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THE ATLANTA O LOT?OTAN ANT) NEWS. .TF.SnAV. DECEMBER 3V. THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN (AND NEWS) Published Every Afternoon. (Except Sunday) By THE GEORGIAN COMPANY It US West Alabama St.. Atlnntn. Os. Subscription Rates: One Vent- $4.50 six Months S.SJ Throe Months 1-23 One Month <5 Hr Currier. Per Week ID Smith .V Thompson.-sarertlslnirrfp- resentstlres for all territory ontshls of Georgia. t’htrnro Office .... Trlhnne BnlMlns. New York Olfles llronswlok Bid*. If yon hose tiny trouble setting THR GEORGIAN AND NEWS, telephone the clrculntlon deportment nml hove it promptly remedied. Telephones: Hell 49t; main: Atlanta 4401. Snliserlhen desiring TUB OEOIt OIAX ANI: NEWS dlieontlmied must notify this office on the date of esplrs- lion; otherwise. It will he contlitnei! at the recular subscription rales until uotles to stop Is received. In ordering a change of address, tilesse give toe old ns well as the new mldress. It Is dtslrsble that all eommnnlen. good fatlh. Ilefccted mnnuserlpts will not be returned unless stsmps are seat for the purpose. THE OEOROIAN AND NEWS prints no unelesn or olijeetlonslds advertls- lag. Neither does It prlut whisky or sny liquor ads. OUR PLATFORM: THE OEOROIAN AND NEWS Stands for Atlanta's own ing Its own gss snd electric light plants, ss If now owns Its water the city. This should he done at once. THE OEOROIAN AND NEWS liellerea that If atreet railways can I* operated successfully by European cities, as they are. there la no good reason why they can not I* so oper ated here. But we do not hellere this can be done now, and It may be some years liefore we are ready for so big an undertaking. Still Atlantn should ■et Its fare la that direction NOW. Bernard 8haw. sayg he Is a friend of the Jew, but the Jew can't help that. A Pennsylvania man paid ft,000 for a rubber atamp. Is that another name for the auto? Pittsburg I* t» Ret busy again. It will be her factories and mltln, how ever, and not scandals. Ernest Thompson Seton says mos- qultods do not bite frogs. If they should, would froggle croak? It Is to be feared that tho seventh day sbsentlsts are more niimerotls than the seventh day adventists. San Francisco bars sailors In uni form from Its dance halls, which Is the Jackies' proOt, even If they-do not realize It. A Pennsylvania man choked to death on turkey. One of those famous Shimmering Bronzes of Houston must have found Its way up there. Somebody has hurled 8enator Na than B. Scott Into tho Republican presidential field. To date he’ll run' nlng neck and neck with the Sbaw boom. An Internal machine was found In tho Erie. Pa., poajofflce. Political machines seem to be dolnR deadly work In a number of Georgia post offices. The Houston Post records that a Texas man found 40 pounds of honey In the burrow of a prairie dog. That calls for a stinging rebuke from the president of tho paragraphers' union. "What In the world looks more die- mal than an empty candy box the day after Christmas?" queries The Chi cago Record-Herald. We offer our pockctbook for comparisons along this Une. Live stock and farm products of Kansas this year are valued at $463,- 048,608. Then there Is William All on White, whose value to the Sunflower State can not be estimated In cold figures. If old Bill Skllllt did not kill and ship the two or three turkeys some body teased until they were wild, Preildcnt Roosevelt may have got a ■hot or two down at Pine Knot, Vir ginia. Three apeeches, none of which wan actually delivered In the houae, of Congressman Wcl'.ars, of Arkansas, were printed In one Issue of Tho Con gressional Record. The "applause" sprinkled through them probably r:ttnc from colleagues, grateful be- ciUtsc they did not have to listen to them. It I* perhaps proper to acknowledge a certificate of membership to the Paragraphers' Union, signed by the New York Hall, the Houstou Post and the Richmond Tlmes-Dispatch for tho'union. As the youngest and most Inexperienced In this bunch of promulgators of tabloid vrit and wis dom, we beg that the grim and astute heads will bear with us patiently until the rougher retd la passed over. By the way, if there Is any authority vested in the president of the organi zation, The Georgian desire? to insist that he make -the Houston Post pro-' - vr ------ THE PASSING OP THE OLD YEAR. At midnight Tuesday the year 1907 takes Its place among tho years which fill the calendars of the great and marvelous past. It goes out from the reckoning of men. brimful of wonderful achievements In every line of human endeavor. In the brief twelve months which limit Its ex- - Istence humanity has kept brave knd buoyant step In the onward and up ward march of civilization. , At no period or’tbe world's history have so many and such vital happenings of startling Import been crowded Into so brief a time. Com ing Into the lives of men with all the promise of boundless prosperity It goes out with the midnight hour carrying Its burden of financial loss, business stringency and the walls of the stricken and sorely pressed. History hss made vast strides In this fateful year of 1907. No man can properly estimate the part It has playbd In the glorious uplift of tho human race, ft has teemed with pulsing episodes which were vital with the grandest and most wonderful opportunities for human achievement and human advancement. Every part of tho civilized globe contributed Ita quota of epoch- making eventa which the electric wires brought close to the doors of the American people. The Inhabitants of the world, altho separated by great and fathomless seas, have become near and almost Intimate neigh bors through the perfection of the marvelous modern Inventions of elec tricity. The pages of American history have been illuminated with Inclr dents which will have their potential bearing upon the welfare of fu ture generations. Among tho most pregnant events of the rapidly dying year of 1907 were the agitation Incident to the position of Japanese chil dren In the public schools of San Francisco; the Rooseveltlnn policy, relative to the control of large business corporations; the decision as early as July to send the Atlantic fleet of warships to Pacific waters In the early winter; the unnecessary Japanese war scare; the agreement of Central American republics to submit their differences to arbitration, tho peace delegates meeting In Washington, D. C.; giant strides made by constitutionalism and suffrage throughout the world; the second peace conference at The Hague, forty-five countries sending delegates; the evacuation of Manchuria by Russia; the "new triple alliance" formed by England, France and Spain, regarding their respective spheres In tho Mediterranean and North Africa; the constitutional monarchy estab lished by Persia with b parliament elected biennially; popular elections In the Transvaal; the abdication of tho Chinese empress, who declared China henceforth to be a constitutional monarchy, with legislative coun-, ell and prospects for provlnclst legislatures; the right of suffrage grant ed the women of Finland, nineteen of whom were elected members of the Landdag; female suffrage grafted Norwegian women; universal manhood suffrage In Austria: the wonderful growth of temperance In many parts of the world, including prohibition laws for Finland; In Ger many and Sweden antl-tiquor sentiment began to permeate both nations; Georgia and Alabama passed stringent prohibition laws; tho empress of China declared war against the opium trade, and opium dens were closed In Shanghai In June. Air travel Is no longer considered experimental after the successful efforts during the passing year In that direction, both In thla country and In Europe. The marvelous speed record made by ocean steamers, wireless messages safely transmitted across the At lantic, and phenomenal gifts made by rich men and women to educa tional and charitable Institutions of this and other countries are num bered among the gifts of 1907. The Atlantic fleet sailed to Pacific waters In December. Among political policies of serious Import to the nation was the enactmont of laws In certain states regulating railroad traffic and the limitation of the powers of grent business corporations. The struggle for good civic government In California and In other states met with encouraging success and the close of the year 1907 finds the whole world purer, better and cleaner, with the outlook for 1908 brighter and more hopeful than at any previous period In the history of nations. THE POLITICAL PROPHECY OP HENRY WATTERSON. The latest contribution to the political literature of the country Is a unique article by Hon. Henry Watterson, published In the January Issue of The Cosmopolitan, which Is significantly called "Strange Prophecy About Roosevelt; A Xlld-Winter Fantasy." In this fantasy of Mr, Wat terson, whlcjj Is attractively Illustrated with pictures of Martha Bulloch, the mother of Roosevelt; the Bulloch home at Roswell, Ga.; President ami Mrs. Roosevelt at Roswell, etc., a Southern woman, representative of tho old regime, Is njnde to prophesy of the political future of the nation. * Mr. Watterson represents this Interesting woman as an old friend of his earlier life, whom he meets for the last time three years ago. This gentle Southern woman, still loyal to the political tenets of the early sixties and devoted to the memory of a lover who foil at Chlckamauga fighting bravely for the Confederate cause, Mr. Watterson uses as a prophet of the national events. In discussing the past, present and fu ture of American history, Mr. Watterson and his quaint frlond natural ly drift to n dissection of President Roosevelt end of his governmental policies, While largely disagreeing \vlth her point of view, Mr. Watter son bns this Ingenuous Southern woman to speak In tho following fash ion of President Roosevelt and of his personal and political achieve ments and aspirations: '"There must be, will be, preordained hewers of wood and drawers of water. Society mutt have n fixed substratum. But the Old South, with Its high ideals, must not be replaced by a New South with the low Ideals of the North, nnd It will not be, for God has raised up a man to stand between and to forbid nnd. nt the final moment, to resoue his own, people from bond- •» age to tho mean. Ignoblo things of which they have been so long ■ the victims, nnd, I fear, tho willing victims. The man Is Theo dore Roosevelt!" »»•••»• a • • • "In his veins flows the blood of Caesar and Rienzl, tempered by the blood of Jan Do Witt and of Oliver Cromwell. But. what Is nioro to tho purpose, within his veins flows tho blood of the llullochs ot Georgia. God moves lu n mysterious way His won ders to perform. Motherhood Is the source of all that Is grent nnd glorious In life. I did not know Martha Bulloch—she was ten years before me—but' I knew the old admiral, he that fitted out our cruisers nnd directed our naval operations abroad, and * two of the Bulloch girls were my classmates at school. It Is the boldest, bravest blood of tho unconquered and unconquer able 8outb. • • • • • "He wears not yet the purple on bis back, only In bis heart! With ono hand ho feeds tho cattle with the commonplaces which they beat like, while with the other he holds the reins of power to drive the steeds of manifest destiny. We shall have a king— ultimately an emperor—and a rebel king and a rebel emperor. Southern to the marrow of hla bones! That Is why my youth has come back to me, my friend, for the stars assure me that the cause was not lost, as you thought’ It, In 1865, and that, In the last equation, It was I who was right, not you, In 1861.” Hon. Henry Watterson Is recognized by friend and foe at one of the mo3t vital, forceful and brilliant editorial writers cf the present day. Original, fearless, a veritable law-unto-blmaelf, hla opinions are aa wide ly quoted as those of any other public man In America. Loyal to the Democratic party, he has never hesitated to criticise certain policies of the organization nor to condemn certain party ac tions which Inter resulted In defeat and humiliation. Mr. Watterson's reputation na a clear-cut writer, free from all ambiguous terms and pbrases. makes hla article lu The Cosmopolitan, referred to above, the more surprising and remarkable. Being aa It undoubtedly la a veiled and subtle attack upon the great popularity of President Roosevelt, It attracts unusual attention nnd elicits almost universal comment because of the novel method employed by Mr. Watteroon to effect results. The desire to create In the public mind a fear of the possible power ot President Roosevelt In the future Is the motif of Mr. Watterson's "fantasy.” It It an Interesting-contribution to current political litera ture, but Is destined to fall of ita purpoae. Mr. Watterson Is subtle, but lu no sense Is bis attack successfully veiled or obscured. Jap* to Make Armor Plates. The Japanese government Is plan ning the construction of a steel plant for the making ot armor plate and other cteel work for warships. British firms arc Interested In the establish ment of the plants. The new concern will be known as the Japan Steel tVn'H-n.. They Must Bo Fit. The general staff of the army baa decided that department commanders most make fall reports as to the phys ical examination of officers ordered to take practice rides. Not only must re ports be full, but they must be deg- ulte, and state whether the officer In question I* worth h»«|*t—• In the army. Growth and Progress of the New South The Georgian here r**conU **ncb rtnf fiome ecouoralc fact In reference to tbe onward progregg of tbe South. JOSEPH B. LIVELY of tbe year ot the cotton* "Dwplt# the eertoas financial dUtnrfmnce of the past few months, as 1 result of which nearly every branch of Industry all over the country has been affected to a greater or lens extent. If Is air encouraging faefthat the cotton manufacturing In dustry In the South has sufTcred no serious embarraasment. Tbe fear as a wools has been a good fine for Southern cotton mills and It may confidently be stated that when the final returns nre In for 1907 the year will bs proven one of the greatest In growth nnd development that the Industry has experienced. "Cotton manufacturing pays well In the South. This Is Indicated hv the divi dends that are being paid by the mills at a rate upon Investments equal to, If not In excess of. the most favorable Investmehts In any other Hue of Industry, or In •ny mechanical or rntnmerrfal enterprise. from the niauy large extra divi dends that hare been recently declared, regular disbursements have been made dur ing the year of from 6 to 12 pfr cent on the par value of tbe capital stock. "As for tbe actual growth In number of spindles and looms installed nnd nut into operation, and the Increased amount of capital Invested, tbe showing for the rear Uns been most gratifying. At the end Of the cotton year, August 31, 1M7, the latest date for which exact figures nre obtainable, the total number of spindles In the Kojjth was ] 0.656,94$. a net fain of *96,853. The total number of looms In opera tion nt tbe same time was 224.204, a gain of 7.781. Adding to these figures those for the mills starting up In the past four months. It Is safe to say that the net gain for the year has exceeded one million spindles nnd 10,000 looms, represehtlng a totnl Investment of approximately 1300,000,0w." PEOPLE AND THINGS GOSSIP FROM THE HOTELS AND THE STP.EET CORNERS citizen of tho world, and the world owes me n living. I won’t stool, but If the world don't give me what I want, then I'll just take It." Thus did J. N. llradley, .late of Arkansas, deliver himself to fcVcretary J. C. Lognu, of, the Associated Charities. "I was Hceklug help by throwlug my feet at bark doors when a kfud indy scut me here," he continued. a Bradley has but one arm—be says be Is shy a whig—and he has been making a housed0‘hotiae canvass for help that he might prospect for gold lu the mountains of north Ooprgta. . "No," he said In answer to n question, "I don't panhandle on the streets. My spe cialty Is women nt the baek doors. If I tie* n ided on meu, nnd Atlanta men at that, starve to death." Bradley wouldn't promise to quit begging and declared he must have bis living, even If he had to take It. so nothing was done for him. He ttus not vexed, but smilingly bowed himself out and said be feared not the police. Fear not, young sir," he sold mnjostl- calljr, "I will never fall Into tbs clutches ot The taking orsr of ths big Iron and steel oncern nt Birmingham by tbs United Itntes Steel Corporation la considered i reot blessing to the South by Thomas I*, treaty, vice-president and general staff cor respondent cf the Manufacturers' Ilecord of Baltimore, and who Is well known In At lanta. Mr. Grsity, who Is In Atlanta on n brief visit, says thnt It will mean the de velopment of vast resources and will opeti the eyes of the world to the great oppor tunity tbe Kjuib has to offer. boon closed by Forrcat and Jnckson-sts. for tl.932. He has sold It to J. M. Wright and M. J. Wright for »• 000 wlthlq less than twelve months. man, who for some time bns been connected With the Benedict Manufacturing Co., has accepted n iwaltloii with the Jennings Bros Manufacturing Co. He-will make his head- jtartsrn at the IMe.domut and travel quarters at tbe rie.il throughout this section. J. B. RICHARDS CONFUTES SOME LIQUOR FIGURES. To the Editor of The Georgian: The Philadelphia Liquor Dealer*' As sociation la quoted a* saying: - "Iflit were not for the revenue* that the iqi- loon* of thla country are now paying the government, heaven only knows what would become of the tax-payer. The million* of dollar*,we pour an nually Into the national and state treas uries help to lower the tax rate* and Virtually support the communities. To eliminate the saloon would be to under mine the foundations of the country's revenues." Well, what do you think of that? Such a statement la nn Insult and a falsehood. The Philadelphia North American says: "The sanctuaries of this nation are not built upon pillars made ot kegs and barrels. Something besides bottles stands between America and bank ruptcy." These liquor fellow* had no fight to make such statement because It I* not true. The United 8tate* supreme court doe* not agree with this Idea when It say*: “If a loss of revenue should accrue to the United Btate* (because of prohi bition) from a diminished consumption of ardent spirit*, »he will be a gainer a thousand-fold In the health, wealth and happiness of the people." This same high tribunal alao »aya: "There la no Inherent right of a. oitt- xen to thua sell Intoxicating liquors by retail. It I* not a privilege of a citizen of a atnte or of a citizen of the United State*. • • • So far a* auch a right exlsta (the right to sell liquor), It la not one of the rights growing out of citizenship of the United States. • • • No legislature can bargain away the public health or the public morals. The people themselves can not do It. much less their servant*. Government Is or ganised with a view to their preserva tion." And again: "A state hn» a right to prohibit or restrict the manufacture of Intoxicating liquors within her lim its; to prohibit all salt or traffic- In them In said state, and to provide reg ulations for the abatement, aa a nui sance. of tho property used for auch forbidden purposes." The saloon haa no status in law. and the awakened conaclencea of American cltlsena la fast ruling that It shall have none In moral*. Who pay* thla revenue, any way? This so-called "support of the communities?” The saloon Interest probably pays Into the national and state treasuries J 150,000,- 000 or $100,000,000, but where do the two billions of dollars come from that It takes to run this gigantic curse of the ages? We are told that the state, county and municipal governments here In Georgia have been getting about 1750,000 a year out of the liquor traffic, but who pays the estimated twenty millions It takes to run the Infernal ma chine? Why should the liquor men talk so much about what they put Into the treasuries? They never created any thing—the people pay It. But. excuse me l was "Just mentioning tome things." J. B. RICHARDS. CONCERNING THE LEESBURG SHOOTING. To the Editor of The Georgian: As a subscriber of your valuable pa per. I wish to have you correct the ar ticle relative to the shooting affray In Leesburg, da. Your statement ot the affair In The Georgian of December 28 la entirely incorrect. I don’t know who yoor Informant was. but he did not give the facts. B. W. Adkins went to Morgan's house carrying a winches ter In his buggy, at 8 o'clock. In broad open daylight stating up-town before he left that he Intended getting the girt or he would get some one else. The girl's brother was fn the house, and see ing Adkins drive up. got his double- barrel shotgun and walked ’ * ARMY-NAVY ORDERS A N D MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS. Army Order*, ‘Wnttklngton, Dec. 31.—Captain Clark P. Dudley, from deportment of the Colorado to. liaise barracks: Second Lieutenant Johu W. Lang, Twenty-third Infantry, to general hospital. Washington barrack*; Second Lieutenant Angustlno A. Hoffmann, Fourth Infantry, lu addition to other duties, ni< ■ume charge construction . work Fort Thom as, rHIevlng Captain Joseph C. Caatner, Fourth Infantry; First Lieutenant JnniW w i .Mi.iM.hi. iii!:.i i n try, from general hospital, Presidio of Han Frundaco, to bis regiment. First Lieutenant Orville G. Brown, nn- pUtaut surgeon, from Jefferaou barracks to ► ort Robinson; Captain Ellwood E. Evans, A. Hhuttelworth, from .. fnntry: Captain Itlcbnrd C. Croxton, Twen ty-third Infantry, detailed to fill vacancy lu quartermaster's department. » Army Order*. Lieutenant W. \V. Smith to Dubuque, Movements of Vessels. ARRIVED—December 23, Caesar at Rio de Janeiro. , * SAILED—December 27, West Virginia, Cob orado, Maryland nnd Pennsylvania from Ran Francisco for Magdalena Bay, Ilanntbal from Trinidad for Key West, Marcellas iijipton Roads; r MADD0X-RUCKER BANKING CO. CORKER ALABAMA AND BROAD STS. Where the Banking Business in all its branches is conducted with dispatch and courtesy. Where ‘ every acfcotnmodation within the limits of conservative banking is accorded patrons. New Accounts Invited ■Jl THE PARMENTER MILLIONS ... A Stirring Novel of Love, Conspiracy and Adventure. . . (Copyright, 1807, by Arthur W, MarchtuOnt.) fmui Trinidad for Hnu Dereni her a. Connecticut. l.imLlana, Ksnsn,. Ver ninnt. Georgln. Virginia. New Jersey. Rhode Islnuil. Minnesota, Ohio, Mala# Missouri Alntinnta. Illinois, Ken Cntgoa * Janeiro. Severn ordered commissioned nt naval academy ns station shin during shsence of Hartford nt navy yard for repalvs.^BM HH _ marge, Kentucky, tilgoa nod Glacier from TrIiitd.ll for Rio a* HOW 8T. LOUIS LOOKS TO OTHERS. (From The St. Louis Times.) Colonel' F. L. Seely, president of The Georgian Company, publishers of The Atlanta Georgian, and. successor, to John Temple Graves as the responsible editor of that leading newspaper of the New South, haa been making what he caila *'a quick trip through New York and the West." In on editorial entitled “How the Country Looks," he treats In detail of buslneaf conditions ns he found them, and In detail concerning a number of titles frankly states what he thinks ot their present status. Of 8L Loots. Colonel Beely writes as follows: "St. Louis 'seems to feel cheerful, and no big losses or failures are heard pt there. 8t. Louis has grown so In the past few years that few realise it has three-fourths of a million peopls with in Its borders. It Is s great manufac turing renter, and seemingly should be hard hit by a depression, but every thing seems to be going along about as usual—perhaps n little more quietly. 8». Louis bank rlearlngs for November were $228.000,000—only 12 per cent be low November. 1808." This Is the cold-blooded conclusion of a hnrd-headed man of affairs. He spreads no salve and showers no flow ers. It Is substantial truth, as well. 8t. Louis not only seems to be cheer ful, but It IS cheerful. It grows greater every day. 1908—A Prophecy I»8f8HflHI8H»8«fMMIII : By ARTHUR W. MARCHMONT. By Right of Sword.” “When I Was Czar," Etc, Etc. Here were the means of escape within touch, and she was powerless to u-n them. A last desperate effort which -he mado resulted In another disaster. Sh, fell again, striking her head violent!-, and swooned. When she recovered consciousness it was to feel some one pulling Iter broken arm and dragging at the rope which bound her. She thought It was Merrl- dew and screamed. But It was Purvis. He had come to himseir: and In crawling over the floor had found her lying still ns death and was trying to reatoro her. "Hush," he said, putting his hond to her lips. "Thank heaven, you nra alive. I thought he had killed you." "Jly arm Is broken." she whispered title. "Oh this noth this Author Synopsis of Previous Installment. UamuirB valet tells Olive that he knows she spirited Purvis away and fur nished the flb ' — ------- girl 1*0*4*..-, . — t . lag Watched. At Inst she flnof nn opportu nity to visit I’nrvls. While she Is talking with the wounded man Merrldow enters tho secret room, fells Persia with n ldudj and then tells Olive he Intends killing He strikes her on the head with the eame weapon he used on Purvis nnd she sinks to the floor unconscious. CHAPTER LI. Tho Pain* of Death. A.sensation of racking agony was the first sign ■ of Olive's return to con sciousness. Every pulse-beat was like the blow of a hundred sledge hammers upon her brain, and ever)' nerve and muscle In her body seemed to throb In a rhythmical response of torture. Despite her strong will, low groans forced themselves from her lips; and all thought and memory were lost In the one absorbing and consuming sense ot suffering. How long that terrible agony en dured she knew not; each moment was like nn eternity of torture: and It was a merciful relief when she fell again into unconsclousnese. She had fainted from the pain. When she came to herself the next time the agony was not so overmas tering; but was still so Intense that she prayed for death to release her aa ear nestly as she had ever prayed for life. Slowly thought and memory returned, bringing with them renewed misery and a sense ot hopeless despair. It would have been more merciful had her mur derer killed her nt once. She had en dured all the pains of death; and now would hare to pirns thru, them again. He would return and. finding her alive, would use some other torture by which to finish his murdsrous purpose. As her senses began to grow clearer she passed from this condition of grue some despondency to an equally de spairing review of her plight. The Irony of it! At the very moment when her search after' the truth had appeared to be crowned with success, she had been discovered and struck down. 8he saw with the acute clearness of un- avalllng. regret the blunders she had made, the' course ehe should have taken .and- the tnsans by which she could have escaped her enemy. Hflr'^rawnlng blunder had been to contc again to Purvis ■ when she had discovered she was suspected. Noth ing would have been easWr than to liavo left the house and sent for Mr. Casements Purvis also would have been saved. Bitterly and futltely she blamed herself now that all was lost Had she bit— At that thought, a llttlo gleam of hope flickered up. There was still the secret stairway. by which sho could escape! / But It was only to mock her and Increase her wretchedness. For when she.tried to move, she found thnt her left arm hung powerless, while her right was bound to her side so tightly that the cord had cut Into her flesh. 8hc lay huddled up In a heap against the wall where Merridew had flung her down after fastening tho E round her; and as aha struggled ly to release herself, falling back lesaly at full length, the released blood In her veins and arteries brought faintly. "Oh, this pain, this pain." He laid the arm down gently and crawled to her other side. "You are a bravo girl. Courage, fan you bear me to try and loosen this other arm?" "Yes." She gritted her teeth as he made the effort. The sweat of agonv stood thick on her forehead; but not it elgh escaped her. as he tugged nnd dragged, flret at ths cord and then at her arm. until he had released It*. And when It was freed She Collapsed ones more and would have fainted had ht not rubbed the arm and Implored her to have coarage for both their lakes. •There Is another way out, can you find It?" he asked. "I can not move yet. My laqip It somewhere, on the floor. l,ook for it” she whispered In reply. He moved away and she h«atd him crawling over the floor In search of It and she waited for a time that seemed many hours before an exclamation from him announced hls success. He came back and turned the light onto her face. "Ary poor girl, my poor girl,” he mur. mured, compassionately. But this Irritated her. It was wast ing time. "Help m* to rlaa,” she said fretfully. “Qulek.” Again the torture ot movement was almost Intolerable. But now'the chance of escape was changing to certainty: and she let him lift her., uttering no sound to Indicate what she was suf fering, and leaned against the wall closo to the \vay .bf escape. “If we can get out there'we can Walt. A secret stairway. Give me the light." She managed to hold It up and as she pointed out to him the spring that must be moved, she gave a vfolont Start and caught her breath. Some one hhd entered the adjoining room. It could only ho Merridew re turning to complete his work. Excitement nerved and strepgthened her. Reaching up she moved the spring. Just as they heard Some one feeling for the means of opening the 'other panel. They staggered thru and, as Ollvs was closing the door behind them, Pur. vis missed hls footing and wsnt rolling down ths stairs. The Instant she was In this com parative safety Ollve'a sudden access of strength deserted her and she sank exhausted, and lay with her head on the top step Close to the threshold of the door. She heard Merridew enter the Inner chamber they had Just left snd hls ^7k%nra moV; sitmMhmg of therame torture, until she groaned again and JJJJKJ’ „L®. 9l««i By C. O. QUINCY. Hiring obtained an Interview with Kste, Thcse^prophrcles are made for Nlaeteen Atlanta is almost certain to have snow. nut, on the other hniul. about July Many Atlantans.will be hot aad dry. And ere the New Year's day shsll reach Its close A bunch of anxious mnldens will propose. Another prophecy I make as atilt as starch: St. Patrick's day thla y(ar will fall In March. And when Election Day, as now expected. Comet In November, — will be elected. Of rourae, I can not print the winner's name. Twould make the whole campaign so dull and tame. Moucjr will oft be tlfht throughout the If rolls are fastened with a rubber band. yard. No sooner than he reached the ground. Adkins opened Are on 51 organ with the winchester. Morgan jumped behind a large pine tree, and Adkins mined hla mark. Thereupon, and be fore Adkins could shoot again, Morgan Jumped from behind the tree nnd ahot Adkins In the mouth and shoulder. Ad kins was the aggressor and not Mor gan: neither did the tragedy happen at night, but at 8 o’clock In the day, just after dinner; so please make this cor rection, aa your statement leaves the Impression that the affair took place at night and that Morgan shot Adkins at night from ambush, when It was all In open day, and each man had a fair chance. AdkUta shot flret. This Is the statement of three eyewitnesses. Plesae make th* correction at once, and oblige. . M. A. HALE. Smlthvllle, On. The Atlanta Georgian says: "Sen ator Tillman In the limelight." Isn’t that where he usually Is?” He is not going to get out, either. It he can help IL— t Into the Krme Tribune. longed for the blessing of unconscious ness. Presently she recalled the moment when she had been struck down, and began to wonder tpat she had es caped. guessing vaguely the reason. Her broken arm suggested this. Her hands had been lifted up and the arm had acted In part aa a guard, dimin ishing the force of the blow. It had been smashed In consequence. She began dimly to understand also how It was that Merridew had found her. Dawlelgh must have told what he knew and the pretence of the hur ried departure had been arranged In order to put her off hir guard. Mer. rldew had then followed her and had been In time to see her open the panel Into the Inner chamber. He had thus learned her secret, AH such thoughts had accentuated her misery and deepened her despair. And as she lay helpless In the pitchy darkness of the place she could not put thlm away from her. They fast ened upon her with a horrible morbid fascination until with a supreme ef fort she forced herself to seek refuge In prayer for courage and strength In her suffering. She grew calmer then, and presently her thoughts turned again to the po*. aiblllty of escape. Tortured with the pain In her hefd and broken arm, she crawled along the floor, feeling with her cheek to And the secret door lead ing to the stnlrcase. If she could find and open that, she might hide there until she had strength to get away. . Inch by Inch ahe moved, with In finite labor and suffering, every nerve motived by this last feeble hope. She rubbed her cheek against each spot of the wall that was within her reach. Then ahe found that her feet were free. If she could but stand up,'her chance of success would be much greater. Winning her way to a corner, she made the effort. Three times she half raised herself, only^to fall again; the la lit time upon the broken arm. and with the p&ln of this she all but fainted. Hope saved her. however. She felt that she was getting stronger; and at the next attempt she succeeded In get ting upon her knees. But the lifting of the head set It throbbing again. Dizzy with the torture It caused. It was some minutes before ahe could even move. But her courage was unconquerable. Every second of time was precious, for Merridew would return, and, terrible tho her plight was already, hls coming would mean certain death. Why he had not already returned she could not understand. Driven by these thoughts, she strug gled, to her feet, and then had to lean against the wall for support fora time from the torture which each move ment provoked. But ahe persevered, and at last succeeded In finding what ahe sbught. Only to be.mocked again, however. Try aa she would, she found It Impos sible to move the spring by which the door was operated. The disappoint ment was the greatest blow of ulL cursing nnd vowing vengeance tupon them both, and making frantic efforts to discover the means hy which he had been balked of hls victims. He began to sound the walls for some hollow space which would tell him where they could have got away; nnd nt hearing this Olive crawled down the • stairs to Join Purvis. She must either get him out of the house, or bring soma of-the servants to hls as sistance. At she reached him, Merrldew’e blows sounded on tho panel of the door, and he began to wrench at It furiously, as If to tear hla way to them. Purvis had been hurt In hla fall and lay on tho half landing groaning and helpless. Sho bent over him and tried to rouse him. "Ho will find us here. Make an ef fort." she said with all the strength she could command, as sho tugged lift arm desperately. He gave no reply except a groan, and tho tears sprang to her eyes. "If we can get to tho bottom here we can escape," sho said; but he ap peared absolutely Incapable of even a slight effort. Meanwhile tho door above was be ginning to yield to Merridew'* efforts. One of tho panels gave way with a splintering crash that flret sent a chill of panic to Olive’s heart, and then nerved her to a lost desperate effort Crawling past Purvis, aho slid down couple of atolrs and then pulled and tugged at him with all the strength ahe could put Into the effort. He was lying close to the top atop ot the second flight and her grip wne sufficient to cause him to topple. He fell against her, and, unable to resist the force "f the collision, she rolled to the bottom with him. Half stunned, In terrible pain' and her tenses reeling from tho effect* of th* fall, sh* managed to stagger to lt»» knees and And the catch by which t..t. door could be opened, and, a* her hand was upon It. a loud cry from Merridew above told her that he had discovered them and had forced the way. She slid the panel back and strug gled out. The stairway opened Into the passage on the ground floor of the disused wing where she had followed Mr*. Merridew on the night when she hqd hidden the stolen paper. , „ Sho blundered nlong this, supportlnS herself by the wall. Nil* could do no moro for Purvis. Blindly She realized that her only hope now lay In chance that some one might be In tne hBl1 - ..A Her strength was almost exhausted by the time she reached the bl* d<» r which shut off tho wing from the in habited part of the house; and she sanx down on her knees and feebly beat win* her hand upon It. . Merridew had now reached Puru-. and be stumbled over him an-1 cam staggering out Into the corridor. The sense ot her danger drove O '0 to a last effort. She was now faU> and lying at full length on the groun . She kicked nt the door and sent UP “ loud scream for help. , Continued in Tomorrow's Georgian*