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TIIE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
TT'FSDAY. jn.T 11. 19»
The Atlanta Georgian.
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"Porteus, there la a proverb thou ehouldat read:
'When flatterers meet, the Devil goes to dinner.’"
—Peter Pindar.
An Unprejudiced Review.
Th* Constitution and The Journal seam to bo In
politics utterly hopeless nnd Irredeemable.
The Constitution Tuesday morning has twenty-nine
columns about Mr. Clark Howell and Ur. Hoke 8mlth In
s comparatively unimportant and absolutely result!ess
debate nt Albany. The Journal pn Monday evening bad
upon the mere preliminary report, eleven columns, and
will doubUess have between fifteen and twenty this
afternoon. So tbat the equilibrium of (pace will doubt
less be squarely maintained between them.
But think of the apace: twenty-nine columns In one
]>ai>er, eleven In another nnd twenty perhaps this attar-
noon, will make an average of nearly sixty columns of
reading matter about the two candidate* whole wranglea
and quarrels have atlrred the state.
And think of the conflicting statements. The Const!
tution says Clark Howell "smashed” Hoke Bmlth. The
Journal says Hoke Smith '‘crushed" Clark Howell. Both
r mashed. Both cruahed. Both annihilated. And yet both
< ontlnue to live and chirp. What widely conflicting
Klatemente! Are both rlghtT Impossible. Are both
fulse? How eorrowful In newspaper! of good repate.
How can the public credit either of them any more on
subject! of Interest to themselves?
Will the reader remember that thli campaign la
nearly eleven month! old? Will the feeder alio remem
ber that thla la the fourth conaecutlvo debate between
iIicbs gentlemen, and that acarcely a new point has been
developed from first to lost out of the stormy wrangle of
their passions and ambitions?'
And the worst of It Is that nobody except the parti-
hins.of either paper gives anything more than a mere
casual credence to anything that appears In either
organ upon the great question of who le going to be gov
ernor of Georgia and what principles are going to tri
umph In the gubernatorial campaign.
The correspondent. Mr. Glass, whom ws sent to Al
bany yesterday haa been a resident of Oeorgla for only
threo weeks. Ho has been long accustomed to mix
with politics and public occasions In Tennessee on the
.Nashville and Memphis papers, and he le truly and ab
solutely Impartial between the relative claims of Mr.
smith and Mr. Howell. The reports which he sent and
brings back from Albany we flrmly believe to he a* fair,
as Impartial and aa absolutely correct as It Is possible
for an Intelligent and honest man to make the record of
a public meeting.
Onr readers can peruse It with perfect confidence
and can dertva from It just such Impression aa a fair
statement of the facta will make upon their minds. We
give tho report ss the report of the paper, which Is
confirmed by every Impartial description which ws have
lmd from personal and disinterested sources returning to
Atlanta.
The result* of tCe four debates have not been sat
isfactory, although both of the candidates have recently
given moro attention than usual to the discussion of great
Issues of the campaign. We feet that the only way tn
which such dashes of conviction can bo of Interest to
tho voters would be to discuss these great questions
which aro vital to the people's Interest without passion,
without prejudice nnd without the miserable Interjection
ot personal abuse and vituperation on either side.
As the campaign progresses The Georgian will en
deavor more and more to give tha facte aa they are
between theee two striking figures of the campaign. No
staff representative of thle paper would color or misrepre
sent the facta In these political gatherings, and this la the
best guarantee to the people ot Georgia that the fairest.
moBt accurate and moat trustworthy reports which they
sill receive during the further progress of this cam
paign will be found In the columns of a free, fair and
fearless newspaper.
Meanwhile, let ns all thank hsavsn and the better
angels of ths state that the campaign has only six
more weeks to run.
Romancers As Statesmen.
When Job the patriarch expressed the pious wish
that bis enemy would write n book he did not contem
plate that this would be the surest road to political ad
vancement nnd renown, for they did not manage things
so well In the land ot Us.
But this Is s different land end time, and It now
seems that as soon si a man makes n hit with a novel
the next step is for his friends to gather around him
nnd nominate him for some political position.
The author ot “The Jungle" has attained n world
wide celebrity. He la looked upon as ths logical antag
onist of tha octopus. Consequently he has been nomi
nated for congress from New Jersey on the Socialist
ticket nnd there are those who do not hesitate to urge
him to sntar ths race for the presidency.
if he were to attempt to carry out hit reforms with
in ths ranks of the Democratic party there would be
some likelihood of hla success, for he has certainly set
the civilised world to thinking, but the moment he,an
nounced himself ss a Socialist he queered the game and
neutralised his powsr for good.
It Is very dlfisrsut with Winston Churchill, however.
He has been s member of the New Hampshire legisla
ture for the post two years and thus has had aa oppor
tunity of learning a great deal about practical politics.
It Is a far cry from his first novel, "The Celebrity,"
to anything Ilk# s problem novel, bat In “Conlston" hs Is
sold to have utilised the lnfornfatlon gained In political
life for ths purpose of drawing an effective Indictment
against railroad domination In the affairs ot n state.
Ths Boston and Maine railroad Is ths particular of
fender for which Mr. Churchill has been gnnnlng. but It
•aems to be accepted that the abuses complained of are
not peculiar to New Hampshire, and the Indications are
that the novel will have a very wide sale and may exert
some Influence.
At any rate the admlrera of Mr. Churchill have
reached the conclusion that he should run for the office
of governor on the Lincoln Republican ticket and he has
consented to do so.
There Is nothing new In this tendency of literary
men to enter political life and to make a distinguishing
mark In that line of work. Both before and after hla
achievements as a statesman, M. Disraeli was a success
ful novelist, while Lord Lytton was at loust aa highly
esteemed In parliament as he was In the boudoir whore
his florid romances held undisputed popularity for ao
many years. It Is to him that England Is Indebted for
tho acquisition of Vancouver's Island and for many other
strokes of statesmanship.
These are but the first Illustrations that coma to
mind In this connection, and a moment’s reflection will
illy suggest dozens more. Churchill, et least, may
reasonably expect to be elected on the reform ticket
of New Hampshire.
The career of the scholar In politics will bo watchod
with Increasing interest if he should he elected.
Chairman Taggart Should Resign.
It seems to be pretty well agreed that Hon. Thomas
Taggart can best servo hts party by resigning his posi
tion as chairman of the Democratic executive commltteo.
The levity with which he scouts the Idea finds no such
echo In tho mlnda of the people of the country in
general.
It la an undisputed fact that the French Lick
Springs resort has been a synonym of gambling for a
long time and the place has been generally alluded to
aa the Monte Carlo of America. Through the Instru
mentality of the attorney general and the governor ot
the Hate of Indiana a recent raid was made on the
Casino and a Urge quantity of gambling paraphernalia
was captured- The Idea that Mr. Teggart did not know
that gambling was being carried on la absurd In Its
very face and no man who Is clothed and In his right
mind will believe it for one moment
The proprietor of the building—since he claims that
he was nothing mors—might have mads almost any
kind of defense and It would have been more graceful
and more plausible than to maintain that he was Igno
rant of the fact that gambling was going on there.
Everybody knows that that was one of the malniUys of
the resort It is an Insult to the Intelligence of the
American people to aak them to believe In Jilt Igno
rance.
There Is a general senUment throughout the couo
try that Mr. Taggart should resign. He did not do hla
party any good during the last campaign. He was
held up to the world as u gambler and a "sport” through
out tbs campaign, and to thla was added the fact that he
seemed much more Intent on bit own builneai than on
the election of the Democratic nominee. Ho was not
much of a general In the political field.
To leave him In thp same position during snothor
contest would be deplorable Indoed. In a few months
there will be an election to choose members ot tho
Sixtieth congress. Thla comes at a time when tha
whole country It aroused on tho subject ot reform, A
wave of social and political and commercial morality
U sweeping over the country and the peoplo aro de
termined that this ethical awakening shall bear fruit
The Republican party la already In a position to reap
the benefit of a groat deal ot this sentiment notwith
standing the fact tbat thet have merely stolen Demo
cratic thunder In putting Into execution the reforms
which the Democrats have been demanding so long.
At the same time It will do the party no good to have
at the head of the executive commltteo a man whoso
Monte Carlo hae been cloaed a* a gambling resort after
enjoying ait unsavory reputation for many years.
Whatever may be tho fine distinction drawn as to
the person responsible for the gambling at French Lick
Bprlnga, the one fact remains tbat U Mr. Taggart wants
to serve hit party he can do It boat by resigning at once.
The East Lake improvements.
The people of Atlanta who have recently been to
East Lake can bavo little conception of the deep nnd
lasting debt which they owe to the Atlanta Athletic
Club.
A few months ago the club bought several hundred
scree of thle beautiful property and have expended upon
It a generous sum ot money, which la being constantly
added to, and which will be constantly reinforced for the
next four or flvo yean. The metamorphoeli wrought by
the taste, energy and liberality of the club has already
glvsn to this city the finest country and athletic resort
In all the South, and. one which has fsw superiors
throughout the country.
Heretofore our little slater of Birmingham has been
accustomed to vaunt her superiority over Atlanta In this
Uns, but hereattsr Atlanta, thanks to the Athletic Club,
holds the pre-eminence In this llna of development, and
has bulldsd and Is now perfsottng an Institution which
will be an ornament and a restful, helpful and healthful
charm to all the people of this capital olty of the South.
With a lake for boating, whloh is beautiful and am*
pla for every demand, with the finest golf courts In nil
the South, and with the finest s«t ot tennis courts south
ot Chicago or Nsw York, tha athletic feature of thle club
la built upon a foundation which offers unlimited possi
bilities for success and development In the future.
As the slow but steady process ot beautifying goes
on year after year, as ths trees grow larger on the ave
nues, and the grass begins to grow green upon the
lawns, while the club bouses are perfected In boauty
and convenience. this country annex to tbe Athletic
Club at East Lake will make an ornament of which all
Atlanta may be proud, and tn which Atlanta may be
happy.
Paw Institutions In recent years have bad a moro
wholesome, more healthful and a happier Influence upon
tho life and development ot the young men of Atlanta
than tbe Athletic Club, and the building of this splendid
addition at East Lake ts ths crowning achievement tnd
glory of an Institution to which Atlanta Is already deeply
and happily In debt.
THE FIR»T CHARTER OF EAST POINT.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
In my story of John F. Bible, In The South Fulton
Enterprise of June 30, and which you epitomise In a re
cent Issue of your valuable paper,'I say:
"The embryo city must have a charter aod Juat
as that charter was written. In hie own handwriting,
by John F. Bible, It passed the Georgia legislature
and s new municipality was born."
A correspondent disputes this, alleging that tbe
charter was written by Captain Conley. Kindly allow
me apace In which to set tbe gentlemen right Mjr state
ment as above la la avenr particular correct Soma
three or four years after the charter was granted. It
was proposed to aek the legislature for a new charter
giving the young city greater powers. This charter was
written by Captain Conley, and superseded the charter
under which East Point was established as a city. My
Informant Is Mr. R. F. Thompson, who wai a member
of the council at that period. Captain Conley did yeoman
service for East Point and I cheerfully accord him all
the credit which Is hla due. But he did not write East
Polnt'a firat charter, tbat having been written by John
F. Bible, now of Ixima, Mich. A- A. ALLEN,
South Fulton Enterprise, East Point, Ga.
GEORGIA'S INSURANCE BILL.
To the Editor of The Georgian: /
Knowing the ability and the willingness with which
yon always rally td the cause and Interest of the people,
nnd especially to that of tho Empire State of the South,
I ask permission through tho columns of your valuable
paper to call attention u> one of the most vital questions
of Importance now before tbe people of this state, pre
sented to them through the legislative body as represen
tatives of the whole state. Not only does thla question
affect the present generation, but future ones.
I.refer to the hill ns Introduced by Senator Foy, of
Screven county, which hill seeks to regulate the business
of life Insurance done In tho state of Oeorgla. whether
such business Is done by a company organized In Geor
gia or some other state.
This bill as Introduced. Is to protect the people of
Georgia from being Induced to buy or offered "gold
brick" contracts and "special boards” under the name
of Ufa Insurance; to prevent discrimination of one policy
aver another, of same class; to place the sale of life
Insurance uimn a legitimate basis, and having legiti
mate Ufa Insurance to offer.
The people of Georgia have been the victims of
many Yfnke" life Insurance companies of both home
and foreign birth. Tho legislature now In session could
not pass n law which would prove of moro benefit to all
till- people of Georgia limn lo pass tho bill as Introduced
by Senator Foy. I am sorry to say, but the state of
Goorgln haa not kept paco with other states In the protec
tion of her citizens by having and enforcing strict life
Insurance laws; In my opinion there.ahould be created
a separate state life Insuranco department, presided
over by a state official whose duty would be to recom
mend proper Insurance lawn, see that same were en
forced, and that no life Insurance company be allowed
lo do luminous In Georgia except that company organized
and operated upon honest and scientific life Insurance
principles.
I do not make the suggestion of creating the life
Insurance department with any political Interest In view.
I have chosen life Insurance (the sale of It) as my pro
fession. I have not now, or ever did have any political
aspirations, neither hate I any friend 111 view* tn recom
mend to fill the position as suggested to ho created.
Thanking you In advance for any prominence you
may give this letter, or i's purpose, I am vours sincerely,
1 B. W. TORRANCE
‘‘EXCHANGES” AND "BUCKET 8H0PS."
To the Editor of The Georgian:
I have read your two editorials In defense of local
exchanges. Will you pleaso explain to me the difference
betwocn losing a thousand dollars In a bucket shop and
losing a thousand dollars on the so-called exchanges?
Do you deny that It Is a fact that these so-called ex
changes will allow am p-r-on regardless of Ids occupa-
tlon and regardless of hla purpose In buying to specu
late through these exchanges provided that ho will put
up Hie margin? I)o you or tlm so-called exchanges eon-
tend that because tin- exchanges will not receive frac
tional orders that It will lessen the gambling on futures
lii-csime >1 contract with an exchange requires more mon
ey than la required In a bucket shop? Don't you know
that this can be evaded by pooling arrangements be
tween soveral parties who desire to speculate and will
do so In tho name of one person? How can you prohibit
bucket shops without prohibiting so rnlleil exchanges?
ir a Idll should he passed requiring that every corpora
tion, firm or Individual engaging In tho business of deal
ing In futures should be required to have a certificate
of membership on some legitimate cxchnnge, who is to
lietermlno which exchange Is legitimate and which Is Il
legitimate? Is there any prohibition ngatnst tbe form
ing of other exchanges? Is It true that the New Or
leans exchange and tin- Now York exchange are the only
exchanges that can exist? The bucket shops cu easily
get together and form an exchange upon tho floors of
which purchases and salsa can be made under ths asms
rules and regulations required upon the New York nnd
New Orleans exchanges. Such has been done already In
tho organization of tho Consolidated Stock Exchange of
Philadelphia, Metropolitan Stock Exchange of Boston,
National Bonrd of Trade of Kansas City, Mo., National
Cotton Exchange of Memphis and Superior Board of
Trndo, Superior, Wli. If such a bill was framed aiming
exclusively at so-called bucket shops It would not run
out tbe buckot shops or tho exchanges either. It would
Just simply mean that all of them WOttld run on as thsy
do now, because tbe bucket shops can organize ex*
changes and havo membership on them the same ns tho
so-called legitimate exchanges now have membership.
All of this opposition ts not for tho benefit of tho
fanners. the business men nnd producers of thla country,
lint this opposition Is Indng carried on by the SOCaBad
exchanges and bucket shops, the purpose of which Is to
prevent any bill which Is drastic enough to prevent the
evil which it Is aimed at. I will guarantee and defy any
so-called exchange to dispute It that not one-tenth of
their business Is legitimate business. It Is the gambling
feature of their business that they want to retain and
It Is the gambling feature which brings the revenue.
As one expressed It In tho Kimball house lobby p few
nights ago, "they have the teat and they are going to
hold it until the milk goes dry." The purpose of our
bill Is to choke them off the teat and to stop the milk
from running.
No one can dispute that tho gambling Is Immoral,
Illegal and contrary to public policy and should be sup
pressed. North Carolina tried a law In 18S7 In which
it was attempted to draw a distinction between so-called
legitimate and illegitimate transactions and this law
was Ineffective. In 1904 the legislature of North Caro
lina enacted a law which has prohibited future specula
tion In that state. The substitute bill now pending be
fore the legislature. Indorsed by the Credit Men's As
sociation of this state," tho Chamber of Commorce and
other trade organizations Is almost a re-draft of tho
North Carolina law. I have letters from prominent
persons In North Carolina where thla law la In force
and they all state that the law has had a good effect and
haa not Interfered In tjo least with any legitimate enter
prise, but has abolished gambling on futures In that
state. Yours truly, , JOHN A. BOYKIN.
hATURAL RIGHTS.
To the Editor of Tho Georgian'.
It Is a popular saving-that man haa no “natural
rights." This Is not to say that.he never haa had any,
but thlB statement la used to convey the Idea that
man's natural rights ts tin Invention of his Imagination.
This Idea Is ndrnnced to uphold present social and
economical conditions.
If this Is true, and It doubtless Is. then present so
cial and Industrial conditions are not natural or are op
posed to nature.
The only law which does sod can exist, ia natural
law, and like the laws of the Medea and Persians nev
er changes.
Natural law treats all mankind alike. It treats tha
king and hlB slave alike. Upon no other groundB can
the Democratic slogan of "Equal rights to all and sp'e-
dal privileges to none,” exist
This Democratic slogan, unjess It applies to both
king and slave alike. Is not sincere.
To apply to those alike It must abolish the name and
the calling alike. All men eat. drink, wear clothes and
dwell III houses In obedience to the natural law of self-
preservation. The possession, then, of these things Is
after the law of natural right. To deprlvo mankind of
these things Is to mako tho natural right to these things
tbe property right of those who withhold them from their
fellows.
This unnatural property right of the few In the nat
ural right ot all ta the bone of contention between those
who own this right In small degree, and those who own
It In a larger measure. In other words, present political
parties who aro or havo been In power, are simply par
ties of those who claim to own the natural right of all
men to food, clothing nnd shelter. Those who are dta-
possessed of these natural rights are not parties to these
political deals, or stockholders In theee political parties
any moro than tho paper upon which la printed tho gov
ernment function of money, Is money. The paper Btands
for the laborer or slave, ami the jirlntlng or wording
thereon stands tor those who own the natural rights of
the laborers or slaves. Tbe laborer is a slave, simply
because be worships the printing or stamping, which he
does not understand. Instead of the paper which he does
understand. Tho printing or stamping Is all there la
ot capitalism, and tbe blank paper Is all there ts of labor
under tbe present functions of government
One nmy prevent his fellow man from enjoying nat
ural law, but they cannot thus destroy the natural law,
or deprive the other of tho natural right to tho benefit of
natural law. This Democratic slogan of "equal rights to
all" to bo effectual or of use, should read “equal rights
of all to the use of their natural rights.”
A man. a mulo, the enrth. tbe air, the water, the seed
end the sun mako a crop of wheat. Is this crop after
natural law or human opinion? Or after natural right
or human edict? To whom does this whoat belong, and
by what right ts there any ownership? If man's opinion
can perpetually obstruct or stop tho oporatlon of natur
al right, can ho not perpetually obstruct or stop, the op
eration ot divine right? ,
Which candidate for governor of Georgia stands for
the natural rights of the man nnd the mule In making
tho crop of wheat? Feudalism was abolished, chattel
slavery wns abolished, why not wage slavery? Is not
John D. Rockefeller sound In denying tho natural right
of any but his own? W. A. JOHNSON.
July 6, ISM.
INTERNAL USE ONLY—(Quantum Buff.)
Mustard on cloth for tho stomach's exterior,
Why', that la tor Christians ot Science Interior;
But mustard on beef for the stomach's Interior
la proper for Christians of Science superior.
—JAMES J. DOOLIKG.
NEW YORK COMMERCIAL
COMMENTS EDITORIALLY
ON TORREY-ALEXANDER
Under the caption. "An Age of Cant,'
The New York Commercial haa the fol
lowing editorial comment on tha Tor-
rey and Alexander system of revivals:
We are living In a striking age from
whatever aspect considered—an age of
decedent creeds and changing stand
ards. The historian of the future, In
summing up the salient characteristics
of the present inhabitants of the United
Staten, will no doubt classify them as
the most restlessly progressive people,
the greatest rood, city and empire
builders that this world hoe known,
and an essentially practical race. On
the other hand, the amazing facility
with which so Intelligent a people sub
mits to being \xplotted by any religious
fakir or thsumaturglet that Just hap
tens along will not ascape criticism
rom tha Greenes or Gibbons of future
ages.
It was refreshing to find the esteemed
Public Ledger not long sgo rejoicing,
apparently, In certain strange discover
ies and tidings of great Joy that had
been brought to the good people ot
Philadelphia by a Doctor Torrey and a
Mr. Alexander, Itinerant "evangelists"
or “missionaries," or “revivalists." For,
while Philadelphia may possibly lack
some of the briskness of New Tork
and other large ritlee, yet surely the
marvels alleged to have occurred under
Tiberius Caaaar should have reached
that fair city by this time. They were
state newt even when Constantine, led
by hla Empress Helena, promulgated
on official religion for the Western
Roman empire, only sixteen centuries
ago, and since that time these wonders
have certainly been exhaustively dis
cussed In all their possible bearings on
human society aa well os the proved
Interpolations In the few passages of
contemporary writers which refer to
them. Yet, notwithstanding the deduc
tions (so contemptuous for certain
forms ot primitive beliefs) arrived at
by masters of the human Intellect-
such men as John Stuart Mill, Spencer,
Darwin, Huxley—at the present mo
ment, to our discredit be It said among
English-speaking races, the profession
of "Howling Dervish" for which Ignor
ance Is a good qualification, la one of
the moat Immediately profitable that
even a get-rich-quick schemer can turn
hla attention to.
The good news that Philadelphia was
asleep and needed reviving reached the
ears of Doctor Torrey anti those of tbe
similarly Inspired Mr. Alexander at an
pportune moment, and they very laud-
ibiy hastened to Introduce salvation to
the city of brotherly love. A much
wider field of effort has presented Itself
In Franc*. And what may not have
been lost lo the French population by
the absence of theee reverend gentle
men at this precise Juncture? The
government and legislators of that
country hare been engaged for a year
or more In a rough-and-tumble fight
with "the church" there; indeed, that
was a precious opportunity for. our re
vivalists, either ns Umpires or, better
still, participants In the fray. In tho
Obeence of any such champions "the
church" over there haa been wonted,
and tha principal French newspapers,
with few exceptions, are congratulating
tbe government upon Its victory.
In gur own land we appear slow In
realizing that cant and euperetttlon
are the deadliest enemies of human
progresa. Has education not sufficient
ly advanced among us lo render Holy
Qhoeters, Dowtelem, spook worship and
other such religious masquerades Im
possible? What renders such beliefs
possible In the first Instance? There
Use the crux of the problem. Thirty
years ago, when France, still trembling
after her tremendous defeat by Ger
many, waa being reorganized by such
? lre patriots aa Gtombetta nnd M.
hlers. Paul Bert, then minister of
K bltc Instruction, addressed the chain-
r of deiutles to tho following effect:
"It Is not our domestic discords. It la
not England, nor even the trained Ger
man legions that constitute tha great
est menace to Frenchmen and tha
■parity of Franca, still bleeding from
wounds, but ‘the man In black.'"
Hla memorable word! have borne fruit.
But aa to tho vultures who; under a
clerical garb and under all kinds of
denominations, are allowed to Impose
on the credulity of the British or
American public without restraint, such
aa these wero not tolerated In France,
Germany or Switzerland at any period,
but were amenable to the law as rogues
or Impostors. Tha French minister was
referring only to the orthodox regular
French clergy, good enough for the
feudal ages of Europe, but now deemed
mischievous, reactionary and a breeder
of debasing superstitions.
Is there no lesson that our cultivated
and more thoughtful class ot citizens
can derive from thla great French na
tional movement? For such It la. Are
tha "shapharda" and “tub-thumpera,"
the types ao wall portrayed by Charles
Dickens, forever to b* encouraged- and
go unrebuked by tha preea of this coun
try? We must decline to believe that
Philadelphia Vaa asleep and needed
awakening by Doctor Torrey and Mr.
Alexander. The Reverend Doctor Casa,
chairman of the "mission," announced
that the total expense of “the revival"
reached 140,000. The profits ware not
stated. In thla kind of business they
never are, nor thalr disposal. On a
rough calculation It coat about IS a
head to convert a Philadelphian. In
Atlanta, the next “eland" for the two
worthlea, It no doubt cost much more.
Warm Contest For Mayor.
Special to the Ueorctss.
Auguste, Oa_, July 10.—It le only
eight V»ys till the city whit* primary
will be held and much Interest Is ba
ins manifested In the outcome. It la
the mayorellty election this year, and
as usual the city employees whose Jobs
depend upon their action, are working
hard for tha different candidates.
HOW DID HE KNOW.
Yvette Gnllbert, the noted French ac
tress. at a dinner In New York had ‘
compUmented rather awkwardly, re
the New York Tribune.
"Your Intention was not bed,” said tha
n ctrese, good-humoredly. In her quaint Gna
sh. "But you were awkward. I will
admit that
“Ho awkward yon ware that I am re-
nlndod'Of a hepjH-nlnx, a Parisian happen-
***_ Parisian gnve'a dinner. All the
tere. Jewels (Uttered on white
end ribbons crossed while
In a word, elegance com
an gnve
worm vai ih*
throats. Ord«
•blrt boaoma*
Plata.
“And after ainnar, artar tba ladle
•one upstair*, tba men. orer thalr coffcs
and dears and liquors, talked, as men will,
of lore.
. “And all of a sadden tbe host cries In i
load volet:
••! will tall roue gentlemen, thla Ir the
S: InWas fiaJnj
Germany, even of America, I here kissed,
but Itfc meet tree that to kiss my wife
le best of all.
“Then e young men cries from across the
table:
" 'By heavens. air, yon are right there!'
TRIBUTE TO THE GEORGIAN.
To the Editor pt The Georgian:
I waa glad whan The Georgian was
launched, and, commencing with the
first number, I am a hubscriber as long
as It Is run by such a man ns John
Temple Graves. It Is a splendid paper
and Juat such a dally as every true
Georgian should and will b* proud of.
It haa but one possible fault, and that
la the restrictive word "Atlanta" to Its
Leave off the word "Atlanta"
and let "The Georgian" be the name.
IV* people down her* In Carroll
formed a large Hoke Smith Club on the
first Tuesday. It will soon have a ma
jority of the white voters of tbs coun
ty belonging to It, os nearly all the vot
ers of this county era Smith men. We
are very proud of Hon. Hoke Smith
and Intend to elect him In spite of the
many low down efforts being made to
Injure him. The lowest ws haw seen
le the picture of the negroes appoint
ed by the Cleveland administration,
sent out by the Clark Howell crowd to
Injure Smith. That is enough to dis
gust every Democrat who voted for
Cleveland. It comes with very, bad
grace from Mr. Howell now, who Hilled
to oppose the appointments. In hie great
paper at tba time; but seemed then. If
not to approve, at least not to openly.
Ilka a man, oppose the appointments.
Howell now blatantly lays he "would
die rather than Injure tba Democratic
party," and yet hs la little enough to
throw thla Insult at every whits man
who voted for the only Democratic
president whom w* hare had since tha
war. This ploture has turned a few
that would have been for Howell
•iralnst him.
Much success to The Georgian, and
long may It flourish.
J. W. BALLARD.
Carrollton, Go. July 7, 1904.
By Private Leased Wire.
New York. July 10.—Thomas F.
Ryan, traction magneto, banker end
political manipulator, la again a grand,
father. The financier Is abroad, but
when a third --,n was bom to his eon,
William K. Ryan, at the homestead.
Oak Ridge, Va . the moles got busy and
the new* seas sent to grandpa. Mr.
Ryan recently lamented that none of
his grandchildren had been bora at the
old homestead, and hla son thereupon
moved with hie family to Oak Ridge.
Clarence Eddy, the distinguished
American organist, who enjoys Inter-
natl -nal reputHtlun, and Mrs. Grace
- -1 - • 11 J ilrkman, a n-it.-.l concert Mn.- .
were married nt -noon today at the
Msnhasset apartments.
Lost year, when Mr. Eddy made a
concert tour of thle country, Mrs. Dick-
tnan was his concert soloist. At thle
time a suit for divorce was pending
against Mr. Eddy and on May 10 of this
year the conditional divorce was grant
ed and -Mr. Eddy and Mrs. Dlckmsn
fixed the time of thetr marriage. Only
their most Intimate friends were noti
fied.
Mrs. Dlckman obtained a divorce
from her husband sums time ago. She
was born In California end xnng In Dr.
McKenzie's church there.
The fact that Thomas A. Edison, son
of the famous electrician, haa taken to
himself another wife ties Just become
known. She was Miss Beatrice M.
Pnyser, and they were married Sat
urday In Trenton. While ths weddlnx
woe very quiet, It waa not a runaway
match.
A certain section of New York’s "400"
are discussing today with considerable
interest the election of Cornelius Van
derbilt as a member of the Society of
the Cincinnati, the organisation that
dates back to the revolution—for be
hind tho election of Cornelius Vander
bilt was another contest between him
and Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt as tn
which was the head of tho house. Both
Cornelius and Alfred Gwynne, It ap
pears, made application for member
ship to the society at about the same
time, Cornelius declared he wee eligi
ble on tbe ground that he was the eld
est eon of hie great-grandfather, who
woe an officer In the revolutionary
ormy.
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt baaed his
application on the ground that he was
descended- In a direct line from his
mother’s great-grandfather, who wae
an officer st Charleston, 8. C., at ths
outbreak of the revolution. It Is a
herd end feet rule In the Society of
the Cincinnati that the law of primo
geniture hold In regard to eligibility.
But, os once before In the dispute of
the two brothers os to which woe the
head of the house of Vanderbilt, Cor
nelius won. The flret contest occurred
when Cornelius woe practically disin
herited by his father because he mar
ried Grace Wilson. But then he forced
hie borther and other members of the
family to give him part of the share
of the Vanderbilt estate left to them,
so that In the end he had almost ss
much as Sny of them. Alfred Gwynne
Vanderbilt had been declared tbe heed
of the Vanderbilt house before tho lat
ter died.
Severe treatment le to be meted out
by the* authorities of Bellevue hospital
to drunkards who won't reform. It wss
announced today that hereafter every
man who calls at the Institution s sec-
..II I time t-> t- treeateil for nl,
will be arrested. A card system will
be used for Identification.
GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM.
By Private Leesed Wire.
New York, July It.—Here are some
of the vlettors In New York today:
ATLANTA—D. E. Arnold and wife,
J. H. Pace, D. M. Slrk, S. S. Stevens,
R. I. Cheatham, Mrs. R. W. Davidson,
L. Richardson, B. B. Roberts, A. H,
Welhouee, A. W. Comes, J. Harris, L.
Reynolds, W. W. Reynolds, L. Richard
son.
AUGUSTA—W. H. Harrison.
SAVANNAH—Mrs. E. Hsalsm, H. F.
Lauderman, H. W. McCowan, H. IV.
McCowan, Jr, F. H. Golden, Miss M.
Hogan.
THIS DATE IN HISTORY.
JULY 10.
1024—Pope Benedict Vltl died.
1414—Henry V claimed restoration ol
English possessions In France.
1400—Battle of Northampton, England.
Wars of the Roses.
1609—John Calvin, religious reformer,
born. Died ltd.
1659—Accession of Francis II of Franca
1554—William, Prince of Orange, as
sassinated.
1680—Bishop Tell died.
1723—Sir William Blacketone, fammie
legal writer, born. Died Febru
ary 14. 1710.
1777—Capture of British General Pres
cott, Bristol, R. L
1792—Frederick Marryatt, novelist,
bom.
1806—Mutiny ot the Sepoys at Vellorq
India.
1832—President Jackson vetoed bill te
recharter United States bank.
1850—Millard Fillmore sworn In as
president of the United States.
1863—Mexican empire proclatmedi
Maximilian as emperor.
1884— Paul Morphy, noted chess expert,
died.
1885— Arrival In Chicago of flret car
load of fruit shipped from Ore
gon.
1888—Brekemen on the Cincinnati. Bur
lington and Quincy Railroad wenl
on strike.
1890—President approved set for ad
mission of Wyoming to state-
hood.
1892— Kate Castleton, actress, died.
1893— Score of lives lost In cold stor
age fire st Chicago worlds fain
1894— Hundreds killed by earthquake at
Conatantlnople.
1895— Allen Pettlbone, fsthar ef '»
Mlllerttee, died.
1898—General Torsi. Spenleh com
mander of Santiago, declined tt
surrender.
1902— Explosion of Ore-damp In tain*
near Jnlinglnwn. Pa, more tnss
115 killed.
1903— Second operation In endeavor u
save Pope Leo's life.
1904— General Jose Toral. Who Wire*
dered Santiago to the Americana
died In ilidrtd.
1905— Franco-German agreement
Morocco *aa announced*