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TIIE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
FRIDAY. ATYSrST 3. 1Y«.
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The Atlanta Georgian.
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JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor.
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But ha cannot make him drink without he will.
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The Committee Vindicates The Georgian.
When the list la written ot the nervines which The
Georgian has rendered and may yet have the happiness
to render to the farmers ot Georgia, we trust that thla
Incident of the cotton association Investigation will not
be forgotten.
If The Georgian with all Its power of publicity and
with the good name which It has won and hopes and
bellevea It hai deserved, had not entered Into this de
mand for an Investigation Into the affairs of the associa
tion than would probably never have been one.
The conditions and abuses which are now confeaaed
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 thla 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 ot this paper. We say frankly and
tboae who know us beat know we speak truthfully, that
with thla brief statement the controversy under ordinary
circumstances would have- dropped. But with the en
trance Into the arena of a newspaper frank enough and
brave enough to bear much prejudice In the Interest ot a
great cause, there came to ua so many testimonies and
so many protests, not only from the men conducting
the light for and against the'Boykln bill, but from tbo
multitude of private clttsens and farmer* throughout the
country, that The Georgian fait distinctly laid upon It
the obligation of an honest newapaper to abed the full
light of publicity upon thla transaction and to compel
the probe of Investigation to be Inserted Into the affairs
ot the association.
Suppose that we bad not done to? Suppose that day by
day the editorial columns and the news columns of this
paper had not presented the evidence that was so Inter
esting to the cotton growers of the South? Suppose
we had not taken an alarm at the bold Insinuation of
Representative Anderson, ot Cheatham, on the floor of
the state legislature and decided that the honesty and
safety ot the cotton growers’ association was at stake
In Ita Investigation ot the rumors against it?
Why, the chances are that there would have been no
Investigation, but that the matter would have simmered
away as such matters nearly always do, to a standstill
There might have been a little gossip, a little protest
and a little kicking, bnt by this time the Issue would
hare passed Into obscurity. (
Instead ot that, with an honest representative and a
bold and ont-spoken representative of the press to act In
behalf of the cotton growera and of the aeaociatton, an
Investigation has been compelled, a committee has been
In session.
And, behold! all and more than The Georgian charg
ed and that Representative Anderson charged, has been
established and condemned by the committee x whtch was
cslled to consider It!
After everything has been said and dona, both Rep
resentative Anderson and this paper have been abun
dantly vindicated In the light that they have made for
the cleansing ot the official life ot a great organisation.
What we charged was that while these men were loudly
condemning cotton speculation with lip and with pen
that right In the office ot the president there were pub
lic officials who with hand and with pocket book In per
sonal (peculations were contradicting the sincerity ot
their outside professions.
And, behold! the committee declares In specific Ian
guage that tt is the soundest policy that the cotton as
sociation shonld condemn In the strongest possible lan
guage any dealing In futures for themselves or others,
on the part of any officer or officera or employees ot that
association, or being In any way an owner or a stock
holder or otherwise Interested In any concern dealing
In cotton futures or buying or selling same.
Was not this the exact poattlon taken by The Geor
gian In Ita argument and In Its call for an Investigation
into ths affairs ot the aaeoctatlon? Was not this the dis
tinct and definite reason that this paper gave for de
manding this Investigation? That It was tor the Intereat
ot the association and that the engagement of Ita offi
cials la* aach practices was In the highest degree hurtful
and destructive to the organisation, the committee now
declares
The committee further declares that Mr. Richard
Cheatham, aecretary of the association, admitted such
(.peculation and dealing on bis part in the name of Mike
O'Grady.
Is not thla all or nearly all that The Georgian con
tended for In this call tor an investigation?
Talk about this paper’s "not knowing anything about
It of Its own knowledge." Why, who knows anything
about anything until testimony and evidence are brought?
What did the committee know until- the evidence was
brought to Its possession? What does any court of Jus
tice or any Jury know about the conditions of a case until
the witnesses for and against It are put upon the stand
to tf-ll their stories? And The Georgian having the tes
timony of thoroughly creditable and reputable witnesses
In tbo case of the speculation that was engaged In by the
officers of the association, and having reason to believe
that an officer of thla association was personally en
gaged In one of the very Institutions which he and his
newspaper were most loudly condemning, what was left
for us as 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 abuses to the Ugbt
that they might promptly be purified and the official life
of the association cleared?
And this baa been done. We say frankly that the
committee did all we think could have been done. We
cheerfully and cordially withdraw In the aggregate any
Imputation and recall any criticism wo may have had
occasion to lay upon the committee. Whatever the at
titude of Individual members, the committee, as a whole,
baa fairly and squarely done three things.
it has vindicated Its own Integrity and Impartiality,
It has thoroughly and completely vindicated The
Oeorgian and Representative Anderson.
And by Its testimony and the 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 citizen, as a journalist, and as a friend ot the
cotton association, we thank the committee for the clear
ness and the vigor of Its action upon this discussion.
The Georgian may be permitted to say that It has
no sense of personal enjoyment lb the agitation of these
abuses. The work of an agitator and of a reformer la
never a popular and rarely a happy one. It goes always
against prejudice, and against established conditions and
against the hatred ot 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 the cause ot the cotton
growers was submitted, and we feel at lesat the pleasure
and the satisfaction ot knowing this finding ot the com
mittee, whether endorsed by the genersl executive com
mittee or not, will be ot Immeasurable benefit to the cot
ton growers of the South.
If Richard Cheatham Is removed It will be a lesion
In discipline to every officer of the cotton association In
the future, and If he Is not removed by the general ex.
ecutlve committee, then the agitators of this question,
the fearless 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 ot
the press stands ready now' and always to defend the
association from the errors of officials and to turn the
light upon abuses wherever they may be.
It may safely be stated that no official of the South
ern Cotton association will be engaged either directly
or Indirectly for the next- ten years In practices that are
unworthy of his large responslblltles.
It may also safely be prophesied that the officers
of this and of other administrations having the peo
ple’s Interest at stake will be put on notice by thla 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
ished. We have no wish to reflect upon his personal In
tegrity. It Is entirely possible that with th(g strong rebuke
administered to him for an error In his official life that
he will sin no more In the future along these lines. And
It Is also probable that he will be taught a valauble les
son In the denouncing of such things with his lips as
he praejlces with his bands. We have not one line of
personal animosity toward him. Wo have not one Im
pulse that demands hts punishment. We feel that onr
fight has been won, that the correctness of our position
has been established, and that the cotton association,
which we endorse, has been purified, put on new ground
and Invigorated and strengthened for a great and even
more successful future.
And with 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 which 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.
feated It, there was great Indignation throughout the
country.
Mr. Gladstone retired from the liberal leadership
and from the house of commons. His last speech In the
chamber where he hod labored so long and so gloriously
was practically an appeal for the drastic reorganization
of the bouse ot lords
Lord Roaebery succeeded him In the liberal leader
ship. ,
The distinguished liberal peer was handicapped
from the first by the very fact that he was a peer and ,
that he most sit In the house of lords, where he could (happens and the education bill'Is defeated,
not possibly hope to Influence a single vote. He could |
and member of parliament, displayed the greatest skill I
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, as they obstructed home rule? It Is reported
that they will, or at least will so radically amend It that
it will be of no value. This has started the discussion
anew of reorganizing the house of lords, end Imposing
upon thijm some measure of responsibility. The Indica
tions are that something will be done 1! the expected
, , . ...... , A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a
speak eloquenUy and pemuarively, but the field of hi. {r6ward mouth; h(J wlnketh wltu ulB e y e8 "-Proverb.
activity was too restricted.
"Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully re
joice over me; neither let them wink with the eye.’’—
Psalms 36:19.
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 ot the cotton crop with which he has been
closely Connected for thirty years.
Must the House of Lords Go ?
It Is not Improbable that one of the most notable
crises In the history of the British parliament may be
precipitated at any time, huving as Its purpose nothing
lea* than the overthrow or radical reorganization 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 ot balance wheel and countercheck to
the popular body, but the Idea ot an hereditary body of
legislators, responsible to no one and able at any time
to nullify the proceedings of the lower house, hss been
growing In disfavor for a long time.
This fset was emphasized ten years ago when Mr.
Gladstone's second home rule blit was adopted by the
house of commons. The first bill providing for a sep
arate parliament tor the Irish people had been defeated
In the lower house. It was objected that tt did not
provide for the retention of any Irish representatives In
the British, parliament. and this waa made st the Ume
the basts ot strong opposition.
The second home rule measure corrected this, and It
went through the house ot commons by a large major
ity. The country waa very much worked up on the
subject, and when the house ot Iprds peremptorily de-
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 ot the
house of lords by which the will and wish ot 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 canyi In at the 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 ot the houie 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 ot the present
liberal government, which came In this year, after one
of the most overwhelming victories In parliamentary
history, was the adoption of an education bill which
strikes at the very root of the system ot sectarian edu
cation. The nonconformists have objected strenuously
to paying taxes tor the education ot children tn forms
of faith which they (the nonconformists) did not believe
In, and they have demanded a system of secular educa-
catlon. It la a moderate measure, after all, for It leaves
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, hut It removed the great ground of objection
entertal *ii by the dissenters from the established
church
The measure was Introduced by Augustine Blr-
roll—and the wags promptly christened it the Blrrellg-
lous bill. While a literary man of the highest prominence,
ha nevertheless, as the head of the board of education
7:13-13.
What Miv Seymour Said. *
If Mr. Committeeman Seymour Is correctly reported
by The Morning Constitution as saying that he made
an offensive and Insulting remark to the editor of. The
Georgian when the editor was upon the witness stand
on Wednesday, then Mr. Committeeman Seymour has
stated an Intentional or unintentional 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 bis strong
dislike for Mr. Peters, and hts unwillingness to accept
his evidence, which was of course a matter altogether
between Mr. Seymour and Mr. Peters. Another com
mitteeman. whom we suppose to be Mr. Allison, asked
It It was a friendly act to quote Mr. Peters, and 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 his ways shall be known; he
that wlnketh with the eye causeth sorrow.”—Proverb*
10:9-10.
Growtk and Progress of the New South
Booth which deserve* somethin* more than paw*
Southern Textile Manufactures.
It Is known sven to the most superficial observer that the South Is
making wonderful strides In ths matter of cotton manufactures.
Within ths past twenty-five years the number of cotton eplndles In the
South has Increased from 642,000 to 8,211,000, while ths number of tales
consumed has Increased from 182,453 to 2,140,000. The South Is row euj-
aumlng mors than 16 per cent .of the entire cotton crop. The Caroltnas
alone consume more cotton than the entire state of Maesachusetts, which,
only a ehort time ago, was the very home of the cotton mill Industry. Of
this Southern consumption ths stats of Georgia Is. manufacturing nearly
one-fourth, or practically 250,000 bales a year.
Not only cotton milts, but knitting mills, are springing up a'l over the
South. Ths Manufacturers’ Record, In a recent article on the eubject, says
that while th* cotton spinning Industry ot the South has been progressing
and receiving the attention which It deserved, there hss been a gratifying
advance In the knitting of cotton Into hosiery and miscellaneous garments
for underwear. Tbs establishment of knitting mllle throughout the South,
while not unusual In Us activity, has been Heady 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 thla time. Moat
of the mills 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
knit goods manufacturers and merchants of ths North and East.
The Manufacturers’ Record hss obtained, through direct correspond
ence with the Southern knitting mills, some data showing the extent and
character of all the plants. Letters addressed to 152 companies brought
113 replies, and the other 40 companies are given credit as to eqqjpment and
other details according to a recent textile directory.. An examination of
the tabulated Hat shows that there are 163 knitting mills, all of them In op
eration, and 103 of them dye and otherwise finish their manufactures ready
for the market. The total amount of Invested capital is 37,112,460; the num
ber of knitting machine! operated Is 14,920; fhe number ot eplndles operated
Is 134,404, and the number of operatives Is 18,060.
The facts gleaned from the data Indicate that the Southern knit good* ,
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 ths Southern stats*.
It msy bs mentioned that ths product ot these mills Includes all kinds
of hosiery, ribbed vests end other garments of underwear for women, fleeoe-
lined underwear and various other articles of wearing apparel In the same
class.
CAUGHT WITH THE GOODS ON
From Ths Macon News.
It looks as If Cheatham has been
caught with the goods on and should
go from the Cotton Growers’ Associa
tion, but In the meantime we are fig
uring on what sort of an Irishman Is
Mike O'Grady to turn state's evidence
on the fellow who had helped him
make money.
O’GRADY ANO CHEATHAM,
From The Charlotte Chronicle.
The delayed Investigation Into the
chargee made against some officers ot
the Southern Cotton Association that
they have been speculating In futures,
la appointed to be held In Atlanta to
day. Meanwhile, the papers of that
city have been giving some front pages
of mors 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 fact that Mr. Richard Cheatham,
aecretary of the association, has been
handling money and buying and sell
ing futures for Mr. Mike O'Grady. 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 Rlchayd Cheatham
was handling the money and using his
udgment as to when to buy and sell,
tie says: "I 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 rare 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 waa
strictly honest and reliable and who
could be depended upon to keep hie
business to himself." It appears that
he gave Cheatham 12,00# with which to
gamble, but that Cheatham advised him
against speculation. Cheatham says In
his own behalf that he almply "acted
aa a friend." In hie Individual capac
ity, Mr. Cheatham, of course, has the
right to speculate for himself and hie
friends, but as long as he holds the
responsible position of secretary of the
Southern Cotton Association, he should
keep out of such business. The fact
that be was speculating for a friend
TH08E GEORGIA CHARGES.
From The Montgomery Journal.
It looks as If graft has become In
grained In American character. Com
plaint was made about the leaks In
the crap reports from the department
of agriculture. The press and the peo
ple were up In arms, so to speak,
against Secretary Wilson, and hts
whole department. Certain employees
were dismissed from the service and
Indicted. Congress 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 mors leaks at Wash
ington, have Invaded the Southern
Cotton Association Itself. It has been
charged before the legislature of
Georgia that officera of the associa
tion are 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 Is 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 la denied that the association Is In
any way connected with a bucket
shop, It Is not denied thus far that
Olivers of the association jiave had an
Interest in a bucket shop. Unless upon
a full and fair Investigation It Is shown
that these charges are unsupported by
the facts, the association will be great
ly damaged In the estimation ot the
farmers and ths planters of the South.
The Farmers' Alliance went to pieces
on the rock of politics. It le 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.
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0 COTTON EXCHANGE
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0 New York, Aug. 3.—The board .
O of managers of the New York 0
0 cotton exchange has refused to 0
0 grant the petition of the members 0
0 for permission to ballot on thplr 0
0 proposition to close the exchange 0
0 on Saturday and Monday. 0
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RELIEF FROM HAY FEVER.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
I write In behalf of suffering human
ity. I have suffered with hay fever
every fall since 1876 until two years
ago when I found that at City Point,
Fla., I was entirely free from It. 1
spent the summers ot 1904 and 1905,
from August 20 to October 13 each
year there, and was entirely free from
hny fever. I feel anxious that all who
suffer from hay fever should know
they can find entire exemption there.
I will leave for City Point, Indian
River, about thb 18th of August, so
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
3 ueatlons from hay fever sufferers who
eelre to go to City Point. I take The
Georgian from your newsboy here and
read It with piessure.
Yours truly, etc.,
HENRY BANKS.
LaGrange, Ga., July 81, 1908.
Deaths and Funerals.
T. T. Smith.
T. T. Smith, 82 years old, clerk in
charge of the poatofflee at Fort Mc-
lng. Mr. Smith was the first
whits child to be born In the city of
Foreyth, On., and has lived In Atlanta
for a number of years. He was for
merly well off and ws# 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
waa taken to Forsyth for funeral serv
ices and Interment at 4 o'clock Thurs
day afternoon.
Mias Florence Lanier.
Miss Florence Lanier, 88 years old,
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 8*mu*l Kelly.
Special to The OeorittaB.
Charlotte, N. C., Aug. S.—Captain
Samuel A. Kelly, a gallant ex-Confed-
erste, died Thursday morning at hia
home In this city at th* age of 19 years.
The deceased was a military prisoner
at Fort Delaware for nearly a year and
his health became broken there and
from the effects he never recoverd.
APPOINTMENT OF
MEAT IN8PECTOR8
To the Editor of The Georgian:
* Will you please Inform me how meat
Inspectors are appointed, where and
by whom? I aaw something In The
Georgian of recent Issue regarding
same, but have forgotten.
A. W. COX.
Tallapoosa, Ga.
Meat Inspectors are appointed by
. Secretary Wilson, of the agricultural
and not on his own account doe* not department. Washington, D, C< after
help matters. ctvU service examination.
Mrs M. M. Baldwin,
special to The Georttaa.
charlott, N. C, Aug. 3.—Mre. 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 ot 90 years.
The deceased was a lifelong member
of the Methodist church, and a woman
of rare beauty ot spiritual life and at
tainments.
ANOTHER BOBBY BURNS.
By JAMBS J. MONTAGUE.
You know that chap that ust to loaf sronnd
oar street stl day,
A.fellin' stories to the kids, an' wttcbln'
babies play?
Well, say! If he'd let booze alone, be aes
tbat be could write
Borne thins* to make the world set up in’
Burns
tie ain't wrote nothin' yet, be sea. so very
awful
good.
But that don't make no dlff'rmce, for be'a
certain that he coabt;
But he'* *o fond o' loafin' an' of watchln’
younxatera play
Aa' loadin' whlaky Into him. It alwayi
seem* aome way
He never seta no time to tend to aerlout
concerns
An' ao nobody know* that he'* another
Bobby Burns
I never heard of Bobby Barn*—an' maybe
In half a mile.
We hope he'll quit the booze aome day.
GOSSIPj
About I
• People
By Private Leased Wire.
Now York, Aug. 3.—One of the en
vied girls of the younger set Is Mias
Edith Deacon, now officially recognized
as the best mascot Admiral Evans
could have selected. “Fighting Bob"
has an eye for the eternal fitness of
things, as was shown ths other day at
the home of Mrs. Baldwin, when he ap
pointed Miss Deacon mascot ot tbs
North Atlantic squadron.
Admiral Evans' fleet, which rides
peacefully at anchor In Newport har
bor, is the most powerful squadron that
ever visited Newport, and “Fighting
Bob” Is the most popular social light
thn? thn nnlnnv hns "fflkpn nr» ••
that the colony has "taken up.'
The other day, while being enter
tained by Mrs. Baldwin, Mias Edith
Deacon, who Is the granddaughter of
Rear Admiral Charles H. Baldwin, pre
sented Admiral Evans with a lucky
stone, an amulet charmed against mis
haps.
"Ybu must be our mascot. Miss Dea
con," said the gallant Bob.
"It's not a hard Job,” declares Mia*
Deacon.
When the officers are being enter
tained, the fleet mascot must alwaya
be present This seems to be her
principal duty.
Broadway Is talking eagerly of the
marriage of Miss Fay Templeton to
William J. Patterson, a Plttsbu|;
millionaire, at the home of her broth
er-in-law, In Rldgely Park, a Philadel
phia suburb. There have been rumor*
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 ae a surprise to
Broadway. It Is presumed that Mrs.
Patterson will retire from the stage for
s time, at least.
The three girl stenographers In the
arsenal office 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,” said one
of the angry women, “and the Hancock
Is a public boat. The officers have no
.Ia.h4 Aa r,*aU*n( , tlS #IY»m •’flitlr trt fllttf
right to prevent'us from going to any
part of It where other persona can
A friend of the girls said:
"The cause of the trouble was that
the wives of the officers objected to the
presence of the stenographer* because
it i — < 1 4tle»a,l with than# "
their husband* flirted with them."
An advertisement In one of the
Brooklyn papers has been the cause of
much comment. It was Inserted by
one of the Coney Island animal shows
and reads: . . .
"WANTED—Wet nurse for a baby
elephant; must be strong and healthy
woman; any nationality or color. Ap
ply 10:80 a. m., Sunday, August 5.'
It may not be the work of the pub
licity promoter, but lt’a dollars to
doughnuts there will be a crowd on
hand to-see the applicants for this
novel position.
THIS DATE IN HISTORY.
AUGU8T 3.
HftWames II of Scotland died.
1192—Colnmbu* embarked on his first voyage
of discovery.
.Jrer,’ Inverted by the Brit-
1804—United State* aquadron under "*Com.
mander l’reble attacked Tripoli.
1814—Brltlah force repulaed In ezpedltloa
against city of P
1819—Barrow's awaits i
re-dlacorerad by Cap-
oral of Canada, boi
J864—Rossini's opera. •'William Tell,”
given first production.
1864—General Hood attacked General Lo
gan'# line# at Atlanta.
1834-Henry M. Stanley, recently returned
from Africa, received by king of Bel-
1894—l.V'Tinn* Chang Intrusted with the
Chinese war against Japan.
1896—Spain accepted American conditions of
peace.
GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM.
By Private Leaaed Wire.
New York. Aug. ».—Here are some of
the visitors In New York today:
ATLANTA—L. G. Broughton, G. W.
Collier, H. Hatcher; L. B. Johnson, C.
LUIIICI, A*. lltuviiui, W w
B. Ponder, R. M. Rose, S. W. Brooks,
C. K. Chricsthm, B. Duncan, E. P.
Gamble, J. A. Reese, Mis* L. Almond,
E. N. Close, Mias A. Hamilton, Miss
L. Kinsey, Miss L. Wilson, J. V. Wil
ber.
AUGUSTA—Mieses Fryer, Mrs. L. L.
Lyle, W. R. J. Walton.
MACON—J. J. Waxelbaum.
SAVANNAH—G. Blakely, C. Eshy,
W. W. Mackail, Mrs. F. A. Weil.
IN PARI8.
Special to The Georgian.
Paris, Aug. 8.—Georg# J. Dexter, of
Atlanta, Os., registered at the otflea of
the European edition of The New York
Herald today.
IN THE HALL OP FAME.
By WEX JONES.
Belmont is fond of hot*#*. T
bring him lot* of coin from the public.
Prophet Llje Dowle believes that It** i
ler to prophesy than to profit.
there, he
Cnr Nicholas of Iluasia I* childishly
afraid of tomb*. The explosion of one in
hi* vicinity makes him excessively ner-
Plerpont Morgan I* aald to bate money,
hence hla effort* to gather It all and hide
It away aomewhere.
King Alfouao of Rpaln frequently declare*
hi* Intention of liecomlug a null tighter. He
known there’s 'bo danger that the court
William Waldorf Aator like* to hate h *
trousers turned up. He say* It help*
English accent.
The Gaekwsr of Baroda. who think*
merlcsn girl* are not no
back to India, where the.
Vice-President Fairbanks retains an old*
isbloned hatred of toothache.
An English earl, well known on this side
of the water—to three or four people-say*
that It’s easier to be an earl than an en
gineer.
Marie Corelli, the novelist, ta stoat J?
publish her photograph—to avoid publicity*
explain*
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