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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
fridat, NOVEMBER i. ivn.
THE ATUNTA GEORGIAN
(AND NEWS)
JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor.
F. L. SEELY, President,
r. B. GOODWIN, Gcn’l Mgr.
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OCII PLATFORM: THE GEORGIAN
AND NEWS atonds for Atlanta’! own
ing Its own gas and electric light
planta, as it now owua Ita water
works. Other cities do this and got
e a aa low as (10 cents, with a profit
the city, Tide should tie done st
once. THfe GEORGIAN AND NEWS
ballerea that If street railways can lie
operated sneeessfnlly by European
cities, ns Ibev nre, there Is no good
reason why they esn not he so oper
ated here. But we do not liellcre this
can tie done now, and It may he some
years liefors we are ready for so Ills
an undertaking. Still Atlanta should
set Its face In that direction NOW.
It will toon bo time lor the ladles
'to bay their husbands a clock for the
parlor mantel.
It’s a doubtful honor tho exar has
accorde^Taft, that of being treated
like a native nobleman while In
Russia—
That Cannon boom touched off In
Chicago the othor day seomB to havo
fizzled out already.
Automoblling may be the more
reckless s|Kirt, but at any rate It takes
sand to bo an aeronaut.
Honeymoons are said to bo wanlnR
In popular esteem.
An artist of Altoona. Pa., whose
thumb was injured In an electric car
accident. Is suing tho company for
$50,000. He roust make a specialty of
thumb-nail sketches.
J Gerontmo, tho notorious old Apacho
chief, haa attended his last war-dance
and he will probably soon lie a good
Indian.
. Maxlmoffsky Is tho most recent of
the Russian high officials to suddenly
go offsky by the anarchistic route.
“Baby" McKee, of President Harri
son's administration, is a Junior at
Yale. We mention this fact that
folks may have another opportunity
of exclaiming: “How time flics!”
; The suggestion haa been made that
automatic whipping ixists be estab
lished in school housed and jails. It’s
ion late for the school house to save
the man who made such a suggestion.
Ho should be put In jail for the rest
of bis life.
A wealthy resident of Buctzow,
Mecklenburg-Schwerln, has committed
suicide becauto the worry of looking
after a largo fortune weighed too
henvtly on his mind.' Couldn't they
have used a few libraries over In
M ccklenburg-Schwerln ?
A letter addressed to William Allen
Gazette, aays the Kansas City Star,
was delivered to the person tt was
Intended for In Emporia. That's easy
compared to some tho postmasters
have.
Tho richest baby In New York Is
the young son of Mr. and Mrs. W. K.
Vanderbilt, Jr., who at the age of
two days Is heir to sixty million dol
lars In gold—er, that ts, In clearing
house certificates.
BYRON'3 FIRST 8HOE3.
Speaking of Byron. I once owned the
first pair of shoe* that he wore. They
vere given to my father by a woman
wh,j had been the poet'a nurse. She
had cut them down to fit the feet of a
•loll belonging to one of her children. It
must have been a pretty good-slsed
•loll, for the shoes—little soft things
made of braid—were none too small for
.'• child. I gave them to the Players
bat auae I knew that they would be well
taken care of (nor because Hymn was
;• Playwright), and to the beat of my
Knowledge and belief they now repose
under a glass case at 16 Orantercy
I’arit—“The Lounger" In Putnam's.
Boston la the greatest telephone user
in tho world, according to the annual
: eport cf the New England Telephone
anil Telegraph Company. Every day
■ a New England there la an average uf
335,358 telephone conversations. In
H",ton there la a 'phone for every 11
persons.
THE STEADY WORK OF THE RAILROAD COMMISSION.
The action of the railroad and public utilities commission In the aboli
tion of freo passes In Georgia was not a haaty one, but tho result of
steadfast nnd deliberate Investigation and study. It will stand because
It Is a well-considered expression of public policy.
And It Is exactly ■ along this line that the commission Is proceeding
In Ha work. ,
How foolish and how Ill-considered It has been on the part of out
siders really or superficially eager for the accomplishment of certain
reforms to urge upon tho governor and tho commission hasty and Im
perfect decisions and statutes.
When wo started Into this reform administration It waa otir impres
sion that nothing waa better understood than that the Initial policy of
information was the basis of all action. It was understood and declared
that no changes would )be made nnd no rules or rates established that
were not based upon a full Investigation and a full understanding of the
conditions which surrounded both the public and the public carrier in
question.
From the best Information at hand wo believe that the governor and
commission are proceeding wisely and diligently and fearlessly along this
line. The experts of tho commission are Investigating the financial
affairs of every public utilities corporation In Georgia. The paid experts
of tho commission are also examining the physical properties of tho
various transportation lines throughout tho state.
So that when the commission comes to act It will have before It
from expert and Impartial testimony a true statement of the facts which
may Indicate neglect or indifference to tho public safety and tho public
welfare and at the same time the financial capacity of tho corporation to
undergo the discipline and to put into effect tho changes which conditions
may require. u
Taken altogether, we are disposed most heartily to congratulate the
administration and tbo commission upon tho fact that in thfe midst of
much childish clamor and of much unreasonable haste, they have pre
served an unbroken calm and have prosecuted with tireless activity and
conspicuous fairness and rare common sense the Investigation which Is
a primary and ^essential prerequisite to any careful and prudent hand
ling of tho questions which concern the people and the corporations.
It Is only along lines like theso that we can hope for a wise and
wholesome outcome of this great reform movement which has been the
hope of the pooplo in this generation.
Slowly, steadfastly and wisely we are progressing out of our op
portunities Into the establishment of those conditions which mean pros
perity and development In the South.
A MAN NAMED BARRETT.
Thoodore Price In a New York newspaper says that “a man
named Barrett down In Georgia makes a fresh appeal to his constituency
to hold their cotton for fifteen cents a pound."
If Theodore Price was as well posted upon cotton and the men who
make It as he ought to be, ho would know that tho "man named narrett”
Is tho president of slxteon hundred thousand farmers In this republic,
of whom seven hundred thousand live in tho South and make the cotton
crop of the world.
If any man has a right to speak upon this question It Is “the man
named Barrett In Georgia."
And Thoodore Price may be assured that when "the man named
Barrett" speaks, his words carry more weight in an hour than Theodore
Price's views would convey In n week. “The man named Barrett” Is
tho able and boloved president of tho Farmers’ Union. They trust him
Implicitly and they believe in him to tho uttermost. He has never
betrayed them nor misled them, nnd you may he sure that bis fresh
appeal to his constituency will ho followed to the full limit of tho capacity
of tho Southern farmer to hold his cotton until he can get for It what
he knows It to bo worth.
Mr. Barrett and his people may or may not be ablo to secure fifteen
cents for this year's cotton crop, but Thoodore Price and other financiers
who deal with this great commodity, may as well realize now what they
will learn hereafter, that there will be a strong and intelligent effort
to secure this prlco for a staplo whose supply this year Is comparatively
limited, and whose demand baB never been surpassed by tho call for It,
(luring the coming year.
And meanwhile, although we would bo tho last to counsel tho farmer to
any obstinacy or to any unreasonable pride of opinion In the matter, we sin
cerely trust that our Southern farmer will wait for better reasons than
any which now exist for the surrender of a prlco which he has the right
,to name for the great product of his fields and energies.
THE ATLANTIO-MISSISSIPPI CANAL.
TIjo Indorsement by President Roosevelt of tho Atlantic-Mlsslsslppl
waterway will undoubtedly give force and Impetus to that great enter
prise.
The president does not usually go off half-cocked In business mat
ters and during his recent trip he has evidently given groat study and
consideration to the development of the Mississippi Valley as part of
this great country.
That the Georgia project as prosecuted by its friends should Im
press tho president's practical mind, Is proof not only of the feasibility
of the plan, but Is also the guarantee of strong and compelling forces
which will bo brought to Us realisation.
With tho two senators from Georgia heartily In accord with tho
chamber of commerco and the congressional delegation, this Is an excel
lent time to begin the agitation of the project along practical lines.
The deep water convention at Knoxvlllo next week offers an oppor
tunity to presont It to representative men of tho country, which should
be utilised by n strong delegation from Georgia.
Tho president's Indorsement sets the ball In vigorous motion.
Tho Atlanta Georgian thinks that Mr. Roosevelt lost, a
strategic point In not accepting tho Invitation to be present at
the Stato Fair In that city, as, In the Georgian's opinion, he
would, by following Mr. Bryan as a guest and speaker, havo
laid the llryan reception In tho shade and scored heavily
against the great Democratic leader. We dou't see It that way,
and would wager a neat sum that Mr. Roosevelt, with alt his
conceit. Is not so deceived as to his powers as a public speaker,
when compared to Mr. Bryan's. No one lias ever seriously
claimed for President Roosevelt any remarkable oratorical gifts
or charm of address, and his speeches are singularly lacking In *
any elements of popular appeal and attraction. Mr. Bryan, on
tho other hand, is the greatest public speaker of his day and
country, and people of all sections crowd to bear him and bang
spell-bound on his eloquent words.
For Mr. Roosevelt with all tho prestige of his offlco and
success to have followed Bryan as a speaker would have been
to Invite a comparison most unflattering to the president, and
one which no public man could be blamed for avoiding. In re-
fusing to lend hlmsolf to such self-injury, Mr. Roosevelt scored
n strategic point Instead of missing one, and proved hlmsolf
again the shrewdest and most pnctlctl of politicians.
The Atlanta Georgian got the wrong cue for this particular
Roosevelt spiel.—Tho Tennessean.
But my dear Tennessean: Wo did not mean that Roosevelt's
speech would beat Bryan's, but there Is nobody In this neck of the woods
whtf does not know that Roosevelt's crowd and Roosevelt's reception
would have laid In tho shade anything that has happened In Atlanta—
since Roosevelt was hero before.
Jt Is understood that Col. John Temple Graves will leave
his prohibition soul In Atlanta, while his body tussles along In
little old New York, with Tammany. Independence league ami
11,000 saloons. It will bo a big job, but Mr. Graves can achieve
it.—Chattanooga Times.
This Is an age of wonders, .my son, and no man has a right to say
that even New York may not be plucked os a cherry from the highballs.
There can be no better day than autumn days like these.
Do they comp anywhere else than to Atlanta?—Atlanta Georgian.
Why. of course not. But you ought to see South Georgia at
this season of the year. If you had a ticket to Paradise and
had to loss through South Georgia you would swap It for a jack
knife and get off at Donglas.—Douglas News.
That's the spirit. Douglas. Keep It up. Stand by your own. Mag
nify your home, exalt your calling, and If you don't grow aa big aa At
lanta. you arc certain to be bigger than somebody else.
Hon. John Temple Grave* will leave Georgia to be
editor of the New York American.- Now when Mr. Koosovelt be
comes the editor of the Tribune. It will be a pair for the other
big papers to draw to.—Talladega Reporter.
In that day we shall e ideavor to treat the new recruit kindly and
make him feel at home. ,
Growth and Progress of the New South
The Georgian here record* each day
some economic fact la reference to
the opuartl progress of the South.
BY
JOSEPH B. LIVELY
; total value of towu property $1,944,063.
Thq tax return* on tho book* of Auditor Dare II. W Iso *how pome very Interest-
Inf fact* regarding the valuation of property In Aiken county, South Carolina.
The following nre the returns according to the auditor's hooks: Acre* of !nn«l
657.503. value $2,662,482; building* in country 9.023. value $1,612,325: total value of
country property $4,074,007. Lot* In town* and cities 2,867, value $564,156; buildings
In town* and cltle* 2,367. value $1,379,89$; toti '
Total value of renl estate $6,018,960.
Number of horses (2.462, value $1
$311,367; hog* 8,007, value $26,012; fIhtu mm vmin n*) imiu- «wi, nanun, vw., wt
value $9,$43; nlnnos and organ* 647. value $39,883; vehicle* 6.307, value $122,006; dog*
3,666, value $36,660; household furniture, etc.. $1,394,933; bank returns $123,710, Total
value of ncraoiml property $4,759,294. Total taxable value of real nnd personal
property In county $10,778,15-' * ' * “ ‘ ‘ “ ““
tarns.
U54. This Is on Increase of $515,306
Inst year's re-
Clarendon county, South Carolina, la to have n farm capitalised at $250,000. The
. petition for letter* of Incorporation urn* Hied yesterday. The indltloners are
Thomas H. blunter. John II. Humter nnd II. T. Abbott. The style of the company
will lie The Sou them riant lug and Producing Company, and general fanning will
be practiced. •
The Moratory of atate hat received petition fc
of the Highland mill* of Newberry, 8. C. These
Mower, w. O. IIousc.nl, J. A. Mlmnnugb. J. II. W
etltlon fer charter from the corporators
le are F, N. Martin, George 8.
... ... ... .. ... West, J. A. Burton, J. U. Me-
Caughrln, Alan Johnstone, C. K. Bummer. The capital stock will be $300,000.
Another $30-1.000 mill to be built soon Is the Misbnn of Union, 8. C., mentioned
heretofore In the papers. The corporators yesterday filed petition for tho charter.
These are 15. M. Jordan. A. II. Foster. B. F. and W. I>. Arthur, I). C. Fllun, W.
M. McClure, Macbeth Voting, I,. II. Ilnyue*.
DOROTHY DiX ASKS:
Why Did You Never Marry? Is It Because
Women Cannot “Pop the Question?
P ROBABLY no other thing In the world , Ho the girl has to keep mum. And the
would do so much not only to pro- j man dares not sneak. And tho slrl won t
mote matrimony, hat to Insure do- marry the muritiif;lii who would like to Jolu
(nestle felicity, ns for women to have her fortune to hi* own, no that M could
Ihc right to take the Initiative III love mak- * * ’
uff, nnd select their own mates,
indeed. If women had the privilege of pop
hi praetlcally.be
plug the question there wouk
no old mnf ‘ *
Isn't asked _
time during her life, but l»ecnuse matrimony
would have uew charms If a woman could
pick out the kind of n husband she wants
Instead of having to take the kind of a hus
band she
There Is no woman so ugly nnd unnttrac
tive that she can not marry somebody, but
many women refuse to marry at all, be
cause they nre uot willing to espouse the
sort of a man who offers himself.
No convention of society Is so cruel ns
that which debars a woman from taking a
frank and active part In the most Important
decision of her own life. It Isn't enough
for her merely to have the veto power In
settling tho husband question. Him should
have tho right to seek the umn whom she
would like to niarrr, a* well ns turn down
the man she doesn't want t» marry.
No Chanco to Meet the Right Man.
Suppose, for Instance, the enne of an In
telligent. level-headed, athletic young worn-
... .. .. .....
namby-pamby, cane-sucklag youth* whom*
conversation I* confined to starting topics,
and whose ambition In life f* to break au
automobile record.
Huch a woman may count among her ac
quaintance* a strong, ambition*, manly,
poor young man who realize* tier Ideal ami
horn she would lie clad to marry, but the
♦or man I* debarred by Id* circumstances
from mingling In the society that she fre
quent*. Ill* tear of being called a fortune
hunter also raise* a barrier between 19.ni
and the rich girl, and he never dreams of
*uch a thing a* n*klug her to bo bis wife.
But the rich girl dreams of him. and she
would be glad enough to marry him If she
were only uerrnlttml to say to him that he’s
about the kind of » man *ne likes, nnd with
whom she Is wllllug to enter luto a life
partnership.
Poor Girl Hat to Keep Mum.
.. ;ould shock everybody to death, the
man Included, however, for n woman to
coiuo out lintfooted nml honest, and tell n
man that she love* him nml would like to
have more to spend
ARMY-NAVY ORDERS
AND
MOVEMENTS OP VESSELS.
Army Orders.
Washington, Oct. 31.—Captain William M.
Connell, to Fifth cavalry; First Lieutenant
Ronald E. Fisher, to Seventh cavalry; Colo
nel Charles J. Crane to NlutU Infantry;
Lieutenant Colonel Charles Byrne, to Seven
teenth Infantry; Major Benjamin C. Morse,
to Twenty-seventh Infantry; Major John I*.
Finlay to Twenty-eighth Infantry; Major
Frederick R. Day, to Thirtieth Infantry;
Captain Ernest M. Reeves, to Twenty-ninth
Infantry; Captain II. J. Aimer Erlekson, to
Twenty-seventh Infantry; Lieutenant Harry
Ople, Jr., First Infantry, Michigan national
guard, to garrison school. Fort Wayne.
Navy Orders.
Commander 8. 8. Wood, commissioned;
Lieutenant C6tnmander O. R. Evans, to
board of Inspection and survey; Lieutenant
Commander L. L. Howard, detached at na
val attache, Berlin, to bureau of naviga
tion; Lieutenant Commander It. U. Belkuap,
detached office of naval Intelllgeuco to duty
a* naval ottacho. Berlin. Lieutenant O.
lllll, commissioned lieutenant. Junior grade.
Movements of Vessels.
Arrived—Octolwr 27, Nero st Portsmouth,
N. II.; October 29, Uncas st Guantanamo;
Wasp at New Haven, Chattanooga st Cav
ite.
galled—October 29, Marietta from Key
West for Puerto Cortes, Honduras.
PLAYFUL.
How can a fellow read nt all.
I'd like to have yon say.
When you’re a-tuggtn* at his arm
An* teasin' "Turn an' p'ay,"
For how esn any daddy
Remain seated where he’s at,
When a baby Is a-tuggtn'
An' a-coesln' him like that?
There Isn't nay atory
Ever written, or been planned,
That baa got the stren'th to hold me
Like a baby’s dimpled band;
There ain't no book nor magmslue
At all around the place
That's half so dear au' half so queer
An’ sweet as baby’s facp*.
An' so I lay my magazine
Or paper down an’ go
The way my l**bjr wants me to.
An’ gallop to nn* fee:
An' ghldap when abe »;tys glddnp:
An v gee when she says gee;
8he doesn't need no llnee at nU
Or whip a-drlriu* me.
But when she's straddle of my back
We have the m.ieteat fun;
I scramble all aliout tu# bouse.
An' bump mysH&an* run;
But there ain't nothin’ makes her cry,
Nor makes Iter iwhy fears;
It's daddy's back she's straddle of,
Hhe’t boldin' daddy's ears.
An' so she ride* him round the hou*&
An' up an* down the stairs.
Into the rooms an* through the hall.
An’ never baby rarce
Tbo part- we take at all, at all:
Bhe’s frightened not a bit;
Her daddy Is the horse, an* she
la safe, an* sure of IL
Bat when abe la abed yoo'd think
I'd read a little then;
I do get out my magazine*
_ _ chorus girls, and
the result Is ouc more rich old maid added
to the list of wcrtlthy girl bachelors who
try vainly to establish a home with the.
assistance of a cat nud a dog and a parrot.
The advantage of women having n right
to propose, as n first aid toward promoting
matnqiniiy. would work out as well for men
as It would for women.
Would Any Man Daro Say No?
Of course, there might possibly l»e n
few men so gallant that they could re
fuse a woman nothing, not even their hand
when she asked for It. but they nre so few
that they would scarcely count.' Besides
which, they nre too good things to l»e al
lowed to escape, any way. The renl ad
vantage, and where the woman suitor would
turn nn Illuminating light on the subject,
would eouslst In women convincing men
that they really needed wives nnd all the
comforts of n home.
Many nnd many nn old bachelor nnd wid
ower going their disconsolate way through
life merely need to have the advantages of
inntrliiiony boomed to them by the proper
party, In order to make them hasten to en
ter Into the holy estate.
Woman's Tact Might Help,
It Is one thing, for .Instance, for n timor
ous. middle-aged man to think vaguely of
getting married ns an awesome proceeding
In which he will be dragged up nn nlsle of
a chftfeh in the wake of seven yards of
white satin train, Niu#*:inded by glggllnr
bridesmaids, nnd stared nt by the critical
eyes of his dear live hundred friends. II
Is another thing for n quiet, sensible, sym
pathetic woman of r.ny twenty-eight oi
thirty to mathematically demonstrate to
him how thw marrying part could l»e done
by a quiet dropping around to the par
son’s. and that no would bo assured of a
future In which he would never ngntu have
to count h!s own collars when he sent them
to the laundry, or wenr socks with hole*
In them, or think whnt he Is going to have
for dinner.
The example* dted are only two of ml!
Uons that might be brought forward to
prove that If women could propose, they
would do It (intend of Imnglug back ns
men dii. For further confirmation, I no
peal to the readers of The Georgian. Would
you not, Miss Spinster, have, married If
you could have popped the question to the
pnrtieiilar man you fancied? Would you
not, Mr. Old Barb, have married. If sumo
idee Indy Usd askwl you?
PEOPLE AND THINGS
GOSSIP FROM THE HOTELS
AND THE STREET CORNERS
MADDOX-RUCKER BANKING CO.
CORNER ALABAMA AND BROAD STREETS.
Capital $200,000.00
Surplus ahJ Undivided Profits $600,000.00
Commercial Accounts Invited.
y/ Interest, compounded twice a year, is
JO paid in our SAYINGS DEPARTMENT
A MEETING
By MARCUS A. HANSEN
It was really strange!
Aud still, everything that happens In t'ul*
world has Its natural exnlnnatlon. So bad
also this Incident.
He leaned back In his chair, and In his
thought* lived the whole affair over agslu.
It started—well, to lie exact. It started
at home In the old country many years
— -but the Inst, the principal part, began
the invitation to take part In « I>an-
- meeting for young ' * ‘**' 4
He had rend the Inv
paper. The -meeting
Chicago nnd In Hepte _
when It would he convenient for him to be
there. 8o he decided to go.
And how he enjoyed It In the anticipation
—he was to meet countrymen, ranuy coun
trymen. listen to Danish speeches, T)nnl*h
songs. Danish music, be wns to sing the
dear old tune* together with many others
who wonhl feel equally happy.
All thl* meant something to him, who
had not heard his own language for many
yenrs.
Chance had taken him to the town where
he now lived, where he had worked himself
up. where he held n good position and
where he had won many friends, where he
had everything he could wish for—except
no thing.
He missed bis uatlve language, and though
he loved the country of ala choice, bo had
lost nothing of his love of the country
of his blrth-^nay, he loved it more than
ever. .
And now he wna to enjoy all that he had
missed. If it pc only for a few day*.
He wondered If ho were to meet old
frleuds.
There waa Anton, his old schoolmate,
who had gone to Chicago long ago, yenrs
before he hlmsolf had left Denmark. And
there were others, many others, who had
gone to that great city during all these
year*.
Aud Christian, son of the rich brewer,
hi* comrade from the backwoods of Michi
gan; he also had gone to llvo In Chicago.
If he could only meet him.
Ills mind kept on working. There were
more ''possibilities"—friends he would love
to meet, hut fourteen yenrs la a loug time
nnd much Is forgotten.
Only for a moment he had thought of
one no would rather meet than any one
else, but that, of course, was more than
unlikely, nnd he drove tho thought away
with n sigh.
Then It wus the strange thing happened.
He went to the theater of the town. On
the program wns mtnd-reading.
"Mis* Ray. the World's Greatest Marvel,"
could rend hidden thought*. Koine young
men distributed among the ntidleuce slips,
of paper on which those who received them
were to write down questions, sign their
name* nnd put the slips Into their pockets.
He also received a slip.
Whnt would ho care to know? He did
not liellcre In these things—but most of the
people did write, and be followed their ex
ample. He wrote: "Shall 1 meet good
friends In Chicago?"
He smiled nnd put the slip In hli pocket
The rnrteln row. "Mias Ray;’ was sitting
on the etnge, dressed Id white end hoerlly
rolled. Her right hend she kept ou mov-
In* In the elr. catching tho thoughts, end
she answered the many question* to the
delight of the audience. »
Then she began to epell out his name,
aud the answer come: ' You will meet one
good old friend." , _ ... , .
He laughed. It wee very likely ho would,
but that she had been able to read wbat
he had written nnd had In hi* pocket! He
felt for the slip—It was ■till there!
Then he forgot the whole thing during
the following days, and In due tlmo he left
for Chicago. ... *
He enjoyed blmvelf Immensely; he made
new acquaintances, many of them even, but
be did not meet a single friend from by-
gone days.
Several time* he thought he recognized
a face, but every time he found he waz
mistaken.'
Then Sunday came. He went to St.
Ausgurlus church and aat down near the
center of the nave In a new In which there
were already several other*.
He enjoyed the old hymns and the whole
service, for It waa all aa It used to bo at
home. The church was crowded, many,
mostly men, had to stand, but one lady
stood close to him, so ne moved to glva
her a seat next to him.
It was sultry, so he helped her to taka
off her Jacket. She thanked him nnd sat
down again. He looked at bis watch. In
side the case was a photograph of the girl
he bad loved, and, strange to *ar, be looked
at It, though ho did not usually notice It
after the*© many year*, and besides-ahe
wna lost to him or she would bare answered
his letter*. But now his eyes dwelt long
upon the picture. He remembered that the
Inst time he had visited the church at home
In Denmark, she, too, had been there, and
he had helped her Just as he had helped
the lady next to him now.
Then he tore himself loose from these
thoughts. Just at the minister left the pul
pit.
The ynnng lady next to him seemed un
easy. She. too, had Been the photo Imldo
the wntcbcaso, and he felt ahe waa looking
at him.
IIo looked up, their eye* met, and theyi
recognized each other.
It was the, the girl whose photo he had
In hi* watch, whose Image be carried In hla
heart. It was the beloved of hla youth, a
little older, of course, but, oh, so like her
self yet.
They left the church together, spent the*
day together, and the next day. They had!
so much to talk about, so much to explain.
Then lie bad gone back to hla fonely
home. He bad written her a long letter, *‘i
letter full of the * '—*
Now, *
In hla .... L
She wrote she would come.
■♦ay—forever.
[fe thought of "Miss Ray’s" answer*
'ou will meet one rood old friend* 1
r full of the longings of fourtocn years.
w, he sat there holding her answer
s trembling hand.
SAYS MARIETTA LINE IS
UNAFFECTED BY REDUCTION
Lewi. In Houston
Twelve recruit* for Uncle Sam'a
fighting force on the high scan left
Thursday over tho .Seaboard for Nor
folk. where they will report at the navy
yard and commence their work In the
aervlce. Thla appresents the work done
In a week by Chief Machinist Hhdaon,
who Is In charge of the Atlanta re
cruiting office. Interest In the navy
seems to be Increasing dully and tho
Atlanta office Is making an excellent
record in getting recruits.
THE MATTER OF LIVING.
(From The Nashville American.)
D. O. Mills has completed his third
hotel In New York. The three havo a
total of 3,000 bed rooms, and a room
costs the occupsnt from 30 to 40 cents
a night, with meals at corresponding
prices. One of these hotels has been
in operation for some time and has
proved to be a very satisfactory In
vestment. The conveniences nre mod
ern, the rooms are comfortably fur
nished. the service Is good, the meals
well cooked, anad board and lodging
inay be had for 35 a week. They pay
4 per cent on the capital Invested, and
the ground on which they stand Is
very valuable. They are said to be
far superior to tho average boarding
house and to many hotels which charge
S3 a day. If such hotels can be profit
ably conducted In the heart of New
York, why are hotels of equal or in
ferior quality In smallerxlties so much
more costly? The Louisville Courier-
Journal says: “The fault of our hotel
system Is that It forces us to pay 12,000
a year for fond and lodging or eat food
that Is distinctly objectionable to
discriminating palate. The prepara
tion of fancy dishes requires tho art of
a high-priced employee, but string
beans may be cooked as well by a mere
cook as by a chef. Yet when we pat
ronize hotels at which wo may lodge
for II nnd dine for a half dollar, the
simplest dishes are badly cooked and
we arc driven Into the gilded dens of
the highway robbers to pay the price
of an opera ticket for a meal. Even
In the smaller cities and towns the old
fashioned tavern where once we could
get n well cooked 'square meal' has
given way to the modern hotel, which
slavishly Imitates the high-priced hos
telry by printing a menu In two lan
guages and several chapters, hut sets
upon the table food that an ante-bellum
black mammy would have considered
unfit for a despised 'nlr-stralncr.'
Hotel management Is something of a
science. The art of selection and prep
aration of food Is almost as a sealed
book to many. In every city a large
per cent of the inhabitants are board
ers. Most of them live In boarding
houses where living Is merely exist
ing. while man)' live In hotels, which
In many cases Is a poor sort of living.
There Is a melancholy homelessness In
such living which has depressed many
a man and many a woman. Hotels
for such people, those of moderate
mean*, or those who live by their daily-
labor. could be made comparatively at
tractive. The success of the Mills ho
tels depends upon their patronage.
They are where they get It. A hotel
that Is full today and empty tomorrow-
may lose money. In public Institu
tions. asylums, reform schools, etc,
where there Is thorough system, capa
ble cooks, bakers, proper cooking ar
rangements, service, experienced pur
chasing agents, and the like, excellent, provement and reform—In conven
well cooked meals can be served at an lence. Comfort nnd cost
To the Editor of The Georgian:
The reduction of the faro on tho
river line to 6 cents has nothing to do
with the Marietta line. We still have
td pay 15 cents from-the river to At
lanta.
It Is about the same distance from
the river to Atlanta a* It Is from
Smyrna to the river, where the car
stops. The faro to Smyrna Is 10 cents;
to Atlanta 15 cents—two and a half
cents a mile for Fulton county, one and
a half cents a mile for Cobb county.
The faro from the river to Howell Is
15 cents; the distance Is three and a
half miles, or 4 cents a mile for Ful
ton county and 11-3 cents for Cobb
county. The two car lines from the
river do not run In the same direction.
It they did, there would have been no
need of building but one, os they belong
to the same people, so the reduction
docs the people who live along the line
of the Marietta car line no good.
Did the street car company or any
body else ever pay Fulton county any
money for the right to run on Mariet
ta road from the city limits to where
the car track leaves Marietta road and
crosses the Western and Atlantic rail
road and runs on Its own private right
of way Into the Marietta road a short
distance from Collins' Bridge? The
street car crosses this bridge. Did the
street car company pay any money for
the right to cross this bridge? Hon.
James W. Collins gave tqc .splendid
rock pier of the bridge to Vulton coun
ty while he waa a member of the
board of county commissioners. Mrs.
Collins was compelled to take 350 per
acre for land for the right of way In
Cobb county from the Atlanta and
Northern. The Seaboard Air Line rail
road paid her 3100 per acre for tho
right of way In the same locality. The
two railroads cross on her land. The
street car company always pleaded the
benefit to the land owner by having a
railroad built through their land In ask.
Ing for right of way.
I havo known of several large land
deals having about been made, when
the purchaser found that a 16-ccnt far*
was charged. It was all off. There
Is a cemetery at Casey Hill, largely
patronized by people who live on the
northwestern side of the city about the
Exposition Mills and Marietta street.
Theile people arc required to pay 15
rents from Howell Station to Moore It
they are oh the car*, for a two and a
half mile ride—6 cents a mile for Ful
ton county, 11-2 for Cobb county. All
mills and ferries and every other con
cern that takes money from the peo
ple for business are required under the
law to treat all people and sections
alike. If I own a country mill nnd
grind for the people and show favors to
sections or people for each offense I
am liable to a fine of 330. There is nn
Invisible cord that binds the railroads
and people who own land along their
lines together. Their interests are the
same In 'k« matter of building up.
There Is (#t a trolley !(•« In the state
that charges os much at the Atlanta
and Northern railroad.
We want to get to Atlanta as cheap
as the other people so that we can
epend what our farms make. Atlanta
ha* been kind to the people who own
thle Atlanta and Northern. Respect
fully. C. A. HOWELL.
R. F. D. No. 5, Atlanta.
astonishingly small cost—meale that
are much superior to those of the aver
age boarding house or hotel In such
K laces everything le regular—the num.
er of boarders deviates but little, and
any Increase or decrease Is known In
ample time to meet It and thus avoid
a shortage or an excess and therefore
a waste. The life of that large class
of persons who board Is. with excep
tions. very primitive, so far Is* the
matter of boarding and lodging le con
cerned. There le a field here for Im
provement and
OtMODOOOOGDDDGOOODODilHjQOiM
0 HAND8HAKE AND GOOD 0
S WISHES ALL THE WAY 0
FROM ILLINOIS. 0
0 To tho Editor of Tho Georgian; 0
O It Is a long stretch from Illl- 0
0 nols to Georgia, but here Is my 0
0 hand on your magnificent fight 0
0 for prohibition—shake! 0
O Lot the South put a prohibition 0
0 plank in her platform, and the O
0 North will help her to ride Into O
0 power. 0
O Success to you!-* 0
0 GEO. M'GINNIS. 0
O Waukegan, III. 0
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TWO GOOD OLD SONGS. i
Oh! Willie, Is It you, dear, safe, safe at
hptnsT
They did uot tall ms true, dear; they said
you would not com*.
I kcurd you nt the gate, and It made my
heart rejolee;
For I knew that welcome footatep, and
-that dear, familiar volra,
Making music on my ear Id the lonely mid-;
night gloom.
Oh! Willie, we hnvc misted yon; welcome,
welcome home!
We've longed to see yon nightly, but this
night of nil;
The are was lilntlng brightly and lights
were In Ibo ball.
The little ones were up till 'twns 10 o'clock
nml post.
Then their eyes began to twinkle, and they
ore gouo to sleep nt last,
Hut they listened for yonr voles till they
thought you'd never come;
Ob! Willie, wo hove missed you; welcome,
welcome home!
The tlnyn were sad without yon, tho nights -
long nud drear;
My dreHmn hnre lieen about yon. Ob,
welcome, Willie, denr!
Last night I went nnd watched by tho
moonlight's cheerless ray,
TUI I thought I benrd your footsteps, thru
I wiped my tears away;
But my henrt grew and again when I found
run bid nut come;
Oh, Willie, wo have missed you; welcomm
welcome home!
Wo shall meet, hnt ws shall mlaa hltu
There will be one recent chair;
We shall linger to caress him,
while wo tirentba our evening prayer.
And onr hopes In ruin lie.
Chorus—
Ws shall meet, but we shall miss
There will lie one vacant chair;
him;
We Sin linger to'onriss'b'lm"
when we breathe onr evening prayer.
At onr fireside, tail and lonely,
Often will the bosom swell I
At remembrance of the story
How our noble Willie fell;
How he atrnre to beer our banner
Thro tho thickest of the fight.
And uphold our country's honor
In the strength of manbood'a might
True, they tell ns wreaths of glory
Evermore will dock his brow;
lint this soothes the anguish only ■.
kweeplng o'er onr heartstrings now. I
Sleep today, t) early fallen!
In thy green nnd narrow bed:
Dirges from the pine nnd cypress
Mingle with the tears we shed.
MANY THOUSANDS
OF DOLLARS WORTH
OF DIAMONDS LOST
Thousands of dollars worth of dia
monds, Jewelry and other articles are
loet every year, and a large percentage
of them are recovered by want ads. in
the "Loet" column of The Georgian.
Half pound box of Wlley'e best candy
free with each 30-cent want ad. receiv
ed at The Georgian office Friday or
Saturday for Saturday's Georgian.
In France there nre 3.000.000 smokers. Of
every fifteen there are eight who smoke a
pit*-, fits who smoke cigars, »nd ouly tw»
who ere cigarette smokers. . .