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j;HE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEW a.
TUESDAY. DECEMBER 1>
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r * “ -•■“VI
White Flag Abolished.
Hy a recent revision of the refuta
tion*. the rear admiral’s white flag
has been abolished as a naval flag.
Hereafter there will be but two stand
ards for flag offlenrs. a blue flag for
tho senior rear admiral In command
and n red flag for all Junior rear ad
mirals In a fleet' That arrangement
will prevail during the coming cruise
of the Atlantic fleet to the Pacific
ccast. Rear Admiral Evans, as the
commander In chief, will fly a blae
flag and tho other rear admirals com
manding squadrons and divisions of
the fleet will fly red flags from their
flagships. Similarly Roar Admiral
Dayton, tbs commander-in-chief of tho
Pacific fleet, will display a blue flag
and tho otber admirals In tbat fleet
will fly red flags. In case the two
fleets aro combined under one com
mand. Rear Admiral Evans, as the
senior ofllcer, will have command and
fly the blue flag.
To Quit Active Service.
Next year twenty-one officers will
leave active service for age. Includ
ed In this number nre throe general
officers: Brigadier Oeneral J. M. K.
Davis, commanding the Department
of the Gulf, who retires on January
81: Major Gonoral A. W. Greely, com
manding the Department of Dakota,
on March Si, and Brigadier General
C. U. Hall, commandant of the Staff
.College and special service schools at
Port Leavenworth, on April 29.
Deer will go up a dollar a barrel
on January 1. Who keers?
Old Santa It getting a run for his
money In Atlanta’s shopping district
just now.
Last call for holiday shoppers. It’s
almost a non-insurable rlak now to
get Into the clamoring hordes around
the bargain counters.
Tillman resumed command of the
senatorial calcium, after allowing
Davis to try bis hand on it for a
few minutes.
Sq far as statistics have been com
piled nobody has been pinched blue
by the falling of Malevolent Manhat
tan’s Sunday lid.
Ex-Governor Block warns the pub
lic against the "man speaking from
the head of tho barrel." But what
other use can Georgia make of bar
rels after January 1?
W’c are growing almost as skepti
cal about the actual existence of BUI
Skllllt, of Henrico county. Virginia,
as wo are about the Houston Post’s
ability to produce a 12-foot collard.
Gentlemen of the Paragraphera’
Vnlon, on guard! "Diavolo” will
.non break loose on tho country like
a "plgs-ln-clover” delirium.
"The speculative desire Is nature’s
first expression of progress," says
Henry Clews. And the final one lead
ing to retrogression.
Extensive beds of lobatera are to
be planted In British Columbia, if the
New Yorkers will consent to tho
transplanting.
‘‘Paragraphera most make no al
lusion to the Roosters of Houston.”
admonishes The Post If they are
like George Bailey'It lan’t necessary.
They win do their own crowing.
HOW THE COUNTRY LOOKS
A quick trip through New York and the West shows that v,-e have
not been the worst sufferers during the past sixty days.
Cities dependent upon the production of luxuries like Detroit with
Its automobile factories suffer most. It la claimed that forty thousand
men bare been laid off In that city, and when one consider* that auto
mobiles aro so large a part of Ita product, the fact that It will always
feel depression more than cltlea where necessary Industrials make up
their activity will readily appear.
Cincinnati Is more matter of fact, and the few people who are
not brewing beer or tanning hides—two things that never seem to stop
In Cincinnati—are pretty generally buiy otherwise. A friend employing
400 machinists had but sixty laid off and expected to have them all on
again by January 1.
Them seems to be a tendency on the part of manufacturers to take
advantage of this occasion to shrink their stocks and go along quietly
until tbelr January Inventory period, cleaning up odds and ends and
figuring out where they stand.
St. Louis seems to feel cheerful, and no big losses or failures aro
heard of there. 6t. Louis has grown so In the past few yean that few
realize It has three-fourths of a million people within Its borders. It Is
a great manufacturing confer, and seemingly should be hard hit by a
depression, but everything seems to be going along about sb usual—
perhaps a little more quietly. St. Louis bank clearings for November
were $233,000,000—only 12 per cent below November, 1906.
New York seems as busy as ever. There Is money thore for those
who need It. A friend with a little business on which he had never
previously borrowed any money had no trouble In getting $35,000 on
last Monday from his bank, snd when put to the test, the banks, as a
rule, seem to bo taking care of their friends and customers.
There has been s persistent rumor that a great merchant with a
world-wide reputation had quietly passed Into the bands of a receiver.
This Is not true, so far da can be ascertained, and Is flatly donled by
the highest newspaper authorities In New York. When ono considers
the millions upon millions this great merchant has put Into two great
bnlldlngs In New York and Philadelphia, It would hardly be a surprise
’If a depressed condition of the money markot should embarrass him to
some extent, but we are glad to see that It has not
The feeling In New York seems to be quite bitter against Mr.
Roosevelt. Of course, his policies have hurt more Now York people
than any others, and they are only squealing because it hurts. Broker
age and stock people complain, of course, but thero seems to bo no
slackening or stoppago of business, where real honest progress (s In
volved. For Instance, the Hudson Terminal enterprise that Is driving
four tunnels under the Hudson river and orectlng the largest building
In the world o4er the Now York end of the terminals, with four thou
sand offlees, was underwritten by one banking house for $100,000,000,
and I understand the entire amount has now been called, with but a
few delays In getting In the money.
The enormous work of the Pennsylvania railroad's terminals and
tunnels is going along rapidly. Millions upon millions have been spent
on It. The New York Control is pushing its terminal construction, and
the massive old Grand Central train shed that has stood so long Is now
being dismantled pleco by piece. The Lackawanna has nearly complet
ed Its magnificent terminal In New York and Jersey City. Even along
the Southern for several hundred miles thore Is still a great deal of ac
tivity In new road building and the magnificent bridge work that forms
a part of It,
The country seems to be building-mad—new buildings everywhere,
always a larger and a better structure replacing an old ‘one. In every
case better materials arc being mad.' It’s concrete—concrete—concrete
—bridges, stores, ofllco buildings and ovary conceivable thing being
molded In solid concrete—the unchangeable, the unalterable.
Everybody seems to be doing things for time and eternity. The
old "veneer” Ideas are passing away, and substantial things are taking
their place. The country Is strong—only banks and men have failed,
where lack of proper methods and common honesty existed, and where
suicide's pistol erased the clew to tho full guilt.
But nowhere docs there seem to be the substantial, quiet plodding
tbat Is felt Cere In our section. Tho reason Is obvious—nowhere do
they depend upon such certainties as here. The crops are here—tho
cotton grows—the teeming millions need It—the mills must have It—
and one can not but see the difference between having to depend upon
Industries that are more or less luxurious that suffer from depressed
conditions and on our own that rest upon a great, strong foundation as
the direct product of our soil.
The South has much to bo thankful for. F. I.. SEELY.
SENATOR TILLMAN AGAIN IN THE LIMELIGHT.
Senator Tillman, of South Carolina, never stays In tho shadows any
longer than ho can grope hlB way to the limelight. He' Is thoroughly
aware of the value of publicity In political life and takes advantage of
every opportunity to keep himself before the country, whether In so
doing he gains applause or censure.
There are very few questions of general Interest and Import tbat do
not receive tho oratorical consideration of Senator Tillman and tho pub
lic has fallen Into the habit of reading whatever the press dispatches
send nut from Washington regarding this remarkable man and his opin
ions and policies. His speech before the senate on Monday was charac
teristic of Senator Tillman, and while many of hit statements are an
tagonistic to general public opinion, yet ho never makes a speech or de
livers a lecture that he does not furnish food for serious thought on
current Issues. » '
Mr. Tillman advocated In his speech on Monday a larger, more
elastic currency, which would benefit the farmers of the West and Sontb,
and ridiculed with nil of the force of hts unusual wit the recent Issuance
of clearing house certificates to relieve the present flnanelal stringency.
Ills statement that the financiers and gamblers of New Yprk were
too actively Interested in treasury operations, will receive sympathetic
consideration ft-oni the laymen of the country.
While Sonator Tillman Is essentially t radical on almost all ques
tions of national Importance, the turning an of tt\e light Into corners In
which many great flnanelal transactions are made, will necessarily prove
valuable and wholesome at this time when tho people ore striving to
find a solution of present difficulties and a preventive to similar condi
tions In tho future^
ROOSEVELT WANTS MEN FIT FOR SADDLE.
President Roosevelt. In regard to the Military Academy at Weat
Point, has caused one of tho regulations lo bo amended so as to read as
follows:
> “A board composed of five oncers, to bo appointed In orders front
the war deportment, will examine carefully tho members of each gradu
ating class as to their fitness for mounted service, taking into considera
tion only the degree of prollclency shown by them In riding and horse
manship and their site, when so great as to Indicate present or future
unsuitability for mounted service, and will report them by name In three
groups ss determined by the result of the examination, vlx.: 1. Those
considered specially qualified faf mounted service, t. Those considered
qualified. 3. Those considered not qusltfled.”
Favor an Amendment.
Lumbermen of the northwest, who
are In Washington to attend the hear
ing before tbo Interstate commerce
commission of their complaint against
the Northern Pacific's and Great
Northern's 25 per cent Increases In
lumber freight rates, aro openly In
dorsing Senator Pulton's proposed
amendment to the Hepburn rata bill,
which provides that any Increased
railroad rale which Is duly complain
ed of hy shippers, shall not ba put
into effect by the carriers until Its
reasonableness Is determined by the
Interstate commerce commission.
Increase in Mails. .
■The Increase In the British mall
with Canada on account of the reduc
tion In postage on mngaxlnes, periodi
cals and newspapers has been phe
nomenal. From Jfay 1 to October 31
last the number of British mall bags
received at Canadian ports was 16,.
591, as compared with 6,288 during
the same period of 1$0$. or an Increase
of 10,301 bags. This was an Increase
of 165 per cent. The Increase of
British mails by way of New York
for the same six months woe 15 per
‘eect
Growth and Progress of the . New South
Th<* Georgian here record* each tiny
loin» ethioftfc fact In reference to
the onward progreif of the South.
BY
3. LIVELY
'i fc
will be well lupplled with equip*
by the railroad commission of this
itder Issued by tho coratnlsflou applies to the follow-
Tex.. Dec. 17.—The Texns rallr ...
tin* orders which hate beta Issued by the rnllroul
■ the purchase of rollln* stock by the rations roads are compiled with, saya
horn Lumberman. Thi» purchases to be delivered within the next _ three
Infest equipment *
locomotive, one paftnfir coach,
me^pntsenffer coach, twenty freight
thirty freight corn, first year: one loci
““ * ‘ ' j tbL-
witch on, fifty freight cars, two locomotives, first
ond passenger coach, fifty freight cars, second year: twenty
Eastern
year: one locomotli
freight cars, third" year.
H. Louis 80mhwestern Railway t’-ompany of Texas—Teu Ipeoinotlvei. ninety
refrigerator cars, first year: ten loconiotlvus, second year; four locomotives, third
year.
Itcnuniont. Sour Lake and Western Railway—Six locomotives, four passenger
coaches, 250 freight cars, first year; same equipment, less two locomotives, second
year. 9
('aro Northern—Forty freight cars, first year; twenty freight car*, second year.
Kansas City, Mexico and Orient—Ten locomtlves. six f*a*seuger coaches. 800
freight ears, Including forty stock cars, first year; six locomotives, four passenger
coaches, 310 freight' carp, Including forty stock cars, second year; 200 freight cart.
Including twenty slock cars, third year.
Livingston and Southwestern—Twenty freight cars, first year; ten freight cars*
Moscow, Camden and San Augustine—Twenty freight cars, first year; ten
and Northern Texas—Ten locomotlres. six passenger coachit, And iOfi
- no
third year.
. , six pa a
freight ears. Including sixty atoek cars, first year; six 1<
e«eT# freight cars. Including forty stock cart.
X loeoinotlves. two passeuger
second year; 100 freight cars.
i e%lUyer Railroad—Two locomotives, two passenger coaches. 100 freight cars.
Including thirty stock enrs. first year; two locomotives, two passenger coaches,
sixty freight cars, Including teu stock cars, second year; twenty freight cars, third
year. * .
Fort Worth and Rio Grande—Eight locomotives, four passenger conches. 330
freight cars, Including nifty. stock '•nr*, first year; eight locomotives, two passen
ger conches, 850 freight cars. Including sixty stock cars, second year; three locomo
tives. 150 freight cars. Including thirty stock cars, third year.
Chicago. Hook Island and. Gulf Hallway—Twenty locomotives, fifteen pas
coaches. 4rt freight cars. Including 100 stock cars nnd fifty coal cars, first year;
same second year; sixteen locomotives, six passenger coaches, 290 freight cars, In
lives, fifteen passenger
eluding fifty stock cars and twcuty-fire coal cars, third year.
GEORGIAN ECHOES
Tha Atlanta Georgian speaks of Au
gusta us a qul.t, pretty village, and
yet we prefer Augusta to Atlanta
which, with all its big metropolitan
way* could not hold the etnr-eyed
John Templo Graves. He knew how
small Atlanta really Is. Now, Augusta
makes no pretensions to being some
thing nlio Is not—she is what she Is,
a mighty fine town, something like Co.
lumbla.—Columbia (8. C.) Record.
“Argument can only convince the
reasonable." obsorves the Houston
Chronicle. A married man wrote that.
—Atlanta Georgian.
A married man wouldn't dare to
write It, John, it Is only tho bachelor
Ilk that fling paragraphical rocks at
ths ladles.—Rome Herald.
Now comes The Atlanta Georgian
and declares: "From the banks of
the soothing Savannah comes a voice
of commendation for The Georgian’s
plsa for the village. While not hav
ing In mind the quiet and serene vil
lage of Augusta. It might have been
taken as the model for ths placid and
Ideal small town. And Augusta was
a city when Atlanta was just Mar-
ttiaavllle. and modest.—Columbus En-
quIrer-Sun.
Something In the atmosphere about
Rome. Jack McCartney already shows
tendencies that almost place him In
the class of unregenarated and hope
lessly lost, psragrapherf. — Atlanta
Georgian.
There Is lots of company.—Rome
Herald.
Ths Atlanta Georgian Isn’t far wrong
In tho following: "Congress will go
through the monumental folly of wind,
jabbing for about ten days, then ad
journ until after the holidays. The
session up to January Is always a
farce."—Arlington (Ga.) Courier.
Since The Atlanta Georgian printed
the picture of that eight-foot collard
that was grown by an Atlahta ama
teur gardener, the Texas papers have
quit bragging about the Texas pro
duct. What would they do were they
to-see the picture of - collard grown
by a professional In this more favor
ed section of Georgia?—Augusta Her
ald.
At any rate, every Georgian who can
not afford a Thanksgiving turkey, can
at least dine on collard* and potllcker,
which beats the best turkey In the
country to a frasale.—Atlanta Geor
gian.
If the man who wrote thnt really be
lieves what he says (as to which wo
hove doubts), he ought tu be down on
tho farm plowing a mouse-colored mule
named Beck.—Cnthbert (Go.) Leader.
The Atlanta Georgian and organ
ized labor of Atlanta are advocating
more pay for the city echonl teachers,
With these forcee working In har
mony for the same causo. wo predict
there will be something doing In salary
raising down at the city hall.—Winder
(On.) News.
The Atlanta Georgian declare* that
“the bill Introduced In tho national
congress a few day* ago by Hon. W.
C. Adamson, of Georgia, asking for
Increased compensation of rural mall
carriers, should enlist the approval and
Indorsement of representative* nnd
senator* regardless of party lines or
afflllstlons."—Columbus Enquirer-Sun.
Special care for drunken people are
now advocated. They Woyld grow old
nnd musty from lack of uee In Geor
gia after January 1.—Atlanta Georgian.
Not If the state prlaon commission
succeeds In having Governor Smith
pardon all the "wildcatters." If you
please.—Rossvllle (Ga.) New Age.
••Use found for cotton stalks.” an
nounces a press dispatch. Mighty few
farmers that can not ofTsr feeling testl.
mony that his dad found use for them
long time ago.—Georgian.
True as gospel.—Wadley (Ga.) Star.
The Atlanta Georgian warns us to
stop whistling through a graveyard
that doe* not exist." but because we
heve passed through eafely and en
countered only currency's ghost In tho
form of clearing house certtfleatt*. does
not mean that there wae never a chance
of a mold gruesome bogle.—Savannah
Press.
No eooner ba* The Atlanta Georgian
produced a collard ten feet tall than
The Houston Poet produce* one eleven
feet: whereupon The Georgian ex-
precsea "aurprise." Surprise? At
what? That The Poet’s wasn’t twenty
feet tall.—Rome Tribune.
The Atlanta Georgian I* bold enough
to come out In a scorching condemns-,
tton of the Bradley verdict, which It j
terms a *!ap In the face of American '
womanhood. The Georgian makes out
a pretty good case for Itself, too.—Rome
Herald.
The Atlanta Georgian thinks that the
Southern baseball pennant "ought to
more than offset the loes of the hlgh-
batl" tn Mobile. If tbe prohibitionist
leagues could be split as easily as In-
flnltlves. there would never be such a
thing as a lost highball in thla world.—
R'l-htnord T i--s
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"Music Is said to be a great hair re
storer." soys The Atlanta Georgian. The
New York Sun is running a column on
tho question of baldness. The above Is
commended to that paper—Knoxville
Sentinel.
The Atlanta Georgian calls upon Bur.
bank to produce a sivearless collar but.
ton. • First And a neckless man.—Rome
Herald.
We can produce the necklace lady,
all right.—Georgian.
Much obliged. When we want that
eort of a proposition we will deal direct
ond not through any dei
—Rome Herald.
' dern paragraphed
The Atlanta Georgian paragranlier It
getting a hump on himself these day*.
He must have eaten up that big collard
ond feels more vigorous.—Rome Tri
bune.
If The Atlanta Georgian will be quiet
until a special camera arrives from
the factory wo Intend to produce the
photograph of the Brazos collard twelve
feet high.—Houston Post.
It Is Interesting to note thnt Tbe At
lanta Georgian und tbe Houston Post
are In bitter 'dispute' a* to whether
such a thing os a 12-foot collard really
exlets. Only yesterday reliable old
Bill Skllllt Informed ue that one-tenth
of hie famous Henrico garden Is a mass
of 14 and 16-foot collards, one dozen
of which young Peter cuts each morn
ing to stay, the glorious appetites of
the magnlflcent Skllllt porkers.—Rich
mond Tlroes-Dlspatch. ,
Upon hearing that somebody was go
ing to send President Roosevelt a
Georgia ’possum for his Christmas
dinner, old Bill Skllllt Imemdlately an
nounced his Intention of sending two
genuine Old Virginia ‘possums to Sen
ator Forakcr.—Richmond Times-Dis
pute)).
A Navy Recruit.
Csptsla Jobs E. Pttlsbury, tbe navy
hoard’s new member, said the otber day tn
Wnahlngton of a recruit who could not
aboot:
"Tbe aergennt tried the fellow Itrat at
60# yard* anil he felled to come within a
mile of the target.
"Then he wan tried at »0 yarda, then nt
MO, then nt loo, nnd hla last shot wna worse.
If possible, than hla Oral.
"The sergeant looked nt him dingbat-
edly. got very angry, anil walking up done
tn him .bunted In bta fare:
“‘Attention! Fix baronet! Charge the
targetl It a your oaly elinoce:' "-Cleveland
MADD0X-RUCKER BANKING CO.,
CORNER ALABAMA AND BROAD STS.
I F you are thinking of opening a bank account,
or of changing the location of your present one,
we would invite you to look into the facilities of
fered by this institution. We are confident that
we can help you. Consult our officers.
Up in a War Balloon
By WEX JONES.
Great honor. The government of
France has asked me to take part In
tho ceremony of swearing In the first
dirigible balloon to be attached to a
fortress.
Enormous crowds present when La
Scatrle Is floated over the fort. Sol
diers presented arms, band played
"Moon, Dear,” people cheered madly.
Sudden puff of wind. Captain yelled
to soldiers, who dropped arms and
grabbed a lot of rapes to hold u* down.
Wanted to climb out, but captain
wouldn't let me.
Another puff of wind. Soldiers went
up In the air with us. but hung on
nobly until we scraped them off against
a thorn hedge. La Scatrle shot up Into
the air and began to whirl around.
“Steer her toward a hotel." I said to
the captain. “Can't steer,’’ said he;
"leg's torn off my trousers and stuck
In the motor." “Where are we going?"
said I. "Je ne savoy pas," said he,
"where the wind blows us."
After all ths glory and tbe bands and
so forth, to be adrift In La Scatrle. the
pride of France, just like two tramps
of the air! A tear rolled down my
cheek and fell to the earth, hundreds of
feet below.
We drifted and drifted all night.
Clel but It was cold and wet! in the
morning we saw a fine country below.
"Let us descend and obtoln refresh
ment,” said I to the captain. In the end
he did so. ,
The persons tilling In the fields looked
at us and at the balloon. "It la tbs
French war balloon!" they cried, and
ran like rabbits.
"HI!" I cried, "all we want I* food."
but they kept on running. What was
one to do with such fools? Half an
hour later, as I was stumbling over the
fields toward a farm bouse, I saw a
company of soldiers approaching. One
of the farmers pointed me out. “There
Is ono of the men that are trying to
eelze our country." I did not wait for
the volley that rang out. but scooted for
La Scatrle.
We rose high In the clr. and I could
not smile again until a bag of sand I
dropped hit the farmer on the head.
Then I laughed and began to think war
wae a good thing, nnd some of the old
glory of France was reflected on my
face. But the low soldiers fired several
bullets at us. some of them whisking
quite close. Cowards!
Wind shifted and we began to drift
In the opposite direction. "Why don’t
you do something?” I asked the cap
tain. What can I do?" said he.
"Well," said I, "what's the uee of a
captain that can't capt?" - t„
Floating over the sea now, ,Warship
In sight; may rescue us. Warship’fir
ing heavy guHs at us! They all go
underneath us. Think I shall dive over
the side.
Dived!
Warship picked tne up and captain
asked me what we were doing chasing
his ship.
Words failed me!
War Is war, but only on good, hard
ground.
PEOPLE AND THINGS
i GOSSIP FROM THE HOTELS
AND THE STREET CORNERS
It looks like a merry scramble Is go
ing to result for tlie sOllcItOrshlp of the
Rome circuit. Solicitor W. H. Ennis Is
a candidate for re-election. John W.
Bale, a well-known young lawyer, of
LuFuyette, has announced, and Judge
G. A. H. Harris, of Rome, has his ear
tn the ground listening for the call.
There Is also talk of Frank W. Cope
land. of Rome, who won considerable
fame In the Sanford trial.
Hon. Harper Hamilton, Judge of tho
city court of Rome, has almost gulned
Ills consent to make the race for con
gress In the Seventh against Gordon
Lee. According to the- Rome papers
Judge Hamilton “has the matter under
advisement.”
As yet little has been heard concern
ing candidates In the various counties
and districts (or the 1909-10 house and
senate. A tew candidates have launch
ed booms here and there, but the gen
eral field has not opened up yet. Speak
er John M. Sloton has announced for
fhe Senate and the senate presidency
from this district, and there arc n
dozen or more candidates for the house
from Fulton In the field. It will be In
teresting to watch and see what course
Governor Smith will pursue If certain
men offer fqr election In their countlos.
He has stated In spocchea that It Is his
purpose to go Into these counties nnQ
tell the people something about tho
candidates nnd their record*. Ho has
not named nny of the men he expects
to fight In this way.
Judge L. 8. Roan and Attorneys
Luther 55. Rosser nnd P. H. Brewster
left Atlsnta Bunday night for Homo-
sassa. Fla., near the gulf, where they
will spend the Christinas holiday*
■hooting ducks and tingling for the
finny tribe. At Ilomosaiaa the party
will Join Attorney Charley Hopkins,
who left Atlanta last Friday for the fa.
ARMY-NAVY ORDERS
. AND
MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS.
Army Orders.
Wanliliigtoti, -Dec. 17.—Major Charles F.
Woodruff, mirgcdn. from Plnttsburg bar*
rucks to Fort Wndaworth.
Capttilti George M. Apple, Fifth field nr.
tlllcrjv detailed tnnnngltig director at Fort
Leavenworth.
Lieutenant L. K. Cole, naslatnut surgeon,
Shn FrnnrJaoo, to Washington barracks.
Captain Henry H. Dickson, from 8an
Fronclaco to Fort Meyer.
Navy Orders.
Lientensut
jo Alabitnin.
I’m sign A. C. Kale.
Cook, detached Tinge j
detached Alabama,
wait orders,
Movements of Vessels.
Arrived—December 18: Treble at Mare
Island. December ]6: Hopkins and Sbru*
brick nt Trinidad, Tecumseh at Hampton
Hoads. Craven nt Norfolk. December 15:
Nevndn ut Norfolk.
Silted—December 15: Mavflower and Pol*
nliln. Washington for 'Hampton Ronds;
Dahlgren. placed In reservo nt Norfolk
navy yard, December 16.
Thouflhf He'd Lost Pongion.
“TbiV* wild Senator DeVerldge of a wit*
tlolsm. "wna quaintly put. It Is like the
remark of nu old veterau. This aged man,
golug from his room one night to let out
tho rat. atumhlNl on the Inndlug snd
pitched headlong tldwu Into the hall. ‘Why,
Milan,' crlled bln wife, 'la tbat you? Did
you fall downstairs?' 'Yea** grunted the
did fellow, rising slowly. 'Yea. I did. and.
for nliout n lofuuto nnd a half I thought I'd
lost my pension.* **—Cleveland Leader.
mous reaort of fishermen and hunters.
Lieutenant ni»bcrt M. Campbell, of tbe
Twelfth cavalry, arrived Tuesday morning
to take tip hla duties r.a aide-de-camp to
lieon In Jamestown during the anmmer at-
tending tbe exposition with n squadron of
cavalry from tort Oglethorpe.
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DID YOU EVER HEAR THIS BEFORE?
Famous Poem, “A Visit From St Nicholas,” Was Writ
ten Many Years Ago, But Popularity Never Wanes
Twa* the night before Cbriitmai, when all through the house
Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse:
The stockings were hung by the chimney with cart.
In hope that 8t. Nicholas soon would be there;
The children were nestled all snug In their beds,
While vision* of *ugar-plum* danced In their head*;
And mamma In her kerchief, and 11 In my cap,
Had Ju»t settled our brains for a long winter’s nap—
When out on the lawn there arose such a clatter, -
1 sprang from my bed to see what was ths matter.
Away to the window I flew like a flash,
Tore open the shutters and threw up the sash.
The moon, on the breast of the new fallen snow,
Gave a luster of midday to objects below;
When, what to my wandering eyes should appear,
But a miniature sleigh, nnd eight tiny reindeer,
With • little old driver, so lively and quick,
1 knew In a moment It must be St. Nick.
More rapid than eagles his coursers they came.
And he whistled, and shouted, and called them by name:
"Now. Dasher! now. Dancer! now, Prancerond Vixen!
On, Comet, on, Cupid r on. Donder snd Blltztn!
To the top of tbe porch, to the top of the wall!
Now, dash away, dash away, dash away all!”
As dry leaves that before the wild hurricane fly.
When they meet with an obstacle, mount to the sky,
6o up to the housetop the coursera they flew.
With the sleigh full of toys—and St. Nicholas, too.
And then In a twinkling I heard on the roof
The prancing and pawing of each tiny hoof,
As I drew In my head, and was turning around,
Down the chimney 8t. Nicholas came with a bound.
He was dressed all In fur from his head to hi* foot,
And his Clothe* were all tarnished with ashes and soot:
A bundle of toys ho hsd flung on his back.
And he looked like a peddler just opening Ms pack.
HI* eye*, how they twinkled! his dimples how merry:
Ills checks were like rotes, bis nose like a cherry;
His droll little mouth was drawn up like a bow,
And the beard on his chin was a* white at ths snow.
The stump of a pipe he held tight In Ms teeth.
And the Smoke. It encircled his head like a wreath.
He had a broad face and s little round belly
That shook, when he laughed, like a bowl full of jelly.
He was chubby and plump—r right Jolly old elf; .
And 1 laughed when I saw, him, in spite of myself.
A wink cf his eye, and a twist of his head,
Hoon gave me to know I had nothing to dread.
He spoke not c. word, but went straight to hts work
And Ailed all the stockings; and then turned with a Jerk,
And laying his finger aside of hla nose.
And giving a nod, up the chimney he rose.
He sprang to his alelgh. to his team gave a whistle.
And awsy they all fiew like the down of a thistle;
But ? heard him exclaim, ere be drove out of sight.
“Happy Christmas to all, and to alt a goodnight!”
Clement Clarke Moore’ Composed
the Jingle For the Pleasure of Hla
Own Household, But It Has Gain
ed Wide Circulation in the Poet
84 Years.
When Clement Clarke Moore
wrote “A Visit From St. Nicho
las,” he had no thought that it
would ever see the light of pub
licity.
Professor Moore was a learned
teacher of Biblical loyo' in a
theological seminary in 1882.
He wrote “A Visit From St.
Nicholas” for the family circle.
As a specimen of perfected ver
sification it is exceedingly crude,
violating some of the best known
rules for the guidance of verse-
makers.
The poem was printed with
out the consent erf the author in
the Troy (N. Y.) Sentinel. De
cember 23, 1823. Prof. Moore
was so distressed by its publica
tion that he came very near re
signing his place as n teacher.
But the exquisite sentiment of
the poem rose above any crudi
ties of construction, and won
tremendous favor at'once.
‘‘A Visit From St. Nicholas”
has survived through the years,
nnd is jttill popular everywhere.
It is given here ns Professor
Moore penned it 85 years ago.