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1'HE 'ATLANTA GEORGIAN ANT) NEWS.
TUESDAY, NOVEMHEIl
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN
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JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor.
F. L. SEELV. President.
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ing Us own gas sod electric light
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onre Tllfc OEOROIAN AND NEWS
be It eves that If street railways can bn
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cities, at thsr are. there la no good
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« THE OCTOPUS IS DEAD:
LONG LIVE THE STEER.
(From The Macon Telegraph.)
We note from reading The Atlanta Geor
flan that the great ttate of Georgia Is all
agng erer a new nod startling political la.
I ane. There Is uptlilng of course especially
. new In the ntntement thot Georgia Is nil
1 ngog— that has hern the normal condition
■ of the atate for the past three years, nml
excitement la nothing uorel.
Now, however. It nppenra that n bitter
wartarr of words, originating In a dlrpntu
betwcon the editors of the Dalton Citizen
and the Augnata Ilernld aa to which Is the
belter able to plow a steer, has lined up
the press of the state In hostile nml pngun
clous ranks; the controversy Indeed having
resrhed the point where llio editor of the
Cltlten tins leaned n proclamation of Ills
candidacy for tho governoralilp of Iho atate
baaed solely nod clone upon lbs nhlllty to
plow a steer. This challenge baa been
picked up by tho Auguatu editor—and the
tnorarnlous dispute lias waxed exceeding
hot. A number of Jolut debates—or rather,
Joint Mowing expoeltlniia—have been ar
ranged betwern the two, the lirst to take
place this month: nnd the iSitirc series Is
' to be decisive of the merits or the candi
dates. Acistrdlhg to The Georgian, "It will
, he no mollymldlah affair; new ground wilt
he ssleetrd with n fair sprinkling of under-
; growth, brlnrs, and gome rocks. The con-
, t. -rants will lay aside their usual opparel
nnd don that of real steerers of steers; they
, will wear liruad hrognns, Jeans breeches,
. hickory ahlrta, und hruniMirlmmed bats;
while the Judges will allow full latitude lu
tbr uss of language necessarily used lu sue-
caagfuUy plowing n steer.’'
Ilrnvo! let the nett gnberuninrinl eon-
teat be predicated iiikmi Ihe candidate's
ability to plow a steer. If lUetc two atren-
t uoua geullrairn be tbc only two who dare
I put ibelr prowess to the teat. I ben let
Georgians sword the victory wham It be
longs, ‘ anil not to some fellow who may
. come along later and demonstrate Ids an-
I pcrlorlty l>y sumo theorcUcul process. Let
| the candidate who deliver. the good, win
... _ aaplri)tits out lu the open, where
. they may phnv like inm-niid be seen.
( Indeed we feel anre that the auhatltiittoii
I of the gentle steer tor the fermdoua oetu-
pua la quite a restful filing fur political
Georgia fo undertake, i'basing, catching.
. harnessing, taming nml breaking to harness
- n altar la am a 11 potatoes betide the saute
. performance lu cnuiiecthm with no octopus
i of rotxrse, but spis-srs to lie the only thing
j In sight worth considering Anyhow, by
l the time the text election rolls around the
' Hen. Hoke Smith will have suMued every
I octopus In the stale, we doubt not; so what
I ahall wa find more enleulntetl to nmuae, en-
1 trrtaln and serve ns a pretext upon which
: to ride Into office than Ihe humble steer?
I Rah for Jawjawl The octopus la dead—at-
. -most; long live tho steer!
8AYS rr» EASY TO ANSWER.
I To the Editor of The Georgian:
I It le easy to answer the question,
| why one planet should receive wore
' heat than another. Neptune (a aev-
: enty-aeven times farthar from the eun
than Mercury, and receives on one acre
of Its surface not quite ae much heat
as Mercury does on one aquare yard.
As the planets were all thrown off,
or more correctly, left behind, as the
nebula contracted to form the eun, we
may assume that they are formed of
i similar aubatance and we may reason
by analogy .from what we see on the
Ssrth.
The comparison of the sun's rays
! with the wire from a dynamo folia be-
. cause the air la little hosted by the
' rays passing through It. The surface
. of the planet la heated and In turn
heats the sir In contact with It. When
the heated air la lifted to the upper
strata It expands and Is cooled. What
little heat la left Is lost by radiation.
It Is therefore very cold. The radia
tion from the air le elo-v and the at
mosphere has much to do with keep
ing the planet warm, but, however
dense, It can not Increase the heat live
thousand times. If Neptune had no In-
| lernsl host. It would bs as cold as the
I moon, and all tho air would be frozen:
1 11 would probably have sunk into the
earth while- In a liquid state. But
Neptune being so much Isrger than
Mercury or Ihe earth, has not cooled,
as they have, and has sufficient heat
. to keep the sir and aqueous vapors os
they at* here.
In all probability Neptune has an un
broken covering of clouds and no aun-
1 light or sun heat reaches the body of
' the planet. The bright disk our tele
scopes show us Is the outside of the
clouds. H. E. BULLOCK.
Vienna, Ga.
>
SPEAKING PLAINLY ABOUT THE SCHOOL QUESTION.
Almost with apology to our friends who do not see this position
In the light In which wo see It, and to the ^sood superintendent of At
lanta's schools, yet with the right that our calling gives us to voice
public questions, we any that It la to be regretted that council did not
adopt Alderman Key’s resolution on Monday slid investigate the ques
tion that baa troubled our three hundred or more school teachers for
so long a time.
We would do violence to our convictions If we did not say flatly
that we believe the superintendent la wrong In this case. We esteem
him as a friend—would not even think of criticising him were he not
a public official, and thus the legitimate object of public consideration,
Just as The. Georgia!) Is the legitimate mouthpiece of public sentiment
In the first place, no heplthy, clean enterprise, much less a public
enterprise, should find It necessary to keep from the public the least of
its actions. Mere curiosity on the part of any one would not warant the
making public of any meeting or matters connected with the board of
education. But matters of public money, public servants nnd public In
terests can only be satisfactorily admlnjatered when everything la dono
openly, and- the people of our good city will only be satisfied when the
secret sessions that have so long marked t)ie actions of the board ahall
be abolished.
What good reason la there for their not being abolished?
As to the normal requirements recently Instituted, it la difficult to
believe that so much extra duty can be necessary from the already hard
working corps of teachers In our aachools. School conditions are far
different here from what they are elsewhere, and the fact that normal
work la done In other states more favored does not by any means Jus
tify Its requirement here. - .
Our public acbool systems have bad to be built from the ground up
since tho war. Before the war the ions and daughters of the South
were to a large Extent educated privately—their parents could afford It.
A dearth of public schools and money with which to operate them has also
made education privately necessary to some extent since the war ufitll
recent years. And now when our public schools are' doing nobly, and
our high Bcbools are good enough for tho children of kings and preal- ■
dents, few realise that states In the North which we often try to copy
are putting $3 to our $1 Into public schools with population only equal
to our wbito population to educate, not to mention our one nnd a quar
ter million negroes to share In ours.
Those teachers do not have the classes to take care of that we do;
they do not have the hours of work at night marking up papers that
ours do. and their remuneration Is vastly greater.
In Justice, then, to the teachers of Atlanta, whom some uninformed
of the public may think are trying to shirk work, we only wish to say
that, with classes crowded to two and three times the slxo they should
be, conducted In many cases In basement rooms, with hours of work that
the teachers must do at night, marking up papers, keeping the systems
of record and what not, after the little folks that produced them are In
bed, it seetnf hardly possible that the almost unanimous protest of these
three hundred faithful workers could be on unjust one.
The normal work that has been naked of them, too, has been largely .
along lines not connected with the grades they aro called upon to
teach, and hence not directly useful to them. Then, If^the purpose of
this extra work Is to give them general training and norqial dlpclpllno,
It would hardly seem leas than a criticism on their previous training and
an acknowledgment that our schools are filled with teachers, who are
not up to the standard.
We cannot believe It Is so.
UNCLE REMUS FARES FORTH.
Forth from the Wren's Nest on Snap nean Farm Uncle Remus fared,
lured by the Insistent call of the first cltlien of the land.
Shy, retiring, modest Uncle ,Remus! Content with the serene little
nest and thq loved ones there, the world hai found It difficult to entice
him out Into its hurly-burly. Famed nround the globe, his Inimitable
animal lore told In overy nursery and read In every home, tho creator of
Brer Rabbit could hut yield to the hearty Invitation from the president
to come and break bread with him.
What a rare.evening It must have been If President Roosevelt suc
ceeded In drawing Undo Remus out. It the Wbito House table had upon
it a dish of corn pone and a bowl of pot-llcker, It Is sate to surmise that
Uncle Remus succumbed, and talked with all tho charm tor which bo Is
famed among hlB Intimates.
Seriously, the cordial Invitation to Mr. Harris to come to Washington
for the specific purpose of dining with the president, is a marked recog-
nttlon of hla qualities as a man and aa an author.
v President Roosevelt Is a very busy man. Just now he Is weighted
down with momentous affairs of state. Ills message to congress la per
haps In preparation, and great Issues and problems confront the country.
His every moment Is engaged In arduous labor. Yet, he pauses long
enough to Invite a private dtlsen to come to him In purely social Inter
course. /'
It Is another Instance of the wide and varied Interest tho president
has In every sane and wholesome person and thing. In this simple and
unstudied act ho baa given another Insight Into hla tremendous hold on
the people. ]
If It might be chronicled, a verbatim report of that conversation at
the White House board Monday evening would make mighty Interesting
reading. But It Is safe to guess that Brer Rabbit won't be the one to
tell about It.
RAILROADS MUST GIVE SERVICE.
No order yet Issued by the railroad commission Is of so far-reaching
import to the people aa that embraced in the demand for prompt delivery
Of freight.
In Its effect It directly concerns every Individual. The manufacturer
or wholesaler who ships to tho .retailer, who in turn sells hla goods to the
consumers, are all vitally Interested In the quick delivery of shipments.
The cotton glnner, the farmer, the lumberman, the coal desler, every
man who has to do with the railroads, suffers by these useless and tan
talising delays.
The Injustice-this careless handling of freight works Is Illustrated
forcibly In complaints filed with the commission by cotton glnners who
have shipments of bagging and ties delayed for weeks. The farmer must
wait on the glnner, and In doing so may lose the advantage ot a rising
cotton market.
As an earnest of Its Intent to demand nothing that la unreasonable
or unjust, to do no barm to the material welfare ot any corporation, the
railroad commission Is luslstiug that common carriers give the service
tbr which they are chartered, and which la deihanded ns a common right.
That unnecessary vexations and hurttul delays exist among certain rail
roads Is too well known to Invite controversy. That It Is clearly within
the province and undoubtedly the intent of the commission to rectify
these troubles Is assured by the stralght-from-the-sboulder, unequivocal
statement of Its able chairman.
To the painstaking study and solution of these problems Chairman
McLendon Is giving every moment of his time, every bit of his big brain,
every ounce of hla unwavering courage. And backed by the high integ
rity, the clear Intellects and the fidelity 'of Commissioners Hill, Hlllyer,
Callaway and Stevens, there can be no doubt of the final solution of many
vexed and knotty questions that will work to the ultimate good ot both
the corporations and the public.
The - Georgian We records efich day
some eciMiomle fact In reference to
tbc onward progress of the South.
8poe|pl to Tin* Georgian.
JOSEPH B. LIVELY
Jarkson. iilM.’." Nov 13.—The follonlBS new Industries bore been organized In
the Stole during the post few <in>w ami will shortly submit tlielr ehsrters tu the
gstrnm Formers' ridon Worohouse Coinnniir. Enporo, Webster county. .CopItA-
ixed nt $4,000; \V. I'. Kijgg, W. A. Huy* nml other*. '
Batik of Jonestown, .ioue»towii# Coahoma county. Capitalized nt 110,000; J. T.
Loiigluo, J.- E. Mon troy nml other*. , , t Mrt<vv . w
Liberty Lumber Company, LII«*rty. Amite county. Capitalized nt $10,00®,
H. Jackann, E, JJ, Westbrook nnd other*. ' „ w ,
Farmer** Gin nml Manufacturing Company, domiciled nt Tellez Switch, Wen-
iter county. Capitalized nt $5,000; F. Tellez. J. F. IjiiiiU nml other*.
i There I* •'movement on foot to erect n cotton fnflt Itr Morristown. Tenn. II.
C. Gildnrd. of Knosrllle, n utau of cou*.d« rable experience In cotton mill*, hav
ing lieen connected with the IlrooUstde Cotton Mill* tit Knoxville for the pn*t ten
yiars. Is here for the pnrpoflc of urcitulzlnj a stock company to erect n mill to
manufacture eonveriible good* for the rubber nml llnolehm trade. A proposition
to tnl*e $150,000 .afitsil *tt*ck nud erect a 9.000-spimlIe mill With 200 loom* 1* the
Inula upon which the piomotar* of thl* larsc concern desire to Interest thpbu*Ine**
men of thl* f l»r to soosorlbe to n stock company. It will require nbont 300 to 400
skilled employe!-* to operate n mill of the ttxe desired, nml that would mean .over
$2,000 weekly payroll. ,
Work ou the new cotton factory for the J. Frnlcrlck Houston ( otppnny nt t urn-
Iterlstid. N. <• I* progressing rapidly. The building I* .to be 571 feet long by il
feet wide, with basement and IS feet ditch for the first floor. It I* being con
structed ot reinforced concrete, and In the flm mill to lie built of this nmterlnl Hi
the state. It will be ran by water power, the big wheel being nhle to develop -o0
horse-power.
F. L. SEELY OF THE GEORGIAN
(From the Jacksonville Metropolis/)
The entrance of the Hon. F. L. Setly into the newspaper field has
brought a new spirit into the arena of Southern Journalism. Mr. Seely la a
talented, strdng mon of pronounced convictions, and the energy and the
courage to carry th-mt Into effect. We do not know where you could go to
find a duplicate of The Georgian. A newspaper that has the temerity to
enter into the field of Journalism by refusing to accept liquor advertise
ments certainly mark* it as no ordinary newspaper, and the man who
would do such nn act Is no ordinary man. The Georgian ha* proven a suc
cess. It has developed a circulation 30,000 and an advertising patronage
that haa put It beyond the reach of a losing venture In Journalism. It la
true that Mr. Seely has spent a quarter of a million dollars in this news
paper venture,.but a* everybody knows, It is an expensive proposition to
enter into an occupied field of Journalism and expect to'- make a success.
We are sure that Mr. Seely's Influence will be very largely felt throughout
the length nnd breadth of these Southern states in the near future as much
ns anything else because of the towering personality of the man. We wish
him and his magnificent paper every possible success. ' •
MtMUHIINHIIMHIMMHHUHi
■SIHIMIHHI
MIIMMMIIMMMHMISMSSlIMSIHMHIMHMHffMKMHOHIHHH;
!
Progress of the Educational Movement
MADDOX- RUCKER, BANKING CO.
CORNER ALABAMA AND BROAD STREETS.
Capital ....... $200,000.00
Surplus ahd Undivided Profits $600,000.00
Commercial Accounts Invited.
Four Per Ceht Interest Paid on Savings.
- Other Side of the Canal Project
(From The Vldnlln Advance.)
We hnre been contending for n general
fenrgnnlzatton ot the whole syateni of edu
cation hi Georgia for tome month*. Wc
knew our pten wns the demand (whether
*xpiy**e<J or not) of the great throbbing
niniie* of Georgia, both In tlm rnrnl dis
trict* and In the, town*. We have Mil
nlong contended that our educational sys
tem must, to succeed, build with the public
school* as u bii.sl*. The fact that theso
school*, especially In the rural district*,
have been so sadly neglected force* ns to
make the plea. To neglect them further
mentis n continued wenktiesji mid. mifnlrneus
In Georgia*n system of education. %
We note with pleasure the progress of the
movement. We can not usually hope to
gain sll need* nt once, but we ure sure lo
win much oil this question. In fact, much
wit* gained when lloko Smith was elected
governor. lie seems lu fullest sympathy
with nny movement which the real needs
of the masses demands. Wc say this not
with any pollttral sentiment whatever, for
this I* no political question. Hut what Is
the status of affair* today* Two of Geor*
gin's greatest dallies. The Atlanta Geor
gian nnd The Atlanta Journal, are In syin*
.with the. movement. We note that's
l»er of the lending weeklies of the state
t great normal school* In Georgia. It I*
questionable, however, whether the state
ought to absolutely build nnd ninlntnln them
or not. It may, however, be necessary for
the stat® to launch them nud sustain them
in part until the common school* are
brought up to a point that teachers nr8
paid in keeping with tbc salaries these same
teachers can earn in other callings. Our
reason Is easy seen. One of the main ren-
rons for weakness lu our rural schools today
Is because the school room does not pay
mnellte, of Hpnrtu,. nml other*, ^rhls means
that the question i* going to be placed be
fore the people. Wuen. that I* done cor
rectly Jho victory Is won, for the masses
will surely support the movement. And
our governor is seeking, to solve the prob
lem. It now looks like Mr. Hmlth is Inmnd
to lead all of our distinguished list of
is muring ouiy ss he looks deep
question nnd stadias possible remedies.
The governor has spoken plain enough for
us to know that he is first of sll for the en
larging of equipment of the rural schools of
the *tnt«. nut at net this 1s not all of nnr
educational plan, he Is developing and ex
pressing demands for letter support for
educational work among four lines ns foV
lows:
1. I(c Insists that we must provide better
normal school facilities to give us trained
teachers for the public schools.
2. He contends for Industrial education,
such ns the work done nt the Technological
Behind or the Girls' School At IlllledgeviUe.
S. He pleads for agricultural education,
such ns It Is planned to do nt the new state
Agricultural Foliage at Athens or tho eleven
district agricultural schools of the state.
4. lie places mnch stress upon the ne
cessity for larger sums for the rural schools
of Georgia.
About the question and the goremor'a
Plan so far expressed, we wish to make a
few suggestions.
As to normal school*, we agreo with the
governor that we should have at least three
nnd hence people do not tench any longer- ' Jllu
than necessity lends them-ttll they find a h nn,v
position that pays them better. When the
state furnishes funds t<> grade the rural
schools nml all public schools through the
eighth grade and pay teachers for nine
months in tin* year, when this Is done, the
question of normal schools Is settled. Men
and women will willingly pay tuition to at
tend normal schools to prepare for the pro
fession ns teachers. " ••
sloual teachers all «. —
Then wo agree with the governor In .the
main as to agricultural education. For this
text-book work along this line Into the
curriculum of the eight grades of every
public school. When the atudciit finishes
that, let those no encouraged to do so go
the higher Hchmds of this class. If it -
necessary for the state to mnlutnlii these
school* until we reach that point in our
common schools, why nil right, but let us so
build that them* special schools shnll Ik—
chine self-sustaining,
.As to mechanical education, we fall to be
lunch Interested. It’s si>eeinl class educa
tion of young men who are to prepare to
receive large salaries n» civil cuglueer*.
machinists and the like. It seems to us
such students should educate themselves,
after the state tins given them a - training
through the eighth grade. We favor free
tuition for nil students through eight grades
and no further for any class, l-ct's treat
all alike.
Look nt the question from every stand
point and you must agree that the hope of
our country Is to put the rural, school* on a
fine basis. v If we ever hope to Uft the
the dissemination of true education—©du
ration of head and heart. That will settle
the question from a business, moral nnd
every ether standpoint.
should be (eft alone, so far aa the state Is
conctrnsd, to make themselves self-mis-
talnlng. Tbnt will not be difficult, for
strong support of the rural schools will
producejilent^r of student* to All every col
There will >|# plcntjr
AFTER THIRTY YEARS.
They bad given the old tramp and vagn<
lK»nd, Groitfk, a clean suit of clothes. The
clothes were not new aud were patched
in insuy places, but still they were better
than any he had worn for year*.
Now he was told that he was to be sent
back to his houit county of Cleple that he
might not become a public charge In a coun
ty tbnt owed him nothing.
"Then I did speak the truth that time,
after nil,” be exclaimed, "when 1 said that
lu thirty years Grobek would come back to
Cleple. Now I shall show them 1 am a
mint of my word,"
Thirty year* before Grobek, the tramp,
bad lived at Cltple. There, In the midst
of the dark, silent pine forests, was hi*
home. Swamps sad woods are all you see,
with here and there the hut of a wood-
chopper or charcoal burner.
Among the people of Cleple forest, grim,
uncouth, rough looking fellow*, Urobeg
grew up. and there being no other choice
Bo became a woodebopner himself.
At tlrat he did not like It, but after a
while he felt quite satisfied, nnd dbl not
drink up more than one-third of his wages
on Sundays In Berg's tun. Grobek was a
reliable young fellow*.
Ill* coutenteduess Ia*ted. however,
until hts father told him that ft wns time
for him to marry and bis mother In-gun
a careful search for a bride.
She picked out Mancha. Grobek rather
liked tier, and he became usetl to the
thought that she was to be hi* wife. Then
itsy along came Borkntlc, the hunch-
bidder, nml as Grobek could pay only
of Hint, who could blame her father for
firing her to the hunchback?
But Grobek did uot see the thing that
way. lie was furious. Hecmild not take
Mascha away frefu her fifisband, but he
went up to him, shook his fist under bis
nose nud shouted: "You drive me away
from here now and ! will g<» out Into Ihe
world, but in thirty years I will come fxtek
ami born your house over your head.” ~
"I sabl only what was true then,” said
d Grobek ns he sat in the sleigh which
carried him homeward, eiic icuried hark ta
the sent nud thought of what was to be the
first thing for him to do wheu he was home
one* more. Should he first set fire to
Itorkattc's thanty, aa he anhi fie would do
thirty years Indore, or should he first go to
the inn to get n drink?
lie fingered the fifteen kmixer, given
every prisoner at the end of hla term, and
figured «mt how many glasses of sllvowlts
be could get for them.
"Borkatic most soon be an old man;" he
said to himself, "and Mnscha aa old woman,
but that makes no difference. I am going
quickly, and never until now, when he wns
to be home in a few honrs, had be realised
how long he had been away.
At last he was there. He turned over
his pnpers to the stnroat, who did hot know
hiiu. und as be walked along the snowy
road he was deliberating as to whether
he should first burn Borkutlc’s house or
first go to the Inn.
!/• met some woodchoppers and asked
them If old Borkntle was at home.
"Ob, the old Borkntlc,” one of them re
plied. shaking his head, "he lies In hla
il
house. .
The juld tramp said nothing. He went
on toward Ilorkatic's shanty, pushed open
the door and entered the almost dark room.
Then he put hi* hand Into his pocket.
r rolled forth the fifteen kreuxer, all he had
n the world, laid them on the table aud
said, with disguised voice: '‘There, buy
yourself bread with that.'' and ran away
aa fust aa he could Into the dark pine for
est.
By J. L. D. HILLYeR.
The scheme to construct n freight-bearing
cannl from Brunswick to Gunters Landing
Is an Interesting one. About eighty years
ago a student in college at Atheus made a
burlesque speech about the wonders of the
steamboat. Steamboats were Just then be
ginning to make tlunnmtlvea useful. The
speaker called forth a roar of laughter and
applause by declaring tbnt the time would
conic when stcnuilMints "would climb over
the Alleghany Mountains." ,
Now that absurd fancy of eighty years
ago is spoken of qs a thing entIM.r practi
cable. I am not disposed to question the
practicability of the scheme ns on engineer-
lug problem, but I gravely question the
wisdom of It. —
Thu proposed canal must "slack water’
fcbe Ocmulgee from its -mouth to It* source
ither in the lake at Lakewood or up the
Yellow river to Its source. It must cross
the Chattahoochee ridge, climb over the
Kenneanw ridge, climb down to the Etowah
river nml then slack water that stream to
Home, nnd the Coosa to .Gadsden. It must
then climb across the mountains of north
east Alabama to the 'Tennessee river.
('mini lock* require vast quantities of
water to fill them up nnd raise the boats to
and In some places three or four hundred
feet deep and half n mlle*wlde. That, how
ever, Is simply a feat for the cugtneers. The
water of the Chnttahoochee cun in that case
be turned Into the canal either north or
south nnd the supply would be abundant.
But the Chattahoochee would no longer bo
a river Inflow thiit canal.
Columbus would lose Its water-power nnd
the nteaniboats from Columbus to Apn-
biehleoln would go out of eouimisBlon. That
solution will hardly be satisfactory. \Vhnt
Is the alternative? It would-be this: Tho
lock*’ must be arranged to climb tho ridge
nud cross the Chattahoochee river
wny to fill thoso locks with sufficient water
to make the enroll worth anything will be to
deflect the water* of. every creek Jhls side
of the Blue Ridge end bring the waters by
feeding cjinnl* to empty Into the locks. If
tliatM* not done all the water that enq be
Imd will come from Tenchtroc creek aud n
few spring branches. That supply might
perfect a very genteel toy, but It would- uot
convey much freight.
The only wav to make the canal. Mg
enough to be or practical value 1» the way
spoken ot above: namely, to dam up nil the
creek* In North Georgia, lay aqueduct*
from every one to the cnnnl near Atlanta
and near Marietta and use that water to fill
the loek* at the highest levels and the snute
water would in turn fill the lower U-vclp.
That plan 1* entirely practicable, albeit the
thousand miles of aqueduct* necessary *“
.. ——«- rival
plan will make tho enterprise rival the
. of the I’unama cnunl. Iff side* that, It
would seriously reduce the volume of the
Ha van nab. the Oconee, the Apalachee nun
the Alcovn rlvors, and nearly dry tip the
Chattahoochee above Gainesville and the
Etowali abore Canton.
But this Is not the chief difficnltv. The
f ront nud Irreparable damage to the coun-
ry would be the destruction of the water
powers throughout the Piedmont region of
Georgia. Waters drawn away to feed the
cannl could not be used to turn wheels If
the cannl followed the coursd of the Yellow
rirer It would obliterate the water power at
Porterville. There would he no power left
at Flat Shoals, or anywhere else on Oemul-
g*e river. In order to lift the river nlwve
the numeroua shoals lower down Tovrallra
creek would have to be turued off above
the falls nml carried to the river In a ditch
lit order that Its water might help to work
the canal. Ho It i*JU be nil over the coun-
try. Can we afford to give our water pow.
era for tho canal?
Look: Fifteen years ago we had no rail-
road Into East Tennessee except by way of
Chattanooga and Cleveland. We had one
road Into the coni regions of Alabama. At
tbnt time I bought for $4 n ton coal tbst
under the same conditions I paid last win-
ter $6.50 for. Coal that then cost $S.50 Is
now cheap nt $5. I understand that nbont
the same rate of increase in the price Is
found In all grades of coal; that i« to say
in fifteen year* the price of coal has gone
up In Atlanta about 30 per cent, aud yet
now we have two road* directly Into Ten-
neysee. twp In Alabama, mlnigg«machinery
Is vastly superior, new tonl mines hive
been opened In all these regions, and yet
coal Is 30 per cent dearer than It wa* flf-
teen years ago. It Is 25 per cent dearer
than it was ten years ago. The price Is in-
creasing more and more rapidly every year.
tIb reason Is not far to seek, and It is
an alarming reason that la discovered when
we find it. There are two forces nt work
bringing nbont the high price of coal. One
Is the exhaustion of other fuel has made
the use of coal well nigh universal. The
number of steam eugiues of all torts hit
grown to Immense figures. Thus the de-
ninnd for coal is vastly In excess ot what
it was a few years ago.
In the second, placa the coal Is receding
Into deep depths of the mines, in spits of
improved facilities the coal .1* harder to
raise. The opening up of new fields does
not keen pace with the multiplying of the
places In which to burn coal. In a few
years Jelllco coal will bring $10 a ton, sum
mer prices, In Atlanta, and If wn do not
find some relief soon it will be $20 a ton In
a very few years.
What Is to take Its place? Wood Is out
of the question. Our only Salvation will bt
to dam up every ereek at every shoal, put .
In water wheels and dynamos. Then we
can get light nml bent tor onr homes and
cooking ranges nml the power to turn all
our wheels nud haul nil our produce. Then
entire, product of the coal mines can
niployi-.J In smelting the oh*s and work-
lug the metal*. r x
For the foregoing reasons.lt sectqs to me
that It will not be profitable to make the
sterna I mats climb the mountains. A canal
'-—i Norfolk, Vn., to Natrhes, Ml**., by
. of I'otuuibln. Augusta. Macon. (\v
iambus. Montgomery. Selnid and Jackson
could be constructed with practically no
destruction of water power, finch n cnnnl
might be of very great beurflt nml of com
paratively little cost. Bat climbing the
mountains Is n very different proposition.
Edgowood, G*.
PEOPLE AND THINGS
GOSSIP FROM THE HOTELS
AND THE STREET CORNERS
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
(Front The Chicago N#w».)
Troublemaker, are aa plentiful aa peace-
mnken are acarce.
Few men care to he at good or aa bad
u people think tlit)' are.
?4eka a trtuuer la aplti
Any man ran get along with any
A girl of IB pretenda to know a lot n:oM
about men than a human of St trill admit
.he knotra.
—.Jdenly the old tramp felt tear# In hla, . ,
eyea. For thirty long year* Ae had-never Th» Flenched blend*a .method, of keeping
thought ef hla hotpe. The time hod pawed bar hair light Is a dark went.
Two well drdeaed women and four
rosy cheeked glrla, nil chewing tobacco,
created aomethlng of a aenatitlon at the
Union depot Monday evening. Captain
Sheppard, who keepa the gate, aaya It
tvna the moat aatoundlng thing In the
hlatory of the old car ahed.
If they just hadn't been bo good
looking,” ,aa(3 Captain Bheppard, "but
every one of them was neat and nice
looking except around the mouth."
‘There they sat on that bench side
by side looking as Innocent of anything
aa It each one of them did not have a
quid In her Jaw. There waa one dressed
In black abou <0 yOars old,' another
ahoqt 35, two pretty girls about It and
IS, another girl about 14 nnd a little
one about 10. All of them were as ex-
pert at the business os a justice of the
peace or a veteran of the Mexican war.”
During the hour the sextette spent at
the Union depot between trains a
stream of people passed by to take a
look out of the corner of the eye- at the
lady tobacco chewere. Some said they
were from South Carolina; others that
they were from Griffin. All the while the
six sitting In a row were evidently en
joying their particular brands of to
bacco and wondering, perhaps, If It
wotild be the right thing In etiquette to
offer a chew to fome of the Atlanta
women who were staring at them so
hard.
Speaker John M. Slaton, of the Geor
gia house of representatives, and Mrs.
Slaton, have purchased a handsome
Packard automobile, and will shortly
join the large and growing list of local
auto owners.
Speaker and Mrs. Slaton are now In
New York on a vtstt, and the mabhtne
has been shipped from there. It will
reach the city ln-a few days.
G. M. Davis, of Floyd county, state
lecturer of the Farmers' Union, has
been appointed ns a special representa
tive of the national department of
agriculture for the state of Georgia.
Mr. Davis' special duties will be to
travel over the state and advise farm
ers aa tp the best methods of cultivat
ing cotton and corn, n position for
which he la well qualified, jje has al
ready been assigned counties In which
to begin hts work. Hts appointment
was urged by Senator Clay and Georgia
congressmen.
Mr. Davis has resigned his place as
state lecturer of the Farmers' union,
but will retain his membership.
For the care of the old Confederates
In the Soldiers' Home, near Atlanta,
the men against whom he fought In the
sixties, Alexander H.' Wrey, of New
York city, a prosperous business man
and agent of the Commercial Union
Assurance Company of London, sends
every three months the pension which
he draws aa a "Yankee" soldier.
It was not until a year ago that Mr.
Wray ever thought of drawing a pen
sion, but upon the suggestion of Cap
tain Edgar S. Gay. of Atlanta, he ap
plied for one. Then he decided that
the best thing he could do was to give
hts f« per month to the men against
whom he fought.
E. C. Itniffey. the rrtrrsn uea spaprr mutt
on the stuff pf The ('oustflslnn, returned
fpMu Washington Knndsy night, where he
was called hr the fitness of hts mother a
week ng*\ The friends of Mr. BrulTey all
over the state wifi tic gratified to learn that
he tett hts mother somewhat improved.
ARMKNAVY ORDERS
AND
MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS.
Army Orders.
WiisWiiffton, Nor. 19.—Major Tbpmns TT.
Bhymond, surf eon, from Plililppltiss, Feb-
rimry 25 to Han Frduclsco, Colour! Garmft
J. LyderkP* corps of engineer*, placed on
retired list with rank of brigadier general.
I*o*f Qu*rtertua*ter Bergcnnt Cbnrlo* II.
Crosby. Hock Iain ml arsenal, dlscfinrged
from the army. Major Charles W. Taylor,
Thirteenth envnliTs nud Wr*t Lieutenant
l’aul I.. Freeman, assistant surgeon, de
tailed member* examining board. Fort HI-
ley, vice Major John IMtcher, Heventh cav
alry, nml Captain Christopher C. Coltlus,
nsRlstant surgeon.
First Lieutenant Howard R. Miller, conn!
artillery corps, from assigned list nnd re
port to commander nrJIUory district of Pu
get Hound for assignment for staff duty.
Ciiutnlu William II. Miller, retired, de
tailed professor military science, Kentucky
Military Institute, Lltiuon.
Navy Order*.
Lieutenant Commander II. II. Caldwell,
detached n* Inspector of ordnance, Phila
delphia to Milwaukee; Lieutenant Com
mander J. If. Burrngc, to navy yard, Wash
ington; Lieutennnt Commander A. Bust, de
tached navy yard, Washington, to bureau
of equipment; Lieutenant E. C. H. Parker,
detached n» aid on staff of commander-ln-
chief Pacific fleet, un board West Vir
ginia, to home. Warrant MnehfnUt ff. L.
Ft*b, to Inspection duty Massachusetts dis
trict, headquarter* Boston.
Movement* of Veesels,
AIlRIVEB—November 15, Rocket at Wash
ington, Paducah, at Target Grounds.
HAILED—November 15, Albany from Ha-
linn Crus, Mexico, for I#a Cnlou, Ran Sal
vador; Paducah from Guantanamo target
grounds, off Cape Crus; Bnpply from i»ko-
hanta for Guam; Nebraska from Bremerton
for Kau Francisco.
PROGRESS?
By C. B. QUINCY.
Everything he eees le funny;
Every man a friend;
Come a rainy day or sunny,
He laughs from atnrt to ena.
World’s a mighty Jolly place.
So plum filled up with Jor,
Ho thinks little Laughing-far#
Because—he's Just a boy.
these days ot clearing
Trust and friendship—all hot Sir-
Life a dreary grouch:
Not a soul I* on tbs squsxtt
He will sourly vouch.
Hince the game began;
He sums it np In "What's the use.
Because—be * now a man.
when It is abnolntely necessary was show®
Monday morning by Her. J. W. Millard,
pastor of the Police DeLeon Avenue Baptist
church, at the meeting of Baptist »l«£
tera. Dr. MMu*t said It wasifouwJJJJJJ
anry to make a payment of $1,000 Iniwedi
ntefy on the new organ and thl* had to be
in currency ami sent to Chicago. He P«
the matter up to his congregation, a®®*
although rhe membera bad l»een Hf^Sne
heavy strain and had -contributed !l»^ r “ l, J
to missions, Jhe amount wns pleagea
the curency will be seut and the paytuetK
made.
A Itzht which might he expected In CU-
cago or Kansas City caused Atlantans to
atop and look Monday morning when a ***
liter conducted n drove of hogs doWu *
tree street. Notwithstanding the fart toa
flu* fanner had to keep dodging trolley
and (tutrnuddle* with hi* etwrgra* b* PjJJJJJ
off the stunt In good shape without lr*^
Ing any sausage op the asphalt pavements-
I)r. nml Mm. F.. 1. Set*#, the
Mr... W. U. Joyner, relehrate.1 StoiuKr
60th anuiverunr or their marriage.
Joyner, his wife and family left for
ettu Monday afternoon to attend the
bratlou.