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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
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The Atlanta Georgian.
JOHN TEMPLE CRAVES, Editor.
F. L. SEELY, President.
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Entered as eecnnd-cleee matter April 25, 1905, at tba Poatofflcs st
Atlanta. Ga., under act of congress of Marrti 1 lf7».
A man may well bring a horse to the water.
But he cannot make him drink without he will.
—Heywood.
The Committee Vindicates The Georgian. •
When the Hat la written of the service* which The
Georgian has rendered and may yet have the happiness
to render to the farmers of Georgia, we trust that this
Incident of the cotton association Investigation wilt not
be forgotten.
If The Georgian with all Its power of publicity and
with the good .name which it has won and hopes and
believes It has deserved, had not entered Into this de
mand for an investigation Into the affairs of the associa
tion there would probably never have been one.
The conditions and abuses which are now confessed
to exist would have continued and perhaps Increased to
an extent that would have been dangerous to 'the asso
ciation and In every respect hurtful to the cotton
growers themselves.
We candidly confess that tbls agitation upon our
part grew primarily out of a Justifiable effort to repel an
unworthy insinuation on the part of Harvle Jordan
against the Integrity of this paper. We say frankly and
those who know us best know we speak truthfully, that
with this brief statement the controversy under ordinary
circumstances would bave dropped. But with the ea-
trance Into the arena of a newspaper frank enough and
brave enough to bear much prejudice In the Intereat of a
great cause, there came to us so many testimonies and
so many protests, not only from the men conducting
the light for and against the Boykin bill, but from the
multitude of private cltlseos and farmers throughout the
country, that The Georgian felt distinctly laid upon It
the obligation of an honeat newspaper to shed the full
light of publicity upon this transaction and to compel
the probe of Investigation to be Inserted Into thf affairs
of the association.
Suppose that we had not done so? Buppose that day by
day the editorial columni and the news columns of this
paper had not presented the evidence that was so Inter
esting to the cotton growers of the South? Supposo
we had not tnken nn alarm at the bold Insinuation of
Representative Anderson, of Cheatham, on the floor of
the stato legislature and decided that the honesty and
safety of tho cotton growers' association was at stake
In Its Investigation of the rumors against It?
Why, the chances are that there would have been no
Investigation, but that the matter would have almmered
away as such matters nearly always do, to a standstill
There might have been a little gossip, a little protest
and a ltttlo kicking, but by thla time the Issue would
havo passed Into obscurity.
Instead of that, with nn honest representative and a
bold and out-spoken representative of the press to set In
behalf of tho cotton growers and of the aaaoclatlon, an
Investigation haa been compelled, a committee has been
In session.
And, behold! ajl and more than The Georgian charg.
ed and that Representative Anderson charged, haa been
established and condemned by the committee which was
railed to consider It!
After everything has been said and done, both Rep
resentative Anderson and this paper have been abun
dantly vindicated In the tight that they have made for
the cleansing of the oOclal life of a great organisation.
What we charged was that while these men were loudly
rondemnlng cotton speculation with lip and with pen,
that right Jn the offlee of the president there were pub
lic officials who with hand and with pocket book In per
sons! speculations were contradicting the sincerity of
their outalde professions.
And^ behold! (tie committee declares In specific lan
guage that It la the soundest policy that the cotton as
sociation should condemn In the strongest possible lan
guage any dealing In futures for-themselves or others,
on the part of any officer or officer* or employees of that
association, or being In any way an owner or a stock
holder or otherwise Interested In any concern dealing
In cotton futures or buytng or selling same.
Was not this the exact position taken by The Geor
gian In Its argument and In Its call for an Investigation
Into the n(Tatra of the association? Was not thl* the dis
tinct and definite reason that thla paper gave for de
manding this investigation? That It was for the Merest
of the association and that the engagement of Ita offi
cial* In such practices was In the highest degree hurtful
and destructive to the organization, the committee now
declares.
Tho committee further declares that Mr. Richard
Cheatham, secretary of the aaaoclatlon, admitted auch
speculation and dealing on hla part In the name of Mike
O'Grmdy.
la not thla all or nearly all that The Georgian con
tended for In this call for an Investigation?
Talk about thlu paper's "not knowing anything about
It of Ita own knowledge." Why, who knows anything
about anything until testimony and evidence are brought?
What did the committee know until the evidence was
ought to Its possession? What does any court of Jus-
>r any Jury know about the conditions of a case until
the witness.)* for and against It are put upon the stand
to tell their stories? And The Georgian having the tea-
Uaonjr of thoroughly creditable and reputable witnesses
In the rase of the speculation that was engaged In by the feated It, there
officers of tho association. and having reason to believe I country,
that an officer of this association was personally en
gaged In one of the very Institutions which be and hi
newspaper were most loudly condemning, what was left
for us ns a public Journal and a friend of the cotton
growers' association and a partisan advocate of Its pros
perity and an earnest well wisher for Its continued ef
fectiveness, to do but to bring these abuseB to the light
that they might promptly be purified and the official life
,of the association cleared?
And this has been done. Wo say frankly that the
committee did all we think could have been done. * Wi
cheerfully and cordially withdraw in the aggregate any
Imputation and recall any criticism wo may havo had
occasion to lay upon tho committee. Whatever tho at
titude of Individual members, the committee, as a, whole,
haa fairly and squarely done three things.
It baa vindicated Ita own integrity and Impartiality.
It baa thoroughly and completely vindicated The
Georgian and Representative Anderson.
And by It* testimony and tho definite condemnation
of Richard Cheatham It has purified the official life of
the administration and will put the cotton association
upon a larger and better basis of usefulness than It has
held before.
As a cltlxen, as a Journalist, and aa a friend of tbo
potton association, we thank the committee for the clear
neas and the vigor of Its action upon thla discussion,
The Georgian may be permitted to say that It has
no sense of personal enjoyment In the agitation of these
abuses. The work of an agitator and of a-reformer la
never a popular and rarely a happy one. It goea always
against prejudice, and against established conditions and
against the hatred of those who are brought to Judg
ment But we have fought a good fight We have be
lieved the things for which we fought. "
We have been vindicated by the Judgment of the tri
bunal to whom our cause and tha cause of the cotton
growers waa submitted, and we feel at least the pleasure
and the satisfaction of knowing thla finding of the com
mittee, whether endorsed by the general executive com
mittee or not, will be of Immeasurable benefit to the cot
ton growers of the South.
If Richard Cheatham la removed It will be a lesson
In discipline to every officer of the cotton association In
the future, and If he la not removed by the general ex
ecutive committee, then the agitaton of this question,
tho fearleaa newspapers and .the fearless publicists have
put on warning those who bold positions In this great or
ganization that the power of publicity and the power of
the press stands ready now and always to defend the
aaaoclatlon from the error* of officials and to turn tha
light upon abuses wherever they may be.
It may lately be stated that no official of the South
ern Cotton association prill bo engaged either directly
or Indirectly for the next ten yeara In practices that are
unworthy of hla large responslbllttes.
It may also safely be prophesied that the officers
of tbls and of other administrations having the peo
ple's Interest at stake will be put on notice by this ag
itation that they must square their conduct by a high
standard of Integrity In their responsibility to the future.
We have no desire to see Richard Cheatham pun
tshed. We havo no wiah to reflect upon hla personal In
tegrlty. It la entirely poaalble that with this strong rebuke
administered to him tor an error In hla official life that
he will sin no more In the future along these lines. And
It la alio probablo that be will be taught a valauble les
ion In the denouncing of such things with hla Ups as
h* practices with bis bands. We have not one line of
personal anlmoalty toward him. We have not one Im
pulse that demands hla punishment. We feel that our
fight has betir won, that the correctness of our position
has been established, and that the cotton aaaoclatlon,
which we endorse, baa been purified, put on new ground
and Invigorated and strengthened for a great and even
more successful future).
And wltl^ this we are done. We are now free to de
vote ourselves to the help of the Cotton Growers' Asso
ciation In any way In whleh we can be useful. Unless
circumstances should compel us to renew the discussion
Just prior to the meeting of the general executive com
mittee In September, or to the assembly of the annual
convention In May, we have nothing more to say.
"Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully re
joice over me; neither let them wink with the eye."—
Psalma 35:19.
Those people who are thoughtfully Interested In the
cotton association Investigation will find It Instructive
and profitable to read In T*.e Georgian the very calm and
Intelligent statement of Hon. James J. Lea. publisher
of The Trade Index, of New Orleans, who Is a recognised
and standaru authority upon all matters relating to the
marketing of the cotton crop with which he has been
closely connected tor thirty years
Must the House of Lords Go ?
It Is not Improbable that one of the most notable
criaea In the history of the British parliament may be
precipitated at any Ume, having aa its purpose nothing
less than the overthrow or radical reorganisation of the
hereditary house of lords.
No thinking man believes that the time will ever
come when the upper chamber will be abolished. In
practically all constitutional governments an upper
house, corresponding to the American Senate. Is found
necessary as a sort of balance wheel and countercheck to
the popular body, but the Idea of an hereditary body of
legislators, responsible to no one and able at any time
to nullify the proceedings of the lower house, has been
growing In disfavor for a long time.
This fact was emphasised ten yeara ago when Mr.
Gladstone's second home rule bill was adopted by the
house of commons. The first bill providing for a sep
arate parliament for the Irish people had been defeated
In the lower house. It waa Objected that It did not
provide for the retention of any Irish representatives In
the British parliament, and this was made at the time
the basis of strong opposition.
The second home rule measure corrected this, and It
went through the house of commons by a large major
ity. The country was very much worked up on the
subject, and when the house of lords peremptorily de-
and member of parliament, displayed the greatest skill
In the handling of the measure, and It has Just passed
the house of commons.
The question now Is, will the house of lords refuse
to pass this measure? Will they block this great popu
lar demand, aa they obstructed home rule? It Is reported
that they will, or at least will so radically amend it that
great Indignation throughout the
Mr. Gladstone retired from the liberal leadership
and from the house of commons. His last speech In the
chamber where be had labored so long and so gloriously
was practically an appeal for the drastic reorganization
of the house of lords. *
Lord Rosebery succeeded him In the liberal leader-1 It will be of no value. This has started the discussion
Bhlp. anew of reorganizing the house of lords, and imposing
The distinguished liberal peer was handicapped I upon them some measure of responsibility. The Indlca-
from the first by the very fact that he was a peer and | tlona are that something will be done if the expected
that he must sit In the bouse of lords, where he could . happens and the education bill Is defeated,
not possibly hope to Influence a single vote. He could J
speak eloquently and persuasively, but the field of his i
activity was too restricted.
The new government drifted. The country had ex
pected that one of the first features of the new govern
ment program would be some reorganization of the
house of lords by which the will and wish of the popu
lar body could not be defeated, but no such measure
was adopted. The consequence was that the liberal
government soon went down In defeat and Lord Salis
bury came In at tho head of a conservative government
From time to time since those memorable days
there has been a great deal of talk about the reorgan
ization of the house of lords. The Idea of hereditary
legislators has grown more and more repugnant to the
genius of the English people.
The leading feature on the program of the present
liberal government, which came In this year, after one
of the most overwhelming victories In parliamentary
history, wnn the adoption of an education bill which
strikes at tho very root of the system of sectarian edu
cation. The nonconformists have objected strenuously
to paying taxes for* tho education of children In forms
of faith which they (the nonconformists) did not believe
In, and they have demanded a system of secular educa-
catlon. It Is a moderate measure, after all, for lt*!eaves
It entirely possible for the established church to carry
on sectarian education outside of regular school hours,
by a different corps of teachers, at a separate
expense, but It removed the great ground of objection
entertal «jl by the dissenters trpm the established
church
The measnre was Introduced by Augustine Blr-
rell—and the wags promptly christened It the Blrrellg-
lous bill. While a literary man of the highest prominence,
be nevertheless, as the head of the board of education
“A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a
froward mouth; he winketh with his eyes.”—Proverbs
7:12-13.
What Mr. Seymour Said.
If Mr. Committeeman Seymour ts correctly reported
by The Morning Constitution as Baying that he made
an offensive and Insulting remark to the editor of The
Georgian when the editor waB upon the wltnesa stand
on Wednesday, then Mr. Committeeman Seymour has
stated an Intentional or unintenUonal untruth. The
editor of The Georgian mentioned ex-Vlce President Pe
ters of Texas as among the multitude of critics of the
Jordan administration. Some committeeman, whom
we now suppose to be Mr. Seymour, stated his strong
dislike for Mr. Peters, and his unwillingness to accept
hla evidence, which was of course n matter altogether
between Mr. Seymour and Mr. Peters. Another com
mitteeman, whom we suppose to be Mr. Allison, asked
If It was a friendly act to quote Mr. Peters, nnd the
editor replied that without any knowledge of the quarrel
between Mr. Peters and Mr. Jordan, he thought It was
the friendliest possible act to shed all possible light from
every source upon the Investigation In progress.
But from first to last there was not one discourteous
or disrespectful word, uttered either by the editor to the
committee, or by any member of the committee toward
the editor.
We are willing to guarantee that Colonel W. L. Peek
and President M. L. Johnson voted for the square
clean thing In the committee of Investigation.
"He that perverteth hla ways shall be known; he
that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow.’’—Proverbs
10:9-10.
Growth and Progress of the New South
Southern Textile Manufactures.
It Is known even to the moet superficial observer that the South is
making wonderful strides In the matter of cotton manufactures.
Within the past twenty-five years the number of cotton spindles In the
South haa Increased from <12,000 to 9,211,000, while the number of tales
consumed has Increased from 199,459 to 2,140,000.- The South le row nuj-
earning more than 15 per cent of the entire cotton crop. The Carolines
alone consume more cotton than the entire state of Massachusetts, which,
only a short tlm* ago, was the very home of the cotton mill Industry. Of
this Southern consumption the state of Georgia Is manufacturing nearly
one-fourth, or practically 250,000 bales a year.
Not only cotton mills, but knitting mills, are springing up a'l over the
South. The Manufacturers’ Record, In a recent article on the subject, says
that while the cotton spinning Industry of the South has been progressing
and receiving the attention which It deserved, there has been a gratifying
advance In the knitting of cotton Into hosiery and miscellaneous garments
for underwear. The establishment of knitting mills throughout the South,
while not unusual In Its activity, has been steady during the past several
years, and the various plants, of which there are 154, represent an Indus
try to which It Is worth while to give some consideration at this time. Most
of the mllle are of limited else and capacity, and many of them dispose of
their output through local stores and merchants of their section. Yet there
are a number which market their output through commission houses In New
York and other cities. In a number of Instances these Southern plants
have New York offices and are largely owned or controlled by experienced
knll goods manufacturers and merchants of the North and East.
The Manufacturers' Record hae obtained, through direct correspond
ence wlththe Southern knitting mills, some data showing the extent and
character of alt the plants. Letters addressed to 159 .companies brought
119 replies, and the othsr 40 companies are given credit as to equipment and
other details according to a recent textile directory. An examination of
the tabulated Hat shows that there are 159 knitting mills, all of them In op
eration, and 109 of them dye and otherwise finish their manufactures ready
for the market. The total amount of Invested capital Is 97,112,450; the num
ber ot knitting machines operated Is 14,920; the number of spindles operated
la 124,404, and the number of operatives la 19,950.
The farts gleaned from the data Indicate that the Southern knit goods
Industry will continue to advance and keep pace with the progress of the
Southern cotton spinning and weaving Industry and the general development
of all the other manufacturing possibilities of the Southern states.
It may be mentioned that the-product of these mills Includes all kinds
of hosiery, ribbed vests and other garments of underwear for women, fleece-
lined underwear and vaVlous other articles of wearing apparel In the same
class.
CAUGHT WITH THE GOODS ON.
From The Macon News.
It looks as If Cheatham has been
caught with the goods on and should
go from the Cotton Growers’ Assocla
tlon, but In'the meantime we are fig
uring on what sort of an IriaMnan Is
Mike O'Qrady to turn state's evidence
on the fellow who had helped him
make money.
O'GRADY AND CHEATHAM.
From The Charlotte Chronicle.
The delayed Investigation Into the
chargee made against some officers of
the Southern Cotton Association that
they have been speculating In futures.
Is appointed to be held In Atlanta to
day. Meanwhile, the papers of that
city have been giving some front pages
of more than usual Interest, The Jour
nal even crowding out Hoke Smith
stuff to make room for Investigation
talk. A good deal has been made out
of the feet that Mr. Richard Cheatham,
secretary of the association, hss been
handling money and buying and tell
ing futures for Mr. Mike O'Orady, who
Is the vice president and manager of a
still house In Chattanooga. He admits
that he was trading on the Atlanta
exchange, but that Richard Cheatham
was handling the money and using Ms
judgment as to when to buy and sell.
He says: ”1 have had Cheatham work
several trades for me, In cotton alto
gether. He did this at my earnest so
licitation. For business reasons, I did
not care to lend myself to speculation
In Chattanooga, where I live, and,
therefore, wrote Mr. Cheatham to
handle my trades for me In Atlanta
Mr. Cheatham told me that he had a
friend In an exchange there who was
strictly honest and reliable and who
could be depended upon to keep his
business to himself." It appears that
he gave Cheatham 92,000 with which to
gamble, but that Cheatham advised him
against speculation. Cheatham says In
his own behalf that he simply "acted
aa a friend.” In hla Individual capac
ity. Mr. Cheatham, of course, has the
right to speculate for himself and his
friends, but as long as he bolds the
responsible position of secretary of the
Southern Cotton Association. he ehould
keep out of auch business. The ract
that he was speculating for a friend
and not an his own account doe* not department, Washington, D. Gt after
help matters, civil service examination.
THOSE GEORGIA CHARGES.
From The Montgomery Journal.
It looks aa If graft has become In
grained In American character. Com
plaint was made about the leaks In
the crop reports from the department
of agriculture. The press and the peo
ple were up In arms, so to apeak,
agalnat Secretary Wilson, and his
whole department. Certain employee*
were dismissed from the service and
Indicted. Congresa took a hand In the
matter, and Insofar as crop reports are
concerned, there was a reconstruction
of the force of the department of agri
culture. The gamblers In future con
tracts, finding no more leaks at Wash
ington, have Invaded the Southern
Cotton Association Itself. It has been
charge* before the legislature of
Georgia that officers of the associa
tion sre connected with a bucket shop
In the city of Atlanta' It seems that
Dr. J. M. Crawford, who holds stock
In the Piedmont Brokerage Company,
which ts nothing but a bucket shop,
states that this concern was promoted
by Secretary Cheatham, of the South
ern Cotton Association, who frequently
gave him tips on the markets. While
It Is denied that the association Is In
any way connected with a bucket
shop. It Is not denied thus far that
officers of the association have had an
Interest In a bucket shop. Unless upon
a full and fair Investigation It Is shown
that these charges are unsupported by
the facta the aseorlatlon will be great
ly damaged In the estimation ot the
farmers and the planters of the South.
The Farmera' Alliance went to pieces
on the rock of politics. It Is feared
that graft may end the usefulness of
the Southern Cotton Association. Un
fortunately, there Is too much greed
and desire to get rich quick In this
country.
APPOINTMENT OF
MEAT INSPECTORS
To the Editor of The Georgian:
Will you please Inform me how meat
Inspectors are appointed, where and
by whom? I saw something In The
Georgian of recent Issue regarding
same, but have forgotten.
, A. W. COX
Tallapoosa, Ga.
Meat Inspector* are appointed by
Secretary Wilson, of the agricultural
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RELIEF FROM HAY FEVER.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
Itwrite In behalf of suffering human
Ity. I have suffered with hay fever
every fall since 1879 until two yeara
ago when I found that at City Point,
Fla., I .was entirely tree from It. I
spent the summers of 1904 and 1905,
from August 20 to October 19 each
suffer from hay fever should know
they can find entire exemption there.
I will leave for City Point, Indian
River,' about the 18th of August, s'o
as to reach there before the attack of
hay fever begins. Can't you make the
above known through your splendid
paper. I will be glad to.answer any
S uestloni from hay fever sufferers who
eelre to go to City Point I take The
Georgian from your newsboy here and
read It with pleasure.
Yours truly, etc.,
HENRY BANKS,
LaGrange, Ga., July 81, 1909.
Deaths arid Funerals.
T. T. Smith.
T. T. Smith, 82 years old, clerk In
charge of the postofflee at Fort Mc
Pherson, died at 9 o'clock Thursday
morning. Mr. Smith was the first
white child to be born In the city of
Forsyth, Ga., and has lived In Atlanta
for a number of years. He was for
merly well off and was a well-known
figure In the city. He has been In bad
health for some time, and his death
was occasioned by old age. The body
was taken to Forsyth for funeral serv
ices and Interment at 4 o'clock Thurs
day afternoon.
Mias Florence Lanier.
Miss Florence Lanier, 99 yeara old,
died Friday morning at 195 Pearl street
of typhoid fever. The funeral services
will be held at the residence Saturday
morning, and the body will be taken
to Decatur for Interment
Captain Samuel Kelly.
Special to The Ueorflan.
Charlotte, N. C, Aug. 9.—Captain
Samuel A. Kelly, a gallant ex-Confed-
erate, died Thursday morning at his
home In thla city at the age or <9 years.
The deceased waa a military prisoner
at Fort Delaware for nearly a year and
his health became broken there and
from the effects he never recoverd.
Mrs. M, M. Baldwin.
Special to The Georgian.
Charlott N. C, Aug. 1.—Mrs. M. M.
Baldwin, mother of Rev. J. A. Bald
win, president of the Piedmont Indus
trial School here, died at her home at
Ellerbee, In Richmond county, Thurs
day, at the advanced age of 90 years.
The deceased was "U lifelong member
of the Methodist church, and a woman
of rare beauty of spiritual life and at'
talnmenta.
ANOTHER BOBBY BURNS.
By JAMEB J. MONTAGUE,
A-telttn' stories
' Met play?
■ay! If he
-telltn'
Wei" aayl'1/ be’d tot boon* alone* be tes
that be could write
Some thing* to make tbe world set up an'
.Ilk .t-.lt-I.* 4
Baras.
He uln’t wrote nothin’ yet, be act, eo rtry
•wful food.
But that don’t make no dMTrence. for he’e
certain that be could;
But he’s so fond o’ lootin' in* of wntchln*
youngster* pls.r
An’ loadin' whisky Into him. It always
seems some way
He aerer gets no time to tend td serious
concerns.
»* »o aobody knows that he’s another
Bobby Burma.
D K^cmiiir'!Jnt Bobby Burns—an* maybe
That poor old chap at wrltla*—but tbe ktda
along our street
Would rather see him alttln* there a-makln*
liable* smite
Than atlth# IkO.liy Burnses yoe could find
In half a mile.
«> hope he'll quit the boose some day,
for we ran see he yearn.
To «>her *P pa' sit to be soother Bobby
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New York. Aug. 3.—One of the en-
vied girls of the younger set Is Mist
Edith Deacon, now officially recognized
ns the best mascot Admiral Evans
could have selected. "Fighting Bob"
has an eye for the eternal fitness of
things, as was shown the other day at
the home of Mrs. Baldwin, when he ap
pointed Miss Deacon mascot of the
North Atlantic squadron.
Admiral Evans - fleet, which rides
peacefully at anchor In Newport har
bor, 1, the most powerful squadron that
ever visited Newport, and "Fighting
Bob" Is the most popular social light
that the colony has "'taken up."
The other day, while being enter
tained by Mrs. Baldwin, bliss Edith
Deacon, who Is the granddaughter of
Rear Admiral Charles IL Baldwin, pre
sented Admiral Evans with a lucky
stone, nn amulet charmed against ml*-
hnps.
"You must be our mascot, Miss Dei-
con,” said the gallant Bob.
"It's not a hard job,” declares Mlu
Deacon.
When the officers are being enter
tained, the fleet mascot must always
be present. This seems to he her
principal duty.
Broadway la talking eagerly of the
marriage of Miss Fay Templeton to
William J. Patterson, a Plttsbuj;
millionaire, at the home of her broth
er-in-law, In Rldgely Park, a Philadel
phia suburb. There have been rumors
current of the engagement of Miss
Templeton to the rich Pittsburg man
ufacturer. but they have been vigor
ously denied and the announcement of
the wedding came as a surprise to
Broadway. It Is presumed that Mrs.
Patterson will retire from the stage for
a time, at least. •
The three girl stenographers In the
arsenal offlee on Governor’s Island who
have been barred from the cabin on
the ferryboat General Hancock, devot
ed to officials and their wives, are In a
state of mutiny today.
This Is a free country,” eald one
of the angry women, "and the Hancock
Is a public boat. The officers have no
right to prevent u* from going to any
part of It where other persons can
go."
A friend of the girls said:
“Tho cause of the trouble was that
the wives of the officers objected to the
presence of the stenographers because
their husbandB flirted wltjt them,”
An advertisement In one of the
Brooklyn papers has been the cafise of
much comment. It was Inserted by
one of the Coney Island animal shows
and reads: •
"WANTED—Wet nurse for a beby
elephant; must bo strong and healthy
woman; any nationality or color. Ap
ply 10:80 a. m., Sunday, August 5.”
It may not be tho work of the pub
licity promoter, but It's dollars to
doughnuts there will be a crowd on
hand to see the applicants for this
novel position.
THIS DATE IN HISTORY.
AUGUST 3.
1460—James II of Scotland died.
1402—Columbus embarked on hla tint royaze
of discovery. _ ' _ . . „
1792—Klrat atone laid of the Bank of Eng.
1777—Fort Schuyler, at the head of the
Mohawk river, Invested by the Brit-
1804—United State* squadron under Com-
mender l'relile attacked Tripoli.
1814-Ilrltleb force repulsed In expedition
1H9—ffirrtov's'efra'lli red’ecovercd by Cep-
tnln 1'nrry.
1847—Msrl of Aberdeen, late governor gen-
. oral of Canada, born.
1964—ItoMlnla opera. "William Tell,"
give)) IIrat production.
1854—General llooil attacked General Lo
gin's lines at Atlanta.
1984-Henry M. Stanley, recently returned
from Africa, recelred by king of Bel-
1894—fl"Tiong Chang Intniated with the
Chinese war against Japan. •
1808—Spain accepted American conditions of
peace.
GEORGIANS. IN GOTHAM.
gle" Belmont la fond of hones. They
bring him I
By Private Leaied Wire.
New York, Aug. 9.—Here are some of
tho visitor* In New York today:
ATLANTA—L. O. Broughton, G. W.
Collier, H. Hatcher, L. B. Johnson, C.
B. Ponder, R. M. Rose, S. W. Brooke,
C. K. Chrleatlan, B. Duncan, E. P.
Gamble, J. A. Reese, Mias L. Almond,
E. N. Close, Miss A. Hamilton, Mis*
L. Kinsey, Miss L. Wilson, J. V. Wil
ber.
AUGUSTA—Misses Fryer, Mrs. L. X*
Lyle, W. R. J. Walton.
MACON—J. J. Waxelbaum.
SAVANNAH—G. Blakely, C. Eshy,
W. W. Mackall, Mrs. F. A. Well.
IN PARI8.
Special to The Georgias.
Paris, Aur. 9.—Georg* J. Dexter, of
Atlanta, Ga, registered at the offlee of
the European edition of*The New York
Herald today. .
IN THE HALL OF FAME.
By WBX JONES.
..elraont la fond of he
lota of coin from tbe public.
Prophet I4J* Doyrle believe* that It’* cat*
lor to prophesy than to proSt.
France Is a fine country, aays John J>.
Rockefeller. Moet of tbe peopfe there, he
adde, speak French like native*.
afraid of bomba The expb-
his vicinity make* him exceaalvely ner
vous.
I. Plerpout Morgan la eald to hate money:
nee hla efforts to gather It alt and hide
away somewhere.
ting Atfoueo of Hpaln freqoeutlrdcclerel
i Intention of liecomlng e trail tighter. He
know* there’s no danger that the court
would let him carry oat adch a deilgu.
William Waldorf Actor like* to hate hi;
troueere turned up. He lays It help* hie
English accent.
The Gaekwar of Barod*. who think;
American girls are not eo pretty, bee
back to India, where the women »r*
In aenanaa oa the principle that what 7 M
don't see won't Jar yon.
Wee-President Fairbanks retalna aa old-
fashioned hatred of tootharhe.
An English earl, well known on tble
of the watcr-to three or four people-eof*
that It's easier to bo an earl than in ea
glneer.
Marl# Corelli. thT^OTelUt, to •b®'***
publish her pbotofrspb-to arold puWUlt*
she explains