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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
FRIDAY, JTI.Y IS. 1H6.
/,V THE BISHOP’S OFFICE;
A LITTLE TALE OF HOW
ONE REPORTER COT EVEN
By EDWIN CAMP.
T HE Right Reverend Henry Cod
man Potter, bishop of New York
and master laborer In the vine
vsrd, has written to a London paper
denying the seventeen simultaneous In
terviews published In New York papers
'upon that eminent prelate’s recent re
turn from a trip to Great Britain.
In these seventen simultaneous state
ments the bishop was quoted’ as elab
orating on the text that no love was
lost between England and the United
S, n«rems that when these utterances
reached dear old Lunnon, therewith
came a sensation. British-ecclesiastics,
humble and dignitary, became busy,
and there was much ado. It-is even
L iMlble that prayers were offered for
the benefit of the freward bishop.
And now. In defense, the bishop has
averred he didn’t say It, the.charitable
Inference being that seventeen New
York papers simultaneously made thn
Mme mistake. The bishop Is noted for
j hi. Charity. But with that Incident
b this story has nothlhg to do. It merely
serves-as a "that reminds me” of what
once happened In this city of Atlanta.
A prelate, a trip to Great Britain, a
nubile utterance, a newspaper report
of it an upheaval In England, a denial
of the utterance, a reporter In disgrace.
In despair, and finally In triumph were
Incidents of the tale one Is about to
■ relate. It is a story that newspaper
men love to tell, so complete was the
vengeance achieved.
Most folks talk in haste-and repent
tt leisure. That’s why you hear so
many denials of newspaper reports.
Except when it comes to having an
editor or ex-edltor In a gubernatorial
race, newspaper men are accurate,
above the average degree of human
certainty. They are trained to hear
what people say and to transmit with
Inexorable truth what they say to cold
type. Of course, reporters make mis
takes. If they were above making mis
takes, they wouldn’t be mere J25 a
week reporters, there being a constant
and unsatisfied demand for geniuses In
better paying-professions. But It-can
be set down as a fact that a little more
than half of the denials of newspaper
interviews are denials of what were
truthful reports.
This much by way of j?enerallty ;
Long enough ago to permit the re
cital of facts—without use of names—
an eminent prefete, whose sonorous
voice is still occasionally heard in the
South, went to England. Without ref
erence to his personality or denomi
nation, he will hereinafter be referred
to as the Bishop. If he were not a
bishop, he wad at least Important
enough so to be styled.
He put In a good two months across
the water, being a man of catholic na
ture and close observation.
Shortly after he returned to his na
tive heath he was called-upon to give
a lecture In Atlanta-about hts trip.
The eminent prelate was of sufficient
Importance to be of public Interest, and
a reporter for a paper here was assign
ed to '’cover" the story. This reporter
was then a youngster, being what la
vulgarly known In newspaper parlance
as a "cub.”
The eminent prelate started off his
lecture In tame fashion, but he soon
warmed up.'! He had, had an 1 excellent
dlnneraudwaa feellngjlne. There was
before him a moifattentlvc and most
eympathetlc audience. And the report
er was not conspicuous.
So the eminent prelate pretty soon
ran amuck. With mordant sarcasm,
he descrlbsd Englishmen and English
women. He accused them of being
dull, stupid, bigoted. Intolerant, circum
scribed In an area of Intense provin
cialism. There was much of Interest
In hli arraignment and, aa the Bishop
was a bishop, there' must have been
much truth In It
Meanwhile- the unobtrusive reporter
was religiously- taking notes on what
was being said.
The story was the best the paper
printed the next day. It waa dressed
up tn great shape by the City editor. It
was full of short paragraphs, bristling
with wit; there was a little frame In
which were Inclosed some of the
Bishops pithy epigrams and from ths
renter of the page beamed the rotund
face of the Bishop, two columns wlds.
The cub was told hs was getting along
well and was promised a raise of 12.50
a week In his salary.
It must have been a 'dull day in the
world of news, for the press associa
tions put the Bishop story on the wire
•nd it was published In all the papers
of the country. It even went across
the water to Great Britain, where It
received much space In the London
papers.
Now, In this trip the Bishop has been
the guest of some very prominent peo
ple in England, and hie caustic crlti-
elim didn’t rest well. He was accused
In papers ecclesiastical and temporal
of awful discourtesy, of Irreparable
gltsh,
br**ch Vf etiquette. In short,- of un
bishop-tike action.
The Bishop’s mall for a few weeks
thereafter was loaded with marked pa
pers from Great Britain.
So, he tat him down and wrote a let
ter to The London Times, In which hi
branded as falss the statements attrtb
uted to him.
"What’s the harm," he argued
himself; “It- will appease the Engl
and won t hurt anybody? Nobody here
In the South or In Atlanta will know
anything about It."
The Times printed the denial, and
the Bishop's social position In Great
Britain waa restored.
Howbelt, the world Is small.
Down at Albany there wis a man
who wore- mutton chop whiskers,
cork helmet, _ was a member of loo
Bishops denomination, and subscribed
for The London Times. He was
Englishman.
He read the'Blshop'a denial as print
ed In The Thunderer, and he waxed
Indignant. The thing ought to be de
nled In the Atlanta paper, too.
, So he wrote a scorching letter to the
editor of the Atlanta paper, demanding
that the reporter, who had so grlev
oualy misrepresented the ' Bishop b
given condign punishment. He also
asked that hla subscription be discon
tinued.
The editor-sent the letter to the city
editor, .with a note that the matter b
Investigated and the reporter dls
charged.
The city editor told the cub he might
work the week out, But that after that
he was not needed. The cub protested
his accuracy In th* matter, but .to, no
avail. The city editor had his orders,
Only, he didn’t print any retraction.
• ? • • • « .
The reporter knew he had been ac
curate and truthful. He also saw that
hla career had been • blighted right ■
the etart. So he put hie wits to work.
That day the reporter called at'the
Bishop’s offloe. The prelate waa feel
lng fine.- He had got himself out-of <
pretty >mess, and everybody was satis
fled,. he thought. And nobody ever
read the London paper* , here, so no
body knew anything about the way he
squirmed out.
He received the reporter In a.gra
ciously patronising manner. "I’m al
ways Interested In young men,” he
said, with a benignant smile. “I’m
not so old myself," he-smirked, as he
added a cubit to his stature and sev
eral .to his. chest expansion.
The reporter said he had just come
around for a chat. If It were not con
suming too much of the -Bishop’s valu
able time. He had been very much
Interested In that lecture about the
trip to Great Britain, he salt
heard,ever so many flattei
ments on It.
"Really,” beamed the Bishop as his
cordiality grew Into unctuousness. “I
thought It was- pretty good myself.- It
hit them off so nicely, don’t -you
know.” ‘ .
The reporter tried to keep hie voice
from trembling as he asked;
"Well, what did-you think of my-re
port of It, Bishop?”
"Moet excellent, my son,” he said.
iThen came the climax.
"I'll be frank with you, Bishop,” the
reporter eald. "I came over to get
you to help me. Tm Just beginning
newspaper work nhd I want tn rise
rapidly. The help, of such men as you
Is invaluable to a young fellow llko
me. Now, If you would Just write a
note .to Mr, Blank, the editor, saying
you liked my report of your lecture. It
would advance me In hla opinion and
would get me a raise of salary.”
"The Bishop always strived to please
—when It didn’t cost anything—and
here was a chance to make a good
friend for life.
So he wrote a line little note to tho
editor, saying he wished- to express
hi* -.appreciation of ithe 'thorough, ac
curate and intelligent report of Mr.
Jones,, the most estimable young gen
tleman who attended hie lecture on
his trip to Great Britain.
The reporter saw him teal - the - en
velope, -and himself volunteered to drop
It In the. box. He thanked the Bishop
most profusely, and backed out of the
office.
When he got half a block away, he
astounded the paaiers-by with a wild
whoop.
The city editor smiled as ha read
the letter after "the chief had sent
down to him. .Then he told the cub
to disregard what he had said about
quitting.
The letter was sent to the man at
Albany, along with the one of com
plaint he had written to the editor.
And so the Incident doled.
If the Bishop ever heard of the du
pllclty the cub practiced on him, he
tas never eald anything about It.
The cub has since gone Into politics,
where tact and diplomacy receive great
reward.
CHUBBY CHARLEY NORTHEN;
LANDMARK OF THE CAPITOL
By JOHN C. REESE.
Politicians come and go; guberna
torial hattles are waged fiercely, won
°r lost, then forgotten; presidencies of
die senate agitate aaplrante end their
Wends today; the tldo of political for
tune hears this man to momentary suc-
c «s, the undertow carries that man to
•hllvlnn. But Charles S. Northen goes
•ereneiv on aa the secretary of the
Georgia senate. ...
Usually the success of this or that
m ‘n is susceptible of reasonable-anal-
>*ls. but if you try to put your finger
absolutely on any one epeclflo thing
that Inshrea this rotund and Jovial
young gentleman’s hold on the place,
you ve g„t something that defies you.
or curse, everybody likes him. He’d
5™!y have survived the vicissitudes
« political existence and exigencies
otherwise. Politic* Is kindly to hu-
wantty for long periods, only to be-
ooroe an Insatiate maelstrom finally to
Charley Norther’s the man
7" iefies the maelstrom.
Once a politician was asked why
f-narley Northen had such a cinch on
<»e senatorial secretaryship, and In-
wnuattngiy the Inquisitor wanted to
snow why somebody else couldn’t get
“V Place. The answer came blunt
““ to the nolnt:
any man who thinks he can railroad
Northen Into obscurity is elth-
*-inrun foql or don't know anything.
25 the cleverest, fellow that eVer
In ,e favor ' a,| G I’d *ee my own brother
most caloric corner of Hades
hho'I'i ‘dpport him. If Charley even
uiutrd h o wanted the place.”
an.i,?'. man perhape -gave as accurate
Bn, a * any of US wilt ever have.
2ft What’s the difference? He Is the
■wrttary Q f the senate, and Georgia
f HARD LABOR ON THE GANG
LAW NEEDED IN ATLANTA
TO CURB SUICIDE WAVE"
THOUGHT —
IT WAS GOING'TO
BE A PICNIC TRIP.
INCIDENTS OF THE HIKE IMAGINED BY CAROONIST BREWERTON.
TO THE STIRRING STRAINS OF DIXI E,
SOLDIERS IN KHAKI START ON HIKE
“Oh, lt’a hike, boy*, hike,
An’ IF* up an’ march away,
For the reveille’* a-callln’us at dowt
Oh, we’ll break you rookies In
When the band begin* to play,
For we’ll hike to Chlckamauga In the
mornln’"
The' men - at the Seventeenth' were
humming the rhyip* Saturday morning
at they swung out of Fort McPherson
tq the chert road and turned toward
ths -city streets. They emphasised It
with thumplqg heels on pacing' block
or asphalt. It ratiled'lri gleo from the
drjims toward the head of the column
the clatter of the wagon tr/rin over the
cobblestones echoed It. Tile boys were
off to Chlckamauga after many delays,
off for their 200-mlle "hike” to tho
summer encampment.
Through ■- the street* In the early
ddWn marched the regulars/ khaki
trousered,-blue-shlrted, swinging Jaunt
lly under .18 pounds of Merrlam pack
or haversaqk. Tho twelve companies of
the Seventeenth, usually the center of
cheering crowd, found themselves kl
most without watchers on this occa
sion. Slhopy Atlanta had
Its blinds when the regiment passed
through the city. Only tho early work
ers—newsboys, milkmen,- butcher*—
stopped to watch tho Seventeenth
march past,
march past. The rain drenched the
regiment ns It turned Into Panchtree
street, but no soldier minds a wetting.
Water is better than dust.
Sergeant Jones hummed tho lines as
In, turned out Sntiirdiiy morning. It
was the last thing he remembered from
the night before, when with Corporal
Smith and Private Brown he had been
guying a squad of the rawer men. They
Bad nibbed tn It well on the fellows
who were attll new to the khaki, who
looked upon the march to l 'lik-kain.-iiiga
aa a picnic trip.
before the dawn came the voice
bugle. It waa. the reveille, calling tho
men to turn out for the march. The
shrill voice had a aong of Its own;
"Oh, I can't gif’em up,
I can't git 'em up,
' I'can’t git ’em up, 1
In the morning.”
This was no dally turnout for early rol
and drill, no dally grind of guard
mount, drees parade, mesa calls. It was
the day of .the great "hike,” the march
Chlckamauga Park. Every man
pulled his belt tight as he fell Into
ranks, every man gave a closer hitch to
haversack and wriggled hts toes Into
all the comfort an army shoe could
give.
’’’Tie the laat fall-ln on the old pa
rade ground till October,” eald the
tulde sergeant to the colors. “’Twill
X no easy steppln’ over smooth turf
for two weeks now. You want to get
used to Georgia roads, with a hill In
the middle an' a gully on the side. I’m
thlnkln' 'twill take the starch out of
some of these officer boya. Am I right,
my bucko?”
"Right you are,'! said the colors, "an*
praise the Lord and the book of regu-
atlohs, the officers will hlks with the
rest of us. There'll be no forced march
t this trip.”
From a corner of the reservation
came the rattle of wheels and chains.
Occasionally the thud of an Iron hoof
against smashing wood was borne
across the parade ground and the
voices of teamsters were uplifted In
language forbidden In the book. The
wagon train, nineteen strong, with four
Georgia mules to ths wagon, was get-
- r undsr way.
he rattle of the drums ceased. As
the brown lines ssttled Into "Atten
tion,” the roll call began, quick, snap
py, the names rattling from the ser-
i reants’ throats like bullets from a Mou
rn gun. There were no absentees, but
the few luckless on** on the sick list.
Even the guard house had given up
Ita regular lodger*. When the regi
ment marched away there would be left
but a handful of men and a lonely
officer or two to guard the reservation
and cheer the ladles of the Seventeenth.
There were not many on the hospital
By DUDLEY GLASS.
streets and on ovsr th* muddy roads It
marched, officers and men more than
800 strong. At ths end of the march
wqlts Chlckamauga, Ita dress parades,
Its drills, Its dances for the officers at
the mountain Inn, Its days of Isavq In a
new town for the enlisted men. But
there are 200 mllee of dusty road and
sixteen days to go. There will be no
regret when the march Is over.
"But It’a easy pickin’ on a hike like
this," laid Prlvnte Williams to the man
on hla loft. “You ought to do a 20-mlle
trick through Luzon, with the little
brown men tnkln’ a shot at you every
now an' then an' between ttmee.
There's no restin' then. I know, for
I’ve been- there.”
It will be no forced march for the
Seventeenth. Twelve miles and a half
a day Is the average route laid out on
the maps. Reveille will sound long be
fore dawn, breakfast will be ovsr and
ths march begun before sunrls*. By
noon the regiment will be In camp
again, to rest until the following njorn
lng.
Scouting or "reconnolssance” parties
have been sent ahead, and these will
mnrk out tho places for the bivouac.
iiiuia uui mo innu-n im mu u ivuunt.,
convenient to water and to railroad
points. Heavy baggngc, which cannot
1>* handled by wagon trains, will bo
. shipped to points along the lino of
"not opened J-march. - '
Every man carried sixteen pounde
on his back, and sixteen pounds Is no
light load for a long tramp on a July
day. Haversack, two days’ field ra
tions, eighty rounds of blnnk cartridges,
blanket, poncho and hnlf tent make up
the burden of each enlisted man. Two
half tents are Joined together at the
camp and shelter for two men provided.
Tho men wore the regulation khnkl
uniform, without tho blouse, a blue
army shirt being substituted for this.
Other uniforms and necessary equip
ment wlll-be forwarded by train.
The officers will not be Idle during
the march. Maps of the country will
bo drawn, the roads will bo carefully
located, flag signals or. "wig-wags” wll
Iced- along the way. ' m
be practiced along the way. The regi
ment will proceed exactly as though in
■* country In real warfare,
e trips will be made by the
regiment. At Cartersvllle a detour .will
bo mado, through the valley of the
Etowah and return, occupying two
days. At Calhoun the regiment will
leavo the main route and go to Red
bud, a day’s march, Ringgold will be
next reached, and then the march
straight to Chlckamauga will be made.
The men of tho Seventeenth will not
feel the sixteen days' "hike.’’ They have
been prepared for It by weekly marches
through ths country surrounding At
lanta, many of these covering more
than the distances set for ths dally
grind of the 200-mlle Journey. Ths men
were all tn splendid spirits when they
left the fort and eeemed to welcome
the change of air.
Fort McPherson will be practically
deserted. The ladles of the officers’
families ar* leaving for mountain and
seaside reaorta for, the aumlher, for
there Is no provision made at Chlcka
mauga for either "the colonel's lady
or Judy O’Orady." Ths women watch
ed the regiment march away In th*
gray dawn aa many another woman
haa watched the boya In blue or boys In
tray—but there Were no heartaches on
his morning. It was not real war—
Just a picnic.
For many miles the Seventeenth
United States will follow the route of
march over which Sherman and hie
devastating hdrde trod mors than for
ty years ago. By the same landmarks,
over the same stream*, the soldiers of
Uncta Sam will retract the stepe taken
by those other soldiers of Uncle Bam
In th* march to the eea.- But Instead
of weeping women and Wounded men
they will meet laughing boys and girls,
who ask nothing better than to swing
on tbs gate and welcome- the passing
regiment. Instead of the desolate re
gion of which Sherman boasted that "a
crow would have tn carry his own ra-
tlons,” they will find a smiling country
side, bright with prosperity, awake
with progress. *
d what I* th* tuna the hand of
the Seventeenth played as It marched
out of ths reservation? What waa the
quick-step which set the feet tapping
In th* early morning, which brought
cheers along the march from Southern
farmer In the fields and Northern sol
dier In the ranks? Not th* song of
vseplng raid of long ago, not
in'* "Marching Through Geor
gia,” with Its shrill scream of the fife,
Its Jarring rattle of th* drums. No, the
air which cheered th* tired Ameri
cans on their march waa the song of
the old South then; the aong of the
new South and the new North now.
Juet "Dixie."
By CLAUD NEALY.
T
HE epidemic of aulcldea and at
tempts at suicide during the'
past few month* has estab
lished for the city of Atlanta n remark
able record and has aroused consider
able comment.
This marked prevalence of the sui
cidal mania has developed ths ques
tion: *
"Is there any remedy that can atop
to any material degree the attempts
at self-destruction?"
In a discussion of the suicide record
a few days ago at th* Grady hospital.
In which Institution during the past
few weeks numbers of efforts at self-
murder have bean thwarted by medical
science and skill, Dr. T. F. Brewster,
the superintendent, expressed himself
a* favoring ths enactment of a state
law to penalise attempts at suicide.
Dr. Brewster believes the application
of this legal remedy would prove the
means of greatly diminishing th* num
ber of such attempts.
His Idea Is to make an attempt at
self-murder a crime Just the same as
an attempt' by one person to murder
another. He proposes that all per
sons, men qnd women, who try to kill
themselves and who fall should be
sent to the chain gang and wear
stripes, A good long term at hard la
bor In the gang, Dr. Brewster believes,
would forever destroy the suicide germ
and cleanse the system of all deelre
for an untimely cessation of Ilf*.
"Many Attempts Mere Fakes."
Dr.. Brewster declares that a consid
erable percentage of the attempted sui
cides are thoroughly Insincere and are
prompted solely by a spirit of spiteful
ness. Muny of the attempted sui
cides are considered by the hospital
officials as nothing more than a "bluff,”
the patients swallowing a little lauda
num or morphine to spite someone or
arouse sympathy nnd peri
of such acts should by all
punished. If we had an antl-sulcld*
law, It-would serve's* a club to strike
fear tq the hearts of such people, at
least, Snd would change the pleas of
many people as to the value -if life.
The Idea of a long term at hnnl labor
In the chain gang would serve as a
splendid tonic.”
Women in Majority Here.
The Grady hospital records reveal
the fact that the great majority of at
tempts] at suicide are made by wom
en, mostly whit* women. These rec
ords demonstrate aa a remarkable fact
that an attempt at self-destruction by
a negro man Is a rarity. It Is a de
cidedly Infrequent occurrence when a
negro man become* so despondent
morose that he will endeavor to t
hi* llfet This species of humanity seems
thoroughly Imbued with the deelr.- to
live Just as long as possible. Very few
negro Women seek death at their o«n
hands, but such Instances are morn
numsroua than among th* masculine
members of the race.
According to the records, however.
It hae become a common pastlmn
among meirfbeni of th* white race to
attempt to abbreviate their earthly ex
istence. A big percentage of thesa nt-
:a Involve unfortunate women who
inly come to a realisation of th»ir
deplorable condition with overwhelm
ing force and who court death nnd the
grave as a panacea for their terrible
mental anguish and gloom.
Love Affairs Figure Strong
On the other hand, family
figure largely In the suicides
tempts, And then love plays
too. During late months, the Or
hoepltal has formed the temporary j
shod* of a score or mor* of young I
women, some of them girls not out of'
their teens, who have sought death by
various means because of eome mis- '
hap In an affair of the heart. Thn r«- I
troubles ,
nnd at- i
Its part,'
arouse sympathy. An antl-sutclde
law. It le believed, woflTB greatly de
crease, If not entirely stop, this class
of fakes.
"Suicides and attempts at suicide are
becoming decidedly too common," said
Dr. Brewster, "and some remedy should
he provld«d. If possible., Tho value of
life In many Instances la, entirely too
low. This question of suicides Is a
serious problem, and I think- It Is high
time that the law should take a hand,
If a person reaches such a stage that
he regards his Ilfs as valueless, ths law
should establish a value for him. If an
attempt at self-destruction Is mads and
la not successful, then the offender
should bn severely punished.
"An attempt by any parson to de
stroy his or her life Is a crime and I
thlnl
y hli
ik It
would be a splendid Idea If
had a law making such an attempt
_ chain gang offense. Many of these
reported attempts at suicide, are merely
exhibition* of spile work or efforts to
ll> III. ... t i 111.- I... In ,n r.
principally laudanum. As a result »f
this desire on th* part of these young
women to die, th* Orndy hospital phy
sicians have had their hands full. It
will be remembered that only about
two weeks ago the hospital received
four poison cases In one day, one i>n-
llent, a negro womln,’ dying. The oth
er patients, a trio of white womon, all
recovered.
■ The fact that practically oil of the
would-be suicide* recover gives rise
to (he assertion that many of them
really don’t want to die, but nro mere
ly "bluffing.” Th* hospital physicians
state that only In a few cases Is suf
ficient poison swallowed to kill.
”The»* would-be suicide* generally
make the mistake of taking to., little
of the poison,” rcmnrkcd one physl-.
clan. “If they really mean business
they ought to Investigate nnd ascer
tain Just what quantity to take.”
FIRST ALL STEEL PASSENGER CAR BUILT
FOR RAILROAD COMES. TO A TLANTA MONDA Y\
CHARLEY NORTHEN,
For ten years a figure in the State
Senate,
nor any other state ever bad a more
competent one.
If a fellow ha* any capacity what-
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list.
The colonel reined In his big horse
snd watched the long line In khaki.
Behind him were the regimental and
battalion officers, their horse* pawing
the fresh grass of the parade. The ad
jutant galloped from center to flank
and back again. There was a quick
Inspection, a word or two to the com
pany officers, a report to th* colonel,
then the bugle sounded once more, the
regiment broke Into columns of fours
and guns went to the shoulders. From
the reglmsntal band came a quick-step,
rtlal, stirring. 'It put life and vigor
> every man In the line. The Sev
enteenth waa off «n Its long "Juke.”
Out of the reservation swung th*
Seventeenth. From the cool grass of
the government grounds Into the city
By HARRY AITCHI80N.
Th* first all-sttel passenger car for
a railroad ever made In the United
States will arrive In Atlanta over the
Southern railway Monday morning, the
car for the past two weeks having been
on exhibition at the convention of the
Master Carbullders of the Country at
Atlantic City. The car was taken to
Washington Wednesday and equipped
for active service.
The new car is the first of three
which are being made for the Southern
road as an experiment. If there three
prove successful, the entire rood will
be equipped with the all-steel coaches
•fid other roads with less courage for
experiments will quickly follow suit
The Pennsylvania officials bar* recent
ly become interested In the move of
the Southern, and they also have or
dered an experimental car, which will
soon be In actual service. If they prove
practical, that road also will adopt
them Immediately.
The first steel car la considered a
handsome affair by these railroad men
who have seen it, and haa created a
stir of Interest among ths officials of all
roads. It Is over 74 feet In length, 88
feet Inside length, 9 feet 10 Inches wlds
and 14 feet 2 Inches high. The entire
car Is made of compressed steel, and
what little wood Is used In th* Interior
trimmings Is carefully coated with a
fireproof substance which will make the
car as fire-proof as Is possible under
any conditions. Even the floor of the
car is of steel. For several years the
New York Central lines have been us
ing steel covered cars, but th* Interior
and many part* of the exterior are
composed of wood The steel coated
care have not been as great a success
aa was hoped for, and many are In
clined to think that the all-steel cars
will b* even more of a dlsappolnment.
Ths new steel care will possess many
great advantages over the type In com
mon use. In addition to being Impossi
ble to set afire, It I* also Impossible
for the ear lo telescope during a wreck,
and It would be Impossible for the end*
to be smashed In. fn a wreck similar
to the one In which a picnic train (In
ured In Atlanta a few weeks ago and
one' life waa loet, th* splintering of
wood and th* bulging of side* would
have been prevented If steel bad been
used Instead of wood. Such a thing
aa being crushed beneath a seat would
be almost an Impossibility. So; It th*
st**l car* are adopted generally by th*
railroads, as It aetms probable that
they will be, the danger from frightful
wreck* will be reduced to a minimum.
Weight Only Disadvantage.
The greatest disadvantage of the new
car I* Its excessive weight, say railroad
men who have been studying the mat
ter. The new car wblch will be seen
for the first time In Atlanta Monday
will weigh about It per pent more than
the ordinary day coaches which are to
b* seen dally. It Is expected, however,
that the Pressed Steel Car Company,
who have the contract for the experi
mental cars, can reduce the weight
at least S per cent, thereby relieving
that disadvantage.
DRAWING MATERIAL
At John L. Moore ft Sons' for draughts
men, schools and colleges. 42 North
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40,000 COAL MINERS
WILL RESUME WORK
By Privet# Leeeed Wire.
Harrieburg, Pa, July 14.—At a con
ference between tbe operators nml
President John Mitchell, it was decide,!
that the 40,000 miners In the Central
Pennsylvania bituminous district, who
liavs been on strike since April 1, shall j
resuifie work. The men get an advance
In wages nnd an eight-hour day, but
failed to get a closed nhop.
TO PRESENT SILVER SERVICE
TO NEW BATTLESHIPS
^Special to The Oeurglsn.
New Orleans, La, July 14.—The
handsome silver service that Is to be
presented to the battleship Louisiana
when eh* arrive* here hue been cun-
(racted for with a New OrIoann firm.
Arran*tm«nt* are In cour*<» of prepara-
lion for a dual presentation, ilw prop
osition being to hare the people of
Tennessee to make their sift to tho
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here at the same time. J