cigar Company was
granted a charter 'by Judge Ellis, of
the superior court. Thursday. The in
corporators are I. H. Oppenhelm.
Mayer and A. S. Marshall. Attorneys
Slaton & Phillips filed the petition.
hnve felt lonely nnd weal
tbe eonntry, hut they hare learned
there Iff '
ell over
.... that n
union there Is 1 strength, end the ntteutlnn
veil the Fanners' Union hse resulted In
lem seeing nnd rasping great tietieflts and
‘ rotten single-
of cost
HENRY n. JACKSON.
of production.
Atlanta, Ga.
Southern Land Company.
Under the name of the Southern
Land Company, Frank C. Owens, Jo
seph Lee Rhodes, Charles W. Hop
kins, John S. Owens and Asa O. Can
dler have applied tor a charter. The
capita! stock Is to be $350,900, at $100
per share. The company will desl 111
real estate securities and do a general
business, navlng Its headquarters In
Atlanta.
Carrier’s Residence Burned.
Spec 1*1 to The Georgian.
Griffin, Go, Sept. 20.—The residence
of J. E. Pentecost, carrier on a Griffin
R. F. D, was entirely destroyed by fire
from an unknown source one day this
week.
Train Injures Norcroes Boy.
Special to The Georgian. x
Montgomery, Ala., Sept. 20.—A tele
gram has been received by H. S. Kcnl-
hofer, secretary of the Montgomery
Freight Bureau, from Norcroes, Go.,
stating that hie little eon. Starr, aged
12, had been struck by a Southern train
tit that place and seriously It not fa
tally Inlured. The boy had his right
arm broken In tivo places, his knee
wrenchev), right side hurt and other-
vise Injured. He was knocked uncon
scious.
when Miss Lotltln had called at The
Hollow, Sylvia had been tempted to re
fer to the subject, but a sudden nerv
ousness overcame her and the worde
died on her lips. • •
"If sho had any favorable nowe to
tell she would let me hear It without
being questioned,* surely,” Sylvia
thought, as she endeavored to Justify
her \>wn lack of courage. "What is
tbe use of touching again on a painful
subject that can only open the old
wound afresh?" ,
As November drew to a close Cart
Mueller'a etate of mind became very
evidently more and more of a torture to
him, and once or twlqe. when he and
his wife were alone ho eeemed to be
on the point of confessing to her title
secret anxiety that was crushing him
down.
But he always checked himself, and
Sylvia asked no questions. She began
to remark, however, that her husband's
darker moods usually followed his con
versations with Nurse Mason, who had
a habit of sending messages to Mueller
by one of the servants, such as! "Tho
nurse wants you for a few minutes In
the library, Dr. Mueller."
Or: "Miss Mason would like to see
you. Dr. Mueller, before you go out."
And Sylvia noticed that her husband
always shrank a little and changed col
or as he received these messages, al
though he promptly answered them,
even If he happened to bo at dinner at
the time.
"Nurse Mason had something to tell
mo about Ruth.” he sometimes ex
plained afterwords to Sylvia, who.' how
ever. had not questioned him. "Ruth’s
state seems to be undergoing a change
of tome kind of late."
Immediately after one ot these Inter
views on a dark, stormy morning at
the close of November. Mueller entered
his wife’s boudoir, where Sylvia was
arranging some white end pink chrys
anthemums In a vase. As Sylvia
glanced up from her task she noticed
how pale and careworn her husband
looked, and a little thrill of self-re
proach passed through her. -
"Are you not well today, Carl? ts
there anything the matter*"
CHAPTER LXVIII.
New Plans.
"I am sick and tired of this gloomy
old spot, Sylvia, and I shall never again
be able to rouse my spirits while I'm
here, he burst fosth vehemently. "And
I wnnt you to como to New York for
a mqnth or two, nnd then. If you like
wo It go abroad for the remainder of
tbe winter, or return here, just as you
please. But we both need a change
deareBt. I am certain of that Youare
not a bit like yourself of late. I can
see it In every act and look of yours
during tho paBt few weeks.”
s , y !Y la .. rtld not Immediately reply,
and Mueller, mistaking her silence, re
sumed etlll more urgently:
''™ a £ lac ? h0 ? sot upon my nerves
ot late, Sylvia. I can not stand It! If
you refuse to como I shall have to go
alone. But you will not do that, dew
est? Surely you win come? You need
have go fears whatever is to Ruth
Nurse. Mason will look after h* care
fully and conscientiously. And, of
course, any tlmo you wish to return,
there will bo nothing to prevent your
doing so."
^ ®hould like to go away tor
awhile, Carl," Sylvia said. "L too. feel
that I need a change." '
"Then that is settled, thank heaven!"
Mueller cried, with a sigh of relief, and
ho threw out hla arms as It he was
costing a weight from his shoulders. "I
shall mnko all arrangements ot once.
First of all, I shall have to go tft Buffalo
about that business, but I expect to be
back by tomorrow evening at tho latest.
Can you bo ready, dearest, to atari eq
tho following morning?”
"Certainly, Carl, If you wish. My
preparations will not take me long.”
“The sooner wo aro off tho better,
This placo would drive ua both Into •
madhouse, Sylvia, If wo stayed hew
much longer. Onco wo aro in town)
we can draw our breaths freely again.
I have found It Impossible to rouse
myself of Into, dearest; »weight eeem-
ed to be crushing me down. You must
have thought mo a very dull compan
ion, but I could not help It, I shall en
deavor to atone for all when wo gotta.
New York.”
He drew her to him suddenly and
kissed her and held her In a passlonato-
embrace.
"Darling, darling! I wish I could
prove to you tvhat my love for you.
really Is! Even yet, I sometimes think'
you can not really understand me."
“As tlmo goes on. Carl, wo shall
understand each other batter," Sylvia
still nt hor heart. “I valuo all your
klndnesa and goodness, you may rest
assured. I liavo not yet been able to
recover my old. spirits—not Just yet.
But that tlmo will como, too, perhaps.
If you aro satisfied to wait for tt,”
A little shadow passed across her
face, and Mueller knew where her
thoughts had suddenly flotvn.
"If I have to wait half a lifetime for
It, darling, I shall be satisfied. I have
not forgotten our Interview laat Jan
uary. You spoke frankly to mo that
day, and I answered you with corre
sponding frankness. I do not wish
F ou to bo disloyal to the post, dearest;
only ask you. as I asked you that
day, to believe In my love for you, and
then all must come right at last."
After an early luncheon that day
Mueller started for Buffalo, and a few
hours later Sylvia drove to see Moni
ca Peard and to tell her of her ap
proaching departure for New Yorki
"Although I shall miss you dreadful.
1 y, l am glad you are leaving The Hoi-
low for a while, dear." Monica said,
’■your spirits have become terribly de
pressed since you went there.”
Sylvia drove back to The Hollow with
a somewhat lighter heart. She found
her mother awaltlng.her, and shortly
afterwards the Judge dropped In.
"I am so glad you’vo come this after,
noon, as Cart Is away, and I am all
alone," Sylvia eald, and then she went
on to tell them of hor hastily arranged
departure from Tho Hollow.
.“Tint it tun Ffiirtnln In Knw
But If wo remain in Now York for
Christmas wo shall expect you both to
como to us," Sylvia continued. “It will
be livelier for all ot us than spending
Christmas here.”
It was past 9 o’clock when the Judge
and Mrs. Thurston drove back to Moor-
combe. The night was stormy and
threatening, and nn hour later the rain
was beating ngalnst the windows at
The Hollow with an angry pattering as
the sweeping gust whirled It along.
Before retiring to her own room that
night Sylvia .went up. as usual, to sco
Ruth Pritchard. Sho found Nurse Ma
con pacing up and down the room with
a shawl wrapped about her bead and
face.
“My old enemy, neuralgia, has at
tacked me, Mrs, Mueller. I've not had
If nmt* ulnon loaf tvlrtfnr *'
It now since last tvlnter.'
Her voice was quivering with pain.
"I'm so sorry. You should go to bed
at once," Sylvia said. "And It yok
don't feel better tomorrow, nurse, you
must not get up. I shall attend to Ruth
In that ca*e. M
Nurse Mason only groaned In replf.
She was suffering so acutely, Indeed,
thafehe was hardly conscious of Syl
via's words; and on the following
morning ehe was In such torture that
It was Impossible *0 lift her h«Rd from
the pillow.
"Now, you are my patient, remem
ber,” Sylvia said kindly as she stood
■by Nurse Mason’s bed Just before
breakfast. "Between you and Rura I
shall have my hands full today. For,
of course, you must not get up."
"I fear I can not attend my duties
today; I feel almost demented. Mrs.
Mueller." Nurse Mason answered.
"tVhenever I get this attack I am help
less for the time being. I hope I shall
be better when Dr. Mueller returns
this evening. I shall have to be at
my poet then, at least."
“Not certainly If you are not very
ttfilt imnt*nvA/l w return* 1 '"
much Improved," Sylvia returned
"Ruth will be all right Hi my hand*.
so make your tnlnd easy.” ,
The morning was dark and storms,
and af tho day advanced the vrlnd ro-e
to a gale. The full force of the blast
seemed to expend Its fury on that wins
of the ancient house In which Ruin
Pritchard’s room was situated, ana
about 4 o’clock In the afternoon, a
Sylvia was proceeding down the corn-
dor to this room, she was startled b
a loud crash nnd the shattering °*
broken glass from within.
i Georgia/
Continued in Tomorrow’i
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