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JUJU ATL.AJYTA The Atlanta Georgian. JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor. F. L. SEELY, President. “Dr. Matheson.” In th<» nick of time, just about to fling out a hint t h of the country that the people of Atlanta and of I It come ! 70 per cent; North Carolina 07 per cent; South Carolina; 1 48 per cent; Texas 62 per cent; Virginia, 37 per cent, and j so on through the list. The Increase In wages, capital I invested and salaries is equally large. I cq\1 ^ ^ _ I . Georgia, It will be noted, with an Increase of 59 per I were anxious tor «a easy handle''to attach "to the I Ins ''? nor and usefulness In the years to come | cent In the value of our manufactured products. Is more nnme of thc new , >rcg i dcnt 0 f t t, 0 Technological school. | Now ’ lf we ralght utilize this happy moment of sug- i wo W ould remark that Chancellor Barrow also I for i18 easy nd happy solution of the present difficulty , that surrounds us. The new LL.D. is apt and timely, of the j ^ )r - Matheson sounds well to us. It is a title worthily t bestowed an done that will be worthily worn In increas- j than holding her own with what were once the commer- ••Professor’” does not roll trippingly upon the tongue, and Subscriplion Rates: ■ - — | Published Every’ Afternoon One Yetr $4.50 Except Sunday by Six Months 2.50 THE GEORGIAN CO. Three Months 1.25 it 25 W.' Alabama Street, By Carrier, per week 10c Atlsnta, Gs. rred si second-class matter April 3. 1I06, at th# PostotTIci Atlanta. Gn.. under net of concrete of March 3. 1I7». THE GEORGIAN COMES TO GEORGIA AS THE SUNSHINE “You cannot eat your cake and have your cake/ —Cervantes. Two “Breathing Places” Won. The Innovation for which The Georgian han no earn • *sUy plead In the establishment of park squares and breathing apace* In our crowded center*, seems to he liiklng hopeful shape. The board of education ydsterday In n deliberate seg- slon, formally decided to eatabllah play ground* for the children of the city In two public school yard*. The As- nictated Charities through Secretary Logan, Messrs. Krtegababer, J. K. Orr and Rev- C. B. Wilmer, have labor* i rl diligently and moat effectively In this cause, and they with The Georgian and the people of the city, are much r< juiced that the board of education haa decided to make ihr experiment with these two acbool yards. What yard* will be used will be subsequently determined by the super Intendent, and the decision wilt doubtless be eagerly watched. . % It will now devolve upon all of those who are Inter ested, to see that this experiment Ip made so abundantly successful during the present summer that the liberality of the board will be repeated and amplified daring the next summer until every school yard will be a breathing space during the next heated term. This Is a movement along the definite lines of prog ress In this community. It Is a distinct expression of hu manity and of civilisation that we are pausing In the whirl .of our.strenuous life to provide placaa.at breathing, fresh air and recreation for the tollers young and old who find It a heavenly comfort now and then to get out of hot and steaming buildings and to breathe the oxono of ihis incomparable air In refreshment and relnsplratlon to thdr lunga and brains. In behal.l of the community we congratulate the hoard upon Its liberal and progressive action, and pre dict for the experiment a success which will be pleating to nil who have contributed to It The Increase in Manufactures. The manufacturing Industries of the United State# crow so rapidly that the Interval between one census and another la altogether too great, and when'' tho succeeding enumeration comes around we find that we have advanced even beyond all expectations. S. D. N. North, the present director of the census, without waiting fer 1910, bas been busy securing figures mi the Increase In manufactures during the five years which have elapsed since the Iasi census was taken, nnd thc result Is little short‘of amaslng. We find that this ts Indeed a great country, and that our woaltb Is Increasing more rapidly than during any period In our blsjory. The figures referred to were given out at a dinner which tbe director of the censue recently attended, and show that the capital now invested In manufacturing enterprises In this country Is 17.375,930,000 as against 3 ,160,17:,000 In 1000, or an lncrea*e t of more than fifty per cent. This Is In face of the fact that the number of Individual concerns bas Increased bnt little more than five per cent. The number of salaried officials and clerks has Increased 41 per cent while the amount of salaries has Increased 61 per cent. The number of w age-earners has Increased 10 per cent while the amount of salaries has Increased twice that amount. The value of the products ot manufacturing enter prises has Increased to almost f9,000,000,000 aa against J>.507,000,000 five years afco, or an Increase ot more than 31 per cent. These figures are so vast that tbe average lay mind rnnnot comprehend their full Import, but It must be re alized that the growth Is tremendous. k The figures prepared by Mr. North do not show the particular Industries which have thus grown so tre mendously, but they do show the growth In the dif ferent states, and In this the South may take a special pride. Down here, and In the newer states of the union, the largest Increase Is shown, while the smallest per cent Is In the New Gpgland states. For example. In Idaho the amount ot capital Invested Increased 341.1 per cent; aalariea ot derke and officials Increased 147 per cent; expenses Increased <88 per cent, and the value of the product! Increased 182.1 per cent. In the Indian Territory the Increase In the number of establishments was 181.4 per cent, of capital 202.6 per rent, and ot products 170.8 per cent ' North Dakota Increased Us establishments 63.3 per cent In Oklahoma the number of establishments Increased 109.2 per cent, capital 336.3 per cent and the value of the products 198.7 per cent Delaware makes tbe smallest gain. The percentage f Increase In establishments In this state Is three-tenths •f 1 per cent, and the value of products but four-tenths if 1 per cent. While the percentage of Increase In tbe number of factories In the Eastern states Is not great, the Eastern statsa hold np the Increased percentage In value of products. Connecticut, for Instance, Increases Its value of products 17.1 per cent; Maine, 28.2 per cent: Massachu- ftts, 28.8; New Hampshire 16.6;* Vermont. 22.6, and Rhode Island, 22.1. Bage Brusn Nevada Increases her products 146.5 per cent; New Jersey, 40.1 per cent. The completed figures have not been tabulated for New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, which are four of the largest manufacturing states. The totals are Included In the table of grand totals given above, and the percentages of Increase in these states are aa satisfactory as tn ths others. The great increase la manufacturing In tbe South Is Arkansas Increases tbe value ot Its products per cent; Florida, 48 per cent; Georgia, 50 per ednt; ky 28 per cent; Loulalana <7 per cent; Mlaslaalppt clal centers of the country nnd the Indications are for a continuance of this prosperity. The Nsw York World Is looking for the day of "shredded shirtwaists." and presumably ts wearing a blind bridle. the spirit and the custom of this age clamors always for! needs n shorter name and title than that which he has an easy handle to every name that Is of frequent use. ! ,lm ,he degree of L L D ‘ would flt hlm llke a glov f- and And at this time When the new president of the Techno- ,hat 1,16 I ,po P |e - >' oung and 0,d ‘ who have 10 addreis tha logical school Is coming more and more into the public j dlst,ngulshf d head of the university would deem It a fa Dean Snelling of Franklin College. In commenting with cordial approval on' yesterday upon the election of David C. Barrow os chancellor of the university, It was not the purpose or Intention of The Georgian to omit or to subordinate Its equal approval of the selection of Prof. Charles 61. Snelling as dean of Franklin college and Vico Chancellor of the University. Tbe selection of Colonel Snelling as tbe yoke mate of Chancellor Barrow Is as eminently appropriate aa It was demonstrated upon the campus to be eminently popular. Colonel Snelling le the complement of Chancellor Bar- row. He has somo of (he qualities which Professor Bar- row has not, and the two together make an admirable combination for most effective service to the university. Colonel Snelling Is full of the dash and charm of man ner that belongs to tho aggressive typo of men. He has the brilliancy and the forcefulness of the soldier, and these things Joined to tbe sweetness and light of the beloved new chancellor will fill the cup of thh university to the brim of effective service. Colonel Snelling bas grown upon the confidence and regard of the student body, tbe alumni, the trustees and the faculty during evtry year of bla connection with the university. The nytnllness of his temper, hla scholarly training, ble high courtesy, hla courage and his firmness Joined to his ample acholarshlp have won for him friends In multiplying quantities during every year in ble field of work. And In the same breath In which we congratulate the university upon Chancellor Barrow, we desire also to con gratulate It upon the elevation and continued services of Dean Snelling. t The Chicago Chronicle says “the Republican party has been a strangely modest party.” Ye gods and little fishes. . . Senator Platt’s “Rest,” The announcement comes from Washington that Sen ator Platt baa decided to "rest again.” The senior senator from the great state of New York has done but little else during the present session of congress. He was In his place during the Important de bates on tho most vital bills only long enough to protect, as far as he could, his express company from the opera tion of the rate bill, and disgusted all his colleagues by hla selfish demands. When the time came he was quietly Ignored. Senator Morgan called attention recently In such vig orous terms to the absence from the senate of both the ambassadors from the state of New York that the aged boss hurried to Washington and aat In bla seat long enough to be aeon, but tbe work was too onerous for him, and he has decided to go off and “rest again” at bla country place. But It seem* that even tbp.ugh,be>refusei to fulfill hie duties to hla constituents, ho is not to bo nllowqdto rest, for tbe notorious Mao Wood, who has already figured quite extensively tn his life drama, has recuperated from "rest" she bas been taking and has brought forward the charge that she Is the legal wife of the senator and that he Is consequently a bigamist. In evidence ot this fact she produces a marriage certificate, duly signed by the officiating clergyman and r. hired man employed by Mr. Platt. True, there eeems to be some difficulty In locating the clergyman and the witness. Mrs. Wood—or Platt, as tbe case may be—Intimates that these two have been spirited away by Senator Platt, but this does not restrain her from carrying on her cate., oho doos cot seem to be quite certain what her purpose Is, beyond the establish ment of her marriage, which lhe kept secret thus far, U Is alleged, at the request of Senator Platt, and the es tablishment, Incidentally, of her claim to a large share In the senator’s fortune. She teems to bo pretty well provided with money as It is, so that "her castle's strength may laugh a siege to scorn.” Whatever may be the merits of the cate, there ap pears to be no probability that Mr. Platt will be able to enjoy undisturbed repose at hit country home or any where else. He will be budgeted and harassed until this cause celebre le settled. Nemeali is working over time on Senator Platt. He sees himself dethroned from the bad eminence be hat been ablo to attain through hit domination ot New York politic*. Ho tees the sceptre wrested from him by an un ifocal hand, while the whole country becomes more and more indignant at tho spectacle of a great state—an em pire within Itself—absolutely unrepresented In the senate white the most Important legislation of modern times Is befog discussed and enacted. It seems to be a foregone conclusion that New York in very desperation will soon demand the resignation of her two senators, but la both Instance* how eloquent Is the reiterated lesson that the way ot the transgressor It very, very hard. A GEORGIAN AT WEST POINT—Mr. John H. Hes ter, of Albany, Ga-. le expected In Atlanta thli evening after a two years' term at the United States Military Academy at West Point. - Cadet Hester was an appolntoe of Congress man Griggs, and comet home from the national academy with the laurels of two brilliant and suc cessful years. Ths fact that be brings home the heerty Indorsement and approval of his Instruc tors, who ha\e written several lettera to hit fam ily and that his marks during this term have been of the highest character and grade. Is a great happiness to hit family and friends, and make* a fine and distinct promise for the young soldier ot the future. Mr. Hester te tbe second son of the Hon. John T. Hotter, of Albany, who it one of the most pop ular and honored cltlten* of southwest Georgia. He la the brother of Mrs. Dr. John Wilkins, ot this city, and la universally regarded by hie friends and admirers at one of the finest types that Georgia has sent to Weat Point in recent yean. In hla manliness, courage, splendid tem per and fine personal appearance, which to now reinforced by the record of hit admirable echol- arthlp, he makes Indeed a pleasant figure of promtolng forecast for the future. Mr. Heater will be for several days the guest of Dr. and Mrs. Wilkins In Atlanta before going further to visit hto father tn Albany. eye and upon tbe public tongue It had come to be a prac tical and linguistic necessity that we 8bould have some briefer and simpler title by- which to address him than "Professor” Matheson. Wherefore, we thank Washington and Lee University vor to be authorized by some highly reputed college of this country to speak hereafter of “Dr.” Barrow. "The man with the patch” is not to be pitied—if It's a strawberry patch. Ha Likes Ths Georgian. To ths Editor of The Georgian. I Ilk* you. I mu ii native of Geor gia and, by raising, an old-time Amer ican. I believe In tho ton command ments and the constitution of our country, both written on statute- k* nil'! in -!'*■ Ii.in ts -.f t.'ir r-,I - fathers. 2 am glad your paper gives folks a rest on Sunday, and will not print a whisky advertisement. The r.,IIP king, in <■-1■-.n"It>!> , inniii-y-inuk Ing, pleasure-seeking Sabbath and the im.ilirn snbi.m, with it* hum ■■lube, in-- recent Inventions of the devil, and ex ported across the sea from the land of high taxes and low morals. One of the most wasteful things any Individual or nation can do Is to work or rip around on Sunday. THe most costly thing In this coun try to the taxpayer nnd first-class clt ■sen Is our legalized liquor traffic. The modern saloon Is our mother’s burden and much more. I am so glad The Georgian has put Itself alongside many other first-class periodicals, and said to these coiners of money out of the manhood of our men and happiness of our mothers. You can’t smear my space. Again, I like you because you are everybody’s paper and the common people's medium. "All coons look alike to you." I see Slater Morris says. In sub- stance: "Gentlemen don't sit while ladle* stand.” That - * my raising. You have heard why the hen was Immor tal? Her son never sets. I am net quite that bad. The othor day, a gen tleman friend and I got up to give spme ladles a seat on a Marietta street car, and a woman and her lit tle son, about three or four years old, spread out over the whole space. My notion was, that sister ought to have taken that child In her lap and squeezed up a little herself. 1 believe In giving the weaker sex (physically) your seat, but X hate to see them act hoggish when they have nn vnii/' CHOLLY KNICKERBOCKER the “drap on you. 1 Again, I like your paper because you are asking for a breathing place In the midst of our rushing and high- reaching Atlanta. Neighbor Rossman to right. If every fellovf tries to sit down In the same place, somebody Is going to get day- lght mashed out of them. Atlanta is great, and spreading herself, but Fulton to not quite full, nnd not all of Georgia yet absorbed. If signs remain favorable, there will be lots of more folks In Atlanta after we add to the population of New Jeru salem. They would thank _ . _ _ us, both In Greater Atlanta and In the city of cities. If we should lenvs pretty lit tle parks dotting our splendid capital of the South. Your big friend and fellow-citizen, UNpLE NATH, A Populist on the Situation. To the Editor of The Georgian: In no place do actions speak louder than words oftener than In politics. I note the account of the meeting of the Populist executive committee In the Kimball House on last Thursday. I had nither risk a man's Populism or Democracy, who lets his action or woiki speak for him, than him who yells at the top of his voice, “I am a Democrat or Populist” at every oppor tunity. Now, Mr. Yancey Carter who seemed to take a leading part In the deliberations of last, Thursday. “ seems to me He was lining with the wrong gang, when ho spoke of Tom Watson, as "your much vaunted leader." Now, if any man has suf fered for ths principles of Populism, or any man's works or actions have proclaimed him true to those ancient democratic principles, that man Is Tom Watson, and Tern to still working, without much “I am” yelling, toward the same goal. Mr. Ynncoy Carter also said: "That a man who voted for Clark Howell, Hoke Smith or Dick Russell ts not a good Populist.” Please permit me to say without attributing any great "I amlsm” to myself, that I have been unanimously elected chairman of the executive committee of the Populist party • of Johnson county for the last twelve years, and we have not lost*a battle during the time. We polled a big majority for Judge Hines when he was elected gov ernor of Georgia, and a big majority for Tom Watson when he ran for president of the United Statee, and now stand ready to poll a big majority for Hoke Smith when the time comes. And here we rest, willing for our prtn- eiples and patriotism to be measured by our actions and works, and not by loud mouthed "I am" proclamations. We now stand ready to call the Popu list party of Johnson county together when so ordered to do so by the chair man of the state executive committee of the Populist party. But we are not willing to follow an executive com mittee which In turn must have been modeled after the Ruts douma We have no fault of Judge Htnes or Tom Watson, and belter* tf true, unadul terated patriotism entitles gentlemen to be termed much lauded leaders they are entitled to be thus termed, all the I-am-tst* to th# contrary notw4htand- Ing. J. B. HOWARD. Adrian, Ga., June 17, 1908. THE FEE 8Y8TEM. To the Editor of The Georgian: About two years, ago, while Hon. John Temple Graves was editor of The Atlanta Kewa, we wrote an article for that paper urging abollahment of the fee system In th* courts of our state. Since then the Fulton county grand Jury came out In strong terms con demning the present methods allow- county clerks to collect ail the moneys paid In as fines and appropriate same o their own us*, instead of turning same Into the county treasury, should be done. We are glad to not# that our county (Jackson) had a bill passed it the last session of the legislature placing the county solicitor and clerk of court on a salary, and provided that all money received as fines and costa be turned Into the county treasury after paying a reasonable salary to the solicitor and dark. A neat ‘sum has gone to the county's credit, besides removing from these officers all temptation to run the court aa a money-making machine. If the legislature at Its next session does nothing more tpsn place the so licitor generals, clerks of the superior courts and sheriffs on a salary, and abolish the present fee system, they will have done their state a great ser vice. Under the present fee system It Is to the solicitor’s Interest to have blind tigers running all over bis cir cuit, for, ts la well known, liquor Is the cause of at least three-fourths of O Gossips About People and Other Things v-/ By CHOLLY KNICKERBOCKER. By Private Leased Wire. New York, June 21.—Beverly Farms, Mass., Is congratulating Itself on hav ing for the summer Baron Von Btem berg, the German ambassador, and his beautiful American wife. The Huron- ess Von Sternberg Is one of the fa mous Langham sisters, the trio of which are named by a poetically In clined mother Violet, Lily and Ivy. The Baroness answers to the name of Lily. Lily Langham met "Speckle,'' aa the president calls him, abroad. Two years ago she accompanied him home to America In Washington he represents his royal master, "The Dictator of the Unnverse," Wilhelm III. The kaiser Is said to have been greatly pleased at the match, for while Miss Langham Is not nn heiress In her own right, she comes of a distinguish ed and wealthy family and Is possessed of a natural charm and tact that Is said to have won the Instant admira tion of the German ruler when she was presented at the German court. When the baron was sent to the United. States' as ambassador It was announced that the kaiser was sending nn "Ambassador of Love." His wife has royally tried to sustain the right to this title. She has made the Ger man embassy functions In Washing ton popular throughout the diplomatic corps. Another. New England summer re sort which Is rejoicing because ot a diplomatic summer resident Is Am herst, Mass. The Chinese minister. Sir Chen Tung Liang Cheng, is to spend the summer there and with him will be Miss May Liang Cheng, who Is the only daughter of the Chinese min ister to this country. Little Miss Liang, llke the piquant celestial that she Is, takes a thy In terest In the social functions of tho diplomatic circle of the capital city. Rumor has persistently reported this oriental debutante as engaged. When confronted with this gossip the other day the little visitor laughed, shook her head and pattered away to the roomy conservatory In the Chinese legation. . J Mrs. Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt has set another fashion In which the ultra- foshlonables at Newport doubtless will follow. While Mr. Vanderbilt has been mak lng speed records between this city ami Newport for the last fortnight, his wife may be seen sailing her 30-foot Ca price In Narragansott.bay, It Is hard to beat- the Long Island farmer. The admixture of Yankee and Dutch makes a combination which can be depended upon to look out for Itself. Lucky Rhodes, of Oakfield, has been annoyed by W. K. Vanderbilt's deer, which evinced a great fondness for his wheat fields, and made up his mind to stop them. He rigged up two poles and hung on a cord several pans and cowbells. To these he attached a fish line lone enough to reach across the field ant! barnyard to the bed room where he slept. He tied the line to his right wrist and at Intervals during the night woke up and gave It a tug. This, of course, set the milk pans clajterlng, the cow bells ringing and tho deer scamp ering for cover. Now It Is Mr. Vander bilt’s fields that thq deer visit. new use has been found for the auto when Samuel Westervelt, secre tary of the Tenafiy, N. J., board of cd ucatlon, and - a long trusted superin tendent In Lord & Taylor’s, disappear ed. Two searching parties In autos began the hunt for him, their only clew be ing foot prints leading toward the pal isades, Into which from tlmd to time, they fitted one ot the man’s shoes. In the woods the trail was lost, but all night they ran the motors through the brush, searching with lanterns.. Just as they were about to give up, the body was found face downward in eighteen Inches of water. ■ Julius Boskln, who keeps a reatau rant at 45 Franklin dtreet, declares that he ts done with wild cats. A friend In New Meriden sent him one. The wild cat escaped from Its box dur ing ths noon hour, cleaned tho res taurant out of Its customers and chew ed Mr. Boskln's coat before a policeman killed It tbe crimes committed, and the more crimes committed ths more money the solicitor gets out of his office. Sup press crime and. the solicitor to minus an Income. Place him on a salary, and It will then be to his Interest to aid In the enforcement of the state's laws, as his income will not be re duced on account of bis doing hto duty, as Is now the case. We hope the newspapers and ths people tn general will take this up and not let our lawmakers rest yntll this much needed reform to enacted into law. WILLIS S. LANIER. Stathom, Ga. “Plain Dick” Pulling Votss. To the Editor of Tho Georgian: The friends of “Plain Dick” Russell are taking great pride and pleasure In the splendid campaign he Is mak ing, and In the evidence! of solid and substantial increase In strength and popularity. Rev. J. J. Bennett has Just been elected to succeed Dr. Jameson as sec retary of the Baptist Mission. He Is, therefore, on* of the mpst prominent Baptist ministers of ths state. Writ ing from Griffin to the Jackson Herald, Mr. Bennett saye: “I am not in politics, but I am op posed to detraction and misrepresen tation. This leads me tat say a word to Judge Russell's home county through The Herald. What I am about to say ts done without Judge Russell's knowl edge or consent. “In all fairness to the Judge, It ts due his home people that they know Just what Impression he ts really mak- ng aa Jackson county's candidate for governor. Judging from the papers, one would think that he to not In the race; that the people are looking upon hto race with a mixture ot ‘pity and compassion.’ Now, let me tell you something. The people of Jackson county may feel proud of him. I can’t speak ot other sections, but I can speak of what I have seen In Griffin. Two months ago If he had a dozen friends In the county I didn't know it. Spalding county Was seemingly almost a unit for another candidate. He came two days ago, however, made three speeches In different parts ot ths city, and now you can count his friends and supporters by ths hundreds. "His main speech delivered at the Bijou theater was pronounced by some of the bratnest men In th* etty decid edly the fairest political speech ever heard In Griflln. He to openly de clared the Abraham Lincoln of Georgia politics. “Like a conquering hero, he has marched through this part of Georgia and since hfs departure I feet duly proud of the fact that honest Dick lusselL the plain man of the people, le my native county's gift to the pres ent gubernatorial race. "J. J. BENNETT. “Orifito, Ga, June 7, 1908.” "The Power of Beauty.” To the Editor of The Georgian: That beauty la a power none of us can dispute. A wonderful, subtle, many-sided power, etrlktng a respon sive chord within the soul.of each In dividual coming under Its Influence. By the great tow of attraction, -like attracts tike,” so this universal re sponsiveness of an souls to beauty mast mean that somewhere whhln each of us there to something beautiful. Only a very little seeking reveals this something In the perfect soul ot man, so sensitively attuned aa to be touched by even the airy beauty of a tinted bubble, tossed by a playful wind. Only a little uncovering brings out the manifestation of Its perfec tions so that ha whd funs may see and feel. , The power of beauty has been felt throughout alt the ages; strong men have died for the power of beauty In a woman’s face and form. Great poems' have been written, great pictures painted through the power of beauty In nature. Great thoughts have been horn, great >d*eds Inspired, t h r u igi■ tin- power of beauty In a noble life. Callout hearts havo been softened, selfish lives have been awed through the power of beauty In a great sderi flee. 4 if any burdens are being lightened, many pathways mads less rough, and angel choirs are heralding the day when the troubled world will be at peace, all united by the power of beau ty In brotherly love. ANNA FULLWOOD. We Like This Field Better. To the Editor of The Georgian: Permit a comparative stranger to your city to expreaa hit appreciation of your paper. Having been accustomed to the reading of such papers as Ths Chicago Tribune and The Chicago Dally News, the writer ivae tost when he first took up his residence In your city, owing to the lack of a really first- class newspaper, morning or evening. , When The Georgian appeared this want was removed and now It haa claimed me for a regular reader by sheer force of Its merit. I feel sure I voice the sentiment of many In this city when I urge you to seriously consider the issuing of a morning edition of your paper. Com ing here a stranger, I was completely disgusted with the mud-ellngtng of a dally paper, and I simply never read It as a result. Ths writer meets many who express the same sentiment. Why don’t you occupy the field? Yours for better Atlanta Journalism, R. t MANSFIELD. Atlanta, Go, June 20, 1901. BREATHING PLACE8. To the Editor of The Georgian: No movement looking to civic Im provement of greater value to Atlanta could be started going than The Geor gian’s suggestion for the Immediate establishment of. park squares through out the congested city centers. Right In the center of the business heart of Atlanta, in the very midst of-the mag- nlflcent group of towering office pah aces, there Is one place without a sin gle expensive structure or Improve ment. Surrounded as It la, with alt the grand commercial structures of the very heart of Atlanta, ft would seem, Indeed, that Providence had In some mysterious way. kept In reserve this very spot that the people of the iresent and untold generation yet un- mrn, might have just here a fountain from which to quaff the life-giving elixir of Ood’s precious nectar; abund ance of ozone-laden air, distilled through the leaves of the trees, and scented with the perfume of nature's floral laboratory, and mellowed Into one exquisite blend of refreshing ex- hUaritlon with the added aroma of freshly mown grass lawns and well kept shrubbery. The 8pot. I herewith suggest that at any cost the city condemn and purchase for a central park square or ~plaxa, the two ‘ “iroad street on the blocks bounded by Bi east, Walton on the south, Forsyth on the west and Luckle on the north. Very truly yours, EDWARD H. WALKER. College Park, Qa, June 20, 1906. TIIIS DATE IN HISTORY. . JUNE 21. 1596—Cadiz captured by English and Dutch forces. 1639—Increase Mather born; died Ah. Kust 23. 1723. 1656—Warsaw aurrendered to the Poles. 1707—Encounter between the Leonard nrtil thn Chouin.A,.ho * and the Chesapeake. 1736—Enoch Poor, commander of thd American forces at battle of Sar atoga, horn. 1768—New Hampshire ratified United States constitution,' being tha ninth state. 1701 Louis* XVI nrresiad and returned 1813—Battle of Victoria. 1854—Old Watch abolished and colic* system established In Boston. 1891—Ex-Senutor McDonald, of In diana, died. 1893—Leinnd Stanford, of California- died: horn March 9, 1824. 1898—Island of Guam taken possession of by the United States. 1905—Wreck of Twentieth Century Limited on. Lake Shore railroad ■ eight killed. GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM. By Prlrote Leased wire. New York. June 21.—Here are some ' the visitors In Nett York today; ATLANTA—J. G. Burkhart, L. B. Haffnker. A. A. Peeler, Mrs. A. a! Peeler. K. Widemnnn, L. O. Cameron ®. H. Coolldgs, o. N. Lewie, W S' .unnally, J. M. Spear, J. S. Cochran . Lichtenstein. ' AUGUSTA—B. H. Baker, J. A. Mun- roe nnd wife, W. G. Jester. SAVANNAH—G. H. Charles, A. G Gunard, L. L. Corning. T. Halltgan and wife, J. Hull, Jr. Thanks for The Georgian. To the Editor of The Georgian: At a recent meeting of our local Woman's Christian Temperance Union a motion was made nnd carried by a rising vote that a letter expressing our appreciation of your paper. The Atlan ta Georgian, be forwarded to you at an early date. We praise God that the prayers of our Georgia women have been answer ed, nnd that so speedily, tit the form of your splendid, clean sheet. Georgia, the Empire Stnte of the South, Is wor thy of such n paper. May God’s bless ing rest upon you and your great un dertaking, and may The Georgian be Instrumental in carrying Georgia to higher things. Respectfully, MRS. WALTER NEWMAN, Corresponding Secretary W. C. T. U., Columbus, Ga, 1228 Fifth Avenue. Columbus. Ga, June 1, 1908. GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO o o O RAILROAD, FINANCIAL, O O INDUSTRIAL NOTES. O O O OOOOOOOOOOOOOGO0OOO The Canadian Pacific railway, ac cording to report, Is preparing to build another line through the Rocky Moun tains at a point some distance north of the present route through the Kicking Horse Pass. The Colorado transportation burenu has been organized In Denver for the purpose of making more effective the dealings of Colorado merchants. Job bers nnd manufacturers with the rali- roada that handle their goods, and to prevent discrimination In favor of other territories as against Colorado. At Decatur, III., work has been be gun on the extensive new shops which the Wabash railroad Is to build there. Tho shops and yards will cover forty- two acres and will be modern In all their equipment A proof of Canadian prosperity Is found In the fact that Canadian cus toms receipts for May, 1901, exceeded those for May, 1905, by (SOI,'585. Over 190,000 spindles were added to the Southern cotton mills In the first three months of this year. They are ' estimated to cost 320 a spindle, which indicates an investment of 12,812,040. This Is a much better record than that of any quarter period of 1905, be ing nearly 50,000 more spindles than reported for the beet quarter of last year. ,' Electricity Is to displace steam as a motive power on the -Maryland and Pennsylvania, which runs from Balti more to York, Pa., aeventy-nlne miles, and from Baltimore to Belalr, Iwenty- stx miles. The builders of the new Atlanta Birmingham and Atlantic railroad, from Brunswick, Oa. and Birmingham, Ala., to Atlanta, expect to have the line completed within eighteen months The completion of the new toad wlu open up a rich section of country nnd will give Atlanta a new line to tide water, With steamship connections and new water rates to New York and Eastern porta. The first passenger car ever manu factured entirety of steel hss been turned out by the American Car and Foundry Company. It to the first of an order of 125 for the New York Central railroad. The earning! last year of the entire Pennsylvania railroad syatem of over 10,000 miles reached the enormous to tal of 3240,000,000. The American Association of Local Freight Agtnts Is holding Its nine teenth annual meeting In Montreal this week. Proper marking of freight, com parison of switching methods ana weighing car-load freight under the rules of the Cincinnati chamber of commerce are some of the topics sched uled for discussion. ' The Rock Island management to busy ... preparations for extensions, In order to handle the business of the big pos ture country on the Red river, follow- I.. 14. ,.wanln« 4.. eatllsnionl ihlfi HU HI” Ing Its opening to settlement this sum mer. OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO0OO WITHOUT A DOUBT, BEST IN THE SOUTH. Savannah, Ga, June 19. The Atlanta Georgian, Atlanta Ga Gentlemen: Please put me on your subscription list for The Georgian, as It Is without a doubt the best dally paper tn the South. Thanking you In advance for your prompt at tention. Yours truly, . Ralph l. mckenzie. oooooooooooooooooo