The Atlanta Georgian. (Atlanta, GA.) 1906-1907, August 08, 1906, Image 6
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
WEDNERPAY, AUOt'RT «. 1018.
The Atlanta Georgian.
JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor.
F. L. SEELY, President.
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Hearst’s Giant Stride to Power.
The New York World, rival and opponent to all of
the Hearet newapapen, baa In double leadi upon Ha ed
itorial pace the following paragraph:
"There la now no aim of anjr power In ex
istence competed to prevent last year's Inde
pendent candidate for mayor from becoming on
September 26 this year's regular Democratic
candidate for governor."
The situation In New York reveals a remarkable
condition ot affaire which baa a beating of Immediate
Importance upon tbe national fortunes ot the Demo
cratic party and reveals In new and startling fashion the
extraordinary power and prestige attained by William R.
Heard.
The candidate for president In the Democratic cam
paign of 1904, literally slathered with venomous and vin
dictive abuse and slander which grew In the great me
tropolis of the country, held on with tenacious courage
and perseverance against tha overwhelming tide of bit
terness, and without a national friend and without a sin
gle national newspaper at his back, polled 206 votes In
the national Democratic convention as tbe choice of his
party for president of the United States.
And' behind these votes In the natvonal convention
there thundered (be tumultuous applause of a great au
dience of nearly 17,000 people who showed that Hearst
held a high and enduring place In the heart and In the
conlldence ot tbe Democratic masses of America.
Coming home from this campaign and with the tides
of slander still running high sgslnst him, Mr. Hearst
with that magnificent courage of conviction which has
always Illustrated his distinguished and heroic public
service, consented to lead the apparently forlorn hopo
of tbe Municipal League In the city politics of New York
and In a whirlwind campaign stretching over six weeks
of time, he swept over tbe polls to a triumphant victory
out of which he was clearly cheated, but to which ho
was unquestionably entitled In the Judgment of every
thinking and fair-minded man In New York.
And now with that magnificent ballot which de
stroyed and put behind him tbe slanderers who had
hounded his career, the New York reformers have pro
jected Mr, Hearst Into the race for governor of the Em
plre State. With the same dauntless spirit which Illus
trated hla previous campaigns, Mr. Hearst does not fol
low slavlibly In the wake of any organization, but boldly
and frankly states bis principles and chooses his own
organization.
And behold the result of courage, candor and su
perbly definite convictions;
Not a Democratic leader In New York has raised hts
voice against William R. HearsL No opposition has been
organized agalnzt him. Tammany Hall, which he fought
to a ztandstlll In hla municipal ^campaign, Is praatlcally
eating bread out of his hand.
And Murphy and McCarren, whom ho held up to
public scorn, are following docile and complacent In the
wake of hie triumphant move. The New York World,
which Is his leading opponent, frankly concedes tbe
hope of victory, white In bla favor the ceaseless anargy
of Ills agents night and day all over the state la produc
ing most enrouraglng and definite results.
The pc-oplo of America are coming to realize that
the estlmato placed upon this vital man by the editor of
Tho Georgian, who was bla friend .and advocate In 1904,
was a Just and proper estimate. He la one of the most
remarkable men If not the most remarkable man In the
field of public life In America today. He la beyond all
doubt or question tha finest executive moving upon the
face of American polities at this time, and we haxard
hare the statement which we confidently rest upon the*
future to vindicate, that In the hearts of tbe American
Democracy today, and at this time, William R. Hearst,
the actor and doer, la every whit as strong aa William
J. Bryan, tbe evangel and the prophet for the people's
rights.
Man for man, ballot for ballot, William R. Hearst
would poll today In any state In tbe Union aa many
Democratic votes aa Bryan and double as many as any
other man. .
Now, consider for a moment the evidences of hla
power In New Y“ork. He haa not truckled for.an In
stant to Tammany Hall. He has not begged for a mo
ment for the support of the Democratic machine. The
Democratic machine simply realised that If they did not
Indorse Hearst be would run aa an Independent candi
date of the Municipal League and that the Democratic
party would bo third In the race and lose the election,
machinery, patronage and all. And so with a recogni
tion ot hla power aa significant aa It la comprehensive
and prudent, the Democratic machine and tha Democrat
ic bosses fell In behind the greatest Democrat ot tbe
state and tho Ideal Democrat of bis time who does
things rather than talk about them. And at the present
moment It looks aa It the most united and vigorous
Democracy that has followed a candidate for 20 years In
New York would be behind this friend and champion
of the rights and tho liberty of tha common people.
8upposo Mr. Hearst Is elected governor of New
York 7 It would at once make him the most powerful In
dividual In his party, and next to the president the most
jKjwerful Individual In the republic. He would hold
within himself the power once held by Hill nnd Croker
combined. He would be Tammany Hall. He would be
the state machine, and New York would belong to him
as completely ns any stole waa over held In bondage by
an individual.
If ho should be elected U would make him In that
■ingle instant the most potential Democrat In the re
public. His prestige would leap shoulder to shoulder
within an hour with that of Bryan, and In the greatnesa
of his executive administration he would day by day
forge even to the front of the great Nebraskan as the
executive of popular rights and liberty, aa a foe to the
trusts and as a compelling restraint upon the aggres
sions of an unjust and selfish capital.
There la no parallel In this republic to this career
that ban grown so steadily, to persistently and with
aueh heroic consistency out of overwheTmtng opposition
which has always tnct hint and fought and scandalized
him and heaped upon him such abuse.
It is a simple straight testimony to tbe fart that tho
hearts ot the people go out longingly and loyally toward
a man who does something for them and for their
teres ta.
The voices ot the subsidized press, the politicians
and of the magnates may howl their maledictions and
abuses for a decade against a man like this, but In thi
age the people who think and hear and see know n gre
big strong man when they sco him. and they know
Hearat and know that they can trust him to 1 do what
saya be will do, and that bo will execute what he prom
1ms.
And knowing this they will give him tbelr votes
whenever he asks for them no matter who else may
knocking at the door.
If Hearst runs for governor of New York he will
governor of Now York. •
“Olamls thou art and Cawdor—and shall be more
hereafter."
Hon. William H. Fleming replies at length In Wed
nesday'a Macon Telegraph to the article of Judge A.
Miller upon dlzfranchlzement. The Georgian regrets
that the crowded state of Its columns which precluded
the use of Judge Miller's able comment, also shuts out
the able but lengthy reply of Mr. Fleming. The discus
sion between these eminent Georgians Is upon a high
plane end Is worthy of tbe serious attention of men who
•re In soarch of the truth.
The South Prospers Under Free Trade.
Under tho head of "The Orowth nnd Progress of
the SoiHb,” -vlilch has become a popular and Informing
feature of this page, there recently appeared an article
showing that demand for structural Iron and Iron rails
was far greater than the supply, and that the general
trade at Baltimore In clothing, hats, dry goods, etc.,
showed that that city was more than holding her own
against tbe competition of the North.
Thepe facts have led a correspondent to send us
the following communication, which wo are glad to
print:
To the Editor of The Georgian:
The heading of this article may startle some of
your readers who fancy that because we have a pro
tective tariff tbe South Is prospering under protec
tion. The truth Is tbs South Is prospering under
free trade. Factories and-mills are springing up
everywhere throughout the South: Southern Indus
tries are multiplying as It by magic. It Is not my
Intention to divide our common country Into Indus
trial, or any other kind of sections. I am opposed
to sectionalism. But tho simple fact Is, tho South
Is thriving under treo trade with, and In competi
tion with the 'highly-organized, aggressive and un
sentimental Industrialism ot the North, f say un
sentimental Industrialism to emphasize the fact
that Southern' Industrie* are not thriving because
of the pity, Indulgence or toleration of their rivals.
Certainly no Northern manufacturer says, “The poor,
struggling Southern manufacturer Is ray fellow
countryman. I will not undersell him." And no
Southerner wants him to say it. The South stands
by Its own strength.
Whst a farce protection Is! Tbe North Is able
to undersell the English manufacturer In his own
market, and yet wants to be protected from him In
the American market. The South thrives under tree
trade with tho North, and yet Is presumed by pro
tectionists to need protection against the manu
facturers of Europe, who aro undersold by the North
In their own markets. FREE TRADE.
This Is stedge-hsmmer logic.
The point of view Is original, and many of our
readers, no doubt, had never considered the question
In this light, and yet It Is the simple truth that the
South Is prospsrlng under free trade as between this
section and the rest ot the country. On Monday It was
shown In an article on this page that the amount In
vented In manufactures In tbe South during the first
five years of tho present century had Increased 66 per
cent, and the value of her manufactured products had
Increased more than 31 per cent durlpg the same
Jength ot time, thereby leading tho on>er three groups-
of states Into which the country was divided for pur
poses of comparison, with New England at tho very
tall end of all.
As our correspondent says, this has not como about
through sympathy. It Is beenuse tho South Is able to
compete In the open mnrkct-wlth Now England and the
rest of the country. This la, of course, under'freo trade
as between the states and constitutes a powerful argu-
moift against the theory of protection which the Repub
lican party so asslduoasly fosters.
There Iras been an awakening ot the people
throughout tho country of late and protection Is about
to be called to the bar again. Thero are abundant signs
that It will be one of the leading features of the next
presidential campaign. Governor Cummins and his
lows Idea” ot tariff reform have won out In the Hawk-
eye state by an overwhelming majority and the epi
demic of reform la apreedlng.
Surely If the South can do so ranch In open com
petition without bounties or protection to her Infant In
dustries, and If the great steel works and other en
terprises can compete In Europe, selling their products
actually cheaper than they are sold at homo, this thing
of protection becomes a solemn farce. It Is merely a
machine by which tho rich may become richer and
trusts and monopolies may be born and nurtured.
The Booth nnder free trade Is showing the rest of
the country the fraud and folly ot protection.
The Question of Small Parks.
The question of MtUng asldo a number of breathing
spaces and small parks In the city ot Atlanta Is one of
too much Importance to go by default and the advocacy
of it should not be allowed to languish for a single day.
It Is one of the most Important Improvements con
templated for the municipal life of the people and It has
taken a strong hold on the public mind.
Those who do not follow cloMly the growth and
development of other cities of the country have but
little Idea how much Importance this question has at
tained. It Is a live and burning question In all the
great cities, and Is becoming more Important every day.
It Is being realised everywhere that as communities
grow and the new buildings multiply the necMsIty for
rerarvlng breathing spaces at suitable Intervals before
It Is too Ists becomes more and more Imperative.
An Instance In point Is tbe fact that the commis
sioners of the borough or Brooklyn having the matter
In hand have recently canvassed the situation and have
decided upon nineteen sites for new breathing spaces
and small parks. These will be recommended to tbe
board of estimates and the work of laying them out and
providing for their future maintenance will begin at
once.
This should be conclusive evidence of the Interest
felt throughout the country.. Nlnstsen small parks for
tha recreation ot the people Is a goodly number. If
Bipoklyn needs such a number surely a city of tha
else and Importance of Atlanta can afford to set aside
end maintain three or four, even at the preeent time.
It. will not be disputed that Atlanta Is growing as
rapidly as any other city In the country. The waste
places are being built up at a rate which will soon
leave us no available ground for tha establishment of
small parks. We will have a magnificent area of brick
and mortar—a great commercial and Industrial metrop
olis, but no recreation grounds for the children and for
the people In general. This should not be. The far-
seeing wisdom of the city fathers should provide for
these small parks while there Is yet time, and the time
to begin Is now.
The Way to Influence Things.
The element of common sense Is the Indisputable
mark of a sound mind, and the Indispensable requiBlto
to wholesome success.
" There Is not a causo or an advocacy In which dis
cretion should not be duly mixed with valor or with
zeal.
And many an ass hss brayed so loudly as to Bcaro
away hla friends.
Thero are great causes being tried by honest men
In Juries, In chambers and In legislatures. These men
sometimes err In Judgment, and sometimes follow an
environment which la stronger than their Judgment or
their wills. Those who seek to Influence these folk will
find that self-respecting men can rarely be driven by
bitterness or forced by low abuse. And many times such
men and their friends are set In obstinacy or moved to
retaliation by foolish heat In opposition.
It Is the mark of the vuigui and tlie cruel mind to
soek to drive roughshod with tho least touch on tha seine
of Influence. Such minds are neither fit for responsi
bility nor power. They are born for bondage and sub-
ordination. Men are moved and swayed by appeals to
honor, to patrloUsm—and also too frequently by appeals
to Interest. But there are few men In this fearless age
who can be driven by a vulgarian with a lash.
Of course these reflections are general and law
ful, but jr, have no right to prohibit an application It
any mind Is so disposed.
Editor Stovall, of tba Savannah Press, who le also
Representative Stovall, of Chatham, gives us the v assur-
ance In Tuesday's Press, that the Western and Atlantic
lease will be defeated In the house ot representatives.
ThanHs for tho Information.
ANDERSON, OF CHATHAM, EXPLAINS THE SUB
STITUTE.
To the Editor of Tho Georgian:
In your news columns of yesterday, giving an ac
count ot tho senate substitute to tho Boykin bill, which
substitute Iras been favorably reported to tho senate
by Its agricultural committee, you give tbe Idea that tbe
object and purpose of the substitute is to draw a clear
cut distinction between bucket shops and legitimate ex
changee, prohibiting tho existence of the former and
allowing the Tatter to continue In business. This creates
an entirely erroneous Impression of the object and scope
of the senate substitute.
The substitute does nothing of the kind. It does
not draw any distinction between persons nr places, bnt
applies to nil persons and all concerns engaged in deal
ings on margins, whether they be bucket Bhops, Indi
viduals or brokerage houseH.
The line of distinction drawn by the senate substi
tute Is a distinction between transactions themselves ac
cording to their nature. If the transaction Is for a legit
imate business purpose, it 1b law-ful, but if it is for a
speculative purpose, or other than a legitimate business
purpose, It Is made a misdemeanor.
The courts of this, and many other states. In civil
actions have for years drawn the distinction between
contracts made for r. legitimate business purpose nDd
contracts made for any other purpose. The former con
tracts they have recognized sb lawful, but the latter'con-
tracls they have held to bo void as being wagering con
tracts, nnd prohibited both by statute .and by public
policy.
This line of cleaveage has been adjudicated upon so
often that It has become a blazed trail, which the courts
have no difficulty now In following. In determining what
contracts are for a legitimate business purpose.
Tbe substitute takes this established rule of the
civil law and npplles It to tho criminal side of the court
also. Under the substitute, any transaction which the
civil law has recognized to be legal as being for a le
gitimate business purpose. Is permitted to stand, and
all contracts which the civil law has treated as Illegal
a re made a mlsdi meanor.
This distinction runs all through the substitute, nnd
furnishes the test or criterion by which All transactions
are measured. The provisions of tho substitute apply
alike to all concerns and Individuals, and consequently
restricts the business which may be dono to actually
legitimate business. Under this substitute no Individual
or concern could continue to do business unless able to
support themselves from legitimate business alone.
The further provisions of the substitute are Intended
to make It more effectual In stopping all forms of mar
ginal gambling than a mere reliance upon the penalty
would do by Imposing certain conditions upon all per
sons engaged In tho business of making contracts on
margltls ro as to produce the following results:
First To afford protection to the public by requir
ing nil concerns to prove their legitimacy by posting the
names of tho legitimate exchanges of which they claim
to be members, and by requiring them to actually exe
cute all orders received .from customers, and further to
cite to customers the proof or statement to show in tic-
tail the nctual execution ot orders.
Second.- To further Insuro square and honest dealing
by these provisions, and also by the provision that no
orders shall be executed for smaller lots or quantities
tban are permitted by legitimate exchanges.
Third. To actually eradicate tho bucket shops by
Imposing in this way on all concerns requirements with
which bucket shou» by their very nature cannot comply,
•nd therefore actu-uly to prevent them from bring in
condition to continue business. Yours truly.
J. RANDOLPH ANDERSON.
Atlanta, Ga, August 8, 1906.
Growth and Progress of the New South
Raising Home Supplies
Mr. Richard Welghtman, on* ot the
editorial writers on The Washington
Post, and one of Jhe best Informed men
In 'the copuntry, haa been writing to
hie paper of the glories of Virginia
and particularly of what she has done
In producing meat for home ‘consump
tion. The Pott, In commenting on thle
letter, say* that the -time le rapidly
passing when the South will depend
upon the West for Its meat* and tho
North for Its manufacture*. In some
places, such aa that deecrlbed, the
emancipation haa already come. South
ern farmers are grasping the fact
that diversification of products Is not
only a source of wealth, but an Insur
ance against loss. They find that their
own beef, mutton, pork and poultry
are superior to Hie Imported meats,
and oan be produced for leea money,
Instead of relying upon a single crop
anq sending their money sway
purchase the necessaries of life, they
are keeping their money at home, and
raising Just as heavy crops of staples
as before.
'The old notion," says The Post,
that Virginia had seen Its beet days
an agricultural sense Is no longer
entertained. In view of the develop
ments of the past decade. The ex
hausting tax upon the soil In raising a
single crop for years In succession led
the ballet that fertility had departed
forever. Nothing could have been more
erroneous. New methods employed by
more enterprising farmer* and tha
Influx of wealthy people who were at
tracted by the natural beauties of the
state have wrought great changes In
places, and will transform the whole
state In certain directions. Virginia's
horses are renowned. Why should not
the state take the lead In raising fine
cattle as w/llf As tor mutton and
pork, the hills of Virginia should yield
not only abundance for local needs, but
should supply adjacent territory. Cer
tatnly the quality of ham* produced in
Virginia Is i unexcelled, and
Wtlghtman declare* that if It be poe
albte to produce more delicious mut
too \han that grown on the hill* of
this section, no on* has yet heard of It.
"The truth Is that Virginia should
become, like England, the producer of
choice foods, which will compete with
those from other regions not by virtue
of quantity, but through superior qual
Ity. In this branch of Industry all the
essentials are at hand. The state U
capable of turning out enormous quan
titles of foodstuffs of the rarest kinds,
from which greater profits may be de,
rived than from much larger areas In
the West. The success achieved by a
Richmond woman In putting up a pe
culiarly delicious kind of pickles, ob
tainable nowhere but In Virginia, Is a
hint of what might b* done In similar
directions. It Is gratifying to letrn
that the Charlottesville region, at least.
Is wall on th* way toward this new
development of the riches that remain
In th* soli of th* Old Dominion."
Whst Is said of Virginia may be
said with equal truth of Georgia It Is
poaslbls for the farmers ot Georgia to
raise and cure htms thatVre the equal
In every way of the Smlthfield va
riety. The cattle upon a thousand
hills should produce beef and mutton
and dairy products. Much haa been
done along this line already, but It Is
poaslbls for us to do still more.
A CHOROUS OF DEMANDS
THA T CHE A THAM RESIGN
Cheatham Mutt Go.
From The Wilmington (N. C.) Dis
patch.
The yommlttee that at the instance
President Harvl* Jordan, of th*
Southern Cotton Association, conduct-
th* investigation just concluded,
has reported that Richard Cheatham,
of th* association, dealt In cotton fu
tures. The commlttM even finds such
th* truth upon the admissions of
Cheatham himself. Then tht* Individ
ual must go. The character of the
association and future conlldence In It
demand that he be removed. Chest-
ham was prominently to the front In
preferring charges against the agricul
tural department and wblls his con
duct It not of the dishonest hue aa
that which enshrouded certain ones
connected with the government de-
artment, yet he has not only been In-
jlscreet, but has been caught red
handed at gambling. H* denies that
he dealt In futures for personal gain,
saying that he only represented others,
but even the fact that he shuffled the
cards and sat with a stock of some
body elsa's chips In front of him doc*
excuse him. Taking for granted
every syllable of what he says Is
h* lends himself to a game that
> not coincide with the principles
the Cotton Association and against
something the association has been
warning Its members.
Remember how the farmers who had
grown reckless or thoughtless and
dabbled In futures wees warned by the
pres* and admonished by th* Cotton
Association. Than again. If Mr. Cheat-
not
that
•O, 1
does
of
ham Is a man of such poor Judgment,
ot such weak determination ss to deal
In cotton futures while he occupies the
position of secretary of the association,
h* I* not competent to longer continue
in service.
The resignation of Arthur A. Fair-
child, manager of ths publicity bureau
of the association, and who, It was
shown, owned an Interest in the Pied
mont Brokerage Company, has been
handed In. Cheatham’s should
next
H* Must Rssign.
From The Greenville Mountaineer.
The Mountaineer is a friend of the
Southern Cotton Aoaoclatlon, and has
been since It* organisation. It has
done all It could editorially and otber-
wiM to aid the officers of the associa
tion and to further the work of that
body. We are still s true friend to
the association and will support It Just
as strongly as we have In the past.
There Is no doubt In our mind that It
hss accomplished much good, nor do
we think Its work la finished. A great
deal may yet be done, and ws advise
the planters and business men still
to rive'll the warm support It deserves.
But we must say that It seems to us
that Secretary Richard Cheatham
ought to tender hla resignation. Than
ar* some who, tn view of certain
charges of speculation made against
him, and developments at the Inves
tigation of these reports ordered by
President Jordan, will not give the
association the same support as In th*
past.
Mr. Cheatham- may be all right, but
he ha* acknowledged speculating la
the name of another In order to ac
commodate that friend. Tho associa
tion has been waging war on all such
transactions, nnd there will not bo tha
same conlldence In It nnd Its efforts
ns long as an officer is connected with
It who will even "wink at" such trans
actions. The aseoclatlon would
better off . with another secretary
against whom there Is not tho slight
est suspicion.
He 8hould Retire.
From the Moultrie Observer.
We have no doubt that the recent In
vestigation of the Southern Cotton As
soclatlon was demanded and prosecut
ed by the enemies of the association,
or at least by the cotton exchanges
being opposed by the association, but
some thing* were revealed that make
the investigation worth what It cost.
The disclosures have already resulted
In one man resigning, and If Mr. Rich
ard Cheatham has the.proper apprecia
tion of the Importance of his conduct
and the harm ho Is likely to do tho as
soclatlon he will himself retire and re
move the omolce nnd foul atmosphere
from iround the president and other
earnest and conscientious officials.
A Serious Request.
From the Charlotte Observer.
The Atlanta Journal, a paper which
has been very much Interested In the
Bouthern Cotton Association when It
could turn attention from the guber
natorial race, has a double-column ed
itorial with black face - type asking
Secretary Cheatham to resign. When
It Is remembered that the secretary
draws 16,000 a year as salary, to say
nothing of what hi- may make by
dealing In futures, this Is seen to be a
serious request.
Th* Report Disqualifies Cheatham.
From the Mobile Register.
The cqmmlttee that Investigated the
connection of Richard Cheatham, sec
retary of th* Southern Cotton Associa
tion. with bucket shop gambling
lento. Is as lenient In Its treatm
Cheatham aa possible, but It* condem
nation Is such that It disqualifies
Cheatham. Either he la deficient in
knowledge of th* proprieties of hla po
sition or Is deficient In moral charac
ter. In either cose he ought not to be
secretary of the association.
May Run Broksrag* of Hit Owh.
From The Columbia State.
Mr. Cheatham wilt now soon have th*
opportunity of running a brokerage
business of his own, with no man to
him nay. He will be free, white
without office.
In Tom Taggart’s Class.
From the Birmingham Age-Herald.
Richard Cheatham’s resignation
should go along with Tom Taggart’s
and Chauncey M. Dspsw's.
PENCIL POINTS.
The do* star must be a sky terrier.
Mott political prophets expect political
profits. i
Tho man with plenty ot pash usually has
* strong poll.
The wisdom of youth la often tbe Ignor
ance ot old ngd.
He la wise who holds s diploma' from tbe
school of experience.
If "time Is money," the Inaccurate time
piece Is s counterfeit mint.
The poll Helen It willing to make his nil
Ing and election sure.
One trouble Is that Ino many people keen
the llil on^helr consciences. ^
There are those who heed tho "nil of
tbe wild" who are Indifferent to Ihe nil
of dnty.
Habit It at first of diaphanous texture
but later It beeetnes Ilk* tbe shirt of Xes-
Sorne men who office In sky scrapers want
to lay th* blame on th* elevator man If
their offspring ire nmpmperly brought np.
It Is safe to say that erery girl,It as
pretty as sbo nn lie. If she-could be snr
prettier she would.
The money Invested In a marriage license
returns greater dividends on the amount In
vested than that need In any other way-
either of bappfans or unhappiness.
By Private I-ens-d Wire.
New* York, Aug. 8.—The Pittsburg
millionaire Is determined to keep Jn
the public eye. To the names Thaw,
Corey and Hartjo Is now added Raf
ferty as a purveyor of news lq the
way of startling variations from tho
sober American marital situation. Tho
l.itest addlton t.» the Pittsburg brand
• if millionaire newsmakers is Gilbert
R. Rafferty, one time the "coke king.”
Strictly .spfuklng, Mr. Rafferty belongs
to the nuptial-trouble colony only by
his proxy and Indirectly through hi*
son.
His handsome daughter-in-law sayfl
h< r husband loved her until his father
succeded in getting him to leave her
and go to the Philippines as an enlist
ed soldier. Tho name of Rafferty la
likely to figure to a considerable ex
tent in the newspapers for a while.
While Laura IJIggnr Is not exactly In
the class of the others, either as to
being strictly a Pittsburg product or
a multi-millionaire, her money, nearly
a million, comes through tho Pitta-
burger Bennett, and tho suit for $300,-
000 against her i>v her whilom friend
and ally, may fairly be credited to
tin* Pittsburg news incubator.
Truly Pittsburg Is doing her full
share toward the edification of tha
multitude.
Andrew Carnegie proposes to take no
chances of having objectionable build
ings erected near his Fifth avenue pal
ace. That is tho reason assigned for
his prompt foreclosure of a mortgage
of 3100,000 on two lots owned by Con
tractor Daniel Gaffney.
Mr. Carnegie 1b not usually In the
habit of going .around and foreclosing
on little 3100,000 bits of land, and so
those who knew of the procedlnga be
gan inquiring for a reason today. They
found it In this fact
Mr. Carnegie feared that young Mr.
Gaffney might build a stable, which
would stare in the face of his mansion
and make tbe neighborhood unsightly.
The two lotfc, which were owned by
Mr. Gaffney, adjoin the twin mansions
of William D. Sloan and Wiliam A*
Burden. Jr., who recently sued Mr,
Carnegie because he had sold lota on
the other side of them to General
Brice.
Complaint haa been made to tho
health department of the discordant
notes given out by the pipe organ In
John D. Rockefeller's Fifth avenue
Baptist church. All Murray Hill la up
In arms against tho Instrument. The
church la closed, but the organ send*
forth discords by the hour. If hymn*,
were played the rcsldenta In the neigh-*
borhood assort, there would not be any*
complaint, but a Jumblo of music la
too much for them. y
There la a row In the New York pro**,
duce exchange over the cut made bjfc
Douglas Robinson, brother-in-law
President Roosevelt, In the scrub worn-*
en, elevator men and porters employe®
In tho building.
Mr. Robinson cut the women's wage
of 36 a week to 35.60. The women
work about eight hours a day. Ele
vator men who were working twelve*
hours a day and have to put In onoi
night a week aa watchmen, are out from,
314 a week to 312. Nor does Mr. Rob
inson believe that porters working
fourteen hours a day are worth 312 a
week, so he has cut their pay to 910.
Mr. Robinson's estimate of the value
of labor, however, does not coincide
with that of a largo number of the
2,500 members of the exchange, who
drew up apetltlon to bo served on the
board managers of the exchange re
questing that the wages be restored.
GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM.
By Privets Leased Wire.
Nsw York, Aug. 8.—Here ars soma
of the visitors In New York today:
ATLANTA—J. D. Jcrnlgon, Miss
Jerntgsn, B. M. Hall, Jr., P. Bowen.
C. .E. Cresse, C. B. Gear, G. Hender
son, H. Jackson, M. Lichtenstein, H.
D. McDonald, J. C, McMtchael, E. W.
Rose, Miss M. B. Whiteside.
IN PARI8.
Special to The Georgian.
Parts, Aug. Mrs. A. R. Powers
and Master Henry Elliott, of Atlanta,
On.: Miss Dela Harris, of Cedartown,
Os, and Elsahor and Josephine Hill,
of Orovetown, Go., registered at the
office of ths European edition of the
New York Herald today.
THIS DATE IN HISTORY.
AUGUST 8.
15<B-PApe Aliurauder VI died.
1540— Henry VJU of England married Cath-
trim* Howard.
Itf3—Jitcqu**® llamas* do natural born..
1816— Napoleon embarked for Ht. Ileleuar
1827—Ofcorfe Canning; English statesman,
1846— Iinriti Wllmot Introduced hla proviso
In congress.
1S52—remilsslon granted to M. Thiers and
other political exiles to return to
France.
1873-Htuamer Wawasset burned on Poto
mac river; thirty-live live* lost. _
1381—Transvaal ceded, to the Boers. Re
public proclaimed. -
Imposing funeral of General Orant la
New York.
1895—British steamer Chatterthun foundered
n«»»ir Hydnej, N. 8. W.; fifty-four Uvea
lost.
1WO—t-urmer Governor Atkinson, of Geor-
^ 1. died.
eutenant-General Nelson A. Miles,
U. B. A., retired.
lW—Seventy-six persons killed in wreck on
Rio Grande railroad near Pueblo, Colo.
1906—Ht. Thomas 1\ E. Church, New York
city, destroyed by fire.
THE PEG-TOP SOLDIER.
(Th. army uniform, designed, by th*
Kngll.h tailor tie to have peg-top
trouien.)
man today most he fully clad
For whatever he tries to do:
he soldier now Is all to ths bad
In an llimtlng unit of blue.
Hr moat look lared-up and atilt and
"smart"
Ami lose hla rsay awing.
For the tailors (wears by Ibis ,bears ana
art
That the uniform', the thing.
The farmer, who foacht at Ranker Bill
Disgraced the army', fame:
And they crumpled the veteran,' Hne,
nt tbe tailor says they would never do.
For their uniforms lacked derign.
Onr boys In bine ased to fight like mad,
■- rlr vulgar, winning wuy.
.. . »• In hla peg-top trousers clad,
hath soldier may calmly aay:
III do all that a nrelbdmaod soldier
con
Who la careful what le'a about.
Bnt I ran not mix with a bolo man
In an Ill-fitting, dingy clout,”