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T'r^rsmaatmizasx, TIIE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. FRIDAY. ATYSrST 3. 1Y«. 1 The Atlanta Georgian. 4 JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor. F. L. SEELY, President. _j Telephone Connections. Subscription Rates: One Year $4.50 Six Months 2.50 Three Month* t .25 By Carrier, per week 10c Published Every Afternoon Except Sundsy by THE GEORGIAN CO. tt 25 W. Alsbsms Street, Atlsnts,* Gs. Entered ss Mmsd-tless nutter April 8. ISOS, st the PostoRcs St Atlssts. Os., under set of eonsrtss of Kerch t. in*. A men msy well bring a horse to the water. But ha cannot make him drink without he will. * , —Heywood. 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. 00000000000000000000000000 0 COTTON EXCHANGE 0 WON’T ALLOW VOTE. 0 0 O By Private Leased Wire. 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 00000000000000000000000000 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* >