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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. MONDAY, DECEMBER ». THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN (AND NEWS) Published Every Afternoon. (Except Sunday) By THE GEORGIAN COMPANY At 25 W**t Alabama 8t., Atlanta. Ga. Subscription Rates: On* y* nr ^ 14.60 *lt Month* .1 ’II!!!!!!.... 2.60 Tbrrp Month* 1*2{ One Month *5 Hy Cnrrter, I’cr Week 10 Pmlth h Thompson, ndrertlilncr rep* renenutires for all territory outside of Groryta. Chlrnao Offlr* .... Tribune BnlMlof. New York Office .... Brunswick Bldg. If you have nny trouble yetting TUB GEORGIAN AMI NEWS, telephone the circulation dtpartmsot and have It promptly remedied. Telephones: Bell 4327 main; Atlanta 440L Subscribers desiring TUB GEOR GIAN AND NEWS discontinued must notify this office on the date of explra* tlon; otherwise. It will bo continued at the regular subscription rates until noting to stop (s received. In ordering a change *of address, please give toe old os well aa tbo neir It Is desirable that all communica tions Intended for publication In TUB GEORGIAN AND NEWS be limited to 830 words In length. It la Imperative th.it they l <• «dyn.-d. ns an *vl(>nr« of good faith. Rejected manuscripts will not be returned unless stamps aro sent for the purpose. TUB GEORGIAN AND NEWS prints no unOan or objectionable advertis ing. Neither does It print whisky or any Ifqaor mis. Other cities do this and yet one*. Tllfe GEORGIAN AND NEWS believes that If street railways can be operated successfully by European cities, ns they ore, there Is no good reason why they esn not'be so oper ated here. lint we do not ballevt this esn be done now, and It msy be soms years before ir* are ready for so b e on undertaking. Still Atlantn should set Its faca In that direction NOW. Winter begins officially December 22. Do not accept any but the genuine article, "Shall reason or sentiment rule?” pt>hs a writer. A Judicious ' mixture would bo best. The harvester trust has been con victed In Kansas. Ilrlnglng In the sheaves, slowly but surely. Chicago gets the 0. O. P. conven tion. Is that a straw showing the plan to nomlnato Uncle Joo Cannon? "Argument can only convince the reasonable," observes The Houston Chronicle. A married man wrote that. England's charge that thli country uses false weights, has nothing to do with what Tommy Burns did to Gun- ner Molr. A Montana woman got a divorce be cause her husband wrote poetry. She probably did not care (or rhyme with out reason, The Pittsburg Dispatch says the Knox boom Is 'the only one without a handicap. Go way, and stop /your Philandering. To tbo Mcelt and lowly shall be given high place. If you dotPt bellovo it look at the Southern League bat ting averages. A Tacoma bootblack has retired on a fortune of {(0,000, earned at his trade. The papers are holding him up as a shining mark. Lady Stegomyla Fascists can not dodge the responsibility. Horcafter It Is to be known as "mosquito fever,” Instead of malaria. Governor George Peek la going down In Texas on a hunting trip. We cite him to The Houston Poet as the one place where the largest amount of misinformation about big game can be obtained. "Drop a bouse and lot In your wlfo’a stocking for a Christmas present.” advises The Jacksonville ' Times- Union. It would be a good deed. A New Yorker who killed two Ital ians was convicted of murder In the second dogree. If he had bagged four It probably would have been an ac quittal. "Wo have become a nation of gold worshippers," declares Senator "Bob” Taylor. Clearing house certificates look pretty good down this way yet. Henator. Representative Acheson proposes to double the beer tax for river Im provements. Raising money by water ing stock Is a favorite scheme In other lines also. "Coal goes up or down aa the mlnea dictate,” says a dealer. Observation compete- the suggestion that the rise and fall of the fnercury has more In fluence than anything else. Some one rises to remark that the motor car Is "the agent of health." Probably on the theory that dodging them Is conducive to exercise and ex ercise Is conducive to health. "IIow many plans for currency re form have been advanced?" asks inxlous SkiLscribcr. We forget the population of tbo United 8tates its moment. THE PRESERVATION OF APPALACHIAN NATIONAL FOREST. „ ' Onp of the most gratifying and encouraging Indications of perma nent national progress Is tho concern manifested In the protection, devel opment and conservation of the material assets of the country. The re cent waterway* congress held at Washington, D. C. t ranks among the most noteworthy efforts In this direction and will of necessity result lu tremendous benefit to the South and West. These movements are gen erally of slow growth and of delayed fulfillment, yet, having once been launched under the proper direction and management. Increase In Impor tance until an educated public opinion demands their consummation. Approaching In commercial Importance the waterways conference Is the organization of the Appalachian National Forest Association, which occurred In Atlanta on Saturday and has for Its object tho preservation of the Appalachian national forest, which Is of Immepse moment to those sections of the country embraced In tbo great range of mountains. For two years an effort has been made by adherents of tho forest reserve policy to secure the passage In the national congress of the Southern Ap palachian and White Mountain forest rescrvo“bill. Up to this time no especial progress has been made In this matter at Washington, ss the bill after passing the senate last year was defeated In the house. Men concerned In this momentous work for the commercial Interests of the large section of tho country Included In tho territory af fected by the bill have not been Idle during the past summer, but have secured valuable data, which will soon be published In the form of a re port to the president and later submitted to both houses of the national congress. The organization of a state branch of tbo Appalachian National For est Association In Atlanta on Saturday was a significant and definite notion which will prove an Important factor In arousing public opinion upon a question of paramount concern to the South. Besldos the protec tion of forests and forest Influences, the association proposes to look after the maintenance of water power, navigability of streams and co**t har bors, the preservation of tho fertility* of valleys and low-lying lands and the prevention of Injury to life, commerce and property by freshets and floods and the securing for this section of a climate Ideal and well-nigh porfeet. The selection of Robert Ligon Johnson, of Atlanta, ns president, was a most happy and fortunate one. Of recent years Mr. Johnson has been greatly Interested In forestry matters and his splendid legal work along these lines has resulted In bringing him to the especial consideration of men high In national authority at Washington, who havo bestowed upon him signal and distinct honors os a reward for bis thorough and con scientious labors looking to the preservation of tho forests of the country. The association Is also peculiarly fortunate In having such men ns John H. Finley and Allen M. Schoen as Atlanta representatives on tho offlclal board—tho latter ns vice president for Georgia, the former as secretary-treasurer, with the following local executive committee of prominent nnd usoful men: Dr. Roy Harrla, Captain R. F. Wright, Dr. W. 8. Yeatos, Captain R. J. Lowry, R. F. Maddox, J. A. McCord, R. F. Sheddcn, Albert Howell and J. W. Pope. The following are the permanent officers of the organisation, elected on Saturday In Atlanta: Ligon Johnson, Atlanta, president; John H. Fin ley, Atlanta, secretory-treasurer; Allen M. Schoen, vice president for Georgia; Robert J. Chambers, Montgomery, vice president for Alabama; H. M. fiuter, Nashville, vice president for Tennessee: O. W. Hubley, Lqulsvlll^ vice president for Kentucky; W. T. Williamson, Charlestown, vice president for Weet Virginia; Joeeph Bryan, Richmond, vice president for Virginia; D. A. Tompkins. Charlotte, vice preeldent for North Caro lina; J, E, Slrrlno, Greenville, vice presldont for South Carolina. FORMAL ENTRY OF THE A., B. & A. If the elements will permit the prosecution of the work, the traeks of the Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic Railroad will cross the corporate limits of Atlanta Tuesday. This will bo done wlthout--blare of trumpets and the formal exercises that usually mark such an occasion, but the Im portance of tho event will not be minimized in the minds of thinking peo ple by the absence of these things. Tho A., B. It A. R. R. Is the first new rnllrosd to enter Atlantn In twenty-two years. This does not mean that other roads liavo not c<$me Into our olty within that time, for several have been added to our transportation facilities until they are now practi cally unequaled In the South, but other roads that havo sought Atlanta’s business during that period have either shared tho traoks of thoso al ready here or havo purchased linos already In existence. The fact that the formal entry of the new road Is not more extensively horaldod Is not to be set down to a laek of appreciation on the part of the Atlanta public —far from It The possession of numerous splendid arteries of commorco does not lessen a realising sensq of tho need for more. The unostenta tious manner of the coming of the A., B. & A. Is simply In kooplng wlth the quiet, stritightforwnrd conduct of the enterprise from Its Inooptlon. There has been from tho beginning an nbsenco of the parado that so often marks tho progress of such undertakings. There has been no effort on the part of the promoters of this road to make It appear that it was being built purely out of philanthropic motives. No such fnlso appeal has beon made to the public. Little has been said of tbo tremendous amount of money provided or the towering obstacles overcome. The men behind it have asked only that the work be spared unnecessary hindrance, and this has not always been the case. Such men as H. M. Atkinson and those associated with him are splen did exponents of Industrial achievement In this country. They havo built of the confidence which they have In tho South and Its people and In themselves. - DO IT RIGHT NOW. Have yon ever wntched a busy man ns lie waded through his work? He didn't waste time In looking nfter the non-essentials. Ho didn't fool around and whine about the Immense amount of work he had to do. He didn't call his wife up on the telephone and tell her he hnd "an Awful headache" and he didn’t "know bow he was over going to got through wjth his day's work." He didn't stop to jaw the bays, growl at thp girls or scold tho mon. He sat right down at hit desk, or ho lifted his hammer or plane, and Just pounded In, working with all his might and main, and prosontly the thing was done. Dawdlers never accomplish definite results. Shirkers nover get to the end of the way. Loafers are a thorn lu the flesh, a bone of contention and a general nuisance to society. Men who make things go, go themselves. Being good ifoers they are good getters and the best of all getting Is to get the thing done that must be done. If you have a bill to pay, and know that you have been swindled, yet must pay It, pay It and get It off your* mind. Delays may mean suits. Suits cost, cost loss of temper, standing and self-respect As long as you delay paying an ugly bill, so long you will feol ugly and be unablo to forget It. When once It Is paid. It Is off your books, out of your mind, and a Joy song Hngs In your heart. If you have an apology to make, make It. Don't hesitate! Apolo- , gits delayed make the hard task harder. Every man makca his mis takes,. If you have made a mistake and an apology wlir rectify it; or, If not rectify It, make things temoother, or give you another chance, don't hesitate to apologise. A map never lost anything by being a gen tleman. Sometimes you must even apologise to one who has mistreated you. Don't think that because a man has mistreated you you have a right to mistreat him. Two wrongs never made one right, but an apology may right two wrongs. Make your apology If you must Get the thing done, and let that be the end of It . The hardest thing for a business man to do Is to look after yester day's tags. They are forever bobbing up, bothering around r and beating you out of your precious time. Oet today's work done today. Stay a lit tle longer at the desk. If need be. Lose that train, miss that car. Ten, minutes of today is worth two hours of tomorrow! _ Tigs left over from yesterday are like mortgages and taxes, they work all the time and Increase at a terribly rapid rate. Tags are the best multipliers In the world. There was never any such thing as race suicide In the tag family. The only way they can be blotted out, fin ished, gotten rid of. Is to put them out of the way today. When the doctor comes to your bouse, and you are not feeling well, ‘ <t asks you to tell him your symptoms. You teu him and he knows Just J ' , what Is wrong with your system- If your work Ib moving sluggishly, ot getting behind, It’s a sure sign that something Is wrong with your busi ness system. It's your business to make things go, your business to get things so they will move along in the right channel consecutively, con tinuously and complalsantly. If thing! don’t run smoothly, there Is a fault somewhere. It’s your fault If therc_are faults In your work. Look the facta squarely In tho face. Not only resolve that you will, but go ahead and do It—that Is, untangle the snarls, so that when the same cir cumstance comes around again there will be no possibility of another snarl. There are bound to be snarls In this life, but a man Is unwise If he lets the same snarl come again In the same place. Oet the thing done! That’s the main thing! The work that you do Is not so much as the character that is wrought Into your life because of the way that you do your work. Do today's work today, and you'll bo stronger for tomorrow. In the spirit of the sainted Charles Kingsley: Do the work ttutt's nearest, though It’s dull tho whiles, Ifefping, trbm you moot thorn, tmno dofs o'rr the stiles; Growth and Progress of the New South The Georjjlnn here record* each day BY JOSEPH B. LIVELY building the JB Untie railway, la ranking rapid progress on lta work In the western pnrt of that oftjr. To make room for these yards, freight houses nnd other buildings, a large number of dwellings were removed, atreeta have been changed, nnd the entire dis trict occupied has been and Is being made. Work hna l>e**u -In progress for this task for more than n year, and considerable I» accomplished. The freight yards will extend from Newton street to Weat Hunter street and from, the main line of Urailroad to Hnynea atreet They are 1.800 feet long and 500 feet wide. Of this distance 1,000 feet will be occupied by traeks for loading nnd Omptrlng cars, these tracks being reached from Newton street. There will be two fmdl lmu*es ( each 10x720 fee* and one story high. The ground la now being pre pared for the foundations of these buildings, and will be made sufficiently strong to permit of carrying four stories, If necessary. There will be twenty-six tracks In the terminal with an overage length of 1,(00 feet, this being In addition to the main line track and the tracks to the ronnd house. To |>r• • j• !•' much <'f thin L-r«..ir.-1 f.-r ; !,- • :trd* some heavy grading, a space 2,600 feet long nnd 400 feet 44 feet deep and some AIIm 34 feet high. At another poiru -HP required some Alls (0 feet high and cuts 3( feet deep. The grade of a number 6f streets was changed, and It is said that there Is doubt ns to whether the cost of this construction can be kept within the estimate of 31,000,000. Tho Atlantn. Birmingham and Atlantic rallwny proposes to begin operating trains Into Atlanta about December 20, and completion of the line up through Georgia Is now being rushed. and approaches necessitated feet wide requiring ion# cuts • point the building of the line PEOPLE AND THINGS GOSSIP FROM THE HOTELS AND THE STREET CORNERS "My partner nnd I used to be hobos when wc were kids, but we cot Into this ateepl, climbing business by acci dent and we've stuck to It," said George K. Elder, who, with hts companion, W. B. Welts, finished painting the stee ple and roof of the Congregational church Saturday. While at work, sus pended by ropes, the two young men attracted the aUentlon of a crowd of people which gathered on Cain street to Watch them work. "We were both about IB years old when we landed In a little Kansas town dead broke. We didn’t do much work nny time, but we had to have some money. 'A fellow who was painting n stack offered us n quarter apiece to lln- leh the Job. It lapked so easy that we took him up. By the time we had climbed that stack we found out tbat It was a different proposition, but we stuck to It, and when we heard what the fellow was getting for the work we decided that we could go Into business for ourselves. The queerest Job we ever had was puttlng-out the lire In the ball on the steeple of Trinity church, In Cincinnati. Lightning struck It and as It was 300 feet up—too high for the firemen—It burned two days. Then they gave us the Job. "I knocked out the elats In one of the windows about half way up and made a little platform outside. Then I climbed up Inside as high as I could and punched a hole In the elating. Through this I dropped a rope, which my partner on the platform below enught. I fastened the rope Inside nnd came down. From the outsldo I hauled myself up to the top of the steeple. The big gold looking ball was made of cop per and filled with pine wood, which was burning. I hauled up a chemical hoes and put It out. One funny thing was the chief of the fire department. He had knocked a. hole In the face of the clock below, big onough for him to stick his head and a trumpet through. When I looked down and saw his head sticking through the hole and heard him yelling to his men, I laughed so much that 1 was afraid I would loee my nerve. We-got tho fire out all right, nnd. for the wholo Job. they gave us J276." J. S. Etehbergcr, traveling passenger ngent for the Seaboard Air Line, left at noon Saturday for Norfolk, and will be In oharge of tho special trains leav ing there Tuesday with the squadron of the Twelfth United States cavalry, which has been at the exposition during the summer. There will be three sec tions to the special train, and they will arrive here Wednesday night and at Fort Oglethorpe Thursday. It'e rather early to receive Christ mas presents, but Hugh Galvin, of the Piedmont's staff of clerks, has received his first, and It Is probably one of tho most curious that any Atlantan will receive. Ho received n package through the mall from Boston, and when he opened It a turtle crawled out. Mr. Galvin hastily got hta hands away from the box, for he hnd heard that snappers bite nnd never let 'Bo until the sun goes down. Ho did not know but that this turtle might be a snapper. Another of the clerks, J. B. Jones, was not.so careful, and the turtle re minded him that tt was armed by tak ing a snap at Jones' finger. He has It bandaged now. Who sent the turtle Mr. Galvin does not know, and ho Is wondering what he will do with It. The turtle Is too small for the chef to make soup with for a Christmas dinner, and, in the meantime, the strange visitor Is making Itself at home In the hotel office. Richard A. Jaoluon. first vice pres ident and general solicitor of the Rock Island System, with headquarters In Chicago, and Robert Mather, general counsel of the same road, with head quarters In New York, arrived In At lanta Saturday In a private car, from Florida Mr. Jackson's family was with him on the Journey through, the South. The trip Is merely one of pleas ure, and It was Mid at the car that there was no business significance to It. ARMY-NAVY ORDERS AND MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS. Army Orders. Washington. Dec. 9.—First Lieutenant Jo seph Rogers, Philippine scouts, to genernl hospital, Wellington barracks. Second Lieutenant I’htllp J, Guided, Twenty-slxth Infantry, hiring been found by retlrluz board incipneltsted for aetlre service on seeount of disability Incident thereto. Is retired. Navy Orders. Lletttennnt Commander W. D. McDougt>ll, detached nnvnl war college to Vlrgluln. Lieutenant Commander D. (.'. Davidson, de tached Virginia December XL Movements of Vessels. ARRIVED—December S. Charleston. St. Louts, Milwaukee and Chicago at San Die go; December 6, Missouri at Newport, New Jersey at Hampton Ronds, Kngle at-Port au Prince. , HAILED—December 5, Hntnrn from More Island for San Diego; December «, Ohio and Alabama from navy yard. New York, for Hampton Roads: I-eontdaa from Lam bert .Point for Trinidad, standlsh Annnpo. FORWARD GOES THE APPEAL. {From The Yldsjla Advance.) Wc note with pardonable pleasure the continued growth of the Idea we have been trying to push-tbe complete reorganisation of tic,Vila's public school system. * The Atlanta Ororgtan sees the correctness EDUCATION OF THE NEGRO. The following communication from Onnliy Jordan appeared lu the lust Issue of The Tradesmnn: Columbus, On., Nov. 20, 1397, The Tradesman: Thinking paople are beginning more nnd more to believe that a great mistake bss been made heretofore In the education of the negro. v Personally I have thought for n long time thlit not only negroes? lint white peo ple, should have some form of Industrial education concurrent with tbe academic ed ucation tangbt. In onr own schools we have free kin dergartens, where the ground work for such edncutlon Is given. These free kindergar tens apply to flic white and colored alike. Then we hare a primary Industrial school, where git timing, outdoor life, basket weav ing. burnt' leather, bead work and kindred arts are taught. And then a secondary Industrial school, where onr white hoys nnd girls are made practical bread-winners In u three years' course. Carpentry. Joinery, machine work, forging textile education, stenography, typewriting, bookkeeping, dressmaking, mil. finery nnd cooking are taught along with the nrndt-mlc course. So also In the colored schools, nfter the rhlldren tinvo passed through the kinder- v-srten, they have demettle science and the Industrial arts taught them. All fhe boys are trained In carpentry, joinery, forging and blacksmith work, and wo hop* to add a leather working department to this soon. The girls ore mode practical cooks, dress- makers and taught laundry practically end such other branches os will make them good domestic servants and competent In their own homes. It Is a pleasing symptom to see that the colored schools, suqh at Clark University, have adopted ngrimlture as ons of their regular courses. The Tuskegee Idea tt grow ing throughout the Houth. Very rapidly prohibition, by local option or statutory enactment, Is maklnrf alt the Heuthern ststesr where the majority of the negroes reside, a better plsee for tl,e educa tion of the negro than heretofore. It conld only tie expected that a race, generous by nature, easily lultneneed. Igno rant and lately enslaved, should yield to the temptations which tho saloons offer, and .thli has probably been the moat potent argument for the rapid growth of prohibi tion In the Houth. The saloon haying lieen nbollshed nnd In- dnstrlal education growing ns It Is, there must be much greater hope for Ibe future of the negro. This face should he taught prac- tlcnl every-day work In those lines which the negro la tit tel to fill nnd In which he must make hts living. Y Ol’NRY JORDAN^ President Board of Education. X 1 CALLS IT A WILD IDEA. To the Editor of The Georgian: I aee that our president has gone wild again In hla message to congress by recommending that the govern ment pay ^he expenses of nil political K rtles. Don’t you think that would n fat thing for the political Hes sians. Wa would have four or five at every precinct, which would cost 325,000,900 a year, and the "outa" would be In the nine-hole all the time. GEORGE P, BRIGHTtVELL. Deeatur, Ga. MADD0X-RUCKER BANKING CO., CORNER ALABAMA AND BROAD SJS. ESTABLISHED 1880. Capital $200,000.00 Surplus and Profits $600,000.00 Banking in all its Branches THE P ARM ENTER MILLIONS I ... A Stirring Novel of Love, Conspiracy and Adventure. . . I (Copyright, 1907, by Arthur tV. Marchiuont.) j By ARTHUR W Author of "By Right of Sword,” Synopsis of Previous Installment. Mrs. Tlslcy Informs (Hive that sbe Is to he pnt In one of the deserted mlnea In the neighborhood and left to starve to death. Tbe girl, seeing that the woman Is tipsy, seeks to draw ber out sttd ascertain all Ibo dctatla of the plot ngalnst her life. Nor would there be any proof of murder. There might bo suspicion; there must be that, of couree: but Mer- rldew would not be stopped by any such consideration as that. He had taken that risk all through his career. Besides, there was a great chance that her body would never be discovered. Yes, «he believed tho woman's story. Merridew had had a ceremony of mar riage gone through, and could produce hie witnesses and the forged register, It he were ever driven to fight his claim to Sllverbeech and the fortune; and It would be the easiest thing In tho world for him at once to apread the report of their marriage, coupled with some He to the effect that she had run away from him directly afterward |M)d had mysteriously disappeared. That mlng" would never reveal Its grim secret. It would Indeed be easily practicable for him to purchase the place. If It was not already his, and fill up the shaft and so bury the secret beyond all chance of discovery. The devilish cunning of the plan wns worthy of the man. It fascinated her, and It required nil the strength of will In her nature to enable her to tear herself away from tile thought of It and turn to her Bible. With sheer dogged perseverance she fastened her attention on what she read until the calm and solace of the holy words soothed and cheered her. So absorbed was she at last that the hours slipped away unnoticed, und It wqp not until the dusk was closing In and reading became difficult that she remembered the woman had not brought her tea at the usual time. Any change frorp the .routine of the day was an object of suspicion, and when she closed her book tt was to sit considering whether the omission had any sinister significance. The little room was almost dark when Mrs. Tlslcy arrivptj. She was now In a very different mood. No lon ger truculent, Insolent and abusive, but sleek, sly and prlnglng almost. She was sorry she had forgotten the tea, but had been busy. She was afraid Olive would be both hungry and thirs ty. but she had brought more bread and butter than usual. She set tt on the table with it smirk and went away. Her mind keenly on the alert. Olive read all this as full of.suaplclon, and was Instantly 6n her guard. The meal had been kept back In order that her hunger and thirst might make her the more eager for It nnd more likely to take it without question. A sharp nnd rapid Scrutiny of every thing on the table convinced her that both the tea and milk were dangerous, and she was about to pour them away when she caught the sound of a step on the stair. She poured nut a cup of tea quickly, nnd was apparently put ting It to her lips when Merridew en tered. A few words only passed. Ho asked her if she meant to do what he requir ed, and when she refused, he announced that he had changed his plans and was going nway at once, having resolved to keep Olive a prisoner until she yielded. As If refusing to even lleten to him. she put the cup to her lips and began to drink the tea. She did It quite nat urally, as though she had not a shade of doubt about the contents.. But she saw him glance as he want out, and understood it. He had lied about the change of plan. He had come to satisfy htmself tf she was taking the drug thus cun ningly put before her. That night was to see the deed he had planned. When he had left her she rose nnd wns about to throw away the milk when she paused. Her face lighted ■with a new thought. Her prayers had been answered. The way of escape had been pointed out to her. Intensely excited, she put the little Jug back on the table and sat down, wrapped in close, deep thought over the details of her plan. Her eyes beamed brightly; for now the light of hope ones more shone In them. the people. This little weekly paper nor Its editor line tie pulltlenl ends to gratirj what- ever. When Georgia shall tarnish funds snfllrtrnt to glre every school district a competent teacher and a graded school for nine months lu the year. when Georsln spends money to pay teachers only In the common schools, then our light ends, aspirations for ntthlle nolle* erases. of the Issue and ons day last week repre-l When such statesmen as Hcii’h ’Wright ■Ineed onr last leading editorial an the sab- “tfh pleasure Jset and on another day published a strong editorial Indorsement of oar little pies. From sll sliout over the state come ring ing words of encouragement from able and good men. We have lieen more nnd more Impressed with the fset that so toon ss tbs people realise whst we are demanding the victory will It* won. The legislature will get busy and pat Into glory te inch men. especially In the statement, 'The __ .. the country Is to pat the rural schools on a firm Lull*. • This. In my Judgment, la the hey to the situation." When such men speak something Is going to lie dime. We sre only too snxtous for strong statesmen to take np the light and carry It to victory. For onr pnrt. we will quietly yield the CHAPTER XXXVI. Suspense. Olive wqe now eager for the next development of the scheme against her life. The rigid discipline to which she had subjected herself while In the houte was bearing fruit. She was com- 1 plete mistress of herself, of every fac ulty and every nerve, and. what might prove of even more Importance, of every muscle In her young, lithe, strong body. She would have to fight for her life. She understood that and alt that It in volved. Merridew had come with this last falsehood In ordnr that she might be deceived and caught off her guard. The glance she had seen from him as he left the room showed that he believed he had quite succeeded. But It would be his turn next time to be caught off his guard. Whatever their plan might be—and the woman had said more than enough to let Olive understand Its main lines —she must appear to be deceived by it. and this gave her considerable thought. Bhe must, of couree, appear to have taken the drug they had given her, and the question which filled herewith anx ious speculation was what'next step Merridew would take to ascertain this. Would he come himself to see. or would he flret send up the woman? She guessed It would be the latter. He had said he was going away, anil In his desire to keep secret (he fact of his presence In the house, he would send the woman up lest Olive should not have taken the drug and find out hts lie. and thus, prove a less easy vic tim. But she must be prepared for either course. If Merridew came, Olive must attack him suddenly, and she had al ready though*, of the means. , Bhe had a weapon with which, tf she bould but find the opportunity for a blow, she could certainly disable him. ThU was the short Iron bar used to MARCHMONT. “When I Was Czar," Ete., Etc. keep the laths of her bedsted taut. She had often taken this out for the pur poses of her exercises, and she knew she could use It with deadly effect. Her plan would be, therefore, to affect to be unconscious, but to have this weapon at her side, and then to find a. moment when ho was off his guard and strike,him down. But If the woman came she had a different plan." To use the weapon on her would only rouse Merrldew's sus picions, find,Olivo would still be locked In her prison with the certain prospect that ho would find other means, prob ably with more help, tp accomplish his purpose. She must, therefore, manage to deal with the woman almost silently, so that Merridew sshould have no thought of her being able to offer resistance. She thought all this out and was soon ready for cither emergency. She did not touch the food which had b(en brought her; but having made It appear ns if she had both eaten and drunk freely, she drew out the Iron bar fiom the bed nnd eat down on the bed In such a position that, while appearing to be overcome with the drug, she could readily make the attack she had planned. . • She knew that there would not be long to wait. Whatever the drug was, tt wns sure to be rapid In Its effects, and one of the two below would soon cume to learn the result. Some minutes passed and she used the tlme'to practice the simulation of heavy stertorous breathing, such as she concluded would be the result of the drug. It was not quite dark, but Ollve’e ex perience during the time she had been shut up there had accustomed her eyes to darkness, anil she could easily make out the objects In the room. . The house below was as still ns at midnight, and strain her ears as Olivo would, she could not detect a sound. Then suddenly a beam of light flash ed across the celling and she caught tho sound of footsteps on the grounds cut- side. Some one had been Inspecting the i>ath to the mine shaft, she thought, and had thrown the light of a lantern up to her window. Strong confirmation this of her sus picions. Soon afterward she heard the stairs creak; some ono fumbled at the lock of her door; nnd then a light, faint and dlmTshowed through the chinks. Continued in Tomorrow's Georgian. THE DEADLY PISTOL. To the Editor of Tbe Georgian; It Is very gratifying to find that thinking men are rapidly coming to be of but one opinion about pistols, and that Is that they ought to be abolished. Since the publication of your article about carrying pistols In your issue of November 22, I have Interviewed sev eral editors and others on 'the subject and find a unanimous sentiment In favor of abolishing the pistol. The hor rible crime perpetrated In'thls city on Friday ts but a specimen of the ordi nary work of the pistol. Officer Manler was shot down and killed by a pistol In the hands of a drunken negro. Why not turn mad dogs or raging Hons loose In the streets? People could see nnd avoid thqjn, but cannot sec pistols In the pockets of drunken fools. Any fool can have and use a pistol, nnd, there fore, every good citizen, whether he carries a' pistol or not, Is at the mercy of the fool or the assassin. Our civili sation Is diagnosed by the use that is made of the pistol among us. We are killing each other at a horrible rate—* more than 10,000 a year—and the pis tol Is largely responsible for this mur derous work. What we prepare for, that we perpetrate. Armed for kilt ing, we shed blond ns if it were water. Let us abate this disgraceful evil by abolishing the too convenient Instru ment of homicide. When we are rid of the pistol, we shall bo amazed that we permitted It so long. If the press of Georgia will advocate tills move, as I believe they will, our state will not be long In achieving a most desirable and beneficent reform In the utter abolition of the pistol. Respectfully, W. L. C. HUNNICUTT, D. D. IN DEFEN8E OF THE POLICE. To the Editor pf The Georgian: Seeing an editorial In Saturday's Constitution In reference to the assas sination of my friend, Patrolman James A. Manler, In which It censures the po lice department for not weeding all the loafing and vagrant negroes from this fair city of ours, I want to say that I happen to hear some things about the way that the officers and patrolmen have to perform their duties in regard to the vagrants, etc., ttmt the general public does not hear of. I was a mem ber of the force for several years; In fact, I was appointed on the force the same time that Manler was and knew him as a true friend and a bra ts officer. After the deplorable riot of September, 1903, the officers and Men on the force had orders to keep (he streets clear of the loafing, vagrant negroes and whites, or to keep the chalngang full of them, and It Is needless for me to say the orders were obeyed. Our city, especially on Deca tur and Peters streets, was transformed Into an almost Ideal state, until some of the shops and resort-keepers began to register a vigorous ’kick with some ons In authority about the police being too strict about keeping the trading people!?) off the streets. I do not know who gave the orders for the polyte to cease their vigilance and let the ne groes alone unless they became disor derly, but-the orders were given Just the same and soon the crowd of loafers was on hand again, but not quite so bad as before. So you enn see that It Is not the patrolmen or officers that should be censured, but the police com missioners or some one else In author ity, who ts indirectly to blame for there being one more sad widow and orphan In this city today. I can not give my Informant In reference to the orders, as It would be liable to 'cause him to lose his position on the force, but he is a conscientious .Christian gentleman, and would not have told me an untruth. ' EX-MEMBEIL