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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. TUESDAY, novi:.miu;ic a, wot. THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN (AND NEWS) JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor. F. L. SEELY, President, T. B. GOODWIN, Gen’I Mfer. Published Every Afternoon. (Except Sunday) By THE GEORGIAN COMPANY At 23 West Alabama Bt., Atlanta, Go. Subscription Rates: One Tear S sit Month, f ig Thro.- Months J Ono Month 8 Bjr Gnrrier, Ter w Telephones oonnectlotf »U depart ment*. Long dtatanea torualnala. Smith A Tbempapn, odeertlaing rep* resentntltei for all territory outside of Chlcufo Office .... Tribune Bwlldlnf. New York Office .... Brunswick Bldf. If yon hnva any trsnblo catting THE GEORGIAN AND NEW*, telsp&ene the rir.-nlatlon department and hare It promptly remedied. Telopbonaa: Bell (92? main; Atlanta 4401. Suhierihen desiring T1IE OKOtl- GIAN AND NEW8 dlsconttaued must notify this offlca on tbo data of expire- tlon; otherwise. tt wtll be oonllnaed at the regular subscription - rates until notice' to stop Is received. - In ordering a ebange of address. It tt tiena Intea OF.UROIA" IrsIrsMe SSTXiif rommnnloa. rarirtl for publication Is THE AS AND $EWH be limited to MO words In length. It Is Imperative that they ba slsnedas an evldsnco of good faith. llejectsd inonnsorlpts will THE OEOIlOIAS AND NEWS prints no unelaan or nhjeetlonable gdrertls- any liquor ads. ODB 1-I.ATPOni!: THE GEORGIAN AND NEW?) stands for Atlanta's own ing Ira own gas and oteotrlo light plants, as It now owns Its waist works. Othtr cltlrs -do this and gat gas ns low SB tO cents. with a profit Sr m ull.v European .tie*, as they are, there 1* no good reason why they can not he ao oper ated hero. But we do not hellere can be done now, and It may yea re before we n/e roody an nhdortea' ic now, and It may oe zorne ^■arA^afepiS ‘ In that direction NOW. Four Magical Words. Nothing »o becomes the young men of our rnco aa to go out Into the world with clear conviction*. They will be met at the ntnrt, and they will find them nil along the way, problems • that require for (heir right solution clear Ideas and sound [ffinclpies. Alas, ao many fall to see the necessity of this. Thoy go out with desires, ambitions, .persona). purposes; hut above' these', and controlling them, there Is no reg ular Impulse to do exactly the thing that Is right. They trust this to circumstances. They rel egate this to policy. And when the climax- comes they are very npt to do the wrong thing, be cause they have no convictions to guide them. This should not bo. Every young man Bhould go out Into life with right Ideals, by which ho should stand If he had to die for them. That Is heroism. That Is manhood. That means straight, clean, upright living, which ought to bo the purpose of every young.man of our race. The; problem <s by no mentis complicated. The road Is plain and clear. "A man need not stand and argue long which way to take. -From* (due ‘words a man can deduce a rule for solving every problem that comes to him on his tvpy through life. These are Tiirlty, Reverence, Temper ance nnd Honesty. They are the builders ol character, and who ever Is Imbued by the principles they imply !b a success ' In life, even If he does not wear the badges of worldly proapcrlty. Hut he is very likely to wear these badges. The first thing our young men should do, in fcolng out In real life, lx to create for themselves Ideals that Illustrate these vir tues, and utilise them every where, all, the tlm£ ‘ No wonder them Iff so much complaint, dis couragement and regret. Life Is a poor thing without thorn. It may wear kid; stores and run an automobile,' Hut It la worthless to tlie man without them.—New York Age. These fine words are from a negro paper of New York addressed to the young men of tbo negro race. If there are any better words more ap plicable to ell young men, we have not seen them In recent newspaper columns. It la good to know that the leaders of the negro race are Inculcat ing such counsel, and It can not have too wide a circulation among the youth of all races and sections. The Atlanta Georgian says, "turn the people loose to vote and Roosevelt would carry Georgia today by twenty thousand ma jority.” Wha’a holding 'em?— Jackson (Miss.) .NewR. You know what 4a bolding them back. Caucus precedents, the party lash, selfiBh apprehension, political ambitions for oBec, and everything except the common sense view of politics and the situation. .I.,- m - th IhtitM. near Barlndnn. i.iiykuid." Mr. Williams I, employed at the forge In the wagon department stamping •bop at th» ((real Western Beltway t’oni pai r's work*, Bwtndmi. He la an entirely t.ir-taugbt nun, nod worked on the farm lu hl» youth. He la wall rend In Greek, Lsiin an.l Krone!) literature, nnd Ida eon- tm.nitons to the anthulogy constat of the translation at an ode from Anacreon and Y. inker* .log entrber, who bad been i-" l>y dogs awn than 200 Hines, la liy ilcml. ltut, after all. spinal uirutu- . got In abend of hydrophobia. THE STRENGTH OF GEORGIA BANKS. Seventeen years ago the editor of Tho Georgian, at that timo In New Yolk, was Introduced to President Williams of the great Chemical National Bank, reckoned as perhaps the strongest financial Institution In the country. Mr. Williams Inquired from what state his visitor came. When he was told that he was front Georgia nnd from Rome, Mr. Williams asked; “And. do you know Mr. John H. Reynolds of tho First National Bank of Rome?” An affirmative answer was made and then tho great financier declared with more than usual omphasla: “If I had a small sum of money, which was all the money that I had and that I wanted to put In a perfectly safe and secure place for keeping, I believe I would as soon or sooner risk It in the First National Bank of Romo than In any other placo in the entire United States.” This was a great compliment to a private banking Institution and It Is Just as true now as It was then. And It la no more true of the First National Bank of Rome than It Is of a score or a halt hundred banks of Georgia that are conducted along the same prudent amj conservative lines of finance. The editor of The Georgian has seen fit to Inquire of men strong In common sense and established in business judgment os to the best policy for the owners of m.onoy to pursue with their cash at the present time, and with ono accord the answer has been to let It stay safely and se curely without a fear or an apprehension, la tho sound and conservative banks of the country. "Except ye abide In tho ship, ye cannot be saved," was an old and almost divinely Inspired word of counsel given to men In a time of storm, and .the best-and wisest counsel we have been able to gather from the present situation makes us believe that this counsel is Just as applicable now as It was In tho days of tho Master. Novor In financial history have the banks of tho South Illustrated more' conservatism In Interchange and moro cooperative Judgment than they have in this period of trial and of apprehension, and we believe that there Is nothing sounder In the entire financial system of this coun try at this tlmo than the co-operative and unltod system of banks that are working clearly and honorably nnd wisely to protect the people In this-emergency. We do not hesitate to advise any man who has money In the bonks to leave It there and to give himself no further concern about It. Noth ing Is more certain than that the expression of panic Or an endeavor to take, funds out of sound and safe places of deposit and hide them In pri vate safes and In old socks and bags would withdraw from circulation the money which la as necessary to prosperity as the blood is to the body, and would do more to precipitate disaster both to the Inventor and to the people than any other one thing that could bo done. Tho South will weather this storm, we believe, without a financial tragedy and cer tainly without disaster to any conservative banking system of the en tire auction. The supreme need of the hour is confidence and the supreme com mon sense of the people ought to Inspire confidence which will tide the ship of state over the financial breakers of the present time. "Except ye abide In tho ship, ye can not be saved." • THE CHRONICLE’S GREAT FAIR EDITION. The Gebrgla-Carollna Fair edition of THo Augusta Chronicle Is the greatest and most significantly promising newspaper that ever came out of Augusta. Seventy-six pages printed In six sections of twelve nnd sixteen pages carried moro than 270 columns of advertising, which Is forty columns more than The Chronicle's best previous record and the greatest liter ary and Induatrlal Issue of a newspaper in eastern Georgia. When our friends In Augusta started on the uew journalism which Involved great expenditure, there was a wldespre"d apprehension that the field was not largo enough for the venture and that disaster Inevita bly waited upon the Investment of money. The result has shown that really great newspapers create the condi tions' which sustain and support them, and that The Chronicle and The Herald have literally educated Augusta up to an appreciation of adver tising and of enterprise which hate made possible such magnificent edi tions as The Chronicle of Sunday,-NorSmben tho 3d. , i ' We congratulate both Editor Loyless and the peoplo of Augusta upon the evidence not only of a greater Chronicle but of a greater Augusta, and we feel; sure (hat. pur. beautiful City by tho Snvannah has now In deed and In fact started upon a career of prosperity and development whoee prophets are U# tpodulmlrable newspapers, and-whose latest evan gel Is the super!? (Mr edition of The Augusta Chronicle, GOVERNMENT MONEY AND COTTON INDEPENDENCE. ft is difficult to see an/ reason why cotton does not make os good security for government loans as the banks or the railroads. Cotton .Is the standard staple of tho world and Is almost as Indispen sable as bread and meat to the peoplo of all the nations. Why a com modity ao essential and so standard as this does not make good securi ty fur any holy's money, private or .public, are can not understand. ' We feet 'quite sure that tho president and secretary of the treasury are profoundly. Impressed with tho necessity of doing something at this tlmo to help one of tljei great stahdard crops of the country which holds the center of the stage at this season nnd absorbs .more of national and of International Interest than any other product of the soil, We are willing to trust the secretary of the treasury and the finan ciers as to tho manner and method by which this help can be effectively nnd safely rendered. But of ono thing we feet perfectly sure, that tho people of tho South nnd of the country would heartily Indorse the* offort of t!)e government to caro for the enormous value of the cotton crop of the South. A GIANT SABBATH DAY MERGER. tt Is a little significant that the great trade which Is to transfer the Tennessee Coal and Iron Company to tho. United Statck Steel Trust, was consummated on the Sabbath Day. The great financiers of the country have long since set up the dollar as i their divinity above the Creator of the Universe, nnd the worship of mammon Is above all ths considerations suggested by the Ten Command ment! and banded down through the ages as the traditions and creeds of pious parents ami a Christian people. Perhaps It Is none of our business that Pterpont Morgan and bis financial giants should have taken the Lord’s Day to consolidate two other great properties and ,to strengthen still further one of the gigan tic trusts of the republic. Tho Almighty for His own good reasons per mits these things sometimes to prosper and sometimes delays judgment upon them until His own happy time. But It seems to the orthodox peo ple of this orthodox section of the country that a great merger of trust properties, even by n worshipper of mammon, might have been post poned out of deference to public sentiment until Monday Instead of the Sabbath Day. • Meanwhile the Tennessee Coal and Iron Company Itself, perhaps the greatest corporatlbn outside of the railroads In the South, has now merged-its properties and tta Interests and Its policies Into the great steel trust end goes on to swell tho vast power of the united corporate wealth In the republic. , A bad time It would seem to the thoughtful and unbiased observer, tor the forces of reform to relax tbelr vigilance and to surrender their advantages when these colossal mergers of corporate companies still continue to go on. THE ATLANTA FAIR. (From Tho Augusts Chronicle.) Tho Chronicle ino*t heartily ronsratuUte* Atlanta on the marked *nere«B nf the «t*te fair, whleh oauie to a oloae In that city on Saturday. All arcuunla agree that It was not'nnly ouc of the !>e*t fnlra ever held In the Sooth. Imt a Ion one of the Imt at tended. oral, therefore, n tUranelal aueeeaa. lu this connection there In n local liiter- e*t; for • former Angnstan wn* the presl- dent of tlie Atlanta Fair Association this year. Till* tenth-wan la none other than Mr. II. II. Calmntss. who for two ream wne manager of The I'hroulclc. and who. hy bln puli Hr uplrlt nnd iieraonal qualities, so * ' • -- *- people of •erred In that r*purity, Tt* most itrl thing in thia connection la Ihe fact that, while tailor* ban arreral time, attended the Atlanta faint—practically so hut year, when the association enme out several thnniand dollar* behind—not once haa Mr. t'nhanlM' •dmlulatratlon tailed to acurt signal nie ce**. In tact the record almoit neenie to hr that whenever the association bad Mr. t.'ab- anlt# ns l!s prealdent surceas was luevlta- Thoae who are familiar with Mr. Cabinin' reputation for nntlrlns euergy and rnlhuot- UB la whatever he undertake* srl|! h-.. no difficulty In a cramming for thla The t hroulrle and all of his Augusta friend* will fbgre In Ihe aatfstaetlon that mint coate to him thla year In the splendid record made In the fare of great dltrirnltle*. Ik Idle extending thl* Jiut pralae to the execntlre head of the Atlanta Ktlr A«*ooht- tlan. unite si much nhnnM lie mid of the splendid work of Mr. Frank Weldon, who for year* has acred as nra-retary awl mana ger of the Atlanta fnlra. Thoroughly fa miliar with inch work uni a man of energy ami business ability, Mr. Weldon hoe again demonstrated what be .-an do wttb an enter, prior of thl* character wbrn be haa the right sort of bud tt the holm to ssstst him. Growth and Progress of the New South Tho Georgian her* records pfleb dnj MJ». economic fact In reference to the onward progress of the .South. BY JOSEPH B. LIVELY The following list of new railway corporations In the South Is from the Hallway Ago. ('htcflgo: , - . * Birmingham and Gulf ItnifWnr Navigation Organisation, with a capital of $10000,(»o, hna been completed by J. M. Dewberry, president of the Tidewater De velopment Company. Thla company, which I* organised to acquire nud operate rail road* and power companies In Alabama and other state*/ has acquired the franchise right* of the Tidewater Development Company. The Gotetxi and Bouthwentern ha* filed amended article* of incorporation In Okla homa to hnlld n railway from Frederick to Clinton. Okla.. 123 mile*, via Ootel»o Iij*tend of from Frederick to a point 43 mile* routhwest of Ootcbo, a* originally planned. The capitalization Is Increased from $300,000 to 11,000.000. Kanin* k Texan—Chartered |n Oklahoma with a capita! of 36,000.000 to bulbl a rail* road from Darden City. Tex., via Guyiumi. Okla.. to Amarillo, Tex.. 700 mile*. Middle Tennessee—('bartered In Tennessee with n capita! stock of $10,000 to build o railway from a point-on Lent her wood creek. In Hickman county, to the headwater* of Upper's creek, In Maury county, nlxiut 23 miles. The road when built will open some valuable phosphate territory. Oklahoma, Mexico nnd Pacific—-Chartered In Oklahoma with a capital of $500,- 000 to build a railway from Oklahoma city to Ilolll*. Greer comity, Oklahoma. The headquarter* of the company will Im; nt Oklahoma City. Bristol and Kingsport—Chartered In Tennessee with n capital of $13,000 to build a railway from Kiugsport, Sullivan county, to Bristol, Tcnu. FORWARD. (From The Manufocdirers' Record.) This is not lime for the pessimist. The man ivho can see nothing but the dark aide nt the present moment Is an enemy to the people. It Ji a time for courage and optimism; a time In which men of strong character, without un dertaking to minimise tlie hardship, or discouragements of the moment, take on new courage,and become leaders In the restoration - of confidence and the rc-eslabtlshmrnt throughout the land of business activity. *, The country wan suffering to Home extent from cramp colic, hut In the nat ural order of thlngn thin would have passed away. Tho learned Burgeons diagnosed It as appendicitis, and have been operating rather heroically. If die- aatrously to the patient. In the lan guage of surgery they con eay that "It wo, a beautiful operation." hut the common sense of tho American people know-, that ft was not a successful one. The recovery of tho patient will not be due to the skill of the surgeons who made the false diagnosis and operated for the disease which did not exist, but the recovery will he due to the magnifi cent physical condition which will en able the country to sustain the shock and soon regain Its wonted strength. Every dollar lost to the Southern cot ton grower or the Wostern wheat pro ducer by the decline forced upon the country through the present financial situation, every dollar lost through the depreciation In securities through the wiping out of vnlues, every laborer out of employment Is a tribute to the power for evil of tho demagogic agitation from press and pulpit and public men during the last ten years. As the farmer seen Ills cotton or his wheat decline In price through the In ability of the banks to give him the needed financial assistance, an work men here and there nre already looking for Jobs, while for the lest five or ton years the Jobs have been looking for the men. there will be brought home to them with Intense force that the aglta. tors throughout the land who hnve been fighting rallrondu nnd corporations. In stead of proving .1 blessing, have proven a great cuise. Every public man who lias taken part In this active ugltatlon, who has stirred up hatred against railroads, who lus undertaken to cure Imaginary appendicitis by the knife when the colic might have been cured by less drastic means. Is respon sible to the extent of his Influence for the conditions which we.. now face. Sanity, the avoidance of hysterics, su preme confidence In his fellow-man and In his country and Its unequaled re sources are the qualities needed at the moment. The Manufacturers' Record has an abiding faith In the good sense of the American people, and an abiding faith In the marvelous recuperative powers of the country. Though the country has been operated upon, It came ut the time when It could stand the ordeal vastly better than In former periods. It must undergo more or less suffering from the operation, but Its complete re covery l» certain. Possibly tho country needed such a lesson ns this to- teach laborers that faithfulness and efficiency are eaaentlsl In the long run to success In work and In character. Possibly It was needed In order to bring ua back to a realisation of the fact that you can't Injure one member without the whole body suffering. You can't fight the rail road or the great corporatlbn without the day laborer and the clerk and the mechanic and all others sharing In the suffering. Possibly It was needed to bring ua back to the point of realising that the demagogue, whether he be a demagogue because he la a knave or because he Is a fool, has for some years been sowing hatred broadcast and preaching the gospel of hate Instead of tho gosiiel of love. On January 3 The Manufacturers’ Record, In reviewing the wonderful story of American progress, closed with the following: "Despite It all, and remembering none of these things and caring l,sa; Instead of reverently calling the people to thanksgiving nnd rejoicing for the blessings we enjoy and Invoking a Di vine blessing In tho continuation of this golden era which lights up all civilisa tion with Its brightness, tlie agitator is •eeklng to create unrest and unhappi ness by creating a false atmosphere, fafal, If continued, to the highest busi ness development. The agitator of to day and the mob spirit which follows him are like the pessimist of whom tt has been Held. 'IVhen given tho choice of two evils he gladly takes them both.' It Is time for the American people to etop and think ere they destroy the goose that Is so busy laying golden ^Tlie American people have now been brought to a point where they must •top and think, and out of this will eome good, for an overruling Provi dence will enable us to turn the evil of the moment Into a blessing. As we said at the start, this la not the time fur pessimism. This is not the time to look blue, to talk blue, nor to think blue. This Is not the time to Imagine that the conditions of the moment are more than temporary. We may not for s brief period reeume that tremendous rate of progress which was overtaxing brain and body, but we spall continue to market the cropa with which nature has blessed us. We shall continue our general manufacturing and mining Interests, curtailed, of course, a little here and there. We shall pauee long enough to take pen- breath, but no man need he dismayed or discouraged. We have the rlcheat country on earth for development. We have the most wonderful geographical location given to any nation. We have resources In cotton and coal and Iron that many times more than match all that combined Europe has. We have Sft.000.000 people, aa a whole the moat active, virile, energetic upon whom the sun ever shone, and these *5,000,000 people are not going to stop their work nor their sctlvity slnmly because for the time being tve are having some financial disturbance. The causes which produce the disturbance must be removed. The demagogue must re ceive leas attention than In the past. New legislation must give us a better currency system, and the "hope which springs eternal tn ths human breast” will look forward to greater opportuni ties than ever the past has afforded. PEOPLE AND THINGS GOSSIP FROM THE HOTELS AND THE STREET CORNERS Representative E. H. McMIchnel, of Marlon county, was a visitor to the state caplto) .Monday. When naked If he would be In the race for congress from tho Fourth district, he said: "Plenty of time for that. No use starting a race twelve months before the election and wearing myself and tlie peoplo out. When I do announce, you may guess that I am going to get Into the running and stay on the Job." Which may be taken to mean that Mr. McMIchael will be a candidate. Congressman W. C. Adamson and Hon. S. E. Leigh, of Coweta, are already In the field. State Geologist W. 3. Yeateir. after a serious breakdown lasting several weeks. Is able to get out for a short while each day now, though, still too weak to attend to hla regular work at the capital. Captain Charles M. Furlow, assistant to the state treasurer, has returned from a sojourn, of some weeks in New York very much improved In health. Captnln Furlow was In III health for some time, but he returns apparently completely restored to his accustomed health. He was In New York during the recent financial trouble, and said that for a few days tho situation looked very serious. It Is his opinion that the wise hand of J. Pterpont Morgan did much to steady things and bring obout normal condi tions. Money Is said to be plentiful In New York now at G per cent—a lower rate than obtained before the flurry In Wall Direct. Hugh M. Fuller. son of Clerk O. H. Fuller, of the Unltod States court, spent Sunday nnd Monday In town visiting his parents. Mr. Fuller Is a student nt Emory College nnd is taking an active part In the athletics of that Institution. Ilo Is considered a favorite for the track team and Is ex pected to make a record In running. President K. G. Matheson. of Tech, left. Wednesday to attend tho annual convention of the Southern Association of Preparatory Schools und Colleges, which meets at Birmingham. The meeting Is one of tho most Important In Southern educational circles during the year and la attended by representatives of the most prominent Southern col leges. Professor Matheson will be ab sent from tho city two days. J. N. Hurrlaon, formerly western R assenger agent for the Southern with eadquarters tn Dallas, Texas, arrived In Atlanta Tuesday morning on his way to Jacksonville, where he succeeds James Freeman os district passenger agent In that city for the Southern. Mr. Harrison has been with the South ern several years, and Is well known among railroad men In the South, It's a pretty smooth game thnt has been worked once or twice lately. Maybe It's happened to you and you haven't told tt, but you are not the only victim. ' smooth stranger walked Into cigar store Monday. He produced handful of stiver. Got a five spot?” he asked. "Want to mall It In a letter.” The urbane clerk produced the five In paper money. Tho stranger folded It carefully into an envelope and wrote an address upon tt. Then he started to hand over the silver. 'Hello," he remarked. " I'm a quar ter short. Thought I had five. Just hold that envelope until 1 step out and raise the quarter." The clerk dropped the envelope Into the cash register and waited. Hut the stranger returned not. When the clerk balanced his cash Monday night he opened the envelope to recover bis and found a neatly folded piece of brown paper. And the stranger never returned. MADDOX-RUCKER BANKING CO. CORNER ALABAMA ANP BROAD STREETS. Capita! $200,000.00 Surplus and Undivided Profits $600,000.00 Commercial Accounts Invited. Jt rr! Interest, compounded twice a year, is “8* fO paid in our SAVINGS DEPARTMENT EXPRESS NO. 13 By OTTO EDWARD Having important liffwinns* hr Fnrl*. I left Bayonne on July 13, 1899, by Express No. 13, ’bleb leave* nt 12:13. Benldr* the engine, the train con*l*teil of thirteen ear*; two express ears, ten conches anti n parlor ear. Thl* latter ear. which 1 iHuirdod, we* the last in the train, nnd I was It* thirteenth passenger. I am by no mean* *nper*tltlou*. hut 1 must admit I thought of ••thirteen" a* mii unlucky mini* her several time* after I had noticed these peculiar coincident*. friend of mine, Egerton Shield*, nn American, had n compartment and Invited me to share thl* with him and hi* two benutlfnl (laughter*. In the compartment Ahead wn* a Spanish family, a young woman with three hand some boy*. Among the other pnstenger* I noticed an elderly gentleman with gray hUkere, who walked up nnd down the ir corridor, chewing a cigar, nnd n priest, who was l»u*y reading hi* prnyer book. 1 saw iu the paper the next asy thnt be wn* Abide laihlrrlgoyeu, nud was on hi* way to Furl* lu response to n numinous from ‘*ie archbishop. Egerton Shield*, who hnd made million* i cooper In the t’nlted States, wa* now a prominent resident of Biarritz, where 1 had met hfin a few year* before. in spite of the great difference In age. I wn* not n little In love with Betsy, the eldest Ml** Shields, and only the thought of her wealth had kept me from proposing. We were nil chatting in the most pleas ant manner when my utteutlon wn* at tracted to the elderly geutlemau. who wn* now tulkiug to the priest Just outside the door of our roiupnrtmeut. A* he wn* evi dently very much excited and repeatedly pointed out fomvthlux odtside the ear. J went outside to see what wa* the niptter, followed by Mr. Shields. As we looked through the window, the American exclaimed, "But what I* the mat ter? The sun enn not possibly set ns early ns this." A red glow as from a beautiful sunset Illumined the whole western horizon. "it Is a forest tire." the elderly gentle man explained. "It is directly In our path and you will see one of the most Imnoslng looked nt oue another uneasily. The conductor came through the train nnd ordered all window* closed. The old gentlemau told me he hnd passed through seven lire* like tbl* unharmed, nnd thnt there would lie positively uo danger. lu a few minutes we were III the midst of the flame*, and the 8panl*h Indy gave a cry of terror as tho tongue* of Are seemed to lick against the windows’. The three little boys began to cry aud disappeared under the sent. "Beautiful, beautiful Indeed," remarked Egerton Shields In hi* most phlegmatic voire while handing me ni* cigar ease. Through the dense uiatsea of smoke we could plainly see gigantic pines blazing like Immense torches belching sparks and smoke. The ground between the trees looked like a carpet of tlre- Mr. Hhlelds, ... ostod, stood with hi* hnnd. "We nre running about 103 kilometer* an hour. The area nflre la about 4 ktlo- meten* wide, *o It will take about 140 sec ond* to get through." The only sound uow heard was hi* vole* ns he counted off the seconds. "One hun dred and twenty—one hundred and thirty." We were now near the edge of thl* lu- femo. The beat In the car was stifling— we coaid not possibly stand It for rnauy minutes longer. I felt how the bent burned my skin and my eye*. The priest was praying, as I will swear ho never prayed "One hundred nnd forty." Shield's calculation proved wonderfully correct. A cry of Joy from the old gentle man told us that we were once more In the fresh air. I tore open n window and put out my head, but what I saw there nearly made me Insane with fear. The whole fore part of the train was nflre, and we were speeding along faster than ever. Whnt wn* happening on the engine? Why did we not slow down? Why did not tht conductor set the emergency brakes? From tho passengers locked up In tlm first cars came heartrending cries. All of us in the parlor car by this time realized our desperate po'sltion. The Spanish lady was unconscious, the priest wn* tearing bis hair In despair, and the old gentlemnn look ed through the window with ict teeth, pale but calm. . 4 ..... If nothing happened to save us It looked ns If we were (loomed to the most terrible of all deaths—Mng roasted In the burning a, fi was impossible to communicate with the engineer or fireman, who were probably already dead or at least overcome by the heat. . . _ Several passengers Jumped from th« conches, only to he crushed by the fall. A station! It is Moreen, when* we are scheduled to stop. Wo see the station ins*- ter nnd dispatcher on tho platform wring ing their hands In despair ns we shoot by —twenty minutes ahead of our schedule. In my despair I murmur. "Betsy. Betsy." and she throws herself lato my arms. She know* she I* doomed, but *Ue show* uo. out ward sign of fenk. .Shield* 1* absolutely calm. He Is examin ing the time table and making his calcula tion as If he were sitting nt his offlcs "We mu*t necessarily run into train No. 48 which wo were supposed to pass at La- mothe. Draw your feet up tinder you on the sent. Tho crash will coino In n min- U And It did. I suddenly felt a terrible Jar, a noise a* If tho world was coming to an end. I thought every bone In my body was broken—nnd lost consciousness. When I came to again I was In a barn, resting comfortably on a bed of straw. My head and hands were wrapped In band- fl ... - crying Eger s U .. B , o sling, stood at ray side and told me was not dangerously Injured. Ills two da lighters were almost unhurt, but the old gentleman nnd the priest were both dead. . At the Investigation It was brought out that ngnlnst the rule* of the road, tba first express car had been tilled with In flammable goods, which Immediately had caught Are. . , t . The engineer and fireman hnd both d!e<L and the heat of tho burning foreat bad caused the brake rods to expand ao that tho emergency brake could not work. Three day* Inter, Betsy insisted upon mar rying me, aud weak aa I was I did not have tho strength to object. ARMY-NAVY ORDERS AND MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS. Army Orders. Waahlngtn, Nor. 4.—Captain Charles 1*. Henri, from Third to Second Held artillery; Captnln William 1*. Hampscll, from Second to Third Held artillery, Fort Hntn Hous ton: Captain Mcrch H. Htewnrt, Eighth In fnntry. from military academy, to bis regl tuent In Philippine*. Major Eugene T. Wilson, const artillery corps, to school of submarine defense. Fort Totten; First Lieutenant ltoliert Hferrett, Ninth cavalry, detailed as recorder competi tive examining Inxird at Fort l^avenworth. vice Second Lieutenant Walter II. Neill, Thirteenth cavalry. Navy Orders. Commauiler E. II. Tillman, retired, de tached nnvnl training Mtatlou. Newport, to duty as inspector in charge. Sixteenth light house district, Memphis. Lieutenant Com mander P. N. Olmsted, detached naval acad emy. to charge navy recruiting station. Dss Moines. Movements of Vessels. Arrived—October 31, Lebanon at Phila delphia; November i, Caesar at Norfolk; Adam* at Gibraltar. Hailed—Octidier 31, Lebanon from League Island for Philadelphia. Dixie placed out of commission, navy yard, famgae Island. El Cano placed oat of commission, naval station, Cavite. RHYME OF THENO-SENsi RHYME The no-sense rhyme Is a foolbh thing, ililUgy. sqnlHigy. squit: on mill sonic feet that loudlv And now you've started It. The !e*a of reaaou you have 'tls liest. Pickles, spldjlcttni, Po; And that** the way to start, the rest Is Ju*t to let >r go. Hna. You sqno a squee about a Mibb, And foose some floolsb flaff; And then you've what they cal! a qnlb, 'Tl* that which Is to laugh. And when it's did yon bee a haw, Marconi, bullflab. prime; Then I daw n bice and aqnore a squaw, Aud here’s your no-st-tts* rbynie. —Frank Bates Flunucr, in iuUianapolla News. _ WHAT SHALL THE RATE BE? To the Editor of The Georgian: An editorial In a Friday’* afternoon paper refers to the conference between the governors of Georgia, Alabama and North Carolina on the passenger rate question. J agree with the paper as to the advisability of deciding on a uni form flat rate of 2 1-2 cent* per mile, and reiterate my opinion a* expressed In previous Issues of The Georgian that thl* rate should apply, not only In the states of Georgia, Alabama and. North Carolina, but in every other Southern state except Florida; also, that 1,000- mile books should be Issued at 2 1-4 cent* per mile and 2,000-mile book* at 2 cents per mile. If the governors can reach an understanding between them selves and afterward effect a compro mlse with the railways on this basis It will be of material benefit to the gen eral public. From my knowledge of the executives of the railways In this territory I am satisfied that with one or two exceptions they are thoroughly fair-minded and conservative, and are anxious to act toward their patrons as they consider right and proper, and I therefore believe that the 2 1-2-cent basis as a standard will be accepted by them as a compromise measure. The exceptions referred to have been ac customed to dominate for so long a period that they can not tolerate Inter ference on the part of anyone, not even the president of the United States, and aro consequently not amenable to rea son. I disagree with The Journal, however, In Its suggestion that Georgia’s ad hesion to the arrangement between the states should be conditioned upon a settlement of the freight rate question. The passenger rate matter I* an entire ly separate and distinct proposition and should be eliminated from any connec tion with freight rates. Each tub should stand on Its own bottom and be settled on Its Individual merits. A. MADDISON. SORROW IN THE HOME. Ma is in there eryin’. His is weenin', too; Auntie’s In there try In’ He wants to run *wny: All tbl* fuss twee* I bail My curl* rut off today. Kids they called me "Curllc,** Never railed me Joe: Called me "81s" aial "Girlie,’* Co* my hair hung low. Mn say* she don’t like tt— That* n woman's way; Hhrddin’ tears tteeos I hnd My curls cut off today. What’* a feller goln’ to do Thnt Plays nt second base? Can't pick grounders off his shoe With hair about bis face. Baseball fan* will roast him In an awful way; Schaefer don't wear curia, and I Had mine cut off today. M i *ay* she don’t like It, Hay* I look so strange; Anntle any* she never will Get used to the change. HI* don’t like It. either. But they want to wait TUI they hear the kids outside Tell iuu I look great. —Detroit Free Press. HOW WATERED SILK IS MADE. Hllks which are Intended for watering must be of good quality—heure "watered idlk." In the 'prore*# thfcy nre wetted nnd then folded with pflrtlrntnr cure to Insure the threads of the fabric nil lying In one dlrectlou. The folded piece* nre Iheu placed In a machine nud subjected to enor mous hydraulic pressure. By rbl* p»ensure the air I* slowly expelled, and tu wafting draw* the nudstitre Into curious waved line* which leave* the permanent marking known aa "watering."—Oar Country. THE HOLY WILLIES. (From The Nasbrille American.) The Scrllx 1 , ami Pbsrleeee who control euch matter, have denied Edgar Allan Poe s •niche la the eo-ctllral Hell of Fnrae, si* though competent English critics hare class ed him as the first of Americas poets. Ills genius Is not denied, Imt the Imbecile Judges have barred him because he drank brandy nnd gin. If reasons were ns plentiful as blackberries none could be so excellent as thla—In the eyes nf n fool. A disgusted correspondent of the New York Mm writes: "l am told Grant drank whisky and that Lincoln recommended the other generals to ascertain his favorite brand. Dickens loved a bowl of punch, nnd Hbakcspears was not above 'a dish of lie.' Byron extolled cognac, and the turgid Johnson drank wine greedily. Mast a man be n teetotaler to qualify for the Hall of Fame? Great writers end greet painters hove never been total abstainers, so that If the Hall Is to go on with th« Ides of excluding judges of good liquor, better dub It the Hall ef Prohibition.” Daniel Webster was In the habit of get ting drunk. Why not exclude him from ths Hall of Fame? Great statesmen, warriors, sages, poets, orators and tetors bsvo In dulged too freely In the flowing bowl. Is tbelr great ability, or genius to bo denied recognition because of this? Tho- personal habits nf men must be Judged In Ihe light of the times In which they lived. In Eng land ladles of the court and fashion ones KWnro like troopers, nud It was regarded ns something of on accomplishment. Tern- Iterance men of today owe tbelr sobriety more to sentiment and ths restraining In fluences of environment rather tbsn to any Inherent or superior virtue. It Is not true ■ bat drunkenness ever brightened genius, for the drunken mnn Is for the time a fool, hut tn the past men of genius and grastneaa have often been drank. • Poe was a victim of Inlomporsnee, bat he was not s common drunkard. Even If ho hail been, It wonld afford no reason why he should lie barred from the American l’nntheon. He should be honored as s poet, not hooored or dishonored because of his ate and personal Imhits. Even Georga iblmrtnu could not stand tha test somo of the cheap modern moralists would meas ure great men of the past hy. We lhould have to turn the portraits of many Illustri ous men to the wall If the spirit of tha unco guld’l or the "rigidly righteous'* wore to prevail. The committee of selec- tlon hna already succeeded In making tha Hall of Fame something of a Joke. Accord ing to the test aet np, If Horns had been nn American be wonld ba, debarred. 8s would Byron. Ho wonld many otheri. HOW TO SNUB BORES. A friend nf mine returned the otheS day from an American tour, and told ine that he received a severe rebuke, out of the mouth of a babe, which cured him of expatiating on his experiences. He lunched with his brother soon after hla return, and was holding forth with a consciousness of brilliant descriptive emphasis, when his eldest nephew, aged S. toward the end of the meal, laid down his spoon and fork and said piteously to his mother: "Mummy, I must talk; It does make ine ao tired to hear uncle going on like that."- A still more effective rebuke was administered by a clever lady of my acquaintance to a cousin of hers, a young lady who had Just returned from India and was very full of her experiences. The cousin hnd devoted Iterself during breakfast to giving a lively description of social life In India, nnd was preparing to spend the morning In continuing her lecture, when the elder lady slipped out of the room and returned with some sermon paper, a blotting book and a pen. "Maud," she said, "this Is too good to be lost; you most writs It all down, every word!” The lesson was not thrown away.—A. C. Benson to Put nam's.