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I The Atlanta Georgian. JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES. Editor. F. L. SEELY, President. Telephone Connections. Subscription Rates: II Published Every Afternoon I One Year $4.50 Except Sunday by Six Month* 2.50 THE GEORGIAN CO, I Three Months 1.25 1st 25 W. Alabama Street, [By Carrier, per week IOc|| Atlanta, Ga Eotsrsd aa aamoO-rlasa matter Ap-ll Si. 1916. at the Poarotftea at Atlanta. (!a.. under act of congress of March S. 1979. Taggart’s Criticism of Bryan. The Hon. Thomas Taggart, who persists In occupying the position of chairman of the Democratic executive committee, while at the same time he Is the head and front of one of the most notorious gambling resorts In the United States, shakes himself loose from his purely personal affairs long enough to rise up and declare that Mr. Bryan should have kept his hands off the Illinois situation. Instead of demanding the resignation of Roger 8ulllvan. Democratic committeeman from that slate. It Is easy to understand that Mr. Taggart is opposed to any demands that anybody resign. Ho sees no reason Thy the Illinois committeeman should resign, nnd equal ly he sees no reason why Tom Taggart himself should resign. He has a very lofty regard for the proprieties when it conies to the fact that Mr. Bryan is hutting In. ■o to speak, in asking the resignation of a national com mitteeman, hut he has no such lofty sentiments when ft comes to the faot that he himself. th» head of tile na tional committee, is the proprietor of what Is usually al luded lo as the Monte Carlo of America. Tho good people of Indiana have been considerably wrought up over this matter for some lime, and they have temporarily at least succeeded In closing down the gambling rooms at French Lick. But the persistent Mr. Taggart will probably succeed In having them opened •gain. In the meantime a chorus of demands has been go ing up all over the country that the chairman of the Democratic executive committee should send In his res ignation. He takes it us outrageous that such a sugges tion should he made. It wounds his vanity and his pride Blit the people at large care very little for either. What they are most concerned In nt present Is the tri umph of the Democratic party. They feel that they have • better chance cf success tills year at the congression al elections than they have had for a long time, nnd they feel that It Is a distinct Injustice for such a mini as Tom Taggart to remain at the hoad of the executive committee. Whatever uiav lie the facts In the ease of Roger Sul livan. Democratic coniinltteeinnii from the state of Illll hois, there can be but little doubt as to the status of Chairman Tom Taggart, and none at all as to the wishes of the people st large. Instead of rising up to protest against the advice of Mr. Bryan, he would do well either to resign or to efface himself as far as he possibly can. pie of Georgia might well say of the politicians who have been seeking to destroy each other's rep utations for decency and Integrity: "A plague on both of your houses. None of you is fit to be governor of the Umpire State of the South If any of you Is one- hundredth part as bad aB you have represented each other to be. None of you is fit to be governor, be cause your defamation of each other has held Georgia up to the scorn of her sister states." If The Georgian has ever deplore i anything In Its public career and fought anything. It Is the bitter and allusive spirit of the present campaign. When the eurtaln rose-upwi a concert performance In a western town there was blazoned on the front of the stage the legend: "Please don't slicsit tho second bugler. He is doing Ills best." We trust our contemiHirarlea will not throw stones at us or at our stnte. We are doing our host. Wo are all ashamed and we are all sorry, and wo are all ready to promise that we won't do so any moro. Even the candidates themselves are disgusted with the campaign, and we feel safe In assuring The Run and our friends that In the hitter memory of this tight, wo will never have another campaign like this In Georgia. Growth and Progress of the New South Uo/lfp tbit bend will Appear from time tn flme Information lllmtrntln* tbe remarkable development of tbe South which deterret eometbfng more than pm* Iowa Republicans at War. The combat thickens out In Iowa. If the Republican party Is split In Pennsylvania, It Is torn Into doll-rags out In the Hawkeye state. Tne friends and advocates of George D. Perkins, the unsuccessful candidate for the Republican nomlna tlon for governor iigninst Cummins, are In a slate of absolute rebellion. They Insist that Senator Dolllver, who was counted nisin as a friend and supporter of Per kins, ,w«s false to his trust nnd did nothing to advance the Interests of that candidate—the leader of the stand- put imllcy. Consequently they are out after his scalp, as well as that of Cummins. The only way they can vent their spleen Is by unit- Ing on Claude R. Porter, the Democratic nominee for governor. Through a circular sent out by one of the dis gruntled supporters of Perkins In the recent conven tion, It- Is pointed out that after the election the Democratic and Republican nominee will both be ad vocating the same tsiltcy of tarlfT reform, and the stand- pat Republicans “do not want to he held responsible for the false teachings of its agent." They have decided to unite on the Democratic can didate, therefore, and are making the welkin ring. They point out that this is an off year In politics, that there is a Republican president In the executive chair who can veto any pernicious legislation that may arise, and the party can afford to lose a few congres sional seats to the Democrats for the sake of a princi ple. "There Is nothing at stake," they say, "except the oil Inspectors and Janitors." The situation Is Intrinsically Interesting tn Iowa, but It presents a still more striking appearance when It is contrasted with the line-up In the Keystone state. In Iown the reformers within the’ Republican party are In tbe saddle. They routed the old line Republican pro tectionists, horse, foot and dragoons, atul therein lies their bitterness. In Pennsylvania the old machine handed down by Boss Quay was strong enough to nominate the Republi can candidate, but the Lincoln Republicans, snubbed In the convention, went off nnd indorsed tho Democratic and Prohibitionist candidate, In the hope of securing victory. The national significance of the Iowa election Is How the Central of Georgia Prospers The railroads of the South are feeling: the general prosperity of the South. Advance sheets of the annual report of the Central of Georgia Railway Company, for the year ended June 30 last, show a good Increase In grotM and net earning*, while the surplus shown I* equal to more than 10 per cent on the capital stock. The Income account compares as fol lows: 1908. 1905. 1904. Gross Expense and tax Net Other income .. ’ '274,622 .$11,396,123 $10,135,055 . $9,396,931 . 8,235,213 7.417,906 ' 7,187,385 . $3,160,910 $2,717,089 $2,209,546 274,622 248,364 220,661 . $3,435,532 $2,965,453 $2,430,207 . 2,184.860 2.110.936 2,291.740 , $1,250,672 $854,517 $133,467 75O.QO0 750,000 2.569 $500,672 $104,517 $135,898 ARE YOU SUPERSTITIOUS? As Our Neighbors See Us. One of the snnest nnd ablest of American newspapers j the 1a The Democratic Baltimore Sun. It has always been held ns a model both us a news-‘growing greater, now that It Is settled that Senator Do|- gather and ns an able and Incorruptible commentator upon public affairs. All of which carries significance nnd a vast rebnko with the following leading editorial of The Sun of Mon day, the 13th. It la worthy n careful rending. It Is head ed "Georgians Besmirch the Reputation of Tholr Own Btate." Do the people of Georgia realise that their state Is being tint In a most unenviable position by the |s>- lltlenl campaign now In progress In that stnte? Crit icism nt candidates within the bounds of propriety is allowable In psrty contests. No public man, no man who Is s candidate for public nfllre, can expect Immunity from that scrutiny which deals with his record and the ixdlrles with which he Inis been Identified. But the Introduction of personalities has been followed In Georgia by scurrility and defama tory attacks npon the private as well as the profes- ' alnnnl anti public rharneler of one of the rand'date* for governor. Indeed, tile looseness and vehemence .of denunciation which have characterised the cam- palgn might fairly Justify thu suspicion Hint none of tho candidates Is worthy of the respect of the people of Georgia—that none of them Is lit to be governor of this historic state. Thu bullyragging, bluster nnd abuse that are the chief features of this unseemly scramble for the gov ernorship of a grent Btate deserve a stern rebuke from the Georgluns. A candidate for office ought lo have some other claim to distinction than Ids ability to coin insulting epithets, to manufacture scurrilous phrases and to demonstrate u certain proficiency in the language of the blackguard. If we could believe the statements which the aspirants for the govern orship have made about each other It would be iinpns- slbl. to avoid the conclusion Hint there Is no candi date In the Held who can make any honest claim to decency, Integrity and respectability. There Is not a candidate whom a Georgian who Is at all choice In the selection of his companions would Invite to Ids ' home. Prior to tills campaign the men who aspire to the highest ofllre In Georgia were known abroad and probably at home as persons of high standing, useful nnd able men. It was not until the campaign began that they presented each other to the piddle In n (ilfferert light—as men not worthy of confidence at home or In other states In which they were for merly considered of good repute. If this blackening of the character of Georgia politicians continues there ran be but one result. The public in other states will be convinced that Oeorgla_ is so poor In public men of Integrity nnd of a high’ sense of honor Hint It Is willing to take as governor one of several men who have been held up to the scorn and condemnation of their fellow eltltens. Of course those Georgians who know the candidates Intimately believe them to be honest men, who will fill the governorship acceptably. But the general public have no personnl acquaintance with the aspi rants for office In Georgia. They con only Judge them by what the , ar.dldates say of each other—by what their respective partisans say of the opposing candi dates. Conclusltns bused upon such facts reflect no credit upon Hie Judgment and taste of the people of Georgia, who are thur compelled to suffer In public esteem heeuio.e the candidates for ofllre In that stale persist In holding each other up lo contempt as utter ly unworthy me , and even base, as regpeets one of the aspirants. The Georgia cst: pnlgn lias been conducted on the basis of hysteria and vlllfleatlnn. II may not hurt those Immediately concerned at home, but It will hurt the Georgia people, who are among the very finest In the world, by placing them In a false light before the people of the United States. There is no sense In such a campaign. A nomination for govern or ran be made without attempting lo prove that every aspirant is a person who. If ho had bis Just de serts. would lie wearing the stripes of a convict. It sometimes happens that tho press Is called upon to voice In vigorous language the general sentiment to ward some notorious public character. Hut as n rule all that the Intelligent voter desire* nowa days Is a campaign of icnson and enlightenment. To g ive hint a campaign of vituperation, slander and lackguardlsm U to Insult hts Intelligence. Tho peo- llver's seat la at stake nnd that the election of mem bers of the legislature this full will be carried on that Is sue. * The old proverb holds good that when a certain class of gentry fall out another class comes Into Its own, and ns the days go by It looks moro and more cer tain that tho Democrats will ptnmJ a good chance of sending at least a greatly Increased delegation to con gress. The Laramie Boomerang Style. It wits The Laramie Boomerang that founded and monopolized the custom of writing editorials in short paragraphs. It was especially adapted to tliq wild and woolly west. It made Hie cowboys think that they were not read ing tame or heavy stuff. There were few cowboys who eotild comprehend a senteuco that covered more than n single line. It nlso made tho cowboys think that they were roadlng -omethlng extra tine. Which was not always true. It was based upon the Idea that where everything was physically striking sontethjng must strike—mentally. Which is not according to good form or good rheto ric. For Qulntllllan says, "Whore everything Is striking nothing strikes." nuj The Boomerang's style had one very Important thing to commend It. In fact two things. It saved typesetting and It filled space. A printer could set n column of this stuff In much less time than he could put up a column of legitimate dltorlal. * And « half column of editorial strung out In para graphs would nearly till a column. This was a very Important consideration In a itaper whose finances demanded the strictest economy. But tho chief purpose of our wild western ronteni- pornry was to catch with a physical arrangement the uye which had no other inducement to rend Its columns It acted U|Min the presumption that the most trivial sentence might he made striking If one would only spread Hie lines all over a page. As If the editor should say; The Brawn Mnltesc Cat Of Our Neighbor John Jones Died Suddenly Yesterday. This commonplace fact stated In n single sentence might not arouse any local emotion. Hut strung out In three sentences, killing space and half filling lines— It would rip the sympathies of Laramie wide open. The Boomerang found some Imltntors—chiefly In tho wild, wild west. And It had Its day. But the western "Idee" tins never crept very far ast. And it Is quite out of date and repute at the present time. Because It Is so very "yellow." Kurp available for Interest on Rerv on tnt on Inc bonds pay Oct. 1.. Received accounts Surplus for year The earnings and expenses In detuil for the last three years are as fol lows: ISOS. inns 1004 Passenger I2.7S4.465 Freight 7,737.661 Mall and express 493.9.11 Miscellaneous .. .. Total 111,396,122 Operating expenses: Main, way and structure .. . Maintaining equipment .. . Conduct transport General expenses and taxes . Total In his remarks to the stockholders. President Hnnson said that the operations of the Ocean Steamship Company, a subsidiary of the Central of Georgia, were satisfactory In the past year, but that owing to the large liabilities Incurred on acrount of the purchnse of new ships ami mnltlng Improvements, no dividends bad been declared. * He r'urtber stated that the coal properties bought from the Tunnel Coal Company, and the rost of the extension of the Henry Ellen Spur, had been paid for with the proceeds of $600,000 of dlvlslonable 4 per cent bonds sold for the purpose. The coal property has been leased on a royalty basis, nnd Is now de veloped on a very substantial scale. The minimum guaranteed produc tion Is now 600 ions per day, which Is to be Increased every six months un til the output reaches 2,000 tons per day. The assets Increased from $59,001,262 to $62,075,343 during the year, but the cash on hand decreased nearly $100,000. The profit and loss surplus now stands at $647,867, In comparison with $856,655 last year. The funded, debt was Increased during the year from $48,863,000 to $50,033,000. $2,395,760 $2,104,658 6.808.639 6,227,550 459.376 347.817 . ' 410.066 471,271 656,906 $10,135,055 $9,396,911 . $1,845,793 $1,607,530 $1,823,517 . 1.712,132 1,744.226 1.258,592 . 3,892.830 3,394,369 3,446.866 784,457 671,841 658,406 $7,417,966 $7,187,386 DINKELSPIEL AT SARATOGA (Copyright, 1906, by American-Journal* Examiner.) Saratoga Today. Mein Lleber Looey—I haf l»*ft your mother at home to enchoy u vell-ern- ed wacatlon vile I am up here Harato- K«dng myself, as far an der law will allowance. Heauty und fashion und all of uh round boys dot make life vot it la in der great metrnpollus vus here at der races. I vus baling der time of my life. At night ve drink high balls t«» make us sick so In der morning ve enn drink Saratoga voter to make us veff. DIs is vot Is called reciprocity In dls country, because It vorks both vnys against der middle. Nefer, Looey, nefer before dlt I se vun bunch such a crowd of sports nnd sponges; of oluncher* nnd pluggers; of shrimps und lo peters; of canary birds und hen hawks; of hotel valters, oellhoys und plain robbers; of hack drivers und second-story meh. Here at Saratoga It costs money to druw a deep breath, und der low, hoarse wolce of der cash rechlster fol lows me all der day und haunts my dreams l»y der night In. Society Is oufd In force, eggspeclally nt night, von der full dress Idea lets detn ould a leedle more den der law allows. Nefer before In der history of Snr- atoga haf so many peoples rushed here mlt vlde-open poekethooks und inlt celr bank accounts frothing at der mouth. Hall bed rooms In hoarding houses vloh hidderto vns used as nn envelope for der broken furniture van now sell ing rapidly at $100 u front foot. At some of der hotel dining rooms It costs slgs dollars to peep In. eight dol lars to valk In. und twenty dollars to shovel In enough French cooking •*» start vun attack of dyspepsomnnln. Mnny rich peoples may be seen In dese dining rooms who vas now using a fork In nubile for der fnlrst time. per result Is alvnys picturesque, but not mitould surprises for delr shirt boosums. fou haf rend ft fn der papers. Jaooey. vnre gambling In Saratoga has been glfen a knock-mild blow In der solo apoplextis, but (loan’d belief your lis tener, Looey, donn'd belief It. Any ninn dot comesMo Saratoga mlt nine dollars spending money und says GEORGE V. HOBART. he could And no place to play faro or loozette nln'd a gumbler—he Is yust a plain liar. Plr Canfield's Petting Hungalow nln'd on n as usual, but It Is usually open. Per difference between dls year und last year at Canfield's vns u door mlt a fancy knob on It. Lnst year der dour vns vide open. Pis year der door Is closed und you half to turn der knob before entering. Pis Is der up-to-date Idea of dot oil choke vlch says, "Ven Is a door not n door?” In Saratoga der answer Is, "Ven It's nt Canfield's.” I vttlked In dare last efenlng und der mnknlflcence of der brilliant picture spread before my eyes is sotneding I shall nefer forget because I lost nine dfdlars und my sleeping car ffgget. As der i»oet says It, “Wire is der monster parent of a t'ousond sins— unless ve put our money on der card dot vlns!” Yours, mlt luff, P. P1NKKLHPIEL. Per George V. Hobnrt. The Atlanta Georgian is gaining rapidly In this county, on account of its fait treatment of Judge Ruh- sell, while The Journal is dropping off.--Igtwrenee- vllle Herald. We are trying to bo fair to everybody, although ac cording to their own accounts every man in the race ought to be hung. JUDGED BY THEIR OWN ESTI MATES. To the Editor of The Georgian: I've noticed with pleasure your lucid ebullitions and elegant elucidations on the issues nnd jiersonal charges now rife and rancorous between five men of our lieloved Georgia who seek to be our next governor upon the pretext that each Is a good Democrat believing with nil his houI that his special pre scription would best conserve to the honor and glory of our state’s future destiny. Suppose that we consider for a moment that each of these men has had a sudden change of heart and that the charges each has alleged are true, would not this view be the most reas onable one, nnd If so would not the united charges place the great boasted Democratic party of Georgia in rather a dubious nspeet before the thinking people of Georgia? You doubtless remember what Mr. Cleveland said about dishonest and perfidious Democracy: "Not until ras cals fall out do Just men get their dues.” Any one man or one party rule Is contrary t - the sacred mandates of sente and Federal constitutions, nnd It Is onlv a question of time when efth er will relieve itself of nausea. Georgia Is now suffering with a faint stomach. Watch the live great Dem ocratic physicians as they prate and prattle the state—each with a vision- arc panacea peculiar to his own lo cality and political Imagination. With Maryland and Missouri redeemed. North Carolina looking our way, the only sensible deduction we can draw fmm the present chaotic condition of nffnlrs In Georgia I* that two white po litical parties are grooming In the Em pire State of the South. An honest and reputable form of government should prevail fn every state fn the union, and I have grave doubts of any sensible man's political integrity who d otherwise direct the ship of state or nation. Let Clark and "Pore Dick” rage, And Funner Jim and Eattll play. The people are watching the stage And Hoke has the right $$f wav. Respectfully, JA8. M. EDERS. By CLARA M0RRI8. My life has been too stirring for those vague beliefs; still I feel that 1 am slightly tainted In riiy horror of split salt and my dread to commence anything of a Friday, but there are no grounds of fate Iti grounds of tea- for me. It Is very droll to notice the angry contempt on© woman will express for the pet superstition of some other woman. In New Orleans I found my self on a recent occasion Ideally re established in quarters that I had oc cupied for several seasons In succes sion. The house had been the abode of wealthy merchant, nnd its present occupant, Madame T , had the great old-balconled French-windowed rooms filled with stately, massive furniture that became them perfectly, and a bed wearing green ■ brocade valance nnd tester, thnt made one feel when yield ing to Its chill linen embrace like a forlorn remnant of exiled royalty. Pic tures, running mostly to heavy gilded frames, hung upon the walls; thick carpets, many cushions, lace curtains, and a small open Are, and. flowers ga lore—what wonder I felt at home, und settled down to enjoy my engagement of two weeks. The day before Madame T had with great satisfaction announced to me that her lease had been renewed with only a slight advance, and I had congratulated her. That had been Monday; now, on Tuesday. I sat wait ing the coming of an actress friend, there with another company, who was to bring her paint box. that we might daub to our heart's content over there where I had spread down a paint cloth and set un two hired easels—when In came Madame T . Her face was grayish white, her lips—good gra- lous! I never had seen Just such color. They were bluish, and all her bulk was trembling through and through. She waved aside the chair I offered her, leaned heavily against the piano, and exclaimed with diffi culty: "I've got to go! I’ve got to move at once!” I was bewildered. "Why. you said yesterday you had assured yourself an other three years? (she closed her eyes and rocked from side to side). Be sides, you've rented me this floor for the coming two weeks, nnd I can't be rooted out without rhyme or rea son." "Hear her! Just hear her!" moaned Madame T , who was gaining breath. "What Is It? what have you In the house? Scarlet fever?—smallpox?" “Worse! worse! And I’ve got to go at once! nt once! You can stay on here if you want to—that is, after you know!" She clasped her hands tight ly and turned terrified eyes toward me. "I've been hoodooed!" For a moment quick laughter threatened to break from my lips In spite of all re straint, but a glance nt thnt miserable, frightened face sobered me. “Madame, you can’t be In earnest. Why, that belief can't possibly affect you?" I felt very sorry for her, and said: "Madame, surely some one Is playing a Joke on you (she shook her head'. Then some one Is trying to get this house away from you (she shuddered), j and this Is a deliberate attempt to i scare you away. You are not going to let them crow over their success?" "Crow? crow? Yes, that’s the hoo doo.’ There on the very sin of the front door was the rooster—head—the red flannel—and the bean—nnd, oh. God help me! the lock of hnlr!" The woman was nearly fainting. "You see then, don't you, 1 must get out or be carried out feet foremost?" "Yes—I see"—for argument was use less and laughter would have been cruel. Luckily, Just then entered my actress friend. "Oh, Clara, you’ve got your old rooms, and aren’t they lovely! And h. t say; I’m going to try to pain one of those beautiful roses. I beg pardon- Seeing Madame T , who wouldn't wait for an Introduction, but staggered from the room. "Why, what on earth has happened to her?” As I helped her off with her wraps, and brought forth my paint box. I ex plained—and was she sorry for the poor hoodooed? Not she! First she screamed with laughter, nnd then broke forth in a very storm of contemut for the woman who could be moved by superstition or influenced by signs or tokens. Anxious to change the subject, 1 .asked: "By the way, how are tbe hearsals of the new play coming on?” She dropped the tube of chrome yel low frotn her painty Angers nnd turned an angry face towatd me. "Oh, every one was full of confidence, and looked like a sure winner—but since yesterday (making a snatch nt my pal ette knife), well, 1 guess you know what speaking n 'tag' In the morning means?” she ended with tragic sig nificance. • For a moment I was puzzled. Then, like a flash, I remembered how any a morning rehearsal I had seen an old stage manager slap his prompt- book shut, saying sharply, "That will do, Indies and gentlemen,” thus pre- eptlng some one from actually pro nouncing the last word. And here was this mossy old omen lifting Its dodder ing head In New Orleans, with ap parently a basilisk's power to kill plays. t "Yes, It was Miss X herself— uld you believe It of her, with her experience? And the play had re hearsed so wonderfully well that we felt safe for the whole season. Yes, be fore any one could stop her, she blurted It out! Jones, our prompter, Just flung up his arms and dropped on to n stobl. Even the leader of the orchestra said, ‘That settles It.' So I suppose we’ll be doing the two weeks* notice net— om- By Private leased Wire. New York. Aug:. 16.-R w ,„ „„ learned with pleasure by many out-,if town people, as well as resident Now Yorkers, that. Rev. Father Ducev i. not to be deprived of his church st Leos, through the foreclosure of 1 mortgage. Both Father Dueey and .St I-oos are established features of the city. Father Ducev Is a rloh mm, ■ Inherited a fortune. He says the','sa will Hn,i ,he «*££ 'S n Durey built the chinch In 1881 such famines as the Isellna the Delancey Kanes, the Learys, the Uv! Ingstons, the Plants, the Deltnonlc,,!: ?"*• T the mains";; the church. Most of them are «II members of the congregation. sdUSS™! Schlott, fiance of Miss May Bedford, daughter of E. T. Bedford °t the Standard Oil Company is not a chauffeur after all. so the "Lehman Is not superceded as yet. ln Mr. Schlott Is a part owner and member of a Ann In Bridgeport, maS- ufacturlng rubber goods. an Mr. Sschlott when Interviewed In his nanY ** Br,<1 * e P° rt also was indlg- "I am no one's rhnuffeur and never was, he said. "I came here to take charge of the auto department of this company, and I object to the statement that I wooed and won Miss Bedford from under her father's nose." A novel defense was made bv Con gressman James F. Burke, of Pittsburg In behnlf of his chauffeur, who was a prisoner before Justice Beall, In the Yonkers police court, charged with speeding an automobile nt 30 miles an hour. Representative Burke was in the auto when the arrest was made. "Well, what excuse have you got for racing your machine ' through Hie greets of Yonkers?" asked Justice Chauffeur Worhell was about to make a speech when Congressman Burke stepped up and said, as he bowed to tho court: "It was really my fault, your honor I ordered the defendant to put on full speed, but I had a reason for doing so." "And utiHt was that reason?" —■ asked And what w the Justice. "I am n member of a congtesslonal committee that Is passing on a con tested congressional seat. While In Buffalo I received an urgent request that the committee was about to moot In Washington and I was anxious to on time.” Another conversation followed be tween the Justice and the congressman. Then the chauffeur was discharged. The Happy Ending. By WEX JONE3. I. Smith'* Novel. P A VL WODLXhU'K panned beside the Sin mid lie or should he not? Heavy hills were due on the mor row, mid hts creditors would no longer he satisfied with promises. Ills young wife needed u new haf. Ah! ho would take the miMp'.v for Maggie s sake! . day. Paul was at home. All the hills, even the iceman's, had been j»;iliL Maggie had it now hat—a heauty. There was a knock at the outer door "The officers of the law!” cried I "They've missed the $850,000 | t«*«k." Drawing a gun from bis pocket, tolled man pressed the muzzle to 'mil. ©It, Bryan Air. Hearst j an. And then I sighed softly, "Poor Ma dame T !" "'Oh. she!" snapped my friend, "she’s a superstitious old ninny, and I have no patience with—for Heaven’s sake, what arc you laughing at?" “Hearst- Bryan- Roosevelt." (The Washington Post.) The New York World believes that the Democratic state convention nt Buffalo next month will nominate WII- ! Ham R. Hearst for governor of New I York. The New York Sun has said j that the next governor of New Yolk will be a Democrat and the next presi dent of the United States. Stranger things have happened In politics. There III© hut three Individ uals on the stage—that Is, all the rest arc “supes." Roosevelt, Brvnn r.nd jail because of that idiotic X Hears! hold the boards. Air. Hearst —" has arrived at the place he now holds by the road that Air. Roosevelt ami Mr. Bryan are both traveling. All that Mr. Roosevelt has done Is with a view of scotching the socialism for which Mr. Hearst Is alleged to stand, and Mr. Bryan’s "conservatism" Is onlv a bond Of Indemnity against certain socialistic preachments of which he was formerly delivered, and (or which Air. Hearst Is charged not to stand. We have had a good deal of agony over It. The people have been taught that It Is criminal to be rich. When that sort of talk gets to be popular the inevitable result is socialism itt some sort of form. The difference between Hearst and th© other two Is In degree. Tbe difference bet wen Bryan and Roosevelt Is that, while Roosevelt chases tbe octopus with immense force, Bryan can do h more artisticully and more tunefully. Mr. Hearst offers the real stuff. He may he nominated for governor by the Democrats Hnd elec ted by the people. If it should so turn out. we would like to know who Is going to bent him for the nomination for president In the Democratic national convention of 1905? Democrats are human, and sub ject to hunger and thirst. They are hungry and thirsty right now. and Just exactly like the Republicans, they are hunting for th« man who can win. No others need apply. If William It. Hearst Is elected gov ernor of New York on the Democratic ticket In 19»>6. there Is an excellent chance that the "next governor of New York will be the next president of the United States.” II. Latter from Seribblsrs & Co. to 8mith. Your novel. "Paul's Atonement." plerne** • Very much, hut we could not publish It unless the ending were changed. The pub lic dcniMiids happiness In chunks on the Inst page. Farther, we suggest tluit a livelier style would Increase the sale. III. Smith’s Novel, Amended. "Is it safe?” said Paul Woolneck. It was a safe*. The coin was there. Should In* or should hi* nit? lb* laid hot-nired Ids creditors to a fare- yon-well, and they wanted the real goods. Ills wife was out of the glad tog*. Yes; he would grab (he dough for Mag. He knew he needn't go home If he had no money. Next day Paid was nt home. A revolver wiis In his hand. There wns a kiuwk at the door. "Every knock's a lioost.” said Paul, press ing the uitiBxle of the* gun to his ear nod pulling It. Then he changed find pulipd tbe trigger. The gun exploded. Hut stay! The bullet missed Paul nnd shattered an old vase on the mantelpiece. There was the long-lost will! The knocking at the uoor continue!, ilulf dazed. Paul admitted the visitor. It was the president of Ids company. "You stole our W50.000,” he said. Paul l*owed Ids head. "Bully!" said the president, "\oure inn goods. Henceforth you're vice president of “a* trust." _ . , , And Maggie slglic* happily nn she tried i her new lint. GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM. Bank of Tolbotton. Ttic Bank at Tolbotton »a* granted a charter by Secretary of State Phil Cook Thursday. Capital stock $30,000, Incorporators J. \\\ Jordan, J. H. Mc- Gehee. L. \V. Smith, TV. M. McGehee, H. F. Wllkerson und E. H. McGehee. Convention Ratos Mad*. Circulars announcing special round trip rates.on all Southern roads for the conventions of the National Dental Association and the Carriage Builders' Nntlonal Association In tills city In September und October were Issued by the Southeastern fassenger Tariff As sociation Thursday. Several thousnnd delegates are expected to attend both of the gatherings. By Private !.eascd Wire. New York, Aug. 16.—Here are some of the visitors In New York today: ATLANTA—Mrs. \V. Allen. K. V. Haynes, A. R. Keese, J. G. Sullivan. O. 8. Donnell, L. L. Hardin, F. R. Mc Culloch, J. E. C. Pedder, C. A. Wilkes. H. B. Canley, V. R. Davis, C. T. Lad- 1, \V. M. Richards. J. M. Speer, D. H. Thorln. R. B. Toy and Rev. P. Young. AvTGUSTA—8. H. Garrett. SAVANNAH—W. V. lV’is and S. P- Kehoe. \ THIS DATE IS HISTORY. Pony Show Coming. J. D. Newman, advance agent of the Gentry Brothers’ dog and pony show, was In the city Thursday arranging for| — " the appearance here of hts aggregation iM6_ra”emi"T "B‘"M«x;y"."f«nae'r t id'ed of enterlalncra op September 1U and 11. • mate, neuter from fexa., died. !5$4—Order of tin* .TcnuHn fonndvl nt l’nriz by Igutitins D>yoln. „ , 1637—Iu»ii JoiiHon, biographer of Hhnk***- iieitre *(»***> 1759-kugci. 1780—Buttle __ killed. ... 1825—rimrlea A. Pinckney, American stnt*®- Iiiiiii. died. an. flail—L»p$>z captured and gnrrotcd nt Mm. . ... . 1855—ItuNNlnuM defeated nt battle of I'**'’- ernnyu. Crimea. „ . , 1869—TiiiscMiiy ilecliirod In favor of ’mlt*'* kingdom of Italy under Metor hiu- iminuol. 1*67— International co-operative emigre •» forbidden to nHKouiblo In 1’nrtn. 1871-Ntciinmlilp Lodoim lout off flic H«.rhia enriMt with twenty-one liven. 1885—The ('undine Inland** nelzed by <»er* many of Snnto ('eniirh resident Carnot. • B. Alnxey.