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•fTTFi ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN
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JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor.
F. L. SEELY, President.
T. B. GOODWIN, Gen’l Mgr.
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Ot’U Pt-ATI OKM: THE GEORGIAN
AND ,^E\V« stands for Atlanta’s own-
A.>U SIHUUB n ww«-
ins fuc own gs* and electric UnC
plants. n* It now own* it* water
work*. Other difes-do- thla and get
— _ Im. -_ ,-A naete 0*11 Is an npnfll
worst. inner mien-mis «n« jgri
fm an- low na no cents, wlib a profit
to tbo city. Thla should be done at
once. Tnfc OEOItOIAN AN1) NE1VH
once. THE GEIIUGIAc. AAI>
believes that If street railway, ran be
operated sneeessfhlly by European
cities, ns they si*, titers Is no cood.
raison why they can not he ns oyer-
Med hare. Hot we do not believe this
yrare lifore ws’are ready for to bln
nn unilertnklny. Still Atlanta ihould
set Its face In that direction KOW.
And H
Jersey
txehbirh’ lost out In
iMt. Ach Hlnimc).’
Foot 1 jail li being Introduced in Hus
■la. TYiS work of anarchists.
It cost* thirty cents n day to live on
Panama, but It’s not worth It.
Harry Thaw baa decided that ho la
ci-aay. If he lan’t careful they’ll prove
ho It Mfhe now.
George Gould mgs, J.Pi.Morgan la,
a trumtf^ He harf heen taking every
thing Insight lateH’. *
The Delaware ' antt-prohlblllonfats
have Imqn using ancient eggs In their
i Hmiialk.il. They’re like all their other
argnmdhfs.
Now Jersey ha enacted a law pro
hibiting, the shooting Of dder tfll 1809,
They pan t afford to lose any more
citizen# that way.
The .wo'ilfjlotjiiiwHi * l 6scar Haw-
nicrstoln’a Manhattan opera house are
having a Fluffy. Rqffies success—they
please tho mends*Tight.
Clifford^ffelni, soil of the Pittsburg
chow-chow maker, married his nurse
and his father refuses to Bupport
them. Now he’s In a pickle.
Uncle Sam has 200 clerks and spe
cial agents working to And out what
caused the 1,300,000 divorce suits of
the past tweuty years. Tho neighbors
find oat for themselves.
ROOSEVELT OR BRYAN?
Keen political observers have been watching tho elections held on
Tuesday a omens of the fatnre coarse of political parties and person
ages.
It was freely predicted that If the Republicans had carried New Jer
sey and Maryland, If Burton had defeated Tom L. Johnson, In Cleveland,
which was really a national contest, then tho G. O. P. might feel so sure
of victory next year as to risk a reactionary candidate after It* own
heart, a man like Cannon or Fairbanks.
For the elephant has followed the path of Roosevelt policies with
much protest, with the necessity oftentimes of feeling tbo goad In the
hands .of an able-bodied rider, and sometimes with groanlngs that could
not he uttered. - The party would have been challenged by tho interests
that have so long furnished the sinews of war to nominate their worst.
But tbo fammiuiy victory In Now York, small as It was, over the
combined strength of the Republican vote and the Independence League
shows an amount of revolt within the party In that pivotal state and’an
accession to the Democratic ranks that must both be reckoned with. .
For the first time In years, New Jersey has elected a Democratic gov
ernor. Even Rhdde Island gives indications of having reflected her
Democratic chief executive. Maryland has put herself again in the Dem
ocratic column. Burton has been defeated in Cleveland and tho only vic
tory for the Republicans In any contest considered at nil doubtful has
been In a Southern state. Kentucky. . -
To say that the Republican leaders throughout the country are pret
ty badly scared today as they read the returns Is to pot the matter
mildly.
Whaf must be the result? There will be redoubled pressure brought
to bear upon President Roosevelt to heed the call of despairing Republi
cans and save it from defat. The Taft boom for several reasons shows
signs of collapse. It Is conceded by well-informed Republicans, that from
present Indications, Bryan coyld beat Cannon or Fairbanks easily.
Hughes haB had his prestige lowered somewhat by tho defeat In New
York. And while there arc many life-long Republicans who hate Roose
velt worse than tho devil does holy water, yet there Is one thing that
Republicanism can never contemplate with any degree of equanimity and
that Is defeat. f .’ , ’ ■ • . ]
.Nor, |p spite of his present overwhelming popularity, would victory
be absolutely assured-even if Roosevelt should lead again. The third
t*nn^upei£tUlqf£ If you will, will cut. no small figure In the campaign.
The “practical men.” of the Harrlman type, could hardly be expected to
contribute to the campaign fund this time. In fact, It Is an open secret
that the Wall-JUroti crowd In. geqeral would'prefer Bryan hi the White
Hobsc'iOiib a Republican senate defying hfs. will, with tho excuse of par-
tlsad politick,‘-and thus a deadlock In legislation, than-to see Roosevelt
there again wielding hla big stick over a senate of his own party.
If there is anything that the “interests” would like to see theso days,
it would be a deadlock In legislation directed against them.
So, today, In tbo kaleidoscopic changes which politics causes, it looks
like Bryan and Roosevelt'in 1903 and Bryan or Roosevelt In 1909. And
the discussion of a political campaign would show pretty plainly that Mr.
Brynn had already “patented” the majority of “my policies.” and that
the Republican Jove had really stolen Democratic thunder wherewith to
shake the world.
Tho American people are Just. They will know where to place the
credit of orlglhallty' as Well na tbo credit of accomplishment. It will be
a tots up which end of Jhe balance will kick the beam.
But « 0'yball see whnt we ahall see.
A RATHER HEALTHY INFANT.
The Independence League of New York was organized scarcely four
weeks ago., It polled 87,000 votes In the city In tbe last election.
So that the man who is disposed to underestimate the force and the
promise of such an organization in the advancement of pure, dean poli
tics and independent thinking In civic affairs, must do so in defiance of
the'facts and the record. i
GENERAL WEST’S RETIREMENT.
The ’president’ has established a
jiostofflce at tho little town of Roeb-
llng, N. J., because more babies are
born there'diaii'ln any other town of
lta size In (he United States. The men
needdd somewhere to loaf.
M. Antoine Lumiere of Paris has
perfected n practical method of mak
ing photographs In their natural col
ors. And now all the fine ladles of
Paris are being pictured In their—er.
thnt is, are having their pictures
made by M. Lumiere.
Immediately after printing that In
terview pn America by Geraldine Far
rar. The Philadelphia Inquirer states
that the supercilious artist Is the
•laughter Of a former baseball favor
ite in the States. 'Twas a nasty fling
at the baseball favorite.
We are pleased to note that algull-
lc-ttes have been restored to naval uni
forms by Secretary Metcalf. Aigul!-
lettes add so much to the attractive
ness and dignity of the naval uniform
and Secretary Metcalf la to be con
gratulated on his happy Idea. By tho
way, can anybody tell ua wbat alguil-
lettes are?
Notwithstanding Secretary’ Taft’s
ass< rtlomrto~npanese audiences that
“rumors of"war were Infamous,” the
defenses in tho Philippines are to be
strengthened. The secretary of peace
visits around and looks pleasant, but
that doesn’t mean that the secretary
of war Is off dutr.
A man fh Baltimore shot-his wife,
then killed himself; another in In
dianapolis cut his wife's throat, then
shot himself, and still another in
Munclc, Itid., killed his wife and com
mitted suicide. There would be no
■kick on these murderously inclined
gentlemen following their fancy, If
only they would begftr right.
General Andrew J. Weil., whoso terrors commander of the Georgia
’’DivitfSS of tho Halted Confederate Veterans expires next'week in Au
gusta, will not stand for te-electlon and the old veterans of the Lost
Cause-will -hfivs to choose a new head of the state organisation.
General West has been a gallant and beloved figure among the Con
federate memories of Georgia and of the South. For forty years he has
been a servant of the state and of thesb dear old soldiers without ever
having received n dollar In salary for services that have beon distin
guished and untiring. Ever since the days of Reconstruction he has becd
n gracious, chlvalric and courteous figure among tbe public interests and
enterprises of tho state and more partloulsrly among .those In which the
old'veterans’bore ft pnrt.'
”1Tie‘flrB{ Confederate camp of veterans in tho slate was the work of
hQi hands, unit With General Fierce Young ho organized the Georgia di
vision of the Hulled Confodtruto Veterans, being first lieutenant' and
ihen commander. As a reward of brilliant service, he was promoted to
be ndjutant general of the Georgia Division, and several years later wag
made brigadier general of the North Georgia Brigade. A year ago Gen
eral West received the highest honor of the Confederate state organisa
tion in being made major general and commander of the Georgia division.
For eighteen years he acted as quartermaster general for the state,
filling an office without remuneration which now pays $2,000 a year. .
General West Is a type of man and gentleman whose example it is a
ploasure to point to the younger generation of Georgians. Living in a
strenuous and accumulative age of active and vigorous work, he has min
gled with the commercial and practical sido of affairs a suavity of man
ner, a grace of speech, and a charm of knightly courtesy, which have
made him. a delightful figure both to see and to touch In tho walks of
life.
With a generous heart nnd a lavish hand he has always been ready
to bear a citizen’s or a soldier's part In everything that made for tho
honor of Gecrgla and for the glory of Ha gray battalions of memory.
While yet In the very vigor of life and health retiring to give way
to other men in tho position* of honor of his comrades and his friends,
he carries with him a record that Is an Inspiration to courtesy, to gal
lantry and to grace, which will surround him in hla retirement with the
lova and the uffeetlon of the thousands who havo come In contact with
him during theso strenuous and eff ectlve years.
SENATOR CARMACK ATLANTA’S NEXT DISTINGUISHED
GUEST.
••V .a'VA JO- ;
The coming of Senator Carmack on Friday evening to lecture at
Broughton’* Tabernacle for tbe Police Relief Association, one of our most
popular public causes, Is a matter of more than ordinary Interest.
It is a singular and unexplained faet that Atlanta has never heard
Senator Carmack speak lieforp. Most of the distinguished men of this
country at different times have been the guests of this city and have
spoken to our people upon political, literary, or Industrial occasions.
From presidents through the senato and the bouse on down into the dip-
lomatlc corps, Atlanta has dipped her ladlo of hospitality and presented
the genius and eloquence of the country and of the world to her people.
For the first time Id her life will Atlanta have on opportunity on Fri
day night to hear a speech from Senator Carmack, the brilliant and pop
ular ex-senator from our sister state of Tennessee.
And -it is doubtful If Atlanta, among all of its distinguished guests
of past seasons, wilt have met a more brilliant personality and heard a
moro-^eltghtful eloquence than that of the brilliant Tennessean.
(Senator Carmack was rapidly coming to be the bright light of the
American senate—at least from the Democratic side—before his retire
ment at the last election. While Bailey perhaps may hare been more
logical. Culberson more discreet and Tillman possessed of more sledge
hammer force, it is certain that in fiery and impassioned eloquence the
young senator from Tennessee was the Idol of the gallertea and the
pride of his party throughout the country.
Gallant, handsome, brave, eloquent and chivalrous, Ed Carmaek of
Tennessee is one or tbe distinct personal and oratorical toasts of the
country, and'tbo people of Atlanta having their first opportunity to lis
ten to him Friday night wilt doubtless give to their eloquent and distin
guished guest such su ovation as will cause him to remember Atlanta as
Atlanta is surely to remember him.
GOOD-BYE TO MAUDE ADAMS.
When Maude Adams sits poised as Peter Pan in .the tree tops of her
fairy residence tonight, and waves her sweet hand in salutation, it would
be a meet and grateful thing if Atlanta's audience in front would rise
and with waving handkerchiefs waft their good-byes of grateful recogni
tion to the sweetest and most delightful memory of the dramatic year.
Nothing sweeter, happier, cleaner and more daintily sentimental has
been put upon the stage of the Grand Opera, House within the decade
than this play of Peter Pan, and the dear little woman who, with a pure
heart nnd a clean record has maintained from the first the l>e*t ideals
and the cleanest traditions of the American stage,.has given it so dain
tily and so delightfully that thla cultured and appreciative people of At
lanta could do nothing better than wave her a Chautauqua salute as their
parting expression when the curtain falls on tbo layt scene of tbe last
act at her happy hour In fairyland.
Growth and Progress of the New South
The Georgian here record* each day
some economic fact In reference to
tbe onward progress of the South.
BY
JOSEPH B. LIVELY
Special to Tho Georgian.
Montgomery. A!i»., Soy. 6.—Tbero are twenty-eight more state bank* doing bn*!-
ness In AlnlpiiiM thla year than last. nccordlug to the report of T. J. Untied***,
■late hank examiner. nhd tho luerea*- In de|H>*lf» Is $1,417.6*8.52. The report show*
J#7 state hank*, while there wore only 160 hint year. However: thin report doe*
*0* Alnlmnm Bunk and Trust Company, of Montgomery, with a capital
°» mOO®, which threw ppeu Its doors Monday. The capital stuck ha* an Increase
of W3.7W.80.
Ebaugh & Ebnugh, contractor*, of Greenville, H. C.\, wll build the new mill for
Ofay, nt Woodruff. The dimension* will be 75 by 825 feet; equipment, 10,000
spindle*.
spindle* and 512 looms to manufacture i
At Clinton, H. C.. O. M. Patrick, If. A. Grady and L. A. llctlmiu* arc? forming a
company to build n cotton mill.
The Catawba Cotton mil* ha* awarded n con tract t«» the Weullughouee Electric
■ml Manufacturing Company, of Pittsburg. I’*., for 275-horsepmver electric motor*
for operating plant ami for nre lighting equipment. The Catawba Cotton mill* In
July completed contract* for nddlug 3,360 Mpiudlea to It* 2.800 aplndlc* mid t* obtain
electricity for motive power from the Soutubni Power Coni pa nr, of Charlotte,
will also build a mill of*f,S00 i
MADDOX-RUCKER BANKING CO.
CORNER ALABAMA AND BROAD STREETS.
Capital . $200,000.00
Surplus- arid Undivided Profit's $600,000.00
Commercial Accounts Invited.
yg qJq Interest, compounded twice ^year, Jis
paid in our SAVINGS DEPARTMENT
A CALM ANALYSIS OF
PRESEN I CONDITIONS
PEOPLE AND THINGS
GOSSIP FROM THE HOTELS
AND THE STREET COBNBHS
Representative VV. IV. Wilson, of
Gwinnett, was a visitor to the capitol
Wednesday. He Is one of the old war-
horses of the Georgia legislature, and
In very popular with erei’y onr.
“We have some politics up In our
neck of the woods," he said. “There
Is a warm race on for solicitor of the
Western circuit with half a Uotefl can
didates In the field. There It also a
pretty fight on for congress. Besides
Congressman .Toni MO, Nowt TwItty.
of Hall, end Dr. Watkins, of Ollinor,
are in It, and all of them nre hustling.
John Holder tvoh’t make the race for
congress this time, but will-run for tho
legislature from Jackson again. I can’t
ei>eak authoritatively, but 1 under
stand Winn Born won’t be a candl
date for congress either.”
ARMY-NAVY ORDERS
AND
MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS.
“Captain Crump,** of Lumpkin, has
come to mako his home with Captain
••Tip” Harrison. "Captain Crump's”
real name Is Tom Jones, and he Is one
of the fine old aWe-NsIlum type of dar
kles, honest, trustworthy and a Ches
terfield in his manner. During: the war
Uncle Tom organized a cmnpany of
pickanlnle* 10 tp 15 years .cjju, and they
drilled and went through -Ihe evolu
tions like real soldiers. The company
formed a home guard to look after the
wonicn and children left while the men
were away fighting. That's how he got
the nickname of ‘ Captain Crump.” Now
he has come to live with “Morse Tip.”
The nominating committee of tho Ciiam*
>cr of Commerce appointed to name prolut-
»1« iucccimors to rreshlsut J. Willo Poik»
and other officers will meet the latter jmrt
of this week, according to tho statement of
the chairman, ftam*l>, Jones.
Frank II. Maloney, a well kuowji and pop
ular traveling man. whe wait severely In
jured two weeks ago In n wreck near An
niston, Ala., nfli*** 1 M home, 82 Plum
OTHER SIDE GIVEN OF
THE JONES MURDER TRIAL.
Army Orders.
Wn sli Inf foil, Nov, 8.—Following promo
tions made .In coast artillery corps:
Lieutenant-Colonel Georg:* F. Harrison, to
colonel;. Major Albert <\ Wont, to lieuten
ant-colonel; Captain Archibald Campbell,, to
major; First Lieutenant William K. Mooro,
to captain.
Major Campbell, to Fort Totten: First
Lieutenant Charles Bolce, Seventh cavalry,
detailed professor military science. Kansan
crp«
list:
William F! Kombr
E. Itoss, ll'ith; Frank dee. ,
Lieutenant Colonel Georg# II.
Fourth cavalry: Major John W. Heard. ...
Hlxth cavalry; Captain Theodore It. Taylor,
Fifty-ninth; Clarence
Eighty-fifth;
G. Gale, to
Third cavalry; First Llcutena .
•ry .Hathaway, to Eighth cavalry,
lonel Henry M. Adams, corps «*f en
gineers; Lieutenant-Colonel Ormond M. Ids-*
MnU. professor military academy (major of
t department!; Majors llenry If.
ordnanc . ...
Dean ham. Twenty-third Infantry nnd i’hns.
C. Fierce, chaplain, corps of engineers, to
Washington barracks for examination for
retirement.
Hesltfiintlon of fifecontt Lieutenant Grayson
Me I*. Murphy, Heventeonth. Infantry.
Captain Alfred Hnshronck, want artillery
corps, _ from -general hospital, Washington
hnrtncfc*. to proper station.
First Lieutenant Arthur I*. Kelsllng, coast
artillery corps, from general hospital, Wash
ington barracks, to proper station.
Navy Order#.
Lieutenant-Commander J. L. Latimer, de
tach*! Virginia to command Vesuvius.
Lieu tenant-Commander O. C. Davidson,
detached naval torpedo station, Newport, to
Virginia.
Lieutenant-Commander A. 8. Halstead,
additional duty as assistant to Inspector of
Every period of financial stringency,
with Its resultant liquidation, has the
same precipitating cause, which Is
overspeculation; but the underlying
causes are often more obscure, and
that Is true to some extent In the pres
ent stringency.
The South Sea Bubble In London, the
MIxaiffHppi Hubble In Paris, our own
panics of 1837. 1837, 1873 nnd 1893,
every one of these crises was pre
cipitated by excessive speculation,
though |n some of them there were
other contributory causes. In the pres
ent instance the contributory cause* are
more numerous and more world-wide
than ever before, and It Is, therefore,
wise to consider them with an eye to
tho discovery of « remedy.
It will be noted that In our
country these stringent times, which
we call panics, are periodic In their
coming. From 1837 to 18f»7 was 20
Vears. then to 1873 was 16 years, then
to 1893 was 20 years, then to 1907 was
14 years. This gives us five of these
periods In 70 yearn, and there Is no
reason to doubt their coming here
after with equal regularity unless we
change our system.
The wonderful Inventions of the last
fifty years havo brought about a world
wide development beyond any com
parison with any previous period, and
the legitimate business of the world
has Increased at a ratio far greater
than the Increase in the money of the
world. This of Itself has placed a con
stantly Increasing duty upon the-actual
money and a greater dependence from
year to year upon the substitutes for
money. , , .
. This might be borne for long periods
If only legitimate business was con
cerned, because In the exchange of nc-.
tual commodities there is always actual
value to sustain the transaction, hut
when to the demands of legitimate
business we add the demands of an
excessive speculation and n premature
development of the country. It can
readily be seen that periodic break
downs will occur. The present strln
gency, therefore, is strictly logical and
Is not due In any sense to a lack of
confidence, or anti-corporation Iritiu-
ences at work, as some superficial
thinkers assert, but Is the result of an
Insufficient supply of money for the
demands made upon it.
Prematura Development.
Let us consider this question of pre
mature development briefly. In the
past thirty years our people have, with
the aid of machinery, subdued a con
tinent larger tliun ull Europe with Its
four and a half times our population.
This has been both unnecessary and
unwise. It has been especially unwise
To illustrate, on a recent date one
large bank In New York had as part of
Its assets $53,000,000 of stocks and only
$37,000,000 of loans and discounts. The
oretically this Is a commercial bank;
It Is also a national bank. All this year
there has been a great demand for
money for commercial uses and at good
rates, but here we see a great bank de
liberately deserting the business of the
country to speculnte upon the stock
market; This is one of numerous In
stances among metropolitan banks. But
this Is only the lesser part of the evil.
The great metropolitan banks furnish
the sinews of war to the speculators on
margins, to the cotton and grain future
dealers and bent upon making abnor
mal profits keep themselves so closely
loaned up to the promoters and specu
lators that when the demand comes for
money to move tho actual cotton and
grain crops there Is an annual shortage
nnd constantly recurring appeals to the
United States treasury for help.
The Railroads.
In the present stringency the rail
roads nre an indirect factor through ex
cessive Issues of securities, thua help
ing out the speculative movement and
to some extent they have been tho
cause of economic waste, but tho so-
called "war on the railroads” has ho
more to do with the present crisis than
the grand lama of Tibet has. It would
have come if no finger had been lifted
against the railroads and as a result of
the causes above enumerated. It Is well
to stop and consider for a moment for
the benefit of our friends who are
alarmed about the cessation of railroad
building this pregnant fact: With about
one-nineteenth of the world's popula
tion we have one-hnlf the railway mile
age of the world.
At this stage of our discussion about
railroads It seems to me that In squab
bles over freight rates and passenger
fares we nre In danger of losing sight of
the real Issues Involved. The vital
question, It appears to me, In railroad
rates Is not so much as to the amount
charged as thnt there shall be no dis
crimination. If all pay equal rates for
the same service the cost of that serv
ice will in due time reach the proper
level. The second vital question is that
railroad corporations shall not be al
lowed to dip Into governmental affairs
with a view to securing favors. Give
the railroads justice and make them do
justice and there will soon be no con
troversy.
Remedies Suggested.
It is a poor doctor who, after diag
nosing a disease, fears to prescribe a
remedy. I .therefore take the liberty of
prescribing. The remedy foY ki>ecufn-
Footo, detached Vesu
vius to navy yard,’ Washington.
Lieutenant A. W. Frcssey, detached Lau-
Indianapolito. iRd.Cvia
Lieutenant G. \V. Hteele. Jr., .detached
iiioI«. ri * ‘
M.ul.ntot 3. II, Tomb, to aary y.rvl,
iNlnwl, for temporary 'Inly thence to
To the Editor of The Georclan;
recent arUote In your columns,
signed by J. F. Gregory, purporting to
give the only real facts In tho Jones
boys murder trial, a month after It
had ended, may be misleading to those
Georgians and reader* of The Georgian
who nre unacquainted with the writer
of the article. Putnam county needs
no defense at the hands of citlsens wh?
would brand her to tho world with a
spirit of Injustice worse than that, of
Hrenthltt county, Kentucky. The grand
old commonwealth has too long been
,minted to with pride for. her noble
cltlsenry and clean criminal record to
be besmirched by a card writer of
!. Lest tl
Gregory's type. " Lest those who read
hi* card should think the three funds'
mental principle* of wisdom, Justice
and moderation were unknown In Put
nam, It may he well to point to the
apparent motive of this card w-iiter,
who poses hh the Incarnation of wis
dom and Justice, and condemns the
moderntlon and even the sanity of
twelve of Putnam's beet citlsens, who
composed the Jury which tried the case
of the Jones boys. The newspaper re-
poricrs, all known to the writer, hold
positions of honor and trust In this
community nnd were manifestly fair
and impartial In their versions of the
trial, ns the stenographic court record*
would show.
J. K. Gregory Is n hireling of the
Jones family, nnd runs a country store,
owned by Jim Jones, a brother of
Albert nnd Queed. As soon as he
hears of Queed’s securing a new trial
nnd Attorney John B. Cooper's inten
tion to try for a change of venue,
he (Gregory) writes a card to all the
dally paper*, seeking to create a sen
timent for Queed before the trial in
called. If It should be In another coun
ty. Ae to n change of venue. It Is
freely slated thet over one hundred
ellrlble Jurors could be secured In Put
nam at any lime to try the case.
The murder tvae one of the most
atrocious In the criminal annala of the
state, paralleled only by the Rawlins
case, and threw a pall of horror over
the county, ae well ■* the state. A
peaceable, law-abiding cltlien. a devoted
son and father and husband, alaln by
ambush, shot through the back, at
work In the field, and hla murder cold
ly ennfesaed. Yet the people of Put
nam let the law take lta course. When
a verdict trlth a recommendation to
mercy Is rendered by a Jury, although
iiiere b In many quarters ft man!f»«t
disappointment, yet the law la vindi
cated.
In regard to other facts, Adams was
tried and two no bills found by two
different grand Juries, a* Justifica
tion for his having to kill an Insane
man to save his brother’s Iff*. Adams
married a widow living on land ad
joining the Jones farm. Is how he hap
pened to be their neighbor.' He was
preparing to move away when mur-
Jered, and his brother left tbe county
Parlcldlc station, Deci'inlx 1
Movements of Veessls.
Arrived—Novenjher 4: HtrlnjrUnm. Miu-
lirlck, Thornton, Delong sml Stockton, nt
Aiinnpolle; t^bsnon, nt fs-ngiic Inland:
Hockct at TVn.hlngton; Cnllfornia, at gnu
Frnncleco: Abcrendn, nt Norfolk.
Delong ami Stockton, from No
for An-
.... ...... u. .vno.uou,
from Shanghai for Cavite; Vcenvlna ordered
placed out of commission, tiavy yard, Boe
ODDITIES IN THE DAY’8 NEW8.
Chicago hee a thief who makes a busl-
nene of stealing wet clothes from the
tubs of washerwomen.
Mrs. Sarah Bradley, who lives at the
Old People's Home, near Darby, Pa., at
the ago of 91, Is fond of playing the piano.
Quow Chong, a Chinese provision lucr
chant on Itace street, Philadelphia, Is grow-
Ing celery In u cellar and making large
profits from Ills sales.
Owing to trains lielng delayed, conduc
tors on the Lehigh Valley railroad have
By nn eiploslon of powder nt Belle Ver-
nmi, l’u.. the dealt on the left arm of
Mm, John Ua was peeled off from the
elbow down, ami when found on tho door
It looked like n glove.
bull which escaped In' Philadelphia
from a drove of cnttle atopiael ao long in
front of a plate glass window admlrlug
n reflection of himself that lie was lassoed
nail ruptured.
At liartford city ind.. Henry Ooddard
found $350 In notes In a shot- that waa sent
to hint to lw repaired. The owner of the
shoe, Mrs James Parker, distrusting Isiuks,
At a wedding banquet near Philadelphia,
_)e. door wna suddenly opened nnd n gnat
of wind carried In hundreds of nutuniu
leaves, which got Into the aoup. put out
the randies and revered the guests, who
over a year before his murder.
As to Ktah Jones' sanity, the state
sanitarium authorities were strongly
condemned for his release, and his
death was a relief to a terror-stricken
neighborhood.
When ex-Govemor Northen organ
ised a lauv and Order League here last
spring Albert and Porter Jonee were
considered one of the first cases to be
handled. They lived In such open and
gross Immorality - that their aged fa
ther nnd mother moved out of the old
home Into a one-room cabin, where the
father soon died.
Their crime cast a blot on Putnam
county's fair name that will take many
years to overcome.
PCTNAMITE.
Eatonton, Ga. _
TO thnt It lias resulted In a dreadful i tlon lies In the hands of the-bnnks. If
hconomlc waste and has made excess- I ,j, e y ,.i 10 o*e to exercise It. When they
Ive demand upon capital for^ the cease lending money to the speculators
wherewith to push this hasty develop- the ,j|, eaj , e w m be much relieved,
ment. As An-l|Mstr&tjon trf this ( no- | The national and state governments
ttly populated state of Idaho i89 Irrt
gallon companies have'been organized.
each Involving a large outlay and all
based upon tho Idea of a largo specula
tive profit In land. If nil of them
Were carried out within a year It wpuld
be certainly ten years before tho new
population would absorb these lands,
and in llte meantime capital has been
sunk years In advance of any renl heed
to make these Improvements.
Now. tt Is true that the actual profit
or Increase of wealth In the country
In any given year, though - large In
amount, is but a small percentage of
tho total wealth of the country. Thu*
If our total labor product from field
and mine and factory Is 24 billions in
a given year, the chances arc thnt It
will take 21 billions for the living of
the people In that year and tho net
gain will be three billions, or, say. 3
per cent Increase of the national
wealth.
Thla Is a very large amount In Itself,
but If we at once proceed to Increases,
expansions and new enterprises calling
for four billions, It can be seen that
we have overstepped the available cao-
Ital, and a continuance of this policy
Is alone sufficient to cause these periods
of stringency.
' This Is precisely what Is going on.
Where Speculation Comes In.
In addition to this exorbitant de
mand made by people In too great a
hurry, but whose efforts nre along the
line of nctual work done, we Have to
reckon with the speculator. A financial
Journal published In New York city Is
authority for the statement that three
thousand live hundred millions of
“water” hus been Injected In railroad
and Industrial securities dealt In on the
New York Exchange In Ihe past eleven
years. Thus In one city we find In
eleven years an Injection of “water"
greater by 500 millions than all the ac.
tual money .In the United States. This
“water" represents no actual value, no
new Investment, no work done, being
merely the capitalized greed of the men
who do the watering. Once on the
market, though, with the stock ex
change as the vehicle and the stock
waterers as drivers, a speculative value
Is soon given to the stuff and large
amounts of money become necessary to
carry on this stock manipulation,
which represents no real value. To
such an extent 1ms this speculating In
stocks been carried that It has been no
uncommon thing to see non-dtvldend
paying stocks forced up to high levels,
ami to see stocks paying 4, G nnd
naturally follows, as human greed
can never be satisfied, that the gen
tlemen drivers of the stock exchange
vehicle get ao elated after a few years
of success that they put on too much
steam and then comes the explosion,
often maiming or destroying the Inno
cent bystander. ,
Even this Is not all; we have cotton
exchanges, similar to the stock ex
changes. where It Is estimated that the
speculation Is carried to such an ex
tent that "contracts" are traded In to
the amount of fifty times the nctual
cotton produced.
Then we have "hoards of trade.”
which do to grain what the cotton
exchange doe* to eotton.
It Is the result of the strenuous ef
forts of these various classes of spec
ulators which every time act as the
precipitating cause of panics.
Are the Banks to Blame?
Broadly speaking, the metropolitan
banks are to blame and the country
|o sell that which ho does not own. Out
of nothing, nothing comes, and It Is ab
solutely true that gambling (which we
politely call speculation) has never
added anything to the wealth of the
world, but lias been the most prolific
source of trouble, and while It Is truo
that all the profits of gambling Inure
to the benefit of a few, the losses are
paid by all the people. Premature de
velopment should be discouraged and
here again the banks can help by tha
exercise of Judicious scrutiny of tha
promoters' schemes. Georgia would
suffer no loss If not another acre of land
In the state was opened up for ten years
to come, for the acres now cultivated
would be vastly bettered, t’ut out
gambling, cut out the economic waste
resultant upon premature development
and the situation will not only soon bo
relieved, but will slay relieved ao long
as that policy la maintained.
On the other hand, 35,000,000,000 of
new money injected Into the currency
would do no good If we arc to maintain
the policies of the past, because Ilka
causes always produce tike results and
no quackery will cure blood poisoning.
BERNARD 8UTTLER.
COCKTAIL IN CHURCH AND STATU
I Prom The Washington Star.)
Safety flint sway In tho sn-ldres nt his
torical tradition Is the cock and bull yarn
to the effect that the War of 1812 was due
to the trivial circumstances that tt Rhode
Islam! pig made an unwarranted nnd de-
strnetlre trespass on a neighboring garden.
We can gtve Implicit credence to tbe thing
tn light of recent events nud the part a
cocktntl Is playing In church and state ont
In Indlnnu.
It will lie recalled that the only president
luilhina ever gave the Amerienu Union ac
cepted a barret of Hootch whlaky ns a pres
ent when he was chief magistrate of our
republic; but It had no mjnrloua const*
quences la n political way, and not a great
while later Benjamin llarrlsun defeated J.
tl. Blaine for the nomination for president
of "Hi# part/ of great moral Idea*." How*
ever. Mr. Ilarrlaou waa not a Methodist.
•The Crracent warrior* nipped tlielr-sherbet
ttie various wines ara
spiced.
For riirUtlan
Iced."
i»ri'»iiiHKH, Dim ttiwjw nusmngion wn* our,
who tonsml off their «um whisky bald-faced
nnd stark miked. General Jnckaon kept It
In n Jug with n corncob stopper. There 1*
ntithoiitlf history for it that one of our
S onhleuts drank a anllon of line old rye a
ay. nnd no mnn ever discovered that ho
wan IrMUe nll|;htost Intoxicated—Just a lit-
Toni MnrnbiiH hoped thnt he did not tnlk
blasphemy when he wished that mnn had
i*een (-routed with two good stiff drinks of
Kentucky Itourlmii In him and the nrt of
distilling alcoholic liquors not allowed him.
All this row thnt they ure raisin* over
the cork tn II In Indians recalls that at the
ecumenical council of the Methodist church
of the entire world, that convened nt Edin
burg, Hcothtnd, some year* ago the brethren
"“•m rami*- jnirn Hj(u Iur uuiin‘••
of the Hrltish Isles entertained <he trrethren
from all oyer Ihe world, a ml eu every table
there was strong drink—spirituous, vinous
and malt.
Home of (he Amnrtoan d{*!ex!tfe*» werS
horribly Nhocked; but manners ure a local
inestlon, nu«t we may add that ebrletr !«
somethin* of a matter of climate. Knituitel
has the I test riinmte fu the world for It, Slid
oar* f* one of tbe worst
It Is stated that ft depth of 3.000 feel
at Oxton, nine miles from Nottingham,
England, u thick seam of hard coal has
.mMh 7L T tnT,Z e , a !r c r c> are being taken t«
tlon* both ways, but that I* the ruK develop the field.