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aavAI, NOVEMBER 12, TfTV.
I’HE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN
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JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor.
F. L. SEELY,* President.
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ing It* own ga* aud electric light
Plant!, aa It now own* Ita water
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gnt aa low na 10 cent*, with a profit
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operated aucceeafully by European
eft leg, si they are, there la no good
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ated here. Bnt we do not believe thla
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Editor Cooley is Dead.
A career that promised a brilliant
future baa been cut off by the hand of
deal* In the pairing away of James
P. Cooley, solicitor of the city court
of Covington and editor of The Cov
ington Enterprise. While not yet 28
yearn of age, Mr. Cooley hat Jhown
in that time what a young man of en
ergy and determination can do even
though handicapped at the outset.
That he was loved and esteemed by
his fellow-cltliena was attested by the
fact that 1,200 people, probably the
largest number ever attending a fu
neral In Newton county, were present
to pay tribute to his memory.
Left fatherless when only live
years of sge, Mr. Cooley began the
struggle: of life. Education he
snatched whlio earning a living for
himself and family and many a hard
day's work was supplemented by-
hours of study far Into Iho night.
Such energy was bound to win and it
resulted In bis going through college
while teaching school during vaca
tions and his final admission to the
bar In Atlanta by a brilliant examina
tion.
In October, 190C, be assumed
charge ot The Enterprise and Imme
diately it became marked by his per
sonality. Through his efforts It took
ita place In the front rank of Geor
gia weeklies.
The Enterprise will lie conducted In
the fntnre by Attorney H. I,. Bridges,
ot Atlanta, as administrator ot Mr.
Cooley’s estate.
And now tho mercury haa taken a
slump.
Fred Grant seems to have made a
dent In the president's bootji over In
Mississippi the other day.
Is Secretary Taft going to omit
Vladivostok because Russia's assur
ance of safety does not carry much
weight?
And now they’re saying the presi
dent's speeches ore to be toned down,
Jn older that - the financial markets
may be toned up.
H. H. Rogers has recovered hla
health. All advance matter on
“retributive Justice'' will have to bo
held over a while now.
Arthur Fairbanks, nephew of the
vice president, spent Hallowe'en
night In the lock-up at Mansfield, HI.
Too many cocktails?
In West Carlysie, X. J., a mule
kicked a chicken thief Into a well and
kept him there till the farmer awoke.
This Is one on Mand.
Paris has another airship that does
stunts. Paris manages to hold her
own in the aerial world even If she
doesn't possess a Dr. Julian P.
Thomas. »—
An actress held for fraud played
with her babe In a Chicago court
room. And It Is said the baby actual
ly seemed to know his mother
slightly.
A French comic opera singer great
ly distinguished himself In the late
lighting around Casablanca. We
Judged it to be a good opportunity for
comic opera singers.
foil
^foe
Recent statistics show that 5,000
people were killed and T9.28* Injured
!.-n>t year by the railroads. Still some
folks tblnk Edward Peyson Weston Is
foolish to take such a long walk.
NOT HARD TIMES BUT ROBBERY.
People continue to aak what will bo the outcome of the financial de
pression. Few seem to understand what haB caused It and what must
take place to relieve It. It Is largely relieved, though there Is not yet
enough money In the hands of tho people to do business with.
The depression has bden due directly to the fact that although there
Is abundant wealth in the country and good crops there haa been a lack
of money—real dollars and cents—with which to do business.
There are In the United States three billion or three thousand million
dollars—gold, sliver, paper and otherwise—but when people began to
get uneasy over things that have happened In New York, they got all the
money they could and locked It up with the hope that If anybody was
hurt It would'not be themselves. As a consequence, two dollars out of
every three In this country, or something like two thousand million dol
lars, are locked up In vaults and elsewhere.
But why all this trouble? Mr. Roosevelt has been pursuing unlawful
railroad aud other deals In general in Just about the same manner Gov
ernor Smith has proceeded to regulate some of our local Irregularities
and here are some of the reasons why It has caused general depression:
There are 0,500 national banks, and about 8,500 state banks through
out the country. These hanks live by loaning the farmer and the mer
chant money on their notes. All these banks do business with the largo
banks In New Y’ork. directly or Indirectly.
New York being tho money head of the country, our local bank*
would have had no trouble If they could have gotten the money New
York banks owed them. New York banks regularly hold largo amounts
of cash; Atlanta banks pay out thousands qf dollars of cash for pay-rolls
in the mills and elaowhere and on Saturday night are low In money.
They wire tho banks In New York that they do business with for, say,
150,000 in bills and sl|vor—hardly a bank in Atlanta but has a quarter of
a million dollars owing It by Now York batiks—their banks In New
York simply wrap up a bundle of money worth $50,000 and ship It by
express to the Atlanta banks, and all goes well. Just before the recent
Issue of Clearing House certificates a wire for $50,000 brought $5,000 or
$10,000, nnd in some cases nothing.
The railroads are the biggest slnglo line of business In our country—
the greatest single enterprise. Tho year 1880 saw our first railroad, but
In the few short years, even within the scope of a life, we have seen them
grow to 250,000 miles—practically as much:as the railroads of tho bal
ance of the world combined.
Doy by day we have seen them grow together; hour by hour they
have succumbed to the control of a few men, and now tho railroads of
the nation are under the thumb of a few men who play with them and
the deatlnles of our industrial life in Wall street, The railroads and tho
New York banks have become practically one.
What were a few year* ago Independent banking houses have now
combined under the ambitious schemes of a few men Into "groups” ot
Interests. First Is James Stillman, born In Brownsville, Texas, now tho
head of the National City Bank, which with Its one hundred and twenty
millions of "loans and discounts” Is the father or rather the stepfather of
eleven other banks and six trust companies in vftiich Stillman Is director.
.Mr. Stillman Is Henry It. Rogers, Standard Oil,.John D. Rocefcllcr, all
.combined—any of tho four names means the same thing.
The Bank of Commerce, with J. P. Morgan and George F. Baker, otto
hundred and ton million dollars, five national banks, and eight trust
companies, comes next.
Chuso National, which meant the First National, National Park and
four or five other banks and trust companies, with something like one
hundred millions, come In third, and so on and so on. Tho money In these
banks has been used to corner pnd handle stocks, principally railroad
slocks. In Wall street. The “loans and discounts" of all the Wall street
banks practically represent the capital of tho trusts doing their buslnoss
with them—this spring only a few days after a panic In Wall street ono
of Its national banks showed that It owned noarly sixty million dollars
worth ot "stocks and bonds," while Its commercial loans were practical
ly nothing—90 por cent of Its available assets In Wall street stocks and
•rinds. , ,
Now, then, It Is easy to see that when ive begin to punish or regu
late tho persistent "manipulation” that haa gono on for years and Is
growing well-nigh Intolerable through the greed of the traits, we do not
simply offend a local end of a railroad, or any Interest for that matter—
we offend the entire body of the combination, which means really the
money bond of the whole country.
It is wheels within wheels. Tho railroad Interests acting almost ns
n.unlt. Standard Oil and Rockefeller, most dominant In all things, the
Steel trust, since 1904 going lmnd In hand with Standard Oil—Frick and
Rockefeller representing It. Steel trust buslnoss, formerly dono with lit
tle banks when tho plants were separate, now hamilinh their money
through tho Xntlonal Bank of Commerce “group" and the Stillman Bank.
Morgan, Rockefeller and the other leadere playing with the destinies ot
our millions uf homes as no king could do—Is there then any man to
stand tn the way of the president in hla campaign at putting tho couutry
back Into tho bands of the many, and taking It away from tho few?
Aro there those In our midst Who, seeing tho evil wrought by viola
tion of the law, gave to our present chief oxeeutlve, Hoke Smith, tho
commission of getting Justice for our state from oppressors of whatever
name, but who, because ho baa set out to do what he promised, have
seen fit to critlolso him.
Yea, there are such; but may he never let up; may Roosevelt never
lot up till It la dono. The depression la aa bitter medicine to the patient—
bnt tho results will be health to our Industries and property to our sec
tion. The humblest wage-oarner feels tho pinch of the greed that de
mands twenty-five rents more for the shoes, nnd, so far aa can bo found,
the very paper that this editorial la printed on haa como under the
slimy hand of the trust, and Rockefeller, who sees that publicity le his
greatest enemy, Is trying (o control tho supply on which the newspapers
of the country depend. TJieso things may all bo possible, but we be
lieve that the cltisens of this good state still hope to maintain their In
dependence, and that they will bear patiently such luconvenlenee as may
be theirs until things have righted themselves.
REUNION OP VETERANS AT AUGUSTA.
The elm-arched street* of Augusta are filled today with veterans ot
the grandest army that ever marched to victory or ever accepted defeat
tn the history of tho world.
Each year theee men who wore the gray In the most memorable
conflict ot modern times grow leas in numbers aud feebler In strength
as Time relentlessly does hla work.
But while the years gamer a harvest of deatbleis names those who
remain to tell the story of matchless heroism find' their aupremeat hap
piness In keeping alive the glorious records of a past without a rival In
all the annals of time.
The tottering step* of many n hero who gave four years ot bts youth
to the defense of home and principle will bo guided today by the strong
arm of son. or grandson, who esteems the bronse Cross of Honor a* hla
richest Inheritance.
Bullet-riddled battlcflags will tell their pathetic story ot blood and
carnage and bravo men who are nobly doing their duty to a reunited
country will recount thetr experiences tn camp, on Hold, In trench and
on the long marches of ’6I*'65. The pathos ot a glorious, unforgettable
past will be a part of tho vital, throbbing days of this era of commercial
and industrial activity.
The men who fought under the Stars and Bara have made possible
by-^ their Intellectual strength thetr Capacity tor selfdenial and their
genius in business and governmental affaire, the splendid resuscitation
of the best Interests of the South.
The men who wore the gray and over whose courageous hearts are
worn the Cross of Honor have struggled fraternally with the men who
wore the blue, and now are granted tho Inestimable privilege of seeing
the result of the great work of their hands and hearts before the even
ing shadows lengthen into eternal night.
No more beautiful picture ot patriotism could be presented to the
country at large than these annual reunions of that rapidly decreasing
army, the magnificent achievements ot which stand unrivaled and un
challenged by the nations of the world. Atlanta sends her grateful greet
ings to the noble veterans who are gathered today- In the beautiful city
of Augusta and wishes to remind each hero who wore tho gray that their
declining years arc glorified with the love ot their own people and with
the admiration of the whole world.
Growth and Progress of the New South
Tb® Georgian here record* each day
tome economic fact In reference to
tne onward progress of tbo South.
BY
JOSEPH B. LIVELY
* r The Tradesman. Home quite heavy capitalization Is recortled,
Including n *2.Vn,(«'Q railway safety appliance company In Alabama, a $100,000 lum
ber company In Arkansas, « $250,000 cotton mill In Georgia, two $500,000 Iron work*
pony In West Virginia.
Ainb/iinii—Montgomery, $3,500,000 railway safety appliance company; Mobile, $30,-
000 development rompnnr
Arkansas—Little fit—, TW ,—
f.l porn dp, $35,000 waterworks; Prescott,
000 lumber company.
(JeorjrlH—Americas, $50,000 fertiliser factory; Albany. $250,000 cotton mill.
Missouri—Independence. $100.00) Implement company; Ht. (souls, $500,000 Iron
work*. $10M0O manufacturing company, $50,000 Investment company. $50,000 manu
facturing conipniiv. sash ana door factory. $300,000 lumber company, $500,030 Iron and
runemne works. fft.toO amusement company; Clayton, $3),000 land company; .Topllu,
♦-7.000 mbilng 1 oinp-iiiy, $10,000 Investment company. $30,000 mining company, $50,000
mining nnd milling company; Webb City. $20,000 mining company.
\lrglnla—Clint wood, $20),000 wrench patent corporation; Newport News. $60,000
building company; Franklin. 175.000 phosphate company, $50,000 mining nud manu
facturing company; Galax. $25,000 hardware company; Homioke, $100,000 Iron worka;
Norfolk. laud company, $500.00) medicine factory; Petersburg. $50,000 laun
dry: Snffolk, $25,000 fitim curing company.
West Virginia—Ffllnlianr, $28,000 mining company; Marshall. $5)0.O» mining com
pany; \ nkim, $40,060 mining company: Fayetteville, waterworks, electric light and
gas plant. -
North Carolina—Alto pna*. $100,000 mining nnd manufacturing, company; Oxford.
$2»,noo Investment company; Greensboro, $20,000 r.stwstoa company: Fairmont, $23,000
eotton storage company: Wllllnniston. $100,000 penuut company; Wlneton-Hnleiu. $in-
U| 0 manufacturing company; Newborn. $HW.C00 lime company; Wilmington, $150,*)00
woodworking plant. '
Oklahoma—Okhiboiim fifty' $25,000 construct ton company. $50,000 Mellow concrete
pole company. $260,000 development comjmny, $250,0)0 oil company; Meeker, $500,000
ol! and gas company: Hhiv.-nc*. ll&O.ou) light and power company. $2,500,099 mining
nnd milling coiiipmiy; ( Ilntofr. f&iwi telephone system; Lawton. $5V1»0 engineering
company: chandler. $200,00) company;.Cleveland, $75»9O0 bowery lull!*; A*ir-
cndla. $25,0^9 Investment company.
fitonth Carolina—Newberry. 5300,0X) cotton mill; BlacUsbnrg. $S»,000 cotton mill.
MADDOX-RUCKER BANKING CO.
CORNER ALABAMA AND BROAD STREETS.
Capital $200,000.00
Surplus ahd Undivided Profits $600,000.00
Commercial Accounts Invited.
Interest, compounded twice a year, is
in our SAVINGS DEPARTMENT
4#-58
COM FOR 7 AND HAPPINESS
OF THE OLD PEOPLE IS
7OO OFTEN NEGLECTED
To the Editor of The Ooorclan:
I write thla lotter with diffidence, not
only because I am a stranger to, you
but also' because your time Is chanted
with so many Important duties 1 fear
you may consider me an impertinent
Intruder; but the' hope that possibly
some good may result urge* me to
write, and I b»» you to pardon my do
ing so.
For years I have thought that the
comfort and happiness of old people
have not been properly considered In
tills age of large rharltleg. It seems
strange that almost every other class
of unfortunates has been provided for,
and they alone are overlooked. Even
those who suffer from their ow n wrong
doings are remembered, and It Is right
to bUUd reformatories and rescue
bouses, but la-it right to Ignore the
needs of these “whose only fault Is that
of having lived too long?" I have pre
sented this subject to different persons,
especially to clergymen, and they all
agree that It Is a worthy—"a sacred"—
cause, and should be looked after, but
I do not know that one of them has
ever said or wrltton a word In Ita be
half.
Last year there nppeared In The
Christian Work an article which eo well
sets forth this need that I take the lib
erty of Inclosing It for ynur perusal, tf
what the author says applies to the
North, how much truer Is It of the
South, where many of the oldest peo
ple have never recovered from the rav
ages of the Civil war?
There arc miUtltudea of gentlewom
en, whose small Incomes do not afford
them environments of refinement nnd
Congenial associations In tlielr declin
ing years. What a comfort und bless
ing it would be to them to have a suit
able home for tho aged, which they
might enter.
I do not mean n purely charitable In
stitution, but a home where a reason
able prleo for board Is required, nnd the
Inmates are permitted tn retain the
management nnd final disposition nr
what property they may possess—and
not feel pauperised by having all thalr
belongings claimed by the home. The
Louise Home. In Washington, Is. as
you know, such an Institution. What
could be more fitting than that a home
on the some plan should bo built In
Atlanta, one of the largest nnd most
progressive cities of the South? Would
that every town which supports u
Young Women's Christian Association
hall would have also a home for aged
women, where, by paying board, they
may .secure shelter and care and at
tention when sick to tHe end of their
lives. . .
I trust that thla subject will appeal
to you. nnd that you will advocate It
every now and then In the Columns of
The Georgian until sentiment In Its fa.
vor will have been created and people
of means will be Influenced to build
these homes, as the best monuments to
the memory- of sainted mothers or oth
er dear relatives. Very truly yours.
MRS. JOSEPH WHEELER.
.Marietta, Ga.
The article from The Christian Work
Inclosed by Mrs. Wheeler follows:
Provision for the Old.
Editor Christian Work nnd Evangelist:
No form of philanthropic work seems
needed ntbre than Increased provision
for the shelter of old people. Tho new
adjustment of business matters has
thrown out of employment scores of
men, upwards of 90 years of ngs. Con
densing and concentrating affairs re
duces working forces; naturally, the
younger men'are retained, with the
nightmare Impending that In a few
years they, too, will hear the unwel
come words: "We do not employ old
men.” Following loss of work, soon
comes the Joss of home. Tile plodding
mechanic has raised a family, but they
have homes nnd burdens of their own
and Invariably the apartmept kind of
life lias been all that either has known.
Then begins a death In life, of the bet
ter Impulses of the party of tho first
part and the party of the second part.
Pons shirk the responsibility of taking
tho parents; perhaps the young wife Is
already taxed, physically, to tho utter-
mqst. Tho daughters may not be able
to move to larger quarters, and un
sympathetic husbands are as unyield
ing as the contracted walls of the too
small flat. Jealousy, resentment, all
the.unclean weeds spring up In deso
late ground, the yearning homeless
hearts of the old. The wonderful
growth of life Insurance among the
class of people likely to bo left In the
lurch, long, long before they need bur
ial, may prove that people could be
equally Interested In some Insurance for
a shelter against old age. Often tho
man and his wife find scant welcome
In separate families, which Is a trial to
all concerned. It Is devoutly hoped
that wealthy people of advancing years
will give this subject thoughtful at
tention. The young philanthropists
also, who are doing so much good with
money, In love of the dead, who never
lucked shelter, let them'build homes
for the homeless, whose only fault Is
that of having lived too long. There
are good homes no'v. but not half
enough to care for pressing needs.
Lonely old women, lots of thorn,
grudged a living among unloving kin
dred, could pay a reasonable entrance
fee and live out a happy life. In a
proper home. It need not be a place of
luxury, needing millions for Its sup
port; hut simply a plain, orderly dtvell
Ing place, where soul und body may be
at peace, eased of "the cares of bread,"
with a bed assured to life's end. «
MARY RICE MILLER.
New York City.
GOVERNOR HOKE SMITH
ON RATE REGULATION
Governor Hoke Smith has written
the following letter for The New York
World explaining the state of Geor
gia's attitude toward the railroads:
My attention has been called to an
editorial published In your paper of
October 3! under the head, “More
Southern Rate Laws.”
In It you refer to the governors of
North t'arollha, Georgia und Alabama
as a few months ago having sworn “by
the sacred fires of tho South” to line
“the county Jails with railroad officials,”
and as now*belng engaged In on effort
to accomplish "a little regulation of In
terstate commerce."
Your editorial also refers to each of
the three states as having fixed pas
senger rates by arts of tho legislature.
You dose with tho suggestion that “If
the Southern states arc determined to
exercise n Judicious control over public,
service corporations they should cre
ate' public-service commissions like
those of New York for a patient and
thorough study of traffic and flnanctal
conditions.”
Much has been published In the East
ern papers during the past few months
attributing to the state of Georgia and
to Georgia officials acts and words for
which they are not responsible. Other
Eastern papers have contained state
ments even more extreme than your
editorial.
The publication of articles attribut
ing extreme conduct In connection with
railroad properties to state authorities
must necessarily prove an Injury both
to the properties and to the people of
the stale where the properties are lo
cated.
No Interference With Interstate Com
merce.
Permit me to give you a few facts
correcting the information upon which
your editorial was based.
Neither-of the three governors to
whom you referred at their conference
In Atlanta suggested any effort to In
terfere with interstate commerce. Such
conduct upon their part would have
been foolish In the extreme, and neither
should have been charged with It.
A suggestion had been made by rail
road officials that a uniform local rate
In several of the South Atlantic ad
joining states would be beneficial, and
that In consideration qf an Increase ot
the existing intrastate rates the rail
roads would offer Interchangeable mile
age books, good for Interstate as well
as local traffic.
This proposition, coming from rail
road officials, was considered. You
must realise how such action differed
from an effort to fix Interstate rates by
the governors themselves.
The legislature of . the state of Geor
gia did not fix any paaaenger or freight
rate. For years there ImB existed In
this state u railroad commission with
authority to regulate passenger nnd
freight rites.
Th» powers of the commission were
enlarged by the legislature, nnd the
commission was changed to a pub
lic-service commission, very similar to
the public-service commissions of New
York state.
No other legislation was passed In
Georgia applicable to railroad proper
ties. All the cry about extreme antl-
rallroad legislation In tills state Is with,
out foundation, unless you consider the
public-service bill of New York extreme
antl-rallroad legislation.
fixed by the Railroad Gommiasion.
The railroad commission of this
state, after a careful and thorough In
vestigation, fixed local passenger rates,
varying from 2 to S cents per mile for
the transportation of passengers, based
upon the volume of business and the
ability of the railroads to make a rea
sonable proflt at the rates allowed.
Your own commission In New* York
Investigates no more patiently and
thoroughly questions before It than
does the railroad commission of Geor
gia.
A bill was presented to the United
States circuit court Judge asking for an
Injunction to restrain the enforcement
of the passenger rates fixed by the rall-
soad commission of this state. The ap
plication for the restraining order was
denied and the order of the commission
Is being observed by the railroad com
panies. In Georgia there has been no
conflict with the Federal courts.
I have seen a full statement of the
operation of the new' passenger rate
upon only one of the roads. On this
road the revenue of the road with the
new rate In force'has been larger than
It was for the same period of time last
year.-
Your criticisms, therefore, so far as
they apply to the state of Georgia, have
no foundation.
State Regulation in Harmony With Na
tional Regulation.
IVe arc engaged here in the earnest
effort to help work out the problem of
state regulation In harmony with na
tional regulation, having In view the
protection of the rights of the proper
ties of the railroad companies and at
the same time the protection of the
rights of those who deal with the rail
road companies.
The responsibility of our railroad
commission Is the greater on account
of the fact that many of our roads for
a number of years past have been
owned, controlled and directed by men
largely engaged in stock speculations.
Tho men who had the power to con
trol knew nothing of local conditions,
and the men on the ground In the Im
mediate management of the. properties
had very little authority. Still I be
lieve we will be able to demonstrate the
fact that a conservative, able railroad
commission can right the wrongs In all
Intrastate business of those who deal
with the railroad companies, and at the
same time do no Injustice or Injury to
the owners of the properties.
This Is the. aim In Georgia.
HOKE SMITH.
Atlanta, Gn„ Nov, 9.
PEOPLE AND THINGS
GOSSIP PROM THE HOTELS
AND THE STREET CORNERS
EFFORT TO DRIVE WHISKY
FROM DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.
A PROFFERED SOLUTION
OF COTTON PROBLEM.
To the E«llt«r of The Georgian:
A iletormlm*<l effort will l»e iu*»lo nt the
coming *e»*lon of roogre** to drive Imr
fooni* from the DUtrtet of Columbia. This
I* n movement In which every cltlsen of
every *tnte 1* Interested. If the effort mu?
reed* It inunt he through the action of our
rougrenimicti nnd senator*. In ft *en*e.
Washington City Moug* to nil of u*. It Is
the national capital—our cnpltnl-snd we
Unve right* there th«t can Ik* properly
asserted nnd that our representative* will
not f*ll to respect. Congress can stop the
legalised liquor traffic In Washington If It
will* to do so. The District of Columbia U
under the direct control of congress. The
wishes of Georglnus In this matter will
naturally carry weight with Georgia con
gressmen ottd senators.
A request coins* to me from one of the
lending lawyer* and lay churchmen of
Washington, asking that petitions Ik* pre
pared nnd circulated, praying congress to
prohibit the liquor trrtfn‘' In the District of
Columbia. HI* Idea I* to get some active
member of every city and eountrv church
to prepare and present to each of his fel
low-members • simple petition tor signature,
- * *ug congress to stop the legalised liquor
le In the district where our great cap
ital city Is located. Ix»t the petition* he
signed, not by churches but by Individuals
r.s C’hrlstlon oltUons who stand for the
suppression of erlme tnd the promotion of
morality and decency. Let It be a cry for
civic righteousness lit ottr capital city.
As a Georgian and n cltlsen of the
lilted States. I am glad to Join In this
movement. I have acme personal knowl
edge of the sltuatlou In Washington. For
four year* It was my home, nnd I shudder
now as 1 recall the *»d havoc that was
wrought among my friend* by the liquor
demon. Young men from every state in the
union flock to Washington annually to ne
eep: service In the government depart
ments. The snares and allurements of the
gilded and gorgeous uloons of that gn at
and a* an open ami persistent tempts -
to them* boys, and tncy fall before it
by hundreds. Some of our congressmen also
might Ite safer and cleaner nud better -
tel for faithful and effective service with
bar room* banished arm iHiluuw, isapr-'i--!
frmu unr law-ntakln* i:.nt.r, IF,hit**, flu-
tlxht In Oa»r*lii !» nnljr a port of llo* grant
rnnmw.t again-: King Alcohol In tho
L'nlir.1 Sim,,, ini in Washington'" I, to
la* tbo uoxi rallying <TJ. An offntlvo
war lo let am ojngA-Murn anil aenatar*
know the ran! .ittmlhHt ami bow «
about lo -ign ami maxi. up J SHRSiHVHeBMMBM
b*glunlug of ih« next rengWM »nrb «|flr,t Slnmlay In Ihi'eml . r. reaily to In- for*
.welling Ibte **f petition, aa will com-1 wnnh,l In ileorgla aoliatoni an,I oongreea*
K l attention lo oar ilenmmlm nuppmaliui u on the lueeilug of ibe non rangrrar.
■ Ihiuor trer - In our iwnltal rlty ami I Tin* way tn r-aoli, I, tn go t„ work,
irrpure Ibe waj for uoch I. gW.Ibni u* will WILLIAM J. NKKL
lertufter prate Georgia »ml other prahl- Cartererill., Ua.
To tho Editor nt The Georgian:
I think I have u solution of th. cot*
ton problem In regard to putting the
price where the farmers, ean-get a llv
Ing proflt on the rout of production. It
in this:
I-et every merchant In the cotton
Btatea buy from one to twenty-five
bales and ntore it away from one to
five yearn, or longer If necessary, which
would cause a shortage and give the
farmers the benefit of the same. There
are thousand* of merchants who could
buy nnd hold from five to twenty-five
baies Indefinitely, nnd get big returns
nnd not count any profit on his entton
investment. T. \V. READ.
Marietta. Ga.
The Atlanta Georgian thlnka that the
failure of President Roosevelt to attend
the state fair In Atlanta Is conclusive
evidence that he doeen’t really care to
be president any more. This leads us
to remark that he bearly missed It.—
Hartwell Sun.
SUCCESS.
To work steadfastly with an upward
aim.
To conquer wisely trials met:
With little use for anger or fop blame.
The highest good from life to get:
To gather wealth, not for its sake alone.
But for the good It helps to do;
To strike each morn a richer mental
tone.
And onward press with courage new;
To hold In other hearts a sacred place,
To gladly helping hands extend.
To grow In spirit beauty, spirit grace.
As through thl.*> busy world we wend;
To win the power to lead, to cheer, to
bless
Our brother man—this constitutes
success.
—Sarah E. Howard lo Tin* Circle.
vlts of the Inter*
l-ltlon states against the
state traffic In llqnur.
This appeal I, to ro.,1 men In .rare i.qn*
uiunltr In Georgia to lake ibis mutter up
Ml feel; kuiMcdlat.ly nnd rlrentste petitions that will
Ign sml send np l>y the:lie olive und hsuled with signature* by the
Paul W. Spink, superintendent of tho
Transportation Club, Is seriously III nt
the Presbyterian hospital with typhoid
fever, Mr. Spink was taken III over :i
week ngo nnd his multitude of friends
are alarmed over his condition.
Clerk Colquitt Carter, of the United
States court, and Lieutenant Rucker,
C. S. A„ retired, n son-in-law of Judge
Newman,* will leave Atlanta Tuesday
on a hunting trip. They will be gone
several days,
W. S. Mohsberg, former vice presi
dent of the local union of the Commer
cial Telegraphers, and one of the most
expert operators In the Bouth. left At
lanta Monday for Birmingham, where
he will work one of the Postal's bonus
wires In that city. There were no va
cancies In tho Atlanta office where Mr.
Mohsberg worked previous to the strike,
but he was given the first opening In
the Magic City.
Whitfield X- King, architects, of New
York, have been chosen by tho build
ing committee to erect tho new branch
Carnegie Library for the Fifth word.
These architects stand high In their
profession and have built three of the
branch Carnegie Libraries in New
York. Work will begin at an early
date.
Judge Ernest C. Kontz. who was ap
pointed by Governor Hoke Smith as a
commissioner from this state tn attend
the convention of the National Tax As
sociation, left Monday for Columbus,
Ohio, to be present at the big meeting
After the Columbus convention Judge
Kontz will go tn Providence, R. I., and
attend the annual convention of the
National Municipal League, of which
he Is n member, and also a member of
the executive committee,
Atlanta and this part of the country
Is now being spoken of highly by two
more admirers. These are former
State Senator J. A. Klmmel, of Kind-
lay, Ohio, and I. S. Townsend, of De
troit, who have been spending a fen-
days in the city and in McDonough.
Both men are prominent capitalists and
are well known In their part of the
country.
X prize drill was held by company K
of the Fifth regiment In the armory of
the company Monday night, 10 1-2
West Mitchell street. The non-com
missioned officer’s medal was won by
Sergeant William M. Smith, while Pri
vate Frank Market won the private's
medal. Lieutenant Miller Cochran, of
ct mpeny D. acted ns Judge of the drill.
ARMY-NAVY ORDERS
AND
MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS.
Army Orders.
ttnslilugton. Sox. 12.—Llentmisut Harry
t)|»ls. Jr., Third Infantry. .Miclilsmi natlof
n! tftinrd. ti» garrison school nt Fort wifii**,
FnlIon ing transfer* In const artillery
• orps: Fniitatu Jacob t\ Johtifton. One hun
dred nnd eleventh Infantry to One hundred
nnd sixty sixth emnpnny; Captain Unity L.
Steele, Ninety-third to one hundred nnd
tenth company; Captain I.eayert Coleman,
unsislaned list to One hundred nnd nljfy-
seventh company; Flmt Lieutenant Cartl*
G. Koebfck. One hundred nnd eighth to
one hundred nnd sixty-ninth company;
First Lieutenant t’lnnde K. llrlghoui, Six-
circulating among railroad men.
. star !• v.rS! la tho South and
Infe friends wherever he goes.
J. ». It. TliomiMMtn, assistant to the pnwt*
dent ot th** Koutueru railway, is In Birming
ham Tuesday, representing the Hontheru
In a conference of official* rh^re. He went
to Birmingham frwhi Montgomery after a
visit to New Orleans. He la expected bark
In Atlanta Ibe end of tubs week.
Captain J. Rupert Fatter, a wealthy and
R rontlneut hotel owner ot Marysville, Cal.,
•ft Atlanta Monday night for home after „ w .
spending several daja at the Piedmont, well pleased with the dtj.
First Lieutenant Louis ll. Dice, tmasslgn-
ed list, to One hundred and slxty-flftb com
pany, nnd First Lieutenant Itlchnrd Fund*
vnl. One hundred nud twelfth to Seventieth
eon: pony.
Captain Dennis F. Nolan, Thirtieth In
fantry. report to governor general Philip*
nines ns Inspector Philippines constabulary,
r’lr.i Lieu ii'nn nt William N. Ilaakrll,
Foarth cavalry, ilclallctl to All varanvj* lu
signal corps.
Nsvy Ordtr*.
Rear Admiral F. lingers, from Honnlohi
to liom,. Il.nr Admiral A. Walker, de
tached naval observatory, to bomr: Hupcr-
Intrndeiit J. M. Mna-rry, commlMloned.
t’ommnndcr It. I’, lAtt. retired, detarln-1
11,li enminlMlon, Washington tn heme,
l.lentennnt K. L. Chapin,* detnehed lend.*
Innn tn office nf naval Intelligent*. Ws»h-
Ingtun; Lieutenant I'nininand.r K. W.
RficfW. detached hoard of lu.prcllou and
•tirvey, to Ixmlslana.
Movemtnts of Vs,ills.
Arrived—Novemlier 9. Rocket st Norfolk;
Wlliulnston ot Cavite.
Hailed—Normber 7. Saturn from Mac
■!al**na hay for kandlegn and dan J'rsnetw
co. November 0, Uslulmw and Gnlvc.tou
from Mnnlla to Vbidirustok: rhsttanooga,
Manila, for Vladivostok and Nagasaki.
OPPORTUNITY.
They do me wrong who say I come no
more
When once I knock and fall to find
you In,
For every* day I stand outside your
door
And bid you wake, and rlee to fight
and win.
Wall not for perlehetl chance* passed
away!
Weep not for golden ages on the
wane!
Each night I burn the records of the
day—
At sunrise every soul Is born agsln.
When down In mire, wring not your
hands and weep.
I lend my arm to all who say: "I
can!"
No shame-faced outcast ever sank so
desp
But yet might rise and be again a
man.
Art thou a mourner? Rouse thee from
thy spell.
Are thou a sinner- nips mav he for-
| given.
Each morrlng gives thee wlnge to flee
from hell;
Each night a star to guide thy feet to
heaven.
JUDGE WALTER MALONE
Memphis. Tenn.
sMipra? win* uu ur i innr runi.
coiislderatilc property In Fan Frapdico. H«*
had nfTT**r been tn Atlanta before and waa