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Entered as second-ctaM matter April 25, 1906, at tha PoltotFlc# at
Atlanta. Ga.. tmdtf set of comma of March L 1171.
THE GEORGIAN COMES TO
GEORGIA AS THE SUNSHINE
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A nun may well bring a horse to the water.
But he cannot make him drink without ho will.
—Haywood.
Saturday Evening. *
Thl* Is tho migratory season of tbe year, when
humanity, with money In Its purse or gypsy-blood In Its
veins, swells tbe passenger lists of outgoing steamers
and the exchequers ot the seaside resorts.
This migratory Instinct Is as strong In mankind as
In any of the feathered tribe, from the restless quail
which, hatched In captivity, will beat Its brains out
against tbe bars, to tbe wild goose whose honk marks
the coming and the passing of winter. It is elemental
and primeval, and all the civilisation under the sun
cannot entirely eliminate it
Bayard Taylor tells us that as a boy, and long before
be began that marvelous career of wandering In which
he mastered a score of tongues and made blmself at
home In all the continents of the earth, he was In
the habit of climbing the loftiest htlls In the vicinity
of hla inland home and looking out with a vague and
prophetic longing toward the ever luring sea.
Madame de Staet has told us that travel Is "tbe
saddest of all pleasures," for we realize that In making
new and attractive acquaintances and In becoming at
tached to charming scenes In other lands we are mere
ly forming Ues which must be broken' again as the ne
cessity for moving on arises. .
It may be a sad pleasure, but we have It upon the
'authority of tbe great dramaUst that "home-staying
'youths have ever homely ways,” and that
"It would be great Impeachment to bis age
In having known no travel in bis youth.”
Tbere may be a -certain class ot people who would
ride a hundred miles to see an Interesting man, but
"would ndt throw open their window to see tbe bay
of Naples.” These are few and far between, however,
and the desire to follow the sun In hts course around
tho earth Is as old as the descendants of Noah, who
sought their future homes lh the outlying lands, far
beyond the four rivers. • •
This Instinct, together with the desire to better
their condition, is responsible for the fact that more
than a million people crossed th6 Atlantic last year,
and still more will come over during the prosent year,
to make tbelr homes In tbe land ot freedom and unlimit
ed opportunities.
"The grand tour" of the continent was at one time
a part of the education of princes and the members ot
tho nobility, for It was a perilous and a costly undertak
ing. A form of Insurance once prevailed by which the
insurers received a sum of money on the hazard of
paying back a much larger sum in the event that the
traveler returned to bis home again'. That was In the
days when Coryat and Sir John Maundervllle and Marco
Polo made tbelr daring voyages to the lands beyond tbe
seas and brought back strange and Incredible stories of
tho people they bad seen.
The Ingenuity and development of modehi times 'has
made not only “the grand tour" but a much grander tour
possible without the hazard Implied by the Insurance
arrangement of early times.
It Is a part ot the culture of the times and one tor
which we should be duly grateful. Tbe people who are
"born In a teacup and never look over the brim” are
sadly handicapped In tbe race of life. It Is wrought Into
the very essence of tbe soul when one has> stood upon
the Alps and looked out across the wilderness of Ice
and snow where nature has written her most Imposing
masterworks or stood upon the Palatine and surveyed
the crumbled ruins ot an empire, built with hands, which
rose, reigned and fell In a cycle ot power, luxury and de
cay. It becomes a part of our very being when we have
strolled through the dreamy temples of the East, where
gray-halred pundits teach the myatery of Brahma, where
muezzins call the Faithful to the worship of Allah or tbe
holy men ot all Christian creeds exhibit the living evi
dences of the life and teachings ot the Nazarene. It ex
pands tbe mind and quickens tbe judgment to trace tbe
operation of laws and customs tn lands less free and hap
py than our own. It gives us a keener appreciation ot
the blessings we enjoy under an enlightened republic
: and a Christian civilisation.
It Is well worth while. In the highest and noblest
sense, to'become a man ot the world.
lanta, are sitting under their vine and fig tree, In happy
enjoyment of a temperature which scarcely occasions
Inconvenience and Is certainly free from anything like
sunstroke or prostration.
It would Indeed be tbo means of bringing labor and
capital to this state if these facts were set forth as they
deserve, and no man Is better qualified to do this than
Mr. Marbury.
The cost of the undertaking would be Insignificant
compared with the good that could be accomplished. Five
or ten thousand of,these books scattered throughout the
country where they would be most generally read would
serve to attract new blood to this favored section.
It is royally generous on the part of Mr. Marbury to
offer to do this work without money and without price,
Impelled thereto only by bis civic pride and his love for
the state as a whole. His offer Is heartily appreciated
and should ‘be put Into effect at once.
Heard on the Corner
A Brochure on Our Climate.
The proposition of Forecaster J. B. Marbury tfiat
It the city will defray the-expense'of printing, he will
prepare a work on tbe climatic advantages of Atlanta
and ot tbe state, should be promptly accepted and put
Into execution.
Mr. Marbury. who Is one ot the mOBt efficient ob
servers In the meteorological department ot the govern
ment, Is particularly well qualified to discuss this sub
ject, and It is known of all men, when they stop to con
sider the facts, that this Is Indeed one ot the most de
lightful and wholesome climates In tbe world.
Mr. Marbury is quite right in attributing to this ex
cellence of our climate a large degree of the material
prosperity of the city, and It would be of Inestimable ad
vantage to havelthese facts made known to the world at
large. Tbere Is something bracing and Invigorating In
the very atmosphere, while the temperature Is mild and
even. The Atlanta observer speaks by the card when he
says that It Is tbe most delightful climate east of the
Rocky mountains.
What Is true of Atlanta is true In large measure of
the state as a whole. Ceorgia can boast of a climate
which makes life worth living the year round. It goes
Electric Eels as Motive Power.
Will the horse power be supplanted by the eel power
as the dynamic measure of the future!
Tbe question opens up a condition of affairs which Is
dwelt upon without a smile by grave and reverend
signors who qught to know what they are talking about.
When tbe average man Is told that concerted ef
forts are being made to utilize the electric eel of Sooth
America aa a motive power be la naturally Inclined to
titter, but If Don Quixote de Ezperando. of Venezuela,
comes to this country, aa be Is reported to Intend, wo
will have "to our mldxt" the greatest living authority on
tbe electric eel, and in the meantime the people who like
to speculate on the wonders of the future sre figuring
out some curious applications ot tfils remarkable force
to the work of transportation and illumination.
We are gravely told that one hundred of these eels
can be put in a zinc tank and will give enough power
to run an automobile for twenty-four hours, Even If
It Is a very small automobile, this Would be a novel
means of transportation, and we are asked to believe that
tbe motive power would not be subject to the uncer
tainties nor to the expense that attends any of the va
rieties ot power now employed.
A correspondent of The Chicago Post Insists that
10,000 of these eels, distributed In suitable tanks or jars,
would propel a three-coach train at the rate of 35 miles
an hour. (For how many hours is not stated!) Carry
ing the calculation still further, we are asked to believe
that 300,000 of thorn, If so many could be collected from
the Amazon and the Orinoco, where they thrive, would
carry a trans-Atlantic liner from Bandy Hook to Cher
bourg without the slightest difficulty.
And In the matter ot Illumination they would be no
less useful. One eel would light a. room with ease, while
a bunch of them, say a dozen or so, would light a whole
building. They would bo the handiest thfhgs Imaginable
to have around the house. The saving In gas‘and elec
tric light bills would be enormous, so long as tbe eels
continued to live r.nd flourish. What the expectancy ot
the average eel may be, according to the mortality ta
bles, Is not stated, and what chance they would have
to thrive and multiply so far from the South American
waters which are their native habitat has not been mado
public. , «
Presumably all this will be made clear when Senor
Don Quixote de Esperando arrives In this country. On
the whole It sounds as If the gentleman who is quoted
as an authority on electric eels were well named, and
that he might at any time be expected to employ a squire
and start out on a crusade against windmills, but we sre
sskod to accept the whole story seriously and wd shall
endeavor to do so until Don Quixote actually arrives on
the scene.
In the meantime there has been no slump In the
price of coal on account of the prospective competition
frbm the electric eels ot South America,
Gourdain’s Strange Case.
The case of Louts A. Gourdnln, ot Chicago, who
Is making desperate efforts to break into the peniten
tiary, la one ot the most remarkable In the history of
American freaks and eccentrics.
Gourdaln was arrested, tried and convicted ot run
ning a kind ot lottery scheme by which he had accu
mulated a fortune. He la represented as being a mil
lionaire several times over. He made a vow In court
that It he was found guilty he would not appeal from
tho sentence of the court and would return every dollar
of his Illegal gains to the people he swindled.
He was found guilty, all right, and was scutonced
to the penitentiary at Joliet tor four years. After
few months' Incarceration however, an attorney, who Is
said to have acted on his own Initiative in the matter,
secured a pardon for Mm, and Gourdaln was released.
He accepted his freedom under the persuasion of
his wife, but lie 1-ae been conscience stricken ever since
and has been mixing desperate effort* to be sent back
to the penttentlar7. He Insists that hla honor la In
volved, and he has be»n trying to see various justices
ot the supreme court to havo his petition for relncarcsr-
stlon filed In due form. He declared that If he la not
sent back to prison he will erect a cell at bis own ex
pense on land which he has already bought In the Im
mediate vicinity of the penitentiary and serve out hit
sentence, after which ho will restore to the people who
trusted him the fortune he made and will embark on a
vessel with all hla Immediate relatives. The Gourdaln
family will disappear from the earth.
It does not seem to occur to him that tbe Gourdalna
aa a whole may not be willing to embark on hla ship
and efface themselves from the earth at the whim ot
Louis, but be that as It may Gourdaln appears to take
the whole matter very seriously. True he made a vow
that he would not eat until ho had been restored' to
prison, bnt tbe pangs of hunger won out over that deter
mination. He has gone from city to city, however, try
ing to find some judge who will pat him back In the
penitentiary, and has met with no success.
The mystery of it all la that the man appears to be
perfectly sane, at least on every other subject, sod an
nounces that he Is simply conscience stricken and wants
to make amends.
The chances are that bis ardor will abate In a short
time, and certainly the ends of justice will be met If he
wilt redeem his promise to return the money secured
Illegally, with Interest, much more effectively than If
he went back into prison to brood over his sins.
EXCHANGE AND BUCKET 8HOP.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
1 have read with great Interest what has been pub
lished In The Georgian on the subject of bucket shop*.
Commercial questions are out nf my Une, but I do know
something about (aw. logic and moral philosophy, and
1 am not entirely Ignorant about political economy.
Two elements enter Into the essence of gambling.
... . .... .v . . They are both present tn every act of gambling, and
without saying that there is no extreme cold such as lW horever both exist in any transaction they make It
Northern citlea suffer, and it Is equally well known
by those who live here that when the large cities like
New York, Philadelphia and Boeton are sweltering In
tbe summer sun, and humidity is claiming Its hundreds
every week, the people ot Georgia, and particularly ot At-
How H« Got Elected.
. Judge Joel Iiranham Is a recontuer
without a peer when you find him in
the mind for It—which Is almost any
time, aa the venerable jurist ts usually
In n rnre good humor. He was at the
capitol the other day, and, th« comer
ration drifting around to politicians
and their ways, he told this one:
"Up In Floyd a good many years ago
a certain well known man waa a can
didate for the legislature. He was
getting on pretty well,-though having
hot opposition. Then an ugly rumor
started that this candidate had been
guilty of selling the cow of a widow,
which was her sole support, and which
furnished sustenance for her baby.
"Immediately the candidate got busy
and secured an affidavit from the wom
an that he had not only not sold her
cow, but that he had given tt to her
after her husband died In order that
she might live. The outraged people
rose up and elected him overwhelm
ingly as a rebuke to the parties who
started the first report. Years after
ward he confessed that be started both
reports."
Puss in the Corner.
One of the popular residents of N.
Jackson street almost had a .fit the
other morning when she missed two of
her choicest angora kittens. Search
high and low falleil to reveal their
whereabouts. As a court of last resort,
she appealed via telephone to her laun
dry .people. They had taken away n
basket of wash , that very morning.
‘Jhe waa-just In the nick of time. The
contents of the basket were being In
troduced to the first degre when the
telephone bell rang. A quick search
dlscloaed the precious pair comforta
bly ensconsed In pa'a dlicarded aoft
shirt.
Houser’s 8tory.
Colonel" Fred Houaer, the genial
chief clerk at the Aragon hotel, la a
veteran In the hotel bualnesa and Is
fond of relating some of hie expe
riences to his friends who may be whil
ing away the hours on a rainy evening.
One of the atorlea told cv him Illus
trate* the wonder and simplicity of the
Briton. An English gentleman who
was u guest at a hotel with which
Houser was connected was given a
flshhall for breakfast. He sized the
thing up for a while: then, deciding
that It must be some sort of a roll,
picked It up In his fingers and took a
bite. Amazed at tasting animal matter
where he had expected vegetable, he
exclaimed with horror: “On, mem,
thorn's something dead In me bun.
COURT FIXES BOND
FOR WJ, COLLIER
Trial of Alleged Embexzler Set
for November 12, at
Bainbridge.
CORPORATION CONSCIENCE
IS NEGATIVE,” SAYS GIBBONS,
t( AND MAGNIFIES' EXCUSES1
American Cardinal Discusses Question
“What is the Remedy for Social and
Civic Unhealthfulness ? ”
Special to The Georgian.
Bainbridge, Ga., July 31.—W. W. Col
lier, who was Indicted at the November
term of coart, 1905, on the charge of
embeaxllng funds of the Mexican Gulf
Oil and Mining Company, of which he
waa treasurer, waa brought to Bain
bridge yetaerday from Belton, Texas,
by the sheriff of that county and his
bond assessed at (3,000.
When Interviewed Collier said: "I
will meet them when the time comes."
The bond of J. 8. Ml lterg Indicted at
tho snmo time ns Collier on a charge
of embezzlement, was also fixed at 13,-
000. McRce was president ot the oil
company.
The trial Is set for November It.
HOUSE.IS WILLING'
TO RELIEVE COURT
The action of the Georgia Bar Asso
ciation In naming a committee to form
ulate some plan to present to the legis
lature to give needed relief to the su
preme court seems to hare met a re
sponsive echo tn the house.
Several members sre heartily In fa
vor of giving this relief, the only dif
ference being In tbe mode.
Some think an Increase qf Judges to
nine or ten would give the relief, aa
that would lessen the work upon the
Individual members. Others are wed
ded to the Idea of establishing an In
termediate court.
This sentiment that relief Is needed
Is not confined to the lawyers of the
house, either. Representative Kelly, of
Glascock, who la a physician and not
a lawyer, thinks the addition of one
or two more Judges would meet tbe re
quirements: It would be easier to get
one or possibly two than three or more
judges.
Mr. Flanders, of Johnson, another Isy
member of the house, also believes In
Increasing the judges, making the
Private Wire to Ware A Leland.
New York, July 31.—In an Interview
today Cardinal Gibbons, who Is resting
In the Shlnnecock hills on Long Island
with Bishop Foley, of Detroit, In an
swer to the question, “What Is the
remedy for the social and civic un-
healthfulneza that ts giving'occupation
now to so many rauek-rakersT” said:
"That Is comprehensive. I would
rather attempt to answer a dozen spe
cific questions, but I think I may an
swer this by saying, when the sanctity
of the marriage tla and the obligation
of family relations are more fully real
ized and religious training In the fami
ly becomes more general, we may look
for better conditions.
"Dlsect the questions as me may, we
are forced back again and again to
ie same conclusion—moral ana relig
ious training In the family are essen
tial, and Just as they are neglected do
these evils Iru-rem-s.
Excuses the Corporation.
'By civic evils we refer to corporate
greed, financial Immorality and official
Infidelity, as In the case of the Insur
ance crimes and the group of crimes
broadly classified as 'graft.' I do not
know enough of the facta In the pack
ing house scandals to include them In
this generalization, but generally
speaking this class of evil Is due to a
lack of conscience Us applied to cor
porate acts.
"A man will.excuse much In his cor
poration which his conscience would
condemn In himself.
"Corporate conscience Is negative. Iv
minimizes responsibility and multiplies
anil magnifies excuses.
"A rudimentary moral sense will keep
a man from stealing hi* neighbor’s
goods, but the moral sense must be
educated to see moral wrong, sin and
crime In the unconscionable acts of a
corporation.
Awakening of Publio.
"There has been of late a great awak
ening of what Is called th'e public con
science. This has given rise to much
broad, liberal discussion of prevalent
abuses and their causes, fixing the re
sponsibility and often disclosing crim
inality, and Is .doing much to remedy
these abuses and bring business moral
ity back to the point of safety. This
is, at least, my hope, I believe 1 can
see a decided tendency in that dtrec
tlon.
"Public discussion brings understand
Ing and men who have been blind to
the wrongs of corporate crimes havo
had their eyes opened. They now see
much' that they did not see before.
"This Is business morality. Social
morality depends upon something more.
The family, which Is the foundation of
society. Is the source to which we must
look for Its purification. The "great
crimes and scandals which arc in« ex-
(itlng S') much can he traied
directly to a lack of sanctity In the
family relations. Until tho sanctity of
family ties Is more generally recog
nlzed I see little hope for Improve'
ment.
At to the False Standards.
"'The principal obligation of the fam
tly Is the religious education ot the
young, the Importance of which la ap-
parent With It everything may be
accomplished. Without It we may have
great awakenings, we may have a
general revival of public conscience,
but relapses will come again because
the foundation Is lacking.
"Moat og the putridity of private
character, os disclosed In the revela
tions of courts and the picks, grows
out of family relations with false
standards and without religion, and not
from a lack of family relations. Re
turning tu the civic side of the ques<
tlon. It may be asked why, If 1 see
such close relations between the mo
rallty of business and religious train
Ing In the family 1 did not Join the
policyholders’ committee In Its efforts
to do away with the scandalous condi
tion that prevails In these companies.
Declined Reluctantly*.
I was reluctant to define the place
offered me on that committee, but I
believe that the questions Involved are
very Intimately associated with great
and vital matters of. finance. With such,
I am opt sufficiently familiar to enable
me to Judge fairly, should doubt arise,
and I felt that my best course was to
decline, which I have done. My resig
nation has been received by the com
mlttee and reluctantly accepted.
"The whole matter Is In good hands
now, and I trust and believe will be
worked out wisely."
JOHN D. LOSES HIS WIG /
HAIR DRESSER MA Y SUE HIM
y By PAUL VILUERS.
By Prlvnte Leased Wire.
■ Paris, July 31,—The wealthiest peo
ple In the world are not exempt from
physical discomforts which.attack us
all, as the King of Petroleum, Mr.
Rockefeller, has Just discovered. Ae
he was making a quiet little excur
sion of the forest of Compelgne re
cently ho lost not Ills hair, for he has
none, but his wig, which Is as pre
cious to him as the apple of hts eye.
Happily, Paris Is well provided with
wig milkers. Mr. Rockefeller at once
put himself In communication with a
celebrated tonsorlat artist here, whose
establishment Is In the Castlgllone, and
commissioned him to replace the lost
wig. The hair dresser made Inquiries
and found out that Mr. Rockefeller paid
350 francs In New York for hts original
wig.
Being a good business man, the Pari
sian hair dresser determined t»it he
would charge the American billionaire
more than that, and sent In a bill for
505 franca or 5100. Mr. Rockefeller
absolutely refused to pay any such a
price, so the hair dresser threatens to
sue him. The case has not yet come
before the court, and if It does the de
bates will be amusing to listen to, and
the attorneys are sure ot a packed
house.
number as high ns ten, tn letting the
justices consider the coses In pairs.
Mr. Flynt, nf Spalding, one 'if the
strongest lawyers of the house, believes
an intermediate-court the proper rem
edy. With such a court, restricted to
reviewing all misdemeanor case*, and
civil caasa op to a certain amount,
making the final tribunal In such case*,
would give tho desired relief.
Tills Would relieve the burden now
upon the supreme court justices, and
give them sufficient time to consider
the really Important litigation that,
goes to that court.
Mr. Jenkins, of Putnam, also believes
the Intermediate court the only way
to give the relief. He did not think an
Increase of the Judges would meet the
needs of the situation.
Mr. Covington. In Indorsing the prop
osition, said that all city and county
courts should be abolished. If neces
sary. It* would favor a supreme court
judge In each county. Indiana has
such a system, and Georgia might well
emulate that example In view of our
Increasing prosperity and the conse
quent tncreas eln the volume of litiga
tion. >
Will Return to Atlanta.
Special to Tbe Georgian.
Opelika. Ala, July 31.—H. H. Ham
mond, who for. nearly two years ha*
been manager of ths Opelika, Auburn
and Lafayette exchange* of the South
ern Bell Telephone Company, ha* re
signed hi* position, to take effect Au
gust 1. ■ Mr. Hammond will return to
the purchasing department of the
same company, with headquarters In
Atlanta.
WILL WORK FOR PASSAGE
OF IMMIGRATION BILL.
Special to Tbe Georgia*'
Augusta, Ga, July 21.—Secretary
Moore • of the Chamber of Commerce
states that the Immigration commit
tee of the Chamber of Commerce here,
together with some influential men,
will go to-Atlanta when the Immigra
tion bill Is to come up before the house
and will urge lta passage. He says the
movement that has been started for
the Immigrants for this section will not
be allowed to get lukewarm, but, on the
other hand, the question will be kept
at white heat by the supporters of the
bill here until it has passed both the
house and senate.
PRE8S ASSOCIATION
ELECT8 NEW OFFICERS.
Special to The Georgian.
Newberry, S. C„ July 31.—The South
Carolina State Presa Association, now
In annual session at the Isle of Palms,
Charleston, has elected the following
officers:
President, E. H. Aull, of Newberry:
vice presidents, William Banks and J.
C. Mayce; secretary, R. L. Freeman;
treasurer, August Kohn: executive
committee, W. W, Ball, E. H. De
Camp and C. M. Galloway.
Escaped Convict Caught
Special to Tbe Georgian.
Newberry, S. C, July 31.—Mllledge
Green, a negro, who laat fall escaped
from the Georgia chatngang, waa ar
rested by Maglatrate C. S. Bleaae on
Wednesday In thl* city, and taken to
Atlanta.
gambling. These elements are:
First The smallness of the amount paid Into tbe
transaction and the possible large gains therefrom.
Second. The presence of contingency that wins
through the transaction.
The capitalist who puts up $1,000 In an exchange
on December cotton, In no moral sense differs from the
cleft who putt up $10 In a bucket shop on the same
hunt
But a mill man, It Is urged, should be allowed to bay
a supply of cotton to be delivered In December at s
price to be agreed upon in July, In drder that he may
know how to price the goods he must deliver In Jan
uary. "Therefore tho cotton exchange may tell cotton
futures." But since mill- men never buy from bucket
■hop* the bucket shops should not be allowed to sell cot
ton futures, for It It well established In law and morals
that dealing in cotton futures Is gambling. And it It
gambling because the transaction Is conducted between
a small wager and a contingency that la not settled
until the game Is played out. whether In the exchange or
bucket shop.
Speculation Is not wrong. There Is no harm In "buy
ing and selling and getting gain,” to long as honest deal
ings prevail.
There are two ways In which contracts for future
delivery ot goods may be made, which are not gambling
contracts. Example:
First. A mill man buys from a farmer In July 35
bales ot cotton to be delivered I iP December at the mar
ket price tbat shall prevail in December. To secure this
contract the mill man pays the farmer $4 a bale for
tbe cotton in advance. Such a trade would be legitimate.
The uncertainty tn which the future price ot cotton Is
Involved Is Just tbe uncertainty that the farmer has had
to meet from tbe first of the year clear on through. All
productive Industries without exception are confronted
constantly by the uncertainty of future markets.
Second. The other way Is this: The mill mah goes
to the farmer and buys 36 bales of cotton to be delivered
in December tt $50 per bale, and gives his note for the
amount. In this transaction the future price ts agreed
upon without reference to what the market price may
be and the deal it closed on that basis. The note, ot
course, has Its present value In bank. Tbere Is spec
ulation In IL but there Is no gambling, because tbe
amount paid In It tbe full and adequate price for the cot
ton estimated at the time of the trade to tbe satisfaction
of both parties. No "margin" is "put up,” but a full
payment ts made.
The cotton exchange Is, ot course, the representative
ot the farmer In the selling ot cotton and the moral prin
ciples that hold good In one cate would be just as good'
In the other.
I do not know whether anybody ever buys or sells
cotton at a cotton exchange In either of the ways I have
described as legitimate. The usual practice I know Is
very different. A buyer "puts up” a margin of say $3 a
bale on December cottbn at 10c. Tbat Is he bets $3 a
bale tbat he will be able to buy cotton at $50 a bale
In December. Tbe oxebange or bucket shop, as the case
may be, puts up Us engagement to furnish the cotton at
that price, or pay the difference, which It the corre
sponding wager on 11b side. Such a transaction is gamb
ling, pure and simple, whether conducted In an ex
change between tho cotton mill men of all Amerlfea on
one side and the New York Cotton exchange on the
other, or between a $35 clerk and a back street bucket
shop.
No sufficient reason can be given for allowing cot
ton milt men to operate on future prices through cotton
exchanges, or flour mill men through wheat exchanges,
or steel and Iron ml]l men through their exchanges. The
farmers and miners are obliged to carry on their oper
ations relying entirely upon the laws of business and the
dispensation of Providence to make their prices. This
Is true of all productive Industries. On what principle
of economics or morals should manufacturing Industries
be allowed to evade the laws of business and Providence,
.by trading In future*? The whole scheme Is presump
tuous sin against the God of providence, and can bring no
possible advantage to anybody, except a gambler's ad
vantage who wins while another loses.
It Is the earnest hope of all good people that our
lawmakers will forbid the continuation of the gambling
In futures. The demand for this reform I* closely
related to the demand for reform In divers other places
Let the good work go on. J. L. D. IULLYEIL
By Private Leased Wire.
New York. July 31.—Of all men, Al-
fred Belt, the diamond king, who died
In London this week, would have been
the last, when he was alive, to be con
sidered the hero of a love romance, it
was through the Instrumentality of *
prosaic American life Insurance policy
that it became known that England's
richest man had fallen victim to Don
Cupid.
The Elizabeth Bennett, In whose f».
for Belt took out an 380,000 policy a*
“my Intended wife," has been identified
and Is believed to be a beneficiary u n .
der the will of Belt. She Is a widow
not young, but the junior of Belt by
several years, who lives In Mayfair
Her husband was a mining engineer'
who wa» a companion of Belt When tha
latter waa prospecting In South Af
rica and they were partners.
They separated before Belt laid the
foundation of his fortune In Kimberly
and Bennett died not sharing that good
luck. But Belt remembered Bennett,
looked him up and became Intimate
with his family after his fortune had
begun to rapidly grow, and the friend
ship for the family continued until
Belt's death. As one mark of his
friendship, Belt undertook to educ»t#
Bennett's son and daughter. Why he
did not marry the widow never will be
known.
After all, Sarah Bernhardt Is not to
wear the ribbon of the Legion of
Honor. The government nominated her
—a* hae been told—but with the coun
cil of the order the prejudice was too
strong and they have refused to con
firm the action. To show that such
prejudice did not tell against the great
actress, Major Dreyfus was decorated.
Interest in the coming wedding of
Miss Anne Ide, daughter of Governor-
General Henry C. Ide, of the Philip,
pfnes, to W. Bourke Cockran Is Inten
sified by the report that the ceremony
Is likely to be held in the old historic
Malncannng palace, where Miss Ide
and her sister Marjorie have entertain
ed liberally and become popular In the
military society set of Manila.
To hold the wedding In the gover
nor-general's palace, It was said, would
mark a rare precedent. Miss Ide w ould
thbs become the first American bride
to be led to the altar In the grand
drawing room of the historic pile. On
the other hand, many of the Invited
guests could not possibly voyage half
way around the earth to aee Miss Ide
married, and the affair would lack the
brilliance that would be possible In s
marriage In the national capital.
Another official advocate of marriage |
has been found In Acting Mayor .Mc
Carthy, of Jersey City. He declares:
"The man who marries and helps to
rear children does what he can to make
this world a bettor place to live In. We
need more babies. We can't get too
many of them. It Is needless to say
that I am violently opposed to race sui
cide. I’ll be acting mayor for a week,
and I offer all couple* who have *
right to wed a flrat-cla**, all-wool, cop-
per-rlveted, aabeatoa-llned carriage
ceremoney free ot charge.
•■I'm a batchelor, but It Is not my
fault. Tm ready to marry when the
right girl comes along."
Frank- Work, father of Mrs. Burke-
Roche, who la married to Aurel Ba-
tonyl, la employing at least one, and, It
I* believed, several other New \ork
detectives to watch all Incoming steam
ers and trains. The purpose of the
quest Is kept secret. . ,
Meanwhile the gates of the Murk
mansion, "Elm Court," are chained and
the gardener has been Instructed to per
mit no one to occupy the house. Mr.
Work declares that Mrs. Batonyl never
can enter Elm Court again. This ap-
inrently contradicts the rumor that he
lad forgiven his daughter.
Messenger 4128 draws the line nit
bird-catching. He wna sent for to get
a canary which had escaped from
Bellevue hospital. The messenger boy
was offered 50 cents to climb the tree
tn which the bird sat, but when he had
Struggled to the top the songster again
hopped elsewhere. .
•Wat do youse t'lnk I am—* hJjM •
me A. D. T. exclaimed. I can t toiler
dls little yeller feller wldout wings OjJ
Dr. Thomas or Knabenshue If £>«•
want to ketch die bold. I m goln ter
•beat it* back to de ofll*.
GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM.
n
Bjr rrivnte leased Wire.
New York, July 31.—Here are some
of the visitors In New York today.
ATLANTA—V. H. Geelbaway, J.
Hargrave, C. B. Howard. B. E-
L. Reynolds, W. W. Reynolds, W Mill
SAVANNAH—H. W. Cowan, Mrs. J.
M. Hampton, J. J. Corrigan.
IN PARIS.
Special to Tbe Georgian. ,
Paris, July 11.—Mrs. Nellie Black! asd
the Misses Anita and LouUe Black, j
Atlanta, Ga., registeredI attbeoffice
the European edition of The New »
Herald today.
THIS DATE IN HISTORY.
3
Wig—Robert Barns, Seotllsh poet,
Horn January 35, 175*. .
1797—Battle of the fTrsmlds I' /;’ ,;
1815—Inquisition re-established lu
1821—I^opold, king of ■•'■JHN/X5S
Brussels, and took the oath of
1574—Charge* of Theodore Tilton .oSc^
Ilenry W*rd Beecher made H "yp
18g7-IIoii. Authony J. Mnodell*.
18S9—t'tohert O. Iagsraoll died. Bor” **
1903-fiiuklnx of^BIbe river stesn^r *2*2
, at Hamburg! one hundred 1
drowned. . i„ St*
IMS—Great building trade tlrlke 1“
mm* for *«"*
»«-V*x,te rt «n MnltHIS^-^SS !
Bennington In Ran Diego bnruor.
ty-eight men killed.
SERVANT PROBLEM
IS VEXING ROMANS.
-ervari’ ]
Special to The Georgian.
Rome, Ga, July 21
queatlon seems to
■The
question seems w ie » probler”
Rome at present, a* well a* •*>* ‘ • ^
need of farmer* to get *•
to work their crop*. There seem ^
a plot among the negroes here,
male and feiiale. not to work
can keep from It. One It
wes heard to say: “De 7-neti IS
Rome has now got de white » ^
de kitchen, an' dey »P«‘* ler
dem dar."