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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
PATf'RDAY. JULY 3». 19%
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The Atlanta Georgian.
JOHN TEMPLE CRAVES, Editor.
P. L. SEELY, President.
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Atlanta; Ga.
Entered as second-claei natter April 26, lFe, at the roitoflce at
Atlanta, (la . under net of con arena of VIsrrti i. lilt.
A man may well bring a horse to the water.
But he cannot make him drink without he will.
—Heywood.
Saturday Evening.
"When a ndw .book eotnoe oat,** *ald- Emeraon,
read an old one."
There la a measure of wisdom In tha attitude of the
great essayist and philosopher of Concord. In this age
of tho making of many books It la a phyalcal lmpoaal
Witty to keep abreast of the teeming output ot the press.
Some man of Infinite patience and an Inquiring turn of
mind has estimated that It would require tbree thou
sand year* to. read the standard literature of the world.
With this appalling tact staring the student In the face
he naturally licks the courage In some Instancei to un.
dertako the task at all, and contents himself with a
more or lees courageous gttempt to keep In touch with
the Umes.
The truth of the matter la that neither attitude
la correct The man who attempts to devour the Inter
minable output of the press of these productive days
hnn a hopeless task It would be far wiser to wait until
time has sifted out the books that are really worth
while and then read them and digest them.
But It la the vital life of today which la worth
while, after all. The House, of Commons never had a
more vigorous and convincing member than Lord Ran
dolph Churchill, at least In recent times. From tho day
when he assumed leadership ot the Fourth party, which
was. In effect, a party ot four, he gave the grave and rev
erend signors more trouble and stirred them to greater
activity than all the other leaders combined.
And yet Churchill tyas practically never known to
read anything but the parliamentary reports and blue-
books. He was as full of facta a* dynamite Is of danger,
and all of them bore directly an the matter In hand. He
was a lire wire when he arose to make a speech.
No man would seriously deprecate the value of cul
ture. The man who takes all knowledge ’for his' prov
ince and absorbs culture and Information wherever he
can find It Is undoubtedly better equipped for the bat
tle of life than his less Informed brother:
But there are so many things around us which aro
of pressing Importance, so many ways In which we can
better, the condition of our neighbor and the human race
that It looks like a waste of time to be wandering too
far afield.
The man who start* out to inform himself and to
see the world shduld see 'his own country and should
learn the needs ot hl< own peoplg. first of all, snd then
If he has any spare dime let his '
"Observation. With extensive view.
Survey maoklnd from China to Peru.”
Why should not the Hon. Harvle Jordan appoint
the Hon. Richard Cheatham and the Hon. A. A. Fair-
child* as his high court and commission to try the offi
cers of the Southern Cotton Association upon the
charges, of bucket shog ownership and, cotton specula
tion? * ■
“Al” Adams’ Bucket Shop.
We will not pause at this Juncture to dwell upon the
startling revelation made In the current number ot Every
body's Magazine, which reached Atlanta on Thursday, to
the effect that the convicted Jailbird and swindler, "Al"
Adams, Is the moneyed man In the firm ot M. J. Sage A
Co., which In turn was the Now York end of the Pied
mont Brokerage Company at the time that a salaried oni
cer of the Southern Cotton Association was a stock
holder In It '
We shall content oursslvss with quoUng the magaslne
artlcle'a graphic phrase that "from the es-convlct head
of M. J. Sago & Ca, to the humblest employee, WE
DOUBT IF THERE IS A MAN CONNECTED WITH THti
ORGANIZATION WHO COULD BE TRUSTED NOT TO
STEAL DEAD MICE FROM A BLIND KITTEN."
The confession of the salaried ofllcer of the Southern
Cotton Association, mads over his own signature, that he
was a stockholder In the Piedmont Brokerage Company,
establishes rather an unsavory Intimacy between the
Southern Cotton Association and "Al” Adams, the noto
rious graduate of Sing Sing.
The Cotton Association Unharmed.
Whatever the outcome ot the present Investigation
-Into the conduct and Integrity of the offlclala ot the South
ern Cotton Association, one thing Is sure, the Cotton As-
soclaUon itself cannot be Injured and cannot possibly be
destroyed.
The motives that bind that great organisation togeth
er are too high and lofty and the mission which It has
to subserve In the world Is too definite and lndlspensablo
for any permanent harm to come to this great body of
the organised planter* and sellers ot the South'* greatest
and most Important crop.
It Is to be hoped for the benefit of the association
and for the honor .ot alt concerned that the implication*
that involve the official life ot the association may be sat
Isfactorily answered and fully explained. If so, the at
mosphere will be all the purer for the storm which has
passed over It, and the agitation which reveals good
conduct and faithful i administration will strengthen
rather than retard ttte work of the association. If, on
the other hand, the Implications which Involve the offi
cers of the association should be sustained either In
.whole or In part by the Investigation which Is to follow,
It will be the duty of the association to purge Itself of all
unworthy representatives and with new men chosen from
the great rank ot the farming Interests and these men
warned and disciplined by the sensitiveness of the asso
ciation toward the action of Its officials,' and by the
splendid discipline which rebukes their offense In this
direction, will take hold with new faith and new Inspira
tion to carry the organisation forward to Its grand and
Indispensable work.
No offenses and no charges which are promptly met
fand promptly and properly handled can ever affect a
great company of honest men. The only thing is that the
organisation Itself shall b* fearless snd shall be fair
and absolutely honest In Its handling of charges so se
rious. And with these requests compiled with, the re
sult must be new strength and new hope and new use
fulness rather than a diminution of power or of effective
work, t
Under no circumstances, then, does the cotton asso
ciation need to fear or to hesitate. Its motives are clear,
its work Is approved. Its elements aro mighty, and Its
membership Includes that which Is best and highest and
most representative In tho South. It has only to be
brave, to be honest and be sure It will bo successful.
Mr. Jordan and the Issue.
No display of Harvle Jordan's vulgar temper shall
divert this paper from Its high purpose of reaching the
truth In this vital matter that concerns the cotton grow
er* of the state.
We have lived our life before the people of Georgia
and it Is not In the power of Harvlo Jordan's wounded
ppleen to disturb the serenity of our own conscience or
the public confidence which we have won and prise
above all human possessions.
Harvle Jordan disclaims In his card of Friday all
responsibility for the cartoon which contained the offen
sive element ot his original card.
It he had halted with this disclaimer, as any gentle
man should have done, and awaited our reply, the per
sonal element of this discussion, which Is neither of our
choosing nor of our liking, might have been eliminated
there and then.
But having disclaimed the cartoon, he goes on, In
a spirit of small'vindictiveness totally unworthy of a
lea'der or a. man. to resay all and mors than the cartoon
contained, and to. write a scurrilous and vindictive ti
rade of abuse, Without dignity, without’ logic and without
application to the great Issue at- stake. -
We content ourselves with an expression of regret
that the president of the Southern Cotton Association
has so little control of his malice and his temper as to
voluntarily destroy the opportunity of personal harmony
which hi* statement of fact preferred.
We shall-not on this qnlet Saturday afternoon reply
In kind to the unseemly temper ot Mr. Jordan's card.
We wifi wait until Monday to see It reflection shall
bring to him a bette# spirit and a truer speech. Mr,
Jordan and The Georgian occupy stations too high and
responsible to make them examples of bitterness and
billingsgate. The Interests of the great organization for
which they stand are too serious aud Important to be
blurred In personal wrangle. We have said no word of
personal abuse or personal reflection upon the president
of the Cotton Association. Upon tile Impulse of hi* In
temperate words there come to us now words equally
severe and perhaps equally Intemperate. These words
we (epress for this day. They will keep until Monday,
and by that time they should not be necessary!
IVe are not engaged in a personal quarrel with Har-
vlo ^Jordan. If so The Georgian's columns should not
be used to air It J
We are engaged In a serious effort to protect the
Southern Cotton Association from Implications of alarm
ing error that Involve Its official life.
We desire only one thing; to ascertain whether the
officials of that association are dealing worthily and
wisely with the vast Interests In their care.
Insinuations have been made which touch' this vital
Issue to tha quick. We ask ot Harvle Jordan, as the
president of this greet body, to give to the cotton
growers and to the public a free and fair public trial of
these charges before a proper Jury and a proper Judge.
We ask that no partial place of hearing shall be named
hnd that no Jury, however honorable, shall be selected,
whose nearness to the accused might cause Its own
verdict to be viewed askance. We ask that no undue
haste, no Influence, no manipulation of evidence, and
no exodus from Atlanta of essential witnesses shall
be permitted to vitiate the tjlftl.
We ask that the Investigation be so conducted from
first to last, so as to leave no doubt In the public mind
of Its fairness, lb completeness and Its sincerity. The
statements set forth In other columns of this paper to
day are written not In mallco, but to make olear the
lines on which the public wishes light and Information.
If these elements shall be preserved we shall accept
the verdict without criticism or complaint. It that
verdict vindicates the Jordan administration we shall
say so as heartily and fully as wi ever said anything
on a public Issue. It It shall convict the administration
we aball In the Interests of the cotton grower as fear
lessly urge the purging and reorganisation of the great
body upon whose life and effectiveness the prosperity ol
the South depends.
We subordinate for a time all personal considers
lions to this great general end.
The Cotton Organ and the S. C. A.
“Will the association nsk for the resignation ot
Fairchild, now that his former conhectlon with a
brokerage concern has become known?" Mr. Cheat
ham was asked. -
The secretary of the association declined to dis
cuss this question, nor would he comment on the
fact that charges had been made that E. O. Holtse,
former manager of the Piedmont Brokerage Company,
had written editorials for The Cotton Journal with
which Mr. Cheatham Is connected. Mr. Cheatham
did say, however, that The Journal had no connec
tion with the Cotton Association.—Atlanta Journal,
July 27.
For the present we are directly concerned with
the statement that The Cotton Journol "has no connection
wltli the Cotton Association.''
Then the Interesting question arises, WHO PAID FOR
THOSE DOUBLE-COLUMN ADVERTISEMENTS PUB
LISHED IN NEW8PAPER8 FROM GEORGIA TO TEXAS
ABOUT TEN DAYS AGO, calling upon the farmers of
tho South to send In information as to their present and
prospective crop, with two lines printed In black type at
the end, as follows:
"THE COTTON JOURNAL, PUBLISHED WEEKLY
AT ATLANTA, GA., WILL PUBLISH REPORT8 IN
EACH ISSUE."
There you are!
Of course The Cotton Journal "hat no connection
with the Cotton Association"—when It cornea to dividing
tht* profits of the organ with the association which
feeds It.
BUT HOW DID THAT BOOST FOR THE ATLANTA
COTTON JOURNAL, IN BLACKER TYPE THAN ALL
THE REST OF THE TEXT, GET TANGLED UP IN AN
ADVERTISEMENT PAID FOR, PRESUMABLY, BY THE
SOUTHERN COTTON ASSOCIATION, AT A COST OF
THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS?
The whole thing Is a pretty muddle!
"And the farmer feeds them all."
It It to be hoped that the habit of allowing an ac
cused official or an accused administration to select Its
own Judge, sheriff snd Jury, will not progress beyond the
Southern Cotton Association Into the regular channels
ot our Jurisprudence. Still Mr. Jordan It a man of tran
scendent Judgment, as Illustrated In his notable cam
paign for 16 cents cotton.
His Own Organ Confounds, Him.
''The losses to which you refer have been sus
tained through the maintenance of backet shops and
local wire houses, which you are trying so hard to
bolster up and which the legislatures of Georgia and
the other states Intend to suppress. I have received
thousands of letters from farmers In the past few
months and spoken to thousands more an,d In not one
letter, or from the Ups of a single farmer In Georgia
or elsewhere, have I ever been criticised at you In
sinuate."—From Harvle Jordan's open letter, July 27.
Is that true, Mr. Jordan?
This Is realty refreshing!
Why, In tbo Identical Issue of your Cotton Journal
which contained your eriUclsms of the editor of The Geor
gian appeared.the following touching and significant let
ter: ...
Waynesboro, Ga., June 28, 1906.
Atlanta. Cotton Journal, Atlanta, Ga.
Gentlemen:—Have you nny Information that
would be an advantage to a man holding spot cot
ton? I expected by this date cotton would nt least
bring 12 to 1,'t ci-ii'u. 1 have li.-wi .holding "fill hub s
slnco October and December last, and the expenses
will bo at least three-fourths to one cent per pound.
I fear unless some crop disaster, prices won't bo bet
ter, especially when the South Is willing to sell tho
new crop lor about 10 cents. It looks like It Is best
to close out Yours truly, THOMAS QU1NNEY.
What wag your reply to this deluded victim of your
bad advice? ■ .
SILENCE, OEEP ,\ND PALPABLE!
He was entitled to some light on that “arrangement"
between the notorious "Joa" Hoadlcy and yourself, by
which tbo former was to underwrite 500,000 bales ot
cotton to be held for 16 cents, but be didn't get It.
HERE IS 'ONE LETTER, MR. JORDAN, IN YOUR
OWN ORGAN. HOW MANY MORE HAVE YOU RE
CEIVED?
As the matter stands Mr. Qulnney has sustained a
loss of over 11-2 cents a pound, between prevailing prices
and' tho highest of the season, to which may be added
from three-fourths to one cent per pound for expenses.
If he closes out now he will lose something like $10 per
bale or practically $2,660 on his holdings.
Ahd In point of fact, Mr. Jordan, there are a cloud of
witnesses who will rise up to confront you, Just as
Thomas Qhlnney has done.
The Decatur Waterworks and Subur
ban Prospects.
^|The Decatur people In an election called for August
14th will vbte on a bond Issue of $39,000 tor a waterworks
system, and $5,000 for sewerage way.
It Is difficult to see bow the people of Decatur can
fall to vote any other way than affirmatively upon this
Important question.
There le no one thing in which the suburbs of large
cities are more vitally Interested than In this question ot
facilities which will make them more eligible as places
of residence and of business. There are a thousand ad
vantage* which carry people who live In the great cities
to a residence in adjacent suburbs. Cleanliness, econo
my, closeness oY association, pure air, freedom from
heat and dust, quiet associations and better health, all
combine to make the suburbs attractive as a place of
residence. But all of these are frequently minified by
tbe absence of waterworks and of sewerage plants which
people who live in clUes have been accustomed to, and
It might as well be understood now as later by our sub
urban residents that if they expect to hold their popula
tion and attract other people to a residence In these
places, that It must be done by providing the conven
iences which are Indispensable to tho higher forms of
modern life.
The present population of Decatur Is about 2,000 and
that Includes some of tho best known and best condi
tioned people of the state. It would entail a compara
tively small tax upon these people to vote this sum for
these bonds, and the people who own real estate In that
delightful suburb may as well realize that If they do not
provide these conveniences, the value of their property
will be diminished In the future because, fewer people
will care to occupy for residence or business purposes
these places, whereaB, It they generously vote for these
Improvements the demand for suburban residences will
multiply and Increase an hundred-fold. And those who
own or control property In these places will feel the Im
mediate Impulse or public Improvements which make
them eligible for residence or for business life. *
And what has been Bald with reference to Decatur
applies with equal force to College Park and to other
adjoining suburbs whose real estate values must rise or
fall in proportion to the enterprise and to the enerygy
with which Its people take hold of these indispensable
public Improvements.
We trust that our friends and neighbors of Decatur
will rise to the full measure of this opportunity and set
the example for other surburban towns by their public
spirit and far-seeing judgment In public affairs..
It was not so much the had judgment and the fool
ish reasoning of Mr. Jordan In his campaign for 16
cents cotton, but it Is in the most intolerable obstinacy
of his mistaken Judgment upon It that will be remem
bered by the farmers and cotton growers whose empty
pockets are tbe sorrowful resultants of his error.
Nor Is It the mere mistaken Judgment for which
Harvle Jordan and 16 cents cotton will be remembered,
but it Is for the intolerable and ungrateful treatment
which he accords to others whose judgment has differed
from his own.
Growth and Progress of the New South
Under this heart wtll appear front time to time Information lllnatratlng tha
remarkable development ot the South which determ aometblng more thaa paaa-
In* attention.
National Banks in the South.
In the course of an article In thle column on yesterday It was shown
that the deposits In the bank* and trust companies of the South were $000,-
000,000 more last year than thq*- were fifteen years ago.
To bring tlft matter somewhat nearer home and more nearly up to
date It may he stated that the bank clearings In Atlanta for the present
week were more tnan a million dollars,th excess of the corresponding week
last year.
All of which lends a timely Interest'to an article In the current'leans
of The Manufacturers’ Record, stating that an abstract of reports of the
condition of national banke lately Issued by the comptroller of the cur
rency ahowe a most gratifying condition of such Institutions In the South.
There are altogether 1,195 national banks In this section, the state of
Texas containing the largest number, namely, 471; In fact, there Is only
one state In the Union which has more national banks than Texas, and
that Is Pennsylvania, with a total of <90. Including Oklahoma, Indian
Territory and Missouri, there are 1,U3 national banks. In tbe South and
southwest. After Texas, Indian Territory t has the largest number In this
section, 148; Kentucky Is next, with 118; Oklahoma has IIS, Missouri 107,
Maryland SI, Virginia 88, West Virginia 83, Georgia 75, Alabama 71,-Ten
nessee <8, North Carolina 52, Louisiana and Florida 35 each, Arkansas IS,
8outh Carolina 28, Mississippi 24, Washington and the District of Colum
bia IS.
This section, says The Record, has altogether more than three times as
many national banks as the New England states and about 400 more than
the Eastern states. It has about as many as the middle West, nearly 700
more than the Western states, and more than six times as many as the
Pacific states.
The loans and discounts ot the Southern banks tndlcats closely the con
dition of their business, the total amounting to <568,101,089. Including Mis
souri, Oklahoma and Indian Territory, the tqtat ts $781,637,455, Inasmuch
as the total Individual deposits In the South are In round figures gbout
$508,000,000 and the total capital and surplus about $182,000,000, the fore
going figures Indicate that the money ot the banks Is generally actively
employed and doing Ite share toward the advancement of the material in
terests ot the country. The addition of Missouri adds about $38,000,000 to
the total capital and surplus and about $128,000,000 to the Individual de
posit*. Oklahoma and Indian Territory Increase the capital and surplus
fund by something more than $12,000,000 and the Individual depohlts by
over $30,000,000. " ,
The total resources of the national banks In the South amount to <972,-
849,841, and, including Missouri, Oklahoma and Indian Territory, the total
resource* are $1,348,275,083. , ,
Generally considered, this abstract, which covers the condition of the
banks up to June 18, shows ti very satisfactory state of business affairs In
South and In the section Immediately adjoining it upon the southwest.
LEGISLATURE ASKS
FOR HjUTARIf PARK
Urges Representatives to Push
the Movement to Pinal
Success.
^GOSSIP OF=
STATESMEN AND POLITICIANS
8erjitorlsl courtesy I* something In
violate and proverbial. Senatorial at
tention la not. When local bills are be
ing shunted through, the senate often
busies Itself with other things and
don't pay much attention tg what Is
happening. They vote, but In a per
functory sort x>t way, as though they
hndn't the faintest notion whst It is all
about, which Is sometimes the case,
for not Infrequently a member engaged
In some .personal.matter, asks anxious
ly tor Information as to "what's do
ing."
The roll call on a committee amend
ment to a blit was on the other day,
und the clerk had got down to the Hs.
"Senator Hogan."
The senator was deeply fmmersty] In
a conversation with some friend, snd
didn't reply. ■: . *
"Senator Hogan;" .called Captain
Haneell In a louder voice.
Still no reply.
"SENATOR HOGAN," he thundered,
and the eenate, now all attention,
t ratched for development*. At the
final call, the senator wheeled about
and rumbled:
-Aye." then In a stage whisper to
some one near by, "What are we
votin' on.' anywayr*
"By Senator Hamby—To regulate the
taking of fish In Tallulah river."
The bill was tip for passage.
"What’s It about, Hamby?" asked
somebody. Whereupon the huge form
of the member from the Forty-first
a ifolded toward the celling,-and he
Id:
"Gentlemen, this Is simply a local
measure to regulate fishing In a, Rabun
county stream." and then effaced hlm-
, self.
Instantly Senator Steed was on his
feet, and • In an Impassioned manner
volleyed:
"1 am surprised and shocked to ob-
serve that the honored member from
the Forty.first does not arise to this
occasion In nla usual able and eloquent
manner. Here le a bill affecting the
piscatorial destiny of a noble stream
In his neck of the woods. Yet he falls
utterly to seise the opportunity for a
display of his forensic powers! Why?
Has he lost Interest In the arts and
cunning that lends to bis debate such
thrilling eloquence? I call upon the
eenator to rise to the occasion."
And. blushing under the fiery ava
lanche of Senator Steed's arraignment.
Senator Hamby, arose to the occasion
as follows;
"It Is to allow folks to catch cat
fish In th* Tallulah river.”
Baskets of luscious Elbertas adorned
the desk of every senator Friday morn
ing when the gavel fell for business.
Not even a wessened. worm-inhab
ited peach adorned - the pres* table.
When the members of the fourth estate
came In they looked upon a senate en
gaged In gorging Itself on luscious fruit.
But nobody remembered that reporters
had an appetite for such things.
Just back of the press table a basket
of big. rosy-cheeked, juicy Elbertas
reposed. There was a hurried council
of war. and one of the reporters quiet
ly sneaked a newspaper over the bas
ket and Its contents.
The business of making laws moved
on serenely. Under the very noee of
the president and the officials a basket
was surreptitiously removed from the tnlttee of that body le the one on rules.
To establish s national military park oa
the three battlefields sear Atlanta—Peach
tree creek battle, fought July 20, 1884; At'
lent* battle, fought July 22, 1884; Ezra
Church battle, foufht July 28. 1584—snd to
connect these three battlefields by boule
vards and driveway*, It I* proposed to
make an appeal to the congress of the
United States.
A resolution by Messrs. 81aton, Bell and
Blackburn of Fulton to urge Georgia's rep
resentstlves and senators to do sit la their
power to bring about the enactment of
such ■ legislation as may be necessary for
tbe purpose Indicated passed the boase
Saturday morning.
That these battles nnmod above were
among the most Important of tbe civil war
la recounted In the resolution, which states
that In th* siege snd military operations
Incident thereto, Including the battles, ten
army corps with an aftrefst* fighting fore*
of *l»ut 175,000 men participated.
It Is clnlmed hy those behind the move
ment to establish tbe Atlinta national mill-
battles to erect monuments to the valor
senatorial desk and transferred to the
reportorlal table. ’ .
Hastily the loot wae distributed. And
when the senator came In from a com
mittee meeting and eaw the baskets on
ever}' other desk and none on his own,
he looked worried, but senatorial digni
ty prevented any questions. Three
newspaper men left the capitol filled to
repletion.
After doing all In his power Friday
morning to get a rule through the
house to compel members to attend
the sessions of the house, and falling,
Seab Wright walked down to the press
table and remarked' that fob the first
time In his life he wanted to own a
big newspaper.
Mr. Felder, of Bibb, dies hard.
Joe Hill Hall doesn't seem to be very
fond of the senate as a body.
Mr. Flanders called the previous
question Just exactly eight times Fri
day morning. Actual count.
Owing to the absence of Mr. Bell, of
Paulding, tha journal was read Friday
morning.
Mr. Knight, ot Berrien, Is the most
prolific man In the house, when It
comes to making n speech. He has
one for every bill Introduced, and the
strange part of It la that he seems Just'
as much Interested In one as another.
He goes to the senate next year. Now
for some fireworks over there.
Frida>- morning the house had been
discussing a measure for quite a while,
and spirited arguments had been ad
vanced. As the vote was about to be
taken a member Ih the rear of the
house asked whst bill waa on Its pas-’
sage. How’s that for attention?
On hie resolution to require less at
tendance of members ot the house at
ball games and more at the sessions of
the house, Seab Wright tried to get
the ayes,and nay*. There was nothing
doing, however, and the fan members
attended Friday’s game as usual, while
the workers remained at the house.
Reading Clerk McClatchey took a
vacation Friday, having been asked to
sing a song up In Cobb county some
where. He said he supposed he would
be heard over at tbe capitol anyway,
so It wouldn't really be en absence.
He was on hand Saturday morning.
It Is very evident to one In tbe house
very long that the all-powerful com
ity Private Leaied Wire.
New York. July 28.—The Importation
of an English tailor to suggest Im
provement* In our military uniforms
has evidently given his fellow crafts,
men In the old country' something near
ly approaching the swell head. Tho
cable dispatches today make the stat-
ment that William J. Bryan's frock
coat has offended the expert of "the
tailor und cutter," who declares that
It "I* heavy and shapeless, with a
sombreness quite hurtful, even offen
sive, to an English tailor’s taste."
"Despite this criticism," continue*
the dispatch, "of course, Mr. Bryan
has not discarded the coat."
We may , be willing to have the uni
forms of our sailors and soldiers tink
ered with by the British, and the fash-
Ion for our women's gowns set by
France, but when It comes to Inter
fering with the broad-brimmed hats
and "Jim swinger*” of our Southern
and Western statesmen, we draw* the
line, broad, straight and deep. They
are not to be Interfered with and to
speak disrespectfully Is almost less
mnjeste If not casus belli.
The negro elevator boy Is becoming s
very serious question In some of the
swell apartment houses. Another case
of hta Insolence appears In the day's
new*. Taking it Into hts head that
the lady visitor of one of the tenants
In the Riverside establishments, In
which he pulls the lever cord, was a
servant, despite the assurance! of the
tenant whom she had come to visit
he held them prisoners In the elevator
for twenty minutes until the ladles be
came hysterical. Now hi# employer
face* a damage suit. Many of these
fellows are West Indian negroes, and
Impudent beyond belief. Some day
tbey will tackle the wrong subject and
things will happen.
As a result of the failure of the city
magistrate* to hold gamblers and
crooks arrested In police raids, Com
missioner Bingham has htt upon a new
scheme to rid the city of these gentry.
He has had teveral detectives dis
guised as street sweepers looking for
the necessary evidence, and they have
gone before the grand Jury and given
to that body a mass of material that
brought about many Indictments of
sport card men, confidence men, mana
gers, dealers and other attaches of
poker and other gambling rooms. Not
only the gamblers, however, are to be
taken before the court on bench war
rants. It ts said that a large number
of men and women who are Interested
directly or Indirectly In the manage
ment of other places ot an Illegal na
ture have also been Indicted, and that
they will be arrested.
, A) a companion pleca of newa, It I*
Announced that "Richard A: Canfield's
notorious gambling house at No. 6
East Forty-fourth street Is again open
for business after a period of Idleness
dating from the raid of District At
torney Jerome, described In the recent
trial of the suit of Lawyer Delahunty
against the gambler.
GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM.
By Private Leased Wire.
New York, July 28.—Hbere are some
of the visitors In New York today:
ATLANTA—F. S. Walters, W. J.
Swanson, w. S. Glllsm.
AUGUSTA—J. S. Bussey, Jr, A.
Ley. B. 8. Missel!.
MACON—J. B. Beckham, Mre. L. L.
Dempsey.
SAVANNAH—W. D. Brymer, O. N.
Zell.
IN PARI8.
Special to The Georgias.
Paris, July 21.—Sir. and Mr*. A.
Steiner, ot Atlanta, Ga, registered at
tho office of tho European edition of
Tho New York Herald today.
DRUGGEDJD ROBBED
Gotham Negroes Take Money and
Jewelry From Charles
Dorr.
By rrtvato Leased Wire.
Now York, July 28.—Tho condition
of Chariot D. Dorr, a former congress
man from West Virginia, who was
found In a semi-conscious condition In
a doorway at Twenty-seventh street
and Sixth avenue last night by a po
liceman, le satisfactory this morning.
A crowd of negroes who surrounded
him ran away at the approach of the
oncer, who gave chase, but failed to
catch nny of them.
At the station house no money or
anything of value wae found In Mr.
Dorr's pockets, and his shirt front was
tom as though a stud had been
wrenched out. He seemed to be suf
fering and could not give hie name.
When revived at the New York hospital
Dorr said he had registered at the \ Jc-
torla and had gone out tor a walk. He
remembered nothing that happened for
some time before the policeman found
him. ,
It was stated that Dorr appeared to
be suffering from a sort of ptomaine
and. In addition, showed evidences of
having been drinking heavily. No evi
dence of any drug having been admln-
laterdd was discovered. It is believed
Mr. Dorr was robbed while he lay
semi-conscious In the doorway, and the
police are searching for the negroes
who ejirrounded him.
ATLANTAN FINDS SON
IN LITTLE ROCK, ARK.
Special to The Georgia*.
Little Rock, Ark., July 28.—A ««
wae heard In police court yesterday In
which J. T. McCorkle, a railroad en
gineer from Atlanta, Ga, charaed hw
married stepaon, Homer C. Ford, »
machinist In the Argenta shops, wltn
having concealed the 15-year-otd son
of McCorkle from his parent*. The
testimony of McCorklt was to th* ef
fect that his boy had run sway from
home and come to Little Rock. The
boy was lost night found at the horn#
of a relative and taken to Atlanta by
his father. - - - . . •