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1'HE 'ATLANTA GEORGIAN ANT) NEWS. TUESDAY, NOVEMHEIl THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN (AND NEWS) JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor. F. L. SEELV. President. T. B. GOODWIN, Gcn’l Mrt. Published Every Afternoon. (Except Sunday) By THE GEORGIAN COMPANY At 25 West Alalia me St, Atlanta. Ga Subscription Rates: One fear W.M Six Months *■£? Three Months •* Telephones con nee tin* nil deport ment*. Long distance terminal*. Smith * Thompson, advertising rep resentatives for pit territory ontcld* of cSrajn Office .... Tribune Building. Mew York Office .... ftmn.wlck Bldg. If you here any trouble getting TUB GEORGIAN AMI) NEWS, telephone the circnletton department and here It promptly remedied. Telephones: Bell 4RT mein; Attentn MOl. Butiecrlbera deelrtne TUB GEOR GIAS AND NEWS iiTseanttnned mnet notify thle .flee ou the date of expira tion; otherwise. It will be continued at the regular mtbserlptlou. fatea until notice to atnp la rerrlved. In ordering a change of addreia, please giro the old aa well aa the new addreee. » It Is desirable that oil comma ra tion. Intrnded for publtrntlon In Till. OEMHIIAN ANIi NEWS he limited to 8id tennis In length. II Is liuperatleo that they be etgnrd, aa an evidence of good faith. Rejected tnnnnaerlpt. win- not be returned unless stumps are sent for the purpose. THE GEORGIAN AND NEWB prints bo unc.enn or objSctlousht# advertis- log. N. Ither does It print whisky of soy liquor hds. or* PIATrilRU: THE OEOHOIAN AND NEWS stands for Atlanta's own ing Us own gas sod electric light plants, as It now ..wns lta water works. Other rules do this and get gaa as low as rents, with a profit to the eltr. Thl* should be done at onre Tllfc OEOROIAN AND NEWS be It eves that If street railways can bn operated succasafully by European cities, at thsr are. there la no good reason why they can not be so oiwr- nled hare. Ihjt we do not liellere this can be don# now, and It mny be some yeara before we are ready for so big an undertaking. Still Atlanta should set Its face In thot direction NOW. « 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.