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W- . I J,ju Tilt A'i J,A.\TA UfiOUUlAN. The Atlanta Georgian. JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor. F. L. SEELY, President. ♦ | Connections, f i Subscription Rates: One Yeir . $4.50 Six Months 2.50 Three Months...... 1.25 By Carrier, per week !Oc Published Every Afternoon Except Sunday by THE GEORGIAN CO. at 25 W. Altbsmt Street, Atlanta, Gt. Vra= | - jr 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 % 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."