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Georgian.
SATURDAY, JUNE 16, 1906.
On Trains FIVB Csntc
WHEREIN THE OFFICE BOY
BUTTS INTO A FLIRTATION
Vain Search For Mr. Futrell at a Very Busy
Hour Shows Lacy Was Living
a Double Life.
By .WIDEMAN LEE.
It wan generally supposed that
Lacey, the office boy In the local news
room, had only a thinking part In the
play pulled oft at The Georgian office
every day, but he turned out to be the
whdle show.
The time was late In the afternoon,
when Impatience among the bosses was
rampant, for the baseball extra was be*
log made up. There was a lot of hurry
and hustle around generally, and added
to this was the sudden signal from the
long distance telephone room. A re.
porter who stood near answered the
call.
"Is Mr. Feutrell there?” came the re
sponse from the sweet feminine voice
of "Long Distance *1"—not 2>.
"Feutrell?—wait and I'll see.”
Johnny, a little chap about three feet
high, who considers It hts chief duty
to Incur the displeasure of the tele
graph editor by never being in sight,
happened for once In his life to be on
hand, and was Immediately sent out on
a still hunt for Feutrell. Lacey was
nowhere around, so could not assist In
the search, but Johnny conducted It as
successfully as he ever does anything,
and came back with the announcement,
"There ain’t no Mr. Feutrell here.” Cen
tral was so Informed by the reporter,
who grew rather Impatient when she
Insisted that Mr. Feutrell did work on
the second floor of The Georgian build
ing, for she had talked to him.
The telephone rang several times,
and with the same Inquiry In the same
voice for Mr. Feutrell, of whom no one
had ever heard. Lacey could not be
found. It was thought that he might
settle for all time if there was a Feu
trell In The Georgian office.
The calls continued and the manag
ing editor answered one. Wrathy would
not express his feelings when he con
cluded it—only his side of the con
versation waa'heard:
"Central, there’s no Mr. Feutrell In this
department—WHAT?—you know there
Is?—well, there Is no one here by that
name, never has been, and never will be
If I get a cbance at him, so please ring
off, for you are annoying us extremely."
As the managing editor finished talk
ing, he heard the central remark to
one of her colleagues, ‘‘Ain't that man
the limit!"
Central was not to be outdone, so she
continued to call and ask for Mr. Feu
trell, while every one became more and
more Infuriated—yes, Infuriated. No
one would have minded It so much If
Lacey had been around to answer the
■whone, but he couldn’t be found on the
place—a habit he has when wonted.
After the managing editor, the entire
force of reporters, and Johnny, the
other office boy, who had remarked
during the Interim that the telephone
ought to belong to the whole Dam
family, had become thoroughly Irri
tated, and all were calling down ven
geance on Feutrell, who ever he might
be, and his sweet-voiced Central friend,
Lacey' arrived. He had In his mouth a
piece of chewing gum so large that It
dislocated his Jaws about every third
chew. He was reading the sporting
news as he walked up the steps, while
sticking out of his pocket was a yellow
back novel, “special serial” on “Dia
mond Dick’s Daring Deed, or the Se
quel to Who Robbed the Milk Wagon."
"Lacey," yelled the managing editor.
"I want you to stay here and answef
the ’phone. What do you think we
want you here for, to look at?"
Lacey never would take a prise at a
beauty show. His face Is a little one
sided, freckled, too, and the reddest
hair, well, they are Just the kind an
office boy like Lacey should have. The
'phone rang, Lacey whistled as If he
had forgotten something of which the
'phone had Just reminded him. He
seemed to forget that there was any
one around, as he ainbled to the 'phone
TO WREST RUBBER INDUSTRY FROM CONTROL OF A KING
John D. Rockefeller, Jr.. Is planning
to become the head of a great rubber
monopoly, and Is even now endeavor
ing to corner the rubber market, driv
ing King Leopold, of Belgium, out of
business. Cut shows at the top a por
trait of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr,
wife of the new rubber king and sis
ter of E. B. Aldrich, who Is Rockefel
ler’s partner. Below from left to right
are John D. Rockefeller, John D.
Rockefeller, Jr, and Bernard M. .Bar
uch. their right hand man In their
rubber plans.
SCHWAB’S STENOGRAPHER
OWES DEATH TO DRUG
Ily Private Leased Wlrp.
Cincinnati, Ohio, June H.—Myrtle
Howard, who cams' to Cincinnati from
Pittsburg on May 14 In the hope of
being cured of the morphine habit, died
at the city hospital shortly after mid
night. She was 30 years of age. A
few days ago. when It was thought she
had mastered her worst foe, she was
attacked with pneumonia, and her en
feebled condition mitigated against her
recovery. .
Borne months before she came to
Cincinnati Myrtle Howard was tho
stenographer of Charles Schwab, the
steel magnate. Her fondness for the
drug that finally mastered her resulted
eventually In her losing this position.
'Hello—oh, how are you?-
Feutrell—had a hard time getting me?
—well. I was out on a story—yes, I'm
a reporter—no, I ain't seen you yet. but
I wants to meet you. I like yer voice—
oh, get out, you cut up—hurry, here's
the boss behind me—(Loudly) I can'f
understand the score—Valdosta 3, Co
lumbus 2. All right, call when the
other games are over. All right, I’ll do
my best—what's my first name?—
Lacey.”
Lacey looked around after he had
hung up the 'phone, and what he saw
was too much for him. There stood
the managing editor, the city editor, a
half doxen reporters, all with gaping
mouths, as they gasped almost In ono
voice:
MR.—MR.—Feutrell, well what do
you think of that!”
Lacey had never been known by
any other name, but now every one
In The Georgian building Is aware that
Mr. Lacey Feutrell, age 9. slxe 4 feet
even, thin and ugly. Is employed there,
and a busy kid he is, with no more
flirtations over the ‘phone with Cen
trals, who are supposed to give him the
results of the Georgia State League ball
games.
II THE LAST KING,
SAYS BRITISH RULER
EDWARD VII LAUGHINGLY MAKES
PROPHECY AS RESULT OF
RADICAL 8UCCESSE8.
By RICHARD ABERCORN.
Siieclal to The Georgian.
London, June 14.—The labor and
radical members of parliament are
threatening to expose the nepotism and
Inconsistency of Arthur Balfour, aris
tocrat, late premier prime minister,
and leader of the Tory party In par
liament. Before the people kicked him
and his party out of office, Balfour
Placed his brother, Gerald Balfour, on
the political pension list, with a pen
sion of 210,000 a year for life. A more
stnndalous political Job hasn't been
perpetrated In England for decades,
and It has aroused the labor and radi
cal members of the house of commons
t" Indignation.
The labor members remember that
the aristocratic Mr. Balfour opposed the
hill to pay the members of parliament
* $1,500 a year. Mr. Balfour
salary of
obviously believes that the labor mqn
do not deserve to be paid, but that his
aristocratic brother Is well worth $10,-
noo a year for life as a political pen
sioner. What makes the scandal
worse Is that Gerald Balfour Is rich
and doesn't need a pension. Balfour’s
grandfather made a huge fortune as
an army contractor In India and with
Ids wealth married his children Into
the highest circles of the aristocracy.
BOYS OF Y.M.C.A.
PREPARE ERR CAMP
TWENTY LADS WILL GO TO DEM-
OREST JULY 5 FOR TWO
WEEK8.
For two weeks from July 6 some
twenty happy youngsters from the
boys' department of the Young Men's
Christian Association will go Into camp
at Demorest, Go. This wilt be the sev
enth annual camp.
The boys will leave Atlanta on i
special car at 7:30 o'clock on the mom
Ing of July 5, and will be In charge of
W. W. Willis, secretary, of the boys'
department; T. R. Weems, physical di
rector; Rev. Oeorge Mack and W. J.
Fagan. In the past not an accident
and practically no sickness ever marred
the pleasure of one of these outings.
The best care 1s taken of the boys,
and they spend the time In swimming,
baseball and other healthful outdoor
amusements. To date the following
boys have decided to go: James B.
Scales, Lock Crumley, Arthur Bass, W.
E. Campbell. Jr., Harry and Dan Wood
ward, Robert Manly, William Rawaon,
Edward J. Reid, Arthur Llnpold, Ran
dolph Loeb. J. D. Bowen. Earl Knight,
George West, Gray Carter, John Mc
Rae and Ward Evans.
Other boys who desire to go to camp
should communicate with the secretary
or the Young Men's Christian Associa
tion.
“I Am the Last King.”
A curious story of King Edward's
comment on the liberal and labor vic
tories In the January elections Is being
t»ld discreetly In political circles. It
I- said that when the continual suc
cesses of the radicals were announced
to the king he exclaimed laughingly:
I am the last king df England."
Is Earth Pear 8haped?
A novel theory as to the shape of the
mrth Is put forward by Professor W. J.
Soiias, who has been lecturing In Lon
don on “Man and the Glacial Period.
H” contends that this planet Is not a
sphere, but pear-shaped, with the Paci
fic ocean at the broad end, and Africa
» here the stalk Is attached. Professor
Kotlas believes that the thickness of
the geological formation of the earths
<rust is about 60 miles, rejecting the
“ccepted theory of a 12-mlle crust,
and his estimate of the period neces
sary for the formation of the stratified
rocks Is 24,009,000 years. These rath
er upsetting suggestions he puts for-
"ard In his recent book on "The age
°f the earth.”
Pictures a Good Investment.
How pictures may be good Invest
ments has been shown by the sale of
•he collection of T. H. Woods, a part
ner In Christies, the famous art auc
tioneers. The collection brought in
nearly $100,000 though Mr. Woods
probably did not spend more than
la.000- on forming It. Borne of the ptc-
>ures were sold at an amaxlng ad-
' ance on what Mr. Woods, who natur
ally was an expert buyer, gave for
them.
For Instance, Hoppner*s "Lady
"ladegrave,” for which Mr. Woods
Paid $120 In 1S91 nos- fetched 4.000
fulness ($31,604); Romney's "Stan-
hope Children” rose from $147 In 1472
the original price of which Is unknown,
was sold for $16,760, a record price for
a moderate slxed work of this master.
!'• 221.160; and Romney's “Head of
l-»dy Hamilton* from $60 to $1,576. A — . — -—, ,.
portrait of Miss Ogtlvle by Lawrence, says, "may be seen today In the West
Peers Besr Foreign Titlee.
One of tho 8panlsh grandees who at
tended the royal wedding at Madrid,
the Duke of Culdad Rodrigo, Is better
known In England as the Duke of
Wellington, the Spanish title having
been conferred on his ancestor for his
ridding the peninsula of the French in
vaders. Several other English peers
bear foreign titles won by the material
prowess of their ancestors. Thus Earl
Nelson Is Duke of Bronte (conferred on
the great admiral by the king of Na
ples); the Duke of Marlborough Is
Prince of Mindelhelm In Suable, and
Lord Dundonald Is Marquis of Maran-
ham In Brasil, where his seafaring an
cestor so distinguished himself. The
Duke of Richmond and Dordon. who
descends from Mile, de Qoerouaille,
one of the ladles of Charles II*a court,
who was created a duchess by Louts
XIV, may call himself Duke d'Aublgny.
while the Dukedom of Chatellerault,
granted by the French king In 164$ on
the regent of Scotland is claimed by
both the Duke of Aberrant and the
Duke of Hamilton.
Wealth as Root of Evil.
Wealth as the root of all evil Is the
keynote of a little book written by
James Paterson Gledstone. The writer
brings argument and evidence forward
to prove that money grabbing Is con
trary to the tenets of Christianity, de
spite John D. Rockefeller, Jr. "The
lives of great hosts of people not pos-
sealing wealth,” he says, "show that a
fortune ta not a necessity either for the
noblest kind of life or the purest hap
piness. It la said of an ancestor of
Emerson that he nightly prayed that
no descendant of his might ever be
rich.” Of course, Mr. Gladstone roasts
the luxurious living people. "The
solidified worldliness which Is crested
by the possession of vsst wealth, he
NOT A SIFTER IN ATLANTA,
SA YS OLD-FASHIONED MAN
POUR VESSELS RAGING
TO PORTS OP CHINA
By Private Leased Wire.
New York, June 10.—A race to China
around tho Cape of Good Hope Is on
between the American bark, E. B. Hut
ton and 'the Brltsh barks Alcldes,
Blendcon and Arrow. The vessels are
loaded with case oil ahlpped by the
Standard Oil Company.
There la considerable speculation on
the race among maritime exchange
members, with the yankea boat tbe fa
vorlte.
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THE JUNGLE
By UPTON SINCLAIR.
End of London, and more or less It Is
In every west end of every city In the
world. Several yeara a preacher In
Westmlnater Abbey had Ihe courage to
declare that the “West End la tha
greatest danger to tbe British empire.’
It Is the pestilence which breeds In
masses of wealth that Is worse than
any physical scourge, and the West
End represents a great portion. If not
the greater portion, of the enormous
wealth of the country."
“Of course, I don't want to-criticise,
but I don't think It was altogether
right for David to say 'all man are
Hare.’"
"Well, at any rate. It was safer than
to pick out one man and say It. to
him.”—Philadelphia Ledger.
LOCK TYPE OF CANAL
IS ADOPTED BY HOUSE
Col. Wesley Shropshire Spent One Afternoon
a Sifterless Quest—Don’t Sift Things
Here, He Now Asserts.
By JOHN C. REESE,
the
Colonel Wesley Shropshire, of
governor's executive stair. Is a sadder
and mor« chastened man than he can
recall ever being before.
And It cornea of being a simple man
In hla home life, and somewhat old
fashioned In his habits of thought and
living. Colons! Shropshire cams from
the good old county of Chattooga and
the little city of Summerville therein.
Recently hla family came to Join him
here, and housekeeping began out
Washington street. Somehow In
transfer of household effects certain
articles were misplaced. Therein Ilea
(he tragedy now holdlhg Colonel
Shropshire In Its grip.
“Yes, you must buy me a sifter,"
said Mrs. Shropshire the other inorn
Ing.
"Why certainly," was Ihe reply
the colonel, Innocent of hla Impending
doom.
Sifters are used hy all the best fami
lies In Summerville, and all Ihe gen
eral stores have strlnga of sifters at
tractively displayed In show windows.
So Colonel Shropshire came up to the
ahopplng district early In the afternoon,
and stopped In a store where sifters
ought to bo sold,
“Can I serve you?" politely Inquired
a clerk.
"Yes, I want a good alftsr."
"Yea; for coarse or fine sand?"
"Thunder, no. I want a alftsr to sift
meal through to separate the bran
rrom the good meal."
"Horry, air, but we do not handle
such articles."
Tlint rather Jotted Ihe colonel, but
he did not despair. Next place he tried
was a ten-rent-establishment. A Huffy
haired blond waited on him.
‘Got any sifters?" said tha colonel
humbly.
“Sir?" haughtily, as though she did
not quite rntch Ihe drlfL
"Sifters, sifters, sifters. Hay, dnn'
you know what a sifter Is? Homothlng
you use In the kitchen If you know
(now what a kitchen Is like," aald the
colonel, ahaken rrom his usual genial
bearing.
"This la not a country atora. Only
Rubes use such things,” and aha of
the blond hnlr turned away.
"Well, I'll be !" he ejaculated,
and swung angrily nut.
From store to store Colonel Hhrop
shire trudged t-.ntll evening shadows
closed the marls of trade. He had met
with rebuffs, but no sifter. One clerk.
ARAGON HOTEL ADOPTS
THE EUROPEAN PLAN
MANY IMPROVEMENTS WILL BE
MADE IN THI8 POPULAR
PEACHTREE HOSTELRY.
The Aragon Hotel, which haa been
run for (ha past fifteen years on both
the European and American plan, haa
adopted Ihe European plan exclusively,
the new arrangement going Into effect
on Saturday morning.
Manager J. Lee Ilarnea has had It In
mind for some time to concentrate all
the resources of the house upon the
European plan, and In doing so flndi
that hs meets the wishes of a-large
majority of his patrons who will there
by secure better and more aatlsfactory
service.
Ho on Haturday lha American dining
room, as such, was closed and will be
used henceforward for banquets, con
ventions and other similar demands
made upon the house. This will be an
Important feature In tha future. The
senior class banquet of the Georgia
Tech la already planned to be held
there on Tuesday, and this will he but
one of a long series of such entsrtal
merits.
The Collier estate la spending
,_rga sum of money In refurnishing
and rehabilitating the house, under the
direct supervision of Manager Barnes
and Oeorge W. Collier. New carpets
are being laid throughout the house
and the wall |*pererx will soon lend
their transforming touch. J. W, Otto,
who did the decorative work In the
Candler building, will begin at ones to
decorate the cafe, which will he made
one of the most up to date In the city.
The kitchen will be moved from Ihe
second to the first floor, so as to facili
tate the service, and the number of
trained wallers will be greatly
reused.
A complete system of telephones has
been nev.ly Installed, one In every room,
and all, of course, communicating with
tho ofTtre and tha cafe.
Manager Harass and Assistant Man
ager Jesse Couch are to be congratu
lated on tho brilliant prospect which
oje-ns up before them under tbs new
arrangement.
ELECTRIC RAILROAD
MOVEMENT GROWING
By Private Leased Wire,
Washington, June 14.—It wss de
cided by the house yesterday that the
Panama canal shall he a lock canal.
An amendment to the sundry civil
appropriation bill provided that.none
of the 126,044,004 coined for the canal
should be expended on the sea level
‘The question was taken up In com
mittee of the whole house, and tbe vote
for a lock canal was 110 to 24. The
amendment calling for the lock type of
canal was offered by Repress nattlvs
Llttauer, of New York.
A point against the amendment was
made by it r. Bartlett, of Georgia, whe
Inhlstcl that It was new legislation. lit
presented argument along that line.
Mr. Burton, of Ohio, said that In the
so-called Hpooner law, authorising the
Ron-Biiru i»w, ■uuionxmR WV
expenditure of 2126,000,000 for the Pan
ama canal, and giving the president
■perlal to The Georgian.
Columbus. Oa., Juna 10.—Tha move
ment to build an electric railroad from
this city to Dothan, Ala., and thence
8L Andrews Bay, its.. Is taking
shape, a large number of Ihe business
man of this city having signed an
agreement to heartily support Ihe proj
ect, both morally and financially. The
aurcesa of the Atlanta-Maron electric
railroad has aroused new Internet In
the horns project, and It la probable an
organisation will be effected shortly
and the road financed to the polnS
where work will begin.
the right to Inaugurate this movement
and carry It to a successful conclu
sion, the type was left with the presi
dent with certain specifications and
limitations.
He aald the question of type of canal
should be settled without delay. He
declared thirty-four of the ablest eiv
S neers of the world were for the Irak
vet type and he believed this Judg
ment should be accepted.
evidently not long from rural parts,
vouchsafed Information that he had
heard of sifters, and, perhaps, a tin
smith would, under stress, turn out one
for him.
Mad, disgusted and slftertcss, Colonel
Hhropshlre returned home and reported
hla bootless quest.
Hhucks, this town's Retting blamed
hlfalutln when It goes past sifters.
Guess the folks eat bran. meal, trash
and all. I don't sec nnythlog for us
to do but adopt the stylo nnd chock the
whole business Into the stove and run
the risk like the balance of 'em seeta
to do."
LESTER WAS A MEMBER
OF NINE CONGRES8E8
Rufus Eseklel Lester was born In
Rurke county, Georgia. December 12.
1127. He was graduated from Mer
cer University In 1487, nnd ««< admit
ted to the bar In Havsnnnh nnd com
menced the practice of Ion- In 1859.
In 1141 he entered the military ser
vice of Ihe Confederate slates nnd re
mained In the service until tile end of
the war. lie then resumed the prac
tice of law. He was state senator
from the First district from 1870 to
1372, and was ju• - t-l.-nt ,.r the stats
senate during the Inst three years of
service.
From January, 1332, lo January.
1339, he was mayor of Savannah. He
was elected lo the fifty-first, fifty-sec
ond, fifty-third, fifty-fourth, fifty-fifth,
fifty-sixth, fifty-seventh nnd fifty-
eighth congresses nnd re-elected to the
fifty-ninth congress receiving 7,!!44
votes to 322 for D. a Itlgdon. Repub
lican, and 70 for R. M. Hitch, Independ
ent. ' s
Home time ngn he announced his In
tention to retire from active political
life at the close of hlH present term In
congress, nnd several candidates have
announced to succeed him.
Work Began on Thsatsr,
Hpeclal lo The OrorgtaB.
Decatur, Ala.. June 16.—Work has
started on tho new Lyceum theatsr, at
the corner of Cans] and Church streets,
nnd tho building Is lo be completed hy
September 11. Tho building will cost
115.400 Tin- (healer Is owned by tho
Lycoum 8tock which com
pany Is composed of local business
man.
FOR MANYi
-
OTHERS RECLINED
PRISON COMMISSION ACTeD
TWENTY-NINE CASES
THIS WEEK.
big-
vies.
After deliberating from Tuesday to
Thursday afternoon, tho prloon com
mission completed Its work for June
and adjourned.
Twenly-nlno rnses were considered
Thirteen received favorable recom-
inendatlona and alxteen were declined.
Five of Ihe latter were murder caeca.
Three murder cases were commuted
[to present service.
The commission determined to seg.
regale Ihe tubercular patients at tht
farm, atyl a hospital will bo establish
ed to proiterly core for those oulTerlng
from that trouble. The petitions act
ed upon were as follow:
R. C. Gully, Decatur county
nmy; remove disabilities.
Isaac Williams, t'obh county,
lory manslaughter; ten yean;
mute to present service.
Frank Adntns, Dodgn county,
tier. life, commute to present «
t'harlee Royden, Fulton county, lar
ceny, live years; commute to present
[service.
Rill Lewie, Hancock county, chest
ing and swindling, eight months, com
mute to present service.
Florence Rivera, Montgomery coun
ty, misdemeanor; nine months, com
mute to present service.
Reuben Kitchens, Ulnscnck county,
murder, life; commute to present serv-
[ice.
Lon Martin, Tift county, larceny,
three years; commute to present serv
ice.
Willie Jones, Moscogee county, va
grancy; twelve months; commute to
present service.
L. J. Majors, Marlon county, lar
ceny; fine; remove disabilities
Abe Gormley, Humter rounty; rub
bery; ten yeara; commute to present
service.
Horace Hammond. Dade county,
murder; life; commute to present
service.
Walter Brown, Fulton county; lar
ceny; six months; reductl
ifrom $100 to $64.
The .commission declined
the following rnses:
Jack Meeks. Folk county,
Henry Carden. Ptke county, rape;
enty years. ,
F. T. Tric e, Pike count)$ selling li
quor; twelve months.
H. C. White. Fulton county, larcenyj
$544 or twelve months.
E. D. Martin. Fulton
glary; six years.
Issnc Harris, Monroe
glary; ten years.
Lovett Bryant, Rlbb
der; life.
Floyd Harrison, Fulton
stealing; twenty yeara.
Zeb Carlton, Ranks co
commit murder, five
William Colquitt. Ma
robbery; fifteen years.
Dews Halley, Miller cou
life.
Florence Halley, Miller
der; life.
George Phillips. Miller county; mur-
BS life.
■Fkyst'" Tlfb.n Walker county, at
tempt to murder, -even years
Rosa Spencer, Rrooks county: sell
ing liquor; $144 c,r ten months.
Sceve Glea-on, Liberty county; mur
der; life.
fine
Interfere
obber
bur-
bur-
cunty.
attempt
ounty.
nurder;
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