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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. WEDNESDAY. Jl’I.V 11. in'*. The Atlanta Georgian. JOHN TEMPLE CRAVES, Editor. F. L. SEELY, President. Telephone L Connections Subscription Rites: Published Every Afternoon |One Year Six Months 1 Three Months By Carrier, per week $4.50 2.50 J.25 10c Except Sundijr by THE GEORGIAN CO. at 25 V. Alabama Street, Atlanta, Ga. V <1^ -J Entered as aernnJ-eia*. matter April K. I?**. at tba roftoffld* It Atlanta, Go.. Under net of commas of March t 1I7S. II THE GEORGIAN COMES TO GEORGIA AS THE SUNSHINE “Porteus, there Is a proverb thou ihouldst read: 'When flatterers meet, the Devil goes to dinner.'” —Peter Pindar. A Final Word on Bucket Shops. The Georgian baa never had any desire to place Itself In the attitude of championing the cause of speculation on margins, either In legitimate exchangee or bucket shops, and we must decline to allow ouraelved to be drawn Into that attitude by anything that has been said In the oourse of the discussion. On yesterday we gave space to a communication from Mr. John A- Boykin, author of the blit introduced In the legislature which does not make any distinction between the legitimate exchanges and the acknowledged bucket shops. We do not see that be brings forward any argu ments which have not been answered already In the course of our discussion, but we wish to point out, what we have already sought to make clear, that In outllnlog the difference between the legitimate and the Illegitimate wire houses we are merely reflecting a sentiment which undoubtedly prevails among a large and respectable pro portion of the kolld business men of the state. These men are not the friends of champions of bucket shops; they are not thlovea and gambler*. They are en gaged In the legitimate business of baying, selling and manufacturing cotton. They have a point of rlew which la entitled to consideration, and we have merely coun seled that these arguments be given due consideration. Instead of going ahead blindly and uprooting an entire' system which means the general demoralisation of the cotton business In this state. It la from just such discussion as this that the truth of the matter la winnowed out, and that la all we ask. Mr. Boykin asks us to explain “the difference be tween losing a thousand dollars In a bucket shop and on an exchange." So far as It Involves the substantial fact that the money la gone there la no 'difference, but we have repeatedly shown the difference botwaen buakei shops and exchanges and have shown that It Is possible to gamble and to lose money on* practically every contin gency of life. Will Mr. Boykin tell us what Is the dif ference between losing a thousand dollars by buying cot ton for future delivery on a legitimate exchange and buy ing an option on a piece of real estate which subsequent ly depreciates In value? That there Is speculation of this character Mr. Boykin will not undertake to deny and that thousands or dollars have been lost thereby is equally well established. But we hear of no efforts to legislate against transactions In real estate. Again, there pan be no doubt that a certain set of men, not member* of the recognised cotton exchanges, can go to work and organise “Independent exchanges” If they see fit, but If It were to become known tbat any local concern was a member of these “Independent exchanges' Instead of the recognised exchanges now In existence they would have but little patronage. From the very na ture of thing* thore must be tome parent head to transactions In .cotton and similar commodities—soma ono great clearing house In the centers of commerce which will be eupreme. It Is no nsw question which Mr Boykin springs. There have been such consolidated exchanges for more than seven hundred year*. The principle is as old na the Royal Exchsng* of London. It is as old as the Hanseatic League. It Is as old as organised commerce Itself. Thore I* no more danger of any such “rival" or ganization In the recognised center* of trade than there Is that a certain number of banke In the city of Atlanta will secede and organise a separate clearing house. There is nothing to prevent It, to be eure, except the substantial fact that there can he but one recognised head and consolidation of all the transactions In a given commodity, and any up-start "Independent" concern would meet hut scant support it It endeavored to lift IU head. The Important point is that the New York Cotton exchange and the New Orleans cotton exchange are or ganised and conducted tor the purpose of making actual bona fide transactions. They sre recognised by the cot ton trade- of the world. The volume of transaction* mndo on their board* regulates the price of the com modity, under the law of supply and demand, and no man undertakes to dispute It. One great difficulty with the bucket shops Is that they have no msmbsrshlp In these great clearing houses of the North and South respectively. Their trades are not recorded on the eschangts for the simple reason tfiat they have no euch mepiberthlp, and their so-called trade* are not mad* with any Intention of being exe cuted. They are simply beta mad* by the members of the bucket shop, do not represent actual transactions, and If a million bales were traded In during one day would not affect the price of cotton one lot* (or the simple reaaon that the time (or delivery would novel come. , Mr. Boykin la satisfied to draft a bill similar to that which has been adopted In North Carolina. W* are In formed that the conditions which prevail In Charlotte. Raleigh, Durham, and other points In North Carolina are very far from satisfactory, so there Is at least a difference of opinion on that point. One of the largest and most reliable dealers In spot cotton In this country, having a branch house in Bremen, Is that of Inman, Akers A Inman. No man who Is fa miliar with the subject would Impugn the Judgment or the motives of this firm, and yet this Is what tbat firm says over Its own signature In regard to the Boykin bill; to us, and cotton firms would be more or less ham pered with these facilities withdrawn. So far aa backet shops are concerned, we should like exceedingly to see them wiped out of existence, but the wide difference between bucket ebops and local offices of regular cotton exchange houses should be brought fully to the attention of the leg islature. that they may not confuse the former with the legitimate business Interest of the country. Another large and Influential firm Is that Of John E. Cay A Co, of this city and Brunswick. They say: Wo nlMiii Mi MB to Mka not oolytha complete stoppage of all quotations, but the elimi nation of legitimate exchange houses dealing In fu tures. This will be a great detriment to us In not being able to get quotations and Information about cotton promptly, and likely to cause us great loss. Now as wo only use tho future market as a hedge against the purchase and sale of spot cotton, we can see no earthly use of Its drastic clauses tbat will enable those that are In the cotton business In oth er atatee to havo the advantage of us In dealing In cotton In Georgia We aro In sympathy with those who wish to stop dealing In futures In an Illegitimate way and such a law It seems to Us could be framod without In jury to those who deal In It-on tho regular ex change. From the farmers themselves comes tbo argument that the wire house* scattered throughout the South, having membership on the New York and New Orleans cotton exchanges, k«ep the people fully and promptly posted si to the price of cotton In the leading markets of the world. They are as well Informed as the most export bucket-shopper of them all, and so they are In dependent of their chicanery and duplicity. The farmer Is able to act intelligently in the matter of selling his cotton, and so are the cotton mill men who are called upon to make estimates aa to what they will be able to deliver a hundred halo* of cotton goods for a month or six months nence. Such, at least, are some of the arguments advanced by the friends of the legitimate exchangee. We are un willing to belter* that such gentlemen aa those we have quoted and others equally high In the world of commerce are lending themselves to a system of thlm- ble-rlgglng and thcfL At the same time we repeat that we havo advised nothing more than to glvo duo consid eration to the arguments of such men Instead of hastily uprooting the entire system on which our cotton trade Is based. The Georgian Ja seeking only the best Interests of all the people, and If It should appear to qa at any time that tho bucket shops caonot bo wiped out without go ing deiper Into the system we would heartily join forces with Mr. Boykin and his adherents. The provisions of this bill are inch as to prohib it houses having membership on large exchanges from doing business In Georgia, by having offices here to receive and transmit orders for execution In the big exchanges, this of course, being legiti mate business. As business Is now done, and w* speak more particularly of oourse of cotton, which is our line, it is Impossible for spot cotton mer chants to do business without - using future con tracts largely In cotton exchange*. By thee* ex change house* having offices In Atlanta, ws .get In formation and quick service, which Is of great ralue What of Georgia in Virginia ? Isn't It about time for the friends of the Jamestown Exposition to be stirring themselves In the legislature In tho Interest of Georgia's share In that great enter prise? There was never a cause which would seem to de mand so little advocacy or which ought to have eo swift a passage through a legislature of Georgians. The ap peal Is Irresistible upon any line, either of sentiment or of Interest, and the conditions which surround It are now so hopeful and so well assured that no lingering element of doubt can rest upon the prospect* of the exposition. Every foreign government has appointed It* com mission and agreed to send Its ships of war and of com merce to visit the harbor of Hampton Roads during tho progress of the exposition. President Roosevelt, ex- President Cleveland and the entire cabinet of the last Democratic administration and of the present Republi can administration hare cordially and enthusiastically Indorsed the scheme. It was at the suggestion of the president that com missions have been appointed in all foreign countries preparing to participate In the Jamestown fair. The gov ernment of the United States through It* congress and senate have appropriated two million dollars as an evi dence of their faith and belief In the enterprise. The state of New York has appropriated $160,000 to Us dis play there. The state of Pennsylvania has appropriated $100,000. Massachusetts over the furious protest of Its negro cltixens, has appropriated $75,000 to represent Massachusetts there. Connecticut Is already erecting Its building on the grounds, nnd every state of the original thirteen, saving only Georgia, havo appropriated from $$0,000 to $$00,000 for their state exhibits on this Vlr- fftnla soil. In the state of Georgia, the governor of the state in his annual message cordially commends the enterprise to the support of the legislature. The appropriations com mittee of the last legislature, by unanimous vote, rec ommended for passage a bill appropriating Georgia's share to the Jamestown exposition. Every permanent and Industrial body which has met In Georgia within these last six months—the Daughters of. the Revolution, the Confederate Veterans, the Bone of the Veterans, the Lumber Men’* Association and other great organisations, hsvo without a dissenting voice passed a sweeping res olution Indorsing Georgts'a appropriation to Virginia's fair- The definite and unquestioned majority of the last legislature were heartily In favor of the bill. Under these circumstances and with this magnificent environment. It would seem tbat the time to ripe and more than rip* for the friends of the measure to bestir themselves to active and vigorous efforts to put It upon its final and triumphant passage through the general assembly. We do not need again to appeal to Georgia along this line. This to the first request which Virginia has erer made of Oeorgls since Georgia's sons were put to sleep in battle beneath Virginia's soil. It to the first reciprocal favor which Virginia baa asked of Georgia tor the e«ro and tender watchfulness of Virginia daugh ters ID Virginia cemeteries for the whitening bones of Georgia's heroic dead. It Is the first request that Vir ginia has made or Georgia since Virginia'* fields ran red with the blood of all our Southern chivalry and since her harreets and home* were laid waste In the war of which she was the battle field and the vicarious sacrifice. Surely Georgia, alone of all the thirteen state* of the original union, will not fall Virginia In thla hour of op portunity and In this hour of her matchless appeal. W* feel sure tbat the unpopular man In the present legisla ture will not be the man who, with his hat off and his hands In th* sir, will rote roytUy and gratefully to r»- member Virginia at Virginia's call, but rather the man In whose bosom sentiment and cold commercial timidity will still the pulses of that generous and noble South which mode Georgia Virginia’s full and glorious sister In the times that tried men's souls. W* earnestly commend a prompt and fearless move ment in this matter by the friends of th* Jamestown Ex position, and w* cannot for one moment believe that Georgia wlU he less than nobly responsive to th* claim wbieh Virginia makes. It comes to us since writing these lines that Henry St. George Rucker, the brilliant,' eloquent and accom plished Virginian who to the president ot the Jamestown exposition, wilt be a visitor to Atlanta within a short time, sod we take th* liberty to suggest to th* legisla ture now In session, that President Tucker, of Virginia, should be invited to address th* members of the general assembly of Oeorgls at th* earliest date poealble to bis convenience. THE ANTI-SALOON LEAGUE IN IT8 RELATION TO THE CHURCH By J. B. Richsrds, DisL 8upL For the fr-t time to a struggle of a half huodre.1 yearn, the opja.clt.g fores* hare token or. the a.-n.t.labre of root poet oral elution snob sa la very trtreveary trln In any great eonfllet. Within a decade there has bean a re- mirkable progreaa ina-I.- from a moral etLadpotat—progreaa which ha- atble for a Christian clliaenahln to com pel Irflalatloa In some of the states abot- lahlng the evils of the licensed saloon. But much of the fighting of temperance ad- rorates of thla perl-l has been the guerrilla warfare of iletaehod bunds, tbat larked abll tty to follow op and maintain any far reaching victory. Until rrrrntly, tbe liquor forces' hare pos sessed an advantage In tbe way of compact organisation that ought to have earlier suggested such a movement upon the part of the oppoetng forces. Tbe liquor men held Influence, because tlje Interest of one was the tntereet of sIL Whenever a community arose to bODtsU A •Aloop, • or ev#*n to compel a decent obaenr* ■net of tbo law, cofnlMDce wai taken of It. not only by th* atet#, Imt by tfet na tional Honor dralura’ nn*station. U lH iictcr a candidate atood forth for of- nr* advocating political decency and tern- prraor* legislation, every saloon bream# at once a recruiting station for An nttfo* lentil;g attack. If tbe raodldat* was of "liberal hcArt," who five a clAd th# "liberal heart," who fare a (M band to every devotee of lawleeeneee, then every saloon waa at once converted Into an araenal for hla defense, and the trade wsa persistently “bled” for tho benefit of Thus the saloon "acquired a Of lA* flurucc In IrglalAtion, In tba courts and In polltlca. • Th* church. At Drat, did little or noth- ■ bad co do with much to legislation and Judicial procedure, with partisanship, with which the church, aa such, could have nothing to do; or because Ita membership affect adversely the great laauea' that had !»een settled In the bloody struggle ot the longer he stilted upon a question of auch tremendous weight end Importance, the at niggle against the saloon became greater than partisan limit#* or apaamodlc Attempt* to abolish a saloon here nnd there. In the very nature of thing*,' the church waa at a disadvantage, and there was little progress, because n local attempt against the saloon waa but to Invite resistance of l»oth state and national liquor onanism* national movement of. our tlan citizenship, that would be embodied In tbe united church Id action against the aaloon. waa most conspicuously demon strated. Thla need has been met In the organisa tion of the American Anti-Saloon non oz iup American Aiiii-oaiuun ler-ngur. with branches now existing In nearly all he states, and which has been endeavoring ’or a dozen years .to solidify and crystallise nto a determinate force every element In our national life that makes for a Chris tian civilisation. These elements which are mainly embodied in tbe Christian church of thla country must, of necessity, constitute the great army which Is some day to hurl thla Infamous life-absorbing license-permit ted ageucy of hell Into the pit from which It was dlggao. The taslT of the Antl-flnloon League Is to crest# and organise this great army, aa s mobilised force, to solve the liquor prob lem. Just as any great army, equipped, disciplined, officered and trained for heavy service, la superior to guerrilla methods, In detached communities, no la there mani fest the overwhelming need of compact or ganisation of the forces of righteousness In a battle against the liquor traffic. As the Anti-Saloon League develops to ward tho Ideal of a completely united church against the salo«m, more and more Will there be occasional fighting, but thla muat lie Incidental to Ita great mission of solidifying every righteous force In both the state nnd tuition. The church must bo thoroughly united In this conflict. It must be demonstrated tbat organized Christian effort Is inoro potent than the organization * itrer. of tho rum | Thus only can tho groat m pow with tl number ot states, ___ ready lieen enlisted, and proved !t*elf In vincible In moral triumphs that has net the pace for the final overthrow of the saloon. In many places, the saloon bna been unable to measure swords with It, and went down In defeat. - This Is a fight of tho church against the God waa _______ __ tho worka m tbe devil." Tho church and the saloon ore tbe entl podea of tho religious life and thought of the nation, but the aaloon haa become ao end devilish and ao persist .ting the way of the cburca aa It ■trivet to "Preach the gospel to every creature," thst In Juetlce to lti“ loiy cause .of God. which It | -gossip or - STATESMEN AND POLITICIANS Solicitor John W. Bennett is dlscon solato. He voices hi* grief and dlscon tent to ail who will listen. Comee of the blow-up of the Georgia League. Solicitor Bennett la, or rather v "King of the Rooters’ Club,” down In Waycross. He via on hand at every game with hla big megaphone, and what he would do for the opposing team would be a plenty. Those who have heard his big voice roll aero** the Waycross diamond with "Eat ’em alive, b<say l» 'am worth th** price <>f admission. Negotiations have been opened to secure Solicitor Bennett i hla megaphone to brace the Atlanta team and throw the contending forces Into rout, but the Wlregrass man flatly declines. Georgia lawmakers are not ao fierce about baseball. Only a few of the dig nified senator* care for the game, but A* they have only one aesulon a day. It la easy for any who desire to attend games when the team la at home. If there were very many cranks In the houHe the afternoon session might sag. In Washington it is often difficult to seball team Is at home or the Ben- nlng r;»<nr* <»ni> hoii^ offi cials were sent out to Bennlng to pinch enough sporty members to make I'l " uni w li"M an Important use was up for action. If reports be true. Senator W. C. Bunn will be a candidate f.. r th*- judge- ship of the Tallapoosa circuit two years from now. Judge Bartlet Is the present judge and Is a candidate for re-election. He Is being opposed by Colonel McBride, a prominent Talla- pVioH* lawyer. Heimtor Bunn Ih on** of the lending lights of north Georgia and possesses the Judicial poise and bend of mind to a marked degree. The senate has no great orator. In the body of forty-four men there Is no one with the force and fire of Seab Wright; the full-throated and dogma tic power of Joe Hill Hall; the grace and keen wit of W. A. Covington. Able men they are, but moving elo quence Ik an unknown quantity in^ the upper house. Murphy Candler, W. C. Bunn. C. 8. Reid, J. I* Hand and oth ers In that body are men of weight and ability. But the senate haa no orator. Senator Crawford Wheatley Is the Beau Brummel of the upper house. Ih a strikingly hand-ome man. built af ter the Gibson type saving the mus tache. Everybody who knows him likes him. He Is one of those open, genial thoroughly good fellows that makes friend* and very’, very few ene mles. Suave, polite and always the courteous gentleman, yet he has the well-curbed spirit of coifibatlveness ii him. He will defend his position val! antly, and measure a lance with the best of them. With his youth—he don’t say, but It’s safe to say 40 years have not marked him yet—and his great personal popularity his ambition reaches beyond the ynate. His friends Bay that If he keeps his head— and he Is a pretty cool sort of chap— that some of these fifty# he Is going to represent the Third district in con gress. He was a candidate against Lewis, but withdrew before the race was over. President W. 8. West nnd Senator J. Hand, of Pelham, are the reputed wealthy men of the senate. Senator West recently put through a big land and mill dM last tecraased his bank account largely. But It didn’t take that to put President West on "Easy Street." Senator Hand la the lltad of a big cotton mill and other enterprises. He Is said to be one of Georgia's wealthiest men. And It was won by his own efforts and business' ability, too. Thirteen of the fifty days of this ses sion end today. If the flllbusterini continues In the house like that ol yesterday there Isn’t much going to be accomplished in the way of dispos ing of the ton or more pending legls lation. DANGER IN CONGESTED SUPREME COURT DOCKETS. destroy It Is not a question primarily of th* drink problem. hut n question ot lining up th. church ot oar Chrtat In n compact orgtnl _ ily and malignant to*. Th. AatT-Saloon League « . gn* .land, oat nlono among all other trmperanr. movement!. In II, claim and purpose to be the federated church In action agnlast the aaloon. Iter. Howard II. IluaelL the founder of ^uootfiipif hi, Christian brethren of Olier- Un. Ohio, which taunched th. league but. ment: "I will go out and I will demand ot Ijr of th. saloon." ills appeal wn to th, charchr, of Otier- ltn firat. hut th. movement begin to spread and the Idea waa apeodlly araeped that Iran a movement which th. church titular* aa Ita agency or represent* tin la a determined attack upon the ca non. A little later, aa tbe molt of a baptlam of aplritunl power, which came upon Dr. A. L. Kjrnett anil Archbishop Ire. land, representatives of LTotcatantlam nnd land, renreamtalira, of riwtaataattam nnd Catholicism, the flrnt convention of the league waa held, which ««« a delegate brut/. while admitting aomr other societies, iwaa largelg made up of appointee, of tba other delegate, named. What nearer approach to a complete fed eration I, llkrlg to .slat In another daend* bj anjr olhir method! And what Jorm of federative creation can be produced that ill be aay more under eeetealnntlcal con ■ol than the league of tbe prevent! Aa a federative iu.rhln.rj. lt haa twee built up from the local, until now them la well nigh complete federation of the en nought after, and . tank, when It la the firat that a great army . and UidUfer ‘ * dauaetoa to the rank, of after, l.. thla 'baa I wen to eaar tank, when It la known man, “ - Ant the sifting proreee baa been Persist- eutly carried on. and there tmn been a dropping out of workera and official, wbe were Incompetent. Immoral or simply lack. Ing la adaptability, until then la now a grant army of workers, th# superior of which, aa a whole, haa never been cent out In a fight against tbe aatooa. It la deuhlfal If any tloa could have prodr a aratem which __ . . ...^ . d era hip with a welt-planned union of tbe churches. It meat be contended, therefore, that a federation de facta, which la the out ny other plan of opera. daced thla mult, than i haa combined 'expert terror to the heart of the enemy In a ae rie, of auee.aaaa la too valuable ta be act ■Me or area Ignored by any portion ot »y denominational body. Row, many pelnta have been omltti many pelnta have been omitted, hat enough haa been hen eoaatdered to give the eeeentlal return of tbe h-aguc work. la auae ptarea the leegne plan baa net been understood. It la the very embodiment of potentiality. Ita rnergle. are of —- church, tt la the creatan of the chi Ita a gene lea and offlcen an of the chi ere of the ’ the church. I officer, in of the church, and alwaya loyal to tbe church. It baa no eilataoee apart from the church. Theortae aa you may. the Aatl Kalooa League ta morn nearly la fact “the Church of Chrtat In action agalnat the aaloon” than any other agree/ hitheelo devlaed. It la not to be rtcUenad In the Hat ef the emtieteoe or peripatetic reformer,. The pledge to nny particular faith la not needed half eo ranch na the nae of alt le gitimate method, tbat will aeeompttah n- aalta. It la hardly a time for the equip ment of drain parade. The tree reformer In be who aland, with Ida face toward the danm. with right hand extended to every awn nnd woman who boontlr por- poere to aid In advancing the kingdom of our Chriit nnd to deatrvy the nlovn. To the Editor of Tho Georgian: The ntartllng state of facta with re gard to the congeated condition of the nupreme court docket*, aa ahown hy the governor In hla maaaag* to the leg' lalatur* now In aesalon, suggest, that thla matttr, characterlaed by th* gov ernor hlmaelf aa “a serloua menace to th* general bualneaa Interest* ot the state," should be brought more prom inently before the people than by mere publication of the message In full. The bar of the state nad already seen It, but all classes nnd profes sions should understand It, also. I quote from the message: “There were brought to the October term, 1890, and to the March term, 1897, of the supreme court, 778 cases, and to the corresponding terms for 1906 and 1908 there were 1,166 coses, making an Increase of about 60 per cent. The creation of eight new coun ties, and the establishment of addl tional lower courts to meet the ne cesaltles of the people will, no doubt, result In a much larger Increase of the caaes before the supreme court during tho next ten years. In 1896, there were 117 superior courts and thirteen city courts, from which ruses might be cnrrleil to the supreme court, and In ItOe there yrere 146 superior courts nnd fifty-seven city courts, with a probability of new city courts being established annually for several years." The business of this court, It Ii shown. Is now about 60 per cent larger than In 1896, when by constitutional amendment the number of Judges was Increased from three to six. The tax able values of the state are 40 per cent larger; and with free access to the supreme court with every class of Judicial procedure known to th* law, with little cost and by affidavit of In ability to pay, without cost at all, the business of this court will certainly continue to Increase, unttL without remedial legislation, as suggested by the governor, “we are almost aura to witness the spectacle of a majority of the cases being affirmed by opera tion of law on account of the Inabil ity of the court to hear and determine tho same In the time required by the constitution.” This would be a lamentable state of affairs. About one-third of alt the coses carried to the supreme court are reversed. The decisions of thla court are presumed to be right. Therefore, In such event Justice would miscarry In the same per cent of caaes no affirmed. Par. 6, sec. 1, art t, ot the con stitution to as follows: “The nupreme court shall dispose of every can* at the flrnt or second term after such writ of error to brought; and In case the plaintiff In error shall not be prepared at the first term to prosecute the cane—unless prevented by providential cause—It shall be stricken from the docket, and the Judgment below ahnll stand affirmed. With the preaent number of caa baton the court, were th* Judge* to continue their labors, without rant or vacation, for th* entire year, which la unreasonable and Impossible, to clear the docket they would have to dis pose of four cases dally. In each case this would Include the hearing of ar gument of counsel, the reading of the record In the case, the consideration of the briefs submitted, the consulta tion of authoritea cited, and finally the writing of the derision of the court. Of the cases returnable to the pres ent term. 410 ret remain to bt heard and determined. This number will be Increased by fast bills of exceptions upon both civil and criminal dockets. Not more than 160 or 176 of these case* can be disposed of at the pres ent term, leaving more than 100 cases still upon the docket. In accordance with th* previous practice of the court counsel In these cases wilt be required to file briefs at the present term, and the cases will be treated aa argued, and carried over to th* October term under par. T, sec. $, art. ( of the constitution, which to aa fol lows: "In any case, tha court may. In Ita discretion, withhold Ita Judgment until the next term after same to argued.” Thla wlU glva th* court more than two caaes dally for th* snttre October term, without touching a single case returnable to that term—a stupendous task, an unprecadantad atata of af fairs! In matter* Involving life, liberty and property rights the most serious con sideration to expected. The supreme court being a court of last resort, Ita decisions are final. Therefore, the presumption that its Judgments ar* right should be verified In every In stance. Nevertheless, Its frequent re versals of It* own decisions but Illus trate and emphasis* Ita many errors— errors Involving property rights, pos sibly liberty or life (I would not as sert th* latter) to which cltlxena of tbto cut* have been subjected. This to not Intended as a criticism of tha court, nor as a charge of neg- lect on th* part of the Judge*. They are all good men. able and true. None could be better. But hasty concluilons are often wrong. ture deliberation to which a subject matter to entitled, under different cir cumstances, It may present Itself to the same mind In different lights. Without ramedlaLdegtslatlon, the court caff never give to each case that con sideration to which It to entitled. The governor has suggested a remedy—ai additional court of review for a limit ed class of caaes, to be known aa the court of appeals. ' This to a grave and Important mat ter. It Is to be hoped that the legis lature will act promptly upon the bill Introduced In the house on yesterday by Mr. Perry, of Hall county, looking to this end; and that such constitu tional amendment as may be proposed will be ratified by the people. All are Interacted In the dignity or the courts, the correction of error, and the prei- ervatlon of the rights of the people, pie. JOHN D. HUMPHRIES. THE CREATION OF WOMAN. To the Editor of The Georgian: Tour communication In last ga turdsy's edition, "Lincoln's Only roam," recalled an old time happening: Some years ago, It wns for my brother's wedding, I myself formed a poem, nnd, strange to any, 1 used the same aubjeeb I can assure you that I bavc never before seen nor beard of Lincoln's poem. 1 bore no English education (my writ- dent and poem, It'a up i ruly, Atlanta. Ga., July 9, 1901. A. LEVIHON.' DINKEY’S EPPY GRAMS. Nuddtng In der vorld stays Insulted so long as a neglected opportunity. All men vas born equal, but some use a more eggspenslve style of stork. After a man gets dare mlt a big bunch of money very few peoples take der trouble to Talk back und see vare der money came from. It keep* many a goot man down to keep up appearances. ' Alimony vas der root of much hus tling. 8ome mens can make a dollar go a long vaye, but Saint Peter vlll refuse It at der gat*. Ven a voman becomes speechless mtt rage, der udder party should get henceless mlt der feeL Some mens fall In love und get ould of It by getting marrtaged to der girl. Ve hat* to share our choys, but, Hlmmel! how chefleroua ve vaa mlt our trouble*. Poverty vas no dlsgrac* t eggspect money from home. Many men* use delr minds Just for der purpoee of believing dot dey haf better bratna den delr neighbor*. Some people* alvay* get* demseir* disliked because dey aay der right ding at der right time. By I’rirate set] WIr*. Netv York. July 11.—Mr. and Mrs. W. K. Vanderbilt, Jr., are mad clear through. It to all becau.-e some mali cious person spread a report that after the recent dinner to the Great Neck and Thomas ton fire companies at Deeu. 4ale, 150 sliver spoons were myateril tiu-ly missing. , n Doth .Mr. nnd Mr*. Vanderbilt d*. dared the story was made out of tha whole cloth, and that not an article of any kind had been missed at the din ner or afterwards. "It Is a Shame that the firemen who cam* to my house a* my guests should have »uch a reflection on their honesty printed. There l« no more honest body of men on earth than these same fire men. The only way I can account for It to thHt It was spite work on the part of an employee we had to dismiss." Mrs. Roosevelt and Mias Ethel were guests yesterday at the reception given In the rectory of Chrliit church, Oyster Hay. to celebrate the sliver wedding nnnlveraary of Dr. and Hrs. Henry Ho mer Washburn. The president did not attend. Mrs. Roosevelt nnd other prominent members of the summer colony pre sented a silver, tea service, and Mrs. Roosevelt joined In the gift from the St. Hlllya Society, a charity organlxa- tlon. Besides the president's wife, Mrs. J. W. Roosevelt, Mr. and Mre. Emlen Roosevelt, Mr. Thomas Youngs, Miss Beekman and G. Beekman were pres ent. Waldorf Astor, Jr., does not Inks much stock In Lord Northcllirs propo sition that British men are better lov ers than'Americans. He says: I am a new husband, but It seems to me to be a matter of Individual rather than racial temperament." Aa Mr. Aator was born an American and to an Englishman by adoption, he should be well qualified to epeak on this Interesting topic. These seeffi hard times for young queens. I hear that Queen Maud of Norway to III ^vlth a rather plebeian sore throat at Trondhjem. while Queen to enjoying an attack Victoria of Spain I _ J of old-fashioned chills and fever nt Madrid. Sounds funny for real queens to be taking quinine and cough syrup, but they have to do It. petition In bankruptcy has been filed against John Dooner, contractor and former superintendent of buildings, and known as the man with the api>e- Ute. Dooner once ate a quail a day for thirty days and on the final day stowed away half a dozen. GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM. By Private Leased Wire. New York, July 11.—Here are some of the visitors In New York today: ATLANTA—Mrs. A. W. Hill, R. L Palmer, B. M. Strickland, J. J. Talman, A. B. Bluthenthal and wife, R. J, Brown, C. L. Gates. AUGUSTA—E. r. Verdery. MACON—J. N. Neel. THIS DATE IN HISTORY. JULY 11. 1767—John Quincy Adams, sixth pres ident of the United States, born. Died February $8, 1848. 1782—Savannah, Ga., evacuated by the British. 1788—Russia declared war against , Sweden. 1801—Alexander Hamilton mortally wounded In duel with Aaron Burr. 1812e-Brltlsh transport captured by United States frigate Essex. 1831—French fleet captured Portuguese fleet off Lisbon. 1849—Bombardment of Perth begun. 1859—Vlllafranca treaty signed. 1861—Confederates victorious at bat tle of Rich Mountain, Va. 1882—General H. W. Halleck mad* commander In chief of United States army. 1885—General Robert E. Lee elected f irestdent of Washington Col- age. 1882—Brltah bombarded Alexandria, Egypt. 1897—Andree balloon expedition ta North Pole started from Trom- noe. 1898—General Miles landed In Cuba. 1904—Porflrlo Dias elected president of Mexico, and Ramon Corral vlca president. 1905—Count Shuvaloff, prefect of Mob- cow, fqtally shot. COTTON FUTURES LEGISLATION. A liar la born dot vay, but der gas bill ackvtres der habit. D. DINKELSPtEL. per George V. Hobart. THE CREATION OF WOMAN. By A. L. A, Poor Adam felt ao lonesome In beeaty Paradise. "For two It would be handsome,” Ife said, "sad very alee." An soon aa he bad spoken Th* Lord as Id. from beyosd. At one* l will a* token To your request respond.” The Loid the* put to slumber Deer Adum. so alone— rrtuntied ea o Before BMrh i Performed an on*rati i time was gone. "Not from yonr bead was taken Tito I And this with tbe Intention Yonr taler ehe’lt not btr Not from yonr feet wan taken” (And Ibis reminder aavei ■ThUwomen-abe w> tender It ball never be year slave!" la happiness aad sorrow I want bar to soar right, 'or this reason I selected oat of your aldo.” Companion be th* woman. Net ruler, neither -tare. Go hand In baud together I 'you'll be right aad brave. It to expected that when Tennessee Republicans meet In tuts convention in Nashville next week H. day Evans will receive th* gubernatorial nomlna- .Wlthout tbat mi- tlon without oppoeltl" The Cotton Trade Journal sent to a number of persons lost week * brief Inquiry as to what they thought about state legislation tn the matter of cot ton futures trading. A number of re- S ites have been received, enough to in tent* that the average posted man th* legitimate trad* desires some «ort of restrictive laws whereby this trad* may be freed of that element which has held It In an unenviable poelUoib While this qusstton ta being so liber ally discussed at present all over tne South, the chance exist* for cotton men to reveal startling Information evoked by a few well put Interrogato ries. Ask the average cotton man «* difference between a legitimate house and a bucket shop. The percent*** who know will surprise any who hai* not Inquired. An educational «*m palgn Is needed along this line J n , ’ 1 ., interest of th* Straight houae*. »-' r of them know that with the tgm ra they are claased along with tb* buck« shops, the average P*r*9 n having no knowledge of the difference existing. Th* letters «<■*•' ed will be published before long.-<->» ton Trade Journal, of Savannah. CRITICISM OF JOE HALL. qn'uVK?; "iris* Mid la the bouse otrrpn**'' tot* elect; ed governor this fill, -raere ■ Is tbe rare I have eoaSdene* en*xi«s n vot# for.” . __ 1,1- ron» Tb# writer wlsfar# to •*Er*J5i. b l?«nt*»« demnatloa nnd stiborrenee of *bl* |,„. speech by a member of the Oeje*» >n ,, I viator* In tbe bonta of repraaeu jatlve*. bis bumble belief .that no, pr>>»di ,r °f RSrS SSrid”?.”.' 'i.v« utters IS'ii.W. jgSS M W ifgMKJs as know that tbs.poopl* dto.Bgt „ Uhl rotor t»# rocr i»#rr www;.r.nj rod nothin# tor him but rrrttln glorious defeat. Vouratruy. DAVIE* W«jDr#b#ro t G#., July L