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THE ATLANTA' GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
MON PAT. NOVEMBER la
1W ATLANTA GEORGIAN
(AND NEWS)
JOHN TEMPLE CRAVES, Editor.
F. L. SEELY, Preatdent.
T. B. GOODWIN, Gen’l Mgr.
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Returning Confidence.
Henry Clcwa. In hla weekly finan
cial review, take, an encouraging
view of the situation. He aeea dis
tinct signs of returning confidence.
He commends tho skill and spirit with
which tho New York banks met and
are handling tho crisis, but deplores
the tendency on the part of some of
the Interior banks to hoard cash. He
declares that the hoarding of money
at such a tlmo Is the moat harmful
thing for tho country that could be
done and describes the hoarder as an
enemy of society whq should be
shamed out of hla folly. Tho review.
In part, follows:
•‘Confidence Is reviving gradual
ly. Distrust Is less acute than at
the tlmo of tho runa on financial
Institutions, although tho shock
then administered Is traveling
across tho continent and starting
the forces of readjustment In gen
eral business with unexpected
severity. Our chief trouble has
been tho demoralized condition of
credit. The local hanks nre hand
ling the crisis with admirable
skill and spirit, hut nro still crip
pled by the universal loss of confi
dence, ami, because of a tempo
rary breakdown In the credit sys
tem are unable to do their full
share of the country's business.
It is estimated thnt fully 95 per
cent of the transactions In this
country are aetllud by cheek or
the transfer and balancing of
credits; yet In many Instances the
banks arc now obliged to refuse
credit on checks for deposit, tho
result being a much heavier de
mand than usual for currency In
the making of payments.
"Added to t]if* exceptional de
mand is the tendency to hoard
cash, not only by Individuals, but
by some of the Interior banks.
Nothing conld be more harmful at
such a time than hoarding. This
tendency. It Is true, has been some
what counteracted by the premium
of 2 to 4 per cent on currency,
but the Injury la aertoua never-
theleaa. The hoarder should be
regarded aa an enemy of society
and shamed out of bia folly. There
ore numberless Institutions all
over the country where the de
positor's money la perfectly safe,
while In stockings and other hid
ing places It Is very unsafe. Many
of our state banks havo enviable
records for safety and sound
ness. Our national banks are emi
nently safe; so, too, are our sav
ings banks and conservatively
managed trust oompanles.
"People must cease their silly
and Injurious hoarding, aud If dis
posed to Invest at this time
should deposit their funds In
hanking Institutions of well-estab
lished reputation, managed by men
of high character and ability and
free from all undesirable connec
tions. There are plenty of such
Institutions, not a few of which
are profiting largely by this shift
ing of deposits from weak to
strong concerns, but they are not
among the class that seek public
notoriety.
"• * • No more tmtrtotlc
duty can now b« undertaken by
any cltiien than to do his best to
restore confidence by rational
means; not by timid concealment
of the facts, but by a spirit of
helpfulness, by consideration and
patience, by quiet recognition of
the situation and by a calm ac
ceptance of the Inevitable process
of readjustment which has al
ready set In and must work out
lu own solution."
THE PRESIDENT IN THE BREACH.
nnouncemont Just made at Washington by Secretary Cortelyou
and which receives the thorough approval of President Roosevelt, that as
a means of financial relief to the country the treasury will Issue $50,006,
000 of Panama bonds and $100,000,000 certificates of Indebtedness must
of necessity bring a feeling of comfort In all sections of the republic and
to all classes of citizens. The tense strain In monetary matters of the
past few weeks has had Its Influence In every branch of business and In
every phase of domestic life. Anxieties Incident to the business dis
turbances have been difficult to allay. Perhaps there Is no form of
panic more hopeless to combat than that which comes from any flurry—
whether great or small—In financial affairs. The cowardice of the aver
age man Is more In evidence In times of monoy panics than In any other
possible crises In human life.
This fact Is understood and appreciated by all men who by reason of
talent or character have risen to positions of trust and honor. Involving
the direction and control of their fellowmen. Mr. Roosevelt has always
shown himself equal to every crucial test to which he has been subject
ed and at this special crisis, with the aid of tho secretary of the treas
ury, he now takes a stop which must pnt a period to further financial
anxiety. In his letter to Secretary Cortelyou approving tho sale of Pan
ama bonds, Mr. Roosevelt says:
"What Is most needed Just at present Is that our citizens
should realize how fundamentally sound business conditions in
this country are, and how absurd It Is to permit themselves to
get into a panic and croato a stringency by hoarding their sav
ings instead of trusting perfectly sound banks. There is no par
ticle of risk Involved In letting business take Us natural course,
and the people can help themselves and the country most by pitt
ing back Into actJVo cicrulatlon tho money they ore hoarding.
The banks and trust companies nre solvent. There Is more cur
rency In tho country today than there was n month ago. when the
supply was ample. Fifty-five million dollars In gold has been Im
ported, and tho government has deposited another $80,000,000.
Thcso are facta; nnd I appeal to the public to' co-oporato with us
In restoring normal business conditions. The government will
see that the people do not Buffer If only tho people will act In a
normal way. Crops are good, and business conditions are sound;
and wo should put the money wo have Into circulation In order
to meet the needs of our abounding prosperity."
Coincident with this action of Mr. Roosevelt regarding governmental
assistance In tho present money crisis, conies the announcement from
Washington that the president has Invited the governors of states and
territories to meet him at the White House, May 13, 14 and 16, to discuss
tho question of means and methods to preserve the natural resources of
the country. This Invitation of Mr. Roosevelt's Is a wonderful stop for
ward looking to tho preservation nnd development of tho resources of tho
nation and must ultimately result In tho conservation of all natural re
sources which shall make for the universal good of the pooplo at largo.
In his letter sent to the governors, tho president says:
"The matters to he considered at this conference nro not
confined to any region or group of states, but are of vital con
cern to tho nation as a whole and to all the people. These sub
jects include the use nnd conservation of the mineral resources,
the resources of the land, nnd the resources of tho waters, In
i every part of. our territory.’’
MR. PRICE ON THE ANXIOUS SEAT.
Theodore Price, of Wall street, Is apparently disturbed over the fall
ure of the farmers of the South to market their cotton ns rapidly as In
previous years. He claims they have not done so, and Is astng all means
In his (tower to forco them to throw their holdings on the market.
Under the head of "Cotton 'Shorts’ Attack Holding Movement,” tho
Edward Slants News Bureau, New York, Issued the following circular
letter on Friday, November 15:
"Pressure of {he most pronounced sort Is being brought to
, bear npon the cotton growers of tho South to break up their hold
ing movement and thus bring Into tho cotton market Buch a mass
of the staple ns will enable the enormous speculative short Inter
est In this city to depress prices, so that tho bears can close ont
their market gambles by shifting their losses upon the growers of
the South.
"As December draws near and tho mombers of tho big bear
pool nro confronted with the possibility of paying prices at pres
ent ruling In the South, or oven higher prices, for cotton with
which to cover their short Deeoinbot- contracts, they are resort
ing to desperate means In the hope of extricating thomsclves
from a moat uncomfortable position. Stories of tho wildest aort
have been circulated freely with the Idea of convincing the bank
ing Interests that the cotton growers, by keeping thfilr crop out
of tho market until better prices could bo obtained, havo de
ranged the entire normal market for foreign exchange and are
adding to the money stringency from which tho country Is suffer
ing. In this their eSorts have been entirely unavailing. The Wak
ing Interests, knowing the facts, havo refused to take this view
of thh situation. They aro satisfied that the trouble lies with
tho exchnngo market and'not'with tho cotton market; that It is
tho Inability of buyers to finance purchases that is delaying the
bringing of fresh gold from abroad.
"Tho real trouble responsible for tho threatened squeeze In
, December options In New York Is not due to n speculative long
Interest because nono exists; It Is duo to tho tremendous short
Interest. Tho hoar pool, headed by Theodore H. Price, Is cur
rently reported to bo short more thnn 300,000 bales of tho De
cember option. Against this speculative short Interest are the
hodges held by the spinners and exporters who need the cotton
for legitimate manufacturing and exporting. The need of the
hedge ‘longs' has Inspired the current premium. This also has
given an opportunity to the speculative shorts to clrculato a
story that somo thousands of bnles were being shipped back to
New York from Liverpool to cover contracts. This report, how
ever, met a ipeedy death through the action of foreign spinners
In taking every available bale or spot cotton In the Liverpool mar
ket on tho very day after the ro-shipment story was started.
"Tho latest among Mr. Price’s Interesting moves In the hope
of Inducing the Southern growers to aid him to get cotton to
New York for the purpose of covering tho short contracts of his
pool, Is a widely advertised offer to deliver currency to tho South
In exchange for cotton. Aa his ofTcr Is good only up to 90 per
cent of the selling price of the cotton, and as ho announced that
the prevailing New York premium on currency, now ranging
around 4 per cant, will have to be paid by the cotton shippers,
such a move Is by no meant benevolent on Mr. Price's part. It
also shows how badly Mr. Price wants to get cotton hero for De
cember delivery.
"The entire situation, ns regards Docember cotton, has re
solved Itself Into a struggle between the Price pool on the one
side and the tremendous bona fide demand for the actual cotton
on the other. This demand resisted all the Ideas of the. men In
the bear pool and now, satisfied that the cotton on their con
tracts la required for spinning and exporting. Price and his as
sociates appear to real 1 to that their only chance of averting tre
mendous losses on their transactions lies in n complete break
down of the entire holding movement, thus forolng tho growers
to sell their crop at ridiculously low prices.
"It was not long ago that Mr. Price was speaking disparag
ingly of what he termed the New York 'paper contracts.’ Now
that be Is heavily short of these ‘paper contracts' he la surprised
to find that the delivery of actual cotton not only Is wanted but
Is demanded on them.
"If the folding movement Is maintained at Its present
strength tho Price bear pool may be compelled to pay the grow
ers the price to which they arc entitled. It Is the chance of the
Southern growers to make them pay on the full basis.”
GEORGIA OOLLARD NOW IN ITS PRIME.
With no Intention whatever of throwing certain boasters of Houston,
Washington, Richmond. Charleston and Nashville Into freniy; with no
desire to Melts envy of Georgia's superiority In food products; with no
purpose of Inviting or engaging In controversy, since It Is a matter that
does not admit of It, we mention this delectable dish.
Nowhere else on the habitable globe does the long-legged collard
grow to such perfection. And the poorest min In Georgia can and does
enjoy It A dish to tempt an epicure. It Is not denied to all save the rich
as Is the Potomac shad or the Buffalo Bayou bass.
Driving along the country roads one sees the collard growing lux
uriantly in the garden of the rich planter and of hie bumble negro ten
ant How happy the Idea, too, that collards are not In their prime until
frost has come and made them sweet and tender!
Just about the time frost lies white ererywhere, the air Is keen and_
hog-killing weather Is on hand, the collard Is ready for the pot And
cooked with hog-jowl, backbone or spare ribs it is something to tempt
the appetite of anybody on earth!
Those who hsve wearied of honey shad, tasteless bass and rancid
whale are Invited to come to Atlanta, and we will have prepared a great
pot of collards and hog-jowl, with hoecakc and buttermilk on the side.
This, we feel assured, will end a long and bootless controversy about
really delectable food.
DEATH OF ELI. P. SMITH.
• The death of Mr. Ell P. Smith, managing editor of The Birmingham
Dally News, which occurred early Sunday morning at Birmingham, is a
distinct and Irreparable loss to Southern journalism. For twenty years
Mr. Smith has been one of the leading factors In the upbuilding of the
best Interests of Alabama, educational. Industrial and commercial. A
native of South Carolina, the son of a brave Confederate soldier, he went
to Alabama as a strong, aggressive, ambitious young fellow Imbued with
the highest Ideals and with tho physical and moral courage of his con
victions.
Mr. Smith represented a positive and unyielding type of Southern
and American manhood, which attracted tho attention and commanded
tho respect of all classes ol persons coming within the radius of his in
fluence. For many years Mr. Smith has been Intimately associated with
Mr. Rufus N. 'Rhodes In the management of Tho Birmingham News, and
did Ills part toward making that daily one of the most successful and In
fluential newspapers of the South. For several years Mr. Smith has been
managing editor of The News and one of the most forceful and fluent
editorial writers on Its staff. Few young newspaper men In the South
had achieved so enviable a position among Journalists as Ell P. Smith,
and no man more richly deserved the honors which came to him.
Hla remarkable Intellect, always keenly alert, was trained In the
Bchool of early adversity and struggle which prepared him for tho serious
Bnd important work which later came to him.
In all the relations of life Ell Smith bravely met his duty with a ten
der heart and a smiling, hopeful face. His brilliant editorial work easily
•placed Mr. Smith In line with the best newspaper writers of the coun
try; his duty courageously and faithfully performed as son, husband,
friend and citizen made him a model, whose example should be proven
an Inspiration and whose work should Incite emulation.
The Georgian extends Its sympathy In this hour of distress to The
News and to the family of Mr. Smith, and desires to express Its sense
of personal bereavement in the loss of a friend and of a Journalist
whoso achievements excited tho admiration of all men who rejoice In
tho successful accomplishment of great tasks assumed, and In the reali
zation of tho loftiest nnd purest Ideals.
MADDOX-RUCKER BANKING CO.
CORNER ALABAMA AND BROAD STREETS.
Capital $200,000.00
Surplus atid Uhdivided Profits $600,000.00
Commercial Accounts Invited.
Four Per Ceht Interest Paid on Savings.
THE PARMENTER MILLIONS
... A Stirring Novel of Love, Conspiracy and Adventure , . .
(Copyright, 1007, by Arthur W. Marchmont.)
Growth and Progress of the New South
Th© Georgian here records each tiny
tome economic fact In reference to
too onward progress of the South.
BY
JOSEPH B. LIVELY
city hn* hml u wmnlerfnl growth and tlmt it* Interests demnntl their attention.
They undcrsfnnd thnt with its schools, its city hull. Its waterworks system. Its
streets nnd other InterestH thnt Bnmlersrllle I© engaged in Important business en
terprises. from which tliu people expect success ana jmod service.
Mix yenrs ago the mnyor nnd council then in office planned these splendid enter
prises mid the lust work of Installation 1* now being done. What u magnificent
showing tho elty Uns made since then!
Sine© they huve been completed, public servants have been put in charge to
gunrd aud protect the public Interests and see thnt the pntilW gets the benefits
which such good enterprises so richly promise. Tho people are looking on, some
praising, some criticising, some silent, but nil nr© looking on.—Snuder«vil!e Her
ald
• In the history
Wtiu HT *
In tho year 39*? the A., II. nnd A. railroad will
for nn administration of the public weal In n broad nnd libernl manner.
. .. . . ** - ••• be ^completed _to Birmingham.
completed, the City nnd Knhurtmn Hallway, Brunswick trolley line, 'win lie con
structed, the Georgia Const nnd 1‘lcdraont will, if her present plan* carry, b« en
gaged in extending the I hie nnd erecting terminals here.
Tho year 1908 ought to bring to th© port of Brunswick th© full menning of her
new r — —-—•—-— ^ -**—- *- — - ——
west.
lu rxiriHIIIIJ, IUO Milt' .Till! (Ill till/, (I'l If II till in Utl t.
Tho year 1908 ought to bring to th© port of Brunswick th© full menning of her
r railway line to Birmingham, with its nplcndld connections to the extremo
it, with Increased commerce nnd increased population.
UtlHMHIMtlHniMI
AN IMPOSSIBLE PANIC
MHIIOMtHini
By ARTHUR W.
Author of “By Right of Sword,”
MARCHMONT,
“When 1 Was Czar,” Etc., Ete.
Synopsis of Previous Installment.
Jock Is sent to Berlin on official business,
nml Olive deMfk'B It Is time to put her
scheme Into rttyvt. Him disguises her*p|f
pressed by her In-ittity. She line no illrficulty
lit getting Into tho good groves of the fam
ily. Knrl witkes love to Iter nnd bints at
the robber band of which he la n member,
She furvea n crisis Ity announcing her In-
tentlun of leavlug.
"Rosa!" he exclaimed In a tone of
Intense consternation. "Leave us?
Way?”
"Yotl have been too kind to me, Anna
ami you. But—but”— and she broke
off, as if her feelings were too deep
for utterance.
"You can not go. No, no, it Is im
possible. Where yould you go Indeed?"
Olive threw up her hands In direst
perplexity nnd sighed deeply. "Any
where, .invwhere. What does It mat
ter? I must live."
"Would you make me miserable?”
Olivo turned her eyes on him for n
flashing glance, and then looked away.
“You don't understand. You mustn’t
understand,” she cried vehemently.
"I understand that I will not let you
go,” he replied passionately.
Again she looked at him earnestly
stialght hi the eyes. "That la the rea
son, Karl," she said slowly and with
much felling.
, "I love yen, Rosa. By Heaven, I wor
ship the verv ground you tread!”
"Ah, that Is terrible!” she cried, shiv
ering. "Terrible. I feared It. But 1
have .Derived you, Karl. Oh, I must
tell you row. even If the shame of It
kills me.” Olive was a born actress
and her affectation of grief, agitation
nnd remorse was .perfect. "When you
know, you . will spurn me from you."
For a moment she lapsed Into silence
as If striving to nerve herself to tell
him; and he waited with all the Impa
tience of a lover. "Tell me. Rosa," ho
said at length.
"I am a thief, Karl. I have come
Into your house with a He. I am not
worthy to touch your sister's hand. I
am a thief; a thief; a thief! Do you
understand?" and she lifted her head as
If In very bravado.
He laughed. "My dearest, If you
were the worst woman In the world It
would make no difference to me. Be
sides. how do you think I live? Anna
and I, both?"
A quick, questioning light shone In
her eyes. "Knrl!" she cried, eagerly
an she put nut her hand hastily and
touched his arm.
Yes. If you did not tell us, we did
not tell you. That need not part us,
Rosa," he answered with a smile.
"Tell me,” she said.
"I was not alwaj's llko this; but I
was always a socialist. I have known
what It Is to starve, to beg, to grovel
at the feet of those who aid me and
mine the cruelest of wrongs; ground
us under their feet until the Iron of
suffering and hunger nnd misery en
tered Into my Innermost soul. Then I
turned: and with others declared war
against the oppressor, against the rich
and powerful vampires who feed nnd
(From Tho New York Evening Mall.)
It Is hard to mako a silk purse out of a sow's ear, but It ought to
be harder still to make a national crisis—let alone a panic—out of a crop
yield of $7,900,000,000. Seven billion dollars represent the yield of the
farms of the United States In 1907. This takes no account of the products
of ores, minerals and chemicals of tho earth, which will be well up to
another $2,000,000,000.
Seriously, soberly and honestly, what earthly ground Is there for dis
trust as to the future. In this favored country? Is there real material for
alarm In corn, anil wheat, and olL and fat cattle and swine, and In gold
which grows out of our heaven-enriched soil like robust weeds In a neg
lected garden? This Is no pleasantry; it Is a sober fact. This country .Is „„„
bursting with fatness, nnd positively moro so than in any other epoch since feast and riot on the wretchedness of
trusting Puritans nml Dutchmen first hitched up their oxen to plow the —••
fields of New England and New Amsterdam.
Wealth? It Is here tn larger mcoeure than ever. Wealth Is Just the
stuff of well-being, nnd that stuff abounds, until the granaries crack with it.
But money, you say. Is scarce. Stop a moment; money Is not scarce—It Is
merely scared. It Is all hero, somewhere. Peoplo may havo been playing
ducks and drakes with their credit and extending their schemes too fast,
hut they have not been burning up their greenbacks, nor running their gold
and silver back Into the veins and fissures deep down In the dark rocks un
der the ground from which It came. The money has merely gone, white with
senseless fear, off Into timid corners here and there. It will all come out In
a moment when It finds out what a precious fool It has been.
There never was a moment In the history of tho country when the con
dition of the national trenaury was better, or when the currency wns moro
solid. The combination of causes that made the “trouble In 1873 and 1SD3—
inllated nnd rotten currency, tariff troubles, overproduction, commercial dis
organisation. nml so on—Is not In evidence now. The main factors are es
sentially sound. I
Our Industries are producing regularly. Trade goes on Just as usual.
So fnr as their condition Is concerned, the producing people out West sim
ply do not know that there Is any trouble. Nor Is there In New York a
man who could glvo them a satisfactory reason why there should be gen
eral nnd prolonged trouble.
Wo repeat, It Is scared money, not scarce money, that has made this
"panic"—a "pnnlc" without a real leg to stand on, or a cause that Is not
correcting Itself. i
President Duckworth Gives Facts
Regarding Receipts at Savannah
To ths Editor of The Georgian:
There hss been for some time no effort
mode oa the port of cotton buyers nml
others who desire to press the price of cot-
ton down In Georgia to mnko It oppear to
the farmers la other eeetlons of the country
thnt the Georgia farmers aro Belting their
cotton, and they hare pointed to the Sa
vannah receipts ee evidence of thla The
Parmera' Union did not believe thnt Sevan-
nnh waa receiving the omount of cotton sho
claimed, and we did not believe thnt the
majority of the cotton received at 8avannnh
ports was being ehlpped from Georgia,
hence we have made nn Investigation
that la making np the Savannah
cclpta, all the cotton for which contracts
bnve been made which la to be shipped
through Savannah la counted, though the
cotton may not be delivered for thirty or
forty flays afterwards. We nlao find that
cotton It being shipped to the port of Sa
vannah from every mate of the South, aud
that Georgia la comparatively furnishing
email part ol It; lu fact. It lonlcn like nho
their victims.'
"Poor Karl,” said Olive, with a sigh.
"I know. I know.”
"I am glad you have told me, Rosa;
so glad. I feared lest, when you learn
ed the truth, you would turn from tno
with hatred and despise me."
"Poor Karl," she murmured again.
"We ore strong now,” he continued,
after a pause. “There are several of
ua banded together here In London, all
heart and soul In tho work. You shall
Join u» If you will. We need a girl
with your quick wits and cleverness.
Anna Is with us, but she Is not sharp
and shrewd as you are. You have seen
Rosensteln at our house? He Is one
of us; nnd only yesterday he was
speaking of you and urged me to get
you to help us.
"We should not have to part then.
net •» unl/1 ntfsra n/innanllnra aims..
Karl,"' said Olive, concealing every
trace of the feeling of triumph with
which she had heard 'his proposal. ”1
am not a coward, but should I have tho
courage needed for this? Would tho
others have mo for a comrade? I am
almost frightened, I think."
He smiled reassuringly. "I know you
better than that. Besides there would
be no danger for you In what Is need
ed. They would welcome you on a
word from me. It la but to make some
Inquiries.”
"Tell mi"
He took off his hat and passed his
hand through his long fair hair, and a
smile of enthusiasm lighted his face.
"We have a great scheme on hand,
Rosa. Some Important papers have to
be got from the British foreign office
for which a big price will be paid. We
already have one of our number em-
scaring the farmers Into turning their cot-
ton loose, bnt the farmers will not bo bun
coed Into parting with their cotton for less
than the tnlalmnm price, nnd the gamblers
who ere In charge of making reports for
Savannah had as well park their grips and
go to sea. n. V. DUCKWORTH.
President Georgia Division of tho Parmera’
Union.
ARMY-NAVY ORDERS
AND
MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS.
Army Order*.
Waihlngton. Nor. 1«.—Captain Frank
Cheatham. quartermaster, to San Francisco
for examination for promotion.
Colonel Chart©* J. Crane. NlMh Infantry,
to army and nary general hospital, not
“SSB. VVUfiaxn Merry. Ninth Infantry,
to proper station. tU Milwaukee and Fort
Ktley.
Captain Herbert J. Breeae, Flrat cavalry,
from army hospital, Kan fnadae*.
Colonel Charles E. L. B. Pavla, corps of
engineers, to Washington barrack*, exami
nation for retirement.
Navy Orders.
BnaJgn C. 8. Mcnoweli, detached Catena.
Entlgu O. C. F. Dodge, detached navy
to Georgia.
Eniign W. II. Teas, detached Georgia to
dejia rtment to Whipple.
Ensign B. Dutton, Jr„ detached Scorpion
to Krntoe|v»i
PEOPLE AND THINGS
GOSSIP FROM THE HOTELS
AND THE STREET CORNERS
all thi non-union farmer,’ B&ThJS thlS« are etmrde,! w!„°TnS
been bought lit South Carolina. Georgia. 5?,,®®® ‘ h,nBa a ™ guarded well, and
Alabama anil Tennessee has been directed 1, a! la not enough. We have a plan,
to th. Savannah port for the purpose rf however, and It la to help In thl. that
— ... — — these Inquiries mu»t be made.”
“But how could I help?" asked Olive.
“We must have some one to enter
the household of tho minister himself
to find out every detail of the life there.
Anna «u to go; but the Is not quick
enough. She has no eyes for such
work. We must know who comes to
« nd from the bureau to the house, and
’ho carries the papers to and fro.”
“That would not be difficult, surely.'
"Not for you; but for a timid soul,
like our Anna, yes. Wau!d you do It?”
Olive paused as If considering. "How
could I get In the house?"
•That Is arranged already. A serv
ant Is wanted there. You would only
have to Observe and report your dis
coveries to us."
“To the leader, Herr Rosensteln?"
"He !» not our leader. Gideon Maw-
ford Is the leader." He said this with
an air of pride. "You have heard of
him In the States?"
"Yes, I have heard of him, of course."
dd Olive, aa If the-fame of the man
were International. “He 1s the man
who always succeeds.”
"Yes," noddsd her companion read
ily. "He is wonderful."
"I could do It easily. Kart. Yes, easily.
But can you tell me more of the
scheme?" She waa anxious to learn
the part which Selma had told her Jack
was to play.
"If you Join us you will be told ev
erything. We work In common; shar-
Commtssloner of Agriculture T, G. Hud
son nml State Chemist John M. Mri nmlleen
will leave Monday evening for Columbia.
S. C.. to attend the annual rnnrvntlnn of
eommleilonera of sgrimttnr* of the South
ern listen, whlrh meets there November
15-St. Both nil! make nddrewe. before the
eooventlon. Colonel Hudson I. rice presl
dent of the orgaslsstf ■— '
the nest
Deputy Sheriff A. J. Shropshire re
turned Sunday night from a three days'
hunting trip in Lee county, where he
was the guest of Sheriff Shi Smith.
Deputy Sheriff Shropshire reports that
he killed one fine bird dog and several
birds
he orgaslsstion snd may be named
president.
Norfolk.
Movsmsnts of Vessels. w ,
Sailed-November id: Rocket, from Nor-ring the danger as well as the rewards,
pinaster C. J. Cleburne, to navy yard, folk to Indian Head and IVariilugtou.
' You will have your share of course,"
"What Is tho reward In this case"
"Good," he cried, delighted at this
practical question. "No less than five
thousand pounds will be divided when
we arc successful." This was the
amount which the rest had been told
was the sum to be paid.
"It Is a fortune. It takes my breath
away,” cried Olive. "Twenty thousand
dollars! Twenty thousand dollars!"
"Yes; a ’hundred thousand marks,"
said Karl, adding with his former air
of satisfied pride, "We do not touch
any small affairs."
“And what will be my share?" she
asked with Teutonic directness.
"About five hundred pounds. Is it
enough?" he laughed.
"It takes my breath away," she re
peated. "Of course I will do It."
"Good. And then you will marry
me?"
"Karl! We must wait yet. You must
see whether I can do all this. You
must know me better. No, no; not
yet."
"I loved you th, moment J saw you
looking about for our house and heard
you murmur those words In our dear
tongue. And Anna can live with us
for a time. She Is a dear, good soul,
Anna, nnd a rare housewife. You know
how she can cook, Rosa. She will
tench you. If there Is anything In the
world you do not know." and he tried
to take her hand nnd kiss her.
"I am thinking of this scheme, Karl,”
she protested and drew away. "Let us
talk of It, for unless It succeeds wo
shall have no money to mnrry with.”
"Ah, but you are shrewd and far-
sighted!" he cried, vastly pleased. "I
will tell you. The Minister has n sec
retary of the name of Femylck, and
we think that he takes these Important
papers to his chief from the Bureau,
and wo have a plan by which the suspi
cion of having stolen this one shall
fall on him."
'Ah, that Is clever, Indeed," cried
Olive with a smile; nnd she always be
lieved that the smile with which she
received that news was the most suc
cessful piece 6t 'acting .of all that
strange time.
“He Is a .self-conceited fool with
his head In the air, llko so many of
these English aristocrats," said Karl,
contemptuously. "When yon get to
the house you may even be able to get
th» papers yourself." v
"That would be a stroke Indeed,” she
cried.
But at any rate you will certainly
find out how they can be got;" and they
entered upon a long discussion of the
means to be employed.
"You will come to our meeting to
morrow night,” he said os they rose to
return to the house.
“I shall then see Mr. Mawford? I
wish to soe him.”
“Yes, he will be there; and In ths
meantime I will tell Rosensteln that
you have Joined us. It will be splendid
to work together, Rosa.”
“We must succeed nnd get the mon
oy, Knrl, or else—" and 8he finished
with a significant and somowhat co
quettish laugh.
lie laughed In response with much
satisfaction nnd drew her arm Into hla
as they walked away.
"You are late, children,” was Anna'3
greeting ns they entered the Jlttle
house. "Supper Is gottlng spoiled, Why
do you dawdle 7"
Karl told her the news—that nosa
was to be one of them. She was pleas,
cd, and declared thnt she would not
have believed It. She was older than
her brother nnd treated him In the
house more like a eon.
At supper, when Olive had to eat o
number of sour messes which as a Ger
man she was supposed to enjoy, Anna
said that Herr Rosensteln had (oiled
nr.d would return. When he come, the
two men had a talk alone at first, and
then with Olive, about her part In
what had to be done.
He appeared as pleased ns Kart that
she was to Join them, nml while the
two smoked and drank beer and talked
about tho project, Olive Bat listening
intently, drinking In every word and
fixing every detail In her memory for
future use.
Karl Hartmann told the other that
Olive was to bo Ills wife, nnd when he
turned and'toasted her, lifting his glass
high, with a smiling "Prost!” she ac
cepted tho congratulation nnd smiled
tack, and then smiled at Karl as
though he were the center of nil her
hopes, desires nnd thoughts.
It was the short cut to the man’s
confidence, and she took It readily and
eagerly, as she would have taken any
other course that would have led her
nearer to her object.
On the following evening she went to
the meeting In the same deliberate pur
poseful mood. Some three or four
other men were present, nnd they came
to offer congratulations upon her be
trothal to their comrade. She wished
the fact of the betrothal to be spread
abroad, knowing that when Gilbert
Merrldew heard of It and met her as
Karl Hartmann's future wife, it would
do more than anything else to blind
his eyes.
The hour for his coming arrived, and
when the clock struck she nerved her
self for the ordeal of meeting him.
Then the sound of footsteps told he
was coming.
"It Is Gideon Mawford," said one of
the men.
Olive clenched her hands Involunta
rily and her heart quickened Its beats.
But outwardly she w-as as calm as a
statue, and she turned to Karl and
made some trifling remark In a casual
tone that was without a quiver of nerv-
lusness.
But her eyes were fixed stealthily on
the door, nnd, as It opened, she caught
her breath.
Continued in Tomorrow's Georgian.
The total capital Invested Id nrltlab coal
tines Is fair
amount to I
James Storey Wrlcht. of Kpaldlnx. claims
K ite the oldest helliittgee In England, bar*
( been SS yearn at the rnpea aat hpaldlnx
Parish ehnreb. He was Iturn on February
2. 1827. and tiepin rinsing at 14 yearn "f
agel For over » yearn he has leva captain
of the rinsers at Bnaldmg Parlih ebureli
and has raised the trelils r lit ear SO pars.
II- In- ri.li." 11... 1.,.:;* in tart-ms r-trls -r
tho edsteru counties. - ’